Thiruvananthapuram, June 18 (BPNS) The Kochi unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent a notice to gold smuggling case accused, Swapna Suresh, to appear before it on June 22. It is to be noted that Swapna has deposed before the magistrate court under Section 164 and had come out in the media that the […]

Chennai, June 17 (BPNS) The Idol wing police of Tamil Nadu is joining hands with Indian Institute of Technology- Madras for identifying smuggled antique idols from the state. The special wing of the Tamil Nadu police will seek the support of IIT- Madras to create an artificial intelligence-based software to hunt for smuggled idols belonging […]

Chennai, June 17 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu will soon appoint a state Maritime Security coordinator who will work closely with the National Maritime Security department after the Government of India has taken a serious view of coastal security. The Coastal Security Group (CSG) of Tamil Nadu police will soon be procuring 24 nineteen-meter boats equipped with […]

Chennai, June 14 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police have summoned officials of two private hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh in a case related to the forceful sale of embryos of a 16-year-old girl at Erode. The mother of the girl, her lover, and an agent are under judicial custody. Police probe team have […]

Chennai, June 13 (IANS) Five policemen including the inspector of Kodungaiyur police station were suspended following the alleged custodial death of a person at the station on Sunday. The officers who are placed under suspension are George Miller Ponraj who is the Inspector of Kodungaiyur police station, Sub Inspector of police Kanniyappan, head constables Jayasekhar […]

Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) The Avadi police commissionorate in Tamil Nadu will be providing unarmed combat training to select women cops under it. A special team of women cops has been created for this under the Avadi commissionorate to be trained in unarmed combat techniques for effecting arrests of criminals without causing any harm to […]

Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) The Greater Chennai City police commissioner Shankar Jiwal has ordered an inquiry into an alleged custodial death at Kodungaiyur police station in North Chennai. The incident of alleged custodial torture and death happened on Sunday. S. Rajeshekar( 33), a history-sheeter was picked by the Kodungaiyur Police from Munthiri Thoppu in the […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (BPNS) Kerala police have forced even elderly people to remove black masks worn as a precaution against Covid , in fear of protest in Malappuram and Thrissur districts as part of security measures for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who is in the districts for public programmes. The Chief Minister’s unprecedented security measures […]

Chennai, June 12 (BPNS) The CB-CID team of Tamil Nadu police is interrogating a Police officer, M. Saravanan,arrested for kidnapping a businessman in 2019.  Saravanan is the first police personnel arrested in this case in which a DSP ranked officer, Sivakumar, Sub Inspector Pandiaraj, and three other constables are absconding. Sources in Tamil Nadu home […]

Chennai, June 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police continue its crackdown against the loan sharks in the state under ‘Operation Kandhuvatti’ after a police constable attached to the Armed forces battalion committed suicide after he was harassed by a woman money lender On Sunday, police arrested 3 loan sharks and registered cases against 11 people. Tamil […]