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
DTC buses take over ‘killer tag’ from Bluelines
With almost a two-fold increase in fatal accidents, it seems the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses have not only replaced Blueline buses on the road but also taken over their infamous 'killer fleet' tag. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Dec 18, 2011 11:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Security guard's murder case solved, two arrested
For Suraj Paswan, the 23-year-old security guard at a mall whose mutilated body was discovered in Dwarka sector 20 on Friday, it was his obsession for a girl in his neighbourhood which resulted in his brutal murder.
Updated on Dec 18, 2011 11:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Safety gadgets out of order, Palika sitting on fire-bomb...
The country’s first air-conditioned underground market, Palika Bazar, has been functioning without the requisite fire safety certificate from the Delhi fire services (DFS).
Updated on Dec 13, 2011 11:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Alarm bells for Delhi fire service officials
Reports that several hospitals in the national Capital, including the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Lok Nayak and Guru Tegh Bahadur, are functioning without the mandatory fire safety certificate seems to have woken up the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) from a deep sleep.
Updated on Dec 10, 2011 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Hospitals flout fire norms
Should a fire like the one that gutted Kolkata’s AMRI Hospital on Friday happen in Delhi, the consequences would be equally disastrous. Nearly one-tenth of Delhi hospitals are still to get no-objection certificates from the fire department.
Updated on Dec 10, 2011 01:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jaya Shroff Bhalla & Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
AIIMS, 11 other city hospitals fire hazards
According to the latest list (2011) accessed by HT from the fire safety department, three wings of AIIMS, the orthopaedic block of LN Hospital and the new 500-bed block of GTB Hospital in east Delhi do not have necessary clearance from the fire department.
Updated on Dec 10, 2011 12:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jaya Shroff Bhalla & Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Bail for one, Tihar Jail ‘frees’ two
Unintended mistake’ in release order results in two jail inmates getting bail. The criminal, identified as Virender, 19, was released by the jail administration on a release order actually meant for his associate Deep Chand, 19. Chand was also released.
Updated on Dec 08, 2011 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
He was fascinated by politicians
Alleged conman posed as personal secretary of vice-president Hamid Ansari as well. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Dec 07, 2011 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
'4 Indian Mujahideen modules out there'
Sleeper cells in Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi armed with plans to wreak havoc. Karn Pratap Singh & Jatin Anand report. One more IM suspect in police net
Updated on Dec 06, 2011 11:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh & Jatin Anand, New Delhi
IM kingpin planned to target four Indian states
Four states across the country were on the target list of Shahrukh alias Ahmad Siddi Bappa, Indian Mujahideen’s (IM) operation head in India, the six arrested suspected IM militants have told the police. Shahrukh is still at large and efforts are on to nab him.
Updated on Dec 02, 2011 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Shahrukh purchased property to evade police verification
Interrogation of the six alleged militants of Indian Mujahideen (IM) has revealed that Shahrukh alias Ahmad Siddi Bappa had made Delhi the centrepoint of his anti-India operations, sources said.
Updated on Dec 02, 2011 12:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Jama Masjid blast was to avenge Batla encounter
The September 19, 2010 Jama Masjid attack was carried out to avenge the Batla House encounter that had occurred on the same day two years earlier, suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives have told the police.
Updated on Dec 01, 2011 01:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Police using its own network to crack down cyber crime
The Delhi Police have decided to fight fire with fire — by using its own ‘networking’ skills to get the better of cyber criminals on social networking websites.
Updated on Nov 30, 2011 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
He screamed for help, but no one came forward even as his friend bled to death
Delhiites once again showed a bizarre display of apathy towards the victims of a crime. Bystanders acted like spectators and refused to help while a 27-year-old BTech graduate was being bludgeoned to death and his friend severely beaten.
