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: Cop’s hunt for kidnapper ends after a 15-year wait
- Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Sanjeev Tomar’s quest ended on May 28, when he and members of his team arrested a man named Hari Om for abducting and killing Mahesh Choudhary aged 45.
Published on Jul 02, 2022 06:09 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
89 new trucks to help DFS speed up rescue operations
- The approval for purchasing 89 new fire trucks was sought against the condemnation of 60 fire trucks, which have diesel engines and have reached their expiry time of 10 years, and have to be taken off service.
Published on Jul 02, 2022 06:00 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Delhi rain: Traffic glacial as impact of rain spills on to streets
- A senior traffic police officer said at least 18 big and small Jagannath Rath Yatras were taken out in Delhi between and evening, prompting the police to deploy personnel on security and traffic duty.
Published on Jul 02, 2022 05:04 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
75 Delhi Police booths to bridge gap between residents, stations
The city police had planned the inauguration of the booths by Lieutenant Governor (LG) Vinai Kumar Saxena on Friday (July 1) to mark the anniversary of commissioner of police system or commissionerate system that was established in Delhi on July 1, 1978.
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 05:03 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Parts submerged, waterlogged roads force Delhi traffic to a standstill
Traffic police said mostly it was underpasses that got submerged after heavy rain was recorded on Wednesday morning. Prominent among the underpasses where traffic movement had to be stopped was Pul Prahladpur in south-east Delhi.
Updated on Jul 01, 2022 03:51 AM IST
70-year-old con man, on the run for 16 years, nabbed in Delhi
In all, there are four cases against Pradeep Paliwal alias Mahesh Gupta, registered in Delhi and Gurugram and also by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) between 2006 and 2018, EOW officers said.
Updated on Jun 29, 2022 01:55 AM IST
Charge sheet in Jahangirpuri riots case likely this week
A total of 37 arrested persons -- 30 Muslims and seven Hindus -- have been named as accused in the draft and of them, at least three have been named as “prime conspirators”, the officers said.
Updated on Jun 28, 2022 02:50 AM IST
Case File | What procedures do the police follow in blind murder cases?
- Delhi saw 1,592 unclaimed bodies this year, many unidentifiable due to being severed or completely putrefied. This makes for difficult investigations, which require careful and calculated procedures, to find the suspects. Here's how they are done:
Published on Jun 22, 2022 07:49 PM IST
Delhi Police’s Jan Sunwai camps to be held in neutral venues
- The decision to this effect was taken by the Delhi Police chief Rakesh Asthana earlier this month to take forward the public hearing initiative started last year.
Updated on Jun 22, 2022 02:28 AM IST
Day-long traffic congestion expected in central Delhi over protests by Congress
The traffic police have closed down four important stretches, imposed restrictions on certain junctions and diverted vehicles in the national capital in view of the protests
Published on Jun 21, 2022 11:18 AM IST
Bharat Bandh: Security measures trigger traffic jams in NCR
Many motorists, especially office goers, took to social media seeking intervention from the traffic police and shared images of the traffic jams
Published on Jun 20, 2022 11:50 AM IST
Traffic impacted in Delhi amid Congress stir over Agnipath, National Herald case
Rahul Gandhi was interrogated for nearly 30 hours last week (June 13-15) by ED in connection with the alleged National Herald newspaper money laundering case
Updated on Jun 20, 2022 11:10 AM IST
Traffic disrupted in central Delhi again as Cong protests ED quizzing Rahul
Special commissioner of police (law and order) Sagarpreet Hooda said that a total of 217 Congress leaders and cadre, including 15 members of parliament (MPs) were detained for carrying out the protest, despite no permission was granted. All of them were released later in the evening, he said.
Updated on Jun 15, 2022 02:58 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Vehicular movement disrupted for 2nd day ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s questioning
A traffic police officer said adequate personnel have been deployed in central Delhi to guide motorists and ensure a smooth flow of traffic
Published on Jun 14, 2022 10:39 AM IST
Tiff over inter-faith marriage leads to murder in Delhi Gate area
The prime suspect, identified as Rajkumar alias Bhola, was helped by his friend, Mustakim alias Mota. Both of them were arrested on Monday morning from Haridwar while they were fleeing in a Maruti Swift car arranged by Mustakim.
