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
23-year-old woman’s friend an ‘island of calmness’
A software engineer, who was accompanying the 23-year-old woman on a bus when she was gangraped around two weeks ago, was an island of calmness the day she breathed her last at a Singapore hospital, sources said.
Updated on Dec 30, 2012 02:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Policemen to be trained in handling riot situations
Singed by the recent protests in which they were found struggling to tackle riot-like situation, Delhi Police will equip its men for a better performance in future. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Dec 29, 2012 01:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Police to probe disparities in report
Crime branch to get medical reports examined by experts following differences in reasons by autopsy report, RML doctor. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Dec 29, 2012 02:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Crime branch questions 2 witnesses
A day after the crime branch was handed over the investigation of constable Subhash Chand Tomar's death, it summoned two of the three eyewitnesses on Thursday for questioning. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Dec 28, 2012 02:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Third witness surfaces after 4 days
After two eyewitnesses refuted the Delhi Police's allegations that assault and trampling by protesters caused constable Subhash Chand Tomar's death, a third eyewitness surfaced who supported the police's version. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Dec 28, 2012 12:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Injuries led to Delhi cop's death: Autopsy report
The autopsy report on Subhash Chand Tomar, the constable who died during the anti-rape protests on Sunday, said he suffered cardiac arrest casued by “injuries to neck and chest produced by blunt force”. Jaya Shroff Bhalla & Karn Pratap Singh report. Poll: Who should the Delhi police report to? | Cardiac arrest of Tomar caused by injuries: post-mortem
Updated on Dec 27, 2012 02:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jaya Shroff Bhalla & Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Slain cop's family blame it on 'heartless' protesters
"Will anybody come and light a candle in memory of my slain father?" asked an inconsolable Jyoti Tomar, daughter of Subhash Chand Tomar, the Delhi Police constable who succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.
Updated on Dec 26, 2012 02:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Police ask for stir’s footage
Delhi Police have already initiated a probe into the death of constable Subhash Chand Tomar and have asked media organisations to provide unedited video footage and photographs related to Sunday's protests at India Gate, reports Karn Pratap Singh.
Updated on Dec 26, 2012 12:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
FIR heat on Ramdev, ex-army chief
Five FIRs have been lodged in connection with the violence that erupted during protests on Saturday and Sunday in New Delhi.
Updated on Dec 24, 2012 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Belligerent crowd makes cops jittery
Senior police officers at India Gate seemed jittery on Sunday when the lower ranks of the force appeared reluctant to take on belligerent protesters seeking justice for the 23-year-old woman who was gangraped, reports Darpan Singh and Karn Pratap Singh.
Updated on Dec 24, 2012 12:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Darpan Singh and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Injured constable critical at RML
A Delhi Police constable, who is battling for life at the RML hospital, was among the 78 police personnel who were injured during the day-long protest at India Gate on Sunday, reports Karn Pratap Singh
Updated on Dec 24, 2012 12:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
More protests may follow on Monday
On Saturday night, around 100 protesters fought biting cold, shared biscuits and coffee and sang patriotic songs. Though the entire India Gate area has been cleared, a handful may sneak in during the night and wait for the crowd to swell on Monday, reports Karn Pratap Singh.
Updated on Dec 24, 2012 12:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Rage takes over rape stir at India Gate
What started of as a spontaneous, sincere effort to reach out to the authorities with pain and anguish over the brutal rape of a 23-year-old woman on Saturday was hijacked by anti-social elements on Sunday, reports Karn Pratap Singh and Darpan Singh.
Updated on Dec 24, 2012 02:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh and Darpan Singh, New Delhi
Constable fighting second battle for survival
A day after Delhi Police constable Subhash Chand Tomar, 45, collapsed after facing the fury of the mob at India Gate, doctors at RML hospital said his condition was critical and his survival chances were minimal, report Hamari Jamatia and Karn Pratap Singh.
