New Delhi: A constable of Delhi Police was arrested here for allegedly raping a homeless woman inside New Delhi railway station on Wednesday, police said. Police sources said the incident took place within the premises of the railway station and Constable Pintu Kumar, posted with Railway Police, was arrested in the morning. A case has been registered. ...
09:01 AM, Sep 06, 2012
Panaji: Two police constables have been suspended for allegedly misbehaving with two local girls on Sunday night at Dona Paula jetty, a famous tourist spot here. The duo - Gaurish Matonkar and Gajanan Chari " attached to the police control van were suspended after the girls filed a formal police complaint against them. They alleged that the constables misbehaved with them, when they were returning from a friend's birthday party...
09:46 AM, Sep 05, 2012
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notices to Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with an alleged case of police atrocity in Allahabad. The Commission sought a report from Director General of Police (UP) and Senior Superintendent of Police (Allahabad) within four weeks. According to report, the NHRC spokesperson said, a constable gave a severe beating to a fruit vendor when he expressed his inability to...
11:02 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Mumbai: A Mumbai police constable has come under fire for defying protocal and greeting MNS chief Raj Thackerary during Tuesday's rally. Constable Pramod Tawde shocked everyone by not only greeting the MNS chief with flowers but also addressing the media and openly criticising senior police officials including Commissioner Arup Patnaik over an old case. Tawde is believed to be suffering from a mental condition. He could face departmental action once...
09:17 AM, Aug 22, 2012
Chandigarh: An under-training deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of Haryana Police, his father and brother were arrested on Monday for allegedly assaulting a Chandigarh police head constable here, police said. Adarshdeep Singh, his father Gurmeet Singh and brother Gagandeep Singh were arrested following a complaint by Chandigarh police head constable Dilawar Singh. The three men allegedly beat up the head constable and tore his uniform following an argument over parking...
10:38 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Shillong: A Meghalaya Police battalion instructor was removed from duty after he made two recruit constables drink the urine of fellow trainees, police here said. The state government on Saturday said strong action will be taken against the accused, if found guilty. "This kind of inhuman punishment is not allowed to be taken by anyone whether in the police force or anywhere," Meghalaya Home Minister HDR Lyngdoh said. On Sunday,...
02:57 AM, Aug 12, 2012
Nashik: A police constable has been booked for allegedly molesting a five-year-old girl in Dwarka area of the city, police said on Wednesday. The victim went to the house of traffic police constable Nitin Manohar Bagul on Tuesday to pick up a cloth which had fallen over there. Bagul, in an inebriated state, allegedly called the minor girl inside and molested her. Hearing her screams, the neighbours came to her...
01:23 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Guwahati: A security constable on duty in Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's official residence in Guwahati on Saturday night allegedly shot himself dead, police sources said. Bhaskar Basu, a security constable on duty in the chief minister's official residence at Khanapara area allegedly shot himself dead with his own service rifle in an inebriated condition at around 10.20 pm, the sources said. Senior police officers have rushed to the spot....
01:31 AM, Jul 15, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi Police constable was apprehended after he allegedly threatened to fire from his service revolver inside a Delhi Metro train on Friday night. The constable, identified as Satyendra S Maan, boarded the Metro at Kashmere Gate and got into a tiff with commuters. As Maan was on duty, he was allowed to board the Metro with his official pistol after following the mandatory drill of recording the...
07:57 AM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: A 53-year-old Head Constable was crushed to death when a speeding taxi hit him while he was crossing a road in north-east Delhi, police said on Thursday. Ishwar Dayal, posted in Gandhi Nagar Police Station, was hit by the car in Shastri Park at around 10:30 PM on Wednesday night, a senior police official said. Dayal, who resided in Ghaziabad's Muradnagar, was returning home after his duty when...
12:04 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Kolkata: In West Bengal, 12 deaths were reported on Wednesday due to the intense heat wave, taking the toll to over 90 in just 72 hours. The latest victim was an applicant for the post of a constable. He died after falling unconscious during a physical fitness test in Kolkata. Late Wednesday afternoon, showers brought some relief to the city but the temperature continues to hover above 40 degrees with...
09:06 AM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: A head constable has been crushed to death in Dholpur in Rajasthan. The police suspect the involvement of the local sand mafia. The victim has been identified as 46-year-old Mahendra Singh. A sand-laden truck was found abandoned near the crime scene. It is suspected that it was carrying illegally mined sand. The police has cordoned off the crime scene and were carrying out investigations. No arrests have been...
09:14 AM, May 30, 2012
Lucknow: In the biggest reshuffle till date on a single day, the Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday transferred a whopping 20,324 constables. Officials said the transfers were ordered following a government order of March 20 wherein the new Samajwadi Party government had lifted the ban on posting of constables in areas adjoining their home town. Following the policy reversal, the Uttar Pradesh Police had set rolling a phased option scheme for...
08:44 AM, May 16, 2012
In the first incident of its kind, two women BSF constables shot dead a Pakistani intruder on the India-Pakistan border in Punjab. The incident took place at 1.30 pm on Sunday, April 29, near an observation post at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. The women constables Arti Kaur and Rina Kaur belong to the 74 battalion of the Border Security Force posted at Dera Baba Nanak. Constable...
05:20 PM, May 02, 2012
Kolkata: A police constable named Ashim died earlier on Sunday after being trashed by drunken youth in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas. The incident took place on Holi, March 8, when the constable took on some eve-teasers. Local police say investigations are on and a case has been registered against seven people. ...
03:11 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Two Delhi Police constables have been suspended after they allegedly pushed 66-year-old Anil Kumar after an argument ensued between them and the victim's son. ...
10:12 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Thane: A traffic constable of the Thane district rural police was allegedly bashed up by a rickshaw driver at the Dahisar check post, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place last evening when Ganesh Madhukar Pawar, who was part of the traffic police team deployed to regulate traffic at the crowded Dahisar naka along with officials of RTO was carrying checks when a auto rickshaw driver objected to the...
02:04 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Mumbai: One has often heard of couples indulging in acts of affection being rebuked by police officials for misbehaving. However, the tables were turned when a deputy commissioner closed in on a police jeep only to find that a constable was with a bar girl inside the jeep with a businessman. The incident occurred on Wednesday night when Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone III) Kishore Jadhav was on night duty...
12:15 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Morigaon: Three police constables allegedly filmed a live-in student couple after forcing them to strip and sent the video to local media to "teach them a lesson", a move which triggered a public outrage leading to suspension of the trio in Assam's Morigaon district. "Acting as moral police, the three barged into the rented accommodation of the couple near Morigaon College on August 17 and forced them to strip after...
02:09 PM, Aug 20, 2011
Mumbai: A driver in a white sedan being chased by two cops on bicycles. Half-an-hour into the chase, the two cops on the cycles catch the accused in the car and good overcomes evil. While this would make for the perfect end of a high-adrenaline action movie, this was an incident in real life at Santacruz. Late on Saturday night, head constable Chaganlal Ghule and constable M Lad from Santacruz...
03:26 PM, Jul 28, 2011
