PETALING JAYA, Feb 23 A Delhi conman, who lured more than 18 young women into marrying him before running off with their money, has been arrested by authorities. Al Jazeera reported that Bibhu Prakash Swain, 67, had married more than 18 times in the past 20 years. Police officers are also.
The Saheed Nagar police in Bhubaneswar on Thursday arrested two members of a criminal gang involved in looting valuables from people after offering them a lift.
All his victims were highly educated, the police said, adding one of them is a professor, a medical practitioner and an officer in the Armed Police Forces
The online fraudsters stole Rs 1.31 crore from several people under the Bhubaneswar Urban Police District (UPD) in January, of which police recovered Rs 12.5 lakhs.
Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh breathed a sigh of relief as cyclonic storm Jawad weakened into a deep depression before reaching the east coast. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, it is likely to weaken further into a depression by the time it reaches Puri in Odisha around noon on Sunday. However, the possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall over coastal districts remains. On Saturday, thousands of people living along the sea were evacuated as a precautionary measure and 64 teams of the National Disaster Response Force were kept ready to tackle any eventuality. One person lost his life when a tree came crashing down on him as a result of cyclone-affected weather in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district. Follow IndiaToday.in for LIVE Updates on Cyclone Jawad: