Ten days. 33 surrenders. And for the first time in more than three decades, the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh (MMC) special zone, once the toughest Maoist theatre in central India, has shrunk to a single-digit count.

A 38-year-old man, a native of Uganda, was arrested for allegedly duping a Delhi resident of Rs 1.9 lakh after posing as a woman on a dating app by using pictures of his girlfriend and luring him into a fraudulent investment scheme.

North Goa nightclub owners, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, fled to Phuket hours after a fire killed 25 people. Police confirmed their departure and issued a Look Out Circular, seeking Interpol’s help. Four staff members have been arrested as a magisterial inquiry into procedural lapses is underway.