Prawesh Lama

‘Children Bank of India’: Now, ICICI ATM gives fake Rs 2,000 notes in Delhi

An ICICI bank ATM at Amar Colony dispensed fake Rs 2000 note on March 7. Police have registered a case of forgery and crime branch is probing the matter.

‘Clash’ at Delhi’s Tihar jail: 17 prisoners injured, officers say wounds self-inflicted

Tihar jail authorities deny reports of clash in Kasturi Ward; say prisoners injured themselves on being denied permission to be let out of cells.

JNU sedition case: No chargesheet against Kanhaiya yet, clarify Delhi Police

The sedition case against JNU students Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid is being investigated by the special cell. Police said on Wednesday that chargesheet will be filed but not now.

ABVP now goes after Delhi Police for not doing enough in Kanhaiya sedition case

JNU students Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid were book last year under the sedition law for allegedly raising anti-national slogans in the university campus.

Ramjas row: ABVP sacks 2 members arrested for thrashing AISA man, 2 others

Ramjas clash: Is crime branch probe into DU violence an eyewash?

Violence had erupted on the campus when two groups -- one led by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), student wing of RSS, and the other comprising of Ramjas College students, teachers affiliated with left parties, and other students organisations, clashed on Wednesday.

2005 blast: Kashmir alienated by Delhi Police jailing the wrong man

Records that showed Rafiq Shah was in class at Kashmir University were hidden and a fake witness planted as the case dragged on for 12 years.

Family of alleged Pakistani spy held from Delhi’s Jama Masjid area says he is innocent

It is alleged that that Jabbar was part of a Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence spy ring to supply hawala money to Pakistan’s operatives in Jammu and Kashmir.

Delhi: Traffickers use Facebook, WhatsApp to trick girls from northeast

Over the last three months, police have rescued 11 girls, all of them aged below 18. The girls were lured by traffickers on Facebook. They chatted with these girls for months to win their confidence and later switched to Whatsapp

Delhi: Traffickers use Facebook, WhatsApp to trick girls from northeast

Over the last three months, police have rescued 11 girls, all of them aged below 18. The girls were lured by traffickers on Facebook. They chatted with these girls for months to win their confidence and later switched to Whatsapp

2005 Delhi blasts: Questions raised at special cell after acquittals

The special cell of Delhi Police has a very poor conviction rate of less than 30% and has often been accused of shoddy investigation in terror cases.

How Delhi traffickers use Facebook, Whatsapp to trap girls from northeast

These are just a few complaints that the Delhi Police received from the police forces of the northeastern states over the last few months alleging that minor girls mostly in their teens fled their homes to meet their Facebook “friends” in Delhi.

After passport forgery, accidentally carrying arms most common crime at Delhi airport

The most common crime reported at Delhi airports after passport forgery is that of passengers carrying bullets in their baggage. Last year, the Delhi Police registered 116 cases under the Arms Act at the Indira Gandhi International airport.

UP elections: In parched Baghpat, villagers demand water purifiers, not laptops

At the gateway to Idrispur village off the Baghpat-Muzaffnagar highway in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, a hand pump on a muddy road lies parched and covered in rust. The words, “Pani peene yogya nahin hai (water not fit for drinking)” in red letters screams out from across the hand pump.

A year on, no chargesheet yet in JNU sedition cases against Kanhaiya, Umar

Two cases of sedition were filed by the Delhi Police last year against JNU students and a professor. The police, however, are yet to file a charge sheet in the case.

Delhi shelter home horror: Male staff monitor women changing, sick made to work

The name is Asha Kiran, or ray of hope. But hope is shuttered out of the Delhi government’s shelter for women of unsound mind in Rohini, which has recorded 11 deaths in the past two months.

Modi’s ‘achhe din’ reality check: Pressure builds to deliver on election promise

There is growing pressure on the prime minister to deliver on his emotive election vow.

UP polls: Women wonder how a cooker promised by Akhilesh will change their lives

“A cooker is of no use, without a gas connection. A gas connection will change our lives.”

Dangerous lanes: Prashant Vihar streets most unsafe in Delhi

Prashant Vihar topped the list of areas from where most cases of snatching were reported both in 2015 and 2016. As many as 18 cases such cases have already been reported this month.

Arvind Kejriwal, brother-in-law accused of corruption; Delhi Police launch probe

Police have registered a preliminary enquiry against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s brother-in-law over alleged irregularities in the granting of contracts for building roads and the laying of sewer lines in the city.

Delhi Police booked 13 AAP MLAs but struggled to explain charges against them

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the Delhi Police of “harassing” its MLAs. Thirteen AAP MLAs have been arrested for offences that include molestation, rioting, kidnapping, and forgery.

13 AAP MLAs booked in two years, Delhi Police face court rap over arrests

An HT investigation into the court papers of the cases against the 13 AAP legislators shows that the police are struggling to explain the charges in most cases, earning courts’ ire for shoddy investigation.

At Delhi’s Tihar Jail, inmates are making their own headlines

Tihar Jail inmates have launched a number of monthly newspapers, becoming journalists in their own right.

In Delhi, more than 33% molestation cases unsolved last year

In a city infamous for its record of crimes against women, more than 33% of molestation cases remained unsolved in the Capital last year (till December 11).

Snatchers on bikes targeting women near south Delhi’s Defence Colony

While police are yet to nab the bikers, there have been at least four similar incidents of women travelling in autos targeted by bikers with the same modus operandi and on the same stretch near the Defence Colony flyover within a radius of around three kilometers.

Missing JNU student to ghostbuster’s death: 5 crimes that foxed Delhi in 2016

From the missing JNU student to a gruesome murder - a look at five cases that continue to perplex the city cops as year draws to a close

I am scared, alone but I will fight for justice, says US rape victim

She was warned by her family and friends about Delhi being unsafe for women. But India had always fascinated her.

Worried that I may not get justice, says American woman allegedly raped in Delhi

Coming to India was a childhood dream for her. But eight months after her first visit, a 25-year-old woman from Pennsylvania in the United States is back in New Delhi – this time to fight for justice.

Kejriwal, Sisodia meet Jung; Delhi CM says L-G resigned due to personal reasons

Often on the opposite ends of the argument, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and lieutenant govenor Najeeb Jung met for breakfast on Friday, a day after Jung announced his resignation.

For Delhi’s rape victims, cops can be first to respond but last to understand

In a city where a rape is reported every 4 hours, experts say that sensitisation towards such cases is still sorely needed. Furthermore, a lot of lower-rung policemen see training and sensitisation courses as something forced upon them.