Bettiah: A forest guard sustained severe burn injuries after allegedly coming into contact with a live electric wire laid by poachers to trap wild animals in the Ganouli Range of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in West Champaran district on Friday. The incident took place when the forest guard on routine night patrol.The injured guard,…
Varanasi: An accused in the murder of an eyewitness in a criminal case against his father was arrested by Gadwar police in Ballia after an exchange of fire late Sunday. The accused, Saurabh Upadhyay, sustained a bullet injury in the leg during the encounter, police said.Ballia ASP (Southern) Sanjay Verma said on Monday that Gadwar…
Varanasi: A joint team of Dokati police station and SOG arrested a murder attempt accused, Dheeraj Singh (26), following an exchange of fire late on Friday. Police had kept a cash reward of Rs 25,000 on him.Ballia ASP (southern) Sanjay Verma on Saturday said that Dokati cops were busy in night patrolling late on Friday…
Varanasi: Twenty-four hours after an FIR was registered, police arrested a 45-year-old man accused of raping two minor sisters and blackmailing them with videos, following an encounter in Azamgarh on Saturday.The accused, Mohammad Zahid alias Rustam, 45, sustained a bullet injury in the leg during the exchange of fire, ASP (City) Madhuvan Kumar Singh said.Singh…
Mohali: In a major crackdown on illicit liquor smuggling, Zirakpur Police seized 100 cartons of liquor from a pickup truck and arrested its driver during a late-night operation. Preliminary investigations revealed that the liquor was licensed for sale only within Chandigarh but was being illegally transported to Delhi and Haryana.According to police officials, a team…
