New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Crime Branch successfully dismantled an illegal LPG refilling and hoarding operation in the Bakkarwala area of Nangloi. Acting on specific and credible intelligence, the police conducted a well-coordinated raid that led to the seizure of 96 LPG cylinders, along with vehicles and equipment used in the illicit activity. Three accused persons involved in the racket have been apprehended. According to officials, the illegal operation involved the unauthorized storage, tam…
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New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) In a major crackdown on counterfeit trade, the Western Range-I of the Crime Branch, Delhi Police on Tuesday has busted an organised racket involved in the sale of fake branded garments and accessories. The operation led to a massive seizure of counterfeit goods from a luxury hotel in Vasant Kunj, where a temporary exhibition was being held under the guise of a “discount sale.” According to officials, a huge quantity of counterfeit readymade garments, accessories, foot…
Srinagar, May 5 (IANS) The J&K Police’s Crime Branch said on Tuesday that it has arrested a government employee involved in a fraud case of forgery and illegal appointments.Officials of the Crime Branch Jammu said that the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir has arrested a Health Department employee in connection with a long-pending fraud case involving alleged forgery and illegal appointment.The arrest was made in FIR No. 19/2017, registered under Sections…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) As a devastating fire incident in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar claimed the lives of nine people, fire officials reported that rescue and relief operations were hindered because the fire broke out early in the morning, and the protective grills made it difficult to gain entry and evacuate the occupants. Fire Officer Mukesh Verma, speaking to IANS, stated that 14 fire brigade vehicles rushed to the scene immediately upon receiving the report of the blaze.The information about the fi…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Saturday arrested two robbers involved in a broad daylight robbery and shooting incident in the national capital’s Sunlight Colony area, officials said. The police have also recovered Rs 3.92 lakh of the looted cash, a mobile phone, weapons used in the crime, and the motorcycle deployed during the offence. The accused have been identified as Bijender Yadav (32), a resident of Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh; and Pawan Giri (32), a reside…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested a “desperate” wanted criminal who had been evading arrest for nearly three months in connection with an attempt to murder case registered at Safdarjung Enclave, an official said on Friday.The accused, identified as Nadeem (32), a resident of Jamia Nagar, was wanted in FIR No. 91/2026 dated February 11 under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act. He had been absconding since the day of the in…
Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Human skeletal remains recovered from a house in Vatva’s Qutub Nagar area have led Ahmedabad Crime Branch to a suspected breakthrough in a 35-year-old homicide case dating back to 1992, with investigators now pursuing DNA confirmation to establish the identity of the deceased. The remains were exhumed on Wednesday from a pit nearly 18 feet below the floor of a residential property during an operation carried out with an executive magistrate, Forensic Science Labor…
Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) J&K Crime Branch Kashmir on Thursday said it has filed the chargesheet against an accused for making false promises of land and jobs. A statement by the Crime Branch Kashmir said today, “The Economic Offences Wing Kashmir (EOW) of Crime Branch J&K submitted a chargesheet in case FIR No. 84/2022 under Section 420 RPC against Bashir Ahmad Bhat, son of Abdul Gani Bhat, resident of Astanpora, Tailbal Hazratbal, Srinagar, before the Hon’ble Court of Judge Small C…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A life convict in a 1998 murder case, who was out on bail and failed to surrender after his appeal was dismissed by the Delhi High Court in 2025, has been apprehended by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police, officials said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Mohammad Nawab (52), a resident of Ranjeet Nagar, was convicted in a murder case registered at Daryaganj police station and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, after being released on bail, he absconded when th…
Ahmedabad, April 29 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Wednesday recovered human remains believed to be those of a woman killed in 1992, marking a significant development in a decades-old murder investigation in the Vatva area of the city. Police carried out excavation work using an excavator at a well located near Kumbhar Nagar Chowk in Vatva, where skeletal remains were recovered during the operation.Authorities suspect the remains belong to Farzana, also known as Shabnam, a Mumbai resident …