Articles by Debashish Karmakar
Man flogs child, assaults neighbour for playing on sand kept for building work in Bhondsi
Police said all residents, including the children, had gathered to celebrate Dussehra at an open space in their colony when a few children came running from the by-lanes and alerted the elderly that their friend was getting thrashed
Published on Oct 07, 2022 11:53 PM IST
All-women gang steals valuables from woman in Gurugram’s Sadar Bazaar
According to Sudhir Kumar, Reenu’s husband, their son saw his mother being pushed around and alerted her, following which she checked her handbag to find the purse stolen
Published on Oct 07, 2022 01:56 AM IST
Gurugram man’s phone stolen after suspects see him put ATM card inside phone cover
According to cops, Akhilesh Kumar Rai was about to withdraw money from an ATM on MG Road when the two suspects suddenly flanked him from both sides inside the kiosk
Published on Oct 05, 2022 12:00 AM IST
Gurugram woman traces phone snatcher with smartwatch, hits him, grabs it back
She wandered the bylanes of Sector 23 for about three hours and managed to track the exact location of her mobile phone around 9pm.
Updated on Oct 05, 2022 08:40 AM IST
Solar inverter stolen from Subhash Chowk underpass in Gurugram
According to investigators, the theft took place on the night of September 28 and the authorities became aware of the situation the following day during an inspection. Officials spotted broken locks on the iron grill which secured the solar inverter. Police suspect the thieves brought a vehicle to take the inverter away
Published on Oct 02, 2022 12:08 AM IST
Builder, eight others booked for embezzling ₹15 crore
Gurugram: A builder and eight others have been booked for allegedly embezzling ₹15 crore from 20 people by offering to sell them shops-cum-offices (SCO) at a township in Farrukhnagar, Sector 3, police said on Saturday
Published on Oct 02, 2022 12:04 AM IST
Builder hit by unidentified vehicle in Gurugram Sector 18, on life support
Rahul Gupta, a resident of Sector 3A, was rushed to a private hospital in Sector 44 and was still on ventilator support on Friday evening. Doctors said his condition was critical
Updated on Oct 01, 2022 12:07 AM IST
Rape suspect skipped town on bail using fake papers, forgery discovered 2 years later
Police said Chand reached Gurugram to find that his Aadhaar card and land deeds had been fraudulently used and submitted as surety to secure the bail of a rape suspect who was allowed out on bail more than two years ago
Published on Sep 30, 2022 11:57 PM IST
Political leader’s brother arrested by STF in Sukhbir Khatana murder case
STF IG B Satheesh Balan said that the murder was a fallout of political rivalry and the suspect, Joginder Khatana (46), believed that his older brother Jannayak Janta Party leader Rohtash Khatana would have won the assembly election from the Sohna seat in 2019 had Sukhbir not been politically active
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 12:13 AM IST
No residential area in Gurugram using DG sets for main power supply, says DHBVN
DHBVN officials said there were at least 15 townships in Gurugram that, until last year, used DG sets on a large scale basis to meet power needs but developers were taken to task and told to put in required infrastructure or deposit a bank guarantee to the DHBVN after which connections were provided and supply was streamlined to do away with DG sets.
Updated on Sep 30, 2022 12:09 AM IST
Debashish Karmakar and Abhishek Behl
Film production house booked for flying drone inside Gurugram township without permission
Police said that one of the residents, Karan Ambardar, who in his mid-thirties, spotted the drone hovering outside the balcony of his apartment located on the 30th floor of one of the towers in the township around 7.30pm on Monday
Published on Sep 28, 2022 01:30 AM IST
Thieves decamp with 1,547 pairs of jeans from new cleaning centre in Gurugram
Police said the incident took place between 1am and 2am on September 21 and no one has been arrested in connection with the case yet
Published on Sep 28, 2022 12:21 AM IST
Ggm café owner assaulted for objecting to lewd comments against women guests
The café’s owner, requesting anonymity, said the incident was the fallout of his objecting to the suspect honking at female guests leaving the premises at night
Updated on Sep 26, 2022 11:28 PM IST
Man arrested for killing employer over petty argument in Sohna
Abhilaksh Joshi, assistant commissioner of police (headquarters), informed that Pawan was apprehended from Sohna less than 12 hours after the incident
Published on Sep 26, 2022 03:29 AM IST
People evacuated from two houses in Sector 38 after wall collapses
Yogesh Bairagi (32), the owner of house number 746-P and a captain with a domestic airline, alleged that they repeatedly asked the plot owner and contractor to leave a gap of at least two and a half metres from their boundary wall instead of digging up the entire plot
