Articles by S Raju
Pen pistols find their way into western UP
It is perhaps the first time these tiny but lethal weapons has been seen in the UP, police say.
Updated on Oct 02, 2013 12:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
In lawless Uttar Pradesh it's rule of the gun
Private citizens have more guns than the police in the state. Farmers work in their fields armed, teachers carry weapons openly and politicians are amongst the biggest buyers of arms. Why is UP going gun crazy?
Updated on Dec 25, 2013 11:54 AM IST
Haidar Naqvi, Rajesh Kumar Singh, S Raju and Sandeep Pai
BJP MLA Sangeet Som booked under stringent NSA
The Bharatiya Janata Party received a jolt when MLA Sangeet Som, arrested recently on charges of inciting communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, was booked under the National Security Act (NSA) on Tuesday.
Updated on Sep 24, 2013 08:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
BJP MLA accused of fanning Muzaffarnagar riots 'got rich quick'
Even as teams of the police and STF are conducted raids at various locations to arrest BJP MLA Sangeet Som who is still at large, the police are investigating how he built up a business empire in a short time.
Updated on Sep 16, 2013 06:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Akhilesh calls upon elders to help in bringing back peace
UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday called upon the elders of riot-hit Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts to help the administration to bring back peace.
Updated on Sep 16, 2013 03:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Kaval (muzaffarnagar)
Riot-torn Muzaffarnagar gives CM Akhilesh Yadav an angry reception
Anger resurfaced in Muzaffarnagar after days of uneasy calm as CM Akhilesh Yadav arrived on Sunday for a tour of riot-hit villages in a swarm of white Ambassadors and gun-toting security guards in black. S Raju and Masoodul Hasan report. Will riots impact east UP?
Updated on Sep 16, 2013 03:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju and Masoodul Hasan, Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: riots render 50,000 homeless
Most of the victims refuse to return home. Officials are finding it difficult to make arrangements for food and essential commodities for all of them.
Updated on Sep 13, 2013 12:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Muzaffarnagar
Meerut tense after death of youth
Communal tension gripped Meerut after the body of a missing youth was found in a drain near Indra Chowk of Kotwali area on Thursday evening. Police have arrested three youths on charges of murder. S Raju reports.
Updated on Sep 12, 2013 11:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Muzaffarnagar: peace, harmony tales warm up curdled blood
In the midst of the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining districts where 40 people have been killed since Saturday, two villages have emerged as islands of harmony.
Updated on Sep 11, 2013 01:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Muzaffarnagar
Hindus, Muslims in 2 villages show UP how to live and let live
In the midst of riot-hit Muzaffarnagar district where 38 people have been killed in communal clashes since Saturday, two villages have emerged as islands of communal harmony where the area's famed 'Ganga Jamuna tehzeeb' is still alive. S Raju reports.
Updated on Sep 10, 2013 08:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar riots: 7 more killed, toll reaches 38
Administration, however, pegs number of deaths at 31, says curfew to be relaxed only after evaluating the situation; to distribute essential commodities in the areas under curfew.Blamegame on as CM alleges conspiracy
Updated on Sep 10, 2013 03:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
On Ground Zero, panic-stricken victims on the run
Muzaffarnagar was never the quietest place on earth. But through the years of shootings and gang wars and minor communal tension, its rural residents never had to pack their bags and leave – like they are doing now.
Updated on Sep 10, 2013 01:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Budhana (muzaffarnagar)
Locals suffer from lack of essentials, medicines
While political parties tried to cash in on the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar, it was the common people who suffered as they were confined to their homes for more than 48 hours.
Updated on Sep 10, 2013 12:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: CRPF jawans deployed to run rescue operations
Smoke billowing from a village in Budhana area prompted the moving cavalcade of officers, jawans of army and paramilitary forces to venture into the village where they found people are trapped in their houses either set on fire or damaged.
Updated on Sep 09, 2013 10:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
UP MLA takes on satta operators at their den
Uttar Pradesh MLA Luxmi Gautam probably hadn’t imagined such a scenario, but when she “failed to get police assistance” she took on gamblers and ‘satta’ operators on her own.
