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Hello Jammu News at 9:06:00 PM 0


New Delhi, Jun 25 :  A BJP delegation, led by Lok Sabha member SS Ahluwalia, on Tuesday submitted its report to party chief and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on violence in trouble-torn Bhatpara area of West Bengal, and alleged that the local police was acting in a "partisan" manner.

The team, which also included MPs Satyapal Singh and BD Ram, both retired police officers, had visited Bhatpara on Saturday.

Two people were killed and 11 others injured in clashes in the town in North 24 Parganas district on Thursday.

After submitting the report to Shah, Ahluwalia questioned the police action during the violence between two groups belonging to different communities.

The police fired gun shots at one group, while it only did lathicharge on the other, the former Union Minister alleged.

The delegation, which spoke to a cross-section of people in Bhatpara, claimed that people have lost trust in police.

"People are unable to do their work there as they have lost trust in police. Police either act as mute spectator or are partisan," Ahluwalia told reporters here.

He also said that police tried to prevent the delegation from going to the area and stopped them at the airport as Section 144 of CrPC was imposed.

Ahluwalia said that in the report they have suggested giving financial help to those affected by violence and ensuring education for the children.                       [Agencies]
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Kolkata, Mar 9 :  Huge quantity of explosive substances were seized from a goods vehicle in Chitpur area of the city, a senior Kolkata Police officer said Saturday.

Acting on a tip-off, police officers intercepted a goods vehicle near Tala bridge on the BT Road in the early hours of Saturday and seized 27 gunny bags containing about 1,000 kg of potassium nitrate, the IPS officer said.

Potassium nitrate is used in making explosives.

Two persons - the driver and his helper have been arrested, he said.

"The vehicle was coming from Odisha and was heading towards North 24 Parganas district. We have arrested the driver and the helper of the goods vehicle. We are interrogating the duo and trying to find out more details from them," the officer added.               [Agencies]
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Jaipur, Feb 17 :  Nine child labourers were rescued from a bangle manufacturing factory here, following which two men were arrested, police said Sunday.

Following a tip-off that the children were forced to work as labourers, a raid was conducted at the factory on Saturday, SHO Kotwali police station Sandeep Saraswat said.

The two men, identified as Mohammad Farooq, 37, and Mehfooz, 20, both residents of Bihar, were arrested for allegedly forcing the children to work for them, he said.

The children too are from Bihar, the SHO added.

It was a joint operation of police and the Bachpan Bachao Andolan, he said.

Saraswat said that all the children were rescued and handed over to the Children Welfare Committe         Agencies
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New Delhi, Oct 3: Delhi Police removed barricades post-midnight to allow the farmers stopped during the Kisan Kranti Padyatra to enter Delhi and proceed towards Kisan Ghat, said a senior police officer.

The farmers entered the national capital riding their tractors and trolleys and proceeded towards Kisan Ghat where heavy police deployment has been made, he added.

Thousands of farmers on Tuesday marched towards Delhi over demands ranging from farm loan waiver to cut in fuel prices, blocking traffic movement on arterial roads leading to the national capital.

National highways leading to the capital were swamped with farmers who came in from places as far as Gonda, Basti and Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh as well as the sugarcane belt of western Uttar Pradesh.

Police picketed the border with Uttar Pradesh, imposing prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more people and holding of any public meeting, usage of any amplifier, loudspeaker, and similar instruments.

The Kisan Kranti Yatra, which began from Tikait Ghat in Haridwar on September 23, was joined by farmers from various parts of Uttar Pradesh. They came on foot, in buses and tractor trolleys.

They carried banners of Bhartiya Kisan Union, which gave the call for the march to press for a series of demands.

Their list of demands include unconditional loan waiver for farmers, clearing of dues by sugar mills, higher prices for crops, free electricity for farms and a cut in diesel prices. (PTI)

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Muzaffarnagar, Sep 27: A police constable committed suicide by hanging in her room here, police said Thursday.

The incident took place Wednesday in Saket locality of the Civil Lines Police Station area, SSP Sudhir Kumar said, adding her body was found hanging in her room.

The body was sent of post-mortem but the reason for taking the extreme step had not been ascertained yet, the SSP said.

The police interrogated the husband of the woman who was posted at the Kotwali Police Station.

In another incident, a man committed suicide by consuming poison in Charthwal town here as he was worried about his illness, the police said. (PTI)
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Muzaffarnagar (UP), Sep 19: Two notorious criminals were arrested following an encounter with the police in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.

The encounter took place on Tuesday night at Unn Road under Thana police station, Shamli Superintendent of Police (SP) Dinesh Kumar told reporters here.

Two history-sheeters -- Irfan and Shehzad -- were arrested, he said, adding that Irfan received bullet injuries in the encounter and a police constable was also injured in the exchange of fire.

Both Irfan and Shehzad were wanted in several cases, the SP said. (PTI)

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Hisar, Sep 15: The Haryana Police claimed to have seized demonetised currency worth Rs 1.43 crore from three persons.

The seizure was made after police conducted a raid at a house in Navdeep Colony in the town on Friday night.

Police spokesperson Harish Bhardwaj said on Saturday that the accused were identified as Guriqbal Singh, resident of Vikas Puri in New Delhi, Sunil of Girawar village in Rohtak district and Praveen Kumar of Samar Gopalpur village, Rohtak.

During investigation, the accused admitted that they had procured demonetised notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 from a property dealer in Delhi by making a payment of Rs 7.50 lakh in the new currency.

The police were yet to ascertain the purpose behind the purchase of the scrapped currency while the interrogation of the accused was underway, police spokesman said.

A case has been registered in this regard, the spokesperson said. (PTI)
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New Delhi, Sep 5: Three members of a gang were arrested following a shootout with the police in outer Delhi's Alipur area Wednesday morning, the police said.

The three nabbed -- Manjit (23), Nitish (21) and Mahesh (25) -- are members of the Tillu gang, they said.

Manjit was wanted in the case of murder of a person, named Arman, who was a member the Gogi Gang, police said.

Based on the information extracted from him, a trap was laid at the Budhpur road and at about 5.05 am, a white-colour scooter, coming from the GT Karnal Road, was flagged down, a senior officer said.

He said that two gang members, who were riding the scooter, tried to escape and when the police chased them, they opened fire.

The police fired back and in the process on of the two received injury in his right leg while the other, named Mahesh, was apprehended without injury, the officer added.

Two rounds were fired by the accused and in retaliation, the police team fired four rounds, he said.

No police officer was injured since they were wearing bullet proof jackets, he added.

The injured gangster has been shifted to Raja Harishchandra Hospital where he is undergoing treatment. Further investigation if underway, police said. (PTI)
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Paris, Aug 23: A man armed with a knife killed one person and seriously injured two others today morning in a town about 30 kilometres (20 miles) southwest of Paris, a police source told.

The man was "neutralised" by police in Trappes after trying to hide in a building, the source said, without specifying if he had been killed.

It was unclear if the violence was terror-related.

Trappes has a population of around 30,000 and is part of the far suburbs of the greater Paris area.

Only a short drive from the wealthy area of Versailles, home to the world-famous Versailles Palace, the town is known for problems linked to poverty, gangs and hardline interpretations of Islam.

It has a large Muslim population and about 50 locals are suspected of having left France to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, French security sources have previously told. (AFP)
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Gurgaon, Aug 2 : Three persons were arrested today for allegedly assaulting, abusing and chopping off a Muslim youth's beard at sector-37, here, police said.

The accused were identified as Gaurav, Eklash from Uttar Pradesh and Nitin from Harayana, the police said.

The incident occurred on July 31 when the accused started insulting the victim in Khandsa Mandi area. "Jaffruddin initially ignored the religious insults but he finally retorted. Following which, the accused persons assaulted Jaffruddin. Then they took him to a saloon and chopped his beard off", Gurgaon Police PRO Subhash Bokan told PTI.

Before leaving the saloon, the accused warned the victim with dire consequences if he approached the police, the officer said.

On the next day, Jaffruddin approached sector 37 Police Station and registered a case. A native of Haryana's Mewat, Jaffruddin had come to Gurgaon to meet his friend Ibrahim.    PTI

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Hyderabad, Aug 2 : Telangana police is now equipped with another 'powerful' tool - 'Facial Recognition System' (FRS) that would help them prevent crime and identify criminals/suspects at lightning speed, a top police official said today.

FRS is an integrated feature of TSCOP mobile app for assisting investigation officers for developing effective and efficient services to citizens and thereby improving responsiveness, State Director General of Police M Mahendar Reddy told reporters here.

The tool allows police to identify potential offenders by comparing a suspect's face with lakhs of digital photographs of people including offenders, wanted and those missing stored in the central database of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS), he said.

The whole process would only take a few seconds, he said adding in case of photographs matching, investigation officers can carry out manual comparison and proceed for further confirmation using other information.

The central database of photographs will be updated regularly through CCTNS implemented in all police stations across the state, Reddy said.

The photographs of people that do not match with the central database would automatically be discarded and shall not be stored anywhere in the system, the DGP said.

The main objective of the app (TSCOP) launched earlier this year is to ensure better collaboration and operational efficiency of the police at all levels in the districts and commissionerates across the state.   PTI
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Srinagar, Jul 21: A Jammu and Kashmir police constable, who was on leave, has been abducted by unknown militants from his residence in Kulgam district, a police official said today.

Constable Saleem Shah was abducted from his residence in the Mutalhama area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir last night, he said.

Security forces have launched a manhunt to trace the abducted policeman, the official said. (PTI)
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Balasore (Odisha) Jul 10: Police today arrested a differently abled man in Balasore district for driving a bus which was allegedly stolen from bus stand, a police officer said.

The bus was allegedly stolen Balasore bus stand late last night, the officer said.

The staff of the toll plaza at Sergarh on NH 16 informed police about a man driving an empty bus in a suspicious manner.

The police intercepted the bus and arrested the driver after he failed to show relevant papers, he said.

The accused has been identified as Gauranga Sahu (20) from Mulisanga village in Jagatsingpur district, the officer added. (PTI)

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Srinagar, Jul 9: An unidentified militant was killed early this morning in an overnight encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

One militant has been killed in the encounter so far, a police official said.

The encounter in a forest area of Handwara, in north Kashmir's Kupwara, broke out late last night after security forces launched a cordon and search operation there following specific information about the presence of militants.

The operation is underway, the official said. (PTI)
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London, Jul 9: A woman exposed to the nerve agent Novichok in southwest England, near where a Russian spy was targeted by the same type of chemical in March, has died, police have said.

Prime Minister Theresa May said she was "appalled and shocked" by the death of Dawn Sturgess, one of two people who fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury yesterday.

"Police and security officials are working urgently to establish the facts of this incident, which is now being investigated as a murder," she said.

She offered her condolences to the relatives and loved ones of Sturgess, 44, who had three children. She became ill alongside a man named locally as Charlie Rowley, 45.

They were believed to have become exposed to Novichok by handling a container, and a link to the Salisbury attack in March is a main line of investigation.

That incident left former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who was visiting from Russia, in a critical condition although they later recovered.

Britain and its allies blamed Moscow for trying to kill the pair, prompting angry denials that led to an international diplomatic crisis.

Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, the head of Britain's counter-terror police, said Sturgess' death was "shocking and tragic news".

"The 45-year-old man who fell ill with Dawn remains critically ill in hospital and our thoughts are with him and his family as well," he said in a statement.

"This terrible news has only served to strengthen our resolve to identify and bring to justice the person or persons responsible for what I can only describe as an outrageous, reckless and barbaric act.

"Detectives will continue with their painstaking and meticulous work to gather all the available evidence so that we can understand how two citizens came to be exposed with such a deadly substance that tragically cost Dawn her life." (AFP)
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Shillong, Jun 27 : Meghalaya is slowly emerging as the transit point for distribution of heroin in the country, a senior police officer has said.

"With Shillong as the transit point, many players, some with militant background or affiliations, are involved in the drug trafficking business to fund their anti-social activities," East Khasi HIlls Superintendent of Police Davis Marak said.

He was addressing an event to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking here yesterday.

The rise in petty crimes in some areas has also been attributed to the growing numbers of drug users, particularly among the youth, who commit such crimes to satiate their cravings, Marak said.

Expressing concern over the fact that most traffickers come from low income families or those with a history of broken homes, the police officer stressed on the need to pay more attention to the youth and urged all stakeholders to work hand in hand with the police to curb the menace of drug abuse and illicit trafficking.

The police, in its continued efforts to curb the dangers of drug abuse and illicit trafficking, is also organising a week-long awareness programme, beginning this week, in different localities, schools and colleges to create awareness, the SP said.

Earlier, Dr. Arvind Nongpiur, an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the NEIGRIHMS said, the use of illicit drugs begins at an early age.

"The inquisitiveness to experiment or succumb to peer pressure often leads adolescents to use drugs thereby preventing them from leading a healthy and productive life," he said.

Stressing that drug abuse is no longer considered just a social problem, Dr. Nongpiur said drug abuse is accepted as an illness and drug addiction can be treated with proper medical intervention.

A recovered drug addict also shared his long journey on the road to recovery.   PTI 
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Jalpaiguri(WB), Jun 26 : A Jharkhand Police team raided a house in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district and recovered Rs 35 lakh which was looted from staff of a private bank in Palamu district, a police officer said today.

Unidentified persons had looted Rs 54 lakh from staff of a private bank who were going to deposit the cash in an ATM in Jharkhand's Palamu district on June 15.

A Jharkhand Police team with the help of Jalpaiguri Police raided a house at Fatapukur area under Rajganj block of Jalpaiguri district on Monday night and seized Rs 35 lakh of the looted Rs 54 lakh, the officer said.

Two persons who were staying the house fled before the police raided the house, the officer added. PTI  

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New Delhi, June 18: A gang war broke out today between members of Gogi and Tillu gangs, leaving one dead and a couple of others injured in north Delhi's Burari area, the police said. 
The deceased is yet to identified and to which gang he belonged to is also not known, police said.
Further details are awaited. (PTI)
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Diphu/Guwahati, Jun 13: The prime accused in the lynching case of two men in Assam was arrested from Karbi Anglong district in the early hours today, a senior police officer said.
With this, the total number of people arrested in connection with the lynching of the two men and spreading hate messages and rumours following the incident in Karbi Anglong district on Friday has risen to 64, the officer said.
Karbi Anglong Police arrested the prime accused, Joz Timung alias 'Alpha', from Belurghat area under the jurisdiction of the same Dokmoka Police Station where the incident had taken place, Superintendent of Police S P Ganjala said.
Timung was allegedly responsible for asking villagers over phone to stop the vehicle carrying the two men and spreading rumours of them being child lifters, the SP said.
The police had launched a massive search operation to nab him but he was constantly on the move and was finally apprehended early this morning, he said.
Timung is a resident of Kangthilangso village where the two men had gone on Friday last.
Two friends - Nilotpal Das (29) and Abhijeet Nath (30) - were on Friday pulled out of their vehicle at Panjuri in Karbi Anglong district and beaten to death by a group of irate villagers, who suspected them to be child-lifters.
The Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) has decided to give Rs five lakh each to the parents of the two deceased men and also install their statues at the place where they were lynched, KAAC Chief Executive Member (CEM) Tuliram Ronghang said.
The Council, which held a meeting with media, government officials and prominent citizens at Diphu last evening, condemned the incident.
Ronghang said Karbis are a part and parcel of Assam and many tribal and non-tribals live in Karbi Anglong autonomous area, forming a greater Assamese society.
The Karbi Students' Association (KSA) and Karbi Sahitya Sabha, which met here under the aegis of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in Guwahati yesterday, have condemned the lynching. (PTI)
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Mahila Panthers lead protest against Police Deptt

Jammu, May 26:  Strongly condemning the District Udhampur Police for abusive and filthy language against NPP leaders, causing undue harassment and their victimized besides shielding the criminals involved in attack on Panthers Party leaders including female members, the Mahila Panthers today led a massive protest demonstration outside IGP Headquarters today. The protestors further alleged use of filthy and abusive language by SHO Basantgarh who hurled open threats to Panthers Party workers of arresting them alongwith entire family members. They raised slogans against SSP Udhampur for acting on the dictations of BJP for vested interests. They blocked the road outside IGP Headquarters leading to suspension of vehicular traffic for more than one hour.
Speaking on the occasion, Mrs. Manju Singh General Secretary NPP said that some vandals and criminals owing allegiance to BJP had been assigned the charge of physically eliminating the Panthers leaders in which some police officers of District Udhampur had been conniving. She said that apart from attacks on her and her husband several video-graphed threats of physically eliminating Chairman JKNPP had been provided to police which however had refused to take any action against the offenders.
            Making a mention of the recent episode of 14-05-2018, Mrs. Manju Singh said that a BJP worker named Mohan Singh addressed a gathering inside the premises of HSS Basantgarh during office hours in the presence of local BJP MLA and SHO Basantgarh where he not only used highly vituperative, offensive and provocative language but threatened that he would have spilled the blood of Panthers Party leaders with their dead bodies squatted on the ground in case the Panthers Chairman did not have PSOs. His video-graphed speech is being widely circulated in social media with police also having the requisite details of the same but the SHO too has colluded and no cognizance taken. The SHO Basantgarh has been arresting NPP workers on fake charges besides threatening them to stop speaking against BJP MLA. The said SHO even hurled threats upon Panthers Chairman saying that he was not an ordinary officer and had links with some top leaders and some ‘other people’. With police officer behaving like vandals and ruffians and using derogatory language with even most respected citizen, the Chief Minister surely owed an explanation for the conduct of the officers of her Home Deptt, said the NPP leaders.
            Mrs. Manju Singh further pointed out that the delinquent SHO was shielding the MLA Ramnagar who had assaulted a school teacher inside classroom in HSS Basantgarh alongwith his armed gunmen in June 2017 with 42 students having given statements as eye witnesses accusing the said MLA of having assaulted their teacher infront of their eyes. The said SHO has given a clean chit to the delinquent MLA in return for MLA agreeing to shield him in certain corruption complaints against the Police officer, she divulged.
Mrs. Manju Singh that her husband had been receiving threats of physical elimination from several BJP workers in the past and several notorious characters belonging to BJP had issued threats of killing her husband in open public meetings which were video-graphed and relevant footage provided to police authorities which, however, had refused to take cognizance because of political patronage enjoyed by the offenders. She said that abusive language and filthy comments were also posted by these notorious characters against her and her husband on the social media with a view to cause provocation whose print outs were also provided to the Police authorities for appropriate action which was still awaited. She demanded withdrawal of the frivolous FIR registered against her and Mr. Singh and sought immediate arrest of the criminals and all others involved in the conspiracy. “How Mehbooba led govt could grant immunity to those who assaulted a woman in full public view? Being a woman your silence against the perpetrators challenging the dignity of the women only shows the impuissance of the dispensation you are running. Justice delayed is justice denied”, anguished Manju Singh said. She announced to hold regular protests in case the culprits involved in the dastardly attack on her and her husband were not brought to book and Police officers working under the tutelage of BJP were not removed.
Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Mrs. Kesar Parveen Advocate, Renu Singh, Anita Devi, Jyoti Devi, Neeraj Devi, Nisha Devi, Neelam Devi, Krishna Devi Anita Kumari, Rajni Devi, Vaishali Devi, Sunita Devi, Rajesh Padgotra, Sham Gorkha, Gagan Partap Singh, Shanker Singh Chib, Khajoor Singh, Nirmal Kishore, Karnail Singh, Sukhjit Singh, Parshotam Singh, Rashpaul Singh, Mohinder Singh, Arun Khajuria, Shankaar Singh Sanju,Udhayveer Singh, Rohit Sharma, Anil Rackwal, Sansar Chand, Rakesh Verma, Amandeep Singh, Pawandeep Singh, Ajay Sharma, Sunny Singh, Puran Singh, Shaitan Singh besides others.
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