Dreaded killer held after shootout in Delhi

August 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A dreaded criminal wanted for half-a-dozen murders in Delhi and adjoining areas was arrested after a brief gunfight with policemen Wednesday. Sandeep Chaitanya, carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 on his head, was arrested from a house in the densely populated Rohini Sector 25 in northwest Delhi, a police officer said.

August 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Police officials in Jilin have arrested a killer hiding in the mountains for 19 days, when he came out to have his favourite food. The man had killed his girlfriend and her lover.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man wanted in over a dozen criminal cases and carrying a reward of Rs. 50,000 on his head was arrested in the national capital, police said Tuesday.

May 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.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has rejected as 'unacceptable' Delhi Police's excuses for not conducting a magisterial inquiry into the Batla House shootout last year, in which two suspected terrorists and a police inspector were killed. 'If every state comes with an excuse that they cannot conduct a magisterial enquiry into such cases, then the commission will be left with no other work at all,' NHRC counsel told the Delhi High Court Wednesday.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Demanding a judicial probe over the Batla house shootout in which two terror suspects and a police inspector were killed, a group of people including women staged protests outside the Delhi Police headquarters Saturday afternoon. Nearly 50-60 protesters from the Jamia Teachers Solidarity Group raised slogans against Delhi Police's Special Cell that on Sep 19 last year killed two men suspected to be involved in the Delhi serial bombings six days earlier.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Hight Court Wednesday sought a detailed response from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on whether its guidelines for conducting a magisterial inquiry into last year's Sep 19 Batla House shootout could be followed despite the government's reluctance. 'What is your stand on conducting inquiry in the case? Would you allow your guidelines not to be followed if the executive (government) decides against it?' a bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna said when the rights body remarked that the Delhi lieutenant governor has decided against holding a magisterial inquiry into the case.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A city court Monday sentenced five men to life imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman for ransom and expressed concern at instances of abduction increasingly acquiring an industry status. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.50,000 each on convicts Amar Misra, Satbir, Ravi, Mukesh and Rajender, after holding them guilty of kidnapping Sukhdayal Malik, a businessman dealing in spare parts, on July 16, 1994.

January 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the media to impose on itself certain restrictions on handling sensitive issues like Jamia Nagar shootout, which erupted six days after Sep 13 Delhi serial bombings. The court sought an explanation from Delhi Police for not initiating a magisterial probe into the shootout, despite National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) guidelines to do so.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The four robbers injured in the daylight shootout with the Delhi Police Monday at a busy south Delhi market are members of an interstate gang, the police said Tuesday. 'The gang was involved in several cases of robbery in Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh,' Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) H.G.S.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Supporting the demand for a judicial enquiry into a shootout in Jamia Nagar of south Delhi in which the police killed two alleged terrorists four months ago, Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh Tuesday indicated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh too was considering the demand. 'In democracy, it is always better if things get clear,' Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.

January 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has pulled up the Delhi government for its callous attitude towards the increasing deaths on the capital's roads due to 'killer' blueline buses. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna last week pulled up the government for dilly-dallying on implementation of strict rules and regulations for blueline buses, responsible for several road deaths.

January 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The name of Delhi Police ispector M.C. Sharma, who was gunned down in a shootout with suspected terrorists of Indian Mujahideen last year in the capital, has been recommended for the Ashok Chakra award, a senior police officer said here Friday.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Delhi government Friday said 100 Blueline buses, termed as 'killer' buses for causing a large number of deaths on the city's roads, would be phased out every month starting from March next year. The government will eventually phase out all Blueline buses, said Delhi Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - As the Delhi government announced it would phase out 100 Blueline buses every month starting from March next year, the authorities Friday impounded over 150 of these privately-owned buses and cancelled their licences. The Delhi Police spokesperson said permits of 158 Blueline buses were cancelled for flouting norms.