Police Custody

A gangster was shot dead on Wednesday while trying to escape police custody when he and a few other accused in a murder case were taken to a place here to make some recoveries, officials said.

A journalist from Gujarat, in judicial custody in a case of alleged GST evasion, was charged in a separate case last week for allegedly possessing confidential government documents, sparking outrage from some quarters, including the Editors Guild.

A court here on Friday extended till October 26 the police remand of nine accused in the Baba Siddique murder case.

The building owner's son, Bhuvan Reddy, and the building's contractor Muniyappa, have also been taken into police custody for questioning.

Authorities in Washington state have taken a 15-year-old boy into custody in connection with a fatal shooting that claimed the lives of five people at a home near Seattle.

A woman has been taken into custody by the police here for allegedly killing her husband by poisoning his food, officials said on Monday.

Mumbai Police's crime branch investigating the Baba Siddique murder case on Sunday arrested a scrap dealer from Navi Mumbai for allegedly providing a weapon to shooters, taking the number of persons in custody so far to 10, an official said.

A minor has been taken into custody by the Mumbai Police over a series of bomb threats being issued to various airlines since Monday, leading to some flights being diverted, including to a remote airport in Canada.

Despite his gang claiming responsibility for the firing outside Salman Khan's house in April and now Baba Siddique's killing last week, the Mumbai Police has not been able to get custody of Lawrence Bishnoi, who is in a jail in Gujarat.

Three accused in politician Baba Siddique's murder are now in police custody, including a co-conspirator and another whose claim of being a minor has been ruled out by a bone ossification test.

One of the two men arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl in Gujarat's Surat district died in a hospital here after he complained of breathing difficulty in police custody on Thursday, an official said.

A Rajasthan Police circle officer was suspended on Saturday, two days after a rape accused man allegedly hanged himself to death while in police custody, officials said.

A school teacher in Ahmedabad has been detained by the police after a video of him ruthlessly beating a student in front of his classmates went viral.

A Bangladeshi porn star has been arrested for allegedly using a fake Indian passport to live in India. Riya Barde, also known as Arohi Barde, was taken into custody by the Hill Line Police in Ulhasnagar, about 50 km from Mumbai.

The mother of the 24-year-old school sweeper, who is accused of raping two nursery girls in Maharashtra's Badlapur, has challenged the police claim of the events that led to his death in custody yesterday.

A gangster was shot dead on Wednesday while trying to escape police custody when he and a few other accused in a murder case were taken to a place here to make some recoveries, officials said.

A journalist from Gujarat, in judicial custody in a case of alleged GST evasion, was charged in a separate case last week for allegedly possessing confidential government documents, sparking outrage from some quarters, including the Editors Guild.

A court here on Friday extended till October 26 the police remand of nine accused in the Baba Siddique murder case.

The building owner's son, Bhuvan Reddy, and the building's contractor Muniyappa, have also been taken into police custody for questioning.

Authorities in Washington state have taken a 15-year-old boy into custody in connection with a fatal shooting that claimed the lives of five people at a home near Seattle.

A woman has been taken into custody by the police here for allegedly killing her husband by poisoning his food, officials said on Monday.

Mumbai Police's crime branch investigating the Baba Siddique murder case on Sunday arrested a scrap dealer from Navi Mumbai for allegedly providing a weapon to shooters, taking the number of persons in custody so far to 10, an official said.

A minor has been taken into custody by the Mumbai Police over a series of bomb threats being issued to various airlines since Monday, leading to some flights being diverted, including to a remote airport in Canada.

Despite his gang claiming responsibility for the firing outside Salman Khan's house in April and now Baba Siddique's killing last week, the Mumbai Police has not been able to get custody of Lawrence Bishnoi, who is in a jail in Gujarat.

Three accused in politician Baba Siddique's murder are now in police custody, including a co-conspirator and another whose claim of being a minor has been ruled out by a bone ossification test.

One of the two men arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl in Gujarat's Surat district died in a hospital here after he complained of breathing difficulty in police custody on Thursday, an official said.

A Rajasthan Police circle officer was suspended on Saturday, two days after a rape accused man allegedly hanged himself to death while in police custody, officials said.

A school teacher in Ahmedabad has been detained by the police after a video of him ruthlessly beating a student in front of his classmates went viral.

A Bangladeshi porn star has been arrested for allegedly using a fake Indian passport to live in India. Riya Barde, also known as Arohi Barde, was taken into custody by the Hill Line Police in Ulhasnagar, about 50 km from Mumbai.

The mother of the 24-year-old school sweeper, who is accused of raping two nursery girls in Maharashtra's Badlapur, has challenged the police claim of the events that led to his death in custody yesterday.