Notorious criminal Vinay Tyagi, lodged in Uttarakhand's Roorkee Jail under the Gangster Act, was attacked in a sensational incident on Wednesday. The incident occurred when unidentified assailants opened fire on him while he was being taken to the Laksar court in Haridwar for a hearing.
The DGP said the Bhagwant Singh Mann-led state government had constituted the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), headed by ADGP Promod Ban, to effectively curb gangster activity in Punjab.
"People gathered in the nearby village in the wake of Azad Samaj Party President Chandrashekhar Azad's arrival. After that, miscreants threw stones at the police force present there and vandalised vehicles... Now the situation is normal. Adequate police are present here. Action is being take
The team of the Vigilance Establishment on Wednesday arrested the ISBT outpost in-charge Sub Inspector Devendra Khugshal of Patel Nagar police station area in Dehradun red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh.
A wanted criminal carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 was injured in an encounter with Beta-2 police near ATS Gol Chakkar in Greater Noida on Friday, police said.
The injured victim, identified as Jatin Chouhan is a resident of Sundarnagari and was injured after retaliatory firing with the police, as per the police officials.
Afzal Ansari was convicted by the Special Court MP/MLA of Ghazipur in a Gangster Act case and awarded four years in jail. If the Allahabad High Court upholds the lower court's decision, Ansari will lose his membership of the Parliament. He won the Ghazipur seat on a Samajwadi Party ticket i
The arrests follow a stern rebuke from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and have led to further action, including the demolition of illegal properties associated with the suspects.
"After the culprits are booked under the Gangster Act, their property will be attached and auctioned and the money will go to the state exchequer," Uttarakhand Chief Secretary said.
A movable property of worth around Rs 20 lakh belonging to aide of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's son has been attached under the provisions of Gangster Act, police said on Sunday.