Tag: Police
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Police knew about Karnan’s hiding place for three days
The police team searching for Calcutta High Court's former judge CS Karnan knew about his hiding place in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu for three days before moving in to arrest him, the West Bengal police chief said on Wednesday. "We knew about his (Karnan's) whereabouts three days back. We were tracking phone calls of people close...
June 21, 2017 -
LeT ‘perpetrators’ will be tracked down very soon: JK DGP
The perpetrators of the ambush in which six policemen were killed would "face the law" very soon, Jammu and Kashmir DGP S P Vaid said here on Saturday and announced a bounty of Rs.10 lakh for LeT commander Bashir Lashkari who is believed to have orchestrated the attack. The militants fired at the policemen killed yesterday...
June 17, 2017 -
Killing of Kashmiri policemen a cowardly act: Jaitley
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday offered condolences to the families of six policemen killed by militants near Achabal in south Kashmir on Friday, terming the attack as a "cowardice act". "Killing of six policemen by terrorists in #Achabal is a cowardice act. My condolences to the bereaved families. Salute to martyrs," Jaitley posted on...
June 17, 2017 -
Frustrated militants targeting policemen: J-K DGP
The escalation in militant attacks on Jammu and Kashmir police personnel is because of the "frustration" of the ultras, Director General of Police S P Vaid said here on Friday, asserting that necessary measures would be taken to prevent them from carrying such acts. "We will take necessary measures. This is the frustration of the...
June 16, 2017 -
Police recovers weapons in raids on GJM premises
Police recovered 300-400 weapons, including arrows, and explosives in raids on premises connected with Gorkha Janmukti Morch chief Bimal Gurung, sparking a call by the separatist group for an indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling hills. Police said some party activists also were arrested today in the raids in Singmari and Patlebas areas of Darjeeling. The developments...
June 15, 2017 -
Hindu Yuva Vahini office bearers booked by police
The Uttar Pradesh police have registered a FIR against seven office bearers of Hindu Yuva Vahini and around 20 unknown people under serious sections of the IPC for breaching peace following a communal conflict in Gokalpur village. The seven office bearers of Hindu Yuva Vahini named In the FIR are Sachin Mittal ( Co-Divisional incharge), Anoop Rastogi( Mahanagar...
June 12, 2017 -
Bangladesh police arrests 10 militants in raids
At least 10 militants of a banned outfit and some of their family members have been arrested after Bangladeshi police carried out raids at terrorist hideouts. A spokesman of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police said six neo-Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Neo-JMB) operatives were arrested from the capital's New Market area in a raid carried out by the...
June 12, 2017 -
Ajay Maken slams MP police for illegal arrest of Rahul Gandhi
Addressing farmers at Bawana village in Delhi to protest against the "illegal" arrest of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken said on Friday that the MP police used bullets to silence farmers, and when Rahul Gandhi went to meet the family members of the dead farmers to...
June 10, 2017 -
CPI condemns police firing on Madhya Pradesh farmers
The Communist Party India (CPI) on Wednesday condemned the police firing on the agitating farmers in Madhya Pradesh that has caused five deaths. "This is shocking that the BJP government is resorting to brutal police action on the farmers. It exposes the real face of the government," the CPI statement said. "The government continuously refuses...
June 7, 2017 -
Irish police arrest 2nd man linked with London attacker
The Irish police have arrested a second man who had connection with Rachid Redouane, one of the three London attackers who killed seven and injured dozens on the London Bridge on Saturday evening. The man in his 30s was arrested on Tuesday evening from Wexford city following a search of an apartment there, the police...
June 7, 2017 -
Manila casino attacker was jobless man in huge debt: Police
The Philippine police on Sunday identified the lone gunman who attacked a casino in Manila last week. The man was identified as Jessie Javier Carlos, 42, a Filipino citizen and a former employee of the Department of Finance, Xinhua news agency reported. Carlos, armed with an automatic rifle, stormed the Resorts World Manila casino and hotel in...
June 4, 2017 -
Police recover car believed to be linked to Manchester bombing
British counter-terrorism police probing the arena suicide bombing in Manchester that killed 22 people on Friday discovered a car in the city which they believe could be "significant" to the investigation. Greater Manchester Police said that officers have set up a cordon in the Devell Court area of Manchester while they assess the vehicle. "This is...
June 2, 2017 -
Suspect arrested for killing 8 in Mississippi, deputy sheriff among dead
A suspect is in police custody after eight people were shot dead on Saturday in Mississippi, international media reported. Among those killed is also a deputy sheriff. The identity of the suspect has not been revealed yet. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain was quoted as saying that the shootings occurred at three separate...
May 28, 2017 -
In the war against Naxals, roads hold the key: Police
The Chhattisgarh police have pinned their hopes on the construction of two key roads in the state's Sukma district to win the "war" against Maoists in their strongest base. According to police, the two roads — one connecting Dornapal to Jagargunda and the other Injram to Bhejji — in the heart of the Maoist dominion,...
May 25, 2017 -
Five Shia protesters shot dead by police in Bahrain
At least five persons have been killed and dozens injured as police in Bahrain opened fire at supporters of the country's prominent Shia cleric, Ayatollah Isa Ahmed Qassim, officials said. Over 280 Isa Qassim supporters were also detained during the police action in Duraz, about 15 km from here, on Tuesday, as they protested against...
May 24, 2017 -
Temer advisor hands over cash-filled briefcase to police
An advisor of Brazilian President Michel Temer has turned over a cash-filled briefcase to authorities that he apparently received from the owner of meat-packing giant JBS, police here has said. The briefcase, containing around $142,000, was turned over by Rodrigo Rocha Loures, police on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Rocha Loures was filmed receiving the...
May 24, 2017 -
Suspecting cow smuggling, UP police detain animal ambulance
Overzealous Ghaziabad police detained an ambulance run by People for Animals (PFA) which was transporting a calf with a fractured leg to its animal hospital in Dhaulana – suspecting it to be a case of cow smuggling. "Over-enthusiastic police wanted to capture cow smugglers transporting bovines for slaughter, and could not determine that it was...
May 23, 2017