Updated on Nov 29, 2011 12:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Enterprising German guide thrived on liquor trade, held
For Schilay Anton — a 55-year-old German guide arrested by the south Delhi police on Wednesday — it was a routine conversation with a fellow expat that gave him the idea of selling liquor illegally to foreigners. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Nov 25, 2011 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Probe finds police had no clue of meet
Investigation into the Nand Nagri fire tragedy, which claimed the lives of 18 eunuchs, has revealed that the local police was unaware about the huge gathering at the community centre. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Nov 23, 2011 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Eunuchs allege snatching of valuables
The thousand-odd eunuchs who had gathered at the E-block community centre of Nand Nagri to attend the congregation not only became victims of a major fire tragedy, but they also fell prey to local hooligans.
Updated on Nov 22, 2011 12:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
‘Fire took away whatever we had’
Sunday night turned out to be the longest night for the hundreds of eunuchs, the victims of a major blaze that broke out at a community centre in east Delhi’s Nand Nagri on Sunday.
Updated on Nov 22, 2011 12:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh & Rajat Arora, New Delhi
Ingenious snatcher makes hoax bomb call to avoid getting caught
A bike-borne snatcher outsmarted the Delhi Police personnel by making a hoax bomb call, claiming that a bag with two bombs has been planted at a garment showroom in south Delhi's posh M-block market in GK-I on Saturday.
Updated on Nov 21, 2011 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Mother of two braves bullets to nab snatcher
A mother of two, 38-year-old Suman fought a chain-snatcher with bare hands and nabbed the dreaded criminal — ignoring the gun barrel staring at her. Karn Pratap Singh reports.
Updated on Nov 11, 2011 11:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
‘They fired at us, but it did not scare me’
Suman, the 38-year-old housewife who wrestled with two chain snatchers and helped the police nab one of them would have landed in a hospital had her two-sister-in-laws not supported her in the brave act.
Updated on Nov 10, 2011 11:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Sikh family held with fake passports
They used forged Italian documents to vacation in India.
Updated on Nov 09, 2011 01:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh and Jatin Anand, New Delhi
Arrests led cops to gang of master forgers
A person of Nigerian-descent, arrested with forged passports and expired visas at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, on Friday, has led the Delhi Police to a thriving gang of master forgers operating in the Capital. Jatin Anand and Karn Pratap Singh report.
Updated on Nov 08, 2011 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Penury, large family made him send daughter to Delhi
For Nanhe Mandal (name changed) from Orissa, it was his helplessness to feed seven members of his family alone which forced him to send his 14-year-old daughter to Delhi to do a job and earn some money for the family.
Updated on Nov 07, 2011 12:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Delhi worst in crimes against children
For the fifth year in a row, Delhi proved to be the worst place to grow up in among 34 other cities located across the country.
Updated on Nov 07, 2011 12:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Dentist ‘molested’ by cardiologist in Delhi
A 30-year-old dentist was allegedly molested by a cardiologist at the Max Super Speciality Hospital at Saket in south Delhi on Sunday.
Updated on Oct 18, 2011 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Marital discord forces man to commit suicide
On the day when married women in some parts of the country observed Karva Chauth for the longevity of their husbands, a 36-year-old man allegedly ended his life and blamed his wife for his extreme step. The incident was reported to the police through a PCR call in the early hours on Saturday.
Updated on Oct 15, 2011 11:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Delhi again on high alert
The Capital has been put on high alert following the recovery of a huge consignment of explosives at Ambala Cant which, the Delhi Police believe, was to be moved to the city to carry out blasts during Diwali.
Updated on Oct 14, 2011 11:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Cops trying to map out possible route taken by the perpetrators
A day after they recovered a TATA Indica car laden with explosives, the Delhi Police are now attempting to trace the alleged terror trail backwards, step by step.
Updated on Oct 14, 2011 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand, Karn Pratap Singh and Vishal Joshi, New Delhi / Karnal
RDX-laden car was headed for Delhi
The retrieval of the stolen TATA Indica car laden with RDX in Ambala, allegedly meant to perpetrate ‘an act of terrorism’ in Delhi during Diwali, is part of ISI’s phased plan to resurrect Sikh militancy in India, claim sources in the Delhi Police Special Cell.
Updated on Oct 13, 2011 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Jatin Anand & Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi