Crime In India

Police arrests Deepak Boxer: All you need to know about Delhi's most-wanted

Boxer has been heading the infamous Gogi gang after its leader, Jitender Gogi, was shot dead by rivals inside Rohini Court in 2021

Checking rising crime: 8,000 Rajasthan cops round up 2,051 miscreants

In a special campaign launched by the Rajasthan Police in Jaipur and Kota and Churu 2,051 miscreants have been arrested.

Social Justice Council calls for awareness among people to prevent crimes

Lack of awareness in society leads to an increase in criminal activities, said National Human Rights Social Justice Council chairperson Navneet Kaur

Delhi becoming crime capital, need to maintain public order: Sisodia to LG

In view of a murder incident in Baljit Nagar, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday wrote a letter to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena appealing to him to take cognisance of his constitutional duty of maintaining public order. In the letter, he said the crime graph in the city has increased and it seems that Delhi has become the capital of crime. He also mentioned the worsening law and order situation in Delhi. "The constitution has given the responsibility to maintain law and order in Delhi to you (LG) and the police directly reports to you. I request you to kindly pay some attention towards this," Sisodia said in the letter. "If you dedicate some time in streamlining the deteriorating law and order situation in the city then it will benefit the general public of Delhi," he added. Sisodia also listed a number of recent crime incidents that took place in the city. He said two days back some goons battered a youth to death in broad daylight in Baljit Nagar similarly last wee

5 ex-PFI activists booked under UAPA for involvement in unlawful activities

A case has been registered against five activists of the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) for their alleged involvement in unlawful activities after the raids conducted in their premises on October 13. The accused are from Jokatte, Kasba Bengre, Ullal, Kinya and Adyar, police sources said. The activists were charged under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and various sections of the IPC. The accused are being questioned, they said.

Karnataka PSI scam: CID submits 1,406-page chargesheet against ADGP Paul

The CID), probing the PSI scandal in Karnataka, has submitted a 1,406-page charge sheet in the court against jailed senior IPS officer ADGP Amrit Paul, the agency sources stated

10 yrs after Nirbhaya case, Delhi still most unsafe; are policies failing?

Delhi has a unique situation where the police report to the central government rather than the state government

Assam govt to close around 300,000 petty crime cases for less judicial load

The Assam government has decided to withdraw around three lakh petty crime cases to reduce the load on the judiciary, a minister said. Addressing a press conference after a Cabinet meeting here on Sunday, Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said lakhs of petty cases are pending across the state. "We have decided to withdraw around three lakh of the 4.19 lakh petty crime cases, invoking Section 321 of the CrPC. This will reduce the backlog of cases and decongest jails," he said. The government will soon issue instructions and detailed standard operating procedures to the public prosecutor for filing appropriate petitions on the next dates of the respective cases, a Cabinet communiqu said. The Cabinet also approved the Assam State Policy for Transfer of Development Rights for streamlining the process of land acquisition for the redevelopment of inner-city zones. The government also gave its nod to the Assam State Transit Oriented Development Policy to build planned sustainable urb

What is NAFIS?

Did you know we have an infallible technology that can help in tracking and catching lawbreakers? A database of fingerprints is being created by the government. Our next report tells more

Is wearing a seat belt mandatory while travelling in the rear seat?

Under Rule 138 (3) of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, a person "seated in the front seat or the persons occupying front facing rear seats" is required to wear seat belts

Assam reported highest number of sedition cases in 2021, Haryana second

Assam was followed by Haryana with 42 cases reported in the last eight years. Jharkhand and Karnataka followed Haryana with 40 and 38 cases respectively

Victim knows the offender in over 95 per cent rape cases in India: Report

A total of 65,025 such cases were reported in 2021, and 96.8 per cent of the victims in these cases knew the rapist beforehand, the NCRB report revealed

82 murders a day, 11 kidnappings, abduction every hour in 2021: Govt data

An average of 82 people were murdered daily across India in 2021, while more than 11 kidnappings were reported every single hour during the year, according to latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. The rate of murder per one lakh population was highest in Jharkhand, while that of kidnapping and abduction in Delhi, NCRB's 'Crime in India 2021' report showed. A total of 29,272 cases of murder involving 30,132 victims were registered during 2021, showing a marginal increase of 0.3 per cent over 2020 (29,193 cases), showed the NCRB, which functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs. While 1,01,707 cases of kidnapping and abduction involving 1,04,149 victims were registered during 2021, showing an increase of 19.9 per cent over 2020 (84,805 cases), nearly a lakh were "recovered" too, during the year, the data showed. Among the top five states reporting murders were Uttar Pradesh (3,717 cases, 3,825 people), Bihar (2,799 cases, 2,826 people), Maharashtra (2,330 cases, 2,381

Cybercrime against women up 28% since 2019, Karnataka's share highest: NCRB

Five states account for 61% of country's total such incidents in 2021

K'taka police submits chargesheet in law student sexual harassment case

Karnataka police have submitted a chargesheet against accused senior advocate K.S.N. Rajesh, in connection with the sexual harassment case filed against him by a law student, police said on Friday.

Three held for tearing SI's uniform, opening fire at cops in UP's Mathura

Three people have been arrested here on Friday for attacking policemen, who had arrived to give a 'notice' related to a bypoll for the post of a village head, an official said. They tore a sub-inspector's uniform, opened fire at the policemen and pelted stones at them in Paigaon village under Shergarh police station area, the official said. Superintendent of Police (rural) Shrish Chandra identified the arrested men as Mohan, his brother Chandrapal and nephew Yuvraj. The exact cause for the attack on policemen was not revealed but the SP said Mohan got infuriated as sub-inspector Arjun Rathi and constable Sandeep Kumar reached his house to give the notice and he began hurling abuses at them. He then called Chandrapal and Yuvraj, who were inside the house. Subsequently, three to four women also came out of the house and they allegedly began beating the police. Mohan snatched the notice and tore it. He also tore SI Rathi's uniform, the SP said. According to Rathi, Chandrapal tried

Centre committed to achieve 90% conviction rate in crime cases, says Shah

The home ministry is committed to achieving the conviction rate of up to 90 per cent and providing a citizen-friendly and effective criminal justice system in the country: Shah

'More one-stop centres in districts with high crime rate against women'

Talking to reporters later, Irani said the states have expressed their willingness to cooperate in implementing the schemes

UP elections: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav says crime control his top agenda

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has finally sent out a strong and clear message that crime control will be the top agenda for the Samajwadi Party if it forms the government after the Assembly elections.

Crime rate dropped in UP during past 5 years under Yogi-govt: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday said that the crime rate has reduced in Uttar Pradesh during the past five years under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.