police misconduct

Mumbai, March 29 A sessions court in Mumbai has directed a magistrate to issue summons to former Maharashtra Director General of Police Satish Mathur and other senior officers for failing to register an FIR against MHADA officials in a complaint of alleged fraud.After issuing the summons, the...

Budaun (UP), March 28 An inspector and a sub-inspector posted at the Bisauli police station in Budaun district have been suspended after a viral video showed them allegedly abusing and pushing a visually-impaired complainant out of the police station, officials said on Saturday.SSP Ankita...

Raipur, March 27 The Chhattisgarh government has suspended Inspector General of Police Ratan Lal Dangi in connection with a complaint filed by a woman alleging physical and mental harassment as well as financial irregularities, an official said.The 2003 batch Indian Police Service officer was...

Patna, March 26 In a major administrative crackdown in Muzaffarpur, SSP Kanthesh Kumar Mishra has suspended the entire police raiding team involved in the controversial Gaighat incident, including then SHO Raja Singh.The action follows an inquiry report submitted by Rural SP Rajesh Kumar...

Bengaluru, March 25 Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh ordered a preliminary inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment made by a woman against a police inspector, officials said.The inquiry was initiated after the woman approached the Commissioner's office seeking action...

Mumbai, March 24 – Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday that the Legislature cannot assume the role of the Executive, and that directions given by the Legislature do not become the ultimate truth, as action based on those directions will take place based on the ground...

Banda (UP), March 24 A head constable stationed at the police lines in the Lalitpur district, who was accused of harassing a female constable and being involved in corruption, was dismissed from service after the allegations were found to be true, an officer said on Tuesday.Additional...

Madurai, March 23 – In a landmark verdict that brings partial closure to one of Tamil Nadu’s most shocking custodial death cases, the First Additional District and Sessions Court in Madurai on Monday convicted nine police personnel for the murder of father-son duo P. Jayaraj and J. Bennix in...

Madurai, March 23 A local court here on Monday found all nine accused police officers guilty in the case of custodial torture of a man and his son, which led to their deaths in Sathankulam, Thoothukudi district in 2020.Judge G Muthukumaran of the First Additional District and Sessions Court...

Mumbai, March 23 – The Maharashtra Legislative Council witnessed dramatic scenes on Monday when Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe ordered the immediate suspension of Satara Superintendent of Police (SP) Tushar Doshi following allegations that police personnel manhandled and injured Guardian...

Chandigarh, March 18 The mastermind behind the 2018 rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua does not deserve the "concession of suspension of sentence at this stage," the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said while dismissing a plea from former temple caretaker Sanji Ram.Ram, who was...

Shimla, March 16 Disciplinary action has been initiated against a police officer for allegedly manhandling a senior journalist in Kufri, about 20 kilometers from Shimla.The incident occurred on Sunday when the police officer allegedly prevented the journalist from covering a news event and...

Hyderabad, March 14 A constable working at a Women's Police Station under the Jubilee Hills Zone was suspended on Saturday by Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar following several allegations of indiscipline and dereliction of duty.He later made allegations of harassment against senior...

Jaipur, March 12 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a police constable on Thursday when he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a garage owner in Udaipur, officials said.The accused, Constable Nagendra Singh, who is part of the special team of Deputy...

Ramgarh (Jharkhand), March 9 Four police officers were suspended after a video allegedly showing them beating a devotee at the Rajrappa Temple in Ramgarh district of Jharkhand went viral on social media, an official said on Monday.The incident took place near the temple's exit gate on Sunday...

New Delhi, March 3 A Delhi court has dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of a senior IPS officer from Mizoram, who is accused of conducting unauthorized raids in the national capital, illegally detaining multiple persons, and demanding money from a foreign national.Special Judge (NDPS) Manu...

Kollam (Kerala), March 3 A Kerala court has awarded damages of Rs five lakh to a retired army officer for "malicious prosecution" by the police.Principal Munsiff Ragi S directed the state government and six of its police officers to jointly pay the compensation to 54-year-old Willington, a...

Srinagar, March 3 – As authorities decided to continue preventive restrictions across the Kashmir Valley for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, the Jammu and Kashmir Police issued a strong appeal to the public to maintain peace, stressing that violence only leads to destruction and hardship...

Kannauj (UP), February 28 Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday targeted Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak over his recent remarks on the alleged pulling of the "choti" (a traditional hair tuft) of seers during the Magh Mela, and said that if the latter felt...

Etah (UP), February 25 An unusual situation arose in the Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district president and a party MLA staged a sit-in protest inside a police station, alleging misbehavior by local police officers.The protest took place at the...