Days after the murder of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya inside Tihar jail, the authorities have deployed a Quick Response Team (QRT) and spread a net cover on the jail premises in Delhi as a step to ensure that nobody is able to throw in cellphones or anything else inside, said officials.
The instant post-poll violence case was registered by CBI on the allegations that the deceased Abhijit Sarkar was brutally assaulted by the supporters of a political party and succumbed to injuries.
Senior officials of Tihar Jail were also summoned to the meeting and they attended the meeting where committee members asked several questions about the lack of safety and security in Tihar and other jails.
In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another Popular Front of India (PFI) member who was wanted in the gruesome murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Srinivasan in Kerala's Palakkad district in April last year.
A Ghazipur MP/MLA Court on Wednesday acquitted Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari accused in the conspiracy of a murder attempt in the Uttar Pradesh's Mohammadabad area in the district.
In the backdrop of a recent murder of a doctor while on duty by a patient at a government hospital in the state, the Kerala cabinet gives its nod to bring an ordinance that seeks to ensure workplace safety in health care facilities.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by an accused against the conviction and life sentence for kidnapping and murdering a two-year-old girl in the Ranhola area in October 2016.
State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested two absconding terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen involved in the killing of Mirwaiz Farooq in 1990, said Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh on Tuesday.
"The incident happened at 10:50 pm last night (May 15). Dr Irfan Khan, the house surgeon, was attacked. Doyal had come to the medical college for treatment after being injured in the accident," P R Santhosh, Circle Inspector of Police said.