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Khera approached the high court seeking anticipatory bail before single judge justice K Sujana, arguing that no arrest was warranted in what was, "at the highest", a case of alleged defamation, and accusing Sarma of using the state police to harass and intimidate him. Senior counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Khera, told the court that the Assam CM was acting with political vendetta and, in sending his state police after Khera, was behaving like a "constitutional cowboy" who could "pu ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday, April 9, reserved its order on the transit anticipatory bail plea filed by Congress leader Pawan Khera in a forgery and criminal conspiracy case registered against him by the Assam Police. Justice K Sujana heard the matter for over an hour before reserving her verdict. Assam Police had booked Khera following his recent claims that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan holds multiple foreign passports and undisclosed asset ...Read More >
In Rajasthan, a major drug smuggling operation using drones across the Indo-Pak border was foiled, resulting in the seizure of 12 kg of heroin and the detention of four individuals. Photograph: ANIKey PointsRajasthan police seize 12 kg of heroin, valued at approximately Rs 60 crore, suspected to be smuggled via drones from across the Indo-Pak border.Four individuals have been detained in connection with the heroin smuggling operation in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district.A joint operation by C ...Read More >
The NHRC has demanded a report from Gujarat's top cop after allegations surfaced that a journalist was unlawfully detained and tortured by police, raising serious human rights concerns. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsThe NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of reports alleging unlawful apprehension and torture of a journalist by the Rajkot Crime Branch police in Gujarat.The journalist was allegedly stripped, suspended upside down, and physically tortured, resulting in serious injuries.The NHRC ha ...Read More >
New Delhi: The NHRC on Wednesday said it has issued a notice to the Gujarat police chief over reports that a journalist was allegedly unlawfully apprehended last month by police authorities and also subjected to "physical torture". The journalist was allegedly stripped, suspended upside down and subjected to physical torture, resulting in serious injuries to him, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said in a statement quoting reports. The rights panel said it has taken "suo motu cognis ...Read More >
Hyderabad/New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) A day after the Assam police searched his Delhi residence, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday moved the Telangana High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed in Guwahati in connection with his allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife. The chairman of AICC's Media and Publicity Department, who showed his residential address in Hyderabad, requested the court to release him on bail in the event of his arrest. Khera's wife ...Read More >
Jammu, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday terminated the services of two government employees over links with terror groups. The dismissed government employees are Farhat Ali Khanday, a Class IV employee in the Education Department, accused of working for Hizbul Mujahideen, and Mohammad Shafi Dar, a Class IV staffer in the Rural Development Department, alleged to be associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba. Officials said the action was taken following inpu ...Read More >
According to the officials, the e-mail was written in Tamil. Multiple emails threatening a bomb attack at the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) lab under the Byappanahalli police station limits here, were received at its office, police said on Monday. According to officials, the premises were evacuated and searched thoroughly by police along with the bomb disposal squad and fire services, following which the threat was declared a ...Read More >
Siddiqui was produced before Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan on Saturday, at the conclusion of his ten-day ED custody granted on March 25. He has now been sent to judicial custody till April 17. On March 24, the ED arrested Siddiqui in his second case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act . Their probe found that "forged" documents were prepared and used for fraudulent acquisition of land, and Siddiqui, director and majority shareholder of Tarbia Education Foundation, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Monday busted a notorious gang operating in South-East Delhi and arrested its kingpin, Saurav alias Lefty, along with his key associate, Abhishek alias Bhola. According to police, Saurav Lefty had been absconding for the past six months in connection with multiple serious criminal cases. Proceedings under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) were also underway against him. A reward of Rs 1 lakh had been proposed on his ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Monday busted a notorious gang operating in South-East Delhi and arrested its kingpin, Saurav alias Lefty, along with his key associate, Abhishek alias Bhola. According to police, Saurav Lefty had been absconding for the past six months in connection with multiple serious criminal cases. Proceedings under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) were also underway against him. A reward of Rs 1 lakh had been proposed on his ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) An Assam Police team on Tuesday reached the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera for questioning him and carried out a search in connection with a case filed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife over his allegations of multiple passports and undeclared assets, officials said. Speaking with reporters outside the Congress leader's house, Assam police DCP Debojit Nath said that Khera was not found at his residence. However, he said, a search was carri ...Read More >
Kolkata: Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday said that he will speak to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, urging that the Odisha government investigate the death of Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee through the state's CID. Speaking to media persons, Adhikari said, "A complaint has been filed at Talsari Coastal Police Station. I have received a copy of the complaint. I will speak to the Chief Minister of Odisha today so that the Odisha governm ...Read More >
Maulana Muhammad Shahjahan Ali Qadri, the Indian Secular Front (ISF) candidate from the Mothabari assembly seat in Malda district, was arrested along with 17 others, including his two sons, on charges of disturbing peace, obstructing government staff from discharging duty, destroying public property, among other charges. Seven judicial officers, two of whom were women, were trapped inside the office of the Mothabari 2 block development officer from 4 pm to 10 pm, until police escorted them out. ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday directed the former commissioner of Kolkata Police, Supratim Sarkar, to go on deputation as police observer in Tamil Nadu, which is also going to polls like West Bengal later this month. However, Sarkar had pleaded to the Commission for relief from this deputation to Tamil Nadu on medical grounds, as confirmed by an insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal. Just a few days befo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) A Delhi court on Monday deferred the hearing of arguments on the fresh interim bail application filed by Al-Falah group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui to April 11. This plea is related to the money laundering case involving the cheating of students enrolled in the Al-Falah University. Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan was hearing the fresh bail plea after it was remanded to trial court by the Delhi High Court on April 1. Earlier on Wednesday, the Delhi ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, appeared at the Crime Branch of Panbazar Police Station around midnight. She filed a case against All India Congress Committee (AICC) Media Department Chairman Pawan Khera amid a political row over allegations related to her assets. The development comes after Congress leader Khera, during a press conference, alleged that Riniki held foreign passports and questioned her business dealings. Following these claims, Sar ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected the plea from former Kolkata Police Commissioner and the current Additional Director General (ADG) of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal, Supratim Sarkar, for relief from going as a central observer to poll-bound Tamil Nadu. The Commission has also directed Sarkar to report as the police observer for five Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, namely Tirunelveli, Ambasamudram, Palayamkottai ...Read More >
During the investigation, police uncovered a well-organised network operating across multiple states with links to international cyber fraud syndicates, particularly in Cambodia. "We have so far identified over 260 bank accounts linked to more than 100 fictitious companies used to channel the proceeds of crime. The total number of complaints linked to the syndicate stands at 2,567," police said. The key accused, Karan Kajaria, was apprehended at Kolkata airport on April 3 after a Look Out Circ ...Read More >
The racket had been operating for the past one to one-and-a-half years. Delhi: An organised racket involved in the illegal diversion and sale of government-supplied medicines meant for free distribution in public hospitals was busted by the Delhi Police Crime Branch. Medicines worth approximately Rs 70 lakh have been recovered, and five accused have been arrested so far. Acting on specific intelligence, a raiding team laid a trap at Jai Bharat Transport in Delhi's Tis Hazari on Thursday. Thre ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5: The Delhi Police has busted an organised racket involved in the illegal diversion and sale of government-supplied medicines meant for free distribution in public hospitals, officials said on Sunday. The Crime Branch arrested five persons in connection with the case and recovered medicines worth around Rs 70 lakh, along with two vehicles used for transportation. According to police, the operation was carried out by the NR-II team of the Crime Branch under the supervision of AC ...Read More >
Vadodara, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three persons were arrested with 267 grams of illegal hybrid ganja valued at around Rs 9.34 lakh during a raid by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of Gujarat CID (Crime) in Vadodara district, officials said on Saturday. The operation was carried out on Friday at Mosampura village near Kundhela Road on University Road under Dabhoi police station limits in Vadodara rural. Acting on specific intelligence, an ANTF Vadodara Zone team conducted the raid. "Duri ...Read More >
Fake Sensodyne Factory Busted By Delhi Police (Image: AI-generated) The Delhi police have recently exposed a serious health issue for thousands of consumers with a recent bust of a fake toothpaste factory in the Khanjawala region of Delhi. In a recent raid, the Crime Branch acting on information seized 1000's of replicas of the "Sensodyne" brand of toothpaste, as well as the machinery used to manufacture these items. According to officials, the volume of the counterfeit operation was so large ...Read More >
Kolkata: Intelligence agencies, bot central and state, including the members of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) team, probing the incident regarding the harassment of the judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district of West Bengal are trying to track the overseas links of the arrested mastermind in the case, Mofakkarul Islam, and his close aide and YouTuber Akramul Bagani, sources said on Saturday. Both Islam and Bagani were arrested at Bagdogra Airport by the Criminal ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday remanded Al-Falah group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui in 14 days of judicial custody, in connection with a money laundering case linked to the "fraudulent" acquisition of a Rs 45 crore worth land in Delhi. Siddiqui was produced before Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan on Saturday, at the conclusion of his ten-day ED custody granted on March 25. He has now been sent to judicial custody till April 17. Also Read: ED arrests Al Falah group cha ...Read More >
New Delhi: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team from Delhi reached Kaliachak in Bengal's Malda on Friday following the Election Commission of India's orders to investigate the mob siege at a block development officer's (BDO) office the night before that held seven judicial officers hostage for hours and attracted the ire of the Supreme Court. The 20-member NIA team reached Mothabari in the afternoon in 12 cars kept at the Kolkata airport - about 315 km away - hours after the state Crimina ...Read More >
Police said they have recovered 3,096 cans of soft drinks of different brands and a large quantity of biscuits of known brands with altered packaging and stickers. The accused have been identified as Kamal Mudgil , Shivam Singh and Lokesh Kumar . The operation was carried out by the crime branch, Delhi Police said in a statement. "On March 29, information was received that some people were running an illegal setup in the Bamnoli village of Dwarka, where expired or near-expiry food and beverage ...Read More >
New Delhi: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team from Delhi reached Kaliachak in Bengal's Malda on Friday following the Election Commission of India's orders to investigate the mob siege at a block development officer's (BDO) office the night before that held seven judicial officers hostage for hours and attracted the ire of the Supreme Court. The 20-member NIA team reached Mothabari in the afternoon in 12 cars kept at the Kolkata airport - about 315 km away - hours after the state Crimina ...Read More >
Maharashtra police stations are copying Nashik-style videos, forcing accused to chant "fortress of law and order", while officials deny any violence The visuals have begun to follow a pattern. Outside the Nashik Police Crime Branch, an accused is escorted out, at times limping, at times supported by officers on both sides, and positioned before cameras. What follows has now become a familiar refrain, "Nashik zilla kaydyacha balekilla (Nashik district, a fortress of law and order)". According t ...Read More >
The political battle has intensified in West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls in April. The Election Commission of India had announced earlier that voting in the Bengal elections will be conducted in two phases on April 23 and 29. The first phase in the state will cover 152 constituencies, and the second phase will cover 142 seats. The battle, largely, will be between the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), to stake claim of the CM seat. Since the announcement o ...Read More >
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