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2019 Pulwama attack mastermind Burhan Hamza shot dead by unknown gunmen in POJK

2019 Pulwama attack mastermind Burhan Hamza shot dead by unknown gunmen in POJK

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Hamza, who was operating under Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-vetted security cover, was ambushed in Muzaffarabad. He was critically injured in the attack and was airlifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rawalpindi, where he later succumbed to his injuries, officials said Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

NIA chargesheets ‘mastermind,’ four others in Cambodia-linked ‘cyber slavery’ case

NIA chargesheets ‘mastermind,’ four others in Cambodia-linked ‘cyber slavery’ case

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Three of the chargesheeted accused, Abhay Nath Dubey and Rohit Yadav from Uttar Pradesh; and Abhiranjan Kumar from Bihar, were arrested in February on their arrival in Delhi from Cambodia. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against five persons, including absconding “mastermind” Anand Kumar Singh, in a case of human trafficking and “cyber slavery” in Cambodia. Three of the chargesheeted accused, Abhay Nath Dubey and Rohit Yadav from Uttar Pradesh; and Abhiranjan Kumar from Bihar, were arrested in February on their arrival in Delhi from Cambodia. The fifth person named Prahlad Kumar Singh, is out on bail. The syndicate was involved in luring Indian youth to Cambodia on the pretext of legitimate jobs and lucrative salaries, as part of an organised human trafficking racket. “The victims’ passports were seized and they were forced to work for scam companies in Cambodia, with any resistance on their part met with mental and physical torture, including electric shocks, forceful confinement, denial of food and water, etc.,” said the agency. The NIA alleged …

Jana Nayagan Leak Case Widens: Chennai Police Arrest Three More, Mastermind Identified

Jana Nayagan Leak Case Widens: Chennai Police Arrest Three More, Mastermind Identified

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The controversy surrounding the leak of Jana Nayagan has taken a serious turn, with the Chennai Cyber Crime Police arresting three more individuals in connection with the case. This comes close on the heels of six earlier arrests made on April 12, signalling an intensified crackdown on one of the most high-profile piracy incidents in recent times. Cyber Crime Net Tightens Around Leak According to an official statement released by the Cyber Crime wing, the investigation has identified a freelance editor as the primary accused. The individual allegedly accessed sensitive footage of the film during post-production and illicitly copied the material. Authorities claim that after processing the footage, the accused distributed it to associates, which eventually led to the film being circulated widely in pirated form. The leak first surfaced on April 9, sending shockwaves through the film industry. Given the scale of the breach, investigators have been working to trace the chain of distribution, focusing not just on those who leaked the content but also on those who enabled its spread across platforms. Industry …

West Bengal Police arrest 35, including mastermind, in Malda gherao case

West Bengal Police arrest 35, including mastermind, in Malda gherao case

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The West Bengal Police on Friday arrested a total of 35 people, including the alleged mastermind of the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district, a senior officer said. The accused, identified as advocate Mofakkarul Islam, was arrested while he was trying to board a flight from Siliguri’s Bagdogra airport, he said.  Meanwhile,  a team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) visited in Malda to probe into the gherao incident over the deletion of names in the SIR exercise. The NIA has been tasked by the Election Commission to probe into the Wednesday incident, following a directive from the Supreme Court.  A total of 19 cases have been registered in Mothabari and Kaliachak police stations. 35Arrests made by Bengal police This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do …

‘Mastermind’ behind hostage-taking of judges in Bengal arrested while boarding flight to escape| India News

‘Mastermind’ behind hostage-taking of judges in Bengal arrested while boarding flight to escape| India News

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Advocate Mofakkarul Islam, the alleged mastermind behind the gherao of seven judicial officers in West Bengal’s Malda district, was reportedly arrested while trying to board a flight to escape. According to news agency PTI, the arrest took place at Siliguri’s Bagdogra airport, two days after seven judicial officers were held hostage for eight hours. According to news agency PTI, the arrest took place at Siliguri’s Bagdogra airport. (PTI/Representative) “He is the mastermind of the Kaliachak incident in which seven judicial officers were gheraoed inside a BDO office for several hours on Wednesday night. He was trying to board a flight to flee,” a senior officer told PTI. The police have so far arrested 33 people, including an ISF candidate, in the case. What happened? Seven judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal’s Malda were confined inside the Kaliachak 2 Block Development Office at 4 pm on Wednesday and held there for hours. A large crowd behind their confinement were alleging that genuine voters’ names had been deleted from the …

Police Suspect Man Arrested in Delhi Is the Mastermind Behind Terrorizing City with Hoax Bomb Mails

Police Suspect Man Arrested in Delhi Is the Mastermind Behind Terrorizing City with Hoax Bomb Mails

