Crime-Justice

KOLKATA: Akhtar Ali, the former deputy superintendent of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, who is often referred to as the whistleblower in the case of financial irregularities at the reputed medical institute in the state, resigned from his services on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Police on Tuesday said that a First Information Report (FIR) has been filed in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a female student at South Asian University (SAU) in south Delhi's Maidan Garhi area.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur has been sent on leave amid the Indian Police Service (IPS) officer’s suicide row.

AMRITSAR: In an intelligence-based operation amidst the ongoing special checking and special operations Punjab Police’s State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) Amritsar in a joint operation with Border Security Force (BSF), recovered a consignment of three weapons compromising two AK-47 rifles from near the Indo-Pak border falling under Khemkaran in Tarn Taran, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The NHRC has sought a report within two weeks from the Gujarat government and Ahmedabad Police Chief over the death of two workers under a rooftop advertising hoarding that collapsed last month, an official said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Stepping up its operation and crackdown on illegal immigrants, the Delhi Police on Monday apprehended six African nationals staying illegally in the city.

KOLKATA: West Bengal Police on Monday arrested the fifth accused in the Durgapur gang-rape case, taking the total number of arrests to five, officials said.

KOLKATA: The police have found contradictions in the statement given by the medical student's male friend, with whom she had gone out on October 10, before being gang-raped by five persons in a forest area near her college in West Bengal's Durgapur.

AGARTALA: The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a joint operation have seized drugs worth Rs 16 crore in Tripura and arrested a woman drug peddler in Tripura on Monday, officials said.

KOLKATA: The police have nabbed another person in connection with the gang-rape of a second-year medical student from Odisha in West Bengal's Durgapur, taking the total number of arrests to four.

KOLKATA: The BJP has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of lying about the timing when a second-year medical student left the private medical college premises in Durgapur, West Burdwan district, and later became a victim of gang-rape.

PHAGWARA: A 26-year-old man, identified as Ramandeep, was reportedly attacked and injured with a sharp-edged weapon by his father, Bhupinder Lal, in Khalwara Colony near the Subhidha Centre in Phagwara on Sunday evening. According to police sources, the incident occurred following a minor argument between the father and son, which quickly escalated into violence. 

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) have arrested two operatives of the Davinder Bambiha gang and recovered six pistols from their possession, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Sunday.

KOLKATA: A youth was arrested in Kolkata from the port area in the city on Saturday on charges of raping a differently-abled woman, police said.

NEW DELHI: The alleged suicide by a senior Haryana Police official Y. Puran Kumar continued to remain in political focus on Saturday with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi offering condolence to the family and criticising the "prejudiced and biased attitude of those in power".

NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Saturday said there is probably a need to treat unintentional financial offences differently from the premeditated ones that are driven by greed.

SRINAGAR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) said on Saturday that it has unearthed a large land scam involving the illegal transfer of evacuee property situated on the Gupkar Road in Srinagar city.

NEW DELHI: The suicide of senior IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar in Haryana has sparked widespread grief and outrage across the country, particularly among Dalit and Bahujan communities. Mayawati, National President of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, expressed deep concern over the incident, calling it a national shame and a reflection of the caste-based discrimination still prevalent in India’s administrative systems.

KOLKATA: A second-year student from Odisha was allegedly gang-raped outside a private medical college in West Burdwan district's Durgapur on Friday night, police confirmed on Saturday.

CHANDIGARH: A trial court in Punjab's Patiala, on Thursday, dismissed the anticipatory bail plea, second consecutive time, of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Harmeet Pathanmajra, who has been on the run after being booked in a rape case on September 2. 

BENGALURU: A shocking incident of a man accused in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, jumping from the fifth floor of a Bengaluru court on Thursday and dying, was reported from the City Civil Court premises.

KOLKATA: Six Bangladeshis were arrested from two separate locations in Domkal subdivision of Murshidabad district early on Thursday morning. Murshidabad police arrested them from Bhatshala area under Domkal police station and Harudanga border area under Raninagar police station.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has expressed shock at the status of criminal trials in Maharashtra, having found that hundreds of cases have been pending for framing of charges for over a decade -- some dating back as far as 2006.

PATNA: In a major breakthrough, the Railway Police in Gaya seized two kilograms of smuggled gold worth approximately Rs 2 crore from a passenger aboard the Howrah-Kalka Mail on Thursday.

KOLKATA: A petition was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the attack on BJP Lok Sabha member Khagen Murmu and the party’s Chief Whip in the West Bengal Assembly, Shankar Ghosh.

CHENNAI: Weeks after the tragic Karur stampede that claimed 41 lives during a party event, a bomb threat was received at the residence of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor C. Joseph Vijay on Thursday. However, after hours of search, police have confirmed that the threat was a hoax and have begun an investigation to trace the caller.

NEW DELHI: Expanding the ambit of investigation into the 2024 Bihar arms smuggling case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out extensive searches at the residence of an accused named Sandeep Kumar Sinha and recovered a slew of weapons ranging from live cartridges, guns and cash, besides a list of incriminating materials.

KANPUR: The explosion that rocked Kanpur's Mishri Bazar area was caused by firecrackers, and a few people have been detained in connection with the incident, police said on Thursday.

PHAGWARA: Revenue patwaris and land mafia nexus is causing huge financial losses to the State by registering sale deeds below collector rates. 

NEW DELHI: In a bid to protect citizens from rising cyber frauds, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has rolled out a new verification mechanism for its summons, featuring QR codes and unique passcodes.

SYDNEY: Three men have been charged after Sydney police intercepted an alleged organized crime assassination attempt in the city's southwest, police said on Wednesday.

KOLKATA: In a shocking incident, a man committed suicide by hanging himself after killing his wife and minor son at Beldanga in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, police said on Wednesday.

GUWAHATI: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the death of Assam's singer and composer Zubeen Garg, on Wednesday arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sandipan Garg in connection with the case.

CHANDIGARH: A day before Haryana’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Y. Puran Kumar, an IPS officer from the 2001 batch, was found dead with a gunshot wound at his residence in Chandigarh, it is learnt on Wednesday that he was booked by the police on allegations of bribery.