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2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case: For how long can a person be kept in jail? asks Delhi HC as accused claims delay in trial

For how long can a person be kept in jail? A Delhi High Court bench orally remarked on Tuesday as it heard the bail plea of one of the accused in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. The High Court noted that “five years have gone by”, and yet the arguments on the charge remain to be completed. The court was hearing the plea by Tasleem Ahmed, the owner of a coaching centre and a resident of South Delhi’s Sangam Vihar. He was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in June 2020 under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. A trial court had refused his bail plea last February, even as Ahmed had sought relief on the grounds of parity, given that three other accused in the same case — Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, and Asif Tanha Iqbal — were granted bail. Stor...

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Delhi teenagers die by suicide after family oppose relationship: police

A 17-year-old girl and a 19-year-old boy were found dead inside a locked room in Delhi’s Najafgarh area Monday afternoon in what the police suspect to be a case of suicide. According to the Delhi Police, the couple’s families raised an alarm when they noticed the locked room, and found their children were missing. Personnel of the Delhi Fire Services were called, who broke open the iron door, and discovered their bodies. The police said they could not find a suicide note inside the room. Story continues below this ad While questioning the victims’ families, the police found that the two had been in a relationship for at least a year, something their relatives were opposed to. The police said the young couple took the drastic step after realising that their parents may neve...

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Why gangster Shorab, who jumped parole, is a headache for Delhi and UP Police

The Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police are currently on the lookout for 38-year-old gangster Shorab, who has gone missing after jumping parole last month. Granted parole to visit his wife in Lucknow, Shorab had been incarcerated in Tihar Jail since 2011.Shorab is the youngest of three brothers who allegedly committed a series of murders in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in early and late 2010. The trio allegedly orchestrated murders and contract killings from inside jail, the police alleged. According to Delhi Police officials, Shorab was granted parole by a Delhi court on June 28 and was supposed to return within three days. However, when officials visited his house in Lucknow, he was not there. Story continues below this ad Delhi Police officials said that they suspect that he may ...

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Man, cousin ‘thrashed by 2 bouncers’ at club inside 5-star hotel in Connaught Place

A 23-year-old man and his cousin were allegedly assaulted by two bouncers at Privee, a club inside the Shangri La’s Eros hotel complex in Connaught Place — over a broken toilet flush — said police. An FIR has been registered in the case under sections 115 (voluntarily causing hurt), 126 (wrongful restraint), and 351 (criminal intimidation) of the BNS against unknown persons, they said. A police officer said an investigation into the case is underway. Story continues below this ad According to the FIR, police said the incident took place on July 1, when the man, a resident of Tilak Nagar, visited the club on Ashoka Road with his cousin, 32, at 12.30 am for dinner. Around 4 am, he went to the bathroom and found the toilet flush broken, causing water to overflow, the FIR stat...

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Delhi man with cybercrime history tries to access Baba Siddique’s mobile number, arrested

The Mumbai police on Monday arrested a Delhi man who has two cyber fraud cases against him after he allegedly tried to access the mobile number of Baba Siddique, the NCP leader who was shot dead in Bandra last year. His family had kept the mobile number of Siddique active as it was linked to certain business accounts. The police are investigating why the arrested accused, Vivek Sabharwal from Burari in Delhi, tried to access Siddique’s number. “On Monday, he was placed under arrest and will be produced before the court to seek his custody,” a police officer said. Story continues below this ad The officer said that Sabharwal was out on bail in a cybercrime case registered in Borivali. Explaining how the crime came to light, a police officer said that in the last week of Jun...

