Police appointed an inspector general to probe into an unverified letter that surfaced on social media, purportedly written weeks before his death by Deputy Superintendent of Police Devendra Mishra. It had alleged links between the Chaubeypur station officer and the gangster.
One truck managed to cross the fateful spot, the second vehicle carrying at least 16 personnel drove over the landmine.
Alam, a resident of Gola Bazaar in Gorakhpur, was picked up from Kolkata in December last year for his alleged involvement in the blasts. Alam, an employee at the West Bengal government's Power Department, is presently being interrogated by the police. ''The STF realised its folly during the interrogation. He is expected to be released soon,'' the official said.
STF sleuths recovered one AK-47 rifle, a Chinese pistol, about 9 kg of RDX, besides a large quantity of ammunition from their possession.
Gupta said the family had only consulted the STF and perhaps the Noida police was not informed. Police said Anant was first kept in a place in Delhi and then taken to Mathura.
Police will conduct forensic examination of the thumb impressions of Sachin Pahari, the main suspect in the Meher Bhargava murder case, obtained in the prisons where he had been lodged earlier.
A private donor, who wished to remain anonymous, has donated US$ 4,000 to add to the US$ 1,000 reward that was already being offered for information leading to the arrest of the killers of doctoral students, Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma of Hyderabad, and Kiran Kumar Allam of Kurnool.
The impact of the blast was so tremendous that it created a crater of about five to six feet width at the blast site and flung the police van carrying the STF personnel in the air.
Gupta said he would be sending a report to Railways headqaurters in New Delhi, which would take a decision on fixing fresh dates for the exams.
It was suspected that the rebels had procured the explosive material for making landmines and bombs.
Police Special Task Force commandos repulsed an attack against their Pullumalai base on Saturday morning and inflicted heavy losses on the guerrillas, an STF official said.
The Gujarat government objected to making the report public, contending that it was not clear whether the views expressed were unilateral or whether Justice Bedi had shared them with other members of the monitoring committee.
He entered India through Bangladesh from where he went to Kolkata and Mumbai before reaching Lucknow to get his passport and other documents.
Two kg of RDX and two detonators were recovered on Friday from Unnao, about 50 km from Lucknow, by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on the basis of information provided by a Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami militant.
An army man was arrested for allegedly helping an Inter-Services agent nabbed in Meerut a week ago, the police said on Saturday. The Special Task Force of the UP police arrested Sunit Kumar from Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh on Friday, a STF spokesman said.
The documents recovered from suspected ISI agent Akhtar Khan's home in the city "clearly showed" his links to Pakistan's ISI, a top Special Task Force officer said.
The cleric was taken into custody on Sunday night based on reports of suspicious activities in the past.
The police have announced a reward on the head of the main accused, against whom a non-bailable arrest warrant has been issued.
After gunning down sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, the Special Task Force has decided against returning to M M Hills in Karnataka to unearth arms, ammunition and money hidden by the brigand, a top STF official said in Bangalore on Wednesday.
In reply to a question, he said there was no specific intelligence information about the possibility of a terrorist attack in the temple city and added that, "There never is any specific inputs on terrorist attacks."
The Bihar police have arrested a Central Reserve Police Force assistant commandant in Gaya district on Thursday night, on charges of leaking information to Maoist guerillas and for his nexus with them, police sources have said.
Over 4,000 people have died since December 2005 in a new wave of fighting despite a truce which is in place since February 2002.
The residents near the dump had been protesting for months, demanding that the garbage dump be relocated. The authorities, however, claim that they had given enough warning to the slum dwellers to relocate themselves.
Special Task Force of UP Police gunned down Naushad Qureshi, hailing from Bihar and with a cash reward of Rs 20,000 on his head.
The Delhi Commission for Women has summoned police commissioner BS Bassi to appear before it for allegedly not sharing the data sought by it regarding crime against women in the national capital.
'Your body will be able to deal with Omicron at any time, but it depends (on when) if you are vaccinated.'
Salem has accepted that his role was that of supplier of arms and ammunition.
The pradhan gave correct information about the whereabouts of Gujjar, which enabled the STF team to track him.
The STF will handle hijacking, armed terrorism, illegal agitations, natural calamities, train accidents and havoc caused by floods.
The boy was kidnapped by two motorcyclists while the child was being escorted to the bus stop by maid servant Seema.
A Special Task Force of police seized the explosives and detonators from a hideout near a school in Ramban area early Saturday morning.
Veerappan's wife Muthulakshmi, his daughter Vijayarani Yuvarani and his brother's wife Muniapppa were present at the burial ground.
'Remember, they are all volunteers unlike other forces, and they said they would not come out of the forest until they finished the job. That was the kind of dedication and perseverance they had.' says former STF boss Walter Dawaram.
Two persons were critically injured in the attack, which took place because of an old enmity.
Sadhu Rajbhar, who is the main suspect of the murder case, was the last man to have contacted Hema.
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