In his reporting career of over 20 years, Sanjeev K Jha has covered bureaucracy, politics, ISI activities in border areas, music and Bollywood. Presently, he covers crime in the national Capital.
Articles by Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi murder suspect’s water bill cover-up clue: Cops
An outstanding water bill has emerged as a key lead in the grisly Chhattarpur murder case, with police saying on Wednesday that it could help corroborate prime accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala’s statement that he kept the water running while hacking his girlfriend Shraddha Walkar’s body and to clean bloodstains after the act, marking a new turn in a horrific crime that has shocked the country.
Updated on Nov 17, 2022 05:02 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh and Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Delhi murder: Body parts human, blood traces found in flat, say police
Investigators retrieved 13 bone pieces till Monday from spots behind the Chhattarpur Pahadi crematorium where Poonawala allegedly said he dumped parts of Walkar’s body.
Updated on Nov 16, 2022 05:02 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Delhi murder: Both sets of parents were opposed to the interfaith relationship
While Walkar’s father Vikas Madan Walker said he was opposed to the relationship because of the couple’s different faith -- Poonawala is a Muslim and Walkar was a Hindu -- Poonawala’s father, Amin said he feared their relationship would become a communal issue some day
Published on Nov 15, 2022 12:27 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi murder: Police scour Mehrauli, nearby areas for clues to tie open ends
Senior police officers said that the investigation was in the “early stages”, and that they were collecting evidence
Published on Nov 15, 2022 12:27 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh and Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi murder: Couple met on dating app in 2019, worked in same store
Additional deputy commissioner of police (south) Ankit Chauhan said that Poonawala, during interrogation, confessed to murdering Walkar because she had been asking him to marry her
Updated on Nov 15, 2022 10:44 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Man chops girlfriend into 35 pieces: Police
A 28-year-old man allegedly murdered his girlfriend six months ago, chopped her body into at least 35 pieces for over two days, stored them in a refrigerator for about three months, and dumped the body parts piece by piece in different parts of south Delhi, police said on Monday, claiming to have solved a murder and cover-up that could be among the most gruesome in the Capital’s case files.
Published on Nov 14, 2022 11:54 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Sukesh case: 82 jail officers to face money laundering charges
Delhi LG VK Saxena has given his approval to the economic offences wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police to probe 82 officials for their alleged involvement in the syndicate being run by conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar from the Rohini Jail.
Published on Oct 20, 2022 12:02 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi mass religious conversion: Gautam summoned for questioning today
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator, who was quizzed at his residence on Monday, was forced to resign as the social welfare minister amid the political row over the event
Published on Oct 11, 2022 11:37 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Six-year-old killed by two men in south Delhi to ‘appease deity’
The accused, who have since been arrested, have admitted that they sacrificed the child to please Bhole Baba, their deity, on the sixth day of Navratri that marks the start of Durga Puja, said Chandan Choudhary, deputy commissioner of police, South Delhi
Published on Oct 02, 2022 11:55 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi Police seize licorice root soaked with heroin from Navi Mumbai port
Police officials aware of the matter said the recovered narcotic was to be brought to Delhi for extraction and further distribution.
Published on Sep 21, 2022 11:46 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
105 ATM burglaries in Delhi between Oct 2018 and Aug 2022: Police data
According to the Delhi Police data, in 105 cases of ATM break-ins reported between October 2018 and August 31, 108 suspects have been arrested so far. Also, 35 of these suspects had earlier been named as accused in different robbery cases.
Updated on Sep 19, 2022 11:40 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Conman Sukesh paid Leepakshi to design costumes for Jacqueline Fernandez: Cops
During her interrogation that lasted nearly six hours at the EOW headquarters on Mandir Marg, the Sri Lanka born actor also admitted that after her friendship with Chandrashekhar started on WhatsApp in January 2021, she secretly met the con man on a number of occasions at a well known hotel in Chennai and other places
Updated on Sep 19, 2022 11:35 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi Police arrest 65 BSES imposters across 22 cities
A BSES official on condition of anonymity said BSES has regularly been issuing message alerts, posters and banners to alert consumers to make them aware about such scams
Published on Sep 09, 2022 05:40 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi Police nab six members of Bambiha gang
According to police, the men were involved in an unsuccessful attempt to free an undertrial Ajay alias Sunny from Nalagarh court complex in Solan district in Himachal Pradesh on August 29 when he was brought there for hearing in a case from the Central Jail in Nahan
Updated on Sep 08, 2022 10:37 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Over 1,500 police personnel deployed at Central Vista ahead of inauguration by PM Modi
The area has been divided into eight zones, which will be manned round the clock by eight deputy commissioners of police (DCPs) and additional deputy commissioners of police (ADCPs)
Updated on Sep 08, 2022 10:10 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Two Afghans held with over 320 kg narcotics in Delhi, booked under UAPA
The special cell of the Delhi Police seized 312.5kg of methamphetamine and 10kg of high-purity heroin — valued at ₹1,250 crore in the international market — from the arrested accused.
