News for 'police constable'

3 constables among 5 policemen suspended for negligence in Atiq killing

3 constables among 5 policemen suspended for negligence in Atiq killing

Rediff.com19 Apr 2023

Five police personnel were suspended on Wednesday for negligence in connection with the killing of mafia-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, a senior officer said in Prayagraj on Wednesday.

Karnataka govt blames RCB, KSCA for Bengaluru stampede

Karnataka govt blames RCB, KSCA for Bengaluru stampede

Rediff.com17 Jul 2025

The status report claims that RCB organised a massive victory parade and celebration without prior permission or furnishing mandatory details to city authorities.

Seized cash, gold worth Rs 52 cr belonged to MP ex-cop, claims ED

Seized cash, gold worth Rs 52 cr belonged to MP ex-cop, claims ED

Rediff.com26 Mar 2025

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in India has declared that cash and gold worth approximately Rs 52 crore, seized from an abandoned SUV in Madhya Pradesh last year, belonged to former state transport department constable Saurabh Sharma. The ED's statement ends months of speculation about the ownership of the seized assets and comes as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption charges against Sharma. The agency has also attached assets worth Rs 92.07 crore belonging to Sharma and his associates, alleging they were acquired through illegal means.

YSR Telangana Party chief Sharmila gets bail in police assault case

YSR Telangana Party chief Sharmila gets bail in police assault case

Rediff.com25 Apr 2023

The court on Tuesday granted her conditional bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 30,000 and two sureties.

7-year-old girl found dead with throat slit at Delhi home

7-year-old girl found dead with throat slit at Delhi home

Rediff.com31 Mar 2025

Police said the incident came to light on Saturday evening when a patrolling team noticed a crowd gathered outside the house.

Delhi police stations to have 2 women SI, 7 constables

Delhi police stations to have 2 women SI, 7 constables

Rediff.com3 Jan 2013

Each of the 166 police stations in Delhi will have two woman sub-inspectors and seven woman constables in the backdrop of gangrape of a girl in the national capital.

Mumbai local mishap: 'Something hit our compartment'

Mumbai local mishap: 'Something hit our compartment'

Rediff.com9 Jun 2025

An eyewitness to the horrific suburban railway mishap in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday morning said the chain of events began after someone in the coach ahead of his either fell after hitting a wall or 'something hit our compartment'.

Constable Tomar's death: HC asks Centre, police to respond

Constable Tomar's death: HC asks Centre, police to respond

Rediff.com4 Jan 2013

The Delhi high court on Friday asked the city police to file a status report on its probe into the circumstances leading to death of Constable Subhash Tomar, who was allegedly assaulted by eight youth protesters during the anti-rape stir.

Maharashtra constable collapses during morning parade, dies

Maharashtra constable collapses during morning parade, dies

Rediff.com3 Feb 2022

The deceased, Mahesh More, was posted in the Quick Response Team (QRT) of the Thane police.

Case against constable for holding police official hostage

Case against constable for holding police official hostage

Rediff.com13 Sep 2012

Police on Thursday filed a case against suspended head constable Giriprasad Sarma who had taken the Superintendent of Police of the Police Transport Organisation (PTO) E Lakshmi Narayana hostage.

Violence erupts near Kolkata over shop; cops hurt, vehicles torched

Violence erupts near Kolkata over shop; cops hurt, vehicles torched

Rediff.com11 Jun 2025

The violence, which erupted over the setting up of a shop in Maheshtala under Rabindranagar police station in South 24 Parganas district, quickly escalated, turning the area into a virtual battlefield.

Gazi Baba killing reduced Jaish to an army without generals: BSF book

Gazi Baba killing reduced Jaish to an army without generals: BSF book

Rediff.com13 Apr 2025

The 2003 BSF operation that eliminated terrorist Gazi Baba in Jammu and Kashmir, the subject of an upcoming action film, "Ground Zero," crippled the Jaish-e-Mohammed. The mission, which earned the BSF a dozen gallantry awards, is being portrayed in the film releasing on April 25. The operation, described in the BSF's 50th anniversary book, involved a daring raid on a house in Srinagar where Gazi Baba was hiding. The BSF faced heavy gunfire and grenades, with officers sustaining injuries and one constable, Balbir Singh, being killed while protecting his superior officer, Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey. Dubey, who led the operation, received the Kirti Chakra, India's third highest peacetime gallantry award.

Head constable's daughter who became a shot putter by accident!

Head constable's daughter who became a shot putter by accident!

Rediff.com29 Sep 2023

The daughter of a traffic police head constable in Meerut, Kiran Baliyan was an accidental shot putter as her name was entered in a junior tournament by mistake nine years ago.

