Mumbai, June 3 (IANS) In a joint operation by the Delhi Police Special Cell and the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), a 26-year-old Huzaifa Farooq Ahmed Hashmi was arrested from Bhayandar, near Mumbai, in connection with an alleged Pakistan-based ISI and Mumbai underworld module case, officials said on Wednesday.Following his arrest, Hashmi was produced before a court in Thane. During the hearing, the judge reportedly asked the accused whether he knew why he had been arrested. According to…
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out extensive search operations in Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar area in connection with the murder case of Chandranath Rath, the PA of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, officials said on Saturday.Chandranath Rath was killed earlier this month, and the investigation into the case is currently being handled by the CBI.According to officials, the raids were conducted jointly with a team from the Delhi Police Special Cell…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has granted regular bail to an accused booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, holding that the failure of the investigating agency to furnish written “grounds of arrest” violated the constitutional safeguards guaranteed under Article 22(1) of the Constitution.A single-judge Bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani, while allowing the bail plea of one Brijesh Kothia, said the requirement of informing an arrestee abou…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Delhi Police Special Cell on Saturday revealed that it had arrested four youths from three states for online radicalising and recruiting others with the aim to establish an Islamic state through ‘jihad’, officials said. According to police, a connection to the Red Fort blast was also established, which had claimed 11 lives and injured several others.One of the accused had visited various sensitive installations including the Red Fort in Delhi in December 2025. He a…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested two associates of the notorious Hashim Baba gang in separate operations, including an absconding shooter wanted in a murder case. Officials recovered two loaded semi-automatic pistols and 11 live cartridges from their possession, police said. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Praveen Kumar Tripathi, the arrests were made by the New Delhi Range team of the Special Cell as part of ongoing efforts to curb organised crime …
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) A 22-year-old unemployed youth from Odisha’s Bhubaneswar has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell in connection with alleged online radicalisation activities linked to social media platforms, officials said on Saturday.According to a joint press statement issued by Suresh Dev Datta Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police of Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate, the accused has been identified as Sheikh Imran alias S.K. Imran, the son of Sheikh Amir and a resident…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday sent Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Shabir Ahmed Lone to five days’ police custody in connection with the Metro poster case. The Patiala House Court allowed the plea of the Delhi Police Special Cell, which had sought five days’ custody of Lone to further interrogate him and unravel the larger conspiracy behind the recently busted terror module.Lone was produced before the court earlier in the day amid tight security.During the hearing, the …
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Delhi Police Special Cell on Monday arrested Shabir Ahmed Lone, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist and handler of a recently busted module linked to the Metro poster case, officials said. According to Special Cell officials, Lone was apprehended late Sunday night from the Ghazipur area by a dedicated team under the supervision of DCP Praveen Pathi.The arrest comes weeks after a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) complaint on February 8 at the Supreme Court Met…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) A member of the notorious Rajesh Bawania gang was arrested after being injured in an encounter with the police in Delhi’s Bawana area, officials said on Thursday.The operation was carried out by the Delhi Police Special Cell, which targeted members of the Rajesh Bawania gang, a criminal network that has remained on the radar of law enforcement agencies for a long time due to its involvement in serious offences.During the action, police teams confronted Ankit Mann, a known…