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3 min readMumbaiUpdated: Mar 31, 2026 10:18 AM IST THE MUMBAI Police, which has been trying to track down a mystery man who has been terrorising the city by sending hoax mails to courts, five-star hotels, schools and Bombay Stock Exchange, suspect that he is the same 47-year-old man arrested from Mysuru by the Delhi Police last Thursday. The Mumbai police have in the past registered at least 17 FIRs against an unidentified person sending these emails while Chennai Police have registered 22 FIRs against what two forces believe to be the same person, based on the similar content of the hoax threat mails. Apart from state police units, even central agencies like National Investigation Agency and Intelligence Bureau (IB) were on the lookout for him. The Delhi Police arrested Srinivas Louis from Mysuru on Thursday and said that he had sent over 1,100 hoax mails across the country. The Delhi Police said that while there is no clarity on the motive behind him sending these threats, but prima facie it appears that he has …

‘Will Dominate The Sea In 2026’: Pahalgam Mastermind Issues 26/11-Type Attack Threat | Exclusive | India News

‘Will Dominate The Sea In 2026’: Pahalgam Mastermind Issues 26/11-Type Attack Threat | Exclusive | India News

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Last Updated:February 24, 2026, 13:11 IST Saifullah Kasuri, deputy chief of LeT, accused India of “water terrorism” & threatened that pressure on Kashmir will be met with unrest elsewhere, including in Balochistan CNN-News18 has accessed a video of Saifullah Kasuri, deputy chief of LeT and the alleged mastermind of the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam terror attack. (Screenshot) In a chilling warning invoking the spectre of the 2008 Mumbai carnage, the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has threatened to carry out a 26/11-style attack in India again using the sea route. CNN-News18 has accessed a video of Saifullah Kasuri, deputy chief of LeT and the alleged mastermind of the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam terror attack, in which he issues open threats against India and boasts of Pakistan’s supposed military dominance. ‘Will Dominate the Sea in 2026’ In the video, Kasuri claims that Pakistan had “dominated the air” in 2025 and will “dominate the sea” in 2026, asserting that there will be no space left for the “enemy” across land, air, or sea. He frames this alleged …

Delhi Police arrest ‘mastermind’ behind series of ATM thefts across North India

Delhi Police arrest ‘mastermind’ behind series of ATM thefts across North India

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After nearly a year-long chase spanning several states, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police Friday arrested a key accused believed to be the mastermind behind a series of thefts across North India involving the forcible removal of ATMs, officers said on Saturday. He was nabbed from the Mewat region. The accused, Mubarik Ali, 37, a resident of Palwal in Haryana and a truck driver by profession, was wanted in a case related to the removal of an Axis Bank ATM in Wazirabad in February this year, in which cash worth over Rs 29 lakh was stolen. He had been absconding since the incident and was declared a proclaimed offender in multiple cases, with non-bailable warrants issued against him by courts in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. According to the police, the February 6 incident involved a gang spraying paint on CCTV cameras inside the ATM kiosk before removing the machine and fleeing with it. Initial investigation pointed towards a gang operating out of the Mewat region. “Considering the audacious and desperate nature of the crime, …

The Mastermind review: Josh O’Connor fumbles a museum heist in Kelly Reichardt’s intelligent drama

The Mastermind review: Josh O’Connor fumbles a museum heist in Kelly Reichardt’s intelligent drama

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The Mastermind film review Cast: Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, John Magaro, Gaby Hoffman, Hope Davies, Bill Camp Director: Kelly Reichardt Star rating: ★★★.5 Time moves in the subtlest ways in Kelly Reichardt’s films. One of the foremost American filmmakers of this era, her films have a tough and tender observational style that never jolts us with action, but instead, the lack of it. There is nothing Hollywood-y about it. You look closely. From ‘Wendy and Lucy’ to ‘First Cow’, her compact character studies are evocative of a specific setting without shouting out loud. The Mastermind review: Josh O’Connor in a still from the film, now available to watch on Mubi India. The premise In The Mastermind, which first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Reichardt has managed to retain all of those qualities that made her work so beguiling, even as it is certainly the most narratively driven outing in her oeuvre. She situates the frame in 1970s Massachusetts to tell a heist story. This is a genre done to death by …

Interview | Kelly Reichardt on extreme reactions to The Mastermind, and why she always returns to Satyajit Ray

Interview | Kelly Reichardt on extreme reactions to The Mastermind, and why she always returns to Satyajit Ray

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In The Mastermind, Kelly Reichardt takes a spin on the heist film that Hollywood has capitalised on for years. In her sensible, politically astute lens, it becomes a meditation on the privileges of a middle-class man from a Massachusetts suburb. Working with actor Josh O’Connor, the filmmaker quietly observes and allows the truth to trickle down through the gaps. Ahead of the film’s premiere in Mubi India, HT caught up with the filmmaker for an exclusive chat. Kelly Reichardt with Josh O’Connor during the shoot of The Mastermind.(Ryan Sweeney) On the influences that shaped The Mastermind The film’s denouement really comes as a surprise, but Kelly would rather not elaborate on it further. “I can say about the writing process, that it goes for so long and it is really hard to remember what the steps were. But I saw a film, and I am not speaking in terms of… I am just talking about the writing process, the Joseph Losey film named Mr Klein. I saw that film, when the 35 mm print came …