News for 'Crime Branch'

Ishrat case: Rana stayed with Javed as his friend 'Bunty'

Ishrat case: Rana stayed with Javed as his friend 'Bunty'

Rediff.com14 Jul 2013

The Central Bureau of Investigation has included the statement of Sheikh's wife Sajida as witness number 42 in its charge sheet wherein she identified the photograph of Rana as her husband Sheikh's friend Bunty who had stayed with them at their house in Mumbai.

Sunanda case: Advanced tests to determine cause of injuries

Sunanda case: Advanced tests to determine cause of injuries

Rediff.com24 Jan 2014

The Crime Branch probing the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar will go for advanced forensic tests to determine cause of injuries on her body as it tries to unravel whether it was a case of suicide, homicide or accident.

Vivek Oberoi's home raided in drugs case

Vivek Oberoi's home raided in drugs case

Rediff.com15 Oct 2020

'Vivek oberoi is his relative and we got some information that Alva is there'

Navneet Kalra arrested in oxygen concentrator black marketing case

Navneet Kalra arrested in oxygen concentrator black marketing case

Rediff.com17 May 2021

The businessman had been on the run for over a week since the seizure of more than 500 oxygen concentrators from three restaurants owned by him in the national capital.

Communal clash in Vadodara during Ganesh procession

Communal clash in Vadodara during Ganesh procession

Rediff.com30 Aug 2022

The members of the two communities pelted each other with stones after an argument broke out between them over some issue when the Ganesh procession was passing through Panigate Darwaza in the communally sensitive Mandvi locality at around 11.15 pm, a city police official said.

Delhi cops in Bengal to collect details of Jahangirpuri violence accused

Delhi cops in Bengal to collect details of Jahangirpuri violence accused

Rediff.com20 Apr 2022

The three-member Delhi police team went to Sutahata and Mahishadal police stations and other places to which Mohammed Ansar, the alleged main conspirator in the riot, is connected.

Former Goa CM, ex-PWD minister paid by Louis Berger officials: Goa cops

Former Goa CM, ex-PWD minister paid by Louis Berger officials: Goa cops

Rediff.com7 Aug 2015

Louis Berger officials had allegedly paid Rs 50-60 lakh each as bribe to former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and the then Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao.

Kerala gold smuggling case knocks at CM's office door

Kerala gold smuggling case knocks at CM's office door

Rediff.com7 Jul 2020

Kerala IT Secretary M Sivasankar was removed as Secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday, in the backdrop of the gold smuggling controversy, where the role of a former woman employee of the IT department is being probed.

Amway India chairman, 2 directors remanded to 14 days custody

Amway India chairman, 2 directors remanded to 14 days custody

Rediff.com28 May 2013

They were booked under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act based on complaints filed by two persons in 2011.

Amway India chairman, 2 directors arrested

Amway India chairman, 2 directors arrested

Rediff.com27 May 2013

The arrests were made on a complaint of a woman who claimed to have incurred loss through the network.

Searches on The Wire: Editors Guild urges police to stay objective

Searches on The Wire: Editors Guild urges police to stay objective

Rediff.com2 Nov 2022

The Editors Guild of India on Wednesday said it was extremely disturbed by the manner in which the Delhi police carried out searches and seizures at the homes of the editors of The Wire as well as their office and the newsroom.

Hooch Tragedy: Will TN Go Dry?

Hooch Tragedy: Will TN Go Dry?

Rediff.com21 Jun 2024

Ironically, rival Tamil Nadu governments expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the specious plea, which has been peddled very many times in the past, that without licensed liquor, drinkers would go after hooch and there could be more hooch tragedies and hooch deaths. No one is convinced, but no one can dispute it either, comments N Sathiya Moorthy.

No HC relief for filmmaker Avinash Das in Amit Shah photo row

No HC relief for filmmaker Avinash Das in Amit Shah photo row

Rediff.com24 May 2022

Justice Dangre said that Ahmedabad, where the FIR against Das was registered, was not too far from Mumbai.

