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News18
4 days ago
- News18
Inspired By ‘Special26', 3 Pose As CBI Officials, Extort Cash & Jewellery From Delhi Family
Inspired By 'Special26', 3 Pose As CBI Officials, Extort Cash & Jewellery From Delhi Family
News18
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Waiting For The Family Man Season 3? Don't Miss These Top Manoj Bajpayee Films
1/8 Satya (1998), Streaming on- SonyLiv: Bajpayee portrayed a young man who came in search of work to Mumbai but got entangled with the underworld is regarded as one of the best performances in Hindi cinema. (Image: IMDb) Aligarh (2015), Streaming on- Prime Video: Manoj Bajpayee portrays a homosexual professor at Aligarh Muslim University in the film. His deeply nuanced performance as a queer character grappling with identity issues following a sting operation has received widespread acclaim. (Image: IMDb) Gangs Of Wasseypur (2012), Streaming on- Prime Video, Netflix: This is probably one of the best performances by Bajpayee. His role as Sardar Khan is intense and full of charisma, where he conflicts with coal mining mafia lord Ramadhir Singh (Tigmanshu Dhulia). (Image: IMDb) Special 26 (2013), Streaming on- Netflix: Another brilliant performance by the actor. Manoj Bajpayee plays the role of a dogged CBI officer. The film also stars Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Kajal Aggarwal and Divya Dutta. (Image: IMDb) Killer Soup (2024), Streaming on- Netflix: Bajpayee plays a dual role opposite Konkona Sen Sharma. His impressive performance as a husband and as a lover keeps you hooked in this dark comedy thriller. (Image: Netflix) Despatch (2024), Streaming on- Zee5: Joy Bag, a crime reporter, played by Manoj Bajpayee thrives to protect print journalism in growing digitization of news. The movie is a perfect watch if you want to see Bajpayee in a character-driven role. (Image: IMDb)
Time of India
10-07-2025
- Time of India
Conmen pose as vigilance sleuths, loot Rs 51 lakh from doctor's home
Kendrapada: It could have been a scene straight out of the Bollywood thriller 'Special 26': six men, fake ID cards, a sham vigilance raid — and a retired doctor's home in Kendrapada left poorer by more than Rs 51.5 lakh in gold and cash on Thursday afternoon. In Oldhi village under Derabishi police station limits, 80-year-old Dr Jalil Ahamad Khan never imagined that a regular day would turn into a cinematic heist. The retired govt medical college doctor from Jamshedpur was at home with his wife, Malika Firoja (74), and son, Dr. Jahid Khan (55), when the conmen struck. Arriving on three motorcycles, the imposters posed as vigilance officers, flashed fake identity cards, and carried out a bogus raid that stretched on for 90 minutes. They rummaged through the house, broke open three almirahs, and allegedly took away about 500 grams of gold ornaments worth Rs 50 lakh, along with Rs 1.5 lakh in cash. To ensure their crime left no trail, the gang first confiscated the family's three mobile phones and then removed the hard drives of the CCTV cameras before disappearing. Before leaving, they handed the family a final twist — instructions to collect a 'seizure list' from the vigilance office in Kendrapada town. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giá vàng đang tăng mạnh trong năm 2025 — Các nhà giao dịch thông minh đã tham gia IC Markets Tìm hiểu thêm Undo The incident has left residents stunned by how closely it mirrors the plot of Special 26 — the 2013 film starring Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher, inspired by the infamous 1987 Opera House heist, when a gang of conmen posing as CBI officers carried out fake raids across the country. It was only after the strangers vanished that the family realised they had been duped. A call to the vigilance department confirmed their worst fear: no official raid had ever been authorised. "We have formed a special team to investigate the case," said Ambika Das, inspector-in-charge of Derabishi police station, after receiving an FIR from Dr. Khan.