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Delhi: Over 1,200 rolls of Chinese manjha seized, 3 arrested

Ahead of Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan, the Delhi Police has seized over 1,200 rolls of banned Chinese manjha in the past week and has arrested three men from different places in Delhi. The raids were part of an operation to curb the sale of the illegal thread, police said on Sunday. Chinese manjha uses nylon threads which are sometimes coated with powdered glass. DCP (Crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, said that this is a part of a preventive drive before Independence Day. He said Chinese manjha is dangerous to people, birds, and animals. Story continues below this ad In the past month, two people have died in three separate incidents related to injuries caused by manjha have been reported. The first seizure was conducted at Kamla Market on June 26; the second operation ha...

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6Jul By source belowNo Comments

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Teen gym caretaker stabbed in South Delhi, two juvenile suspects held

A juvenile gym caretaker was stabbed in South East Delhi’s Tughlakabad Extension in the early hours of Saturday, according to police officials. Two juvenile suspects have been apprehended in connection with the incident. The stabbing was reported via a police control room (PCR) call following which officers rushed to the scene. Upon arrival, the responding team assisted PCR personnel in transporting the injured victim to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre, where he underwent emergency surgery. He remains in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit under close observation, the police said. The victim was on his way to open a local gym where he works as a caretaker when the attack happened. “He was stabbed by the two juveniles over personal enmity as they had quarrel...

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5Jul By source belowNo Comments

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3 AC mechanics found dead, another unconscious in room in south Delhi

Three men were found dead and another was found unconscious inside a room on the first floor of a residential building in south Delhi’s Dakshin Puri area on Saturday, the police said, adding that it is suspected they died due to suffocation caused by a gas leak from one of the cylinders kept inside the room. According to a police officer, a police control room call was received on Saturday morning from a man named Zishan, who stayed in the Bhalswa Dairy area. Zishan informed the police that his cousins, Imran alias Salman, Mohsin, and two others, Haseeb and an unidentified person, were staying in a rented one-room house in Lane Number 14 of Dakshin Puri, but none of them were answering his calls. The house was locked from inside, the officer said. Story continues below this ad ...

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Plea ‘unwarranted’: Delhi HC declines to quash money laundering case against actress Jacqueline Fernandez

Refusing to entertain actress Jacqueline Fernandez’s plea seeking to quash the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) proceedings against her over alleged money laundering, the Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that the petition was “unwarranted” as charges were not yet framed. Justice Anish Dayal said it effectively amounted to “asking the court to reach a conclusion” that she is innocent. Dismissing the plea, the judge said, “It is only through trial that the prosecution is to prove that the accused has committed the offence. At the stage of framing of charge, probative value of the material cannot be gone into and the material brought by the prosecution has to be accepted…” Story continues below this ad The plea filed by Fernandez sought to quash an Enforcement Case Informa...

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Delhi High Court grants bail to 2 accused in 2023 Parliament security breach case

The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted bail to Neelam Ranolia alias Azad and Mahesh Kumawat, the two accused in the 2023 Parliament security breach case. They have been in prison for over one and a half years. The Division Bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Iyer gave the relief to Ranolia and Kumawat, facing charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA, on the condition that they will not give interviews, attend press conferences, or send posts on social media, and should report to their local police station three times a week. They were also instructed not to leave Delhi. Four other accused are also booked under UAPA. The security breach took place on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, when the accused allegedly launched coord...

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30Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi court accepts CBI’s closure report in missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed case

A Delhi court Monday accepted a closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the case of former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing since October 15, 2016. Najeeb, who was then 27 years old and an MSc student at the School of Biotechnology in JNU, allegedly got into a scuffle with some Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members before he went missing. Recently, the CBI informed Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari of Rouse Avenue Court, before whom the closure report was kept for consideration, that they were unable to record the statement of the doctor at Safdarjung Hospital. This hospital was where Najeeb was allegedly taken after being injured in the scuffle, but the CBI said no document pertaining ...