'Vanzara said he had Modi's clearance'

'Vanzara said he had Modi's clearance'

Rediff.com6 Jul 2013

Advocate for one of the victims of Ishrat Jahan encounter case has claimed a retired Gujarat police officer had heard his suspended senior D G Vanzara, main accused in the case, telling another officer that he had the clearance of Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the encounter.

Controversial Odisha 'godman' Sarathi Baba arrested

Controversial Odisha 'godman' Sarathi Baba arrested

Rediff.com8 Aug 2015

Controversial self-styled 'godman' Sarathi Baba was on Saturday arrested by Odisha police on cheating and other charges following violent protests demanding action against him for his alleged escapades.

Affidavits not false but signed by witnesses, Teesta tells court

Affidavits not false but signed by witnesses, Teesta tells court

Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

The counsel of social activist Teesta Setalvad on Thursday told a sessions court in Ahmedabad that affidavits which the prosecution claims are false were signed by witnesses and submitted in different courts in the past.

Cops trace auto driver who ferried Najeeb on the night he went missing

Cops trace auto driver who ferried Najeeb on the night he went missing

Rediff.com16 Nov 2016

The Delhi Police's Crime Branch team investigating the case said that the auto driver told them he had dropped Najeeb to Jamia Millia Islamia.

IAF officer honey-trapped, ends up sharing sensitive info with foreign agent

IAF officer honey-trapped, ends up sharing sensitive info with foreign agent

Rediff.com12 May 2022

The crime branch of Delhi police has arrested an Indian Air Force sergeant for allegedly leaking sensitive information about defence installations to a foreign agent.

Param Bir appears before Thane police to join extortion case probe

Param Bir appears before Thane police to join extortion case probe

Rediff.com26 Nov 2021

The probe team is likely to record his statement, the sources said, adding that zonal Deputy Commissioner of Police Avinash Ambure was present at the police station.

In EC bribe case, Dinakaran asked to appear before Delhi Police on Saturday

In EC bribe case, Dinakaran asked to appear before Delhi Police on Saturday

Rediff.com20 Apr 2017

Assistant Commissioner Sanjay and another official served the summons to Dinakaran at his Besant Nagar residence.

IPL betting: Actor Arbaaz Khan summoned by Thane Police

IPL betting: Actor Arbaaz Khan summoned by Thane Police

Rediff.com1 Jun 2018

Bollywood actor-producer and Salman Khan's brother Arbaaz Khan was on Friday summoned by the Thane police for questioning, in the Indian Premier League betting scam.

Jamia firing accused sent to 14-day protective custody

Jamia firing accused sent to 14-day protective custody

Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

The police said they have also urged the Board to form a medical panel to conduct a bone ossification test that will verify the age of the youth.

Tehelka case: Victim's three colleagues depose before court

Tehelka case: Victim's three colleagues depose before court

Rediff.com6 Dec 2013

The three colleagues of victim woman, who was allegedly sexually harassed by Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal on Friday deposed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate.

'Surrender immediately': Gujarat HC denies activist Teesta Setalvad bail

'Surrender immediately': Gujarat HC denies activist Teesta Setalvad bail

Rediff.com1 Jul 2023

Setalvad was taken into custody on June 25 last year along with former Gujarat Director General of Police R B Sreekumar and ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in an offence registered by Ahmedabad crime branch police for allegedly fabricating evidence to frame "innocent people" in the post-Godhra riots cases.

ND Tiwari's son died due to strangulation: Autopsy

ND Tiwari's son died due to strangulation: Autopsy

Rediff.com19 Apr 2019

Following the postmortem at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, police on Thursday registered a case of murder and transferred it to the Crime Branch for investigation, a senior officer said.

Corporate espionage case: 2 more arrested by Delhi police

Corporate espionage case: 2 more arrested by Delhi police

Rediff.com26 Feb 2015

Delhi Police on Thursday arrested 2 more persons in connection with the corporate espionage case.

