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Rohit Kumar Singh

Rohit K Singh is a Principal Correspondent. He writes on crime, police and social issues

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Suspect in multiple murders killed in police encounter in Meerut

With a bounty of ₹50,000 on his head, Naeem had been wanted for 25 years in connection with a double murder case in Mumbai and for a murder case in Delhi for 19 years

On January 9, five hacked bodies were found in their one-room rented house in Sohail Garden, Meerut (PTI)
Published on Jan 25, 2025 12:57 PM IST

UP Police steps up efforts to nip Kagga gang in the bud

Four teams formed to search for remaining members of the gang and others who were in touch with gang leader Arshad, who along with three accomplices, was gunned down in Shamli district on Tuesday, says DIG

Officials apprehend the resurgence of this gang for the fourth time in 13 years after first gang leader Mustafa alias Kagga was gunned down in a police encounter in October 2011. (Pic for representation)
Updated on Jan 24, 2025 05:34 AM IST

Sacked now, this former UP cop thrived on absconding mafioso’s properties!

DIG, Saharanpur, dismissed accused inspector on January 11 after preliminary probe found allegations against Naresh Kumar true

Former cop Naresh Kumar allegedly grabbed around 49.6 bigha land mafioso Haji Iqbal. (For Representation)
Published on Jan 16, 2025 09:52 PM IST
By, Lucknow

Multi-layer security plan put in place ahead of biggest gathering today

The list of security personnel include 27 companies of PAC, 52 CAPF, 10 flood relief PAC, 15 NDRF companies, six SDRF companies, 3 ATS teams, 30 anti-sabotage checking teams, four anti-mines squads, 13 bomb detection and disposal squad, 12 sniper teams, 30 spotters and four NSG teams.

Security personnel deployed at Sangam ahead of Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. (PTI Photo)
Published on Jan 13, 2025 09:03 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Commissionerate system has improved police functioning: Ex-UP DGP

It was tough task to convince political masters and change the mindset to accept police commissioner system in state, says OP Singh

Former Uttar Pradesh DGP OP Singh. (HT file)
Updated on Jan 13, 2025 06:54 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Ahead of Delhi polls, Akash Anand likely to be young face of BSP

Party functionaries say Anand will lead the poll campaign in Delhi and hold cadre camps to galvanise Dalits and the underprivileged in Delhi

Akash Anand, who entered politics in 2017, initially focused on organizational work outside UP. He played a crucial role in the 2018 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. (File Photo)
Updated on Dec 31, 2024 10:11 PM IST

Pilibhit encounter: UK caller a wanted BKI militant: Police

The finding came during investigation by Pilibhit police and other security agencies, including UP anti-terror squad (ATS) and National Investigation Agency (NIA), the officials added. The three KZF militants were gunned down in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit on December 23.

NIA had declared reward of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10 lakh on Sidhu after his name surfaced in the murder of VHP leader Vikas Prabhakar in Nangal (Shutterstock)
Updated on Dec 30, 2024 06:50 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Over 60,000 kg drugs seized in Uttar Pradesh in 4 years

NCB officials said LSD and MDMA, which are quite popular in youngsters commonly associated with dance parties, raves, and electronic dance music

A peddler tries make a quick buck by selling the contraband to a motorist, behind the CGST office in the Vibhuti Khand area of Lucknow.  (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 29, 2024 07:52 AM IST
By, Lucknow

3 alleged KZF militants’ killing in Pilibhit: UK caller a wanted Babbar Khalsa International militant, say police

NIA had declared reward of ₹10 lakh on the alleged wanted militant Kulveer Singh Siddhu after his name surfaced in the murder of VHP leader Vikas Prabhakar, who was shot dead in Nangal town of Punjab’s Rupnagar district on April 13 this year

The three KZF militants were gunned down in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit on December 23. (For Representation)
Updated on Dec 29, 2024 06:18 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Pilibhit encounter: Pro-Khalistan network: Another UK-based man under lens for aiding militants

Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav had claimed a UK link to the grenade attack on a police outpost in Gurdaspur on December 18. The Terai region includes Pilibhit, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur, Lakhimpur Kheri and Badaun districts of UP.

A fresh foreign link has surfaced in UP police’s investigation into the pro-Khalistan network in the state’s Terai region, after three suspected militants of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) were gunned down in Pilibhit on December 23, said officials on Friday. (ANI File)
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 07:40 AM IST
By, Lucknow

There’s a UK link to pro-Khalistan network in Terai region: UP Police

A Haryana youth based in England had called two Pilibhit youths on Dec 20 to arrange a hotel room for the three alleged militants gunned down in the encounter, says official

Sunny and Manoj, who were in police custody since Wednesday after their involvement surfaced in helping the killed militants, revealed during interrogation that Siddhu had visited Pilibhit around 18 months ago and left for Greece around eight months ago, said the official. (Pic for representation)
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 05:52 AM IST

UP bank heist: Two Bihar criminals killed in separate encounters in Lucknow, Ghazipur

Seven men, including six from Bihar, broke into the branch of Indian Overseas Bank in Lucknow on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.

Representational image.
Updated on Dec 24, 2024 11:31 AM IST

Khalistan sympathisers seeking refuge in Terai belt not a new phenomenon

In June, the UP Police had sounded an alert in Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur and Budaun, after posters of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who led the Khalistan movement, and other separatists, were put up outside gurudwaras in Pilibhit and Bareilly, said a police official

Police personnel and others stand near the body of one of the three terror suspects who were killed in an encounter with a joint team of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab police, at a hospital, in Pilibhit, Monday. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Dec 24, 2024 05:58 AM IST

3 pro-Khalistan terrorists gunned down in encounter in Pilibhit: UP Police

Two AK-47 assault rifles and two Glock pistols along with a huge cache of ammunition were recovered from the terrorists.

The police display the arms haul after the encounter.
Updated on Dec 23, 2024 02:11 PM IST

Campaign since September: Sambhal drive exposes 1379 power theft instances, 7.1-cr revenue loss

Blaming SP leaders for power theft, UPPCL officials stated the drive has decreased the load to around 60% and will bring extra revenue of around ₹4.5 crore per month

The minister had made this point in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council during the recently concluded winter session. (FOR REPRESENTATION)
Updated on Dec 23, 2024 08:12 AM IST
By, Lucknow

No VIP culture at Mahakumbh, all will have to walk 1 km on normal days: Prashant Kumar, U.P. DGP

The 4000-hectare Mahakumbh area, including 12 kilometres of ghats, will be manned by more than 50,000 policemen. Over 2700 CCTV cameras, many of them with AI capabilities, along with tethered drones will keep vigil during mega event. Steps are also being taken to curb cyber crime, says state police chief.

No VIP culture at Mahakumbh, all will have to walk 1 km on normal days: Prashant Kumar, U.P. DGP
Updated on Dec 22, 2024 05:08 AM IST
By, Lucknow

ED’s first such initiative in U.P.: 2,360 Shine City investors likely to get back capital amount

The ED has attached Shine City group properties worth ₹264 crore so far under provisions of the PMLA, 2002

As per an ED official, the attached Shine City properties are worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>264 crore and the claims submitted so far are around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>211 crore. (For Representation)
Published on Dec 18, 2024 08:25 PM IST
By, Lucknow

Over 4 lakh fake birth certificates generated on bogus names in UP, Bihar: Charge sheet

The fake birth certificates scam was exposed in Salon when the NIA in July red-flagged certain certificates made on ‘bogus’ addresses of 12 villages after recovering documents from some people, including a few Bangladesh nationals arrested from different states

.Statements of 17 accused, including kingpin, Ravikesh Lal Yadav, of Darbhanga in Bihar were recorded during the probe, said officials. (Pic for representation)
Updated on Dec 11, 2024 07:44 AM IST

Hizbul man gets life term for conspiracy to target temples, RSS campus

The convict, Qamar-uz-Zama, a resident of Hojai in Assam, was arrested from Kanpur on September 13, 2018, which led to eight more arrests from different parts of Assam

