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
Sisters were living with son, 70-yr-old mother
His Saturday morning’s decision to take his two starving cousins out of their self-confinement and get them admitted to a hospital was the last option left with Neeraj to save his cousins’ lives.
Updated on Jun 17, 2012 02:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Accused are known to the victims in most cases: Cops
Despite several steps taken by the Delhi Police to curb crime against women, the Capital is still as unsafe as ever for the fairer sex.
Updated on Jun 16, 2012 02:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Probe against cop who ignored murder case
A departmental inquiry has been ordered against the inspector of the Shakarpur police station for not making any progress in the six-month-old murder case that was eventually solved by the DCP (east) and his office staff.
Updated on Jun 15, 2012 11:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Woman, paramours arrested for stabbing husband 6 months ago
A six-month-old blind murder case, which was almost forgotten by its investigators, has been solved through a chance sighting of the deceased’s picture in Zipnet (Zonal Integrated Police Network) record by officers of a different department in east district police.
Updated on Jun 15, 2012 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
16-yr-old sold by ‘lover’, in Meerut brothel, raped
A 16-year-old girl, with dreams of getting married to her boyfriend whom she loved, left her home with the hope that she will live happily ever after. But fate had something else in store for her.
Updated on Jun 11, 2012 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
‘US national is my girlfriend, not fianceé’
The Mumbai businessman allegedly roughed up by cricketer Luke Pomersbach at a Delhi hotel last week told the city police on Sunday that the woman who is at the centre of a molestation scandal that has hit the Indian Premier League was not his fianceé, something media reports had earlier suggested.
Updated on May 20, 2012 11:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Enough proof to nail Luke: Cops
Delhi Police officials believe the molestation charge made by an American woman against IPL player Luke Pomersbach is true and they have sufficient proof against him. Karn Pratap Singh & Upasana Mukherjee report. Hotel's guard a crucial witness: Cops | I am disappointed: Victim
Updated on May 20, 2012 02:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh & Upasana Mukherjee, New Delhi
Mumbai-based witness to be questioned in case
As part of investigations into the alleged molestation of an American woman by an IPL player, the Delhi Police will approach the son of a Mumbai-based businessman, Seraj, who was an eyewitness at a five-star hotel on Thursday night.
Updated on May 19, 2012 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Mewati gang attacked Delhi cops 10 days ago
The Friday morning's tragedy in which a Delhi Police constable lost his life while chasing members of Mewati gang is not the only incident where the police had to face the notoriety of the gang.
Updated on May 19, 2012 11:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Businessman slaps city magistrate in road rage
The latest victim of road rage in the Capital is the additional chief metropolitan magistrate of southeast district.
Updated on May 16, 2012 01:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Return of Mumbai imposter gang punches holes in cop claim
A month ago, the Delhi police claimed to have neutralised a gang, the members of which posed as policemen to cheat women in the Capital, when they smashed a Mumbai-based group of Iranian origin. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on May 14, 2012 02:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
BSF jawan forgets his ammunition in milk crate
The casual approach of a newly recruited Border Security Force (BSF) constable in handling his ammunition had security agencies, including the Delhi police, on their toes, forcing them to launch an operation to find out how 40 live cartridges had reached the premises of a Delhi Milk Scheme (DMS) plant in central Delhi.
Updated on May 12, 2012 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Plastic money gives real trouble
Criminals are getting more technology-savvy. Result: Magic pens whose ink disappears, new ways of forging cheques and rising debit/credit card frauds. Karn Pratap Singh reports. What is skimming? | Dos and don’ts
Updated on May 10, 2012 01:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Post graduate job cheat held for duping man of Rs. 5 lakh
All he wanted was a job in a foreign country with handsome salary after completing his three-year aircraft maintenance course from a private institute in Delhi. But his dreams were shattered when the agency through which he was about to realise his dream ran away Rs. 5 lakh that he had paid them.
Updated on May 08, 2012 12:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Three duped by fake placement agencies, maids run off within a day of hiring
A chartered accountant residing with his family in Dwarka and two others, including a resident of south Delhi’s Greater Kailash, became the latest victims of fake maid placement agencies.
Updated on May 07, 2012 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
MBA commits suicide over dowry demand
Manjeet Kaur, who was pursuing an MBA from Symbiosis, Pune, hanged herself from a ceiling fan at home in central Delhi’s West Patel Nagar last week.
Updated on May 01, 2012 12:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Dowry stalks urban India
Apart from arranged marriages, demands of dowry is ruining relationships arising out of courtship
Updated on May 01, 2012 02:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Police lodges FIR against constable over graft charges
Delhi Police have lodged an FIR naming one of their head constables for apparently possessing disproportionate assets, an officer said.
Updated on Apr 28, 2012 12:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Making the cut as Vicky Donor is no child’s play
Trying to do your bit for childless couples is not as easy as you or a new Bollywood flick would have you believe.
Updated on Apr 28, 2012 12:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Woman drugged, robbed of jewellery by women’s gang
In an unusual case of abduction and robbery, a 30-year-old computer professional was abducted and drugged in a car by two women in Delhi.
Updated on Apr 27, 2012 02:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Victim’s kids were drenched in her blood
In the beginning there was one happy family, a mother and her 14-year-old son and some neighbours who had become a part of it. Then there was a loan of R50 that the 14-year-old boy took from his family friends, which three women paid with their lives. In the end there was nothing but blood and gore.
Updated on Apr 24, 2012 02:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
‘Shared auto robbers’ have police in a fix
Two members of a gang which robs people by drugging them on the pretext of sharing auto with them and target those boarding an auto from railway stations and bus terminals were arrested by two cops on patrol. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Apr 20, 2012 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Headless body: Cops reach dead end, question four boys
Investigation into the highly decomposed headless body found inside a sealed nursery hit a roadblock when the parents of a 15-year-old missing boy said it was not of their son. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Apr 19, 2012 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Desi liquor loses shine among voters
Gone are the days when angoori and santri country-made liquor ruled the roost as far as the palates of "thirsty" voters were concerned.
Updated on Apr 14, 2012 01:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
A seat belt made all the difference
A seat belt marked the difference between life and death in the high speed crash on the outer Ring Road in the early hours on Friday.
Updated on Apr 14, 2012 01:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
French woman died of drug overdose?
The 38-year-old businessman arrested in connection with death of Frenchwoman Laurine at a Paharganj guesthouse has revealed she died due to drug overdose on the intervening night of April 1 and 2, sources said. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Apr 10, 2012 12:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Embezzlement finger at dental school storekeeper
The alleged misappropriation of surgical instruments by a former storekeeper has cost the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS) a loss of around Rs 7 lakh.
Updated on Apr 09, 2012 12:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Man abducted 14 days ago, murdered for loan of Rs 3,000
Fourteen days after he was abducted from outside his residence at North Avenue in high-security Lutyen's Delhi, investigators on Sunday confirmed that Mohammad Ashraf, 21, has been murdered by his abductors. The case was first reported by Hindustan Times on April 7.
Updated on Apr 09, 2012 12:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Police plan more tourist information centres
After having made a beginning at New Delhi station, the Delhi police are planning to open more information centres at important railway stations in the city to help tourists, who routinely suffer at the hands of touts.
Updated on Apr 01, 2012 11:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Doctor couple delay return from Thailand
The doctor couple accused of leaving their 13-year-old maid locked up and starving in their house while they vacationed in Thailand have temporarily cancelled their return to India, the police said Saturday. Karn Pratap Singh reports. Rescued maid’s daily diet: 2 rotis, abuse | The charges|The torture tales
Updated on Apr 01, 2012 09:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi