Passengers discover bodies in Maurya Express at DhanbadOctober 4th, 2009 DHANBAD - Passengers on the Maurya Express got a shock when they discovered bodies of two men tied in bags in the toilets of a passenger train in Dhanbad in Jharkhand, police said Sunday. The bodies were lying in toilets of different coaches of the Maurya Express late Saturday.
Bodies of two men found in trainOctober 4th, 2009 RANCHI - The bodies of two men were found in different bags in the toilets of a passenger train at Dhanbad in Jharkhand, police said Sunday. The bodies were lying in the toilets of two separate coaches of the Maurya Express late Saturday.
Villagers torch two train bogiesSeptember 30th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two coaches of the Mahananda Express were torched at Hathras in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday by a mob protesting against the closure of the town's 100-year-old railway station. Over 100 villagers stopped the train, which plies between New Delhi and Kolkata, at the station and set fire to the bogies, police said.
CBI asked to probe death of Madhya Pradesh officialSeptember 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW/BHOPAL - The Uttar Pradesh government Sunday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the mysterious death of Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Madan Gopal Rusia, whose body was found on a railway track some distance from Agra railway station Sep 10. Roosia was the chief executive officer of the Bhopal Development Authority.
Chouhan asks for CBI probe into official's deathSeptember 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Mayawati for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of a state official in Agra, official sources said Sunday. The body of Bhopal Development Authority chief executive officer M.G.
Bandit arrested in Uttar PradeshSeptember 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A bandit wanted in over a dozen criminal cases, including murder, was Wednesday arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district, police said. Chukki Yadav, who carried a reward of Rs.35,000 for his capture, was caught by the Special Task Force after a shootout.
Abducted Maharashtra paper trader rescuedSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Maharashtra-based businessman was rescued from Uttar Pradesh after more than two months in captivity over a business dispute, police said here Friday. Manoj Aggarwal, a paper merchant, had gone missing from a guest house here July 7.
Five of a family killed in Uttar PradeshSeptember 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Five members of a family were killed at their home in Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday. Businessman Gama Gupta, his wife, two daughters and a two-year-old granddaughter were found dead Saturday inside their home in the Oonch town of Bhadohi, some 250 km from Lucknow.
Body of girl found in bag on train in Uttar PradeshSeptember 1st, 2009 LUCKNOW - The body of a teenage girl was found in an unattended bag in a Mumbai-bound train in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday. Panic prevailed in an AC coach of the Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express after a large unattended bag was found underneath a seat.
Nepal conduit for fake Indian currency from PakistanAugust 31st, 2009 LUCKNOW - The arrest of a Nepali youth from Uttar Pradesh's border town of Rupadiha with fake Indian currency notes has exposed how Nepal was being used as a conduit for counterfeit Indian notes printed in Pakistan, police said Monday. Sources in the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) claimed that the confessions made by arrested people have even given leads to the nexus of the fake currency operators with Nepal's erstwhile king Gyanendra's family.
Two Chhota Rajan aides arrested in Uttar PradeshAugust 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two aides of underworld don Chhota Rajan were arrested after a brief gunfight with security personnel in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district, police said Saturday. Mohammed Masil and Abdul Gufran, both in their early 20s, were arrested Friday evening following a joint operation of the police and Special Operation Group (SOG).
Two held with counterfeit currency notesAugust 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two men allegedly involved in smuggling of counterfeit currency notes into the country from Nepal were arrested in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Monday. Pramod Singh and Babadeen, both in their mid 20s, have confessed that they collected the consignment of fake currency notes -- supplied from Pakistan -- in Nepal.
Uttar Pradesh accounts for highest fake shootoutsAugust 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - More than 100 fake shootout cases were registered across the country last year -- and Uttar Pradesh tops the list, the government has admitted in parliament. Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken informed parliament Tuesday that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) registered 103 fake shootout cases in 2008 as compared to 93 in 2007 and 122 in 2006.
Criminal found dead in Uttar PradeshJune 27th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A gangster who had 28 criminal cases pending against him was found shot dead in an Uttar Pradesh town, police said Saturday. "Babloo Dubeys bullet-ridden body was found today (Saturday) in the fields near Jahanganj town in Azamgarh district," police inspector O.P.
Mumbai gangster's aide nabbed in Uttar PradeshMay 31st, 2009 LUCKNOW - A close aide of Mumbai gangster Hemant Pujari was arrested Sunday in Lucknow by a joint team of Mumbai police and Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), an official said. "Vinay Singh alias Bunty was nabbed from near the Badshahnagar railway station," additional director general (law and order) Brij Lal told reporters here.