Overview
- Hyderabad police arrested a 25-year-old mason who confessed to luring a four-year-old from a labour camp, sexually assaulting her, and leading officers to her body.
- In Ghaziabad, a four-year-old was found murdered and neighbour Gaurav Prajapati was detained as an FIR under BNS sections 103(1) and 238(a) followed an autopsy citing head injury as the cause of death with other injuries noted.
- Near Kanpur, an 11-year-old was discovered buried in a field with initial findings pointing to sexual assault and murder, a neighbour was detained, and DNA and other forensic samples were secured.
- Pune police booked a POCSO case and arrested four men accused of repeatedly raping a 15-year-old with an intellectual disability over three months, with custody extended to March 20.
- Cybercrime updates included Delhi Police arresting three alleged facilitators who arranged mule accounts in a 'digital arrest' case, fresh FIRs after seniors in Mumbai and Greater Noida lost ₹1.05 crore and ₹1.29 crore, Faridabad police probing a ₹17 crore investment fraud with nationwide raids, and separate corruption and fraud crackdowns that netted two Gurugram police personnel in a bribery sting and seven suspects in a Belagavi 'money-doubling' racket including two Maharashtra cops.