Three loot over Rs 11 lakh from man in Punjabi Bagh area

Three bike-borne men allegedly robbed a person of over Rs 11 lakh in west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area. The incident took place on Monday. Police received information at 2:30 pm on Monday from victim Ratan Shukla Baidya about robbery of Rs 11 lakh committed by three motorcycle borne men at Punjabi Bagh underpass on Rohtak […]

‘High’ secrets of darknet  

With no regulations on the use of crypto currencies in India, they are fast becoming the preferred payment method for procurement of drugs on the darknet   Sumit (25) * name changed, likes to smoke weed every now and then. Alcohol, nor its hangovers are something he takes delight in, and weed seems the perfect […]

Psychology of a ‘jilted lover’

What is the psychology of the perpetrators who commit crimes in the name of ‘love’? Patriot takes a look  Among the crimes committed in Delhi, crimes born out of ‘love’ have reached an epidemic proportion. These crimes are categorised under the “jilted lover syndrome”. Such crimes are committed by a lover either out of revenge […]

Delhi Police claim terror plan foiled

Man found with forged identity and in possession of arms and ammunition A Pakistani national was arrested on October 12 from east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area, in possession of arms and ammunition, according to the police officials. The man, a resident of Pakistan’s Punjab province Mohammad Ashraf alias Ali, had reportedly been living in Delhi […]

13 arrested for running fake call centre, duping people by offering to find jobs

The Delhi police has arrested 13 people from a fake South Delhi call centre for allegedly duping at least 300 unemployed men and women on the pretext of finding them a job The call centre in Neb Sarai’s Devli area had been operating for the past three months now, they said, adding that among those […]

Murder of Civil defence volunteer raise concerns of women security; no redressal yet

The District Magistrate says no complaints of harassment have reached him. Volunteers safe in premises, outside, out of his control The brutal murder of a Delhi civil defence volunteer has several questions, including the question of security of volunteers and the safety mechanism in place for them. The 21-year-old victim was working under Delhi’s South-East […]

Woman who accused BSP MP Atula Rai of rape dies after setting herself on fire

A 24-year-old woman who had set herself on fire along with a man outside the Supreme Court here died on Tuesday The body was handed over to her family after post-mortem following which they cremated her at the Nigambodh Ghat here, they said. The woman had suffered 85% burns in the incident on August 16. The […]

Brawny is the qualification; low incomes and the lure of crime are big challenges for traditional wrestlers 

For traditional wrestlers jobs like enforcers, personal security, manning cash collection points like the toll plazas, even organised crime are a niche professional avenue with that come with greater risks than rewards   It’s an overcast Sunday evening, outside a popular bar in the Kailash Market in South Delhi, Samar Chaudhary is getting ready for his […]