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
Two personalities, 2 apps, 1 offensive objective
- Delhi Police officers who have questioned the two men said there is little in common between them.
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Published on Jan 13, 2022 05:42 AM IST
In eight days, Covid cases go up from six to 108 in Delhi jails
On January 2, Delhi’s Tihar jail reported its first case after almost five months of the prison remaining free of the infection, prison authorities said. Between July 28, 2021, and January 2, 2002, not a single case of infection was reported in the three jails, they added
Updated on Jan 12, 2022 12:53 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
GitHub case: Accused Bishnoi emotionless, hard to break, say police
Investigating officials said that in the past 48 hours Bishnoi attempted to harm himself twice and also threatened to kill himself
Published on Jan 09, 2022 12:34 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
GitHub case: Bishnoi remorseless, said he was proud of what he created
As proof that he was indeed the creator of the app, Bishnoi also posted a soft copy of the mail that he supposedly received from US-based GitHub about law enforcement agencies seeking details from his GitHub account
Published on Jan 08, 2022 01:22 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Covid enters Delhi jails: Authorities in ‘wait and watch’ mode
At least 2,300 prisoners, including convicts and undertrials who were released to decongest the jail in April 2020, have failed to surrender and have been declared fugitives.
Updated on Jan 06, 2022 06:41 AM IST
PM Modi’s convoy held up: Role of Punjab Police in focus over security fiasco
HT spoke to many officers across various agencies who explained the security protocol for the PM and the reasons why they believe that the Punjab Police and the Intelligence Bureau are at fault for Wednesday’s security breach.
Updated on Jan 06, 2022 07:07 AM IST
Cases during the farm protests that the Delhi Police posited, but now hang fire
- Over these last 12 months, Delhi police came up with different theories that had connections with the farm protests, which they said were “unearthed” during “investigations”
Published on Jan 02, 2022 02:37 PM IST
‘Not a conman’: Sukesh Chandrashekhar denies charges of fraud
In the press note released on Friday, he claimed he is not a conman but a corporate lobbyist. Chandrashekhar also accused prison officials of extorting ₹12.5 crore from him
Updated on Jan 01, 2022 06:57 PM IST
How prisoner Sukesh Chandrashekhar pulled off a ₹200 crore heist
- HT spoke to officials in Delhi’s jails, the Delhi Police and the Enforcement Directorate that are investigating the case to piece together what has emerged
Updated on Dec 20, 2021 09:01 PM IST
In blast build-up, 11-yr-long tussle played out on streets, inside court
According to police, the two men lived with their families in the same building in Ashok Vihar’s A-block until three years ago, and initially fought over the construction of a water tank on the terrace of their building in 2011.
Updated on Dec 19, 2021 03:08 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Laws repealed, but their fight for tractors goes on
- Since September, Delhi Police have opposed the plea of complainants saying that the matter was under investigation. Police also told the court that the four men joined the investigation only on December 3, after being told by the court to do so a day earlier.
Published on Dec 17, 2021 03:34 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Fear, hope in Delhi’s new African enclave
Bablu Gupta runs a departmental store in R block of west Delhi’s Mohan Garden with two names displayed on either side
Published on Dec 17, 2021 12:24 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Fear, hope in Delhi’s new African enclave
The reason: Hundreds of people from various African countries who have settled in Mohan Garden in the past five years, often moving away from other areas like Malviya Nagar after facing humiliation and discrimination, and making the humble neighbourhood Delhi’s new African enclave.
Updated on Dec 17, 2021 04:04 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
As farm protests end, the two men Delhi Police wanted, but could never catch
There were two prominent faces of the protest, named in multiple police files, but could never be arrested: Lakha Sidhana and Jugraj Singh
Updated on Dec 16, 2021 07:05 PM IST
Delhi Police move 280 beggars from CP to shelters
The market association and the Delhi Police said Connaught Place will become Delhi’s first market to be “beggar-free.”
