Delhi Police On Diwali

Delhi Police keeps a strict vigil against the use of firecrackers in the city and has been on high alert following intelligence inputs.

A 5-year-old child died after being electrocuted from decorative electric lights of Diwali on Tuesday night, Delhi police said.

One man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly firing bullets at people for bursting crackers in his locality in the Keshav Puram Police Station area in the national capital late on Monday night, said police.

Delhi Police have arrested 29 people, including seven women, for gambling at Hotel City West End on Club Road Punjabi Bagh, an official said on Sunday.

Ahead of Diwali, police arrested six people in four separate operations and seized over 2000 kg of firecrackers in the national capital, officials said on Tuesday.

The Delhi Police have taken suo motu cognisance and registered an FIR against unknown persons who allegedly climbed the walls of Delhi University's Miranda House during an open Diwali fest on the campus, officials said today.

A man can be heard hurling vile abuses at the staff at a biryani joint in Delhi's Sant Nagar on Diwali night in a shocking video, and harassing them into shutting down the restaurant

The Delhi Police have arrested 281 people - 138 for selling and supplying firecrackers and 143 for bursting them - between September 29 and Diwali, according to data provided by them on Friday.

Ahead of Diwali, the Delhi Police has arrested 10 people from separate places and recovered around 700 kg illegal firecrackers from them, officials said on Tuesday.

Ahead of Diwali, over 470 kg illegal firecrackers have been recovered from a godown in north Delhi's Sadar Bazar area and the owner was arrested, police said on Wednesday.

A 25-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stole a motorcycle from Delhi's Sewa Nagar to send it to his native place in Bihar as a Diwali gift for his relatives, police said on Wednesday.

The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested 10 people and registered 12 cases for alleged sale of fire crackers in the national capital, officials said.

A 24-year-old man allegedly drunk on Diwali night died after falling from the rooftop of a building in West Delhi's Tagore Garden Extension, police said on Monday.

Security arrangements have been beefed up in Delhi for Diwali, senior police officers said on Thursday.

Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Devendra Arya has apologised for his comments in the social media, criticising the Supreme Court's decision to ban the sale and production of firecrackers that cause pollution.

Delhi Police keeps a strict vigil against the use of firecrackers in the city and has been on high alert following intelligence inputs.

A 5-year-old child died after being electrocuted from decorative electric lights of Diwali on Tuesday night, Delhi police said.

One man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly firing bullets at people for bursting crackers in his locality in the Keshav Puram Police Station area in the national capital late on Monday night, said police.

Delhi Police have arrested 29 people, including seven women, for gambling at Hotel City West End on Club Road Punjabi Bagh, an official said on Sunday.

Ahead of Diwali, police arrested six people in four separate operations and seized over 2000 kg of firecrackers in the national capital, officials said on Tuesday.

The Delhi Police have taken suo motu cognisance and registered an FIR against unknown persons who allegedly climbed the walls of Delhi University's Miranda House during an open Diwali fest on the campus, officials said today.

A man can be heard hurling vile abuses at the staff at a biryani joint in Delhi's Sant Nagar on Diwali night in a shocking video, and harassing them into shutting down the restaurant

The Delhi Police have arrested 281 people - 138 for selling and supplying firecrackers and 143 for bursting them - between September 29 and Diwali, according to data provided by them on Friday.

Ahead of Diwali, the Delhi Police has arrested 10 people from separate places and recovered around 700 kg illegal firecrackers from them, officials said on Tuesday.

Ahead of Diwali, over 470 kg illegal firecrackers have been recovered from a godown in north Delhi's Sadar Bazar area and the owner was arrested, police said on Wednesday.

A 25-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly stole a motorcycle from Delhi's Sewa Nagar to send it to his native place in Bihar as a Diwali gift for his relatives, police said on Wednesday.

The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested 10 people and registered 12 cases for alleged sale of fire crackers in the national capital, officials said.

A 24-year-old man allegedly drunk on Diwali night died after falling from the rooftop of a building in West Delhi's Tagore Garden Extension, police said on Monday.

Security arrangements have been beefed up in Delhi for Diwali, senior police officers said on Thursday.

Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Devendra Arya has apologised for his comments in the social media, criticising the Supreme Court's decision to ban the sale and production of firecrackers that cause pollution.