Karn Pratap Singh

Karn Pratap Singh has been writing on crime, policing, and issues of safety in Delhi for almost a decade. He covers high-intensity spot news, including terror strikes, serial blasts and security threats in the national capital.

Articles by Karn Pratap Singh

Delhi man held for creating fake FB profile to harass friend’s employer

During the interrogation, the man said that he wanted to settle a score with the boutique owner for scolding his friend for stealing dresses from the boutique and frequently reprimanding her thereafter

A case of sexual harassment was registered at the Greater Kailash police station and its investigation led to the arrest of the friend of a 24-year-old woman employed in the boutique.(Representational Photo)
Published on Sep 18, 2020 04:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

32-year-old sets up fake websites selling high-end phones, cheats 2,500

Jitender Singh, who has a Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) degree, told the police that he and his associates had duped more than 2,500 people across the country, said deputy commissioner of police (south-east) RP Meena. Two mobile phones have been seized from Singh, who was arrested when.

DCP Meena said that the racketeers used to create fake websites on which they sold inexpensively priced cellphones at easy EMIs.(File Photo. Representative image)
Updated on Sep 17, 2020 03:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Delhi: Man who duped over 2,500 by offering phones on easy installments held

Jitender Singh, who holds an undergraduate degree in computer applications, has reportedly confessed to his alleged crime

Two mobile phones that were used in the crime were seized from Jitender Singh while his two associates are still absconding.(Delhi Police)
Updated on Sep 16, 2020 02:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Using demonetisation ruse, man, 55, cheats Delhi trader of Rs 2 lakh

The alleged cheat offered to exchange Rs 2,000 notes with the Rs 1,000 notes by claiming that he has managed to procure bundles of the new Rs 1,000 notes, the police said on Tuesday.

The conman, identified as Ajay Sharma, was arrested from his home at Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on Sunday, a day after the food grain merchant from north Delhi’s Lahori Gate Naya Bazar filed a cheating complaint at the local police station, said deputy commissioner of police (north) Anto Alphonse. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 15, 2020 11:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Deadly weekend as four shootings ring out in Capital

Three of the four shootings appeared to be motivated by what police say was likely “personal enmity”, and the gunmen in all four crimes followed a similar modus operandi: they arrived in pairs on motorcycles and intercepted their victims before opening fire.

The latest shooting took place on Sunday when the victim stopped at a traffic signal on a busy road in Patparganj.(HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 14, 2020 02:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh, New Delhi

Wife, friend held for attempt to murder of businessman, six others for arms smuggling

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Published on Sep 07, 2020 10:07 PM IST
ByKarn Pratap Singh, New Delhi

Two suspected members of Babbar Khalsa International held in Delhi after shootout, six pistols 40 rounds seized

The special cell team had been intercepting telephonic conversations of an illegal arms supplier based in Uttar Pradesh and keeping a tab on their activities for the past few months

Police said the suspected BKI members had come to Delhi from Punjab late at night on Saturday to collect a consignment of illegal arms and ammunition.(HT)
Updated on Sep 07, 2020 01:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Boy jumps off 4th floor house in Delhi’s Chirag Dilli after failing to pay for neighbour’s damaged iPhone

The neighbour had allegedly confined the father and son wrongfully and also asked the teenager to work as a “servant” to compensate for the damage

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Published on Sep 04, 2020 03:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

26-year-old man abducted, hacked to death in Delhi hate crime

Police said they have arrested the two men who murdered Raj alias Dharmender over his alleged relationship with the sister of one of his attackers

The man’s body, with its throat slit, was found near a water treatment plant on Prahladpur Road near Shahabad Dairy.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Sep 04, 2020 12:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Delhi man held for raping and threatening widow, breaching her trust

The woman and the arrested man knew each other for more than two decades, officials associated with the case said

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Updated on Sep 02, 2020 09:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Delhi: Man who jumped parole caught twice in 72 hours

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Published on Sep 01, 2020 10:51 PM IST
ByKarn Pratap Singh

Woman trafficked from Bihar, raped, forced into prostitution

Police said after her husband left her and with no source of income to raise her two children, the woman came to Delhi with the agent in the hopes of getting a job and later brought her children along as well.

People protest against rising cases of rape.(PTI Photo/Representative Image)
Updated on Sep 01, 2020 05:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Two arrested for duping investors in Delhi

The two also impersonated insurance and telecom officials, as many forged documents and identity cards of such officials were recovered from them, said Delhi Police’s crime branch officials

The duo would dupe investors in the name of insurance bonus or installation of mobile towers.(Representational Image)
Updated on Aug 31, 2020 10:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Man suspected of stealing phone tied to tree, lynched by 4 people in Delhi’s Naraina

All the four alleged killers were arrested on Friday. The sticks and iron rods used in the crime were also recovered from them, senior police officials associated with the case said on Saturday.

