Mumbai's Esplanade Court has extended police custody for former Lodha Developers director Rajendra Lodha as authorities investigate alleged financial fraud involving gold bars and benami companies.

Lucknow Police transfers 244 out of 293 criminal cases against Ansal Properties to Crime Branch, streamlining investigation into decades-old real estate fraud allegations affecting thousands of homebuyers.

Guntur police arrested a mother-son duo for orchestrating a decade-long real estate fraud involving forged property documents worth crores, with at least eight cases filed across multiple police stations.

The Bombay High Court has rejected bail for a real estate agent accused of duping a Vile Parle restaurant owner of Rs 82 lakh under the pretext of bribing BMC officials for a property transfer, citing a wider conspiracy.