Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) Five persons, including the owner of a factory, have been arrested in connection with the explosion at a rod manufacturing unit in Assam’s Cachar district that claimed the lives of four workers, officials said on Monday. The arrests were made following directions from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as police intensified their investigation into the fatal industrial accident that occurred at the company’s Pangram unit under the Udharband Assembly constituency.The …
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Patna, July 20 (IANS) A newly married couple was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, with their bodies discovered hanging in separate rooms of a house, prompting a police investigation into the deaths.The incident has shocked residents of Nariyar Nawada village under the Motipur police station area. Police have launched an investigation, examining both homicide and suicide angles.The deceased have been identified as Vijay Sahani and his wife Anjali Sahani…
Ahmedabad, July 19 (IANS) Authorities on Sunday demolished the illegally constructed structures at the firecracker factory in Ahmedabad where an explosion killed nine people, as police expanded their action against unauthorised firecracker manufacturing units across the city. In an official statement, Gujarat Police said the demolition was carried out at the site of Saturday’s explosion in Vastral village under the jurisdiction of Ramol Police Station.”The action was undertaken under the guidanc…
Ahmedabad, July 19 (IANS) The Ahmedabad City Police has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the firecracker factory explosion in the city’s Ramol area that claimed nine lives and left six others injured. In an order issued on Sunday, Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut said the SIT had been formed to ensure a “thorough and in-depth investigation” into the case registered at Ramol Police Station following the blast at the New Gujarat…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Delhi Police have arrested a man accused of murdering his wife in the Seelampur area of the national capital from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad Railway Station, solving the case within 48 hours of the crime, officials said on Sunday. The police said the accused had allegedly fled across multiple cities in an attempt to evade arrest before being tracked down through technical surveillance and intelligence inputs.According to the police, the incident came to light on July…
Ahmedabad, July 18 (IANS) Fresh allegations have emerged against the operators of the firecracker manufacturing unit where nine people were killed in an explosion in Ahmedabad’s Ramol area on Saturday, with relatives of a victim claiming the business had been running for around 25 years, workers were recruited through debt, and a similar fatal blast at the same premises about 14 years ago failed to result in meaningful action. Speaking to IANS at the blast site, Narendra Chunara, a resident of…
Ahmedabad, July 18 (IANS) Forensic experts on Saturday began examining the site of the explosion at an allegedly illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Ahmedabad’s Ramol area, as police said preliminary findings indicate the blast occurred while firecrackers were being made. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team visited the factory premises at Mehmudpura on Ramol-Gatrad Road to collect evidence and determine the exact cause of the explosion, which claimed nine lives and left several othe…
Patna, July 16 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the high-profile murder case of Bunty Yadav, Patna Police on Thursday arrested the prime accused, Ravish alias Bashiya alias BC, following an encounter in the Buddha Colony police station area.The accused sustained a gunshot injury to his right leg during the exchange of fire and is currently undergoing medical treatment.According to the police, Ravish — who had been absconding since the murder — was intercepted after officers received specific …
Mangaluru, July 15 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday submitted its final report before a court in Belthangady in connection with the alleged Dharmasthala mass burial case, bringing to a close an extensive probe that has attracted significant public attention in Karnataka. The final report, comprising 7,005 pages compiled into 12 volumes, was submitted before Additional Civil Judge Shashank Nagendra Bhat at around 3 pm. It includes statements from 255 witnesses, forensic sc…
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) In the latest development in the fan murder case, the investigation into the alleged intimidation of a key prosecution witness has taken a significant turn, with the Kamakshipalya police probing the case uncovering the alleged links of three arrested persons to influential individuals. Police stated that the accused Puneeth, Venu and Suhas are accused of threatening Sandeep, a cashier at a bar who is considered a key witness in the fan murder case, in an attempt to infl…