Jaipur: Rajasthan Police Wednesday cautioned public against a new method of cyber fraud involving fake QR codes, urging shopkeepers and customers to stay alert. Fraudsters are sticking counterfeit QR codes over genuine ones at shops, diverting payments to their own bank accounts instead of the shopkeeper’s, they said. According to Shantanu Kumar, SP Cyber Crime,…

Jaipur: A book titled ‘Police Itihas Ke Vatayan Se’ (Police Through the Window of History), authored by Professor Dr Vikas Nautiyal, was released at Rajasthan Police Academy (RPA) Wednesday. The release was conducted by former BSF director-general ML Kumawat, RPA director S Sengathir, former IPS officer Hari Ram Meena, and historian Dr Kamal Nayan.Nautiyal said…

Jaipur: Rajasthan Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Wednesday arrested two criminals with links to Anandpal gang and seized an AK-47 rifle, a double-barrel 12-bore gun, and two country-made pistols in Dholpur. The gang, headed by history-sheeter Ramdutt alias Sonu Chambal, was long involved in illegal arms smuggling and violent crime across multiple states.Addl DG (AGTF)…

Jaipur: Commuters faced problems for the third consecutive day Wednesday as app-based cabs remained off Jaipur roads.Associations of cab drivers and owners organised a demonstration at Shaheed Smarak and decided to intensify their strike if the govt refused to intervene in their tussle with app-based cab operators.Speaking to TOI, Kuldeep Singh Issar, a leader of…

Jaipur: Agriculture and panchayati raj minister Kirori Lal Meena’s raids on fertiliser and seed godowns have led to tensions within the governing BJP.Meena, who conducted surprise inspections in Kishangarh on May 29-30 and Gangapur City on June 3, arrived at the locations in auto-rickshaws, catching officials off guard. While these actions earned him widespread public…