Crime

SECAUCUS CITY, NJ- A New Jersey physician has been charged in a sweeping 58-count federal indictment accusing him of running an opioid “pill mill,” exchanging prescriptions for sexual favors, and defrauding the state’s Medicaid program over several years, US prosecutors

India-West News Desk INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indiana State Police say two commercial truck drivers from California were arrested after an estimated $7 million worth of cocaine was discovered during a routine traffic inspection on Interstate 70. The driver and co-driver were taken into custody

Photo: Instagram COLUMBIA, MD -Howard County police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a 27 year old Indian healthcare professional whose body was found inside an apartment here, as authorities pursue her former boyfriend who left the United States for India

TORONTO-A 20-year-old Indian student was fatally shot near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus, following which the Canadian Police launched a manhunt and an appeal to the public for information related to the incident. The victim has been identified as Shivank

TORONTO- A 30-year-old woman was found murdered here, prompting police to issue a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a suspect they say was known to the victim, according to local media reports citing law enforcement officials. The woman has been identified as Himanshi

Photo: Ventura County Sheriff India-West Staff Reporter BAKERSFIELD, CA - A Bakersfield man, Simranjit Singh Sekhon,  is in custody following a Ventura County Sheriff’s Office investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a rideshare passenger. Sekhon, 35, was arrested on December 15 after

India-West News Desk BOSTON, MA - Suhail Kwatra, a former Saks Fifth Avenue stylist, is accused of orchestrating an internal fraud scheme that allegedly cost the luxury retailer nearly $430,000 dollars, according to court documents filed in Massachusetts. Prosecutors allege that Kwatra,

Photo: Sherburne County Sheriff India-West News Desk PHILADELPHIA, PA - Harshkumar Patel, convicted in the 2024 human-smuggling case tied to the deaths of an Indian family that froze at the Manitoba–U.S. border, is asking a federal appeals court to let him move forward

Photo: Santa Clara Sheriff India-West News Desk SARATOGA, CA — The founder of an online mental health company was arrested after a “wild scene in Saratoga” that unfolded at a Bay Area winery on December 6, according to the Santa Clara County

Photo: Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office WASHINGTON, DC -A US district judge has sentenced an Indian national to 90 months in federal prison for his role in a sweeping imposter-fraud conspiracy that targeted elderly residents across five Midwestern states and caused intended losses

Photo:Contra Costa DA India-West News Desk MARTINEZ, CA- A Pleasanton man has been charged with murder and four felony DUI counts in connection with a high-speed crash that killed a Castro Valley woman in San Ramon, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office

WASHINGTON, DC - Ashley J. Tellis, the foreign policy expert on US and South Asian affairs, returned to federal court to contest the Justice Department's attempt to detain him pending trial, telling a judge that prosecutors have offered no legally valid basis to reopen

India-West News Desk NEW YORK- The FBI has announced a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Nazeer Hameed, an Indian national charged with the 2017 murders of Sasikala Narra, 38, and her six-year-old son Anish in Maple Shade, New

WASHINGTON, DC - The US government has asked a federal court in Virginia to impose tight controls on classified material in the criminal case against Indian American strategic analyst Ashley J. Tellis, whose arrest this month sent ripples through policy and academic circles in

WASHINGTON, DC- An Indian national who admitted to orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud through a Washington-based diagnostic lab was sentenced to two years in federal prison, US Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced. Mohammed Asif, 35, who was taken into custody in

India-West News Desk DALLAS, TX — The Cuban national accused of the gruesome beheading of Texas motel owner Chandra Nagamallaiah in September will not face the death penalty, prosecutors confirmed this week, raising questions about the handling of violent crimes committed

Photo: Accused Chintan Thakkar (Source: Kenosha County Sheriff Dept.) India-West News Desk KENOSHA, WI – Kenosha County prosecutors have zeroed in on two Gujaratis from the Chicago suburbs, alleging they played a central role in siphoning off more than $653,000 in

NEW DELHI-A man has been apprehended in Delhi for his alleged role in the multiple shootings at comedian Kapil Sharma’s Kaps cafe in Canada. Mansingh Sekhon, accused of providing weapons and a vehicle to the shooters involved in the July attack,

India-West Staff Reporter WASHINGTON, DC - The sweeping multinational cocaine and murder case that has thrust a former Canadian Olympian onto the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list is increasingly being defined by the roles of two Canadian figures, Toronto attorney Deepak

India-West Staff Reporter BUFFALO, NY -U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo arrested an Indian citizen wanted for murder after he was denied entry into Canada on November 16. The suspect, Vishat Kumar, 22, was apprehended at

Photo: FBI Newark officers at a press conference on Nazeer Hameed who is wanted for murder in NJ. (Source: Instagram) India-West News Desk EDISON, NJ - More than eight years after a mother and her young son were tragically killed in their

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC – The United States deported Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of notorious mob boss Lawrence Bishnoi and a key conspirator in the killing of Nationalist Congress Party lawmaker Baba Siddiqui, on November 18. Bishnoi was traveling on

NEW YORK, NY - The US has sanctioned an Indian company, alleging it has links through one of its directors to Iran’s missile program. The Treasury Department listed the Chandigarh-based Farmlane Private Limited among 32 businesses and individuals sanctioned because of their

Photo: The young family that was killed. India-West News Desk DALLAS, TX - “Justice for Rushil. Justice for Naveena. Justice for Nageswararao. Justice for Sitamahalakshmi. Justice for Krithik. Justice for Nishidha. Justice for Lokesh — and justice for this community.” With those words,

WASHINGTON, DC - US President Donald Trump has given a preemptive pardon to Republican Party loyalist C B Chandra Yadav, along with several high-profile political figures involved in Trump’s attempts to change the 2020 election results. Yadav is the owner and

India- West News Desk NEW DELHI- United States authorities have deported Praveen Kumar Kapoor, a key promoter and co-founder of the SRS Group, to India in connection with a vast Rs 2,200 crore money laundering case. Kapoor, who had been absconding for several years, was stopped at Newark International Airport by US officials.