Kasab was supposed to die a Hindu: Maria

Kasab was supposed to die a Hindu: Maria

Rediff.com18 Feb 2020

While describing LeT's plan to project the 26/11 attack as "Hindu Terror", Maria wrote, "If everything went according to plan, Kasab would have died as Chaudhari and the media would have blamed 'Hindu terrorists' for the attack."

Delhi on high alert over terror threat

Delhi on high alert over terror threat

Rediff.com22 Jun 2020

Intelligence agencies have alerted police on the possibility of four to five men entering the national capital with an intention to carry out a terror attack.

Bhupesh Baghel, others booked in Mahadev betting app case

Bhupesh Baghel, others booked in Mahadev betting app case

Rediff.com17 Mar 2024

The Enforcement Directorate, which has been investigating the Mahadev app-linked money laundering case for more than a year, alleged in the past that its probe has shown involvement of various high-ranking politicians and bureaucrats from Chhattisgarh, where the two main promoters of the app hail from.

How Banks Plan To Tackle 'Mule' Fraud

How Banks Plan To Tackle 'Mule' Fraud

Rediff.com8 Aug 2024

'A mule operates someone else's account to transfer illegal money.'

Berger bribery case: Alemao arrested, ex-CM Kamat next on police radar

Berger bribery case: Alemao arrested, ex-CM Kamat next on police radar

Rediff.com6 Aug 2015

Former Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao has been arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case by Goa police which is closing in on former chief minister Digambar Kamat and preparing to oppose his anticipatory bail plea.

Param Bir Singh destroyed Kasab's mobile: Ex-cop Samsher Khan Pathan

Param Bir Singh destroyed Kasab's mobile: Ex-cop Samsher Khan Pathan

Rediff.com25 Nov 2021

Retired Assistant Police Commissioner Samsher Khan Pathan has claimed former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh "destroyed" a mobile phone seized from the 26/11 terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Kasab.

'What can the BJP do if our opponents ran away from the Surat battlefield?'

'What can the BJP do if our opponents ran away from the Surat battlefield?'

Rediff.com26 Apr 2024

'Can we force somebody to contest and fight an election when they don't want to contest an election?'

Bengaluru cops begin hunt for @ShamiWitness

Bengaluru cops begin hunt for @ShamiWitness

Rediff.com12 Dec 2014

Crime branch of the Bengaluru police has launched a probe to look into the veracity of a British media report claiming the man behind the most influential pro-Islamic State Twitter account followed by foreign jihadis, is from the IT city, a top police official said.

Rajasthan govt decides to hand over Alwar girl's case to CBI

Rajasthan govt decides to hand over Alwar girl's case to CBI

Rediff.com16 Jan 2022

The state government will send the recommendation to the Centre for a CBI probe into the case at the earliest.

People with 'Kashmir-centric mindset' term our stir communal: Jammu lawyers

People with 'Kashmir-centric mindset' term our stir communal: Jammu lawyers

Rediff.com12 Apr 2018

He said the BAJ had told the media repeatedly that Wednesday's bandh was not on the Kathua rape-and-murder issue as the case is in court now.

Court discharges ex-Gujarat in-charge DGP Pandey in Ishrat case

Court discharges ex-Gujarat in-charge DGP Pandey in Ishrat case

Rediff.com21 Feb 2018

The court on Wednesday said that no witnesses accused Pandey of murdering and kidnapping of the victims.

Policeman clearly intended to kill Odisha minister Das, says FIR

Policeman clearly intended to kill Odisha minister Das, says FIR

Rediff.com31 Jan 2023

The Odisha police, in its FIR on the killing of Health minister Naba Kishore Das, said the accused assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Gopal Das had "clear intention" to kill the minister.

Masked woman in JNU violence video identified

Masked woman in JNU violence video identified

Rediff.com13 Jan 2020

'SIT team has identified that the masked woman who was seen in the videos of JNU violence is from Delhi University'

37 identified in WhatsApp group linked to JNU attack

37 identified in WhatsApp group linked to JNU attack

Rediff.com11 Jan 2020

Thirty-seven people from the 60-member WhatsApp group named 'Unity against Left' have been identified by the Special Investigation Team, the Delhi Police have revealed.