Category: Law & Order

Gonda: District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan and Superintendent of Police Abhishek chaired a Central Peace Committee meeting at the District Panchayat Auditorium to review arrangements for the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi, idol immersion and Durga Puja festivals. Members of peace committees, prominent citizens, religious event organisers and officials attended the meeting. Discussions focused on idol installation sites, procession routes, immersion locations, timings, expected crowds and coordination between organisers and the administration. Officials directed organisers to follow prescribed rules and permissions, avoid unauthorised route changes and adhere to scheduled timings. Security arrangements, traffic…

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Lucknow: In a heartwarming reunion, the Lucknow Police helped a 55-year-old woman reunite with her son after nearly nine years of separation. The emotional meeting was facilitated through a video call, after which the son travelled from Surat to Lucknow to take his mother home. The woman, identified as Ratan Ben, had been sitting near Balu Adda Chauraha in Lucknow for two days. She reportedly remained at the same spot, often sitting in the sun. On the third day, personnel from the Hazratganj police station approached her and tried to…

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Gonda: Superintendent of Police Railway Lakshmi Niwas Mishra conducted the annual inspection of the Government Railway Police (GRP) police station in Gonda on Wednesday and issued directions to personnel regarding passenger security and police preparedness. During the inspection, Mishra visited the CCTNS office, malkhana, lock-up, armoury and police station office. He reviewed official records and assessed the functioning of various sections, issuing necessary instructions to the concerned personnel. At the armoury, he inspected the condition of weapons, helmets, body protectors, batons and riot-control equipment. Keeping passenger safety in mind, he…

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Two suspects detained as police search for key accused in Nigohan case LUCKNOW: Lucknow Police have intensified their investigation into an alleged incident in which a young man was reportedly held captive and blood was extracted from his hand during an attempt to recover mobile phone instalments in Nigohan. The case came to light after allegations that Nawal was subjected to the extreme act in connection with an outstanding mobile EMI payment. Following intervention by senior police officials, a case was registered on Monday evening and the complainant underwent a…

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Lucknow: Kaisarbagh police arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a theft case and recovered a stolen car along with jewellery, a wristwatch, a bowl and five parts of a Canon camera, police said. The action was carried out under the direction of West Zone Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Dhananjay Singh Kushwaha. A police team led by Kaisarbagh Inspector Anjani Kumar Mishra arrested the accused and recovered the items from his possession. The arrested man has been identified as Shuaib alias Rehan, 23, originally from Bahraich and currently residing…

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Lucknow: Nagaram police in Lucknow’s South Zone arrested two wanted accused against whom non-bailable warrants (NBWs) had been issued for allegedly failing to appear before the court on scheduled dates for a prolonged period. According to police, the arrests were made on September 13 as part of an ongoing drive to apprehend accused persons facing warrants issued by the courts. A police team was formed to trace and arrest the two accused, who were subsequently apprehended from their respective residences. The arrested accused have been identified as Vasudev, 46, son…

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New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has secured the return to India of Harnek Singh, a long-absconding accused wanted in a financial fraud case dating back to 2013. Singh, against whom an Interpol Red Notice and a Look-Out Circular (LOC) were in force, was deported from the United States and taken into custody by CBI officials after arriving at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. The CBI had registered a case in Delhi in 2016 involving allegations of conspiracy, cheating, forgery and the use of forged documents…

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GONDA: Gonda District Magistrate Priyanka Niranjan and Superintendent of Police Abhishek conducted a briefing for police personnel deployed for the Kajari Teej festival at the Reserve Police Lines in Gonda on Saturday. The officers issued detailed instructions to ensure the festival passes peacefully and safely amid the expected influx of devotees. Kajari Teej will be celebrated across Gonda on September 13 and 14. Large numbers of devotees from rural and urban areas of Gonda, as well as remote areas of neighbouring districts including Balrampur, Bahraich, Shravasti and Ayodhya, are expected…

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Gonda: A joint team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Crime Intelligence Branch, Bachpan Bachao Andolan Committee, Gorakhpur, and Aparajita Social Committee, Bahraich, rescued around a dozen minor children from a train in Gonda, who were allegedly being taken from Motihari in Bihar to Pehowa in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district to work at a rice mill. Two persons accompanying the children have been arrested in connection with the suspected child trafficking and child labour case. Acting under the direction of the Principal Chief Security Commissioner, Gorakhpur, and Senior Divisional Security Commissioner,…

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New Delhi: A letter issued by the Delhi Police nearly three months before the deadly building collapse in Satya Niketan has brought renewed attention to safety concerns in the area. The letter, sent to the Mehrauli Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), had reportedly warned about fire safety risks in paying guest accommodations and cafes and urged prompt action. The warning followed an investigation into a devastating fire at a bed-and-breakfast establishment in Hauz Rani that claimed 23 lives. On June 17, around two weeks after the fire, the Station House Officer of…

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