The accused was awarded rigorous and life imprisonment in the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terror conspiracy case, said an NIA official. (Pic for representation)
Published on Dec 10, 2024 07:21 PM IST

Kitchens in UP prisons to get 1 crore upgrades

24 dough kneading machines worth ₹18 lakh and three high performance chapati makers, each of which can prepare 2,000 chapatis in an hour, will be bought, an official says

 (For representation)
Updated on Dec 09, 2024 06:44 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Moradabad jailer, deputy jailer suspended over prison manual violations during SP leaders’ meeting with Sambhal accused

Report against Moradabad jail superintendent sent to state government for action as he is a Group A officer, say officials.

Samajwadi Party leaders in Bareilly after they were stopped from going to Sambhal. (FILE PHOTO)
Updated on Dec 05, 2024 05:18 AM IST
By, Lucknow

U.P’s wait for permanent DGP continues as incumbent filtered out of race

As per the new rules, a committee headed by a retired judge of the high court was supposed to finalise the appointment to the post. But no such committee was constituted till date.

the procedure for selecting the permanent DGP will start soon, said sources (Sourced)
Updated on Dec 02, 2024 05:46 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Suspense over permanent DGP even after new rules framed by UP government

The possibility of making acting DGP Prashant Kumar the permanent is fading with only two days left for the state government to consider his name as he will not be eligible at the end of November

Suspense over permanent DGP even after new rules framed by UP government
Updated on Nov 29, 2024 08:24 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Sambhal violence: ‘Autopsy rules out police firing caused deaths’

The autopsy reports suggested that the wounds on bodies of the four men were from bullets not consistent with the ammunition used by UP Police.

Markets open in Sambhal on Tuesday following the clashes on Sunday (ANI)
Updated on Nov 27, 2024 05:01 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Raid exposes fertiliser smuggling racket near Nepal border

As many as 162 sacks of different fertilisers seized from the basement of a building near the Nepal border in UP’s Shravasti

Huge stock of fertilisers seized from the basement of a building in Shravasti. (Sourced)
Published on Nov 21, 2024 08:54 PM IST

Regular electrical load audits crucial to prevent short circuit disasters, say experts

Despite 101 deaths in 106 fire incidents caused by short circuits across Uttar Pradesh in 2022, authorities have failed to grasp the importance of reevaluating electric loads at regular intervals

Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where 10 infants died due to a fire tragedy, in Jhansi on Saturday. (ANI)
Updated on Nov 17, 2024 07:42 AM IST
By, Lucknow

New rules pave way for full-time DGP in UP, spark political row

To be eligible for selection, candidates must have six months of service remaining on the date of creation of vacancy; only those officers who are currently serving in the DG role at Level 16 of the Pay Matrix will be considered

Now, the government will not have to send names to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) panel for the appointment of the state police chief (Pic for representation)
Published on Nov 05, 2024 10:39 PM IST

Over 16K Km rail network to be under tight vigil for Mahakumbh

GRP, RPF, local cops, village chowkidars as well as railway employees will intensify vigil in UP to avert any untoward incident

 (Pic for representation only)
Updated on Oct 28, 2024 07:22 AM IST
By, Lucknow

Digital libraries in 40 U.P. jails: Inmates to learn good social behaviour, get e-help countering negativity

UP jails will implement digital libraries to teach inmates mental toughness and social values, funded by a ₹40 lakh budget for educational tools.

For representation only (HT File Photo)
Updated on Oct 24, 2024 08:58 PM IST
By, Lucknow

UP Police to get 75 MFVs for mandatory evidence collection

The mobile forensic vans are air conditioned and equipped with modern amenities to undertake spot tests in laboratory environment at the crime scene itself, says UPSIFS director

On October 19, the state home department had issued an order regarding approval for purchase of 75 FMVs worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>18.75 crore. (Pic for representation)
Published on Oct 22, 2024 09:00 PM IST
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