The Mumbai police on Monday arrested the man they claim was the organiser of the violent protests at Azad Maidan in August in the Maharashtra capital. The police arrested Ahmed Raza of an NGO called Madina Tul-Ilm. ...
05:31 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to one more accused in the Azad Maidan riots case observing that attending a rally is not an offence. Akbar Raunak Khan is the fourth accused to be released on bail by the High Court after it granted similar relief to Amin Chaudhary, Umair Rehman Ansari and Nazar Siddiqui, who suffered a bullet injury in his head in the violence, earlier...
01:59 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to three accused in the Azad Maidan violence case. Nazar Siddique, Obair Ansari and Ameen Chaudhari were given bail the court. The court ordered their bail on a surety of Rs 30000 saying that section 302 and 307 of the IPC were not maintainable against them. Nazar Siddique, Obair Ansari and Ameen Chaudhari also claimed to be injured by police bullets...
06:24 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray once again spewed venom against Biharis, calling them "infiltrators" and threatening to drive them out of the state, the newly-appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh on Saturday said that Biharis living in Mumbai are safe. His statement came after Bihar Chief Secretary Navin Kumar wrote a letter to him asking how a Bihar resident was arrested for his alleged involvement...
09:07 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Mumbai: The arrest of those involved in vandalising the Amar Jawan Jyoti in Mumbai during the Azad Maidan protest earlier last month has put the city police in a spot. The Chief Secretary of Bihar has written a letter to the Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh asking how a Bihar resident was arrested without following due process. Singh, who replaced Arup Patnaik in the aftermath of the Mumbai violence, says...
02:05 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Mumbai: The Second accused who desecrated the Amar Jawan Jyoti memorial in Mumbai has been arrested on Thursday. He has been arrested from Mahim in Mumbai. Two other accused have also been arrested. The total tally of arrests have now gone to 55. Earlier three people who had been arrested were let off after they were found to be innocent. The total value of damage caused as of stands at...
07:19 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Mumbai police arrested one of the two accused of desecrating the Amar Jawan Jyoti memorial during the Azad Maidan riot on August 11. ...
11:20 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested one of the two rioters who desecrated the Amar Jawan Jyoti during the Azad Maidan violence on August 11. The two rioters were caught on camera desecrating the flame during the violence. The protestors had gathered at the Maidan to protest against the Assam riots. More details on the arrest are awaited. ...
11:56 AM, Aug 28, 2012
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: MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Monday visited new Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh to greet him, four days after Arup Patnaik was transferred from the post after opposition clamour for his ouster for alleged inept handling of the August 11 violence. Raj also reiterated that home minister RR Patil should resign, saying that not only the police commissioner, but also the state home department was responsible for the alleged...
01:39 AM, Aug 28, 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: Police as well as Maharashtra Home Department had "credible" information about possibility of violence at Azad Maidan during the August 11 protest organised by minority community groups, but they failed to take any step to prevent it, Opposition BJP claimed on Saturday. "A woman residing in suburban Bandra had intimated Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 8 and 9) on August 9 through a letter that she has got credible...
06:04 PM, Aug 25, 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
Pune: Welcoming the transfer of Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik following the August 11 violence in south Mumbai, MNS president Raj Thackeray on again demanded resignation of Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil, who he said was "ignorant" about his department. "People are angry with the way police handled August 11 situation (when protesters gathered to condemn Assam violence attacked police and media). In future, there should be no mismanagement of...
12:25 AM, 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
