Prawesh Lama covers crime, policing, and issues of security in Delhi. Raised in Darjeeling, educated in Mumbai, he also looks at special features on social welfare in the National Capital.
Articles by Prawesh Lama
Shraddha Walkar murder: DNA tests, 55 witnesses, cell phone logs in police case
A mix of forensic and electronic evidence along with the testimonies of 55 people is likely to form the core of Delhi Police’s prosecution of the accused Aaftab Poonawala, according to officials who cited details from a draft charge sheet
Updated on Jan 22, 2023 12:16 PM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Women who met Sukesh Chandrashekhar describes his fancy life in Tihar jail: Cops
One of the women who met Sukesh Chandrashekhar in Tihar jail said she was made to believe that he was a prominent media baron
Updated on Jan 20, 2023 07:03 PM IST
Aaftab used a saw to chop Shraddha’s body, shows autopsy report
HT had on November 18 reported that police found a saw from Poonawala’s house, and said that it could have been one of the weapons used to chop Walkar’s body.
Published on Jan 14, 2023 11:28 PM IST
A year on, probe into IED at Ghazipur market at dead end
Even today, police teams visit their informers in Old Seemapuri, once in a while, hoping to find clues about the two suspected bombers. No resident in this densely populated locality claims to have seen the two men in the past year.
Updated on Jan 15, 2023 04:03 AM IST
Tihar officials reshuffled in bid to rein in controversies
At least 57 deputy and assistant superintendents posted in Delhi’s jails were transferred on Saturday, as Sanjay Baniwal, the new director general, seeks to overhaul prison management in the wake of multiple controversies reported last year
Published on Jan 08, 2023 11:09 PM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Bharat Jodo Yatra to march through areas hit by Feb 2020 riots
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will resume his Bharat Jodo Yatra on January 3 from Delhi’s Yamuna Bazar, and his rally will pass through different parts of north-east Delhi
Updated on Dec 31, 2022 08:32 AM IST
Blood samples found in Aaftab's flat are Shraddha’s: Forensic report
The laboratory report — which matched traces taken from the flat with blood samples taken from Shraddha Walkar’s father — is admissible in court as evidence and establishes police’s claim that the scene of the alleged crime was one-bedroom rented flat in Chhattarpur where the couple lived.
Updated on Dec 23, 2022 04:44 AM IST
Sandeep Goel, blamed for Satyendar Jain’s prison ‘privileges’, suspended
Sandeep Goel’s suspension order was issued by MHA late on Wednesday following a report by a three-member committee of bureaucrats to probe allegations that minister Satyendar Jain was being given special treatment at Tihar
Updated on Dec 22, 2022 12:56 PM IST
Shraddha Walkar murder: Aaftab refusing to meet family in jail, say Tihar staff
“Officers observed that he hardly talks to his fellow inmates. He spends time reading in his cell... He said he does not wish to meet or speak to anyone,” said a jail official.
Updated on Dec 21, 2022 04:59 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Delhi: 8 cellphones, 8 knives seized at Mandoli Jail during late-night raid
The prison headquarters had received information about the use of phones and prisoners concealing weapons in sub-jails 12 and 13 inside Mandoli.
Published on Dec 19, 2022 11:45 PM IST
LG’s panel points out gaps in Delhi jails management
According to officials privy to the details of the report, the panel has pointed out that though other parts of the jail are monitored by CCTV cameras, the offices of the superintendent and deputy superintendent are “dark spots” and may turn out to be a “hub of illegal activities”
Published on Dec 12, 2022 11:50 PM IST
Delhi Police to collect jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s voice sample
While tracking calls made and received on a mobile number that was being used by an Indian Mujahideen terrorist lodged in Tihar, officers discovered that Bishnoi, a fellow inmate, allegedly used that number between April and May to phone his accomplices in Punjab and Canada. The same phone was used to plan the murder of Sidhu Moosewala, police said
Published on Dec 09, 2022 11:53 PM IST
Tussle on the cards? Delhi LG Saxena summons Tihar jail chief for review
The meeting is significant for three reasons. First, this is the first time in recent years that the LG held a “security review” meeting; second it took place in the backdrop of recent alleged jail rule violations involving Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, and lastly, the government had last week said the LG’s decision to form a committee to probe jail violation was unconstitutional
Updated on Dec 10, 2022 03:38 AM IST
Shraddha Walkar murder: DNA analysis of recovered bones to be out this week
‘Officials at the forensic laboratory informally told us that they will give us the results anytime this week. The test results will either be a big breakthrough or could be a setback. We have our fingers crossed,’ said an officer aware of the development.
