Encounter Specialists

The 23-year-old man accused of raping two nursery school girls in Badlapur, Maharashtra was shot dead by cops after he snatched a constable's gun and fired at a police officer, the police have said.

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh met former encounter specialist police officer Pradeep Sharma after the death of businessman Mansukh Hiran, whose vehicle was found filled with explosives near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Am

A NIA court remanded former ''encounter specialist'' police officer Pradeep Sharma in judicial custody till July 12 in case of an explosives-laden vehicle found near residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani and murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at the office of former "encounter specialist" police officer Pradeep Sharma's NGO in suburban Andheri, days after his arrest.

The NIA on Thursday arrested former Mumbai Police 'encounter specialist' Pradeep Sharma in connection with the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare investigation

The investigation is being headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Nandkumar Thakur with the Chief investigator being former 'encounter specialist' Sachin Vaze, who was reinstated in the police last month and posted with the Crime Branch.

The Shiv Sena on Monday said the Kanpur encounter in which eight policemen were killed has exposed the encounter specialist Uttar Pradesh government and raised questions over claims of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about ending goondaism in the state.

A case has been registered against Maharashtra's cop-turned-politician Pradeep Sharma for allegedly threatening poll officials during voting on Monday, the police said.

Former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, who is contesting the upcoming Maharashtra polls as Shiv Sena candidate, has said during his jail term of three-and-a-half years in the Lakhan Bhaiya alleged fake encounter case, he spent two-and-a-half years in hospital.

A police officer said to have over a hundred encounter killings under his belt joined the Shiv Sena ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra on Friday evening.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav filed his nomination from Azamgarh this afternoon, even as thousands of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party workers lined up along the streets leading to the District Magistrate's office in support.

Security forces on Monday claimed a victory with the killing of a top terrorist of Jaish-e-Mohammad, the Pakistan-based group that carried out the suicide bombing in Pulwama on February 14, killing over 40 soldiers.

The deadly 2008 terror attack in Mumbai was a result of "misinterpretation of religion", feels a relative of encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar, who was killed while fighting terrorists that day.

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar has been arrested in Mumbai in connection with a case of extortion. The arrest was made by Pradeep Sharma, a former encounter specialist who heads the Anti-Extortion cell of the Thane Police.

Encounter specialist police officer Pradeep Sharma, on whose life Bollywood hit 'Ab Tak Chappan' was loosely based, is being reinstated by the Maharashtra Police.

The 23-year-old man accused of raping two nursery school girls in Badlapur, Maharashtra was shot dead by cops after he snatched a constable's gun and fired at a police officer, the police have said.

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh met former encounter specialist police officer Pradeep Sharma after the death of businessman Mansukh Hiran, whose vehicle was found filled with explosives near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Am

A NIA court remanded former ''encounter specialist'' police officer Pradeep Sharma in judicial custody till July 12 in case of an explosives-laden vehicle found near residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani and murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at the office of former "encounter specialist" police officer Pradeep Sharma's NGO in suburban Andheri, days after his arrest.

The NIA on Thursday arrested former Mumbai Police 'encounter specialist' Pradeep Sharma in connection with the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare investigation

The investigation is being headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police Nandkumar Thakur with the Chief investigator being former 'encounter specialist' Sachin Vaze, who was reinstated in the police last month and posted with the Crime Branch.

The Shiv Sena on Monday said the Kanpur encounter in which eight policemen were killed has exposed the encounter specialist Uttar Pradesh government and raised questions over claims of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about ending goondaism in the state.

A case has been registered against Maharashtra's cop-turned-politician Pradeep Sharma for allegedly threatening poll officials during voting on Monday, the police said.

Former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, who is contesting the upcoming Maharashtra polls as Shiv Sena candidate, has said during his jail term of three-and-a-half years in the Lakhan Bhaiya alleged fake encounter case, he spent two-and-a-half years in hospital.

A police officer said to have over a hundred encounter killings under his belt joined the Shiv Sena ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra on Friday evening.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav filed his nomination from Azamgarh this afternoon, even as thousands of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party workers lined up along the streets leading to the District Magistrate's office in support.

Security forces on Monday claimed a victory with the killing of a top terrorist of Jaish-e-Mohammad, the Pakistan-based group that carried out the suicide bombing in Pulwama on February 14, killing over 40 soldiers.

The deadly 2008 terror attack in Mumbai was a result of "misinterpretation of religion", feels a relative of encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar, who was killed while fighting terrorists that day.

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar has been arrested in Mumbai in connection with a case of extortion. The arrest was made by Pradeep Sharma, a former encounter specialist who heads the Anti-Extortion cell of the Thane Police.

Encounter specialist police officer Pradeep Sharma, on whose life Bollywood hit 'Ab Tak Chappan' was loosely based, is being reinstated by the Maharashtra Police.