Kunda Killing

Four members of a family, including two children, were killed when lightning struck at Hadiatand village within the limits of Kunda police station in Chatra district.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the killing of Kunda Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haque, today arrested the son of Balipur's village head Nanhe Yadav, who was also murdered. The accused, Babloo, has reportedly confessed to the CBI that he killed Mr Haque.

In a significant development in Kunda killings case, CBI has arrested two brothers who allegedly shot dead Balipur's village head over a land dispute triggering violence in which Uttar Pradesh DSP Zia-ul-Haq was also murdered.

Another case was filed against former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, the accused in killing of a village headman and a police officer, on Saturday when a prime eyewitness accused him of intimidation and threatening his life.

Parveen Azad, the wife of murdered Uttar Pradesh policeman Zia-ul-Haque, visited Kunda today, her first since her husband was killed in Ballipur village earlier this month in the violence that erupted following the murder of a village headman.

The CBI, probing the Kunda triple murder case, on Friday released sketches of "sharpshooters" who had allegedly killed Nanhe Yadav, village head of Balipur.

The family of a village headman killed last month in Kunda in Uttar Pradesh alleges they are being threatened by the state's former minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh, also known as Raja Bhaiya.

In a significant breakthrough, police have recovered the pistol of murdered Uttar Pradesh cop Zia-ul-Haque. Mr Haque, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Kunda, was killed along with a village headman and his brother in the Ballipur village of Pratapgarh in the state on March 2.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today met Parveen Azad, the widow of murdered Uttar Pradesh police officer Zia-ul-Haque, a week after he was killed during a violence in Pratapgarh district.

A 10-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team has reached Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh today and could ask for a second autopsy on senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq, who was shot dead on Saturday evening in a village in Kunda, the Lok Sabha constituency of former state minister and local strongman, Raja Bhaiya.

The CBI has registered four different cases in the murder of senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq and two others who were shot dead on Saturday in the constituency of former Uttar Pradesh minister, Raja Bhaiya.

The Uttar Pradesh government has reportedly decided to sack the policemen who allegedly abandoned senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq while he was being brutally attacked on Saturday night at a village in Kunda. The Deputy Superintendent of Police was accompanied by at least six armed policemen when he arrived there to investigate a murder case. He wa...

Senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq was beaten and dragged along the ground before being shot dead, the Uttar Pradesh police said today. He had severe injuries on his legs and head.

Confronted with public outrage over the murder of a senior police officer, allegedly on the orders of one of his party's senior leaders, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav promised this morning that "Anyone involved in the conspiracy will not be spared."

Wan but composed, the young wife of Zia-ul Haque, the senior cop murdered in Uttar Pradesh this weekend, says she expects Raja Bhaiya, who resigned as minister yesterday, to be arrested soon. She has based that expectation on a promise by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav that all those named in an FIR on the policeman's killing will be arrested.

Four members of a family, including two children, were killed when lightning struck at Hadiatand village within the limits of Kunda police station in Chatra district.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the killing of Kunda Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haque, today arrested the son of Balipur's village head Nanhe Yadav, who was also murdered. The accused, Babloo, has reportedly confessed to the CBI that he killed Mr Haque.

In a significant development in Kunda killings case, CBI has arrested two brothers who allegedly shot dead Balipur's village head over a land dispute triggering violence in which Uttar Pradesh DSP Zia-ul-Haq was also murdered.

Another case was filed against former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, the accused in killing of a village headman and a police officer, on Saturday when a prime eyewitness accused him of intimidation and threatening his life.

Parveen Azad, the wife of murdered Uttar Pradesh policeman Zia-ul-Haque, visited Kunda today, her first since her husband was killed in Ballipur village earlier this month in the violence that erupted following the murder of a village headman.

The CBI, probing the Kunda triple murder case, on Friday released sketches of "sharpshooters" who had allegedly killed Nanhe Yadav, village head of Balipur.

The family of a village headman killed last month in Kunda in Uttar Pradesh alleges they are being threatened by the state's former minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh, also known as Raja Bhaiya.

In a significant breakthrough, police have recovered the pistol of murdered Uttar Pradesh cop Zia-ul-Haque. Mr Haque, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Kunda, was killed along with a village headman and his brother in the Ballipur village of Pratapgarh in the state on March 2.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today met Parveen Azad, the widow of murdered Uttar Pradesh police officer Zia-ul-Haque, a week after he was killed during a violence in Pratapgarh district.

A 10-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team has reached Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh today and could ask for a second autopsy on senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq, who was shot dead on Saturday evening in a village in Kunda, the Lok Sabha constituency of former state minister and local strongman, Raja Bhaiya.

The CBI has registered four different cases in the murder of senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq and two others who were shot dead on Saturday in the constituency of former Uttar Pradesh minister, Raja Bhaiya.

The Uttar Pradesh government has reportedly decided to sack the policemen who allegedly abandoned senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq while he was being brutally attacked on Saturday night at a village in Kunda. The Deputy Superintendent of Police was accompanied by at least six armed policemen when he arrived there to investigate a murder case. He wa...

Senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq was beaten and dragged along the ground before being shot dead, the Uttar Pradesh police said today. He had severe injuries on his legs and head.

Confronted with public outrage over the murder of a senior police officer, allegedly on the orders of one of his party's senior leaders, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav promised this morning that "Anyone involved in the conspiracy will not be spared."

Wan but composed, the young wife of Zia-ul Haque, the senior cop murdered in Uttar Pradesh this weekend, says she expects Raja Bhaiya, who resigned as minister yesterday, to be arrested soon. She has based that expectation on a promise by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav that all those named in an FIR on the policeman's killing will be arrested.