Republic Day: CRPF awarded highest number of 21 gallantry medals

Republic Day: CRPF awarded highest number of 21 gallantry medals

Rediff.com25 Jan 2025

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been awarded the highest number of police gallantry medals, 21, including two Shaurya Chakras, on the eve of Republic Day. A total of 95 bravery medals were awarded to personnel from state and central police forces, fire service, home guard, civil defence, and correctional services. The CRPF's medals included 11 for operations in Jammu and Kashmir, seven for anti-Maoist operations, and one for an operation in the northeast. The second-highest number of medals went to Uttar Pradesh (17), followed by Jammu and Kashmir (15), Chhattisgarh (11), and the Border Security Force (5).

Ahmedabad car crash accused rammed same SUV into a temple in Jan: Police

Ahmedabad car crash accused rammed same SUV into a temple in Jan: Police

Rediff.com26 Jul 2023

Patel (20) has been booked under relevant sections of the Motor Vehicle Act and sections 279 (rash driving) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) of the Indian Penal Code.

Meet women BSF officer who silenced Pak posts during Op Sindoor

Meet women BSF officer who silenced Pak posts during Op Sindoor

Rediff.com28 May 2025

Giving details of how she silenced three hostile posts resorting to unprovoked firing on her position during Operation Sindoor, she said, "I had three posts falling in my area. I pinned down the people at all three hostile locations. We hit them with every weapon we had. They were forced to flee their posts."

Pune firing: 2 police inspectors suspended

Pune firing: 2 police inspectors suspended

Rediff.com12 Aug 2011

The Maharashtra government on Friday suspended two police officers in connection with the Maval firing, in which three people were killed and several injured.

Crying UP cop stages protest for better food in mess, probe ordered

Crying UP cop stages protest for better food in mess, probe ordered

Rediff.com11 Aug 2022

A video of a constable bursting into tears and sitting on a dharna over the 'poor' quality food provided by the mess at the police lines in Firozabad has prompted the department to order an inquiry.

Constable Tomar's death: HC pulls up Delhi police

Constable Tomar's death: HC pulls up Delhi police

Rediff.com29 Jan 2013

The Delhi high court on Tuesday pulled up the city police for not filing a proper response to a plea seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into Constable Subhash Tomar's death during the anti-rape stir here, saying it would summon the police commissioner if the cops do not follow proper protocol in the case.

Slain cop's wife collapses at police station

Slain cop's wife collapses at police station

Rediff.com15 May 2010

On hearing about the death of her husband U Ramesh in Hyderabad, constable Shanta Kumari collapsed in Punganur police station of Chittoor district, where she served as a police constable. Ramesh, a constable in Andhra Pradesh Special Police's 11th battalion based at Kadapa was in Hyderabad on a special duty after the recent outbreak of communal violence.

Liverpool crash: Driver held over attempted murder

Liverpool crash: Driver held over attempted murder

Rediff.com27 May 2025

Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after Liverpool parade crash

Constable files defamation case against Delhi CM for his 'thulla' remark

Constable files defamation case against Delhi CM for his 'thulla' remark

Rediff.com22 Jul 2015

The complaint was filed by a constable in which he has claimed that he was insulted by Kejriwal's remark.

Nitish Kumar's Sop Opera Ahead Of Polls

Nitish Kumar's Sop Opera Ahead Of Polls

Rediff.com17 Jul 2025

Nitish Kumar has pledged to create 10 million jobs in the next five years apart from offering voters many other sops.

4 Maoists, cop killed in Chhattisgarh encounter; AK-47, SLR recovered

4 Maoists, cop killed in Chhattisgarh encounter; AK-47, SLR recovered

Rediff.com5 Jan 2025

Four Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region. A head constable of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was also killed in the face-off.

India rings in 2025 amid tight security across major cities

India rings in 2025 amid tight security across major cities

Rediff.com31 Dec 2024

Thousands of police personnel and CCTV cameras were deployed and traffic regulated across states on Tuesday to ensure public safety and prevent any untoward incident as the country geared up to welcome 2025.

5 cops behind Badlapur sexual assault accused's death: Report

5 cops behind Badlapur sexual assault accused's death: Report

Rediff.com20 Jan 2025

A magistrate's inquiry has found five policemen responsible for the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, who was accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case. The Bombay High Court ordered an FIR to be registered against the five policemen, following the magistrate's report. Shinde was arrested in August 2024 for allegedly assaulting two minor girls and was killed in an alleged police shootout in September while being taken from prison for questioning. The police claimed he snatched a gun and opened fire, but the magistrate found the five officers responsible for his death. The court has asked the public prosecutor to inform the bench in two weeks on which probe agency will investigate the case.