Updated on Aug 31, 2013 03:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Delhi girl abducts UP boy when he refuses marriage
A Delhi girl allegedly abducted her disloyal live-in-partner from his house in Sambhal town of western UP on Thursday with her friends' help to ensure that he marries her. S Raju reports.
Updated on Aug 24, 2013 02:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
RLD expels two MPs on charges of anti-party activities
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Ajit Singh has expelled MPs Devendra Nagpal (Amroha) and Sarika Singh Baghel (Hathras) from the party on Wednesday, and action is being initiated for their disqualification from the Lok Sabha under the Anti-Defection Law. S Raju reports.
Updated on Jul 30, 2013 04:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Schoolgirl gangraped by ‘friends’
In an apparent incident of social networking gone horribly wrong, a Meerut schoolgirl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by a group that included her ‘Facebook friend’.
Updated on Jul 23, 2013 11:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Death of MBBS student in UP remains mystery
The death of a first-year MBBS student of Teerthanker Mahaveer University in Moradababd last week remains a mystery. S Raju reports.
Updated on Jul 10, 2013 04:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Goons slay cop in Saharanpur, escape with his carbine
After a brief lull, criminals struck again on Wednesday and shot dead the gunner of a Uttar Pradesh Police in full public glare in Saharanpur. S Raju reports.
Updated on Jun 05, 2013 09:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
SHO, driver suspended after Deoband death, clash
A station house officer and his driver have been suspended and the circle officer removed following Tuesday's violence, while took place in Deoband after a fruit vendor died allegedly due to police beating. S Raju reports.
Updated on Apr 25, 2013 01:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Police, public clash over vendor’s death
A violent clash erupted between the public and police following a fruit vendor’s death during the ongoing anti encroachment drive on Tuesday evening at Deoband town of district Sharanpur.
Updated on Apr 24, 2013 01:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Sex, betrayal orgy filmed at bowler’s Meerut apartment
IPL cricketer Praveen Kumar’s middle name could be 'controversy'. Days after Praveen was suspended by the BCCI and dubbed 'mentally unfit to play' by an umpire, his flat in Meerut was found to be a field for a rather different game: filming sex MMS and extortion. S Raju reports.
Updated on Apr 04, 2013 01:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Man shot dead by wife kin in honour killing
A married man was shot dead and his young second wife injured on Tuesday when her family members allegedly fired upon them because they did not approve of their relationship.
Updated on Jan 18, 2013 12:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Man kills daughter over alleged affair in Meerut
A man allegedly killed his 23-year-old daughter by holding her head down in a tub full of water as he was suspicious about her relationship with a family friend. S Raju reports.
Updated on Jan 13, 2013 01:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Out of danger, acid attack victim still unconscious; one arrested
Acid attack victim Usha Sharma on Monday remained unconscious at the burns injury department of Meerut medical college with deep wounds on her face and chest.
Updated on Jan 01, 2013 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
‘Villagers threatening to kill me & my child’
The widow of Abdul Hakim – the man who was murdered after exposing the khap panchayats' persecution of lovers in Aamir Khan’s TV show Satyamev Jayate — has accused villagers of openly threatening to kill her and her 18-month-old daughter.
Updated on Nov 27, 2012 02:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Aamir Khan speaks up for murdered khap critic
Aamir Khan visited Meerut on Monday to appeal to the police to ensure the security of the family of murdered labourer Abdul Hakim, who spoke about the terror unleashed on lovers by khap panchayats in western UP on Satyamev Jayate. S Raju reports.
Updated on Nov 27, 2012 04:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Man killed after exposing khaps on TV
Casual labourer Abdul Hakim, 29, who exposed the ugly face of khap panchayats against lovers in Aamir Khan’s TV show Satyamev Jayate earlier this year was eliminated in full public glare in his remote native village Adoli in western UP’s Bulandshahar district on Thursday.
Updated on Nov 26, 2012 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju, Meerut
Ponty Chadha, enigmatic life and mysterious death
Gurpreet alias Ponty Chadha was always an enigma, and his life as mysterious as his gory death. Chadha's name - oft-repeated in the corridors of power - is still being whispered across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttarakhand. S Raju and Atul Mathur report. Ponty Chadha: quirks and fables
Updated on Nov 21, 2012 07:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | S Raju and Atul Mathur, Moradabad/delhi