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Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Man arrested with 4L fake currency, racket busted
Jaipur: Acting on specific intelligence provided by the Special Operations Group (SOG), Jaipur (Rural) police Thursday carried out a major crackdown on counterfeit currency and arrested a man allegedly involved in printing and distributing fake Indian currency notes (FICNs) worth Rs 4 lakh. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now DIG Jaipur (Rural) Anand Sharma said the accused, Raghuvendra Singh alias Raghavendra Singh, a 28-year-old resident of Shyam Mohalla, Bilanderpur in the Amarsar police station area, was apprehended near Sati Mata Temple, Kariri. Police recovered 806 fake Rs 500 notes—amounting to Rs 4.03 lakh—and a motorcycle used in the crime. Sharma said the operation was based on intelligence provided by the SOG team formed by DIG SOG Paris Deshmukh. tnn
Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Three held for duping trader, faking loot
Prayagraj: A joint team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) and Tharwai police on Wednesday arrested three persons for concocting a loot story and recovered Rs 1.23 lakh cash from their possession. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The trio identified as Diwakar Gupta (19) of Soraon, Sunil Kumar (23) of Tharwai, and Vivek Kumar (19) of Soraon was arrested near Shani Mandir Road, Tharwai, while planning to escape. Police claimed that cops posted on PRV 112 received information about a loot on June 16 near Naharpur Tilhapur turn wherein three bike-borne unidentified miscreants had looted Rs 1.33 lakh from two collection agents of a trader, including Diwakar Gupta and Omprakash Yadav, when they were on their way to Mutthiganj from Baharia. When police began investigations after registering an FIR, they found that the collection agents had not provided complete information about the loot to the trader concerned and had even switched off their mobiles. The trader became suspicious of their roles and reported the matter to the police. Upon being apprehended, Diwakar revealed the conspiracy of duping money with the help of his friends. He concocted the loot theory. While police arrested three of the accused, search is on for two others involved in the incident.
ABC News
4 days ago
- ABC News
Suspect in fatal shooting of Tasmania Police officer Keith Smith remains under guard in hospital
A man remains under guard in the Launceston General Hospital following the fatal shooting of a police officer in Tasmania's north-west on Monday morning. Keith Anthony Smith — a 57-year-old constable with 25 years' service in the police force — was shot and killed while attempting to serve a court-ordered repossession notice at a property in North Motton. Police say the alleged offender — a 46-year-old North Motton man — remains in hospital, and an investigation into the shooting is continuing. The man was shot in the hand by a specialist tactical officer before being taken into custody, and underwent surgery in hospital. Members of the Special Operations Group were positioned at the bottom of a long driveway when Constable Smith, joined by another uniformed officer, attempted to serve the notice. Police Association of Tasmania president Shane Tilley said the tactical officers were being used as "backup". "These are everyday jobs that our members across the state attend," he said. "We don't just turn up to addresses willy-nilly, we do our intelligence checks in the background to assess the risk. "There will be opportunities down the track as part of this investigation to see what those assessments came to, clearly the resource was in the area at the time." Constable Smith is being remembered as a "respected and committed" officer. Mr Tilley said it was a difficult time for his family and the police force. "As you can imagine, his wife is distraught," he said. "They are in a space that they never expected to be in. It was the first fatal shooting of a police officer in Tasmania since 1922. It was also the first time a police officer has been shot in Tasmania since 2006, when a sergeant was shot once in the face and twice in the back — and survived — on the Midland Highway near Pontville after pulling over a driver. The offender, Patrick Arthur Burling, was jailed for 15 years with a 10-year non-parole period. Mr Tilley said Monday's shooting was a further reminder of the unpredictable dangers of police work. Police Commissioner Donna Adams said a professional standards investigation would be carried out. National Police Legacy Day was on Tuesday, and the Sydney Opera House was lit up with a blue ribbon in the evening. Police forces across the country have expressed sympathies to Tasmania Police. "Our deepest condolences go out to the officer's family, friends, and colleagues — and to the wider police family," NSW Police said on social media. "Our sincerest condolences go out to the family, friends and colleagues of Tasmania Police officer Constable Keith Anthony Smith who died in the line of duty," Queensland Police wrote.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
Muzaffarnagar cops return 235 lost, stolen phones
