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High court pulls up cops over assault on 15-yr-old

The two-judge bench of justices Jayant Nath and Najmi Waziri issued notices to the ministry of home affairs, Delhi government and the Delhi Police and has also sought a status report from police within a week.

Published on Jun 20, 2019, 2:46 AM IST

Advani gang member, wanted in 33 cases, held

The police on Monday arrested an alleged gangster, accused of being involved in at least three dozen cases of ATM thefts, vehicle thefts, snatching, loot and robbery, among other crimes.

Updated on Jun 19, 2019, 7:59 AM IST

Sword-wielding man says he acted in ‘self-defence’

A ‘Gramin Sewa’ driver who allegedly attacked a team of policemen with a sword outside Mukherjee Nagar police station on Sunday said that he had used the weapon in “self-defence”.

Updated on Jun 18, 2019, 7:29 AM IST

Gangsters go brazen: 220 gunshots fired on Delhi’s streets over 30 days

Police officers investigate the spot of a shootout in a car where two persons were killed, at Mandoli Chowk, Nandnagri in New Delhi, India on Friday, June 14, 2019.(HT photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019, 1:59 PM IST

2 more held in South City gas agency loot

The crime branch arrested two men for their alleged involvement in a robbery case in the city.

Updated on Jun 17, 2019, 8:19 AM IST

After Kathua case acquittal, Jangotra plans counter suit

The family of one of the accused acquitted in the rape and the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua has said they were planning to file a malicious prosecution suit over his “false implication”.

Published on Jun 12, 2019, 12:10 AM IST

Kathua rape-murder case: Biggest challenge was to safeguard evidence, says J&K IG Ahfadul Mujtaba

June 10, 2019: Police personnel deployed outside district court complex at Pathankot, Punjab on Monday, June 10, 2019.

Updated on Jun 11, 2019, 7:09 AM IST

Division and denial in Kathua village that witnessed ghastly crime

People protest against the charge-sheet, naming a priest and seven others in the rape-murder of an eight-year-old in Jammu in April 2018.

Updated on Jun 11, 2019, 9:12 AM IST

Four years after murder, suspect arrested from UP

Pardeep, 34, was arrested from Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday after the Delhi Police’s crime branch received a tip-off that he had been hiding there ever since the murder. He had a reward of ₹50,000 on his head.

Updated on Jun 11, 2019, 8:25 AM IST

SIT head recalls lawyers’ attempts to thwart Kathua probe

Sanji Ram, one of the eight accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua.

Published on Jun 11, 2019, 12:12 AM IST

3 men sentenced to life for rape, murder of 8-year-old Kathua girl

Sanji Ram, one of the six men convicted in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.

Updated on Jun 11, 2019, 6:56 AM IST

‘Happy little soul got justice’, says ex-cop who probed Kathua rape, murder

Former Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Ramesh Kumar Jalla who headed the probe into the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua

Updated on Jun 10, 2019, 8:23 PM IST

Kathua case verdict likely today, security stepped up near court

Keeping security in mind, the accused, who had to come every day from Kathua to Pathankot, were later shifted to Gurdaspur central jail.

Updated on Jun 10, 2019, 8:28 AM IST

Year after murder, Mumbai cops turn to social media for leads

More than a year after a man’s partially decomposed body was found in a nullah in Vile Parle in 2017, the Mumbai crime branch has now decided to circulate his sketch, detailed description and pictures through WhatsApp

Published on Jun 10, 2019, 4:56 AM IST

Mumbai police told to expedite probe in doctor’s suicide

The accused have been booked under the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Anti-Ragging Act, IT Act and Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.

Updated on Jun 9, 2019, 9:28 PM IST

Two arrested after Baghpat ‘encounter’

The DCP said that the crime branch and the UP’s STF had laid a trap in Baghpat at 10.20 pm on Friday after receiving a tip-off that two suspects would visit Baghpat.

Published on Jun 9, 2019, 5:10 AM IST

Payal Tadvi suicide: Accused not hardcore criminals, no need for police custody, says HC

The crime branch had earlier moved the Bombay high court seeking custody of the accused for questioning.

Updated on Jun 7, 2019, 8:14 AM IST

A north Delhi ‘workshop’ that covered tracks of stolen cars

According to an investigating officer, who did not wish to be named, on Monday evening, an officer of the crime branch received information about an automobile repair store where stolen cars were kept.

Updated on Jun 6, 2019, 3:51 AM IST

Police bust ‘repair shop’ that changed chassis number of stolen vehicles; one held

Police suspect that Yadav and his accomplices, who have been active for the last three years, may have changed the chassis number more than a hundred vehicles.

Updated on Jun 5, 2019, 10:09 PM IST

Mumbai doctor’s suicide: Crime branch seeks custody of 3 doctors

Protest against the senior doctors of Nair Hospital for suicide of Dr Payal Tadvi who was harassed by her senior doctor outside Nair Hospital,Bombay Central in Mumbai on May 27, 2019.

Published on Jun 5, 2019, 12:16 AM IST

Payal Tadvi case: Crime Branch to move Bombay HC for custody of accused

Following the arrest of the three accused, the case was transferred to the crime branch on May 30.

Updated on Jun 4, 2019, 1:31 PM IST

Recovered 310 smartphones from Delhi with destination Nepal

Police said the seven men, aged between 23 and 58, were part of an elaborate arrangement to the sell phones in Nepal.

Updated on Jun 3, 2019, 7:31 AM IST

UPPSC paper leak case: Exam controller held

The Special Task Force on Thursday arrested Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) examination controller Anjulata Katiyar for her alleged involvement in leaking the papers of two subjects of LT Grade teacher exam last year.

Published on May 31, 2019, 1:38 AM IST

Trader’s murder: Insider may be involved, say cops

The police are suspecting the role of an insider in the murder of garment trader Sudhir Taneja, who was shot dead on Tuesday night near his shop in Sadar Bazar.

Published on May 31, 2019, 1:13 AM IST

Verdict in Kathua case likely by June 10

Harminder Singh, the chief prosecuting officer of Jammu and Kashmir police’s crime branch, said the defence began its arguments on Tuesday following the conclusion of its case by the prosecution.

Published on May 28, 2019, 11:01 PM IST

Muslim man assaulted: Top cop assures prompt action against suspects

Two days after a 25-year-old Muslim man from Begusarai in Bihar was allegedly assaulted and his skullcap forcibly removed by a group of unidentified persons in Sadar Bazar.

Updated on May 28, 2019, 7:28 AM IST

Two held trying to sell red sand boa for Rs1.20 crore

Officials with the rescued red sand boa, a protected species.

Updated on May 22, 2019, 8:38 AM IST

Owners of Delhi’s Arpit Palace, where 17 died in a blaze, released on bail

Fire broke out in central Delhi’s Arpit Palace Hotel, which left 17, including three Myanmar nationals, dead and 21 injured.

Updated on May 18, 2019, 8:27 AM IST

GRP inspector, two others arrested on charges of loot

Three persons, including an inspector posted with GRP Agra, were on Tuesday arrested in Agra on charges of robbing a group of wheat traders.

Updated on May 15, 2019, 4:28 PM IST

Gang rivalry led to killing outside Saket court, say police

Police have arrested three members of a rival gang in the case of murder of a man outside the Saket court complex on May 6.

Published on May 14, 2019, 11:05 AM IST

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