New Delhi, July 4 (BPNS) The Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Dinkar Gupta, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence on Monday. While the purpose of the meeting has not been disclosed yet, it is said that it was a courtsey call. However, according to some sources, they discussed the […]
Moosewala case: Punjab Police get transit remand of four accused
Chandigarh, July 4 (BPNS) Punjab Police on Monday got transit remand of four accused, including two shooters, in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, from a Delhi court. The four accused, whose transit remand were accepted, are Priyabarat alias Fauzi, the alleged main shooter, Kashish alias Kuldeep, Deepak alias Tinu, an aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, […]
TN Police rescue 5-day-old infant stolen from Government Hospital
Chennai, July 4 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police on Monday rescued a five-day female infant baby who was stolen from Pollachi government hospital. The Coimbatore district police have traced the child to Palakkad. Police arrested Shameema,34, and her 15-year-old daughter from Koduvayoor in Palakkad district on Monday morning and handed over the infant to its mother. […]
ED attaches 234.75 crore property of Chennai jeweler
Chennai, July 3 (BPNS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached Gold Palace, of renowned Chennai business groups, Saravana Stores on Saturday. The attached property, according to the statement from the ED is worth 234.75 crores. The attachment is on a criminal case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in money laundering case of reportedly cheating […]
TN idol wing traces stolen first Tamil translation of Bible from Thanjavur at London museum
Chennai, July 1 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu idol wing has traced World’s first printed Bible which was printed 300 years ago and stolen from Thanjavur in the state to King George III museum in London. Sources in the idol wing told BPNS that the department has commenced the process to bring the Bible back to […]
Madras HC order:TN Police repatriates 210 policemen from domestic service of police officers
Chennai, June 30 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police have repatriated 210 policemen who were working as orderlies in the residences of IPS officers and other senior police officers. Even retired police officers were using the services of these policemen. However, sources in the state police told BPNS that about 150 policemen are yet to report back […]
Special police teams to monitor Vellore city after back-to-back rapes
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Vellore district police have constituted special police teams to monitor the city limits and to increase patrolling in the city, after two rapes of medical professionals, one a doctor and the other a nurse in a span of three months has created a nightmare for the medical professionals. It is […]
16-year-old girl forced to donate embryo in Erode attempts suicide
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) A 16-year-old girl who was forced to donate her embryo or rather Oocytes by her mother and her stepfather attempted suicide on Wednesday. The girl who is lodged in a shelter home after police arrested her mother, her stepfather, and two others in a case related to the donation of her […]
Kodanad murder and heist case: Special team questions Jayalalithaa’s driver Kannan
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) A special team of the Tamil Nadu police which is investigating the Kodanad estate murder and heist case questioned late Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa’s driver Kannan on Wednesday. Sources in the police told BPNS that he was quizzed for several hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. Kannan while working with Jayalalithaa as […]
TN police increase focus on drive against drugs in state
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) With the menace of drugs increasing by the day, the Tamil Nadu police have chalked out new strategies to curb the drug supply in the state. The state home department has merged the Narcotics Intelligence Wing (NIW) of the state police with the Prohibition Enforcement Wing (PEW) and this will lead […]