New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Special Cell of Delhi Police on Sunday arrested a wanted absconding gangster.

New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government over the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair and said "arresting one voice of truth will only give rise to a thousand more".

New Delhi Apr 18 PTI A 36-year-old man was on Monday arrested for allegedly supplying bottles which were used for pelting during the clash in Northwest Delhis Jahangirpuri on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti police said The accused Sheikh Hameed is a scrap dealer and a resident of Jahangirpuri they saidWith the latest arrest the Delhi Police has so far held 22 people and apprehended two juveniles in connection with the incident that took place on SaturdayDuring investigation one more accused Sheikh Hameed was arrested in connection with the case During the interrogation he told police that he had supplied bottles which were used for pelting during the clashes Usha Rangnani Deputy Commissioner of Police Northwest saidThe total number of arrests made so far in connection with the case also includes that of Md Aslam who had fired a bullet that hit a sub inspector of the Delhi Police The pistol used by the accused during the commission of crime was seized from his possession Besides him Ansar 35 alleged to be the main conspirator behind the violence was also arrested according to the policePolice said there was stone-pelting and arson during the clashes between two communities that left eight police personnel and a local injured Some vehicles were also torchedAn FIR was registered on Saturday under Indian Penal Code sections including 307 attempt to murder 120 B criminal conspiracy and 147 rioting and provisions of the Arms Act in connection with the incidentThe case has been transferred to Crime Branch while the northwest district police and the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations IFSCO of the Special Cell will also help them in probing the case police saidPTI AMP SRY

New Delhi Feb 27 PTI A 25-year-old member of the Sonu Dariyapur gang who was wanted in a 2021 case of attempt to murder was arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police officials said on Sunday The accused Prince alias Sunny was involved in the attempt to murder case registered at Mohan Garden police station which falls under Dwarka jurisdiction they said A reward of Rs 20000 was declared on his arrest police said According to police On August 29 2021 Prince his father Amit Tuli and mother Taruna Tuli had a quarrel with the complainants during which Prince fired a shot at the victim critically injuring him During the course of investigation both the accused Amit Tuli and Taruna Tuli were arrested by the local police but accused Prince evaded his arrest and was on the run for more than six months said Rajeev Rajan Singh Deputy Commissioner of Police Special Cell The arrest was made on February 25 this year when police got a tip off that Prince was coming to meet his associates in Najafgarh he said When interrogated he confessed to his involvement in the offence and disclosed that he is a member of Sonu Dariyapur gang He and his associates were also involved in a 2019 case of attempt to murder in Outer Delhis Bawana area the DCP said PTI AMP CK

New Delhi Feb 18 PTI IEDs found in a Seemapuri house on Thursday and at the Ghazipur market last month were prepared with the intention of carrying out blasts at public places across the city according to Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh AsthanaSuch activities are not possible without local support the Delhi Police chief said on FridayA day after the bag containing the IED was found in northeast Delhis Old Seemapuri area the police have stepped up security and deployed additional personnel there officials saidThe improvised explosive device IED weighing 25 to 3 kg was later diffused while the owner of the house and a property dealer are being interrogated by the police they saidTalking to the media Asthana said an IED was recovered in Ghazipur on January 17 and a similar IED was also recovered and neutralized in Old Seemapuri on ThursdayAccording to the probe these IEDs were prepared with an intention to carry out blasts at public places Such activities are not possible without local support he saidThe Special Cell and other teams are investigating the case he said adding that they are probing forward and backward linkagesWe are trying to pre-empt every such incident in Delhi and expose any local and foreign network he added but refused to divulge any other detailA senior police officer said around 400 people were vacated from nearby buildings after the suspicious bag was foundWe have stepped up the security in the area We have put up barricades and sealed the house The crime scene has been preservedThe local police had also conducted the verification of tenants in the area as part of security measures ahead of the Republic Day A local enquiry has also been conducted by the local police the officer saidA Special Cell team has also retrieved the footage of all the CCTV cameras installed in and around the building where the suspicious bag was foundThe footage of the cameras are being analysed the officer saidThe mother of house owner Aashim alleged that police have taken him in their custody while his wife said they had rented out the floor where the explosives have been found to two persons a couple of months agoDuring interrogation the owner of the house told the police that he had taken the documents of two people while providing while giving the house on rentHowever the documents are yet to be recovered by the Special Cell unit probing the case another senior police officer saidNSG sources had said the explosive is suspected to be a mix of ammonium nitrate and RDX but a forensic lab will examine it in detail With this explosive having similarity with the one recovered from the Ghazipur flower market ahead of Republic Day last month the police believe that both these cases might be linked to the same peopleAccording to an official investigation into the Ghazipur flower market case led the police to receive a tip-off about the explosive in Old SeemapuriNo sooner the information was received in the afternoon Special Cell teams dashed to the site NSG officials and the Forensic Science Laboratory team were also rushed to the spotThe officer said When our team went to the house it was vacant The bag was found there and we immediately informed the NSG The suspects have managed to escape We suspect the explosive recovered from Old Seempuri has been made by the same persons who placed IED at Ghazipur flower market last month the officer saidThe IED was picked up by the NSG bomb disposal squad from the second floor of the building Security has been beefed up and the area cordoned offThe IED was destroyed using a water disruptor an NSG officer said adding all pieces of evidence have been handed over to the Delhi PoliceIn January an IED stuffed with RDX and ammonium nitrate was found inside an unattended bag at the Ghazipur flower market here but it was later defusedThe incident had happened ahead of Republic Day celebrations on January 26 for which the security apparatus in the National Capital was already on a high alert PTI AMP TDS TDS

New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Investigators in the Old Seemapuri Improvised Explosive Device (IED) recovery incident are probing any support extended to the suspects by local residents. A pattern and similarities between Ghazi IED recovery and Old Seemapuri are being drawn to zero in on other suspects.

New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): A security breach was reported at the residence of the National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval.

New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Friday allowed the Delhi Police to take a voice sample of Meeran Haider, an accused in the Delhi violence case.

New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Delhi Police on Friday filed a fresh status report in the High Court with regards to all 758 FIRs in connection with Northeast Delhi violence, along with the detail of present stages before the trial court, following court's direction passed on the last date of hearing.

New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientist, who was arrested in connection with the Rohini district court blast case, allegedly attempted suicide by consuming a toxic substance in police custody, said police sources on Sunday.