In his reporting career of over 20 years, Sanjeev K Jha has covered bureaucracy, politics, ISI activities in border areas, music and Bollywood. Presently, he covers crime in the national Capital.
Articles by Sanjeev K Jha
Police charge Aaftab Poonawala with Shraddha Walkar’s murder: ‘Evidence linked’
The document filed in the Saket district court marks an important step in the shocking murder that led to protests and demands for capital punishment for the accused.
Updated on Jan 25, 2023 01:00 PM IST
Cops may seek another forensic test on Aaftab Poonawala
The BEOSP report is conducted with the consent of the accused, and is not admissible in court, but it has proved to be a supportive document in the trials of at least 200 criminals in different cases in India, a senior officer said.
Updated on Jan 24, 2023 12:24 PM IST
Naraina lift incident: Police file murder case against factory owner
Police also said they had sealed the factory; however, during a visit to the site on Monday afternoon, HT found it open. However, no work was in progress on the premises
Published on Jan 09, 2023 11:57 PM IST
Sultanpuri case: ‘Probe, charge sheet may swing tribunal’s compensation award’
A Baleno car hit Anjali Kumari on January 1 when she was on her way home on her scooter. Kumari’s leg got stuck in the underside of the car, and she was dragged for nearly three hours on a stretch of over 14 kilometres.
Updated on Jan 09, 2023 07:09 AM IST
Four, not five, people were in car that killed woman in Sultanpuri: Police
The men in a grey Maruti Suzuki Baleno hit the victim, Anjali Kumari, who was riding a scooter with a friend in Sultanpuri in the early hours of January 1; the impact entangled her body to the underside of the car, which then drove on for at least two hours, dragging her body for at least 14km
Published on Jan 06, 2023 11:39 AM IST
Four, not five, people were in car that killed woman in Sultanpuri
The men in a grey Maruti Suzuki Baleno hit the victim, Anjali Kumari, who was riding a scooter with a friend in Sultanpuri in the early hours of January 1.
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 04:45 AM IST
In Sultanpuri case, police say 2 others ‘shielded’ men in car that dragged woman
Special police commissioner Sagar Preet Hooda said Ashutosh and Ankush Khanna’s involvement was established through CCTV footage, call records, and interrogation of the arrested accused
Updated on Jan 05, 2023 03:38 PM IST
‘Murder charge may be invoked against Sultanpuri accused’: Police
The 20-year-old victim, identified as Anjali Kumari, was allegedly hit by the car on Shani Bazar Road in Sultanpuri, when she was returning home on a scooter with a friend.
Updated on Jan 04, 2023 01:50 AM IST
No evidence of sexual assault in autopsy, cops quiz pillion rider
The post-mortem examination of a 20-year-old woman, whose death on New Year’s Day triggered outrage, revealed no injuries suggesting sexual assault, police said on Tuesday.
Updated on Jan 04, 2023 01:03 AM IST
Statement of woman seen with 20-year-old before being dragged under car recorded
Special police commissioner Sagar Preet Hooda said they now have an eyewitness and that will help them ensure strictest punishment to the accused
Updated on Jan 03, 2023 02:55 PM IST
Police quizzing 2nd woman who was with victim
The police on Monday confirmed that the victim in the Sultanpuri accident case was with another woman before the alleged accident took place on early Sunday morning
Updated on Jan 03, 2023 01:37 AM IST
Outcry, questions over woman dragged by car
Outrage mounted on Monday over the grisly death of a 20-year-old woman who was dragged under a car for at least two hours and found dead on the road in the early hours of New Year’s Day, but niggling questions about the sequence of events that led to the horrific incident continued to trouble investigators.
Published on Jan 02, 2023 11:59 PM IST
Hemani Bhandari and Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Car with drunk men hits woman in Delhi’s Sultanpuri, drags her 7km
A 20-year-old woman was killed after a car hit her scooty and dragged her around for nearly seven kilometres in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri early on Sunday morning, police said.
Updated on Jan 02, 2023 06:02 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Ashram spot check: Flyover far from prepared for closure
As January 1 looms, experts say agencies should delay closing the flyover until all the measures are in place to manage the additional burden.
Updated on Dec 31, 2022 04:47 AM IST
Alok K N Mishra & Sanjeev K Jha
Chaos likely from January 1 as Ashram flyover to shut; scant mitigation steps in place
The flyover, which allows traffic on the crucial Ring Road to bypass cross traffic on Mathura Road, will be shut for 45 days so that it can be linked with an extension built around 50m further
Published on Dec 30, 2022 09:00 AM IST
Alok KN Mishra & Sanjeev K Jha
Building collapses in old Delhi’s Chandni Mahal; 2 killed, 4 hurt
Meanwhile, locals alleged that despite repeated requests, neither the landlady (who reportedly lives in Noida) nor the caretaker of this building, which authorities said is 100 years old, agreed to repair it. This building and the one next to it (reportedly owned by the same person) contain 14 houses in total, locals said.
