New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Thursday granted interim bail to an accused in the Jahangirpuri violence case taking into consideration that his pregnant wife needed care.

New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Thursday dismissed the anticipatory bail application of an accused of the Jahangirpuri violence that took place on April 16 during a procession that was held on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti in the area.

New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Delhi Court has granted interim bail to an accused, booked in the Jahangirpuri violence case, to appear in BA Examination.

New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted raids at two locations in Punjab in connection with last year's Ludhiana district court blast which had left one dead and six injured.

Ludhiana Mar 30 PTI The NIA on Wednesday conducted searches at two locations in Ludhianas Khanna in connection with a bomb blast last year in which one person was killed and six others injuredThe case pertains to the blast that took place at the District Court Complex Ludhiana on December 23 last year a spokesperson of the National Investigation Agency saidDuring probe it was found that the person who died in the blast was Gagandeep Singh of Khanna in Ludhiana district and he died while planting the bomb the official saidDuring the searches several incriminating documents and digital evidence from mobile phones were seized the spokesperson said adding that further investigation in the case continues PTI CPS SKL ANB ANB

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Chandigarh Dec 25 PTI Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya on Saturday said that the former state police head constable who was killed in the Ludhiana district court blast had links with Khalistani elements and terror outfits and some Pakistan-based entities could be behind the incidentAddressing the media here the director general of police said Gagandeep Singh who was dismissed from service in 2019 had gone to the washroom to assemble the bomb and plant it somewhere He was alone in the washroom when the bomb went offSingh was posted as a munshi at a police station in Khanna his native city and was sacked in connection with a drugs-related case ChattopadhyayaHe was arrested by the anti-drug special task force for carrying 385 grams of heroin and was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act in 2019 He spent two years in jail and was currently out on bail The next hearing in the case was scheduled for December 24 a day after the blast the officer saidSingh was killed and six others were injured in the blast that occurred in the court complex on Thursday The Punjab government had declared a high alert in the state after the incidentDuring his time in jail Singh probably came in contact with some bad elements the police saidCiting the initial probe Chattopadhyaya said Singh had links with Khalistani elements both within Punjab and abroad terror outfits mafia groups as well as narcotic smugglersHe said further details will be disclosed laterTo a question about Pakistans involvement in the blast the DGP said the police have full suspicion but he could not say so conclusivelyThe leads gathered so far indicate that someone sitting and operating in Pakistan could be behind it he addedAsked if Pakistan-based pro-Khalistani organisations could have had a role in the blast Chattopadhyaya said there were indications of links to Khalistani elements and narco-terrorismSingh was facing a narcotics case and his link with the mafia was also established he saidThe DGP said the explosive used in the blast was the kind that only terrorists have and it might have come from across the borderHe said the Ludhiana court blast was the biggest example of the dangerous cocktail of terrorism organised crime mafia and narcoticsAsked if RDX was used in the bomb Chattopadhyaya said the material has been sent for examination and the type of explosive used will be known after the report comesI cannot say conclusively what the explosive material was he said adding that it was unlikely to be RDXReplying to another question the DGP said Singh was technically sound when he was serving in the policeHe was very good with computers and technical material he saidRuling out the human bomb angle Chattopadhyaya said It appears that he went there washroom to connect some wires and to place it the bomb somewhere It was not the concept of a human bomb The posture in which he was sitting showed that he did not go to the washroom to use it He was using the washroom to assemble it the bomb He was alone there the officer saidThe DGP praised the police and other investigation agencies for identifying the man within 24 hours of the incidentAccording to police sources Singhs mobile SIM is believed to have helped identify him PTI CHS VSD DIV DIV

Chandigarh Dec 25 PTI Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya on Saturday said the initial investigation into the Ludhiana district court blast case has revealed that the former state police head constable who was killed in the explosion had gone to the washroom to assemble the bomb and plant it somewhereAddressing the media here the director general of police said Gagandeep Singh who was dismissed from service in 2019 was alone in the washroom when the bomb went off and had links with some Khalistani elements and narcotic smugglersA resident of Khanna Singh was dismissed in connection with a drugs-related caseSingh was killed and six others were injured in the blast that occurred in the court complex on Thursday The Punjab government had declared a high alert in the state after the incidentAsked if RDX was used in the bomb Chattopadhyaya said it has been sent for forensic examination and the type of explosive used will be known after the report comesI cannot say conclusively what the explosive material was he saidReplying to another question the DGP said Singh was technically sound when he was serving in the policeHe was very good with computers and technical material he saidRuling out the human bomb angle Chattopadhyaya said It appears that he went there washroom to connect some wires and to place it the bomb somewhere It was not the concept of a human bomb The posture in which he was sitting showed that he did not go to the washroom to use it He was using the washroom to assemble it the bomb He was alone there the officer saidThe DGP praised the police and other investigation agencies for identifying the man within 24 hours of the incidentAccording to police sources Singhs mobile SIM is believed to have helped identify him PTI CHS VSD DIV DIV