Time of India
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Special Ops' star Kay Kay Menon appreciates Neeraj Pandey for writing well carved antagonists: "Script mein maal poora hai"
Actor , who is gearing up for the release of the upcoming season of the hit streaming show 'Special Ops', has lauded show creator for fleshing out perfectly mounted characters in all his projects. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Kay Kay Menon recently spoke with IANS, and said that a well carved out antagonist in Pandey's projects are constant given films like 'A Wednesday', 'Special 26', 'Baby', 'Khakee: The Chapter' and others. Naturally, with cyber warfare being the key theme in the second season, 'Special Ops' is no different. The actor told IANS, "I think, in Neeraj's writing, the antagonist is well etched out. He never, he never lets that go. You read the script, and you realise that this entire thing, you're giving body to it, through the script. Now it's up to the actor to perform it, but it's just that it's all there. Script mein maal poora hai (the entire material is there in the script). So that's one thing which Neeraj always does". He further mentioned, "It's like the tougher the villain is in terms of depth, that much it becomes my character 's challenge, and for his entire team too. So it requires that kind of gallantry to tackle. So it becomes a nice cat and mouse chase. But it's big, everything is big". Earlier, the actor had said that his process of approaching a character is "boring" but works big time for him. Talking about his process of approaching a character, he had said, "It's about being with the script. Not necessarily thinking about it or brainstorming about it all the time. Because I seriously believe that the more you're with the script, at the end, it'll give you something very unique. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now That's what I wait for. It's a magic lamp. Suddenly, it emerges. It's there in your mind. The script is there". "I don't really invest in terms of, 'What do I do with this? How do I play this scene?'. No. I wait it to come to me. It's like a good batsman will allow the ball to come to the bat. Like a test match", he added. ' Special Ops 2 ' is set to stream on OTT from July 18, 2025. Any Director Can Make Mistakes, I Choose Roles Based On Scripts: Kay Kay Menon On Picking Shekhar Home
The Print
08-07-2025
- The Print
‘Special 26' with a twist—Delhi Police busts ‘fake' ED raid at upscale car showroom in Chanakyapuri
They also presented a fake letter from the agency informing him about their planned search of the showroom, citing the presence of large sums of cash there. What followed was a staged Enforcement Directorate raid, a Rs 30-lakh heist, and a plot straight out of the Bollywood film Special 26—with a twist. Tiwari was shoved into a car by the two men who allegedly assaulted him and told he was being taken into custody as part of a probe by the Enforcement Directorate. New Delhi: Returning home from his job at a high-end car showroom in Delhi's Chanakyapuri, Anil Tiwari was stopped near the Hungarian Embassy just around sunset on 20 June. 'Mr. Tiwari was then forcibly taken back to the showroom. Once inside, they retrieved the car keys from Mr. Tiwari's bag, opened the Bentley's boot, and took all Rs 30 lakhs,' New Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police, Devesh Kumar Mahla said. The money had been received from a customer just the previous day. Tiwari was later dropped at a national highway far away from his workplace. The Delhi Police said the raid resembling the Bollywood movie Special 26 was 'fake'. It arrested three individuals, including an employee of the showroom, for allegedly passing on the information about the cash and hatching a conspiracy. The accused persons have been identified as Sunil Kumar Taneja (46), and Suraj (22)—who allegedly abducted Tiwari and took away money from the showroom—while the third accused has been identified as Sumit Yadav (25). DCP Mahla said that out of a total of Rs 30 lakh stolen from the showroom, investigators have recovered Rs 15 lakh from Taneja. Also, Rs 8 lakh, which was invested in a fixed deposit by him, has been frozen. Also Read: Abandoned hospitals, cost overruns—Delhi ACB's case against AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj, Satyendar Jain Special 26 with a twist While all the elements till the stealing of Rs 30 lakh from the showroom resembled the script of the Bollywood movie Special 26, there was a marked difference in how this story played out. After being dropped at the national highway, Tiwari immediately informed his employer about the overall sequence of events. His owner waited for the Enforcement Directorate or any agency to make further communication to him about the purported crime. However, as the realisation dawned upon him about the search being a fraud on them, Tiwari approached the Chankyapuri Police Station early Wednesday. The Delhi Police booked unknown suspects under 319(2) (cheating by personation), 318(4) (cheating). 140(3) (kidnapping or abduction) 309(4) (robbery) and 3(5) (furtherance of the common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). A team of police personnel led by Assistant Commissioner of Police Arti Sharma started scanning footage of CCTV cameras installed around the area and spotted a Wagon-R having a 'partially obscured' license plate. The investigators suspected it to be the car used in the offence and zeroed in on its owner, who turned out to be Taneja. The address in the registered documents took investigators to the Dabri area in West Delhi, but the Taneja had already moved out and shifted to Gurugram in Haryana after the death of his wife. Once Taneja was arrested Saturday, he spilled the beans on the entire plan. Taneja allegedly revealed that his old friend Sumit Yadav, with whom he had worked for three years in the past, was the mastermind of the plan. Struggling to deal with a huge debt, Yadav tipped Taneja about a cash transaction of Rs 30 lakh 19 June, which was stored in a Bentley car in the showroom itself, leading to the theft of money. 'A sustained interrogation of the accused led to uncovering of the conspiracy. Sumit Yadav, working as sales executive at the showroom, had provided crucial information to the main accused, Sunil Kumar Taneja. It was revealed that Taneja and Yadav had previously worked together at Spinny, an online car sales company, where they hatched a plan to steal money from the showroom,' DCP Mahla said in a statement Tuesday. 'Sunil Kumar Taneja, a driver by profession, knew Suraj through their previous shared employment at a property dealer's office in Najafgarh, where they had worked together for 2-3 years,' he further said. (Edited by Ajeet Tiwari) Also Read: Curious case of Zubair Bhat: Kashmiri youth's mysterious death in Delhi, flashpoint in Srinagar