Updated on Dec 28, 2022 01:09 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Poor conviction in crimes against women in Delhi, shows police data
According to Delhi Police data, the force has the best conviction rate in overall Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes at 85%, compared to the all-India average of 59%, but over the last few years, the conviction rate in crimes against women has actually dropped.
Updated on Dec 19, 2022 03:40 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
AIIMS server attack: Delhi Police seek info on hackers from China
The DCP said the information has been sought to determine the timing of the cyberattack and the location from where the encryption was made. “It will help us decode the matrix of the cyberattack and who was chief of hackers…"
Updated on Dec 19, 2022 04:18 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Bones found in forest Walkar’s: DNA report
The DNA retrieved from bones found in south Delhi forests matched that of Shraddha Walkar’s father, Delhi Police officials said on Thursday, announcing a grim breakthrough that confirms the 27-year-old woman’s death and offers a significant piece of evidence that can nail her alleged killer, Aaftab Poonawala.
Updated on Dec 16, 2022 04:57 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Delhi murder suspect’s water bill cover-up clue: Cops
An outstanding water bill has emerged as a key lead in the grisly Chhattarpur murder case, with police saying on Wednesday that it could help corroborate prime accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala’s statement that he kept the water running while hacking his girlfriend Shraddha Walkar’s body and to clean bloodstains after the act, marking a new turn in a horrific crime that has shocked the country.
Updated on Nov 17, 2022 05:02 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh and Sanjeev K Jha, New Delhi
Delhi murder: Body parts human, blood traces found in flat, say police
Investigators retrieved 13 bone pieces till Monday from spots behind the Chhattarpur Pahadi crematorium where Poonawala allegedly said he dumped parts of Walkar’s body.
Updated on Nov 16, 2022 05:02 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Delhi murder: Both sets of parents were opposed to the interfaith relationship
While Walkar’s father Vikas Madan Walker said he was opposed to the relationship because of the couple’s different faith -- Poonawala is a Muslim and Walkar was a Hindu -- Poonawala’s father, Amin said he feared their relationship would become a communal issue some day
Published on Nov 15, 2022 12:27 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi murder: Police scour Mehrauli, nearby areas for clues to tie open ends
Senior police officers said that the investigation was in the “early stages”, and that they were collecting evidence
Published on Nov 15, 2022 12:27 AM IST
Karn Pratap Singh and Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi murder: Couple met on dating app in 2019, worked in same store
Additional deputy commissioner of police (south) Ankit Chauhan said that Poonawala, during interrogation, confessed to murdering Walkar because she had been asking him to marry her
Updated on Nov 15, 2022 10:44 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Man chops girlfriend into 35 pieces: Police
A 28-year-old man allegedly murdered his girlfriend six months ago, chopped her body into at least 35 pieces for over two days, stored them in a refrigerator for about three months, and dumped the body parts piece by piece in different parts of south Delhi, police said on Monday, claiming to have solved a murder and cover-up that could be among the most gruesome in the Capital’s case files.
Published on Nov 14, 2022 11:54 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha and Karn Pratap Singh, New Delhi
Sukesh case: 82 jail officers to face money laundering charges
Delhi LG VK Saxena has given his approval to the economic offences wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police to probe 82 officials for their alleged involvement in the syndicate being run by conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar from the Rohini Jail.
Published on Oct 20, 2022 12:02 AM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi mass religious conversion: Gautam summoned for questioning today
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator, who was quizzed at his residence on Monday, was forced to resign as the social welfare minister amid the political row over the event
Published on Oct 11, 2022 11:37 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Six-year-old killed by two men in south Delhi to ‘appease deity’
The accused, who have since been arrested, have admitted that they sacrificed the child to please Bhole Baba, their deity, on the sixth day of Navratri that marks the start of Durga Puja, said Chandan Choudhary, deputy commissioner of police, South Delhi
Published on Oct 02, 2022 11:55 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
Delhi Police seize licorice root soaked with heroin from Navi Mumbai port
Police officials aware of the matter said the recovered narcotic was to be brought to Delhi for extraction and further distribution.
Published on Sep 21, 2022 11:46 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha
105 ATM burglaries in Delhi between Oct 2018 and Aug 2022: Police data
According to the Delhi Police data, in 105 cases of ATM break-ins reported between October 2018 and August 31, 108 suspects have been arrested so far. Also, 35 of these suspects had earlier been named as accused in different robbery cases.
Updated on Sep 19, 2022 11:40 PM IST
Sanjeev K Jha