Fire in Ghaziabad mallOctober 10th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A fire that broke out in the food court of the Pacific Mall in Ghaziabad late Saturday was soon brought under control, officials said, adding that no casualties were reported. The incident occurred at around 9 p.m.
Rs.1.7 lakh robbed from Ghaziabad bankSeptember 14th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Two armed masked men robbed a cooperative bank of over Rs.1.7 lakh here Monday, police said. The heist occurred Monday in Govindpuri locality under the Modinagar police station of Ghaziabad.
Two police constables assaulted, robbed in GhaziabadJuly 22nd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Two police constables were assaulted by a dozen unidentified men and robbed of their rifles, motorcycle, mobile phones and other valuables, district police said Wednesday. The incident occurred late Tuesday night on the Duhai-Sadarpur Road under Muradnagar police station in Ghaziabad.
12-year-old crushed to death, residents ransack police postJuly 6th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death by a tractor trolley here Monday, officials said. Following the accident, angry residents vandalised a police post and damaged vehicles, alleging that the police had helped the tractor driver to escape.
Wanted man shot dead in GhaziabadJune 12th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A man wanted for over a dozen crimes was shot dead by the police in a firefight when the accused was trying to escape on a stolen motorcycle, officials said Friday. The incident occurred Thursday night in the Indirapuram police station area, police said.
'Dreaded criminal' dies in shootout with policeMay 28th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Police in Ghaziabad Thursday said they have gunned down a "dreaded criminal", who allegedly killed four women three years ago and had escaped from a lockup. Manoj Kumar, "wanted in over a dozen cases including robbery and murders", was killed in a shootout with police at Pilakhuwa town in this Uttar Pradesh district, Superintendent of Police K.K.
BJP chief Rajnath Singh wins from GhaziabadMay 16th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Saturday won from the Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency. He defeated his nearest rival, Surendra Prakash Goel of the Congress, by 91,153 votes.
Ghaziabad girl was gangraped before being hangedMay 13th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Autopsy of the teenage girl murdered in her house here earlier this week has revealed that she was first gangraped before being hanged, police said Wednesday. The father of the girl, Surendra Jatav, a tailor by profession, had lodged a complaint that Wednesday about half a dozen men had barged into his house, locked the elder daughter in a room and hanged the younger one by her own dupatta (stole).
Girl hanged to death in GhaziabadMay 12th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - About half a dozen criminals barged into the house of a tailor and hanged his younger daughter to death with her own dupatta (stole) in Ghaziabad district Monday night, police said Tuesday. Ghaziabad police chief Akhil Kumar, who visited the tailor Surendra Jatav's house in Fafrana area in Modinagar town of the district, said that according to Jatav's elder daughter Babli, about half a dozen criminals barged into their house Monday night while their parents were away.
Girl hanged to death in GhaziabadMay 12th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - About half a dozen criminals barged into the house of a tailor and hanged his younger daughter to death with her own dupatta (stole) in Ghaziabad district Monday night, police said Tuesday. Ghaziabad police chief Akhil Kumar, who visited the tailor Surendra Jatav's house in Fafrana area in Modinagar town of the district, said that according to Jatav's elder daughter Babli, about half a dozen criminals barged into their house Monday night while their parents were away.
Girl hanged to death in GhaziabadMay 12th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - About half a dozen criminals barged into the house of a tailor and hanged his younger daughter to death with her own dupatta (stole) in Ghaziabad district Monday night, police said Tuesday. Ghaziabad police chief Akhil Kumar, who visited the tailor Surendra Jatav's house in Fafrana area in Modinagar town of the district, said that according to Jatav's elder daughter Babli, about half a dozen criminals barged into their house Monday night while their parents were away.
Four children drown in Ghaziabad pondMay 6th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - As many as four children aged between eight-10 years drowned in a pond here Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred in the Bahadurgarh area of Ghaziabad around 2.30 p.m.
'Knifer gang' busted in GhaziabadApril 19th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Four men wanted in over a dozen cases of armed robberies and murders, belonging to what the police described as the 'knifer gang' were arrested Sunday, officials said. The gang which operated in Vaishali, Vasundhara, Kaushambi and Indirapuram areas of Ghaziabad, adjoining east Delhi, specialised in carrying out their crimes with the help of knives and were hence called the 'knifer gang', police said.
Cases registered against Ghaziabad riotersMarch 6th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Police Thursday night lodged six cases against rioters, a day after a mob ransacked a hospital, damaged a police post and over a dozen vehicles and critically injured two policemen in this Uttar Pradesh town near the national capital. Six first information reports (FIRs) have been registered against the people who got violent after police gunned down two men allegedly for robbing a man Wednesday, police officials said.
Ghaziabad gets new police chief, third in four monthsFebruary 1st, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The Ghaziabad district police got a change in command with Raj Kumar Kureel taking over as the new senior superintendent of police (SSP). He is the third SSP of the district in less than four months.