Toolkit document case: Non-bailable warrants issued against 2

Non-bailable warrants have been issued against two people for allegedly sharing the “toolkit” related to the farmers’ protest on social media, the Delhi Police said on Monday, two days after it arrested climate activist Disha Ravi in connection with the case The 21-year-old activist was arrested on Saturday from Bengaluru and sent to five days […]

All you need to know: Delhi police traffic advisory for Republic Day

With the Delhi Police allowing the protesting farmers tractor rally on Republic Day, predictably the security arrangements are high and traffic cautions abundant in the Capital city Delhi Police Commissioner S. N. Shrivastava has said that “all officers and men as well as CAPF and other force deployed for republic day parade security arrangements should […]

Cyber, economic offences: Delhi Police to hire forensic experts

The Delhi Police is planning to hire forensic experts for assistance in detection of cyber and financial frauds, as well as in collecting evidence from the crime scene, officials said. These experts will be hired in the categories of forensic general, forensic digital, forensic accounting, forensic psychological, forensic chemical, biology and physics, they said. A […]

HC seeks police stand on pleas of AAP MLA’s request to protest outside homes of Shah, Delhi L-G

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought responses from the Delhi government and police on AAP MLAs Raghav Chadha and Atishi Marlena’s pleas challenging the denial of their request for permission to hold protests outside the residences of Home Minister Amit Shah and Lt Governor Anil Baijal Justice Navin Chawla issued notices to the Delhi […]

Too few cops, overload of cases

Delhi Police is dealing with an overload of pending cases due to a shortfall in manpower, low fresh recruitment and lack of on-job training exercises Delhi has just 6,576 police Sub-inspectors (SIs), a rank which is tasked with carrying out investigations. Data on ‘Human Resources in the Policing and Law and Order System’ by Praja […]

‘Delhi is the culprit’

A curious set of circumstances have made Delhi a transit point for drugs, as Amarinder Singh suggests and Delhi Police is unable to deny Tougher policing of Punjab’s border, with several checkpoints, is helping the state assuage its people’s fears, making them believe that the fight against drugs is being won. However, there’s another threat […]

What’s up, cops?

Delhi Police’s solution to rumour mongering via social media is to deploy Cyber Forensic Vans that can scan a suspect’s digital devices, social media and messaging platforms. The last few months have seen a disturbing trend in India — of mob violence growing exponentially. July 13, a man was lynched by a mob of at […]

Dial 1291 and be safe

Murders of the elderly living alone still take place but those registered with Delhi Police’s Senior Citizen Security Cell are relatively safe Murder of elderly people in Delhi is not a new phenomenon. It has been happening for decades and though Delhi Police claims to have taken remedial measures, the situation on the ground remains […]