Prawesh Lama covers crime, policing, and issues of security in Delhi. Raised in Darjeeling, educated in Mumbai, he also looks at special features on social welfare in the National Capital.
Articles by Prawesh Lama
Dec 16 gangrape convicts lead a secluded life in Tihar
Convicted in the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedic intern on December 16, 2012, Vinay, Akshay, Pawan and Mukesh have been shunned by their family members. Their only visitor is their lawyer.
Updated on Dec 11, 2015 03:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Hand-picked cellmates for Uber cabbie in Tihar
Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav is spending his time in Tihar jail in a normal cell amid a group of hand-picked inmates, and under constant watch.
Updated on Dec 13, 2014 01:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Deserted stretch off old Rohtak road has no history of crime
The spot where the 25-year-old woman was raped by a Uber cab driver on Friday night is somewhere on a deserted five-hundred metre stretch in Zakhira village near Inderlok, North Delhi.
Updated on Dec 09, 2014 01:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
VIPs spice up jails: Inside the world of celebrity prisoners
From J Jayalalithaa to Asaram and Subrata Roy to Rampal, people who we thought law couldn’t touch, have landed on the cold, hard floor of prisons across the country. HT takes a look at their lives behind the bars.
Updated on Dec 07, 2014 08:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
BJP woos Valmikis in ‘tense’ Trilokpuri
Ahead of the assembly elections, fresh posters urging Trilokpuri residents to join the BJP have come up in the area. Locals claim that the posters are strategically placed at blocks where the population of the Valmiki community is large.
Updated on Dec 05, 2014 12:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Traumatised Trilokpuri hides behind iron gates
Trilokpuri residents feel that behind the gates, they will be safe from the madness and violence that started in October a day after Diwali and continued for at least three days.
Updated on Dec 04, 2014 12:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama and Faizan Haider, New Delhi
Aftershocks of Delhi's Trilokpuri riots felt in classrooms
The faultlines of the Trilokpuri riots have reached the classroom. A little more than a month after riots broke out in this part of east Delhi, at least two reports in the last three days of brawls involving school students have deepened the polarisation.
Updated on Dec 03, 2014 01:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Faizan Haider and Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Shaban anointed Naib Imam of Jama Masjid
Syed Ahmed Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, on Saturday anointed his son, Shaban Bukhari as the Naib Imam with the glittering Mughal-era mosque forming the backdrop and thousands in attendance.
Updated on Nov 23, 2014 11:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Blood spills on Delhi railway tracks
Pedestrian bridges over railway tracks are stuck in official files and red tape even as trains continue to mow at least two persons in Delhi every day.
Updated on Nov 16, 2014 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Delhi: Police for closure of Kiran Bedi case
The Delhi Police crime branch has filed a closure report in a cheating case against Kiran Bedi. The development has triggered speculation of the former IPS officer joining the BJP.
Updated on Nov 12, 2014 04:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama, New Delhi
Tea cost for Tihar undertrials jumps 500%
Tihar Jail authorities are facing a curious issue these days — how to reduce the tea bill for undertrials that’s spiked 500% since 2008-09.
Updated on Nov 08, 2014 01:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Prawesh Lama, New Delhi