Agra: When hundreds of Muzaffarnagar residents, mostly daily wagers, gathered at the police lines on Tuesday at the district police's invitation, they had no idea they'd get their lost or stolen smartphones back. A total of 235 mobile phones, recovered over the past few months, were returned to their rightful owners. Valued at an estimated Rs 48-50 lakh, the devices were recovered through digital tracking by police's surveillance and Special Operations Group (SOG) teams. SSP Sanjay Kumar Verma said the phones had gone missing under various circumstances — during train journeys, weddings, processions. Across India, police have increasingly been using the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal, developed by the department of telecommunications, to track and block lost phones. Once reported on CEIR, a lost phone is blacklisted, making it unusable and traceable if reconnected to a network. In Muzaffarnagar, residents were not told the reason for the gathering, resulting in emotional scenes as they spotted their long-lost phones displayed on tables. "I bought this phone after saving money. I was devastated when it was stolen from me while I was walking home. I never imagined I'd get it back. I thank the police for recovering it," said one recipient. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like What She Did Mid-Air Left Passengers Speechless medalmerit Learn More Undo As recognition for the recovery operation, the SSP announced a Rs 20,000 cash reward for the police teams involved. A similar initiative was conducted last Aug, when Muzaffarnagar Police's surveillance cell returned 214 phones, worth around Rs 41 lakh, to their owners. That operation had been launched by then SSP Abhishek Singh and led by SP (City) Satyanarayan Prajapat. Phones reported lost over four months were tracked and retrieved through sustained digital surveillance. According to data from the CEIR portal, over 1.9 lakh devices were blocked and more than 1.2 lakh handsets were traced in Uttar Pradesh, while police have so far successfully retrieved 31,545 devices. Across the country, over 4.6 lakh phones have been recovered so far, with Telangana Police leading with 82,265 recoveries.
ABC News
5 days ago
- Politics
- ABC News
What is the Special Operations Group Tasmanian police unit?
What led to the fatal shooting of Tasmania Police Constable Keith Smith will be pieced together over coming days or weeks, with investigations continuing. The involvement of the Special Operations Group, which was at the property, will form part of that. Tasmania's Special Operations Group, or SOG, is similar to other highly-trained tactical police units around Australia. The Tasmanian SOG has been a full-time unit, with 20 members since 2024, stationed in the south and the north. Prior to this, the SOG consisted of three part-time units. The group performs a wide range of functions including helping breach buildings, attending sieges, drug lab searches, and other high-risk jobs. Police Minister Felix Ellis said the move to full-time has "significantly bolstered" the ability to respond to high-risk situations. Police Association of Tasmania (PAT) president Shane Tilley told the ABC SOG members were the "elite" of Tasmania Police. "They are highly trained individuals who are trained in less lethal capabilities — they are trained to use long arms, pistols." "They may not be required to go into an address, [they could] … simply just run a little bit of security around the perimeter," said Mr Tilley. Commissioner Adams said the SOG had attended over 800 jobs in 18 months as part of its "frontline response" work. "Now, that we have a permanent Special Operations Group, we can deploy our Special Operations Group in a wider, broader manner," she said. She said they assisted police officers with "routine duties", including the response to retail crime. Mr Tilley said a "good portion" of the 800 jobs the group had attended would have been searches, often involving the drug squad. "Some would be high-risk searches, others would have a lower level of risk attached to them," he said. He said it was a "blessing" to have the SOG on the ground being used more often now. He said the officers who picked up a job would normally approach the SOG "if they thought that there was potential for things to develop", and that they would attend "if they thought they could help". Thus far, Tasmania Police has not revealed much about why the specialist tactical group were at the North Motton property on Monday, as officers delivered a court-issued warrant. "There are lots of questions that we all have as a result of the incident, and that's why we need to be really methodical in our investigation," Commissioner Donna Adams told reporters in Devonport. Commissioner Adams said the SOG had been requested for the job and had waited at the bottom of the driveway, while two officers, including Constable Smith, approached the house. She said they had responded after Constable Smith was shot. "They were also threatened by the offender, and they shot the offender in the hand before making an arrest." She told ABC Hobart Mornings that "had it not been for their presence I think we would have been confronted with a number of other deaths". She did not provide any information on why they had been requested, or why there may have been a heightened level of concern about the job. A police spokesperson said they weren't able to respond to questions regarding SOG methodology for "operational reasons". Mr Tilley said it was his understanding this was not an "authorised SOG job" and that they were there as support. "Those members from the SOG were simply there to act as backup units and assistance if it was required," he said. He said the SOG crew responded "within seconds" to the situation. "There will be opportunities down the track, as part of this investigation, to see what those assessments came to but clearly the resource was in the area at the time and able to attend the address."