Published on Sep 25, 2022 12:06 AM IST
Suspects impersonating loan recovery agents snatch SUV, extort money from Gurugram man
According to cops, the suspects intercepted Sharad Chandra Haryana’s car near Maruti Kunj, identifying themselves as loan recovery agents. Following this, one of them forcibly entered the vehicle and drove him away
Published on Sep 13, 2022 11:54 PM IST
Seven, including revenue employees, booked for selling HUDA land
Santosh, who runs a computer repair and spare parts shop in Gurugram, said that they constructed boundaries on the plot but HUDA officials demolished the constructions in February this year. It was then that the couple came to know that the authority acquired the land several years ago
Published on Sep 13, 2022 11:51 PM IST
DHBVN to introduce unified billing system for single-point consumers
Gurugram: The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) is introducing a ‘unified billing system’ to monitor the billing of single-point connections to ensure that builders, Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) or private agencies do not overcharge residents, officials said on Monday
Published on Sep 13, 2022 02:13 PM IST
Bar cancels Kunal Kamra’s show after right-wing outfits threaten protest
Gurugram: A bar in Gurugram cancelled standup comedian Kunal Kamra’s show on Friday after members of right-wing outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal threatened to protest against the event
Published on Sep 10, 2022 06:09 PM IST
Gurugram vigilance team arrests ex-Pataudi SDM over corruption charges
Officials said that he was called for quizzing in Gurugram on Wednesday and was arrested after the allegations against him were found true on the basis of preliminary investigation
Published on Sep 09, 2022 05:52 PM IST
GMCBL and Uber launch dedicated bus routes to connect Cyber City
No conductors will be on board the buses, and commuters will have to give drivers a one-time pin (OTP) to start the journey
Published on Sep 09, 2022 05:49 PM IST
Gurugram: Bank services hit as thief makes off router; investigation underway
The Narsinghpur branch employs 25 staffers and handles over 15,000 savings bank accounts with an overall deposit of at least ₹700 crore. All transactions are operated through the server.
Updated on Sep 08, 2022 04:45 AM IST
Debashish Karmakar, Gurugram
Woman killed in DLF Phase 3: Autopsy show ‘signs of sexual assault’
The swab samples have been sent to a forensic lab in Bhondsi, and an investigation is underway and the suspects will be identified, traced and nabbed at the earliest, said police officials
Published on Sep 07, 2022 11:59 PM IST
Former business partner among two arrested for shooting dead scrap dealer from Pataudi
According to the police, the two prime suspects – identified as Amit Chauhan (35) and Bhupender (32) – had fled from the village after the murder but on Monday afternoon, information was received about their presence in the area after which they were arrested
Updated on Sep 05, 2022 11:59 PM IST
Six of a family in Gurugram booked for ‘torturing, assaulting’ woman over dowry
Gurugram: Police have registered an FIR against a man and his five family members for allegedly subjecting her wife, a doctor of Haryana government, to cruelty, mental and physical torture for dowry
Published on Sep 05, 2022 01:51 PM IST
Sadar Bazaar murder: Family alleges murder fallout of political rivalry
According to the family members, Sukhbir Khatana was preparing to contest ward elections. His son alleged that Khatana’s brother-in-law plotted with his father’s rival to eliminate him so that he could not contest election for the post of councillor from ward number two in Sohna again
Published on Sep 05, 2022 12:27 PM IST
Gurugram: Woman killed in DLF Phase 3
Gurugram: Police on Thursday recovered the body of a 50-year-old woman from an empty plot near Nathupur market in Gurugram DLF Phase 3, said officials
Published on Sep 05, 2022 12:10 PM IST
Man shot dead in Gurugram’s Sadar Bazar, probe on
Police added that Sukhbir Khatana, who belonged to Rithoj village, was the vice-chairman of Sohna market committee almost a decade ago and had unsuccessfully contested the ward councillor election from ward number two of Sohna in 2018
Published on Sep 05, 2022 12:10 PM IST
Seized overloaded truck forcibly taken away from RTA staff
Inspector Devinder Kumar, station house officer of Sector 37 police station, said they were scanning CCTV camera footage around the spot to trace the car that was used by the suspects
Published on Sep 05, 2022 10:56 AM IST
Man arrested for duping over 400 in insurance fraud
Gurugram: The police on Tuesday arrested a member of an insurance fraud gang that has allegedly duped about 440 people across the country, including some from Gurugram and Delhi
Published on Aug 25, 2022 12:26 AM IST