Gujarat legislator sent to two-day police remandJune 30th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Fatehsinh Chauhan, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator arrested Monday for his alleged role in communal violence of 2002 in Gujarat, was Tuesday sent to two-day police remand. A court in Panchmahal district sent the legislator from Rajgadh to two-day police remand.
Police to interrogate conman Jadeja's kinJune 8th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - A city court Monday allowed police to interrogate till Thursday Maanbai Rathod, an aunt of conman Ashok Jadeja who is accused of duping thousands of people across India of millions of rupees by posing as a godman. Maanbai was first detained for questioning by the Gujarat police after she was picked up from her Naroda home Sunday afternoon.
Gujarat Police forms 86 quick response teams for polling dayApril 25th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Gujarat Police has formed 86 Quick Response Teams (QRTs) to be deployed as a security measure at various polling centres across the state on election day April 30, a senior official said Saturday. The QRTs have been formed to act immediately in case of any untoward incident on the polling day in the state, Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) S.S.
ATC extends judicial remand of Mumbai attack suspect by six more daysApril 23rd, 2009 RAWALPINDI - An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has extended the judicial remand of one of the Mumbai terror attack suspect Shahid Jamil Riaz by six days. Riaz, a Laskar-e-Taiyaba (LeT) operative, has been sent to Adiala Jail till April 28.
Elections likely to hit Gujarat travel businessApril 11th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The travel business in Gujarat is likely to decline this year due to general elections. Travel agents in Gujarat fear that they may see a decline of 25-30 percent in business.
Former Gujarat minister to be sent to jailApril 9th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani was ordered jailed by a court after her remand period with the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) in a case of 2002 communal violence ended Thursday. The court refused to grant any further remand to the SIT, which is probing major cases of communal violence, and asked her to be sent to Sabarmati Jail here.
Maya Kodnani sent to judicial custodyApril 9th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Rejecting an application of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for extending the police remand of former Gujarat Minister Maya Kodnani, a local court sent her to judicial custody on Thursday. Kodnani, an accused in 2002 riot case, was produced before the court by the SIT after the expiry of her four-day police remand.
Ahmedabad court extends police remand of Mayaben Kodnani, Jaideep Patel till April 4April 1st, 2009 AHMEDABAD - A local court here on Wednesday extended the police custody of former Gujarat Minister of State for Women's Welfare, Mayaben Kodnani, and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader, Jaideep Patel, till April 4. Metropolitan Magistrate G M Patel extended their police custody after the Special Investigation Team (SIT), appointed by the Supreme Court to probe some of the riot cases afresh, asked for further remand.
Mumbai terror suspects' judicial remand extended for another 14 daysApril 1st, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC- II) has extended the physical remand of Shahid Jamil Riaz , one of the suspect in the Mumbai attack, by another 14 days. The court headed by Justice Sakhi Muhammad Kahoot, while hearing the case in the Adiala Jail campus also extended the judicial remand of four other suspects by similar number of days.
Kodnani, Patel sent to four-day police remandMarch 28th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Jaydeep Patel were Saturday sent to four-day police remand for their alleged involvement in a massacre during communal violence in 2002. Kodnani and Patel spent the night in the office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) at the Old Secretariat in Gandhinagar after they surrendered Friday afternoon following the cancellation of their anticipatory bail by the Gujarat High Court.
Police remand of Saji Mohan extended by a dayMarch 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A court here Saturday extended the police remand of tainted Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Saji Mohan, who was caught in a narcotics racket, by one day. On March 14 the court had sent Mohan to police remand for seven days.
Pak extends police remand of three Mumbai suspects by two daysMarch 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - a Pakistani anti-terrorism court has extended the police remand of three Mumbai attack suspects by another two days. Anti-terror Court judge Sakhi Mohammad Kahut remanded Lashker-e-Taiba operatives Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Zarar Shah and Abu al-Qama to the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
Pakistan's Mumbai terror suspects sent to 14-day remandFebruary 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six suspects, including Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, allegedly involved in the Mumbai terror attacks were sent to 14-day remand by a court here, Geo TV reported Sunday. Officials at Pakistan's foreign office said Saturday that the Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court has issued a 14-day physical remand of the six alleged suspects, into the custody of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
Teenager from Assam alleges torture in Goa remand homeJanuary 9th, 2009 PANAJI - A teenager from Assam, who was caught in mysterious circumstances near a prohibited defence area in Goa and later sent to a state run remand home, has alleged torture by inmates at the facility. The 17-year-old boy from Dhuburi district in Assam surrendered Friday night, after fleeing the delinquents' remand home, the police said.
Delhi Police get transit remand of terror suspectJanuary 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Delhi Police Saturday obtained from a Lucknow court a two-day transit remand of a suspected Indian Mujahideen member who is an accused in the Sep 13 serial bombings in the national capital, officials said. Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Suresh Chandra granted the transit remand when Hakim was produced before the court Saturday, the police said.