Published on Sep 07, 2022 12:00 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Delhi Police nab man who could be India’s most prolific thief with 5,000+ thefts
Delhi Police arrested on Monday one of India’s most notorious vehicle thieves, who began stealing cars 24 years ago from the national capital before expanding into a crime syndicate involved in the thefts of at least 5,000 vehicles, animal poaching and weapons smuggling.
Updated on Sep 06, 2022 10:24 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
International drugs racket busted in Delhi, Afghan man held
The Narcotics Control Bureau is coordinating with all the central agencies and state police forces to undertake combined operations against drug trafficking
Published on Sep 05, 2022 12:53 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi Police to get 30 hi-tech mobile labs for forensic probes
According to police sources, each van, costing nearly ₹50 lakh, will be on the ready at all times with at least 14 basic investigation kits that are needed for biological forensics, gunshot residues and narcotics
Published on Sep 02, 2022 07:56 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Forensic investigation mandatory in Delhi for cases that attract 6-yr jail term
The decision to make forensic investigation “compulsory and legal” for such offences has been taken to make conviction rate higher
Published on Aug 31, 2022 10:03 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Bishnoi named mastermind in Moosewala case charge sheet
According to Punjab police officers, the charge sheet has been prepared much before the stipulated 90-day period and it will be submitted before the court next week
Published on Aug 19, 2022 12:20 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Domestic help stripped, locked up in Delhi farmhouse. She attempts suicide: Cop
A Delhi Police spokesperson on Monday said Seema Khatoon, 28, a resident of Ansal Villa, Satbari, was arrested and efforts were on to catch the other accused
Updated on Aug 15, 2022 06:44 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi: In 99.5% rape cases this year, victim knew perpetrator
According to Delhi Police data, in 42.89% of the total rape cases reported till July 31 this year, family friends were found to be the culprits and other acquaintances were suspects in 31.29% cases
Updated on Aug 12, 2022 09:57 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
3 sharpshooters hired to murder Moosewala removed from final plan last minute
So far, six shooters involved in the killing of Moosewala have been identified, of which three were in the custody of the Delhi Police special cell, two killed in an encounter with the police in Amritsar recently while one was absconding, a senior police officer said.
Updated on Aug 01, 2022 02:44 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Gangsters gunning for control of Punjab’s music industry: Officials
Since most of the successful Punjabi singers have linkages with Canada – they either have permanent residency permits or citizenship of the North American country – they are at increased risk of being targeted by gangsters, said police officers familiar with the matter.
Updated on Jul 25, 2022 02:28 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Gangster Bishnoi said won’t forgive Salman Khan over blackbuck case: Delhi cops
Around a fortnight before Bishnoi made the revelations during his interrogation in connection with the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, Salman Khan’s lawyer in the blackbuck poaching case Hastimal Saraswat received a death threat in a letter allegedly sent at the behest of the Bishnoi gang, a senior police officer said
Updated on Jul 11, 2022 05:31 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Delhi police book Leena Manimekalai over controversial ‘Kaali’ poster
The Delhi police registered a case against Leena Manikalai after a lawyer filed a complaint against her over a controversial poster of her documentary film, ‘Kaali’
Updated on Jul 05, 2022 06:13 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Moosewala killing: 19-year-old who fired from close range among 2 arrested
The city police have arrested five people, including three shooters, so far in connection with the murder.
Updated on Jul 05, 2022 09:42 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Shooters linked to Sidhu Moosewala case changed location 58 times: Delhi cops
HGS Dhaliwal, special commissioner of police, (special cell), said that of the six shooters involved in the murder, four criminals — Ankit Sirsa, Deepak, Jagroop Roopa and Manpreet Mannu — are still at large.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 02:38 AM IST
Sanjeev Jha, New Delhi
Sidhu Moose Wala's shooter reveals that he got the weapons an hour before murder
Fauji, along with another shooter Kuldeep alias Kashish and facilitator Keshav Kumar, was arrested by the Delhi police from Khari-Mithi road at Baroi village in Gujarat’s Kutch district on Sunday.
Updated on Jun 22, 2022 06:44 AM IST
Sanjeev Jha