The Uttar Pradesh police have killed 103 suspected criminals in alleged encounters over a period of more than two years.This was the claim made by the State police in response to taunts by Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati that the police in Uttar Pradesh were keeping criminals as “state guests.”Ms. Mayawati on Friday, while hailing the police encounter of the four accused in the Hyderabad rape and murder case as “praiseworthy,” had called on the U.P. police to change and “take inspiration” from their counterparts in the Telangana capital.“I want to tell the U.P. police that it should take inspiration from the Hyderabad Police and take tough steps. But what’s unfortunate is that be it in Delhi or U.P., the police keep most of the accused as sarkari mehmaan (state guests). I feel that is a thing of shame,” she said.She went on to say that while rapes and molestation incidents against women had become “common” in entire … [Read more...] about 103 suspected criminals killed in police engagements in two years: U.P. Police
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Balasinor ranked India’s second-best police station
VADODARA: Mahisagar district’s Balasinor police station is the second-best performing police station in the country. The award was given at the all-India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police at Pune in Maharashtra. Instituted by the union home ministry follwoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion during a similar conference in Kutch in 2015, the award fetes top 10 among 15,579 police stations in the country. While Aberdeen police station in Andaman and Nicobar Islands topped this year’s list, the Ajk police station in Burhanpur district in Madhya Pradesh stood third. The ranking process begins with the process of shortlisting the best performing police stations in the states and union territories against many set parameters through the Crime and Criminal Tracking System Network. This is followed by a survey of the police stations that have been selected from each state. Mahisagar SP Usha Rada said that the police station had a good crime … [Read more...] about Balasinor ranked India’s second-best police station
Sexual harassment row: 30 hurt as police use baton, water cannon on protesters in Faridkot
Police used batons, water cannons and lobbed teargas shells to disperse protesters supporting a senior woman tutor who has filed a sexual harassment complaint against the head of department of Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital on Saturday afternoon. The 46-year-old senior woman tutor had filed a complaint against Faridkot medical college HoD alleging sexual harassment in August this year, but no FIR has been registered and all internal inquiries are pending. The DC had ordered an inquiry under additional deputy commissioner Paramjit Kaur on September 2. The local complaints committee, probing the sexual harassment case has already missed the 90-day deadline of state women commission to submit the inquiry report to deputy commissioner, which ended on December 2.Members of social organisations along with the woman tutor marched towards the deputy commissioner’s office but they were stopped by the police. A few … [Read more...] about Sexual harassment row: 30 hurt as police use baton, water cannon on protesters in Faridkot
Ludhiana police nab 7 Babbar Khalsa terrorists, had come create unrest in Punjab
Punjab: Ludhiana police on Saturday busted a terror group and held seven terrorists who belonged to Babbar Khalsa, an international terror group operating in India, UK, Canada, Germany, France and other nations. As per reports, the police have also seized weapons from the terrorists. Sources have revealed that they were being funded from Britain and were receiving help from a terrorist named Surendra Singh. On being interrogated the terrorists revealed that they had come to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere in Punjab. The arrest has averted a tragedy, which could have taken place, had these terrorists had not been nabbed. What is Babbar Khalsa? It is a terrorist group which is famous as Babbar Khalsa International and has its members spread across various countries like Canada, India, France, Germany and UK. The organization is officially banned by Government of nations such as Canada, United States, India, United Kingdom and the European Union. The organization came to light … [Read more...] about Ludhiana police nab 7 Babbar Khalsa terrorists, had come create unrest in Punjab
Despite All Odds Andaman’s Aberdeen Police Station Ranked Best in the Country
Kolkata: Despite the limited resources, remote location and poor connectivity, Aberdeen Police Station in South Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday has been selected by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) as the best police station in the country. The selection was made by the officials of Quality Council of India (QCI) which evaluated the police stations and submitted its report to MHA. "They examined everything including public feedback, crime rate, detection, corruption angel, community policing, crèche facility, action take, assistance in case of SOS and coastal security," Dependra Pathak, DGP of Andaman and Nicobar Islands said. The DGP added that the police station had a decent record of crime detection and serving the people. Dependra Pathak said, “Our crime detection rate is above 95 per cent and it is really very exciting as well as challenging to work here. The weather is very unpredictable and it falls under high earthquake zone. Unlike mainland, situation is … [Read more...] about Despite All Odds Andaman’s Aberdeen Police Station Ranked Best in the Country