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Lakdawala was apprehended by Mumbai Crime Branch's anti-extortion cell team at the International Airport. He once worked for underworld don Dawood Ibrahim before forming his own gang.
Making the arrest of Indian Mujahideen commander Yasin Bhatkal public has resulted in operatives from the Mangalore and Udupi sleeper cells, who worked directly under him, going underground, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Blame game over sharing of intelligence has clouded investigations into the serial blasts at Patna's Gandhi Maidan during Narendra Modi's rally on October 27 in which six people lost their lives and 85 others were injured.
V K Singh, who has turned around Telangana prisons, wants to improve the police force in his home state, Bihar. Is Nitish Kumar paying heed?
The arrest of Yasin Bhatkal comes as a huge relief to the Bihar police, who expect to now crackdown down on active terror units in the state, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Amid reports of the involvement of a Bihar minister in the kidnapping of a Gujarat-based businessman's son, who was later released on payment of Rs 25-crore ransom, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said he has asked state police chief to probe into the case.
RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin arrested in Delhi
Four suspects have been arrested in connection to the serial blasts that rocked Patna on Sunday. They have been identified as Imtiaz Ansari, Kaleem, Mohammad Ainul and Akthar, according to sources.
The most basic reality of a dysfunctional enforcement apparatus across India will ensure that coordinated terrorist attacks, like the Bodh Gaya strike, will continue to occur, notes Ajai Sahni.
The boy ran away from his kidnappers on Sunday.
Mahabodhi temple, the target of serial blasts, has been closed for the general public but the prayers will continue to be held as usual, Bihar police chief Abhayanand said on Sunday. The director general of police said no harm has come to the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Buddhist temple, but some peripheral damage has occurred.
An argument has already started over the nature of the alert issued by Delhi police to Bihar police, alerting the latter about a possible terror attack on Bodh Gaya
A top Bihar police officer is in trouble for allegedly acting like Munnabhai -- the character played actor Sanjay Dutt in the popular film franchise. Additional Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey has been accused of 'appearing' for a LLB degree examination without taking the requisite permission from the home department.
The Bihar Police has decided to provide group insurance cover to more than 44,000 policemen deployed in sixteen Maoist-affected districts in the state, officials said on Monday.
a senior police official told Rediff.com that the Indian Mujahideen may be using Hindu youth for terror activities. "It is a serious matter," the official said.
Patna blasts' suspect Meher-e-Alam, who was detained by the National Investigation Agency from Darbhanga on Wednesday, has escaped from custody.
In a bid to put pressure on absconding criminals to surrender, Bihar police attached properties of 5,830 criminals during a special drive.
After evading arrest for six days, the man accused of raping a five-year-old girl of Madhya Pradesh, was arrested from Hussainabad area of Bihar's Bhagalpur district on Tuesday night.
After Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, Assam is keen to adopt the Bihar's model of speedy trials that led to more than 79,000 convictions of criminals including politicians and lawmakers during the past seven years, a Bihar police official said on Monday.
A joint team of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar police have failed to arrest the accused involved in allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh and it is suspected that he might have fled to Nepal taking advantage of the porous border, police said on Tuesday.
The Bihar police have lodged 30 FIRs against thousands of persons, both named and unidentified, and arrested 17 people in connection with the recent violence and arson in Bihar's Madhubani district. Madhubani Superintendent of Police Ranjeet Kumar Mishra said on Thursday that the 30 FIRs were lodged at Town, Khajauli, Kaluwahi, Jai Nagar, Basopatti and Jai Nagar GRP police stations.
Saryug Singh, father of Delhi gangrape accused Akshay Thakur, has locked himself in his house along with his wife with security men deputed outside saying they hear frequent wails from inside since the victim's death.
'When rape and molestation are supported by the family, it can no longer be considered merely a criminal act.' 'What kind of morality makes rape a family act?' asks Sankrant Sanu.
Singh had resigned from the post last week after his name cropped up in the scam.
Four days after killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya', the Bihar police have arrested a Janata Dal-United Member of Legislative Assembly Sunil Pandey in this connection.
Yasin Bhatkal, one of India's most dreaded terrorists, has been detained at the Indo-Nepal border.
Bihar police on Thursday arrested three accused in the alleged gang-rape of a teenage girl in Patna by her friends and classmates. The accused had filmed the incident and distributed CDs and MMS's of the crime, police on Thursday said.
Bihar Police has failed to make any breakthrough in the case pertaining to the attack on a Dalit youth, who had married an upper caste girl against the wishes of her family a year ago, in Motihari town in East Champaran district.
Impressed with the success of 'speedy trial' of criminals to control crime in Bihar, neighbouring Uttar Pradesh police is set to study it to adopt the concept soon, officials said on Thursday.
He is accused of providing shelter to the Maoists at a hostel in the university.
Three Maoists were killed on Monday in an encounter by Special Task Force personnels assisted by Cobra battalion of Central Reserve Police Force in Bihar's Rohtas district.
Although human trafficking is still rampant in Bihar, but the state government's initiatives to check it are showing some results.
Several girls were allegedly raped and sexually abused at an NGO-run shelter home in Muzaffarpur and the issue had come to light following a report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
The RJD suspended Yadav from the party a day after his arrest warrant was issued.
Blame game between Bihar police and Railway Protection Force over compensation for slain Mohd Mustafa, who fell victim of a stray police bullet a year ago in Bihar's Katihar district, has left his blind parents to starve.
He was medically examined then shifted him to jail number 2, whose other notable inmates include gangster Chhota Rajan.
Maoists have kidnapped 15 labourers and employees of a private construction company near Balthar Ghat in Jamui district of Bihar, police said on Tuesday. Over 50 ultras stormed into the office of a private firm engaged in construction of a bridge over Bharnar River on Monday night. They took away employees and labourers of the firm at gun point to a forest bordering Giridih district in Jharkhand, Superintendent of Police R N Singh said.
The kidnappers had demanded a ransom ranging from Rs 60 crore to 100 crore in Nepalese currency, the SP said.
Bihar has tightened its security after the Intelligence Bureau issued an alert about a possible Maoist attack in the state to avenge the killing of a woman Naxal leader, police said on Saturday.
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