In a major embarrassment for Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria, Maharashtra's transparency watchdog has recommended a judicial inquiry against him for "withholding and giving misleading" information to the wife of an IPS officer killed during the 26/11 terror attacks.
Political parties and social organisations have called for a bandh in Pune on Wednesday to protest the murder of anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar.
The Crime Branch and Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) officials are carrying out raids on hotels of suspected Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing accused Vikram Aggarwal in Chennai on Friday.
'Singh is complaining that politicians are summoning Waze after bypassing him.' 'But Singh is himself undermining the hierarchy within his force by interacting directly with Waze.'
Suspended Gujarat cadre IPS officer D G Vanzara, who has been behind bars for the past seven years in connection with fake encounter cases, retired on Saturday after 34 years of service.
A third accused in the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old photojournalist was arrested on Saturday from south Mumbai even as police launched a manhunt for two others in the case, which sparked a wave of protests.
Anil Pehelwan alias Leela, who was one of the three most wanted criminals of Delhi and had a cash reward of Rs 2 lakh on his arrest, has been arrested by the Crime Branch following a brief encounter.
Suspended IPS officers D G Vanzara and PP Pandey were on Thursday granted bail by a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Ahmedabad in the 2004 case of fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan and 3 others after remaining in jail for 18 months.
A special court in Ahmedabad on Friday awarded death sentence to 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, which had claimed 56 lives and left over 200 injured.
A city woman who was detained at the international airport in Mumbai on suspicion of being the wife of fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari has been released after it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity, the police said on Wednesday.
The ministry of home affairs in its advisory on December 28 had advised states and Union Territories that they can impose local restrictions, including night curfew, based on their assessment of the situation to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Elated by the Supreme Court order, restraining N Srinivasan from taking charge as BCCI President even if he is elected in the AGM, Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) Secretary Aditya Verma has alleged that he braved death threats to fight the legal battle against the Tamil Nadu strongman.
A big-time bookie Shobhan Mehta, arrested in connection with the Indian Premier League betting scandal, was on Saturday remanded to Mumbai Police custody as investigators said they want to probe his alleged role in spot-fixing and links in Pakistan.
What happens when you are in a life-and-death situation and, as it happens often in such situations, you just have a moment to make a choice? Director Amit Kumar's Monsoon Shootout makes you sit on the proverbial horns of such a dilemma.
Vanzara, an accused in the fake encounter cases of Ishrat Jahan, said good days have returned.
'What this incident must do is provide a renewed impetus to urgently bring in police reforms; changes that will ensure that political patronage and extraneous pressure are reduced to a minimum and allow the police to function independently and honestly,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
The bench recorded that Pandey, in the letter, expressed willingness to step down and urged the state government to revoke the notification appointing him till April 30.
On average, about 60 cases were filed by the agency in 2019 and 2020, officials said.
At least 18 suspects, including a retired serviceman and a paramilitary personnel, have been arrested during raids in Maharashtra and Goa since midnight on Saturday.
The Mumbai police have provided security at the office of industrialist Nusli Wadia following threat calls from fugitive underworld don Ravi Pujari, police said on Thursday.
IPS officer D G Vanzara, who is behind the bars in connection with fake encounter cases, will retire on Saturday. After serving for 34 years, the suspended officer who is in jail for the last seven years will retire. He is lodged in Sabarmati Central Prison.
Maharashtra government has transferred the case of alleged suicide of Tata Steel's former head of corporate communications, Charudatta Deshpande to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Deshpande, 57, a former journalist and Tata Steel's former chief of corporate communications, was found hanging at his Vasai home on June 28 last year.
"The case falls under the category of the rarest of rare, hence the accused is awarded death sentence... he must be hanged by his neck till he is dead," said Special Women's court judge Vrushali Joshi pronouncing the verdict.
Maharashtra Police plans to announce a cash reward for information on Indian Mujahideen operative Afzal Usmani, who recently fled from court premises.
Those who were held guilty included Safdar Nagori, Javed Ahmed and Atikur Rehman. Among those acquitted were Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Ahmad and Shakeel Ahmed.
The Sessions Court judge presiding over the trial was appointed to this court just a few months ago. Annoyed at its slow pace, he is cracking the whip on the prosecution.
Dey, a veteran crime reporter, had planned a book, titled 'Chindi -- Rags to Riches', wherein he was going to write the stories of 20 gangsters with humble origins.
'I am learning good things and trying to avoid the bad. I am moving ahead with a positive attitude. That is my biggest achievement.'
India's National Investigation Agency is probing into his role in the 26/11 attacks carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in 2008.
"All allegations levelled against me are baseless. I have received or made no international call from my mobile in the past one year, which my service provider 'Idea' has given me in writing," the minister told ANI.
Four websites, including Flipkart, may be blocked if the govt feels they're maintaining objectionable content.
In a new twist to the double murder case of artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani, the role of a sixth suspect is being probed even as fresh leads suggest that the prime accused Vidyadhar Rajbhar, who is on run, is preparing himself to surrender before police, a senior officer said.
Delhi's power circles can expect a surprise when a not-so-known officer is appointed to head the CBI.
The Gujarat government on Wednesday said it has not accepted the resignation of fake encounter cases accused Indian Police Service officer D G Vanzara, who quit after indicting Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
'Certain media reports attributed to CBI investigation are speculative and not based on facts'
A jailed Gujarat police officer who is one of the accused in the "fake" encounter killings of Ishrat Jahan and three others, today sought bail on the ground that the Cent6ral Bureau of Investigation had filed "incomplete" chargesheet in the 2004 case.
Security agencies got clues about his whereabouts following the arrest of one of his close associates in Mumbai recently, the source added.
"A police team left for UP to trace the culprits, as it suspects that they must have fled to that state," a senior police official said on Monday.
Prasad, additional secretary in the home ministry, will inquire into the circumstances in which the files related to the case of Ishrat Jahan, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Gujarat in 2004, went missing.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday termed as 'quite serious' the matter in which former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh has filed a plea against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, but asked the Indian Police Service officer to approach the Bombay high court with his grievances.
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