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Topic: Uttar Pradesh Police

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.

‘IIM grad, Wipro HR V-P’ looking for Miss Right. Many faces of UP man who duped 17 women

Rahul Chaturvedi's run ended when a govt officer lodged FIR for defrauding her of Rs 2.27L. Cops found that he also used to buy phones paid by victims only to sell for quick money.

Ayodhya gangrape case gets murkier with ‘betrayal’ angle, ‘juvenile’ status of BJP leader’s accused son

Ayodhya police have booked local BJP leader’s son as juvenile on basis of Class 5 mark sheet, it is learnt. Family allege cops refused to file FIR at first and main accused is an adult.

UP ex-official ‘who defrauded financial corporation of Rs 35L’ extradited from Switzerland after 26 yrs

Former assistant manager in the UP Financial Corporation Anil Kumar Khanna, whose return the CBI facilitated, has been arrested by UP Police for cheating & criminal conspiracy.

In UP, mother of 3 tied to tree, hair chopped & face blackened after ‘panchayat’ called over ‘affair’

Pratapgarh police say a panchayat was called at the behest of the woman's husband and in-laws, and the punishment was meted out with the tacit approval of the village pradhan, who is now absconding.  

On Camera

7 die daily on Mumbai trains due to overcrowding, trespassing. PAC’s 2017 solutions ignored

It’s extremely disturbing that thousands of precious lives are lost on the Mumbai Suburban network every year. Especially since causes and solutions are well-known.

Three yrs since launch, govt-backed e-commerce network ONDC is a tortoise running with the hares

Built as a novel concept to ‘democratise’ e-commerce in India, ONDC has seen limited success in specific pockets. But it’s still an emerging player in a highly competitive market.

India’s 1st-of-its-kind INS Arnala set to guard coastal waters against submarine intrusions

New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission INS Arnala, the country’s first Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), at Visakhapatnam dockyard on...

India-Pakistan terms of engagement: H-word, M-word & the Trump hyphenation

Return to hyphenation is dreaded because our successive govts have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence big powers used to draw between us and Pakistan. Three things follow.