Updated on Jun 14, 2022 06:01 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Traffic restrictions in central Delhi ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s appearance before ED
The traffic police did not specify the exact reason behind the restrictions and other arrangements in central Delhi
Updated on Jun 13, 2022 09:17 AM IST
Delhi hospital blaze kills 1: Fire dept flags bunch of safety violations
Seventeen patients and their relatives were evacuated from the blaze at the four-storey building in Brahm Shakti Hospital near Rohini, officials said, and the police have registered a case.
Published on Jun 12, 2022 06:24 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Police bust fake ‘escort’ call centre in Delhi; 1 arrested, 8 women asked to join probe
More than 50 people across India were duped of several lakhs of rupees by the fake call centre, Delhi Police officials informed on Friday
Published on Jun 10, 2022 12:04 PM IST
Day after hate speech FIRs, Delhi Police say more names could be added
Police filed two first information reports (FIRs) on Wednesday, one naming suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, and another naming 32 people – including former BJP spokesperson Naveen Jindal, journalist Saba Naqvi, politician Asaduddin Owaisi, priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, and Jharkhand minister Hafizul Hasan Ansari, among others.
Updated on Jun 10, 2022 12:58 PM IST
Karn Pratap Singh and Hemani Bhandari, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Human head found near Kalyanpuri in east Delhi
Police suspect the recovered head may be of the same person whose decayed body parts were found in the same location on Sunday.
Published on Jun 08, 2022 02:16 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Delhi: Two days after body parts found in Kalyanpuri, a head discovered
New Delhi: Two days after highly decomposed remains of a human body--with its head and torso missing--were discovered wrapped in plastic bags in an open field behind the recently inaugurated east Delhi cyber police station near Kalyanpuri, a putrefied human head was found on Tuesday about 100 metres away in the same field, police said
Published on Jun 07, 2022 11:39 PM IST
Jailed gangster held for extortion racket
Akshya Palda aka Akshay Antil, 22, is a member of the Kala Jathedi-Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Published on Jun 07, 2022 12:05 AM IST
Body parts wrapped in plastic bags found in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri
A police officer said that prima facie it appears the murder took place somewhere else and the body was chopped into pieces.
Updated on Jun 07, 2022 12:01 AM IST
The ‘kill Moosewala’ plot that failed
Months before Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead by gunmen on May 29, an alleged criminal, Shahrukh, had conducted a detailed recce and planned to murder him.
Updated on Jun 06, 2022 12:15 PM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
From juvenile labourer to gangster -- life of Shahrukh, a suspect in the Moosewala murder
Shahrukh, who evaded the cops on several occasions, was finally caught on April 25 by the special cell team after his name cropped up in many cases of murder, attempted murders and firing in Delhi
Published on Jun 05, 2022 11:30 PM IST
Murder suspect on run for 8 days arrested after shootout in Delhi’s Geeta Colony
Prince Wadhwa, a 24-year-old who was wanted for killing a milkman in Krishna Nagar, was arrested after he received a gunshot injury.
Updated on Jun 03, 2022 07:46 PM IST
Mugged on arrival in Delhi, how man from Kutch fell prey to organ scam
Raghu Sharma, 21, one of the victims in the kidney transplant scam, told mediapersons on Thursday that he had come to Delhi in April to find a job.
Updated on Jun 03, 2022 05:02 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Kidney racket: At least four Delhi docs on police radar, search on for victims
Investigators said the doctors may be arrested after they gather evidence against them.
Updated on Jun 03, 2022 12:31 PM IST
Man arrested for duping people across India through Ponzi schemes
Ashish Malik was evading arrest since 2019 when a case was registered against him and his two accomplices on a Delhi court’s direction
Published on Jun 02, 2022 11:56 AM IST
Delhi: Two of three who died during heavy rain identified
New Delhi: Of the three men whose lives were claimed by Monday’s heavy rains, thunderstorm, and waterlogging, police have identified two of them and got the autopsy conducted on their bodies, the third man who drowned in the waterlogged Pul Prahladpur railway underpass remained unidentified till late Tuesday
Updated on May 31, 2022 11:53 PM IST