New Delhi Dec 24 PTI From the execution of the plan to kill gangster Jitender Gogi from jail roping in a law graduate with the know-how of working of courts conducting recce of the security arrangements a voluminous charge sheet filed in the Rohini courtroom shootout case revealed how the murder was carefully planned and carried out Two assailants dressed as lawyers opened fire at gangster Jitender Gogi inside the courtroom where an attempt to murder case was being heard against him on September 24 The duo who were from a rival gang was then killed in a swift police counter-fire The 122-page-long chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police against seven accused including two dead assailants revealed that the plan to kill Gogi allegedly began in August 2021 and various people were roped in to execute it The police have named Sunil Baliyan alias Tillu Naveen Dabas alias Balli Umang Yadav Vinay Yadav Ashish Kumar as accused in the case Abated charge sheet has also been filed against deceased assailants Rahul and Jaideep In the chargesheet filed on December 17 the Delhi Police stated that Gogi was killed by deceased assailants under a pre-planned deep-rooted criminal conspiracy hatched by accused Tillu from Mandoli Jail and his associates According to the final report Tillu who is the main conspirator in the case executed the alleged murder plan over WhatsApp calls and saw the news of Gogis death on a TV installed in the prison cell As per a disclosure statement of Tillu he planned to kill Gogi due to an old rivalry He said that Gogi had killed one of his old friends and many gang members Due to growing enmity he decided to kill Gogi In the end of August 2021 after second phase of Covid-19 hybrid system of hearing in courts had started and accused persons started getting produced in courts He hatched a plan to kill Gogi in court Tillu stated during the police interrogation Tillu then came in touch with co-accused Umang Yadav through an undertrial prisoner lodged in Rohini jail Yadav had studied LLB and was acquainted with the practice of courts and advocates Tillu asked Yadav to help him kill Gogi to which he had agreed as per the disclosureTwo shooters Rahul and Jaideep were also roped in Tillu asked them to go to Panipat court or Rohini court dressed as advocates and kill Gogi whenever he is produced from the judicial custodyAfter killing Gogi inside court both Rahul and Jaideep would surrender before the Judge in the court the chargesheet stated quoting Tillus disclosure statementBoth the assailants then met Yadav in August 2021 and started preparations Yadav briefed them about the working of the court and the practice of advocates Jaideep and Umang also arranged the lawyers attire The disclosure statement further read When he came to know that Gogi would be produced in Panipat court on September 13 he sent Umang and Jaideep to Panipat court to recee the court and assess the security of Gogi They informed that Gogi was produced in court under high security On being informed about Gogis production before the Rohini court on September 24 Tillu directed Yadav Rahul and Jaideep to go to Murthal to collect firearms from one of his associates On the morning of the shootout he was in regular touch with the trioYadav had also joined his cousin brother Vinay to help them in the execution of plan Thereafter they went to Rohini court where his absconding associate Naveen Dabas Bhanja also reached with a shooter who looked like a Nepali However he sent the boy away as his appearance as an advocate was not proper the statement further read Tillu further claimed that he received a call at 130 PM from one of his contacts informing him that Gogi was shot in Rohini court He became very happy with the news However shortly he came to know from TV installed in their cell that both assailants who had fired upon Gogi were shot dead in court he became very sad and he immediately gave his mobile phone and dongle to his jail inmate Ashish Kumar and asked him to destroy the mobile and dongle the statement added Meanwhile Umang Yadav in his disclosure statement said that he took Rahul and Jaideep to the Rohini court and before reaching there they changed into lawyers attire at a mall He along with one Nepali came out of court in a car while Rahul and Jagga remained in court to execute the plan Thereafter he came to know on Facebook that Gogi was killed and both shooters shot dead by the police He became afraid and called Tillus number but his phone was switched off Yadav said in the statement to the police After the shoot-out when Yadav removed the DVR of CCTV cameras fitted inside his house He disclosed that he had hidden the DVR inside the chimney in his kitchen the police saidConsidering the gravity of the incident of the shootout various operational teams of Delhi Police were activated by the supervisory officers to develop intelligence behind the conspiracy to kill Gogi inside the courtroom the police stated in the chargesheetThe incident had happened inside courtroom number 207 presided by Additional Sessions Judge Gagandeep SinghThe police filed the final report for offences under sections 302 murder 201 destruction of evidence 353 assault 186 obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions 120B conspiracy of IPC and various sections under the Arms Act PTI AAK RCJ RCJ

New Delhi Dec 22 PTI Delhi Police has filed a charge sheet against seven accused in a case related to the shootout in the Rohini court in which jailed gangster Jitender Gogi and two assailants dressed as lawyers were killed The assailants who were from the rival gang opened fire at undertrial prisoner Gogi inside a courtroom where a murder case was being heard against him on September 24 The duo were then killed in a swift police counter-fire The charge sheet filed on December 20 named gangsters Tillu and Naveen Bali Umang Yadav Vinay Yadav Ashish Yadav and the two deceased -- Rahul K and Jagdeep Jagga -- as accused The police filed the final report for offences under sections 302 murder 120B conspiracy 353 assault 201 destruction of evidence 186 obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions of the Indian Penal Code IPC The incident had happened inside courtroom number 207 presided by Additional Sessions Judge Gagandeep Singh In video footage of the shootout involving the two attackers gunshots were heard and policemen and lawyers were seen in a scramble PTI AAK AMP SMN SMN