Constable Tomar's death: Police summons doc who differed

Constable Tomar's death: Police summons doc who differed

Rediff.com26 Dec 2012

The Delhi police on Wednesday asked the Medical Superintendent of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital to appear before them after the post-mortem of constable Subhash Tomar contradicted his version that the cop did not suffer any injuries.

11 militants killed in attack on police station, CRPF camp in Manipur

11 militants killed in attack on police station, CRPF camp in Manipur

Rediff.com12 Nov 2024

Two Central Reserve Police Force personnel also sustained injuries during the heavy exchange of fire that happened at Jakurador Karong in the Borobekra sub-division, they said.

Delhi: Stopped for modified bike, father-son duo attacks cops

Delhi: Stopped for modified bike, father-son duo attacks cops

Rediff.com28 Oct 2024

A police inspector and a constable have been injured after being allegedly attacked by a man and his 24-year-old son in southeast Delhi while initiating action against them for an unlawfully modified motorcycle silencer, officials said.

9 Vaishno Devi pilgrims among 13 killed in J-K rains, landslides

9 Vaishno Devi pilgrims among 13 killed in J-K rains, landslides

Rediff.com27 Aug 2025

Relentless heavy rain led to a landslide on the route to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop the Trikuta hill on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least five people and injuring 14, officials said.

PIX: Car ploughs into fans at Liverpool parade, 27 in hospital

PIX: Car ploughs into fans at Liverpool parade, 27 in hospital

Rediff.com27 May 2025

A car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool fans during a parade celebrating their side's English Premier League title triumph on Monday, hospitalising 27 people, with two seriously injured.

J-K cop shoots dead colleague before ending his life

J-K cop shoots dead colleague before ending his life

Rediff.com8 Dec 2024

The bullet-riddled bodies of the cops were seen lying inside a police van near the Kali Mata temple in Rehembal area of Udhampur around 6.30 am, the officials said.

Laapataa Ladies Out Of Oscars Race

Laapataa Ladies Out Of Oscars Race

Rediff.com20 Dec 2024

Shahana Goswami's Santosh has been shortlisted for the best foreign film Oscars.

Policeman shoots dead 24-year-old Indian businessman in Uganda

Policeman shoots dead 24-year-old Indian businessman in Uganda

Rediff.com31 Oct 2022

A 24-year-old Indian businessman has been shot dead allegedly by a police constable in Kisoro town of Uganda, according to a media report.

Trainee cops go on a rampage in Patna, attack officers

Trainee cops go on a rampage in Patna, attack officers

Rediff.com2 Nov 2018

Protesting police officials attacked city SP, rural SP, DOS, Sargent Major and officer in charge of half a dozen police stations, alleging that a woman constable died as she was denied leave for medical treatment.

12 UP cops booked over 'fake' encounter, torture of BTech student

12 UP cops booked over 'fake' encounter, torture of BTech student

Rediff.com9 Apr 2025

Mathura resident Tarun Gautam has alleged in the court that police threatened his family and framed his son, a B.Tech student, in false cases under the Gangsters Act, and Arms Act.

British police team to meet Anuj Bidve's family in Pune

British police team to meet Anuj Bidve's family in Pune

Rediff.com31 Dec 2011

A team of the Greater Manchester Police from Birmingham will leave for Pune on Sunday to meet the family members of Anuj Bidve, who was killed in a suspected hate crime. Three police officers -- Chief Superintendent Barry Russel Jackson, Detective Constable Peter Christian Rickards and Police Constable Esther Barbara Lambert -- are leaving for Pune to meet the family of Bidve, government sources said. The visas of the police team are being issued on Saturday.

Gun-toting mob tries to overrun police headquarters in Manipur

Gun-toting mob tries to overrun police headquarters in Manipur

Rediff.com18 Jan 2024

At least three BSF personnel sustained bullet injuries after gunmen fired at security forces in Manipur's Thoubal district, police said on Thursday.

When Gujarati Muslims Dominated Bombay Politics

When Gujarati Muslims Dominated Bombay Politics

Rediff.com26 Aug 2025

'They wanted the city to be a great business hub. They didn't like the fact that taxes collected in Bombay would go outside the city.'

Delhi factory fire: Death toll climbs to 11, 4 injured

Delhi factory fire: Death toll climbs to 11, 4 injured

Rediff.com16 Feb 2024

The fire was preceded by a blast and soon it spread to nearby buildings, including a drug rehabilitation centre and eight shops.