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Hindustan Times
14-07-2025
- Hindustan Times
Cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi under house arrest ahead of religious procession
Cow vigilante Raj Kumar alias Bittu Bajrangi, who was accused of instigating the communal violence during the Braj Mandal Jalabhishek in July 2023, was put under house arrest in Faridabad to prevent him from participating in the annual religious procession in Haryana's Nuh on Monday. Cow vigilante Raj Kumar alias Bittu Bajrangi. (HT PHOTO) The 2023 violence spread to Gurugram and left six people dead and over 70 injured. Bajrangi, who heads the Goarakshak Bajrang Force, was booked for rioting, assault, brandishing weapons, and dacoity in connection with the communal violence. He was among 292 people arrested for the violence. Another cow vigilante, Mohit Yadav alias Monu Manesar, was accused of releasing provocative videos that inflamed communal tensions. Police said two armed personnel were deployed outside the residence of Bajrangi in Faridabad on Sunday evening. They will remain there until the procession is completed, they added. The Nuh Police denied Bajrangi permission to attend the yatra before he was put under house arrest. Faridabad Police public relations officer Yashpal Yadav said that Bajrangi submitted an undertaking on Sunday that he would not make any unwarranted statements. Kumar said he was taken to a police station from his residence on Sunday evening to keep him there until the procession in Nuh was completed. 'I requested them to keep me at my allowed me to go after I submitted the undertaking and they placed two armed personnel at my house's entrance,' he said. Kumar moved the Punjab and Haryana high court for permission to attend the procession. He urged an urgent hearing on his petition. Police were separately deployed at a Muslim shrine after it was damaged at Sainipura in Nuh's Tuaru town hours before the commencement of the yatra. Nuh deputy commissioner Vishram Kumar Meena said the situation was peaceful. 'Senior officials are camping in the area to ensure peace and tranquillity. All stakeholders have been taken into confidence after holding meetings with them following the incident, which was probably aimed at disrupting peace,' Meena said. He said the yatra was being held peacefully across the district. Meena said that drones are deployed around temples, and CCTV cameras have been installed at key locations to monitor movements. 'This time, police personnel are also patrolling the hills around the Nalhar Temple for surveillance.' In 2023, devotees en route to the Nalhar Temple were attacked from a hilltop.
Indian Express
07-07-2025
- Indian Express
Mistaken for a thief, man beaten to death by 2 security guards in Faridabad
Two security guards were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of a 27-year-old man at Sector 10 in Faridabad. The incident took place on the intervening night between July 5 and 6. Police said their initial probe revealed that the accused, employed as security guards in the area, mistook the victim, Vikas, for a thief and attacked him with sticks. According to police, on July 5, Vikas visited his brother and father at the Rajasthan Seva Sadan, a wedding venue in Sector 10 where they worked as sanitation workers, and left later that night. But the next morning, police said his body was found on a road adjacent to the Sadan. In a complaint filed at the Sector 11 police station, Vikas's brother, Abhishek, alleged that he was killed by security guards, Chaman and Vijay Kumar. Police said a case was registered under murder charges of the BNS at the Sector 8 police station. A police spokesperson stated that the team acted swiftly and arrested the security guards. Kumar hails from Badram village in Bihar's Siwan district, and currently resides at Adarsh Nagar in Ballabgarh; Chaman is a resident of Gudawari village, Palwal. The accused were produced in court on Monday and remanded for two days in police custody. The Faridabad district has been witness to similar attacks on youths in recent times. Last month, the Faridabad Police arrested a 19-year-old man and apprehended his two minor accomplices for allegedly assaulting and holding an 18-year-old Dalit boy, Sahil, hostage at Subhash Colony in Ballabgarh. According to the police, the accused allegedly tonsured the teen's head, shaved his eyebrows, and moustache, and hurled casteist slurs against him. According to the police, the main accused hatched a plan to attack Sahil, who was once his close friend, 'to teach him a lesson' due to the ongoing disputes between the two. Preliminary investigations in this case had revealed that the two had known each other for eight years.
Khaleej Times
06-07-2025
- Khaleej Times
Dubai hotelier accused of Dh950 million crypto scam arrested in India
A Dubai hotelier accused of running a fake investment scheme worth over Dh950 million has been arrested in India. Faridabad Police, in the northern Indian state of Haryana, confirmed the arrest to Khaleej Times on Saturday, describing it as a 'big catch'. The 39-year-old suspect, who reportedly ran a four-star hotel in Dubai Marina, was allegedly the key figure behind the HPZ Token scam — a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme that duped thousands of Indians with promises of unrealistically high returns. Khaleej Times is withholding the man's name for legal reasons. He was declared a fugitive economic offender by an Indian court earlier this year — a designation later made public by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED said it has identified laundered proceeds of over Rs2.2 billion (Dh956 million) in the HPZ Token case. The suspect allegedly used his Dubai businesses to move illegal funds out of India via payment gateways, then convert them into cryptocurrency, and hand over the crypto to Chinese handlers after taking a cut. 'He was arrested in Delhi's Rohini Sector 11 area and is on police remand,' Faridabad Police PRO Yashpal Yadav told Khaleej Times on Saturday. "It's a big catch." He said the suspect was tracked through a payment gateway account that had received a portion of the defrauded money. 'The bank account was opened with forged credentials,' Yadav added. The accused had reportedly moved to Dubai in 2022, shortly after the ED launched its investigation into the HPZ Token racket. According to Faridabad Police, he returned to India around three weeks ago after the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed a lookout circular against him but ordered him to cooperate with investigators. Police said the man and his business partner were running a parallel cyber fraud operation alongside their hospitality ventures. 'He kept 30 per cent of the funds and routed the remaining to his Dubai-based partner, who managed the other end of the network,' Yadav said. The arrest follows a complaint filed in January 2024 by a Faridabad-based engineer who was duped in a fake stock market investment scheme promoted on social media. The victim is said to have transferred Dh880,000 to 11 different bank accounts, all linked to the scam. Faridabad Police said the man is the 12th person arrested in the case. Investigators are now trying to locate his associate and three others. 'We are in the process of issuing a lookout circular against his partner so he can be arrested if he enters India,' Yadav said. The HPZ Token scam has emerged as one of India's largest tech-enabled financial frauds. Victims were lured into downloading a mobile app and investing in so-called crypto-mining schemes. Early fake profits were shown to build trust, only for the funds to vanish once larger amounts were invested. The ED has so far frozen or attached assets worth Rs497 crore (Dh216 million) linked to the case and uncovered over 200 shell companies allegedly created by the suspect and his associates to conceal the money trail.
