Crime-Justice

RAIPUR: In a major success for anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh, security forces arrested five Maoists, including a minor, in a joint action near the Chintalnar police station area of Sukma district.

AMRELI: A 25-year-old woman from Bhad village of Gujarat's Amreli district allegedly committed suicide after consuming poison-laced food at her workplace.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad seeking a stay on the proceedings of the trial court in the land-for-job case.

QUETTA: A Baloch human rights organisation condemned the extrajudicial killing of a youth on Friday, carried out by a government-backed death squad in the busy market of Kharan district, Balochistan. This incident occurred amid an increasing wave of human rights violations throughout the province.

JAIPUR: In a decisive move to combat the serious crime of human trafficking, the Rajasthan Police is organising a two-day state-level conference at the Rajasthan Police Academy in Jaipur from Friday.

NEW DELHI: Many schools in Delhi's Dwarka got bomb threats on Friday, making it yet another instance to rock the national Capital. The security establishment went into a tizzy and all investigations were started on a war footing as the authorities refused to take a chance with the safety and security of children.

RAIPUR: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted a fresh raid at the Bhilai residence of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel early Friday morning, intensifying its investigation into an alleged multi-crore liquor scam.

NEW YORK: An Indian-origin businessman and the police chiefs of three cities in the US have been charged with visa fraud, allegedly by exploiting a provision to help crime victims.

AMRITSAR: Amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a safe and secure state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with links to Pakistan and arrested one of its operative after recovering 10 .30 bore sophisticated pistols along with magazines from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Thursday.

CHANDIGARH: In a remarkable success, Border Security Force (BSF) troops on Thursday recovered 8.6 kg of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Ferozepur sector.

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a charge sheet against businessman Robert Vadra, son-in-law of former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, in connection with a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana’s Shikohpur.

MUMBAI: The ED investigators on Thursday scanned and seized bank accounts, property documents and digital records at Bandra and Mahim properties of Chhangur Baba's financial associate Shahzad Sheikh in Mumbai.

NEW DELHI: The NIA arrested two more accused in connection with the recovery of an IED planted by the ULFA-I terror group at Dispur Last Gate, Guwahati, as part of a conspiracy to carry out multiple blasts in Assam on Independence Day in 2024, an official said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: In a major announcement ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has declared free electricity for all domestic consumers using up to 125 units. The move has been hailed as "historic" by senior Janata Dal (United) leader K.C. Tyagi, who on Thursday welcomed the decision as a significant relief for the state’s Economically Weaker Sections.

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday, while reacting to the violence in the Paikan reserve forest in the Goalpara district, in which one civilian was killed in police firing, said that action would be taken against those who launched an attack on policemen.

BENGALURU: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) sleuths on Thursday conducted raids in connection with the Shushruti Co-operative Society fraud case in Bengaluru.

QUETTA: Pakistani security forces carried out an "unlawful raid" on the home of a Baloch activist "without any legal grounds," according to Sammi Deen Baloch, a member of the human rights body, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC).

PATNA: On the heels of a shocking murder in Patna’s Paras Hospital on Thursday morning, yet another killing on the same day has created a stir in Bihar, as Parasnath Singh, father of JD(U) Block President Rakesh Kumar alias Bhola, was found murdered under suspicious circumstances.

AMRITSAR: The holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple here, received bomb threat for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, stepping up security and a search operation by deploying Border Security Force’s bomb squad and the state police.

NEW DELHI: In a swift and decisive operation, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Crime Branch, Delhi Police, has arrested a budding gangster Shivam alias Laddu, foiling a possible gangwar incident in the capital’s Jahangirpuri area.

NEW DELHI: The cyber cell of Delhi Police nabbed a stalker from Maharashtra on Wednesday, for harassing and defaming a woman by posting her photographs with offensive comments on social media platforms and also writing her phone numbers on public places, including toilet walls.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Wednesday, directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the probe into a Colonel's assault allegations against the Punjab Police.

JAIPUR: Amid rising tensions over a 'chhatri' (cenotaph) dispute in Basanpir village of Jaisalmer, the administration on Wednesday imposed Section 163 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) to maintain public order.

GHAZIABAD: A family from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad has come forward with serious allegations against Jamaluddin, alias Chhangur Baba, the alleged mastermind of a large-scale religious conversion racket.

BENGALURU: Senior BJP MLA and former Minister Byrathi Basavaraj has been booked on murder charges in connection with the killing of a rowdy sheeter.

KOLKATA: Amid continuing non-cooperation from the victim in the iconic Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta (IIM-C) rape case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kolkata Police has been probing the matter just on the basis of circumstantial evidence.

NEW DELHI: In two separate operations carried out by Delhi Police, seven Bangladeshi nationals residing illegally in the national capital have been apprehended and handed over to immigration authorities for deportation.

JALANDHAR: The Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested the man allegedly responsible for the hit-and-run incident that led to the death of 114-year-old marathon legend Fauja Singh on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway.

BHUBANESWAR: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday visited the Burn Centre at AIIMS Bhubaneswar and met the family members of Soumyashree Bisi, the victim student pursuing B.Ed at FM Autonomous College, Balasore, who attempted self-immolation on Saturday over alleged harassment by the Head of Department (HOD), Samir Kumar Sahu.

BHUBANESWAR: The condition of the victim, a student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, Balasore, undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar following a self-immolation attempt on Saturday, remains critical, said Dillip Kumar Parida, Medical Superintendent of AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

HYDERABAD: The death toll in the spurious toddy case in Hyderabad has gone up to nine, following the death of a woman at a hospital on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Sneha Debnath did not look depressed and was rather calm, said the neighbour of the 19-year-old Delhi University student whose body was recovered from Yamuna River, almost a week after she went missing on July 7.