The park where the murder took place is located behind a police post at Loha Mandi in Naraina.(SOURCED/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Aug 30, 2020 06:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Man tied to tree, beaten to death in Delhi over mobile phone theft

The four men tied the victim and beat him up with sticks and iron rods

Shesh Kumar, an eyewitness, told police that he saw his four neighbours assaulting the man.(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 29, 2020 12:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Delhi traffic cop run over by car 11 days ago dies

The driver of a car had run over ASI Singh twice in an attempt to flee when the officer signalled him to halt on August 17

A traffic policeman checks a vehicle. The police said that none of the car’s owners, except the original one, registered the car in their name, and this was why Amandeep allegedly refused to halt when signalled.(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 29, 2020 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Delhi couple arrested, foster son apprehended for conning pedestrians

The trio was wanted in three cases of cheating that were registered at the Rajouri Garden police station in west Delhi between March 11 and August 9

On Monday, police caught the trio while they were busy swindling another person at Khyala.(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 26, 2020 10:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Delhi Tigri Camp firing leaves 15-yr-old boy dead, 1 injured

Delhi Police are yet to find out what triggered one of the groups to carry out a deadly attack that lasted a few minutes.

Policemen inspect the crime scene in Tigri camp area.(Sourced)
Updated on Aug 25, 2020 09:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Suspected IS operative had planned ‘lone wolf’ terror strike in a high footfall area: Police

Police did not specify the “high-footfall area” that the man was to target, but said he hailed from a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur, and was set to carry out the IED blasts.

Five ISIS suspects in Delhi police Special Cell's custody in New Delhion Saturday, August 22, 2020. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Aug 23, 2020 03:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Money heist, Delhi edition: Instances of uprooted ATMs increase over six months

The modus operandi in all thefts was about the same—the thieves drive a stolen SUV, spray black paint on CCTV cameras, uproot the machine by tying it to their vehicle, and flee

An analysis of the reported cases shows that a majority of the thefts took place in February and March, before the nationwide lockdown was announced.)(Arijit Sen/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 21, 2020 12:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Head constable arrested for hiding robbery booty

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Published on Aug 19, 2020 11:11 PM IST
ByKarn Pratap Singh

Former football coach held for stealing phones, wallets from dressing room at JLN stadium

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Published on Aug 19, 2020 10:58 PM IST
ByKarn Pratap Singh, New Delhi

A brick falling on a tray of eggs leads to murder in south Delhi

A 16-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death in front of his family members in Sangam Vihar

The alleged attacker, 22-year-old Farookh (who goes by his first name) fled the crime scene after stabbing the teenager, but was caught later in the evening.(Getty Images/iStockphoto (Representative Image))
Updated on Aug 19, 2020 02:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Delhi wakes up to early morning shootout on Wednesday

The arrested criminal, Ashish Bakkarwala, had been released from Delhi’s Tihar Jail in April as part of the Delhi government’s move to decongest prisons to contain the spread of Covid-19

Delhi Police personnel at the spot where the shootout took place.(HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 19, 2020 11:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Masked men open fire, barge into houses in Delhi’s Mori Gate, case lodged

While locals alleged that at least six rounds were fired by the miscreants, the police said that they had found just four empty bullet shells from the spot.

Vandalised vehicles at Kucha Mohtar Khan locality in Mori Gate area on Monday.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Aug 18, 2020 05:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh, New Delhi

Two snatchers arrested from Punjabi Bagh

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Published on Aug 16, 2020 11:52 PM IST
ByKarn Pratap Singh

Policeman who survived Delhi building collapse spotted cracks, alerted senior

Constable Singh said that he had asked ASI Hussain to come down immediately after he spotted the cracks in the roof while climbing the stairs to take pictures and videos of the illegal construction work that was going on in the nearly 100-year-old building.

Police personnel are seen at the site where an under-construction third floor of a nearly 100 years old building collapsed at Ram Bagh road, Azad Market, in New Delhi(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Aug 14, 2020 10:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh, New Delhi

ASI dead, constable hurt after portion of building collapses in north Delhi

Police and municipal officials said a third floor was being constructed in the run-down building, but no permissions had been sought for the same.

The complex in which the building is located used to house a biscuit factory earlier, and is spread over nearly 5,000 square yards.(Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 06:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh

Four held for garbage collector’s murder in Delhi

Police said the man was bludgeoned to death on August 3 for not returning a push cart belonging to one of the arrested persons.

The dead man was identified as Jhinaka (he goes by his first name), a garbage collector.(File Photo (Representative Image))
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 10:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByKarn Pratap Singh
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