Updated on Dec 25, 2012 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Hamari Jamatia and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
More shame: 3-year-old girl raped in playschool
Within hours after the gruesome gangrape of a 23-year-old came to light, a three-and-a-half-year-old girl was drugged and raped inside the bathroom of a playschool, Karn Pratap Singh reports. School of horror
Updated on Dec 21, 2012 03:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Braveheart’s mom in dark about tragedy
The 28-year-old engineer's bold efforts to save his friend from the hands of her six rapists have been hailed widely. However, his mother, who lives in Gorakhpur (UP), far from the din that surrounds the incident, remains in the dark about his tragedy, Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Dec 20, 2012 12:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Delhi gang-rape: 3 days later, 2 rapists still at large
The two men, who are yet to be held for the brutal gangrape in Delhi, are believed to be among the six men who sexually assaulted the girl who is struggling for her life. Jatin Anand and Karn Pratap Singh report. Victim's friend gives eyewitness account
Updated on Dec 20, 2012 03:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
City to get 370 more PCR vans soon, says police chief
More than one-third of the Delhi police's patrolling fleet is in a bad shape and efforts to replace them for over three years have fallen flat at the altar of an 'austerity drive', highly-placed sources said.
Updated on Dec 19, 2012 01:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand/ Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
It's 'good riddance' for Delhi gangrape accused's family
The atmosphere at the Ravidas Camp in RK Puram Sector 3 was sombre on Tuesday as three of the four men arrested for raping a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus were picked up from the slum on Monday evening. Karn Pratap Singh and Mallica Joshi report.
Updated on Dec 21, 2012 06:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh and Mallica Joshi, New Delhi
Name inscribed on bus led cops to rapist
The similarities between the infamous Dhaula Kuan Gang-rape of 2010 and Sunday's sadistic sexual assault aboard a moving luxury bus are glaring.
Updated on Dec 19, 2012 02:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh and Jatin Anand, New Delhi
Out on a joyride, the gang robbed a man before brutalising the woman
After spending a dull day at his house in the Ravi Das Camp slum cluster in south Delhi’s RK Puram, Ram Singh decided to have some 'fun' in the evening.
Updated on Dec 19, 2012 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh and Jatin Anand, New Delhi
Jobless Rohini man kills 18-yr-old son
An 18-year-old BTech first year student was shot dead allegedly by his jobless father in Rohini on Saturday.
Updated on Dec 16, 2012 01:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Lawyer murder: Rs.6 lakh jewellery set missing
Subhash Gupta and his lawyer friends had bought the diamond jewellery set worth Rs.6 lakh to gift it to the daughter of a colleague. Karn Pratap Singh reports
Updated on Dec 16, 2012 01:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
He was fed up with the constant insults
If getting insulted from his children for being jobless was not enough for 52-year-old Subhash Aggarwal, they did not allow him to eat his dinner on Friday night. Already under the influence of alcohol, Aggarwal lost control and in a drunken rage killed his son, police said on Saturday.
Updated on Dec 15, 2012 11:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
8-year-old's quick thinking saved a life
Four-year-old Saraswati owes her life to the quick thinking of her eight-year-old friend Amit. She was the only survivor among the group of six children on whom a boundary wall collapsed in east Delhi's Dallupura village on Wednesday. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Dec 14, 2012 12:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Police move court to conduct lie detector test on Chandra
The Delhi Police on Monday moved a city court, requesting to conduct lie dectector test on Zee group chairman Subhash Chandra and two senior Zee News journalists in connection with the alleged R100 crore extortion bid case.
Updated on Dec 10, 2012 11:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh and Upasana Mukherjee, New Delhi
Zee head, son quizzed in extortion bid case
Ending days of suspense, Zee News group chairman Subhash Chandra and managing director Puneet Goenka appeared before the Delhi Police crime branch on Saturday and was confronted with the two senior journalists of the channel arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 100 crore from Jindal Steel Private Limited (JSPL), a company owned by industrialist Naveen Jindal.
Updated on Dec 08, 2012 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Jindal sting: Zee chairman, MD may join probe today
Zee News Group chairman Subhash Chandra and managing director Puneet Goenka are expected to join the investigation into the alleged extortion bid case lodged by Congress MP Naveen Jindal's firm on Saturday. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Dec 08, 2012 12:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Zee chairman, MD may join probe today
Zee News Group chairman Subhash Chandra and managing director Puneet Goenka are expected to join the investigation into the alleged extortion bid case lodged by Congress MP Naveen Jindal's firm on Saturday, reports Karn Pratap Singh.
Updated on Dec 07, 2012 11:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Two arrested, police say nobody given a clean chit
The Delhi Police on Wednesday said they would not spare anyone behind the deaths at Sushruta Trauma Centre due to oxygen supply failure on Tuesday.
Updated on Dec 06, 2012 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi