Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday suspended nine policemen, including a Sub-Inspector, in connection with the death of a terror suspect Khalid Mujahid while being taken to Lucknow jail after a hearing on May 18.
Nine policemen, including Sub-Inspector Ram Avadh, seven constables and a driver have been suspended with immediate effect, an official spokesman said here.
Khalid Mujahid, an accused in serial blasts that had rocked Lucknow and Faizabad courts in November 2007, died on May 18 after he fell sick and fainted near Barabanki border while being escorted to Lucknow jail after a court hearing.
He was rushed to a district hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. Later, the state government, on the demand of the family of the deceased, has recommended a CBI inquiry into his death....
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09:15 AM, May 22, 2013
Lucknow: Forty-two Uttar Pradesh policemen, including some top officers, have been booked for the alleged murder of Khalid Mujahid, an accused in the serial blasts in the state in 2007. Mujahid died while he was being taken to a Lucknow prison from Barabanki. The state government has ordered a high-level probe in the case. Among the police officers booked are DGP (Training) Brij Lal and former DGP Vikram Singh. Police...
10:08 AM, May 19, 2013
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a CBI investigation into the alleged custodial death of a youth in the Dhaniakhali police station area in Hooghly district. Passing the order on a PIL seeking a probe by the central agency, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Joymalyo Bagchi directed that the CBI investigate the death of Kaji Nasiruddin on January 18. The bench directed the...
03:24 PM, May 13, 2013
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the death of a Trinamool Congress activist in police custody in January. 30-year-old Kazi Nasiruddin, a TMC activist, had died after he was allegedly tortured by the police. He had been arrested following a face-off with the police over a car parking issue and taken to the police station. He was later on taken to the...
01:55 PM, May 13, 2013
Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's case will be heard in a Jamnagar court on Tuesday. The local court had earlier framed charges of murder and other offences against him in a 22-year-old case of custodial torture. Recently, Sanjiv Bhatt's wife Shweta Bhatt given a poll ticket by the Congress against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the coming elections. ...
10:40 AM, Dec 04, 2012
Ahmedabad: Suspended Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt who says that he has been targeted by Chief Minister Narendra Modi has alleged that evidence related to the 2002 Gujarat riots has been selectively destroyed and hence an inquiry should be ordered into the same. "These are state control room records, state intelligence bureau control room records which reflect as to how the situation developed, what information came in, what instructions were...
08:02 AM, Nov 10, 2012
Jamnagar: In a major setback to suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, a local court on Thursday filed charges against him and six policemen who are accused in the 1990 Khambalia custodial death case. The Gujarat High Court had on October 23 rejected the petitions of the accused policemen challenging the Jamnagar sessions court's earlier order of dismissing their discharge applications in the case. The High Court had also directed the...
06:53 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The CBI Special Court here on Monday granted bail to seven policemen who are accused in the case of custodial death of Udayakumar at Fort police station. Former officers attached to the Fort police station - Jitu Kumar, Sreekumar, Soman, T K Haridas, E K Sabu, V P Mohanan and T Ajith Kumar - were granted bail. Among them, T K Haridas and E K Sabu were Circle Inspectors....
03:06 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Hamirpur: An irate mob protesting the alleged custodial death of a person in Hamirpur turned violent on Saturday with people laying siege of the police station and resorting to brick-bating and arson. Police had to use tear gas shells to control the mob, which had gheraoed the police station, to bring the situation under control. The mob was protesting against death of one Baddal Khan, who was allegedly murdered in...
03:45 PM, Aug 04, 2012
Gwalior: Madhya Pradesh DGP has ordered arrest of eight policemen for the alleged custodial death of a person in Gwalior in 2011. DGP Nandan Dube, after reviewing the case, ordered that all the accused policemen be arrested and chargesheeted, police sources said on Tuesday. Government Railway Police (GRP) had arrested one Sunil Rajawat on July 19, 2011 in connection with a theft case. He was allegedly beaten up in custody...
03:07 AM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: A Jammu and Kashmir court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI probe into the death of of the National Conference (NC) worker Haji Yousuf. The plea was filed by the son of slain NC worker Yousuf. The family of the deceased claims Yousuf died after he was beaten up at J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence. The court said that it cannot direct a CBI inquiry...
12:16 PM, Nov 01, 2011
Srinagar: Embattled Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will make a bid to clear his name in the mysterious death of National Conference Party worker Haji Yusuf. His government is set to make public the details of the forensic report that was prepared by the Government Medical College in Srinagar. Sources say the report rules out poisoning or injuries to be the cause of the death, but a heart...
07:42 AM, Oct 10, 2011
Srinagar: In a sharp counter-attack against opposition PDP, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday dubbed the party as "utterly irresponsible" and told it bluntly that he was not "going to be caged in" by their "vicious" campaign for his ouster. "They have always been uncomfortable with me. They have never loved the idea of my being the Chief Minister," Omar said in answer to questions on PDP's...
03:03 PM, Oct 08, 2011
Srinagar: The mysterious death of National Conference worker Haji Yusuf continues to cause trouble for Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The Opposition is now accusing his father Union Minister Farooq Abdullah of selling ministries and Assembly tickets. A key witness in the NC worker's death case Salem Reshi had said, "When Omar told him to give back money to Mohammad Yusuf, he insisted he will speak to Farooq...
07:00 AM, Oct 08, 2011
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir IGP (Crime) Raja Aijaz Ali on Friday claimed that he has never made any statement regarding torture of Haji Saeed Yusuf at the residence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's residence. National Conference worker Yusuf died in police custody after he was allegedly handed over to the police by Omar Abdullah. Yusuf's son Talib Hussain on Thursday claimed that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) told him...
01:51 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: Trouble mounts for Omar Abdullah in the case of controversial and mysterious death of the National Conference worker in police custody after victim Haji Saeed Yusuf's son Talib Hussain directly implicated the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister. Hitting out at the Chief Minister, Hussain accused him of hiding the truth about his father's death and demanded a CBI probe. Hussain has even claimed to have seen torture marks...
07:56 AM, Oct 07, 2011
Srinagar: The PDP on Wednesday took to streets in Srinagar to protest against the alleged custodial death of a ruling National Conference worker with party president Mehbooba Mufti warning of a "long battle". Several PDP legislators and hundreds of party workers marched from the party headquarters to Lal Chowk through Residency Road. They held a sit-in at Regal Chowk after riot police stopped them. The opposition party is demanding the...
05:02 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: Politics hit a new low in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday as a PDP MLA threw a fan at the State Assembly Speaker while protesting the death of an National Conference (NC) worker in police custody. The Speaker in return allegedly abused the MLA. And as the heat rose in the Assembly, the state government tried to douse the fire, clarifying the NC worker died of a heart...
09:24 PM, Oct 03, 2011
Srinagar: The ruling National Conference government in Jammu and Kashmir is on the backfoot following the death of a party worker in police custody. The victim's family has been alleging foul play and the Opposition has been demanding Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's resignation. Two days after the death of National Conference party worker Saeed Yousuf in police custody, the government top brass has come out to defend Omar Abdullah. It...
11:05 PM, Oct 02, 2011
Srinagar: The ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir is on the backfoot over the custodial death of one of its party workers. The man died in custody after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah turned him in for allegedly taking money to fix ministerial berths. Omar has ordered a probe into the worker's death. However, the Opposition PDP demanded Omar's resignation on Saturday. The Jammu and Kashmir government has hit back...
05:56 PM, Oct 02, 2011
