-The Hindu The approval for large-scale induction of women personnel into the Delhi Police is being described by many as a knee-jerk reaction to the public outrage over the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student last month. However, whether the move would make any significant change depends entirely on the degree of sensitivity shown by all the stakeholders and efficient handling of police investigations into crimes against women, particularly rape...
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How police covered-up the murder of Dalit girl by constable -J Balaji
-The Hindu NHRC directs U.P. govt. to give Rs. 5 lakh to kin of Dalit girl killed by constable; The constable had murdered and hanged a Dalit girl after a failed rape attempt The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to the family of a 14-year-old Dalit girl, who was murdered by a police constable after a failed rape...
More »Chautala and son convicted, jailed in 1999 teacher hirings scam -Aneesha Mathur
-The Indian Express Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and two IAS officers were among 55 people convicted by a special CBI court in New Delhi Wednesday of illegally recruiting teachers in 1999. All 55 convicts in the case, known as the JBT (Junior Basic Trained teachers) recruitment scam, were taken into judicial custody and sent to Tihar jail until January 22, when the court is scheduled...
More »Police Registers Case Against Zee News for Forgery
-Outlook Delhi Police has registered a case against Zee News for allegedly showing forged annexure of a CAG report on coal block allocation, a charge dismissed by the channel as a "figment of imagination, mala fide and oppressive". The Crime Branch registered the case alleging that the CAG report annexure shown by Zee News was forged, sources said. They also said a case of cheating and forgery were registered after finding that the...
More »Kundapur: RTI Activist's Murder - Four Contract Killers Arrested in Bangalore?
-DaijiWorld.com Kundapur: Four persons have reportedly been arrested in Bangalore in connection with the murder of RTI activist and Congress member Vasudeva Adiga, whose body was found on January 12 in Chikmagalur. Adiga was allegedly kidnapped on January 7 from Goliangadi. Five days later, his body was recovered from a pond at Kadur, with signs that he had been strangled to death. It is said that the police have arrested four persons who...
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