Ahmedabad, July 20 (IANS) A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Monday remanded the three accused in the firecracker factory blast case to seven days’ police custody, allowing investigators to question them until July 27 as they continue probing one of the city’s deadliest industrial accidents in recent years. The accused — factory operator Ramila Dodia, her son Mehul Dodia, and their alleged partner Sadiq Saiyed — were produced before the court after their arrest in connection with the explo…
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Ahmedabad, July 20 (IANS) The death toll in the explosion at an allegedly illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Ahmedabad’s Ramol area has risen to 10 after one of the critically injured victims succumbed to extensive burn injuries at the Civil Hospital in the early hours of Monday.Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Rakesh Joshi said the deceased, identified as Govind Damor, died at 2:15 a.m. after suffering burns over more than 95 per cent of his body. He was originally from…
Ahmedabad, July 19 (IANS) The alleged operator of the illegal firecracker factory where a blast killed nine people in Ahmedabad’s Ramol area has been arrested, police said on Sunday.Police have intensified the investigation and registered a criminal case against those accused of running the unit without the required licences and safety approvals.Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut said the Crime Branch arrested the main accused, Mehul …
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges against eight accused, including Pakistani gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with the IED car bomb blast in the parking area of Ambala’s Baldev Nagar police station in January this year, an official said. Bhatti, wanted in other terrorist cases too, and seven arrested Indian nationals have been chargesheeted under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, BNS 202…
Chandigarh, July 8 (IANS) Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence (CI), Amritsar, has busted an illegal arms and explosives smuggling module with the arrest of three alleged Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) operatives and the recovery of six hand grenades and 12 sophisticated pistols from their possession, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday.Those arrested have been identified as Chintu, Jobanpreet Singh and Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopi, all residents of Kakkar village in…
Ballari, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at the residence of Abdul Nazeer in Karnataka’s Ballari as part of a multi-state operation linked to an alleged terror conspiracy case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).The raids were conducted at Abdul Nazeer’s residence in the Kaul Bazar area of Ballari. NIA officials questioned his parents and other family members regarding his associates and friend circle. The inves…
Lucknow/Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A court in Lucknow on Monday sentenced three terrorists linked to the Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror module Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) to life imprisonment for conspiring to carry out serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country. Special Judge (NIA/ATS) Jitendra Kumar Pandey convicted and sentenced Minhaj Ahmad alias Minhaj, Musiruddin alias Musir alias Raju, and Tauheed Ahmad Shah alias Sobu Shah in the case investigated by the National Investigation…
Chandigarh, April 6 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Counter Intelligence (CI) wing of Punjab Police has busted an ISI-backed terror module being operated by Pakistan Intelligence Operatives by arresting three accused and recovering two Arges hand grenades along with a foreign-made Glock pistol from their possession, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Monday. Those arrested have been identified as Sarabjit Singh, a resident of Ammishah village in Tarn Taran, Bikramjit Sing…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges against two accused, including Pakistani gangster Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with last year’s grenade attack at YouTuber Roger Sandhu’s house in Jalandhar, Punjab, an official said on Thursday. The NIA, which took over the case from the Punjab Police in December 2025, has named Shehzad as an absconder in the supplementary chargesheet filed before a special court.A total of 10 accused have so far been arres…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against six individuals, including three who remain absconding, in connection with the January 2024 Maoist assault on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camps in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. This move adds further weight to the ongoing investigation into one of the most audacious attacks carried out by cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation. The attack, executed with precision …