Varanasi: Continuing its crackdown on the Mukhtar Ansari gang, the Ghazipur police on Tuesday lodged a third FIR in a week against gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari’s elder brother and SP’s Ghazipur MP, Afzal Ansari, over alleged irregularities in records related to the sale and purchase of a firearm on his arms licence. This is the…
Varanasi: Two sub-inspectors posted at Kotwali police station in Ghazipur were suspended on Monday for alleged negligence in investigating a case involving the use of forged documents in a govt tender process. The officers were suspended by DIG (Varanasi Range) Vaibhav Krishna after a review found serious lapses in the probe.The action followed a review…
Varanasi: Police teams in Ghazipur probing the murder of a hotel owner in Ghazipur have turned the spotlight on Shanker Pandey, leader of the Katra gang that executed the killing. Pandey is prime target of police after they eliminated key gang member Kamlesh Chaudhary Bind (26) for his involvement in killing Vineet Rai. Advocate Alok…
Varanasi: A 29-year-old son of a hotelier was shot dead by four masked assailants who arrived on two motorcycles and opened fire at him at his establishment on Fullanpur Bypass Road under the Kotwali police station area of Ghazipur late Friday.Investigators suspect that the prime suspect is associated with the alleged ‘Katra Gang’, which has…