Updated on Dec 16, 2021 06:31 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Blast at Rohini court in Delhi, months after gun battle, throws up questions
After the shocking September shoot-out, the Delhi Police handed the court’s security to the security unit, and assured better safety within the premises
Published on Dec 09, 2021 11:57 PM IST
From oddball to fugitive boss of north India’s biggest vehicle theft ring
The name of Sharik alias Sata, the son of a former Mumbai university professor who is now living in Dubai, has come up thrice in the past six months, and twice in the past 20 days, during the interrogation of car thieves
Updated on Dec 06, 2021 06:50 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Protests against farm laws: Cops booked many, but charged a few
The cases relate to allegations of rioting, attempt to murder, obstructing police from doing their duty, and violating Covid-19 guidelines. Over 250 people have been arrested, who are all out on bail
Updated on Nov 20, 2021 01:23 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Heinous home invasion: Months of prep, one lapse
- On Thursday morning, Delhi Police said they solved the murders of two women inside a house in Jangpura Extension, and recovered around ₹90 lakh that five men had robbed in the early hours of Monday.
Updated on Nov 19, 2021 05:20 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Crackdown in Capital on crackers as AQI stays in red zone
The average 24-hour air quality index (AQI) at 4pm was 314 on Wednesday, up from 303 a day earlier, with both readings in the “very poor” range.
Updated on Nov 04, 2021 04:33 AM IST
Soumya Pillai and Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Gangster accused of 7 murders stabs and kills fellow inmate in Delhi jail
The prisoner who stands accused of the murder is Vicky Pehalwan alias Raghunath, 29, one of western Uttar Pradesh’s most wanted gangsters until his arrest in March 2020. Since then, he has gained notoriety among prison inmates as the man with the maximum number of murder cases against him
Updated on Nov 02, 2021 02:07 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Two more Tihar jail staff suspended over links to ex-Unitech promoters
The Delhi police’s crime branch has registered an FIR against these 32 jail officers and the former Unitech promoters along with their father Ramesh Chandra.
Updated on Oct 27, 2021 05:37 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Gogi’s aide ordered killing of man who celebrated murder of his boss
Officers said Moi planned the murder because he had learnt about Deepak throwing a party outside his house in Rohtak, Haryana, on the night of September 24
Updated on Oct 17, 2021 01:30 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Gangster Gogi knew of plots to kill him in court
- Gogi, for the first time, also revealed that his first brush with crime was not at the Swami Shraddhanand College in 2010 after a dispute with Tajpuria during the college elections as is widely believed.
Updated on Oct 14, 2021 04:40 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
28 Tihar officials suspended, 2 sacked, for helping ex-Unitech bosses
Recommendation for suspension of two senior officers has also been sent in unprecedented action against 32 officials in Tihar for allegedly helping ex-Unitech bosses break jail rules
Updated on Oct 14, 2021 03:38 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
32 Tihar officials booked for violation of jail rules in Delhi
The officers said that all 32 prison officials who have been booked were posted in Tihar’s jail number 7, where the two real estate developers were lodged, until the morning of August 28 when they were shifted to Arthur Road and Taloja jail in Maharashtra on the orders of the Supreme Court.
Updated on Oct 13, 2021 05:26 AM IST
Gangsters Tillu and Naveen Bali arrested in Gogi murder
The crime branch is probing Gogi’s murder that capped a decade-long rivalry between him and Tajpuriya.
Published on Oct 07, 2021 04:44 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Delhi police to file FIR, probe allegations against Tihar jail officers
The Supreme Court directed Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana to investigate the case. Asthana submitted his inquiry report last week, based on which the top court on Wednesday ordered the suspension of jail officers, and registration of FIR against them.
Published on Oct 07, 2021 03:43 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Delhi: To avert gang war, inmates being relocated in city jails
At least two prisoners -- Rahul Kala and Sunil Rathi – known to be trouble makers in the Mandoli prison, according to jail officers – have been transferred.
Updated on Oct 03, 2021 04:37 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Delhi top cop begins probe into Unitech promoters’ violation of prison rules
- Officials privy to the matter also said that Rakesh Asthana visited the prison complex a few days ago for a spot visit to jail number 7, where the Chandra brothers were lodged until August 28 morning.
Updated on Sep 30, 2021 12:22 AM IST
Prawesh Lama, New Delhi