Gandhinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) The Gujarat government’s Home Department has issued a circular mandating that no police first information report (FIR) would be registered directly against a serving government officer or employee without a preliminary inquiry, officials said. According to the circular, if a complaint is received at a police station against a government officer or employee, the police will be required to conduct an initial verification of facts and circumstances instead of immediately r…
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Jammu, Jan 20 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Reasi district said on Tuesday that it has cracked down on violations of SDM’s orders and multiple people have been booked for the defiance. An official said that District Police Reasi has intensified its enforcement drive to ensure strict compliance with tenant verification rules and lawful directions.During a verification drive at Daba Morh, Police Post Banganga found tenants staying without mandatory verification at the shed of Chain Singh, son of …
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 13 (IANS) In a major development in the Sambhal violence case, a local court has ordered the registration of an FIR against 12 police personnel, including Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anuj Chaudhary. The order was passed by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Vibhanshu Sudhir.The case relates to allegations of police firing during violence in Sambhal, in which a 24-year-old youth was reportedly shot and seriously injured. The order follows a pet…
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) A church in Raiwind area of Pakistan’s Punjab province came under attack recently as a person forcibly entered the Christian place of worship and carried out an act of destruction that has sparked fear among Christian community in the country. Religious leaders and community representatives have demanded stronger protection for places of worship and accountability for those who carry out these hate-driven acts, a report has stated. According to details mentioned in the Fi…
Bengaluru, Jan 8 (IANS) In a major development, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged incident of assault and stripping of a BJP woman party worker in Karnataka’s Hubballi and sought a detailed Action Taken Report (ATR) within five days from the state police chief. The official statement in this regard stated, “The National Commission for Women has taken a suo motu cognisance of a disturbing viral video from Hubballi, Karnataka, showing a fem…
Bengaluru, Jan 8 (IANS) Referring to the BJP’s criticism over the alleged assault and stripping case involving a woman worker, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said the party should not indulge in politics in the name of a woman and that the government stands by the statement issued by the police department. He said the police have clarified that the BJP woman worker stripped herself while being arrested and created a ruckus.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Thursday, Parameshwara s…
Jabalpur, Jan 3 (IANS) A minor dispute at a popular sweet shop in Jabalpur’s Kamaniya Gate area escalated into a major commotion, leading to protests by members of the Jain community and a police lathi-charge to disperse the crowd.The incident originated at the renowned Sweet shop, located near the historic Kamaniya Gate in the Kotwali police station jurisdiction on Friday night.Complainant Rajkumar Jain, a local businessman, alleged that he visited the shop with his parents and relatives to pur…
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has quashed a criminal case, including charges under the SC/ST Act, arising from alleged irregularities in land allotments made more than two decades ago and related revenue proceedings. Allowing a criminal appeal, a single-judge Bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav observed that a mere reference to Scheduled Caste land or the caste status of the informant is insufficient to attract the provisions of the special law.Justice Yadav held that the ca…
Jaipur, Dec 30 (IANS) In a major development in the Udaipur gang rape case, police have sent three accused — including the CEO of an IT company — to judicial custody after the completion of their remand period, officials said on Tuesday.The case relates to the alleged gang rape of a female IT company manager in a moving car within the Sukher police station limits.As part of the investigation, police have collected voice samples of all three accused to verify audio recordings recovered from a d…
Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) Maharashtra NCP chief and MP Sunil Tatkare on Saturday described the incident of murder in Khopoli of Mangesh Kalokhe (45) as “extremely condemnable” and demanded that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident.Kalokhe, a former councillor and the husband of Manasi Kalokhe, the newly elected Shiv Sena councillor from Ward No. 3, was killed in Khopoli in Raigad district.Tatkare urged the Chief Minister to widen th…