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CB recommends action against police officials for glaring lapses in probe into arson at ashram

The Crime Branch team probing the arson attack on the Sandeepananda Giri ashram in Kundamankadavu in 2018 has recommended action against police officials including two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySP) for multiple lapses during the early stages of the investigation.

The Hindu

Crime Branch takes over Vandana murder case

The investigation into the murder of house surgeon Vandana Das has been taken over by the district Crime Branch. Vandana was killed by a patient at the Kottarakara taluk hospital on Wednesday.

The Hindu

14 years since Thekkady boat tragedy, trial in case yet to start

Trial in the case relating to the boat tragedy at Thekkady in 2009, which claimed 45 lives, has not yet started though the Crime Branch submitted the second chargesheet in 2019.

The Hindu

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BJP leader Girikumar gets bail in arson case

The Crime Branch arrested the BJP leader after finding him to have purportedly conspired with other accomplices to set the ashram of Sandeepananda Giri on fire in protest against the spiritual leader’s stance in favour of the entry of young women in Sabarimala

The Hindu

‘Fake lawyer’ surrenders before court in Alappuzha

Sessy Xavier, 29, of Ramamkary in Kuttanad, practised law in Alappuzha for two-and-a-half years without proper qualification before she went absconding in 2021.

The Hindu

Delhi Police Crime Branch arrests convicted narcotics trafficker from India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal

A team from the Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested a convicted narcotics trafficker and absconder, who was trying to escape to Bangladesh from India-Bangladesh Border near Dinhata, West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha minister's 'killer' not mentally ill: Medical Board

BHUBANESWAR: A medical board, consisting of four psychiatrists who recently evaluated the mental condition of sacked police ASI Gopal Das, arrested on charges of killing minister Naba Kisore Das in Jharsuguda district on January 29, reportedly did not come across any psychological abnormality with the accused.

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Two held for attack on MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Two men were arrested by the Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police on Saturday for alleged involvement in an attack on local Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Sandeep Deshpande.

The Times of India

Delhi: Accused wanted in murder of school boy arrested after 13 years

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police have arrested two accused in the kidnapping and murder of a boy at South Delhi's Kalkaji in in 2010. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Nikki murder case: Delhi court sends Sahil to judicial custody after 7 days police remand

Delhi's Dwarka court on Wednesday remanded Sahil Gahlot to 12 days of judicial custody after his police custody ended. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Nikki, Sahil Not Just Live-In Partners But Married, Says Delhi Police; Constable Among 5 Arrested

In yet another revelation in the Nikki Yadav murder case, Delhi Police on Saturday said that the accused Sahil Gahlot and the deceased girl were married and not just live-in partners. Read Further on Dynamite News:

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Sextortionist Gang Busted By Delhi Police; 5 Arrested From Haryana, Rajasthan

Delhi Police on Friday busted a sextortionist gang and apprehended five persons for allegedly extorting a huge lump sum of money from a businessman. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Mumbai Man Arrested In Madhya Pradesh After Killing Wife Over Money

A day after a woman's decomposed body was found in a Mumbai flat, the Crime Branch arrested her husband from Madhya Pradesh. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Four Arrested For Planning To Rob Businessman In Madhya Pradesh's Bhind

Gwalior Crime Branch and Gole temple police have arrested four people for allegedly planning to rob a businessman in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Naba Das murder: BJP questions legitimacy of retd judge’s appointment to monitor probe

BHUBANESWAR: Opposition BJP and ruling BJD engaged in a new round of verbal fight over the ongoing murder investigation of cabinet minister Naba Kisore Das on Tuesday, as the motive of the crime remains undisclosed by the crime branch.

The Times of India

Retired HC judge to monitor probe into Odisha health minister Naba Das killing

BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa high court on Wednesday nominated retired judge Justice JP Das to monitor the crime branch investigation into the murder of state health minister Naba Das by ASI Gopal Das at Jharsuguda on January 29.

The Times of India

Odisha Crime Branch forms another team to probe death of two Russians

BHUBANESWAR: Two days after the government ordered Crime Branch probe into suspicious deaths of Russian lawmaker Antov Pavel (65) and his co-traveller Bydanov Vladimir (61) in a hotel at Rayagada on December 22 and 24, a team of four officers was sent to the crime scene, about 420 km from…

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'Cremation normal practice in Russia, Pavel’s mother cremated as well'

BHUBANESWAR: Amid questions over the cremation of the two Russians, including Vladimir Putin-critic Antov Pavel instead of their burial in Odisha, the state Crime Branch has learnt from their family members that Pavel's mother too was cremated in Russia and cremation is a standard custom in the country.

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Odisha Crime Branch to probe death of teacher’s 'killer' in jail

BHUBANESWAR: Hours after Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in last year’s sensational Mamita Meher murder case allegedly died by suicide inside the Kantabanji sub-jail in Balangir district on Tuesday, Odisha DGP Sunil Bansal entrusted the state Crime Branch to probe the circumstances leading to the UTP’s unnatural death.

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Mumbai shootout: Crime Branch nabs two from Bilimora in Gujarat

MUMBAI: Two persons were nabbed from Gujarat in connection with a firing incident in Kandivali West in Mumbai in which one person was killed and three injured, a police official said on Saturday.

The Hindu

CB launches evidence collection in AKG Centre attack case

Efforts to recover the T-shirt and shoes the suspect allegedly wore at the time of crime turn futile

The Hindu

Crime Branch to probe Vellanikkalpara moral policing incident

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Youth Congress leader taken into custody in AKG Centre attack case

The breakthrough comes nearly three months after the incident

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Crime in Goa: 5 held in Ribander for online gambling

Five people have been apprehended for their alleged involvement in online gambling activities, Goa Police said on Wednesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Opposition parties to intensify protest against building number scam

BJP’s day-night protest from Thursday; UDF to stage dharna on Saturday

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