India-West News Desk ONTARIO, CA — The 21-year-old semi-truck driver who made national and political headlines after being accused of causing a deadly chain-reaction crash on the 10 Freeway in Ontario is no longer facing DUI charges after toxicology tests confirmed

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY — A massive loan fraud involving over $500 million has come to light, implicating Indian telecom executive Bankim Brahmbhatt in what experts are calling a “breathtaking” financial deception. The scandal has sent shockwaves through BlackRock’s private-credit

India-West News Desk BOSTON, MA - An Indian has been charged in connection with a mid-air assault on two teenage passengers aboard a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, prompting the aircraft’s diversion to Boston. Officials said Usiripalli had previously entered the United States

India-West Staff Reporter CHARLOTTE, NC — Chandraprabha Singh, 44, a teacher assistant at Endhaven Elementary School, has been arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury after allegedly cutting her husband during an argument about house cleaning. The

NEW DELHI- In a success for law enforcement agencies, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has secured the return of wanted fugitive Lakhvinder Kumar from the United States, the CBI said on October 25. Kumar, a key associate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, was deported and

Photo: Saratoga Police Facebook India-West News Desk SARATOGA COUNTY, N.Y. — A New York state employee has been arrested on grand larceny charges for allegedly working two full-time jobs simultaneously and collecting more than $50,000 in wages he was not entitled to. The

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Prominent U.S.-India relations expert Ashley J. Tellis, a former adviser on the National Security Council under President George W. Bush, has been released from custody and placed under home detention in Vienna, Virginia. Tellis, 64,

India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA - A speeding semi-truck plowed into congested traffic, triggering a massive fire that killed three people and injured several others, including the driver. Authorities identified the driver as 21-year-old Jashanpreet Singh, an Indian national who entered

VANCOUVER- It was a chilling rewind of earlier events at comedian-actor Kapil Sharma’s Cafe in Canada as multiple rounds were fired outside the cafe on October 16. The responsibility for the shooting has been claimed by the gang members of the

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Lawyers for Ashley Tellis, the prominent India scholar accused of retaining classified documents and meeting with Chinese officials, said on October 17 that he denies all charges against him. “Ashley J. Tellis is a widely respected

WASHINGTON, DC – The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on October 10 that toxic cough syrups linked to the deaths of children in India had not been exported to the United States. The agency said it was aware of

WASHINGTON, DC - In a major development, Ashley Tellis, a long-time US government adviser and expert on India and South Asia, has been charged with unlawfully keeping national defense information and meeting Chinese officials. A federal affidavit filed on October 13,  in

India-West Staff Reporter ATLANTA, GA – The Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) is “highly alarmed and deeply impacted by a disturbing surge of deadly violence targeting hotel owners,” it has said in a statement noting that in just 72 hours  three

OTTAWA- Several theatres in Canada are withdrawing screenings of Indian movies following arson attacks on cinema halls over the past week. York Cinemas on October 3, announced that it will not be screening Indian movies until further notice. In the

India-West News Desk FORT WORTH, TX — A 23-year-old man, identified as Richard Florez of North Richland Hills, has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Indian student Chandrashekar Pole during a robbery at a Fort Worth

India-West News Desk PITTSBURGH, PA— Rakesh Ehagaban, 51, the owner and manager of the Pittsburgh Motel in Robinson Township, was fatally shot at point-blank range on the afternoon of October 3 after stepping outside to check on a disturbance, according to

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY — “You abused them, physically, emotionally, and psychologically,” Judge Arun Subramanian told Sean “Diddy” Combs in a Manhattan courtroom on October 3, delivering a scathing condemnation of the hip-hop mogul before sentencing him to 50

Photo: Nassau County DA Office India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY- Ganesh Shenoy, a 54-year-old Indian citizen, has been extradited from India to the United States to face a second-degree manslaughter charge in connection with a fatal car crash that occurred in New

OTTAWA-The Canadian government on September 29 officially designated the Bishnoi gang led by dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi as a terrorist organization, citing its involvement in murder, shootings, arson, and spreading terror through extortion and intimidation. "Acts of violence and terror have no place in

India-West Staff Reporter FREMONT, CA — Varun Suresh, 29, of Fremont, fatally stabbed 71-year-old David Brimmer on September 18, targeting him because he was a registered sex offender. Suresh specifically sought out Brimmer using the California Megan’s Law website, taking screenshots

India-West Staff Reporter BENSALEM, PA- A Pennsylvania physician has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for orchestrating health care fraud and illegally prescribing opioids in a scheme that defrauded insurers and endangered patients. Neil K. Anand, M.D., 48, was convicted in April

Photo: Gunmemorial.org India-West News Desk UNION COUNTY, SC — A 21-year-old man, Zaedan Mack Hill, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Kiran Patel, a 49-year-old woman, who was killed during a robbery at her gas station store on September 16. Hill

OTTAWA- Khalistani extremist Inderjit Singh Gosal, regarded as a close aide and right-hand man of terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, has been arrested here on multiple charges related to firearms possession, several reports indicated on September 22. Gosal rose to prominence as

India-West News Desk ORANGE, CA - The family of Nihar “Mars” Mehta is renewing their urgent plea for help following multiple credible sightings of the 22-year-old in Garden Grove and Westminster, California. Witnesses report seeing someone matching Nihar’s description near Brookhurst