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Sanjeev K Jha

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.

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Delhi police arrests two sharpshooters, one facilitator in Moosewala murder case

Police also said that gangster Goldy Brar, who is in Canada, was in touch with the hitmen on the morning of the crime, and gave them explicit instructions on how to go commit the murder

New Delhi, India - May 31, 2022: Police personnel deployed during a candle march by Indian Youth Congress (IYC) as a mark of tribute to Congress leader Siddhu Moosewala, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/ Hindustan Times)

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Published on Jun 21, 2022 12:48 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Moosewala murder: Delhi Police special cell likely to seek 10-day extension of Bishnoi’s remand

“...Since some new inputs have been received during his custodial interrogation, it is most likely we will pray in the court to extend his remand for few more days,” said an officer from the special cell

On Wednesday, the Delhi Police said 30-year-old Lawrence Bishnoi was the “mastermind” behind Sidhu Moosewala’s murder in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29. (File photo)

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Published on Jun 10, 2022 12:45 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Bishnoi mastermind in Moosewala killing: Cops

Addressing reporters at Delhi Police headquarters, Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal, special commissioner of police (special cell), said gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was the “main conspirator” in Moosewala’s murder.

Lawrence Bishnoi has been lodged in Delhi’s Tihar jail since last year. (File photo)

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Updated on Jun 09, 2022 05:04 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha

Salman Khan threat case: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi blames former associates

A team of Mumbai crime branch interrogated gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in Delhi in connection with the Salman Khan threat letter case.

Lawrence Bishnoi told the Mumbai crime branch team that some of his former associates may be involved in getting back at him. (ANI)

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Published on Jun 08, 2022 08:22 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Didn’t send Salman Khan threat note, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi to Delhi Police

Lawrence Bishnoi told the Delhi Police that some of his former associates, who are now working with Mumbai-based gangsters, may be behind the threat note to Salman Khan to get back at him

Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was accused of ordering singer Sidhu Moose Wala murder from Tihar jail where he has been in prison (PTI)

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Published on Jun 07, 2022 02:53 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Delhi: Gun licence holders asked to submit details of ammunition

The decision comes in the wake of instances in which people misused their guns such as during a personal quarrel, in the course of a celebration like marriage, or even during communal riots which broke out in C-block of Jahangirpuri during a Hamuman Jayanti procession on April 16.

OP Mishra, the joint commissioner of police (licensing), said no further cartridges will be sold to the licensees unless they submit the certificates. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on May 30, 2022 05:43 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, New Delhi

Man held for Delhi clashes participated in peace meets to avoid arrest: Cops

He portrayed himself as a peacemaker so that no one would suspect he was involved in the violence, said a senior officer

At Jahangirpuri, after the April 16 clashes.(Sanchit Khanna /HT PHOTO)

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Updated on May 09, 2022 02:28 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha

Delhi: Minor held for Civil Lines robbery, murder

Investigators said they first looked at the teenager and the co-accused as persons of interest as CCTV footage from near the crime spot showed them on Sunday, the day of the murder, and on days prior to it as well

Police said they have also stepped up efforts to search for the co-accused and recover the money. (Picture for representation only)

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Updated on May 04, 2022 06:02 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, New Delhi

Delhi: Harmony at Friday prayers after clashes, demolition in Jahangirpuri

The stretch between Kushal Chowk and the Kali temple was on Friday open only for Muslim residents of the area who wanted to offer prayers at the mosque.

Roughly 1,500 personnel from the Delhi Police, CAPF, CRPF and RAF continue to keep guard in the area. (PTI)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2022 05:22 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, New Delhi

ED told to probe Jahangirpuri violence suspect’s property sources

Noting remittances from abroad, the Delhi Police on Friday wrote to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asking them to launch a money laundering probe into the sources of properties of Ansar Sheikh, the main accused in the communal clash following a Hanuman Jayanti procession at Jahangirpuri last week

Police personnel deployed in Jahangirpuri, on Friday, April 22, 2022. (Sanjeev Verma/HT)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2022 03:24 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, New Delhi

Jahangirpuri accused got 'money via shady channels': Delhi police wants ED probe

The crime branch has been collecting digital evidence from the scene of the violence and undertaking a forensic probe

The scene of the violence in Jahangirpuri. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 22, 2022 01:49 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Jahangirpuri probe will go on beyond caste or creed: Delhi Police

The police chief said 23 people were arrested, including a man, identified as Sonu alias Yunus, who allegedly opened fire during the clashes after a video of the incident was widely shared on social media.

Security personnel deployed after the violence during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, in Jahangirpuri in New Delhi. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 19, 2022 05:03 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, New Delhi

21 arrested amid uneasy calm after Delhi clashes

Seven first information reports (FIRs) have been lodged at the Jahangirpuri police station.

Rapid Action Force personnel patrol after violent clashes between two communities at Jahangirpuri in New Delhi,.(PTI)

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Updated on Apr 18, 2022 04:39 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, New Delhi

Delhi: Car hits students crossing road in Peeragarhi; 18-yr-old dead, 2 hurt

Police said the girls, who live in the nearby JJ Colony in Udyog Nagar, were on their way to their school Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Peeragarhi, when the accident took place

Relatives mourn Manisha’s death at her residence, on Wednesday. (Sanchit Khanna/HT)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2022 04:22 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

‘Over 60% of Delhi’s 5.5k traffic cops suffer from hypertension’: Report

Senior officials said direct exposure to air and noise pollution, job stress and irregular sleep were some of the reasons cited for these medical conditions

Over 30% of traffic police officers in Delhi have signs of asthma, lung congestion, throat irritation, while low bone density and joint aches were also found common among them. (Picture for representation only/Arvind Yadav-HT)

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Updated on Apr 07, 2022 05:14 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

12 of interstate criminals’ alliance held in Delhi Police raids

Police said the arrested criminals were behind sensational organised crimes, including the murder of an international kabbadi player in Punjab, and other gruesome crimes across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and UP.

The accused were arrested in raids carried out over a period of five days, after months of surveillance across five states. (Sourced)

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Updated on Mar 30, 2022 06:35 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, New Delhi

Delhi Police cancelled double the arms licences in 2021 compared to 2020

Delhi Police data also showed that the number of persons to whom the department issued fresh arms’ licences in 2021 was 101, just one-fifth of the number of people to whom it issued licences in 2020--468

According to data provided by the licensing department of Delhi Police, 9,965 arms licences were renewed in 2021, which is nearly 59% more than 6,263 licences renewed in 2020. (Representative image)

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Updated on Mar 27, 2022 12:01 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Delhi police ask arms dealers to digitise their records

Officials said that the licensing unit of the Delhi Police have already provided several rounds of technological demonstrations in this connection to all the arms dealers in the national capital

Om Prakash Mishra, the joint commissioner (licensing), said illegal operations by arms dealers and licencees can be unearthed through digital audits now. (Picture for representation only)

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Published on Mar 23, 2022 11:44 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Quarrel-related calls reduce by 32% on Holi, shows Delhi Police data

In 2021, during the two-day Holi festival on March 28 and 29, the police control room received 14,371 calls, of which 7,331 were related to incidents of quarrel. This year, the police control room received 11,614 calls, of which only 4,928 were related to incidents of quarrel on March 17 and 18

Delhi police said the total number of distress calls also reduced by nearly 20% despite Delhi celebrating two festivals -- Holi and Shab-e-Baraat -- on March 18 this year. (Amal KS/HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 23, 2022 01:29 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

PPRC report hails Delhi’s MCDs; ‘bundle of lies,’ says AAP

Quoting the report ‘Karmanishth Municipal Corporation of Delhi’, Delhi BJP claimed that it was able to provide improved urban governance despite the state government withholding funds meant for the civic bodies

Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi said MCDs safai karamcharis worked round the clock during the Covid pandemic when people were confined to their houses during the lockdown. (HT)

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Updated on Feb 23, 2022 12:48 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

AAP slams north Delhi civic body over plan to collect conversion fee

Conversion charges are one-time fee for carrying out commercial activities out of an area marked as residential in the original plan

“Recently, state BJP leaders and North MCD mayor claimed that they will not burden the citizens with new taxes this year. But, within a week they changed their stance and now they are asking the traders for conversion charges,” senior AAP leader and party’s MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak said. (Representative image/REUTERS)

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Updated on Feb 16, 2022 03:06 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

More CCTVs, better infra on the cards for Delhi Police this year: Asthana

According to senior officials, of the total money, ₹9,808.39 crore has been allotted for establishment-related expenditure and ₹287 crore under the ‘capital’ section

Delhi Police chief Rakesh Asthana said the increased allocation will ensure better infrastructure for the Delhi Police (Arun Sharma/HT Archive)

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Updated on Feb 16, 2022 02:26 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Chandni Chowk traders, North MCD at odds over conversion charge

Businesses in the area claim they are exempt from such charges since they fall in the special zone. North MCD, however, insists that only shops registered before 1962 are exempt from conversion charges

Some traders of Bhagirath Palace and Azad Market have recently received notices to pay conversion charges. (Picture for representation only/HT Archive)

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Updated on Feb 15, 2022 04:48 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

7 million work hours lost in strikes by MCD workers last year, says AAP

Data accessed by the Hindustan Times shows that the municipal staff went on strike on ten different occasions last year. To be sure, it was mostly the staff of North MCD that protested against the delayed salaries

MCD doctors have held several protests over delay in salaries. (PTI)

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Published on Feb 08, 2022 11:34 PM IST

BySanjeev Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

No new taxes next fiscal, say Delhi municipal corporations

The principal opposition Aam Aadmi Party, however, termed the assurances by the three corporations as too little, too late, and it was the last ditch bid by the BJP to hold on to power. The municipal corporations are due to go to the polls in April this year

Though the BJP justified the lack of new taxes as a pro-public move during the times of pandemic, the Opposition AAP took pot shots saying it is the “BJP’s farewell gesture” in the poll year. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Jan 12, 2022 01:10 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

In a first, Delhi civic body to lease out heritage properties for commercial use

A senior official of the heritage conservation committee said the SDMC has a total of 475 heritage properties under its control, of which some are as old as 400 years

Some important sites include the Hauz Khas pond in Deer Park, New Delhi. This is the first time that the SDMC is exploring the possibility of auctioning these heritage properties and buildings -- some of which are as old as 400 years -- to private parties for upkeep and maintenance. (HT Archive)

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Updated on Jan 12, 2022 12:09 AM IST

BySanjeev Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

In green budget, NDMC says it will only buy e-cars, renewable energy

The announcements were part of the council’s budget for 2022-23 that showed a net surplus of ₹178 crore with an anticipated increase of 15% in its receipts at ₹4381.43 crore.

Listing the consumer friendly steps that the council proposes to implement in the next financial year, the NDMC chairman said common payment portals will be provided for the convenience of the residents. He added that a new website of all 49 council schools will be made by March 2022. (Representational image)

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Updated on Jan 07, 2022 11:41 PM IST

BySanjeev Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Centre likely to call off 30th New Delhi World Book Fair

The main organiser of the 30th edition of the Delhi World Book Fair , however, has sent a report to the Central government regarding the possibilities of the fair, which included postponing it to April 2021

Visitors browse through books during the Delhi Book Fair in 2019. (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jan 04, 2022 06:56 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Eye on municipal polls, Amit Shah targets AAP at park launch event

The war of words between the Union minister and the AAP comes months ahead of the municipal elections in Delhi.

Union home minister Amit Shah during the inauguration ceremony of Bharat Darshan Park at Punjabi Bagh in New Delhi.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 26, 2021 02:13 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

AAP, Delhi BJP tussle over provident fund payouts of civic body staff

Senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj, who is also the chief spokesperson of the party, alleged that the BJP “looted” ₹1,232 crore of provident fund money after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012.

“Instead of reflecting in the government account, the money has disappeared mysteriously, which proves that the BJP leaders have shared the spoils of the loot,” AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj said.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 26, 2021 01:58 AM IST

BySanjeev K Jha, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

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Sanjeev K Jha

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.

Police also said that gangster Goldy Brar, who is in Canada, was in touch with the hitmen on the morning of the crime, and gave them explicit instructions on how to go commit the murder

“...Since some new inputs have been received during his custodial interrogation, it is most likely we will pray in the court to extend his remand for few more days,” said an officer from the special cell

Addressing reporters at Delhi Police headquarters, Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal, special commissioner of police (special cell), said gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was the “main conspirator” in Moosewala’s murder.

