Karn Pratap Singh has been writing on crime, policing, and issues of safety in Delhi for almost a decade. He covers high-intensity spot news, including terror strikes, serial blasts and security threats in the national capital.
Articles by Karn Pratap Singh
Body parts found in Delhi, Noida: Police to seek DNA testing to see if they are of same person
Investigators said they checked the areas around the spot but could not find any CCTV camera that could give them any leads
Published on Mar 20, 2023 11:33 PM IST
Ashni Dhaor and Karn Pratap Singh, Noida/new Delhi
In Delhi, woman's body parts, including skull, found in bag
Police said the incident came to light after some labourers at the construction site complained of a foul smell and one of them spotted a plastic bag with the body parts.
Updated on Mar 19, 2023 09:58 AM IST
Diversions choke up NH-48, spillover jams other routes in Delhi
Delhi traffic police officers, however, underlined that the traffic situation was better than on Tuesday, adding that more personnel have been deployed along the stretch to ease vehicular movement.
Updated on Mar 16, 2023 05:19 AM IST
Closure of carriageways slows traffic between Dhaula Kuan & Gurugram
The closure of a stretch of the Delhi-Jaipur Highway between Rangpuri and Rajokri triggered excruciating traffic jams throughout Tuesday
Published on Mar 15, 2023 12:13 PM IST
Leena Dhankhar and Karn Pratap Singh
Closure on NH48 section adds to Delhi-Gurugram commute woes
The stretch, between southwest Delhi’s Rangpuri and Rajokri, has been shut for the construction of two underpasses linking NH-48 to Dwarka and a flyover to pass above the underpasses.
Updated on Mar 15, 2023 06:44 AM IST
Leena Dhankhar and Karn Pratap Singh, Gurugram/new Delhi
Diversion trials on Delhi-Gurugram Expressway in NH-48 chokes traffic
Traffic officials said the trial of carriageways’ closure was started on Tuesday to examine the situation and issues that may be witnessed when formal closure is put into effect from Thursday or Friday
Updated on Mar 14, 2023 01:20 PM IST
Leena Dhankhar and Karn Pratap Singh
Aya Nagar shopkeeper killed, cops say gang hit
Police said around 7.30pm, assailants fired at least five rounds at the shop, injuring the shopkeeper, identified by his single name Surender
Published on Mar 09, 2023 11:49 PM IST
Father in hospital, family yet to tell him of boy’s death
The SUV, a Mahindra Thar, was being driven by two drunk men, identified as Ajay Kumar Yadav, 39, and cook Chij Bahadur, 40, who had taken their out-of-town employer’s car for a joyride
Published on Mar 09, 2023 11:45 PM IST
Two men arrested for alleged drunk driving that killed 2, injured 7 in Delhi
The accident happened in Palam Marg, between Vasant Vihar and RK Puram, near the popular Malai Mandir, around 7.30pm on Wednesday.
Updated on Mar 10, 2023 04:39 AM IST
Five held in Delhi, Jaipur for forging celebs’ data to avail loans, siphoning off ₹1 crore
Joint commissioner of police (eastern range) Chhaya Sharma said the men cheated companies and banks to the tune of nearly ₹50 lakh. A money trail of around ₹1 crore has been uncovered so far
Published on Mar 04, 2023 12:24 AM IST
Delhi blueline murder: Police arrest 2nd suspect from Pune after 13 yrs
The arrested suspect, Gurnam Singh alias Rangeela, 54, was the cleaner of the Blueline bus on route number 425, inside which he along with its driver, Bharat Lal, and conductor, Mohammad Danish, assaulted the schoolboy to death following an altercation that started after the student refused to buy a ticket
Updated on Mar 01, 2023 04:29 PM IST
Delhi to have ‘fire control room’ vehicles along lines of PCR vans
Delhi Fire Services (DFS) is launching “fire control room (FCR)” vehicles, which will be smaller than the usual fire tenders, but help shrink response time, senior DFS officials aware of the plan said
Updated on Feb 28, 2023 12:33 PM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Child among 4 crushed to death by truck, driver held
According to the police, the truck belonged to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The civic body, however, said it was operated by a private concessionaire
Updated on Feb 26, 2023 01:01 AM IST
Four, including child, killed as speeding MCD trucks overturns in central Delhi
The driver of the MCD truck is also believed to be injured in the mishap fled the accident spot, leaving the vehicle behind, said deputy commissioner of police (central) Sanjay Kumar Sain
Updated on Feb 25, 2023 11:02 AM IST
Delhi blueline murder: Bus driver who killed schoolboy in 2010 arrested
To evade arrest, the 51-year-old man, Bharat Lal, the driver of the Blueline bus back in 2010, was working as a private driver, and now went by the name Bharat Raut, said police.
