New Delhi Feb 25 PTI A 25-year-old member of a Mewat-based gang of robbers was arrested from south Delhis Malviya Nagar area police said on Friday Yunus alias Badri is a resident of Mewat district in Haryana they said Police received a tip-off that he would be coming near Shivaji Park Bus Stand on Press Enclave Road on Thursday evening and a trap was laid a senior police officer said Yunus was cornered and asked to surrender but he took out a pistol and fired at the police team He was nabbed after a brief scuffle Deputy Commissioner of Police Special Cell Jasmeet Singh said A semi-automatic pistol was recovered from him they said He disclosed that on the intervening night of June 5 and 6 last year he and his seven associates had stolen some cows from Delhi and were fleeing in a truck police said As police gave chase the gang members pelted stones and glass bottles at the police vehicle in a bid to escape However as four more police cars joined the chase the accused started throwing cattle from the truck and managed to flee they said The gang members would rob cars and mini-trucks at gun point and use the vehicles for committing armed dacoity on highways in Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas they said Yunus was arrested in nine criminal cases including attack on police extortion attempt to murder and cow slaughter among others registered in Delhi Haryana and Rajasthan He was absconding after jumping bail police added PTI NIT RHL

New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): Authorities have started removing barricades placed at the protest sites in Singhu on the Delhi-Haryana border as farmers leave for their homes after the suspension of their year-long protest following the withdrawal of the three farm laws by the central government.

New Delhi Oct 19 PTI The Delhi Police Cyber Cell has arrested 12 people including three HDFC Bank employees for allegedly trying to withdraw money from the account of an NRI officials said on TuesdayThe bank had filed a complaint after noticing several unauthorised attempts to access a Non-Resident Indian NRI account using internet banking services and to withdraw cash it using a fraudulently obtained cheque book the police saidThe miscreants also tried to replace a US-based mobile phone number associated with the bank account with an identical Indian number they saidHDFC Bank alleged that 66 attempts were made to access the internet banking services of the account a senior police officer saidDuring investigation the police conducted raids on 20 locations across Delhi Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and arrested 12 people including three employees of the bank who were involved in issuing the cheque book updating the mobile phone number and removing the debt freeze of the account Deputy Commissioner of Police Cyber Cell K P S Malhotra saidThe miscreants had come to know somehow that the account was dormant and had huge funds and they began gathering information about it the police saidThe group lured in an employee of the bank for issuing a cheque book and removing the accounts debt freeze by promising her Rs 10 lakh They also promised to buy insurance from her for Rs 15 lakh a target assigned to her by the bank for appraisal purposes the DCP saidIn the past too attempts were made to withdraw money from this account and two cases had been registered in Ghaziabad and Mohali the police saidMore raids are in progress they addedIn a statement HDFC Bank said Our systems detected unauthorised and suspicious attempts to transact in certain accounts We reported the matter to law enforcement agencies for further and necessary investigation and lodged an FIR Based on the FIR the police have arrested some suspects including bank staff it said adding We have suspended bank staff pending outcome of the investigation PTI NIT IJT

Farmers from across the nation participate in the Bharat Bandh, as they mark one year of the contentious farm laws. Hundreds of farmers blocked the Delhi-Haryana national highway leading to massive traffic jams. Many gathered at the railway lines in Bahadurgarh, Haryana, and Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh to observe the Bharat Bandh that began on Monday morning at 6 am and will go […]

New Delhi Sep 22 PTI A plea came up for hearing before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking a direction to the authorities to clear the blockade at Delhi-Haryana border near Bahadurgarh area due to the ongoing farmers protest against the new farm lawsA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Amit Bansal was informed by the counsel for Delhi Police that three petitions with similar prayers are already pending before the Supreme Court which has already constituted a committee to look into itThe bench asked the counsel for petitioner to verify the prayers made in the petitions before the Supreme Court and also the orders passed by the apex court so that no contradictory orders are passed by the high courtThe court listed the matter for further hearing on November 15Counsel for petitioner Bahadurgarh Chamber of Commerce and Industries said people who are working between the two states are suffering for last 10 months due to the heavy blockade by the security forces of Delhi and Haryana It said thousands of persons are suffering as they are facing problem in commutingThe traders body said they have also approached the law enforcement agencies of the two states but no action has been takenWhen the petitioners advocate said that the authorities be directed to ensure that ambulances are allowed to pass hassle free the counsel representing the Delhi Police said a separate passage has been created and all emergency vehicles are allowed to moveBahadurgarh comes under Jhajjar district of Haryana Thousands of farmers mainly from Punjab Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting at various border points of Delhi for last 10 months against the three laws -- the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce Promotion and Facilitation Act the Essential Commodities Amendment Act and the Farmers Empowerment and Protection Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act PTI SKV SKV RKS RKS