Drug peddler arrested in New DelhiOctober 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sleuths of the Special Operation Squad from the Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested Sabid Ali, an international drug peddler from the vicinity of a Metro railway station in New Delhi. Ali, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, is an international drug runner and had entered India from Nepal border.
Choppers to patrol Delhi skies on special occasionsSeptember 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Patrolling by choppers during special occasions like upcoming 2010 Commonwealth Games would soon become a regular feature in the security drills conducted across the national capital, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Tuesday.
Police: Murders in South Africa down but about 50 still killed per day, rape cases increaseSeptember 22nd, 2009 SAfrica: Murder down; rape and house robberies upCAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa's police minister says the country's murder rate has declined but that more rapes and house robberies were reported. The government has been desperate to show crime is dropping ahead of next year's World Cup.
NYC crime down 40 percent from same time in '08 as number of homicides on track for record lowSeptember 18th, 2009 NYC crime down 40 percent from same time in '08NEW YORK — Just how low can the crime rate go?
The New York Police Department says the city is heading toward a record low number of murders this year, about 457. That would break the low of 497 set in 2007.
FBI: Murder, violent crime dropped in 2008; property crimes also fallSeptember 14th, 2009 FBI: Murder, violent crime dropped in 2008WASHINGTON — Murder and manslaughter dropped almost 4 percent last year, as reported crime overall fell around the country, according to new data released Monday by the FBI. The 3.9 percent decline in killings reported to police was part of a nationwide drop in violent crime of 1.9 percent from 2007 to 2008.
Justice Department says violent crime rate was unchanged in 2008September 2nd, 2009 Justice Dept.: Violent crime rate unchanged in '08WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Wednesday the rate of violent crime in the United States held steady in 2008. The Bureau of Justice Statistics released its findings about the estimated 4.9 million violent crimes committed in the U.S.
Neighbor's home now part of crime scene in California kidnapping caseAugust 30th, 2009 Police in Calif. expand probe to neighbor's houseANTIOCH, Calif.
Modern techniques enable faster crime detection in ChandigarhAugust 24th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE
CHANDIGARH - The police here have adopted modern investigation techniques and solved many important cases faster in the last two years, a senior officer said Monday. Senior Superintendent of Police S.S.
Servant arrested for killing, robbing senior citizen in DelhiJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A domestic help was arrested for murdering and robbing a 67-year-old man in the national capital, police said Monday. Surjit Munda, 20, was arrested by a team of Delhi police from his home town in Jharkhand Sunday where he fled after committing the crime July 5, a police officer said.
Irate mob attacks police station in New DelhiJune 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - An infuriated mob attacked a police station in New Delhi on Tuesday following reports of a woman being assaulted by the some police personnel. The woman, a slum dweller, alleged that she was raped by the Station House Officer and four others in a police station in southwest Delhi and was threatened with dire consequences if she revealed the incident.
Jharkhand capital Ranchi turning into crime capital?June 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Ranchi, the state capital of Jharkhand is gradually turning into a crime capital as incidents like murder, indiscriminate firing, looting banks, and snatching cash have become a normal phenomenon here, say residents. On Monday evening two bike-borne criminals fired at four places in Ranchi shooting two people to death and injuring two others in the Kokar area of Ranchi.
Delhi Police launch parallel probe against Ahmedabad conmanJune 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police have registered a case of cheating against a quack, arrested in Ahmedabad for allegedly duping people to the tune of millions of rupees, as complaints of cheating poured in from across the national capital too. The Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police's Crime Branch is investigating the matter.
Police arrest suspected crime boss in hideout in his home in southern ItalyMay 10th, 2009 Police arrest suspected crime boss in south ItalyROME — Police say they arrested a fugitive crime boss who they found holed up in a secret room of his brother's house in the southern Italian region of Calabria. Officials of the Carabinieri paramilitary police force in Reggio Calabria say Salvatore Coluccio has been a fugitive since 2005.
Fifteen murders in Delhi in first two weeks of 2009January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - On an average, one person was murdered daily in the national capital in the first fifteen days of this year. Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S.
People not registering domestic helps in Delhi: Police chiefJanuary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Despite frequent incidents of crime committed by domestic helps in the capital, Delhiites have not learnt a lesson; 64 percent of the domestic helps continue to be unregistered, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S Dadwal said Friday. In a door-to-door survey conducted by Delhi Police last year covering 912,547 households having 111,484 servants, it was found that only 41,046 servants were verified.