A team of Mumbai crime branch interrogated gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in Delhi in connection with the Salman Khan threat letter case.

Lawrence Bishnoi told the Delhi Police that some of his former associates, who are now working with Mumbai-based gangsters, may be behind the threat note to Salman Khan to get back at him

The decision comes in the wake of instances in which people misused their guns such as during a personal quarrel, in the course of a celebration like marriage, or even during communal riots which broke out in C-block of Jahangirpuri during a Hamuman Jayanti procession on April 16.

He portrayed himself as a peacemaker so that no one would suspect he was involved in the violence, said a senior officer

Investigators said they first looked at the teenager and the co-accused as persons of interest as CCTV footage from near the crime spot showed them on Sunday, the day of the murder, and on days prior to it as well

The stretch between Kushal Chowk and the Kali temple was on Friday open only for Muslim residents of the area who wanted to offer prayers at the mosque.

Noting remittances from abroad, the Delhi Police on Friday wrote to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asking them to launch a money laundering probe into the sources of properties of Ansar Sheikh, the main accused in the communal clash following a Hanuman Jayanti procession at Jahangirpuri last week

The crime branch has been collecting digital evidence from the scene of the violence and undertaking a forensic probe

The police chief said 23 people were arrested, including a man, identified as Sonu alias Yunus, who allegedly opened fire during the clashes after a video of the incident was widely shared on social media.

Seven first information reports (FIRs) have been lodged at the Jahangirpuri police station.

Police said the girls, who live in the nearby JJ Colony in Udyog Nagar, were on their way to their school Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Peeragarhi, when the accident took place

Senior officials said direct exposure to air and noise pollution, job stress and irregular sleep were some of the reasons cited for these medical conditions

Police said the arrested criminals were behind sensational organised crimes, including the murder of an international kabbadi player in Punjab, and other gruesome crimes across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and UP.

Delhi Police data also showed that the number of persons to whom the department issued fresh arms’ licences in 2021 was 101, just one-fifth of the number of people to whom it issued licences in 2020--468

Officials said that the licensing unit of the Delhi Police have already provided several rounds of technological demonstrations in this connection to all the arms dealers in the national capital

In 2021, during the two-day Holi festival on March 28 and 29, the police control room received 14,371 calls, of which 7,331 were related to incidents of quarrel. This year, the police control room received 11,614 calls, of which only 4,928 were related to incidents of quarrel on March 17 and 18

Quoting the report ‘Karmanishth Municipal Corporation of Delhi’, Delhi BJP claimed that it was able to provide improved urban governance despite the state government withholding funds meant for the civic bodies

Conversion charges are one-time fee for carrying out commercial activities out of an area marked as residential in the original plan

According to senior officials, of the total money, ₹9,808.39 crore has been allotted for establishment-related expenditure and ₹287 crore under the ‘capital’ section

Businesses in the area claim they are exempt from such charges since they fall in the special zone. North MCD, however, insists that only shops registered before 1962 are exempt from conversion charges

Data accessed by the Hindustan Times shows that the municipal staff went on strike on ten different occasions last year. To be sure, it was mostly the staff of North MCD that protested against the delayed salaries

The principal opposition Aam Aadmi Party, however, termed the assurances by the three corporations as too little, too late, and it was the last ditch bid by the BJP to hold on to power. The municipal corporations are due to go to the polls in April this year

A senior official of the heritage conservation committee said the SDMC has a total of 475 heritage properties under its control, of which some are as old as 400 years

The announcements were part of the council’s budget for 2022-23 that showed a net surplus of ₹178 crore with an anticipated increase of 15% in its receipts at ₹4381.43 crore.

The main organiser of the 30th edition of the Delhi World Book Fair , however, has sent a report to the Central government regarding the possibilities of the fair, which included postponing it to April 2021

The war of words between the Union minister and the AAP comes months ahead of the municipal elections in Delhi.

Senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj, who is also the chief spokesperson of the party, alleged that the BJP “looted” ₹1,232 crore of provident fund money after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012.

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