New Delhi Apr 26 PTI The Delhi Police has arrested the last accused in connection with an incident in which a 20-year-old woman was allegedly abducted gang-raped and paraded by a group of people in east Delhis Kasturba Nagar in January officials said on Tuesday The accused has been identified as Mukesh they said On January 26 the woman was abducted from Karkardooma village over an old rivalry She was brought to Kasturba Nagar where her head was shaved her face was smeared with ink and a garland of sleepers was put around her neck while beating her black and Blue a senior police officer saidLater she was confined in a room where she was allegedly sexually assaulted by three minors and subsequently paraded to dishonour her in full public view the officer said During investigation 21 accused persons including 12 women four men and five juveniles were arrested and apprehended they said However Mukesh was absconding and evading his arrest police said On Monday Mukesh was arrested from near Totaram School Kasturba Nagar Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahdara Sathiyasundaram saidA total of 11 criminal cases have been registered against him police said Police had said the preliminary investigation indicated that the woman and a boy belonging to the family of the accused were friendsThe boy committed suicide in November last year and his family blamed the victim woman for it The family alleged that it was because of her that the boy took the extreme step To exact revenge on her the family members allegedly abducted her They wanted to teach her a lesson a senior police official had said Delhi police on Monday filed a charge sheet before a court here against 21 persons in connection with the incident The charge sheet of 762 pages named 12 women four men and five minors as accused PTI NIT RCJ

New Delhi Apr 19 PTI The Delhi Police has slapped the stringent National Security Act NSA on five persons arrested in connection with the April 16 Jahangirpuri violence and arrested two more people including a man for allegedly supplying a pistol to an accusedClashes broke out between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession at Jahangirpuri on Saturday leaving eight police personnel and a local resident injuredAccording to police there was stone-pelting and arson during the clashes and some vehicles were also torchedPolice said that among those booked under the NSA are Ansar the alleged main conspirator behind the violence and Sonu who was seen in a video opening fire during the clashesThe other three are Salim Dilshad and Ahir who are facing charges under the NSA for their alleged involvement in the violence they saidPolice on Tuesday said that a man named Gulli has been arrested for allegedly supplying a pistol to an accused of the Jahangirpuri violence Besides Gulli Dilshad has also been arrested in the case They are both residents of JahangirpuriAccording to police 25 people have been arrested and two juveniles apprehended in connection with the clashesAsked if any of the accused has links with the Popular Front of India PFI a senior police officer said that the investigation is in the initial stage and all angles are being probedThe investigation is in its initial stage and if there is any link with PFI or if it was part of any criminal conspiracy or it was a pre-planned act the crime branch unit of the Delhi Police is investigating the matter from all angles A detailed and thorough investigation is being done by the investigation teams the officer saidMultiple purported videos of the Jahangirpuri violence has emerged which are being analysed by the Crime Branch team to identify the more culpritsIn one such purported video several people were seen coming from behind the procession Some of them were also seen brandishing swords PTI AMP ANB ANB

New Delhi Apr 19 PTI The Delhi Police has busted a gang of burglars and arrested its five members including the leader of the syndicate officials said on Tuesday Gold and silver jewellery worth around Rs 20 lakh Rs 151000 in cash 49 stolen wrist watches seven mobile phones were recovered from their possession they said The accused have been identified as Akash alias Akku 25 Badre Alam alias Salim alias Dutta 23 Rajesh 24 and Mohammad Ziyauddin 52 all residents of JJ Colony Bawana and Sheikh Ahsan Ali 24 a resident of Jahangirpuri they said One goldsmith the receiver of the stolen property Amit 24 a resident of JJ Colony Bawana has also been arrested police said On March 31 three cases of burglary in a single block were reported from the area of RK Puram police station The complainants stated that their houses were ransacked in night and a huge quantity of jewellery and cash were burgled a senior police officer said During investigation it was revealed that four persons from JJ Colony Bawana were operating in the area of RK Puram Vasant Kunj Sarojini Nagar and Safdarjung Enclave the officer said On April 13 police got a tip-off that Ali and Dutta would come to RK Puram to sell stolen jewellery Thereafter a trap was laid and four accused were apprehended Later their gang leader Akash was also nabbed Deputy Commissioner of Police Southwest Manoj C said The accused disclosed that they used to start from JJ Colony Bawana in the auto-rickshaw of Ziyauddin around 11 pm to commit burglaries police said The driver used to drop them at the targeted area they said After committing the crime they used to call the driver around 4 am and return to JJ Colony Bawana along with stolen items police said They sold most of the stolen jewellery to Amit following which he was also arrested they added PTI NIT RCJ

New Delhi Apr 19 PTI The Delhi Police has slapped the stringent National Security Act on five accused persons arrested in connection with the violence in Jahangirpuri here official sources saidAmong those booked under the stringent law are Ansar the alleged main conspirator behind the violence and Sonu who was seen in a video opening fire during the violence on Saturday they saidSo far the Delhi Police has arrested over 20 people in connection with the clashes that erupted during a procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti PTI AMP ACB ANB ANB

