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TopicUttar Pradesh Police

Topic: Uttar Pradesh Police

Denying permission for annual Neja Mela, Sambhal police point to link with ‘destroyer of shrines’

Additional SP Shirish Chandra seen in video saying fair is held in memory of Masud Ghazi, nephew of Mahmud Ghazni. Organisers say mela has been held at the same venue for 47 years.

UP Police book 2 social media accounts over objectionable videos of women pilgrims at Mahakumbh

The social media monitoring team detected certain platforms were uploading videos of women bathing and changing clothes at the Kumbh in clear violation of their privacy and dignity.

12 Noida cops face charges over ‘fake encounter, torture’ of B.Tech student. What the 2022 case is

In September 2022, police officers allegedly attempted to frame Somesh Gautam, a Mathura resident, in murder-for-money plot. Police, however, maintain encounter was legitimate.

Kasganj SP orders probe after a married man is ‘coerced’ into marrying another woman ‘by local cops’

The man, married for 5 yrs and father to a minor daughter, alleges that the police ignored his marital status & forced him to marry his colleague after a complaint from her mother.

How a 2020 ‘extortion list’ of Mughalsarai police has snowballed into ongoing cop-cop war

Four years after list went viral, FIR was lodged against 18 UP cops in November on Ghazipur CJM's order. Now, police submits report claiming FIR was filed to demoralise force.

SC rap to UP Police puts spotlight on Anurag Dubey, gangster’s brother ‘targeted’ with multiple cases

Anurag Dubey has faced as many as 25 cases, mostly lodged after his brother Anupam was jailed in 2021. SC has pulled up police for 'enjoying power', filing FIRs even in civil cases.

Jharkhand cops went looking for ‘crude oil thief’ in UP’s Mainpuri. He was sitting in Mathura jail

Mainpuri: A police team from Jharkhand landed up in Nagla Puwayan village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district Tuesday. Their mission: to nab alleged ‘crude...

‘Baba Siddique murder conspiracy planned over social media’: What arrested ‘main shooter’ told police

Shiv Kumar Gautam, who was arrested Sunday, was allegedly promised Rs 10 lakh for the murder, besides monthly aid, & communicated with accomplices before & after the crime via Instagram.

Amid ‘fake encounter’ claims, UP DGP issues guidelines, emphasises need for autopsy & photos from site

In letter to senior officers, UP DGP has issued 16 guidelines to be followed in encounter cases. Opposition has alleged that latest encounters in Sultanpur & Bahraich were fake.

Sevadars ‘restrained & pushed devotees’, says Hathras stampede chargesheet; ‘Bhole Baba’ not mentioned

3,200-page chargesheet was filed in court Tuesday against 11 accused under sections including culpable homicide. 'Bhole Baba' yet to be questioned, it is learnt.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.