Police Personnel

Undertrial Prisoner Escapes Through Toilet Ventilator In Meghalaya Court

Cities | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 18, 2020

An undertrial prisoner has escaped through the ventilator of a toilet in a Meghalaya court despite police personnel standing guard outside, an officer said on Friday.

Citizenship Act Protesters In Delhi Accuse Police Of Pulling Down Tents

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 16, 2020

Demonstrators protesting the amended citizenship law at East Delhi's Khureji on Wednesday claimed that police personnel tried to forcefully disperse them by barging into their protest site at around 2 am, cutting the power connection and knocking down their tents.

Telangana Town Tense After Clashes, Internet Suspended In 4 Districts

Telangana News | Written by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday January 14, 2020

A town in Telangana's Adilabad district, 304 km from Hyderabad, remains tense as at least 19 people, including eight police personnel, were injured after clashes broke out between people of two communities on Sunday. Thirteen houses were set on fire and 26 vehicles were burnt in the violence that continued the next day.

Around 700 Cops Deployed Outside JNU Day After Masked Attack

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 6, 2020

A day after violence broke out inside Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, around 700 police personnel were deployed outside its gates on Monday, the police said.

Protests Across India Over JNU Attack, No Arrests Yet: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Shonakshi Chakravarty; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday January 6, 2020

A day after a masked mob, armed with iron rods, sledgehammers and stones went around Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) attacking students and teachers, leaving at least 34 injured after three terrifying hours, Delhi Police has identified some of the masked assailants and a complaint has been filed. The university is tense after last night's...

UP Police Say 57 Cops Had Bullet Injuries In Clashes. We Found Only One

India News | Written by Alok Pandey and Saurabh Shukla | Saturday January 4, 2020

As many as 21 people were killed in violent protests that broke out against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Uttar Pradesh last month. While many of them died of bullet injuries, the state police have owned up to firing in just one instance in the western district of Bijnor.

In Clampdown After Violence, UP Cops Send Notices To Dead Man, Men In 90s

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday January 3, 2020

Citizenship Act: In large-scale violence that engulfed many parts of Uttar Pradesh during protests against the citizenship law two weeks ago, 21 people died, many others including police personnel were injured and there was large-scale destruction of government and private property, also allegedly by the police personnel who were accused of clampin...

On Camera, Assam Cops Thrash Citizenship Law Protesters As Chief Minister's Convoy Passes

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Shyaja Varma | Thursday January 2, 2020

Police personnel in Assam were filmed beating up people protesting the amended Citizenship Act on Wednesday after they waved black flags at Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

1,000 CCTVs, 300 Breathlysers Deployed For New Year Eve In Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 29, 2019

Over a thousand CCTV cameras, ten Quick Response Teams (QRT), 85 PCR (police control room) vans and hundreds of uniformed and plain-clothes police personnel, including women, will keep an eye on New Year celebrations in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, an official said on Sunday.

Priyanka Gandhi, Stopped By Uttar Pradesh Police, Takes Scooter Ride To Activist's Home

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday December 29, 2019

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday accused Lucknow police personnel of grabbing her neck and pushing her to the ground while tryingto prevent her from visiting the house of a retired IPS officer who has been arrested for opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act.

On Camera, UP Cop's Communal Rant; His Senior Says He "Showed Restraint"

India News | Written by Saurabh Shukla, Alok Pandey | Saturday December 28, 2019

A senior police officer from the sensitive town of Meerut in west Uttar Pradesh was filmed making extremely communal statements in a Muslim locality last Friday, when police personnel were dealing with violent protests that had broken out in the city after Friday prayers on over the new citizenship law.

Muslims Offer Roses To UP Police After Friday Prayers

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday December 28, 2019

Muslims, after offering Friday prayers, offered roses to the police personnel deployed to take care of the law and order situation in this Uttar Pradesh district and pledged to maintain peace.

Video Shows Cops Vandalising Shops, Vehicles In UP's Kanpur Amid Protests

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday December 25, 2019

Even as protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act continued unabated across the country, fresh outrage has broken out over videos allegedly showing Uttar Pradesh police personnel vandalising shops and cars at a violence-hit neighbourhood in Kanpur.

Gujarat Congress Corporator Arrested For "Attack'' On Cops During Citizenship Act Protest

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 20, 2019

A Congress corporator and 48 others were arrested in Ahmedabad on Friday for attack on police personnel during a protest in the city against the new citizenship law and the proposed nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC), officials said.

Vodafone, Airtel Say Told To Suspend Services In Parts Of Delhi

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday December 19, 2019

Internet was suspended in parts of Delhi today amid protests against the citizenship law on orders that the police said "should be treated as an absolute direction". An order of the Delhi Police Special Cell said voice, SMS and internet was to be halted because of the law and order situation.