Updated on Dec 06, 2022 08:20 AM IST
Fire engulfs part of Bhagirath Palace market in Delhi
A fire broke out at the popular Bhagirath Palace market in Chandni Chowk late on Thursday night, with at least 30 tenders pressed into service to douse the blaze
Published on Nov 24, 2022 11:56 PM IST
3 officials at AAP minister Satyendar Jain’s cell suspended, say prison staff
The transfer and suspension of prison officials have come in the backdrop of allegations by the ED that Jain received special treatment in jail, including face, leg and back massages, access to home-cooked food, and meeting visitors in his cell
Updated on Nov 20, 2022 07:14 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Delhi murder: Saw found at flat, could hold vital clue, say sleuths
A second officer aware of developments said Poonawala told police that he strangled his partner, Shraddha Walkar, in a fit of rage on the evening of May 18 after a fight over their moving to Delhi from Maharashtra.
Updated on Nov 18, 2022 04:33 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Cash-for-ticket row: AAP MLA summoned after arrest of his three aides
MLA Akhilesh Tripathi has been summoned to ACB headquarters on Thursday noon and the other MLA whose name has surfaced in the probe will also be summoned later
Published on Nov 16, 2022 02:48 PM IST
Call on hold: 2 phones stuck in inmate’s stomach since March
The prisoner told jail officers he had swallowed four cell phones 6-7 months ago to smuggle them into the prison, but had not been able to take them out.
Published on Nov 14, 2022 02:46 AM IST
Prawesh Lama and Soumya Pillai
ACB seeks cancellation of bail to MLA Amanatullah in Waqf board
The ACB, in a petition dated November 1, said that the investigation in the case is still continuing, and given Khan’s clout and influence, there were chances that he could hamper the investigation in the case
Updated on Nov 11, 2022 01:50 AM IST
Conman Chandrashekhar cites threat to life, seeks transfer to jail outside Delhi
Sukesh Chandrashekhar is lodged in the Mandoli jail, which comes under the Delhi government’s jurisdiction
Published on Nov 10, 2022 03:44 PM IST
Delhi Police begin prep for G20 events to be held from December in Capital
Delhi Police officers said that among the several topics discussed during the meeting was how to deal with protesters, for which they analysed protests at previously held G20 summits in other countries
Published on Oct 11, 2022 11:53 PM IST
Delhi rape: Police officers list similarities with Dec 16 gang rape incident
Delhi Police officers probing the horrific sexual assault of the 10-year-old boy, who died at a city hospital on Saturday, said the case had some chilling similarities with the December 16, 2012 Delhi gang rape case.
Published on Oct 01, 2022 11:41 PM IST
Three PFI offices sealed in Shaheen Bagh, Jamia Nagar
Police probe in the role of PFI has revealed that the group set up their offices in different parts of the city, especially in places which have a history of riots such as Trilokpuri and northeast Delhi. 32 members of PFI and SDPI were arrested on Tuesday
Published on Sep 30, 2022 12:03 AM IST
The ‘quick road’ to catching gangsters in north Delhi’s Rohini
From gangsters to vehicle thieves, arms smugglers to drug peddlers, Delhi Police arrested at least 30 known criminals from the road in the last two years, showed the force’s records analysed by HT, prompting experts to question why so many lawbreakers would use this fraught route so often
Updated on Sep 29, 2022 12:26 PM IST
Anti-CAA protests hot spot Shaheen Bagh was PFI base in Delhi
Officers in the Delhi Police, who have investigated the 2020 Delhi riots case, said that the ban validated their allegations against PFI
Updated on Sep 29, 2022 05:05 AM IST
32 PFI members detained in raids from Delhi’s Nizamuddin, Seelampur, Jamia Nagar
At least four people were released during the day, while a majority of those detained were produced before a magistrate and sent to judicial custody of varying durations from three to seven days, the officials said.
Updated on Sep 28, 2022 01:12 AM IST
‘I don’t know why I was released while others were held’: SDPI member after raids on PFI
New Delhi: At around 2
Published on Sep 27, 2022 11:26 PM IST
PFI raids in Delhi: 30 members of outfit detained in second crackdown in 1 week
The police alleged in the charge sheet that the conspiracy to orchestrate riots in Delhi in February 2020 was plotted at the PFI office in Shaheen Bagh
Published on Sep 27, 2022 12:50 PM IST
Bloody fallout of Jitender Gogi’s murder: Seven killed in one year
On September 24, 2021, Tillu Tajpuriya’s gunmen, dressed as lawyers, shot Gogi dead in courtroom 207 in Rohini, before being killed by police personnel at the spot
Updated on Sep 26, 2022 12:06 PM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
