Gandhinagar, July 27 (IANS) The Gujarat Police’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) has seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and beer worth over Rs 48.35 lakh during a prohibition raid in Kutch district, with the total value of seized property reaching Rs 78.57 lakh, officials said on Monday. According to the State Monitoring Cell, the operation was carried out under the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) G.S. Malik as part of the ongoing crackdown on illegal liquor and gambling activit…
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Chandigarh, July 27 (IANS) A Punjab BJP delegation led by the party’s National President of the Central Valmiki Sabha India, Gejja Ram Valmiki, on Monday met the Governor of Punjab and submitted a memorandum seeking justice for sanitation workers who were cane-charged by police during a protest in Barnala town.In the memorandum, Valmiki, a former Chairman of the Punjab Safai Karamchari Commission, said the peaceful protest by ‘safai karamcharis’, demanding legitimate rights, was met with a…
Agartala, July 27 (IANS) The probe into the “mysterious” death of Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag gathered pace as the state police authority expanded the inquiry team from three to ten members to expedite the high-profile investigation, officials said on Monday. The body of Anurag, a 1994-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Tripura cadre, was found under mysterious circumstances in the washroom attached to his official chamber at the state police headquarters here o…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint alleging that the Punjab Police used excessive force and resorted to an unwarranted lathi-charge on sanitation workers, including women, who were protesting in Barnala over service regularisation, wage enhancement and job security.A Bench presided over by Member Priyank Kanoongo has issued notices to the Punjab Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP), directing them to inqui…
Gandhinagar, July 24 (IANS) Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) Gyanendra Singh Malik on Friday said that the state’s police and civil administration were continuing to work in coordination to support flood relief and rescue operations as parts of Gujarat remained affected by extremely heavy rainfall, with authorities maintaining a high level of preparedness despite conditions beginning to improve in some districts. Malik reviewed the rainfall situation and ongoing rescue efforts at the Sta…
Chandigarh, July 24 (IANS) In a significant administrative action in connection with the alleged use of force against protesting sanitation workers in Barnala, the Punjab government has suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Satbir Singh Bains. The action comes after National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) Vice‑Chairperson Hardeep Singh Gill took suo motu cognisance of the incident and directed the Punjab government to submit a factual report within seven days.In his communic…
Agartala, July 24 (IANS) Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) on Friday constituted a three‑member team to probe the “mysterious” death of former Director General of Police Anurag, whose body was found at the state police headquarters here on July 20, officials said. An order issued by the office of the DGP said that Superintendent of Police (West Tripura) Namit Pathak would head the probe team. Additional Superintendent of Police (Urban), West Tripura, Dhruba Nath, and Sub‑Inspector…
Jaipur, July 24 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police’s newly launched e-Zero FIR system for cyber financial fraud has shown immediate results, with seven e-Zero FIRs registered within the first 18 hours of its implementation, officials said on Friday. The initiative, introduced under the direction of Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Kumar Sharma, enables the automatic registration of e-Zero FIRs in cyber fraud cases involving Rs 1 lakh or more, allowing police to initiate legal action without delay…
Gandhinagar, July 24 (IANS) More than 38,600 people have been moved to safer locations and over 5,500 stranded residents rescued as Gujarat continues large-scale relief and rescue operations in response to widespread heavy rainfall, with emergency teams, the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force and the Indian Coast Guard deployed across the state’s worst-affected districts.According to the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar, 38,653 people have been evacuated to safer places dur…
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the Director General of Police (DGP) Sadanand Date and the Mumbai Commissioner of Police (CP), alleging widespread illegal detentions, privacy violations, and police high-handedness against young students across the city in particular and also rest of Maharashtra.The Congress has demanded an immediate and unconditional release of all detained students, complete withdrawal of all “fabric…