Latest Andhra Pradesh Police News & Updates

Hyderabad, June 3 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, has arrested one Nazneen Ansari alias Abeeda in the case of Heera Group and others, involving defrauding investors. The Central agency said in a release on Wednesday that she was arrested on Tuesday under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.ED initiated an investigation based on multiple FIRs registered by Telangana Police and Andhra Pradesh Police against Nowhera Shaik, Heera Grou…

Hyderabad, May 22 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, has arrested Nowhera Shaik, founder of Heera Group of companies from Gurugram, Haryana, in the case relating to defrauding of investors. The arrest was made on Thursday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the ED said in a release here on Friday.She was brought to Hyderabad on Thursday night and produced before the PMLA Court, which remanded her to judicial custody. According to…

Mumbai/New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of all 22 accused, including 21 police personnel, in the alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kauser Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad dismissed the appeals filed by Sohrabuddin’s brothers, Rubabuddin and Nayabuddin, challenging the December 2018 judgment of a special CBI court acquitting all the acc…

Vijayawada, April 6 (IANS) The accused in the Vijayawada terror network case were allegedly working to expand the activities of AQIS and ISIS in India on the direction of foreign handler Al-Hakeem Shukoor, officials said on Monday.Five accused, including a woman, revealed details of their plans during the questioning by Andhra Pradesh Police and the Counter-Intelligence Cell during the last five days.Out of the 12 accused arrested in the case, five were grilled by the officials during the five-d…

Amaravati, March 30 (IANS) Senior Maoist leader Chelluri Narayana Rao alias Suresh, a member of CPI-Maoist’s Central Committee and Secretary of Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee, along with eight other cadres, surrendered before Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday.Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta produced the surrendered Maoists before the media here.A native of the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, Narayana Rao worked in the CPI-Maoist party for about 36 years in variou…

Ballari (Karnataka), March 26 (IANS) A 36-year-old man from Ballari was arrested by Andhra Pradesh Police on charges of spreading extremist propaganda through social media and maintaining links with suspected terrorist networks, police stated on Thursday.The accused, identified as Abdul Salam, a resident of Abdul Kalam Street under the jurisdiction of Kaul Bazaar police station, was taken into custody near Dhara Mill following specific intelligence inputs.Police said a team from Andhra Pradesh t…

Vijayawada, March 24 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested three youths from Vijayawada for their suspected links with terror groups.Counter-Intelligence Cell arrested Mohammad Rahamatullah Sharif, 23, Md. Danish, 27, and Mirza Sohail Baig, 23, for allegedly promoting extremist ideology on social media platforms.The trio are suspected to have links with ISIS and AQIS and allegedly formed ‘Al Malik Islamic Youth’ to radicalise youth. They had allegedly circulated content promoting …

Amaravati, March 9 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday directed Bihar Inspector General of Police, Sunil Kumar Naik, to appear before Andhra Pradesh Police till March 12 for questioning in the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghurama Krishna Raju.While hearing arguments on the anticipatory bail petition, the High Court directed the Bihar cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer to appear before the police for three more days.The police quizzed Naik for th…

Amaravati, March 9 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Police continued the questioning of Bihar’s Inspector General of Police, Sunil Kumar Naik, for the fifth day on Monday in the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghurama Krishna Raju.The Bihar cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer appeared before the police at the CID regional office, where the police team is reported to have recreated the scene. Later, he was taken to Central Crime Station, Guntur, for questioning.Naik was b…

Amaravati, March 6 (IANS) Bihar Inspector General of Police, Sunil Kumar Naik appeared before Andhra Pradesh police for second consecutive day on Friday for questioning in the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghurama Krishna Raju. The Bihar cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer reached Central Crime Station, Guntur at 10 p.m. The questioning will continue till 5 p.m., a police officer said.Sunil Naik is being questioned by a police team by Vizianagaram Superinten…