Articles by Sagar Rajput
HT Exclusive: Three SoBo schoolboys face section 377
The school’s chairman said they reported the matter to the police after the 10-year-old’s parents demanded expulsion of the other two students.

Updated on Jul 25, 2016 01:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
HT Exclusive: Man who duped over 40 women arrested
Shaikh would take money from his victims saying that he needed to start a business that could support them after marriage.

Updated on Jul 23, 2016 04:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Kidney racket: Hospital staffer, middleman held
The Powai police investigating the illegal kidney transplant case arrested an employee of Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital and a middleman on Saturday, taking the total number of arrests to six.

Updated on Jul 16, 2016 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Daughter’s visa sealed Pillai’s fate
HT Exclusive: Decades on the run, Kumar Pillai’s luck ran out when his daughter went to the US consulate in Singapore for a visa

Published on Jul 12, 2016 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Online fraud: South Bombay’s Cumballa Hill hospital duped of Rs 19.17 lakh
Cumballa Hill hospital in south Mumbai lost Rs19.17 lakh last year to an email from a fake account created in the owner’s name.

Updated on Jul 12, 2016 07:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
BMC officials helped road scam flourish: police
According to the police’s investigation, the scam begins when tenders are floated for the construct or reconstruction of roads

Published on Jul 07, 2016 12:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai:
Day after stay on arrest is lifted, Gadoli encounter cops go missing

Published on Jul 01, 2016 12:38 PM IST
Day after stay on arrest is lifted, Gadoli encounter cops go missing
Two teams were dispatched to Chandigarh and Gurgaon to arrest the policemen and Pahuja

Updated on Jul 01, 2016 12:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Mumbai woman loses Rs3 lakh to SIM fraud
The woman’s neighbour, too, was cheated of Rs11 lakh using similar modus operandi earlier this month

Published on Jun 25, 2016 01:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Jilted lover arrested for stabbing girlfriend to death
They got to know each other through the business and eventually got into a relationship. But their families opposed the marriage. The girl then decided to marry someone of her parent’s choice, which triggered the incident.

Published on Jun 23, 2016 01:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Revenge attack at Arthur Road jail leaves 2 inmates injured
Prisoner planned attack on rival gang leader after his aide was assaulted in jail last month, say police; the injured have been admitted to JJ Hospital

Updated on Jun 17, 2016 01:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Gang busted for conning Mumbaikars with promise of Rs25-lakh KBC lottery
They used to first call an unsuspecting victim, claiming he has won a KBC lottery worth Rs25 lakh

Updated on Jun 13, 2016 09:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Con men swindle 72-yr-old Napean Sea Rd resident of Rs11.5L
Con men telephoned her credit card company using the cloned SIM and, pretending to be her, asked for her credit card details

Updated on Jun 10, 2016 01:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Case of cheating against Flipkart for delivering soap instead of Samsung phone
Anand Bhalakia, a resident of Walkeshwar, was excited to receive the new smartphone he had ordered, but was shocked when he opened the parcel and found it contained a bar of Nirma soap instead

Updated on Jun 08, 2016 09:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Boiled egg at Rs 100, a phone call worth Rs 500: That’s the price inmates pay inside jails
Inside the jails, the saying ‘you are innocent till proven guilty’ works the other way round ---- ‘you are guilty till proven innocent’

Published on Jun 01, 2016 01:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Jail fights on who’s the boss
One of the biggest reasons for such power-fights is overcrowding, especially in Arthur Road Jail, which has a capacity of 804 inmates but houses over 2,400

Published on Jun 01, 2016 11:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Aspirant, aide held for cheating in constable recruitment exam

Published on May 30, 2016 11:33 AM IST
Gurgaon cops booked for Mumbai encounter

Published on May 28, 2016 09:29 AM IST
Gangster, girlfriend and dhokha: Gurgaon cops booked for Mumbai encounter
The Maharashtra Police has registered a murder case against five Haryana Police crime branch officials for allegedly killing Gurgaon-based Sandeep Gadoli in a fake encounter in a Mumbai hotel in February.

Updated on May 28, 2016 11:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Mumbai / New Delhi
Sagar Rajput and Bhadra SinhaGurgaon gangster Gadoli’s girlfriend named in ‘fake encounter’ FIR
The girlfriend of gangster Sandeep Gadoli, who was killed in an alleged encounter by Gurgaon Police in a Mumbai hotel in February, has been named as one of the accused, along with eight policemen, by the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

Updated on May 28, 2016 08:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
To avoid burglaries, don’t share your vacation plans online: Mumbai cops
House break-ins are a major concern for the city police, especially during the vacation period. Over the past few weeks, several such cases have reported in the eastern suburbs. To curb this, the number of policemen on patrol has been increased, especially at night.

Updated on May 25, 2016 03:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
American tourist tries to enter Gateway of India with knife, detained
An American tourist was detained by the Colaba police after he tried to enter the Gateway of India with a bayonet, a sword-like blade that can be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle or used on its own. He was questioned and released after it was found he had no intention of using it.

Updated on May 20, 2016 11:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
2 ‘Chhota Rajan men’ abduct and rob 73-year-old of Rs 3 lakh
A 73- year- old merchant was kidnapped and robbed of cash and valuables worth Rs3 lakh by two people in a taxi near Dadar on Friday, the Matunga police said. The man was taken to Mulund check naka, where the accused, who said they were from the Chhota Rajan gang, told the taxi driver to drop him to his home in Ghatkopar.

Updated on May 15, 2016 10:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
8 cops hit me with belts : Discharged Malegaon accused recalls ordeal
Shiv Narayan Kalsangra, one of those discharged in the Malegaon blast case, recalled his ordeal in custody on Friday, saying that more than eight ATS cops would assault him with belts together. He said he would be given medicines before being produced in court.

Updated on May 14, 2016 11:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Man held for blackmailing minor with morphed photo
Cops say he got her number, photo from a search for her name on a caller-ID app

Published on May 10, 2016 01:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai