Crime Branch

'I Knew Crime Branch Would Find Me': Lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's Killer

Mumbai News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Deepshika Ghosh | Wednesday October 11, 2017

Mumbai lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's killer Sajjad Mughal, who had jumped parole last year, was arrested on Tuesday near Srinagar. On his trail for over a year, a Mumbai police team that staked out in Kashmir sported beards and firans to blend in.

UP Police Begin Probe In Late-Night Violence At Banaras Hindu University

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday September 30, 2017

Twenty top university officials have been sent notices by UP police's crime branch days after clashes broke out at Banaras Hindu University. They have been asked to record their statement in the late-night violence in which several students, including women, and two journalists were injured.

Dawood Ibrahim Is In Pakistan, Scared To Call Family, Says Brother Iqbal Kaskar

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Friday September 22, 2017

India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is still in Pakistan, his brother Iqbal Kaskar has told interrogators from the Intelligence Bureau or IB and the Thane Police's crime branch, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Thane Police arrested Kaskar on September 19 in Mumbai in an alleged extortion case

Police Bust Gurgaon Gang Involved In Stealing Valuables From Cars

Gurgaon News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 18, 2017

The Haryana police today said the Gurgaon crime branch has busted a gang allegedly involved in stealing valuables from cars by arresting five people.

High Court Seeks Progress Report From Cops On Probe Against Cult Group

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 12, 2017

The Bombay High Court today directed the Mumbai Police's crime branch to submit a progress report on its probe into allegations against cult group 'Shifu Sunkriti'.

4 Fabindia Staffers Charge-Sheeted In 2015 Snooping Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 10, 2017

The Goa Police Crime branch has filed a charge sheet against four employees of the garment retail chain Fabindia's Candolim store in a 2015 snooping case filed after Union Minister Smriti Irani complained against it.

7 Held As Police Recover Rs 5 Crore In Old Currency Notes In Gurgaon

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 4, 2017

Acting on a tip-off that a huge consignment of old currency notes were being transferred from Gurgaon to hawala operator, the Gurgaon Police crime branch team from Palam Vihar, led by inspector Sajjan Singh, raided a flat in Sector 15 this afternoon and recovered the money

Jail Riot Case Against Indrani Mukerjea, Others Handed To Crime Branch

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 3, 2017

The case of rioting against Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case and 200 other inmates of Byculla women's prison in central Mumbai, has been handed over to the Mumbai crime branch. Sanjay Saxena, Joint Commissioner of Police (crime), said yesterday that the crime branch had taken over the case from Nagpada police stati...

Mumbai's Byculla Jail Guard Arrested Over Inmate's Death

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Sunday July 2, 2017

A guard of Byculla jail in Mumbai has been arrested in connection with the death of inmate Manju Shette, the Mumbai Police Crime Branch said today.

Woman Arrested For Attempting To Sell A 5-Year-Old Girl In Thane

Cities | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 1, 2017

The crime branch unit of Thane Police has arrested a 50-year-old woman from Bhiwandi in Thane while she was trying to allegedly sell a five-year-old girl.

Guard Of Honour Welcomes Delhi Police's Dog Squad To Their New Home

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Thursday June 15, 2017

On June 13, the dignified dogs of Delhi Police's Premier Dog Squad, Crime Branch, stood to attention as a guard of honour welcomed them to their new home in Push Vihar, Sector 3.

Crime Branch to Assist Probe Into E-Rickshaw Driver's Killing

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 31, 2017

The Crime Branch has been roped in to assist a probe into the killing of an e-rickshaw driver who had objected to two men urinating outside the GTB Nagar Metro Station here.

CBI To Probe Missing JNU Student Najeeb Ahmad Case: Delhi High Court

India News | Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Tuesday May 16, 2017

The Central Bureau of Investigation will take over the probe into the case of the missing Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmad, the Delhi High Court ruled on Tuesday, weeks after it had rebuked Delhi Police for wasting time.

Cash-For-Symbol Scandal: Chandrasekhar's Lawyer Questioned By Crime Branch

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 1, 2017

The Delhi Police today questioned the lawyer of arrested middleman Sukesh Chandrasekhar in connection with the case of attempting to bribe EC officials involving AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dinakaran.

Cash-For-Symbol Scandal: Chennai Probe Over, Dinakaran Taken To Delhi

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 30, 2017

Officers of the Delhi Police's crime branch on Thursday concluded their Chennai leg of probe in the Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) party leader TTV Dinakaran.

For Publicity, Gujarat Researcher Claimed He Received ISIS Threats: Police

Ahmedabad News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 29, 2017

A Gujarat-based researched who had claimed last week that he was attacked with a chemical spray and received a threat from ISIS, had concocted the whole story for publicity, the police said on Friday.

Dinakaran Arrested, Panneerselvam Camp To Step Up Pressure For Expulsion: 10 Points

India News | Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Wednesday April 26, 2017

Nephew of the jailed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, TTV Dinakaran was arrested by the Delhi Police around Tuesday midnight on charges of fixing a deal to bribe Election Commission officials to get the party's 'two leaves' election symbol allotted for the Amma faction that he led as his aunt's proxy. The Crime Branch believes that the 27-year...

AIADMK's TTV Dinakaran Arrested At Midnight After 4 Days Of Questioning

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Sidharth Pandey, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Wednesday April 26, 2017

TTV Dinakaran, the deputy chief of Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK, was arrested by the Delhi Police close to midnight on Tuesday. Mr Dinakaran, who was questioned by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police in the national capital for four consecutive days, is accused of attempting to bribe Election Commission officials to allot his faction of th...

AIADMK's TTV Dinakaran Questioned For Over 9 Hours, Called Again Today

India News | NDTV News Desk | Monday April 24, 2017

AIADMK leader TTV Dinakarans questioning by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police continued over nine hours for a second consecutive day on Sunday in the national capital. No decision has been taken on his arrest so far.

Second Day In A Row, AIADMK's Dinakaran Questioned By Police In Delhi

India News | NDTV News Desk | Sunday April 23, 2017

AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran appeared for questioning before the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police for a second consecutive day today in the national capital.

Delhi Businessman Detained With Old Currency Worth Rs 4.23 Crore

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 30, 2017

A businessman in west Delhi has been detained with old currency worth Rs 4.23 crore, police said. The man was detained on Tuesday by the crime branch of Delhi police. He informed the police that two people, who claimed to be working with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), had promised to convert his demonetised currency into legal money.

3 Days After 17-Year-Old Was Killed By Speeding Mercedes, Businessman Arrested In Delhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 8, 2017

A 27-year-old businessman was today arrested in connection with the Mercedes hit-and-run case in which a 17-year-old boy was killed in Delhi's Paschim Vihar on March 5. The man was arrested by the Crime Branch from Rajouri Garden in west Delhi and the vehicle has been seized, a senior police officer informed.

Ramjas College Clashes: Crime Branch Records Statements Of 2 Students

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday March 2, 2017

Shaheen Malik of Delhi Commission for Women says the implementation of law against acid attacks is "rare" as acid continues to be sold in shops and the money provided for the treatment of victims is often misused.

Gunshots, Car Chase In Bollywood-Style Arrest Of Alleged Kidnapper Near Mumbai

Mumbai News | Faisal Tandel, Mid-day.com | Wednesday March 1, 2017

Navi Mumbai crime branch officers nab 26-year-old accused from Pune for abducting two after he tries to speed away in his car

Army Paper Leak: Students Were Answering Papers In A Goa Bar

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 27, 2017

Three of the 18 persons arrested from across Goa and Maharashtra in connection with the army exam paper leak were picked up from a bar in North Goa's Anjuna village, police said on Sunday. Some students were answering the illegally obtained question paper in the early hours on Sunday, police sources said.

Delhi Police Suspends 3 Cops; Crime Branch To Probe Ramjas College Clashes

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 24, 2017

Delhi Police today suspended three of its personnel for their "unprofessional" handling of the Ramjas College violence and asked Crime Branch to conduct a probe into yesterday's clashes between ABVP and AISA members.

Accused In Gurgaon's Mannappuram Gold Loan Branch Heist Identified: Cops

Gurgaon News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 11, 2017

A day after seven armed men allegedly looted 30 kg of gold and Rs 5 lakh in cash from Mannappuram gold loan branch in Gurgaon, the police today said it had got images of the accused from CCTV cameras installed in the building.

100 Days On; Police Clueless About Najeeb Ahmed, Quizzes Friend

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 26, 2017

Unable to trace a clue about JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who has been missing for over a hundred days now, the Delhi Crime Branch today questioned a friend of his who had studied with him in Aligarh Muslim University and joined the probe on his own.

42 Kg Gold Stolen In Hyderabad In 'Special 26' Style Crime, 5 Arrested

Hyderabad News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Wednesday January 18, 2017

Five people were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly robbing nearly 42 kg of gold from a branch of Muthoot Finance in Hyderabad about two weeks ago. The robbery was conducted in a manner shown in the Akshay Kumar-starrer 'Special 26' where the conmen posed as officials of Central Bureau of Investigation 'raided' businessmen and politicians. The gang ...

Two Men Get 10-Year Jail Term For Possessing 100 Kg 'Ganja'

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 2, 2017

A Delhi court has sentenced two persons to ten years rigorous imprisonment for possessing and conspiring to transport 100 kg 'ganja', saying the crime entails a harsh punishment.