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TopicCrime Branch

Topic: Crime Branch

Ahmedabad cops crack murder of man killed in his sleep, buried in kitchen. It began with a tip-off

A mason from Bihar went missing about a year ago but no complaint was raised. Police have now found a body buried in kitchen floor of the house he lived in with his wife & kids.

‘Unhappy’ father who killed & buried his newborn female twins, arrested. Wished for a male child

The mother has alleged her husband, Neeraj Solanki, had also demanded dowry and harassed her in the past and said her in-laws forced her to undergo sex determination tests.

OBC certificate for Rs 3,500 — how Delhi gang & magistrate made lakhs ‘issuing fake caste certificates’

Four people including executive magistrate (tehsildar) arrested so far. These certificates, according to the police, were even uploaded on the website of Delhi govt's revenue dept.

6 arrests, Rohit Godara named — Mumbai Police tighten net in Salman Khan firing case

All have been slapped with the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

4 yrs since Delhi riots — ‘shoddy probe, erroneous charge sheets’, 183 acquittals & 75 discharges

Lawyers who represented accused say arrests were made hastily and focus was on 'proving a narrative'. Senior cop says probe in all riots cases meticulous, scientific methods used.

How Punjab plans to turn IT, finance, legal experts into investigators to strengthen police

Nearly 800 experts in IT, law, forensics and finance will be taken on board as plainclothes civilian support staff working for the Punjab Investigation Bureau.

Delhi HC orders Crime Branch inquiry against city doctor who ‘helps prisoners get bail’

A Delhi Police inquiry notes that Dr Gajinder Kumar Nayyar has been issuing medical certificates to relatives of accused to help them get bail.

Half of Mumbai’s missing people between 16 & 25 years: RTI

Police data shows that while the number of missing people in the city is increasing, those found have gone down. 

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.