Ahead of New Year, the Delhi police carried out mock drills to check the preparedness of the security forces.
Two police teams from Kerala are assisting Karnataka Police in questioning the two suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants allegedly involved in the serial bomb blasts in Bengaluru last year.
Police in Ahmedabad are on high alert and have taken extensive security measures following intelligence reports stating that terrorist may target the city on December 6, which marks the 17th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition.
'The officers are sitting on their chairs today because these men paid with their lives. The least they can do is to give them the honour they deserved,' says Vinita Kamte.
On the night of November 25, at around 10.30 pm, Rakesh Maria hand-delivered a long letter to Chandra Iyengar, the state additional home secretary. He took three hours to draft his letter because he has attached a detailed rebuttal with his letter expressing a desire to resign if he is not defended.
Nine more bodies were found on Monday during clearing of debris almost a week after a fire devastated the two top floors of Stephen Court building on Park Street, taking the toll to 43.
Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul is a witness in the case relating to terror charge probe against American national David Headley, a top police official said.
American terror suspect David Headley stayed at the Osho Ashram in Pune twice during his visits to the city in 2008-09 but did not register himself as a foreign national with the police, a top official said on Tuesday.
Gujarat police on Monday denied reports that Harbhajan Singh had breached security by venturing out of the team hotel on his own on Sunday night, insisting that the Indian off-spinner had gone with proper security cover.
The Bombay High Court on Friday upheld a lower court's order discharging former Mumbai police commissioner Ram Deo Tyagi and eight others, but observed that the firing in Suleiman Bakery by the police during the 1993 Mumbai riots was 'cruel and atrocious'.Justice Mridula Bhatkar upheld the trial court's conclusion that Tyagi -- a joint commissioner at the time -- and eight other policemen had no intention to murder. Eight persons were killed and 12 injured in the firing.
Clash between BJP workers and lawyers outside Kiran Bedi's office
'Param Bir's letter alleges that Waze was being used directly by the home minister.' 'I think an enquiry by a high court judge is the need of the hour.'
Two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants, who were allegedly planning terror strikes in Delhi ahead of Independence Day, were arrested on Thursday night, a senior Delhi police official said.
The national capital witnessed the worst riots in last three decades this week, with allegations of police acting as mute spectators when angry mobs ran riot on the streets of northeast Delhi.
Joint Commissioner (Chennai North) M Ramasubramani, under whose jurisdiction the Madras High Court comes, has been transferred in the wake of the clashes between police and advocates in the court premises. Ramasubramani has been transferred and posted as DIG Railways, official sources said.
Following the clarification from Maria, Gaffoor sang a different tune, and said that what he had meant was that 16 persons were involved in the terror attacks. Nine of them were killed, one is in custody with us, two others have been arrested, and four handlers are based in Pakistan, he said
Chota Shakeel, a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim, has been given the responsibility of killing Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the terror attack on Mumbai, according to Intelligence Bureau sources. IB sources have revealed that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba has asked Shakeel, a close associate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, to kill Kasab. Shakeel is currently hiding in Pakistan, said IB officials, under the patronage of the ISI & LeT.
Mohammed Omar Madni was caught by Delhi Police's anti-terror wing's 'Special Cell' on Thursday evening from a locality near the Qutub Minar in south Delhi's Mehrauli locality.
The Mumbai police today booked Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman, the lone terrorist caught alive during last month's terror strikes, under three more Acts.
Former Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria has claimed his successor Ahmed Javed knew Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani and Peter Mukerjea socially, and that Peter also knew the then joint commissioner of police (law and order) Deven Bharti on "first name terms". Maria, who investigated some high-profile cases like the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and also headed the probe in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, made the revelation in his memoir Let Me Say It Now released on Monday.
The raid was carried out by the Crime Branch at the office of T&T Law Firm on Saturday night, the officer said.
This is the first arrest under the Act which came into force in July 2017, replacing the 1982 vintage law, according to which an accused can face a maximum punishment of life imprisonment till death and his properties can be confiscated, police said.
The Mumbai police are yet to furnish to Interpol details about the nine terrorists killed during the 26/11 terror strikes for issuance of a "Black Notice" which can help get more information about the dead.
Two persons suspected to be senior Pakistani army officers were named on Wednesday in the chargesheet filed by Mumbai police in connection with the 26/11 terror attacks.
Against the backdrop of violent protests by lawyers, the Tamil government on Friday night issued shoot-at-sight orders against those trying to damage public properties and create disturbance to general public.
The Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested 5 persons in connection with the serial blasts in Ahmedabad. All the 5 arrested hail from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.
Two and three-wheelers would not be allowed to ply on the Bandra-Worli sea link, to be opened on Tuesday by United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
"We have received intelligence inputs stating that Kasab's life may be under threat from the underworld," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said.
Mumbai Police has reportedly not furnished to Interpol any details yet about the nine terrorists killed during the 26/11 attack on the country's financial capital for issuance of a "Black Notice", which can help get more information about the dead.
"The purpose of allowing the DCPs to interact with Kasab is to understand the psyche of a terrorist. This will help the DCPs to take precautionary and remedial measures to prevent any such crimes in future," Rakesh Maria, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said on Friday.
Clearing the air on why all three top officials -- Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ashok Kamte and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar who succumbed to bullet injuries -- were sitting in one vehicle, Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria said: "Given the circumstances they sat together in the police vehicle, which was available to them."
Investigations into the threatening email sent prior to the Ahmedabad serial blasts have revealed that it is unlikely someone hacked into the suspected American national's computer to send the message, police said on Monday. "We asked some private consultants regarding the email and the general opinion was that it is unlikely that Ken Haywood's computer was hacked to send the message," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Hemant Karkare said.
The Crime branch, investigating the serial blasts, which rocked the city on July 26, has carried out massive combing operations in various areas even as several people have been detained for questioning, the police said on Thursday.
A five-member team of the Interpol met Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria on Monday and sought details of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the November 26 terror strikes.
Kasab's letter has been forwarded by the Mumbai police to the External Affairs and the Union Home Ministries for necessary action, Joint Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria told media persons in Mumbai on Saturday.
Highest level of anti-terror measures, with deployment of over 5,000 personnel, including 300 commandos, will be in place to provide watertight security to England and India teams in Chennai for the first cricket Test, beginning Thursday.
Three months ahead of the terror attacks in Mumbai, the group of ten terrorists who carried out the strikes were shown photos of their targets and not allowed to meet anyone lest the plot was leaked. The members of the group took turns at manning the watchtower of the boat and guarding the captain of the vessel Ajaysinh Solanki, who was later killed when the boat reached near Mumbai's shores.The police said the diary is proof that there were only ten terrorists on board.
A live bomb was found on Saturday evening in a private nursing home in Dhantoli, police said.The sniffer dog of the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad identified the bomb which was wrapped in a plastic bag, police said.
The number of militants who entered the city through the sea was 10 and "they are all accounted for," said Joint Commissioner of Mumbai Police (Crime Branch) Rakesh Maria. He, however, said that they were probing possible local support being extended by some people in the metropolis and "everything would be clear only after investigations".
Qayamuddin Kapadia, one of the key conspirators of the July 26 serial blasts in Ahmedabad, has been arrested by the Madhya Pradesh police.He allegedly planted cycle bombs in the city as well as bombs in different parts of Surat. He was also responsible for purchase of cycles on which the bombs were mounted and kept in different parts of the city.
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