New Delhi Apr 18 PTI A Delhi Police investigation team came under a minor attack on Monday when it went to the house of a man who was seen firing a gunshot during the violence in Jahangirpuri officials saidDeputy Commissioner of Police Northwest Usha Rangnani said a northwest district police team had gone to the suspects house in C-Block Jahangirpuri around 130 pm for search and examination of his family membersHis family members pelted two stones at the police team One of the stones hit Inspector Satender Khari who was deployed in law-and-order arrangement near Kushal Chowk and he sustained injury on his right ankle One person has been detained in this case The situation is completely under control now she saidThe case has been registered under sections 186 obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions 353 assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty 332 voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty and 34 common intention of the Indian Penal Code Rangnani saidOne of the accused Salma a resident of C-Block Jahangirpuri joined the investigation and was bound down the DCP said referring to the minor attack caseIn a purported video of the Saturday violence the man wearing a blue shirt was seen opening fire during the clashes that had erupted when a Hanuman jayanti procession was passing through localities in JahangirpuriMedia reports about fresh stone-pelting on Monday is an exaggeration of facts It was a minor one-off incident Legal action is being taken Rangnani added PTI AMP NIT NIT ANB ANB

New Delhi Apr 18 PTI The Delhi Police on Monday said it has registered an FIR against the members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal for taking out a religious procession without permission in northwest Delhis Jahangirpuri area where violent clashes broke out on April 16The police have also arrested Prem Sharma VHPs district sewa pramukh in connection with the violence during the Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri officials saidDeputy Commissioner of Police Northwest Usha Rangnani said a case was registered under section 188 Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant of the Indian Penal CodeThe procession was taken out on Saturday evening without any permission and one person named Prem Sharma Jila Sewa Pramukh Vishwa Hindu Parishad has been arrested she said adding that further investigation is underway PTI AMP AMP TDS TDS

New Delhi Apr 18 PTI A Delhi Police investigation team came under a minor attack on Monday when it went to the house of a man who was seen firing a gunshot during violence in Jahangirpuri officials saidDeputy Commissioner of Police Northwest Usha Rangnani said a northwest district police team had gone to the suspects house in CD Park Road for a search and examination of his family membersHis family members pelted two stones at the police team Legal action is being taken One person has been detained in this case The situation is completely under control now she saidIn a purported video of the Saturday violence the man wearing a blue shirt was seen opening fire during the clashes that had erupted when a Hanuman jayanti procession was passing through localities in JahangirpuriMedia reports about fresh stone-pelting on Monday is an exaggeration of facts It was a minor one-off incident Legal action is being taken Rangnani added PTI AMP TIR TIR

New Delhi Apr 18 PTI A Delhi Police investigation team came under attack on Monday when it went to the house of a man who was seen firing a gunshot during clashes in Jahangirpuri officials said One of the purported videos of the violence on Saturday showed a man in blue shirt opening fire during the clashes in JahangirpuriDeputy Commissioner of Police Northwest Usha Rangnani said a police team of northwest district had gone to the suspects house in CD Park Road for a search and examination of his family members His family members pelted two stones on the police team Legal action is being taken One person has been detained Situation is completely under control now she said PTI AMP TIR TIR

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI The Delhi Police has registered a case after two workers died when they fell into a six-foot-deep pit while working at a sewage treatment plant in east Delhis Kondli area officials said on ThursdayThree people have been also been apprehended in this connection the police said adding that post-mortem examinations of the deceased are being conductedThose apprehended have been identified as K P Tewari plant in-charge Raj Kumar supervisorforeman and Mohammad Haroon shift in-charge they saidA case under sections 304A causing death by negligence of the Indian Penal Code and 9 of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers Their Rehabilitation Act has been registered at the New Ashok Nagar police station Deputy Commissioner of Police East Priyanka Kashyap saidThe deceased have been identified as Nitesh 25 and Yashdev 35 both from Uttar Pradesh the police saidThey said that after getting information about the incident a team from the New Ashok Nagar police station reached the spotThe team found that two men had fallen into a pit at the plant They were taken out with the help of fire department personnel and rushed to the hospital where they were declared brought dead Kashyap had saidFire department officials said the men had fallen into a six-foot-deep pit PTI NIT IJT

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The Delhi Police has busted a Jharkhand-based online fraud racket and apprehended three people including a juvenile officials said on WednesdayThe accused have been identified as Deepak Kumar Chohan 19 and Bishal Kumar Noniya 20 both residents of Dhanbad in Jharkhand the police officials saidOn February 14 a complaint was received from Reema Singhal alleging that she received a message asking her to update the KYC details of her bank account failing which it will be blocked a senior police officer saidAfter receiving the same message several times she called on a number that was mentioned in it to enquire about her bank account She was cheated and a sum of Rs 1000000 debited from her account the officer addedThe bank statement of the complainant revealed that the money was transferred in three instalments of Rs 490000 Rs 310000 and Rs 200000 into as many accounts police saidThe amount was later transferred into several other bank accounts in smaller sums and withdrawn through ATMs in different areas of Dhanbad they saidDuring the investigation police zeroed in on a juvenile and apprehended him from Dhanbad On his instance Chohan and Noniya were arrested the officer saidChohan stated that he used to provide bank accounts for transferring the stolen amount He along with his associates used to withdraw the money from various ATMs and hand it over to the kingpin of the racket the police saidEfforts are being made to nab the others involved in this racket they said PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV