Mumbai: A Mumbai court will on Tuesday hear a plea to extend the police custody of 24 people who were arrested in connection with the Azad Maidan violence case. A total of 43 people have been arrested on charges of murder and rioting during the violence that broke out. The protests had been called in to demonstrate against the Assam violence. However, within no time, the march turned violent as...
09:40 AM, Aug 28, 2012
Mumbai: Three people arrested in the Azad Maidan riot case will be discharged on Monday after they were found innocent. A total of 51 people have been arrested in the case so far. Meanwhile, 23 others arrested are set to undergo a medical examination on Monday after they claimed last week that they were beaten up by the police at the Arthur Road prison. The August 11 protest was organised...
05:47 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Mumbai: A retired police officer has come under the scanner following the statement received from an August 11 rioter, who was arrested on August 24. The alleged rioter - Sayyed Mohammed Tabrej - who was arrested from Antop Hill, has claimed that on the eve of the riot, the officer organised a meeting with Bangladeshi nationals at Bangalipura, where he allegedly exhorted them to attend the gathering at Azad Maidan...
11:41 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Mumbai: Twenty three people, who were arrested in connection with the violence at Azad Maidan in Mumbai earlier this month, are set to undergo a medical examination on Monday. The group had moved a local court last week seeking to undergo the check up to validate their claims of being beaten up by the police at the Arthur Road prison where all of them are currently lodged. If the test...
08:14 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Mumbai: It has been over two weeks since violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan claimed two lives and left over 50 injured, including several policemen. Even with the city's police commissioner being transferred recently, the police has still not been able to nab those responsible for planning the violence. The violence is likely to cost the state Home Minister RR Patil his chair in the coming days, but several glaring questions...
06:29 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Mumbai: The accused arrested by the Mumbai police in connection with the Azad Maidan riot case have complained of being beaten up in the prison. As many as 23 accused filed a complaint in this regard with the court of the Metropolitan magistrate. Following the complaint, the court accepted their application for a medical examination. The accused will be examined on Monday. A total of 50 people have been arrested...
05:01 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil is in the line of fire with pressure mounting on the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to remove him from the portfolio. The NCP leadership is of the view that Patil is not in control of the important ministry. NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar had publicly rebuked Patil following the Pune serial blasts on August 2. Patil is also facing criticism for...
06:27 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Mumbai: Two more people have been arrested in connection with the August 11 violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan, taking the total number of people in police custody to 50. The two arrested have been accused of torching an OB van and hitting a police constable with slippers. Mumbai Police has also set up a team of lady police officials including two officers to speak to the women constables who were...
05:28 PM, Aug 24, 2012
For a city which has seen so much bloodletting in recent years, it is rather strange that Mumbai's elite still gets shocked every time the ...
12:10 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Mumbai: Under fire from the opposition over the Azad Maidan violence, the Maharashtra government finally decided to shunt out Mumbai police commissioner Arup Patnaik, replacing him with Satyapal Singh. While Arup Patnaik was ostensibly promoted to DG state security council, the government called it a routine administrative move. However, sources said it was an under fire Home Minister RR Patil, hoping to deflect criticism, who recommended the removal of Patnaik...
09:35 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Mumbai: Five more alleged rioters have been arrested in connection with the Azad Maidan violence in Mumbai, taking the total number of arrests in the case so far to 48, police said on Wednesday. The five were apprehended from the city after they were clearly seen in the CCTV footages indulging in violence at Azad Maidan, police said, but did not divulge their names. During the last two days, 19...
03:31 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik has been transferred, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil said on Thursday. Sources say that Patnaik was shifted for mishandling the Azad Maidan violence. The Maharashtra Home Ministry had recommended Patnaik's transfer early this week. Patnaik has been promoted as the Director General (DG) Maharashtra State Security Council. Senior IPS officer Satyapal Singh has been appointed as the new Mumbai Commissioner of Police, the minister...
01:42 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Mumbai: Every rose has its thorn. Police constable Pramod Tawde learnt this the hard way on Wednesday. The cop - who climbed the podium and gifted Raj Thackeray a yellow rose on Tuesday in front of an applauding crowd, after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief spoke about how policemen, especially the constabulary, had faced the brunt of the mob on August 11 at Azad Maidan - was on Wednesday...
01:15 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has reportedly recommended the transfer of Mumbai Police commissioner Arup Patnaik after the violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan were 2 people died and 45 policemen were injured. On Face the Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - Has political interference undermined morale of police force? Sagarika Ghose: Hi there. The Maharashtra Home Minister has reportedly recommended the transfer of Mumbai...
10:54 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Jamshedpur: In the ongoing crackdown against hate content on social media websites in the wake of the northeast exodus, a former journalist in Jamshedpur was arrested on Thursday for allegedly posting inflammatory messages online. The police seized his computer and hard disk. A probe is on. Meanwhile, 19 more suspects have been arrested in the Azad Maidan violence case. While two of them were produced in court on Wednesday and...
09:16 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has reportedly recommended the transfer of Mumbai Police commissioner Arup Patnaik after the violence at Mumbai's Azad Maidan were 2 people died and 45 policemen were injured. ...
11:59 PM, Aug 22, 2012
The Madhya Pradesh Home Minister has ordered and inquiry into the incident wherein a youth bled to death in a police station in Indore as he was denied medical aid. ...
11:39 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: As many as 19 more alleged rioters have been arrested in connection with the Azad Maidan violence in Mumbai, taking the total number of arrests in the case so far to 43, police said on Wednesday. The 19 people have been arrested since Tuesday evening from various parts of the city, police said adding that two of them, identified as Niyazuddin Shaikh (28) and Mohammed Hussain Ansari (21), were...
06:02 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is in trouble for taking out a protest march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan without police permission. An FIR has been registered at DB Marg police station against MNS General Secretary Shirish Sawant and others for going ahead with the march from Girgaum Chowpatty to Azad Maidan. However, police officials refused to answer when asked if Raj Thackeray's name was also included...
03:45 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: The same Azad Maidan that bore a deserted look during an agitation by Team Anna a month ago was on Tuesday packed to capacity. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray was on stage, spreading his political net wider. Despite restrictions imposed, cops say 63,000 had gathered " 43,000 inside the ground and 20,000 in the vicinity. Raj supporters claimed the number was close to a lakh. His speech...
01:35 PM, Aug 22, 2012
