Inmates clash with policemen in Uttar Pradesh jailSeptember 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Panic prevailed in the Ghazipur district jail of Uttar Pradesh Tuesday morning after over a dozen jail inmates clashed with policemen posted there, officials said. Though no one was seriously injured, nearly a dozen inmates, policemen and the jailor received minor injuries.
Maoist leader wanted for murder heldSeptember 1st, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Maoist leader wanted for killing policemen and exploding landmines in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has been arrested in the forests of Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district, police said Tuesday. Phaggu Kharwar was caught Monday evening after a gun fight in the dense Darma forests.
Three arrested for killing peacocksAugust 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three men were arrested Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district for killing peacocks and three carcasses of the birds were seized from them, police said. "Mohd. Arman Khan, Chand Mohammad and Azizur Rehman, who had shot the peacocks Sunday, were arrested today (Monday) from the Bantiwa area in Shravasti," police inspector Satyakant Yadav told reporters.
Three policemen booked for molesting girlsJune 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three policemen in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district have been booked for allegedly molesting girls in a park, officials said Tuesday. The three constables - Kanhaiya Yadav, Valender Yadav and Vinod Upadhyay - Monday molested two girls in a park near a bus stand in the Gopiganj area of Bhadohi town.
Eight-year-old booked under gangster act in Uttar PradeshJune 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - An eight-year-old boy has been booked under the Goonda Act - a tough anti-gangster law, in Uttar Pradesh. The police Saturday promised an inquiry into the matter.
Two policemen booked for rape in Uttar PradeshJune 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two policemen booked for raping a 23-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district are on the run, police said Thursday. On the pretext of arranging a meeting with her husband lodged in the district jail, the two constables called up the victim.
Seven policemen suspended in Uttar PradeshJune 2nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Seven policemen have been suspended in Uttar Pradesh for laxity in investigating a case in which a Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death in the state's Azamgarh district, an official said Tuesday. "The policemen were placed under suspension today (Tuesday) following the directives issued by the state police chief Vikram Singh," Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Brij Lal told reporters.
Three policemen booked for abducting girl in Uttar PradeshMay 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three men of Uttar Pradesh's Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) have been booked on charges of abducting a teenage girl from the state's Barabanki district, police said Wednesday. The three men from the 35 Battalion of PAC, the state's reserve police force, are absconding.
One arrested for killing peacocks in Uttar PradeshMay 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - One man was arrested and four people booked for killing three peacocks in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad district Thursday, an official said. Forest officials and the police had begun a joint probe after recovering the carcasses of the peacocks in Mathura village of Faizabad, about 250 km from here, Tuesday.
Ulema Council's Azamgarh candidate booked for poll code violationMarch 23rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Ulema Council's candidate from the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and 30 of his supporters have been booked for defying the model code of conduct by taking out a procession and using microphones without permission, the police said Monday. 'A case has been registered against Javed Akhtar and his supporters for taking out a procession and using loudspeakers without any prior permission from the district authorities,' police inspector B.K.
Police gun down three men in Uttar Pradesh townMarch 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three men wanted in several cases were killed by the police Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly town after a two-hour-long gun battle, a police official said. Five policemen were injured in the process, three of them critically.
BJP, RLD finalise poll alliance in Uttar PradeshFebruary 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said that it has finalised its pre-poll alliance with the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), a party with some influence in western Uttar Pradesh. 'The alliance with the RLD has been finalised.
Uttar Pradesh police books 80-year-old under Gangster ActFebruary 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - How much harm can an 80-year-old man do? Apparently enough to be booked under the Goonda Act by the Uttar Pradesh police, who now deny any knowledge of the matter and have promised an inquiry into the matter. Hamid Khan, an octogenarian in Shahbazpur village in Badaun district has been booked under a tough anti-gangster law, the Goonda Act.
Six arrested with 7,200 kg of 'bhang'January 1st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Six men have been arrested with nearly 7,200 kg of contraband 'bhang' (hemp) here, a police officer said Friday. 'During a vehicle checking drive, six men, who were on two trucks, were nabbed Thursday late night in Madion locality of Lucknow by the sleuths of Special Task Force (STF),' Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Brij Lal told reporters.
'Cops too involved in Uttar Pradesh engineer's murder'December 29th, 2008 LUCKNOW - Police inspector Hoshiar Singh and two police gunners too could be involved in last week's murder of a government engineer in Auraiya last week for which a ruling party legislator has been arrested, a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer said here Tuesday. Public Works Department (PWD) executive engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta was killed in Auraiya town of central Uttar Pradesh early Dec 24.
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