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29Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi Police crackdown against Chinese ‘manjha’ ahead of Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan

In the lead-up to Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan, when kite flying traditionally surges in Delhi, police have intensified efforts to stamp out the illegal sale of Chinese manjha — a dangerous, glass-coated nylon string that has been banned in the capital since 2017. However, even as the police seized over 1,100 rolls of the banned string in recent raids, the hazardous thread claimed a life on Friday. On Friday evening, 22-year-old Yash Goswami, a resident of Karawal Nagar in northeast Delhi, died after his throat was slit by a strand of Chinese manjha while riding his scooter near the Rani Jhansi flyover in North Delhi. According to police, the incident occurred close to Bara Hindu Rao Hospital, where Goswami was declared dead on arrival. Story continues below this ad ...

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29Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Gangster’s nephew killed: Third killing by Nandu gang in three months, all those dead had links with Manjit Mahal

On June 5, Manjeet Mahal, the jailed strongman from Najafgarh’s Mitraon village, came out of Tihar Jail on a day-long custody parole. It was his daughter’s wedding, and he was being escorted to the venue. Tagging along was Deepak Thakran (30), his nephew.Police officers now say this meeting with Mahal had enraged gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu – currently based in London – and led to Deepak’s killing on Friday morning when he was out on a morning walk in the fields of Thakran village in Outer Delhi with his seven-year-old daughter. This was allegedly the third such killing orchestrated by the Nandu gang in the last three months, all because all three deceased were seen hobnobbing with Mahal or were suspected of being in an alliance with him, said police. Story continues below this...

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27Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi Police arrest criminal after shootout in Rajouri Garden

The Delhi Police on Thursday night arrested a hardened criminal after a shootout in the Rajouri Garden area of West Delhi. According to the police, the encounter between the accused, Vinay, 36, and the police team took place behind the Sanjay Gandhi Animal Hospital around 10 pm, during a targeted operation to nab suspects involved in robberies and snatching cases in the area. Vinay, who sustained a gunshot injury to his right leg, was immediately overpowered and shifted to a hospital, said the police. Story continues below this ad The accused, a resident of Sultan Garden in Najafgarh, is a habitual offender with 56 cases registered against him. According to e-prison records, he was also involved in a shootout with Delhi Police’s Special Cell in 2021. Acting on a tip-off, t...

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25Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Four murders in 8 months: Romil Vohra, a sharpshooter of Rana brothers’ gang

Romil Vohra, the 21-year-old sharpshooter who was gunned down in an encounter in South Delhi on Tuesday, had been giving sleepless nights to the Haryana Police for over a year. He was booked in nine criminal cases – seven registered in Haryana, and one each in Punjab and Delhi – related to murder, extortion, and shootings, police records showed. According to the police, Romil was a sharpshooter in the Kala and Noni Rana brothers’ gang, notorious for allegedly targeting liquor barons and other businessmen in Yamunanagar and nearby areas in Haryana for extortion. Romil, who had a reward of Rs 3.10 lakh on his head – announced by the Haryana government – sustained multiple gunshot injuries during a joint operation by the Delhi Police Special Cell and the Haryana Police’s Special Task Force at...

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24Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Wanted gangster Romil Vohra killed in encounter near Delhi-Haryana border

A sharpshooter wanted in multiple criminal cases in Haryana, including on the charge of murdering a liquor baron in Kurukshetra, was killed in a police encounter near the Delhi-Haryana border Tuesday morning. The police said the accused, identified as Romil Vohra, who had a reward of Rs 3.10 lakh on him announced by the Haryana government, sustained multiple gunshot injuries in the joint operation by the Delhi Police Special Cell and the Haryana Police’s Special Task Force (STF). Two policemen also sustained injuries in the encounter that took place in the Kishangarh area of South Delhi. VIDEO | A wanted criminal, Romil Vohra, linked to multiple murders in Haryana and arms cases in Delhi, was injured in an encounter with the Delhi Police near the Delhi-Haryana border early Tuesday. Visual...

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24Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Security at Delhi’s Saket Court ramped up after inmate’s murder inside premises

Authorities at the Saket Court in Delhi have decided to ramp up security measures after an under-trial inmate was murdered inside a lockup in the complex premises by two other inmates on June 5, with “integrated security equipment” being installed at the three gates. “…the work in respect of installation of integrated security equipment scheduled to be commenced at Gate no 1, 2, and 6, w.e.f. 13.06.2025 with anticipated completion during the ensuing summer vacation,” read a circular issued by the Office of the Principal District and Sessions Judge (South) dated June 23. “Installation of integrated security equipment work would be commenced at Gate No.1 and 2 and shall be closed completely with effect from 24.06.2025 till 30.06.2025 for all purposes like entry for pedestrians and vehicle en...

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23Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi Police bust major ATF smuggling racket, seize 72,000 litres of siphoned Aviation Turbine Fuel

The Delhi Police Sunday busted a racket involved in the smuggling and sale of Aviation Turbine Fuel in the black market, and said they seized 72,000 litres of siphoned ATF worth Rs 1.62 crore from a concealed godown in Outer Delhi’s Mundka area as part of their raid. The operation by the Inter-State Cell (ISC) of the Delhi Police Crime Branch led to the arrest of six men. The key accused has been identified as Gaya Prasad Yadav, 43, the godown owner and the alleged mastermind of the racket, who is a former tanker driver. He used to allegedly buy the stolen ATF at Rs 30 per litre and sell it at Rs 50. Another accused, Rajkumar Chaudhary, 53, was a major ATF purchaser, reselling the fuel in the open market at a profit. The other arrested individuals include Ashpal Singh Bhullar, 53, a tran...

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23Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Carjacking at knifepoint in Delhi’s Pandav Nagar, 2 arrested

The Delhi Police arrested two men for allegedly robbing a 53-year-old man of his car at knifepoint in East Delhi’s Pandav Nagar area Friday night. According to the police, three men were involved in the carjacking. The robbery took place around 9 pm. The victim, Vinod Kumar Sharma, a resident of Sector 14 in Noida, runs a pastry shop in Patparganj. He was driving his car when three men on a motorcycle allegedly intercepted him, threatened him with a knife, assaulted him, and drove away with his vehicle. The entire incident was captured on a nearby CCTV camera, showing the assailants confronting Sharma, roughing him up, and quickly fleeing the scene in his car while shocked bystanders looked on. The police said the victim sustained minor injuries during the attack and was discharged after r...

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23Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Woman kidnaps 4-year-old girl for begging, arrested on return to Delhi from UP

A four-year-old girl who went missing from central Delhi’s Chandni Mahal area was rescued Saturday, leading to the arrest of a woman who allegedly kidnapped her for begging, the police said Monday. The accused, identified as Barkha, 40, a resident of the Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, was arrested while attempting to return to Delhi with the child, said the police. The girl was reported missing on June 18, when her parents found that she disappeared around 5 pm while her mother was collecting drinking water at their rented house. Despite looking for her for hours, the child could not be found, the parents told the police. Suspecting foul play, the father alleged that the girl had likely been kidnapped. On this basis, a case under Section 137(2) [kidnapping] of the Bharatiya Nyaya San...

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On the run since February, ‘gangster’ Pampu nabbed in Rohini

On the run since February, alleged gangster Rakesh Pampu was arrested from Rohini on Sunday, police said. He was accused of gunning down another alleged gangster in Sonipat. According to the police, Rakesh had been frequently visiting Delhi since early June, looking to revive his gang. “On Sunday, information was received that Rakesh would be coming down to Rohini with illegal weapons. He was intercepted in a car and overpowered,” DCP (Special Cell) Amit Kaushik said. A graduate in information management from Panipat, Rakesh turned to the world of crime in 2010 after witnessing his uncle being murdered by a local goon. “In 2014, Rakesh’s brother-in-law, Vinod, was killed by Deepak alias Bhanja and his associates. Determined to avenge Vinod’s death, he killed Deepak in February this year,” ...