Updated on Feb 24, 2023 01:38 AM IST
Sahil planned to send Nikki to Goa on the day of his second wedding
Sahil thought that Nikki would leave for Goa in the train from Hazrat Nizamuddin station on February 10 morning, and he would be able to get married in peace, said a police officer
Published on Feb 22, 2023 01:48 AM IST
Kin asked Sahil Gehlot to 'get rid of’ Nikki Yadav on his engagement day: Cops
Citing claims made by the six accused – Gehlot, his father, two cousins and two friends -- police officials offered details that suggest a far greater complicity of the prime accused’s family.
Updated on Feb 20, 2023 04:25 AM IST
Cops: Nikki strangled in Nigambodh parking lot
An investigator aware of the matter said that Gehlot’s white sedan was seen driving into the Nigambodh Ghat parking lot around 9am on February 10, stopping briefly, before it circled the premises twice and left
Updated on Feb 17, 2023 12:34 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Making of a murder: Tracing Sahil Gehlot’s steps on fateful day
Officers recreating the sequence of events in the murder said that Gehlot allegedly strangled Yadav in his cousin’s Hyundai Verna, which was parked in the parking lot of the Nigambodh Ghat crematorium.
Updated on Feb 17, 2023 05:44 AM IST
Nikki Yadav murder: Angry, killer’s relatives say will shun him
Sahil Gehlot was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing his girlfriend Nikki Yadav, 22, on February 10, roughly 12 hours before his wedding
Updated on Feb 16, 2023 06:42 AM IST
Kill, marry, conceal: Sahil took a ‘wedding break’ during crime
Police are also probing whether the Gehlot family was aware of the murder, which took place a day after the 24-year-old suspect was engaged to the woman he would later marry
Updated on Feb 16, 2023 08:04 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Woman’s body found in fridge in Delhi, boyfriend arrested
Police said they received a tip-off that something was amiss with Sahil Gehlot (24), the owner of a dhaba, and that his girlfriend Nikki Yadav (22) had been missing since his wedding last week
Updated on Feb 15, 2023 12:09 AM IST
Woman found dead in roadside eatery’s freezer in Delhi’s Najafgarh; 1 arrested
Police found the woman’s body in the eatery’s deep freezer following a tip about a murder at the spot. Police said it is not clear when the woman was killed
Published on Feb 14, 2023 05:43 PM IST
Semi-decomposed body of teen found, sexual assault suspected
The room where the body was found was rented to a man who was previously sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in a sexual assault case. The man is currently absconding
Published on Feb 14, 2023 02:23 AM IST
3,600 bottles of illegal liquor seized from Narela restaurant in Delhi
An excise official explained that after the 2021-22 excise policy was scrapped, and licences issued under it expired, the liquor stock was immobilised, which means that it could no longer be sold legally
Updated on Feb 10, 2023 11:56 PM IST
Delhi man dupes Ranji player, her friend of ₹17 lakh by offering job, sponsors
According to the cricketer, the man tricked them into paying him around ₹14 lakh on the pretext of preparing sports certificates and other documentation required for the jobs
Updated on Feb 11, 2023 03:12 AM IST
Delhi cyber cafe raided, fake Aadhaar racket busted
The three suspects, Rohit alias Aakash (23), Pintu (25), and Anurag (30), are also members of a racket that offered loans from various banks and Sim cards using forged documents
Published on Feb 08, 2023 12:11 AM IST
Top cop fixes new rules for patrolling, vehicle checks in Delhi
According to the order, the night patrol, which will begin at 11pm and end at 5am the next day, will involve night picket, mobile patrols on police motor cycles and vans
Published on Feb 06, 2023 11:19 PM IST
Man acquitted in Chhawla gang rape was looking for soft target to kill: Cops
Police are also exploring legal opinion as to whether the January 26 murder can be brought to the fore during the review petition filed against the apex court’s acquittal order.
Published on Feb 05, 2023 12:12 AM IST
Class 10 girl abducted, raped, beaten with a rock in north-west Delhi
Police have lodged an FIR against the unidentified man on charges of rape and assault under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso ) Act on the basis of the girl’s statement and her medical reports
Published on Feb 04, 2023 12:15 AM IST
