The CID-Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Thursday arrested the main accused in the high-profile mob lynching case of a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable at Balianta on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, officials said.
A psycho, who committed three murders on a running train and in a hospital, was killed in a police encounter here late Monday night.
Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Jammu Division, Uchit Singhal, said that to provide better facilities to passengers and curb ticketless travel, a well-organised ticket-checking drive was conducted in the Jammu Division of Northern Railway in January.
The body of a middle-aged woman was discovered near Adarsh Nagar Railway Station on Sunday, prompting the Delhi Police to launch a murder investigation.
An engineering student of Jadavpur University (JU) allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a moving train, said the police on Wednesday.
The Purulia District Court today remanded two persons, accused in a sensational triple murder case, to police custody to enable further investigations.
A major railway mishap was averted in the state capital when an express train driver had to apply emergency brakes to stop the train after spotting a heavy iron structure on the tracks on Monday morning.
The 6th All India Conference of Government Railway Police (GRP) Chiefs, held on Sunday, reaffirmed the joint commitment of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and GRP units to transform Indian Railways into a zero-tolerance zone for crime, thereby safeguarding its role as the lifeline of the nation.
The Bankura Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested Professor Suman Pal, an assistant professor in the department of geography at Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, on charges of allegedly molesting a woman doctor aboard a moving train on the night of 26 May.
Even as World Environment Day was being observed with enthusiasm across the region from Siliguri to Sikkim on Thursday, two major timber smuggling incidents came to light, prompting action from forest and railway authorities.
