A security guard has been arrested in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a woman in Mohanlalganj area of Lucknow, a senior police official said on Sunday.
Three years ago, the accused started exerting pressure on her to undergo religious conversion and perform 'nikaah' (marriage). But when the woman opposed, he threatened to kidnap her, Tikaram alleged.
It was not clear if any decision was taken to act against those responsible for killing police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh.
There were around 45 passengers in the bus which was on its way to Jaipur from Farrukhabad at the time of incident.
The two men arrested are Shahnawaz Ahmad Teli from Kulgam and Aquib Ahmad Malik from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.
'I have been trying for the past five years to get a government job.'
The Allahabad high court on Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to apprise it of the details of a case involving alleged molestation of a Dalit woman by a police sub-inspector inside premises of a police station in the state capital.
Earlier, army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said that full cooperation will be extended in investigation of the incident.
The FIR, in which 15-20 unnamed people were also mentioned, was registered at the Gurubuxganj police station in Rae Bareli.
In a terse message to the ruling party, Priyanka in a Hindi tweet said, 'The goons of the BJP involved in 'cheerharan' of the democracy should hear that women will become pradhans, block pramukhs, MLAs, MPs and prime minister, and defeat the government, which gives patronage to those committing atrocities against women.'
Police did not rule out the possibility of it being a 'political murder'.
The double-decker bus belonged to Awadh Depot and was going to New Delhi from Lucknow.
The letter, which has surfaced on social media, alleges that station officer Vinay Tiwari had got a serious charge against Dubey dropped. Police suspect that Vinay Tiwari may have tipped-off Dubey that a police team was on its way to arrest him.
"Prime facie it seems that Tiwari was murdered due to his controversial statement made in 2015. There is a possibility," the DGP said as he ruled out any terror angle.
Gandhi also charged that the focus of the Uttar Pradesh government has been propaganda and public relations instead of welfare of people.
Around 20-25 youths of upper caste Thakur community from Shabbirpur village were on their way to Simlana village under Badgaon police station to take part in a function to garland the statue of Rajput warrior-king Maharana Pratap.
The chief minister will meet them at his Kalidas Marg residence in Lucknow.
An official said there was no security lapse in the case. He added that seven security personnel were posted at her home and three were there to accompany her on Sunday. "As there was no space in the car, the survivor did not take the security men with her," he said.
Nearly a dozen first information reports have been lodged since the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, was notified on November 27.
The apex court asked the CBI to complete its probe in the accident case within 7 days.
The PFI is alleged to have been continuously involved in anti-government propaganda and spreading the narrative that Muslims were being persecuted in India.
Wasim, UP PFI head, was arrested for masterminding the violence, police said. 33 FIRs have been filed in Lucknow and 150 people have been arrested so far.
Jamia turned into a battlefield on Sunday as police entered the campus and also used force, following protest against the Act.
With the state police pursuing only notorious criminals, petty thugs continue to prey on victims.
He further contended that in his bail application, Prajapati stated that he had no criminal case pending against him but six cases were pending against him.
People may belong to any caste and religion, they are not safe, the Congress leader alleged.
An FIR has been lodged against a sub-inspector and two policemen for tampering with evidence. The government has also ordered a fresh post-mortem of the victim by a panel of doctors from other districts.
The state's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), which made the arrest, was tracking him for the past 8-10 days.
'The Governor is pleased to appoint Justice High Court, Allahabad (retd) Pradeep Kumar Srivastava as a single-member Commission of enquiry with Headquarters at Lakhimpur Kheri'
Amid reports that suspected terrorist David Coleman Headley visited Lucknow and Agra, the Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday said they had no information about his links with the state.
'The officer told the women police to slap me. He was not satisfied. He then himself pulled my hair and kicked in my stomach and knee'
The Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and some smaller parties will contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls together, and an announcement in this regard would be made soon, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Tuesday.
The thanks-giving activities will start with laying of wreaths at the police memorial in Delhi and in several other cities on Sunday morning to honour the police personnel deployed in enforcement of the nationwide lockdown, officials said. It will be followed by fly-pasts by fighter and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, covering a sizeable number of cities and towns across the country between 10 am and 11 am, officials said.
Drone cameras will monitor the crowds in real time.
The Congress general secretary claimed that she was surrounded, held by the throat by a female cop and pushed by another female cop.
Under attack over the rape and murder of two Dalit cousin sisters, the Akhilesh Yadav government on Saturday suspended Badaun superintendent of police and decided to take action against the then district magistrate and undertook a massive rejig involving 66 Indian Administrative Service officials and 42 Indian Police Service officers.
These 15 districts, included Agra, Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Kanpur, Varanasi, Shamli, Meerut, Bareilly and Bulandshahr.
Additional Director General Intelligence SB Shiradkar had Friday submitted a report on the violence.
Abu Zaid, suspected IS terrorist was arrested by the ATS team from Mumbai Airport.