Time of India
27-06-2025
- Time of India
Cop's daughter dies by suicide, family alleges pressure from school principal in Gurgaon
Gurgaon: A Class IX student allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Police Lines in Faridabad on Thursday morning. The family of the girl — whose mother is a police officer — has alleged she was under pressure from the school principal over "non-performance" in classes. The girl studied at a public school located in the same area in Sector 30. The family has alleged that the girl, who was under "immense mental stress" took the extreme step by hanging herself. According to her parents, the girl was being "mentally harassed" by the school principal, particularly after she failed in three subjects in Class 9. The principal reportedly told her she would have to repeat Class 9. Police spokesperson Yashpal said, "We have received a formal complaint from the family, naming the school principal and a math teacher." A case has been registered under Section 194 of BNSS. Attempts to contact the school principal for comments were unsuccessful, as she did not respond to phone calls. You Can Also Check: Gurgaon AQI | Weather in Gurgaon | Bank Holidays in Gurgaon | Public Holidays in Gurgaon The mother of the deceased is an assistant sub-inspector in Faridabad Police and is posted at Palla police station. Police said the parents approached the principal to discuss the issue. "The principal refused to listen. The girl pleaded she would work harder and clear her exams this year, but her appeals were ignored," the complaint said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Free P2,000 GCash eGift UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo Police said the incident took place after the 14-year-old girl returned home from school after performing a unit test when parents were at work. Her father Naresh went home to have lunch and asked one of his daughters about her sister. She told him she was in her room studying. When the father tried to enter the room, he found it locked. He broke the door and found the girl hanging from the ceiling fan. The family, originally from Khanpur village in Hisar, has been living in Faridabad for several years. The girl's father works in a private company in Faridabad and her two younger sisters also study in the same police spokesperson said the body was handed over to the family after a was an accomplished kho-kho player.
Hindustan Times
19-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
Faridabad man attacked, made to drink urine; case filed
A 19-year-old from Faridabad was arrested and two minors apprehended after an 18-year-old Dalit man was allegedly assaulted, tortured, and forced to consume urine in a brutal incident that took place on Monday evening in Ballabhgarh's Subhash Colony, police said on Wednesday, adding that a case has been registered under a provision of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. While officers said the assault stemmed from personal enmity after the victim switched peer groups, his family has alleged the attack was driven by caste-based hatred and cited the use of casteist slurs during previous altercations. The victim, who remains hospitalised in critical condition, suffered a fractured leg, head injuries, and multiple bruises, police said. According to investigators, he was kept captive from 4pm to 7pm on Monday, hung upside down by ropes from a ceiling hook, sexually assaulted, tonsured, and beaten with sticks. His eyebrows, moustache, and head were shaved before he was dumped outside his home by the accused. Police said the arrested youth, identified as Piyush (19), and the two minors were friends of the victim, but had recently fallen out. The victim's cousin said the boy was so traumatised after his ordeal that he begged his family not to report the incident. 'His parents called me on Tuesday. I found him in a terrible state — vomiting, with a swollen leg and unable to speak. We rushed him to the Badshah Khan civil hospital and informed the police,' he said. The victim's cousin also alleged that the same group had assaulted the victim on Sunday night, but the family had intervened. 'They had threatened him and used casteist abuses then as well,' he added. Police said Piyush was produced before a court and sent to judicial custody, while the two minors were remanded to a juvenile home. One more suspect is still at large. 'The initial inquiry suggests the dispute was due to a change in friend groups. There is no evidence of a caste angle as of now,' said Yashpal Yadav, PRO, Faridabad Police. However, based on the victim's cousin's complaint, a first information report (FIR) was registered under Section 3 (putting any inedible or obnoxious substance into the mouth of a SC/ST member by a non-SC/ST member) of the SC/ST Act, and multiple sections of BNS including wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation, voluntarily causing grievous hurt at Adarsh Nagar police station. Police said sticks used in the assault were recovered from the room where the victim was held. However, he confirmed the victim had suffered extensive injuries and remains unfit to give a statement. 'Our teams visited the hospital, but he was unable to speak. We are monitoring his condition and will record his version as soon as he is able,' Yadav said, adding that they will conduct a medical examination for sexual assault once the victim is out of danger and will investigate the case as per the findings of the report. The victim is scheduled to undergo surgery on Thursday to repair the fracture in his leg.