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22Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Hotels, restaurants, discotheques in Capital no longer need to approach Delhi Police for NOCs. Here’s why

Owners of establishments such as hotels, eateries, discotheques, amusement parks, and auditoriums in the Capital will no longer need to approach police for permission or No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) to run their operations.In a recent order, Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Vinai Kumar Saxena has withdrawn the sanction power of the Delhi Police in such matters. The Delhi Police’s licensing branch will now only deal with the grant or sanction of arms licences and licence for explosives, the order stated. In the June 19 order that was circulated on Sunday, L-G Saxena stated, “…in exercise of powers under section 28 (2) read with section 4 of Delhi Police Act, 1978, I hereby withdraw the sanction granted to Commissioner of Police, Delhi, for issuance of regulations under Section 28 (1) of ...

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22Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi Police arrest key member of Thak-Thak gang on run for over 5 years

The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday arrested Suraj alias Michael, a notorious criminal who had been evading law enforcement for over five years, officers said Saturday. Suraj is allegedly a key member of the Thak-Thak gang, which has been actively operating in Delhi and nearby regions for over a decade, the police said. The gang is infamous for its involvement in organised crimes such as robbery, burglary, snatching, motor vehicle theft, and possession of illegal arms. Suraj has been implicated in around 30 criminal cases registered across various police stations, the police said. The arrest occurred after a case registered in 2020 at Ambedkar Nagar police station was filed under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The First Information Report (FIR) named gang lea...

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22Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Policeman dies in accident on Delhi-Jaipur highway

Delhi Police Head Constable Ashok Kumar (39) was killed in an accident on Saturday morning after the state transport bus he was travelling on overturned on the Delhi-Jaipur highway. The bus was on its way to Jaipur when the accident took place. According to Sub-Inspector Birender Singh of the Bilaspur Police Station, the bus was ferrying several passengers when it braked and swerved to avoid a WagonR near Panchgaon Chowk. Story continues below this ad “The incident took place around 9.30 am. The bus was going at a significant speed… the driver saw the car and hit the brakes, but the vehicle went out of control and overturned,” Singh told The Indian Express. The injured, including the bus driver, conductor and children, have been admitted to different hospitals with critica...

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22Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Delhi Hardlook | ‘We just plug in wherever we can’: Inside Delhi’s unsafe e-rickshaw network

In a dusty and dimly-lit warehouse in Outer Delhi’s Haiderpur village, around 50 e-rickshaws are parked in neat rows, their batteries hooked to switchboards that dangle from the rafters. The only source of light is from three bulbs and the cracks in the tin roof atop the facility.Pointing towards two rusty old fire extinguishers, placed alongside a small LPG cylinder, Deepu (32), the owner of this e-rickshaw charging and parking facility, says: “If a fire breaks out, we are ready.” Three kilometers away from this warehouse, on June 9, two men were charred to death in a fire that broke out at a house in East Delhi’s Dilshad Garden while two e-rickshaws were being charged. This wasn’t just a one-off incident. Story continues below this ad Another fire had broken out in North...

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21Jun By source belowNo Comments

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Murder in Ghaziabad: 3 men kidnap and shoot dead 25-year-old, dump body in Hindon river

On the evening of June 7, Ankur, 25, had just finished having dinner with a friend. After dropping the friend off on his scooter, he was riding home alone, unaware that he was being followed.What allegedly followed was a chilling sequence of events — a kidnapping, a cold-blooded murder, and a plan to erase all evidence. His body was recovered nearly two weeks later on Thursday. Ankur, a resident of Ganauli village in Ghaziabad’s Loni, was known to a young woman, related to one of the accused. Police said the accused had warned Ankur to stay away from her. When he didn’t listen, the accused decided to kill him with the help of his two friends, police said. Story continues below this ad According to the Loni Police, the trio waited for the right moment to catch Ankur on the ...

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