Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday slammed the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and held his liquor ban responsible for Tuesday's attack on a police team by the liquor mafias that led to the death of a police inspector.
The incident happened on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, when Begusarai's Naokothi Police Station received information that liquor was being transported in a car. As the police team tried to stop the car, the smugglers increased its speed and hit the inspector and others,
Tension gripped Pedanandipadu of Guntur district after a clash erupted between factions of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YCRCP) on Monday night.
Jammu Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Shakti Pathak said on Tuesday that police are conducting searches at various locations in the city against people for providing documents and plots to those who have come from outside, a reference to Rohingya's, non-citizens of the country.
The Karnataka Director General and Inspector General of Police, to further boost the action against narcotics and drugs in the state, have directed all the Commissioners of Police and District Superintendents of Police in the state to take up a massive public awareness programme against the
"Four suspects have been taken into custody and an intensive search of the surrounding area is being done by the CRPF, Cobra and District Force," the police added.
DIG UR took a detailed briefing from every officer present in the meeting regarding their preparation for better crowd management and security arrangements during the yatra.
The Inspector General (IG) of Bikaner range, Om Prakash said that looking at four of the bodies, it seems to be a case of hanging. However, he said that the police would ascertain anything only after the postmortem.
Weighing in on the continuing drive against the drug menace, Punjab's Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Headquarters, Sukhchain Singh Gill, on Monday said while the sightings of drones laden with suspected contraband and narcotics have in increased, the recoveries have also gone up.
An inspector of the mines department and five home guard jawans were seriously injured allegedly after being attacked by a gang of sand mafias during a joint raid in Bihar's Kishanganj district on Wednesday.
Condoling the death of a police officer in a terrorist attack, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief RR Swain on Thursday vowed to have stronger resolve in fighting terrorism in the Union Territory.