New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has granted regular bail to advocate B. Mohanraj, an accused in the Rs 200 crore extortion case allegedly orchestrated by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, holding that his continued incarceration as an undertrial was unwarranted despite the stringent bail restrictions under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).Allowing the bail plea, a single-judge Bench Justice Prateek Jalan observed that Mohanraj had spent nearly four years a…
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New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Two alleged shooters of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, each carrying a reward of Rs one lakh, were killed in an encounter with a joint team of the Haryana Special Task Force (STF) and the Delhi Police Special Cell near the Balaur bypass in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh on Sunday, officials said.A constable sustained serious injuries during the exchange of fire and was referred to a higher medical centre for treatment, while four other police personnel escaped unhurt after bullets …
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Pressure has been mounting on Dawood Ibrahim as Indian security agencies have dismantled several modules linked to his network in recent months. In response, Pakistani handlers are believed to have recalibrated their approach, with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) seeking to divert attention from Dawood and reduce the scrutiny surrounding him.Investigators found that the name of Pakistan-based gangster Abid Jatt surfaced repeatedly during the probe into recent recr…
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…
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 …