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  Asia Times - Mumbai Police called to account
In repeatedly selecting Mumbai as the scene of the crime, the terrorist organizations behind these activities seem to be sending a clear message: look, we have succeeded in bringing your most affluent city to its knees.
With posts from that of commissioner of police to a constable on sale and transfers and promotions available at a price, policemen are more concerned with trying to get their investment back than with their duties as enforcers of the law.
He is directly in charge of the functioning of the Mumbai Police and it is said that his writ runs large in all matters pertaining to the functioning of this department.
www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/EH28Df08.html   (2088 words)

  
  The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : Moral police not moral policing
While the police have suspended the constable and his superior, charged the former under the criminal law and remanded him to police custody, what has angered people in the city is the attitude of the police.
Mumbai's Police Commissioner A.N. Roy pleaded with the media not to paint the entire police force fl because of one incident of a deviant policeman.
Given this history, it is remarkable that senior officers in the Mumbai police suggest that this is just a single incident and have not used this criminal action by a man in uniform to reassure the public that they will investigate the inherent problems that are embedded in policing and the police force.
www.hindu.com /2005/04/25/stories/2005042501141000.htm   (1408 words)

  
 Mumbai police and society after rape - The Marine Drive rape and its aftermath
Mumbai Police Commissioner AN Roy is an earnest man, and he is genuinely horrified at the event.
Mumbai Police Commissioner AN Roy and JCP Javed Ahmed are smart, well-meaning and well-educated gentlemen, but they know better than we the public about the criminal element in the police force.
As Mumbai Police Commissioner AN Roy said, the man is the scum of the earth, a pervert.
www.dancewithshadows.com /society/mumbai-police-rape-marine-drive.asp   (3129 words)

  
 The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Though the home minister and the Mumbai Police commissioner do not confirm it, there are enough indications that the Mumbai Police are reviving encounter squads to tackle the growing gang war and terror threats in the metropolis.
Inspector General Shridhar Vagal and Deputy Commissioner of Police Pradeep Sawant have been suspended after their arrests in the multi-crore fake stamp paper case while Inspector General Satyapal Singh is now special IG in Konkan.
The buzz in the police circles is that Parambir has been allowed to form his own squad to tackle the gangsters.
www.the-week.com /25sep11/currentevents_article9.htm   (1409 words)

  
 Pakistani terror suspect killed by police in Mumbai - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
MUMBAI, India The Indian police said Tuesday that they had shot and killed a Pakistani terrorist and foiled a new terrorist plot by Pakistani citizens living on Indian soil.
Ali fired at police through the door with an AK-47 rifle, K.P. Raghuvanshi, chief of the Mumbai police's anti-terrorism squad, said in a telephone interview.
The police said the two men were in possession of weaponry similar to that used in the July 11 strikes.
www.iht.com /articles/2006/08/22/news/india.php   (698 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | South Asia | Mumbai's troubled police ace
Police sniper Daya Nayak was the pride of Mumbai (Bombay) police.
Soon after, the Mumbai police suspended him from the force and are now looking to arrest him on corruption charges, which Mr Nayak denies.
He joined the Mumbai police in 1995 as a sub-inspector and was later assigned to the elite Crime Intelligence Unit.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/4646666.stm   (709 words)

  
 mumbai police
Maintaining its reputation as a forerunner, the Mumbai force continues to be ahead in technology by setting up a comprehensive police webpage offering a wide range of information ranging from policing activities and helplines to recruitment information and interesting trivia.
The Mumbai Police force is proud to be a part of this great city and resolves to serve the city with greater effort and with a vision for a better tomorrow.
This is our effort at giving a non-stop infobank whereby citizens have a round-the-clock hotline to the police - which not only acts as an information disburser but also as a medium for citizens to voice their grievances and offer suggestions for the better functioning of the police.
members.tripod.com /edward.nygma/mumbai_police.htm   (414 words)

  
 Mumbai Police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mumbai Police has the task of policing the vast metropolitan area of Mumbai, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world.
Mumbai Police has one of the best intelligence network in India.
Those who join the police force through the civil service examination also known as the IPS exam hold a starting rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police less than 10 years of service.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mumbai_Police   (324 words)

  
 ISI behind Mumbai bombings, says India -DAWN - Top Stories; October 01, 2006
Mumbai Police Commissioner A.N. Roy told a news conference in India’s financial capital that the case had been solved, adding that the blasts had been carried out by a group of Pakistanis and Indians who used explosive RDX packed in pressure cookers.
The police commissioner said ISI was the ‘mastermind’ behind the July 11 attack and the blasts were carried out by the Lashkar-e-Toiba militant group which was aided by the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
AFP adds: The police commissioner said the attackers placed bombs in pressure cookers which were “kept in bags and then camouflaged by newspapers and umbrellas” in the trains.
www.dawn.com /2006/10/01/top1.htm   (460 words)

  
 police | The News is NowPublic.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Police: Stolen Rifles, Amber Alert Case Could Be...
Police were called to Junction 29 of the motorway, in Derbyshire, during Christmas Day afternoon after a man was reported on a bridge.
Hundreds of British and Iraqi soldiers assaulted a police station in the southern city of Basra on Monday, killing seven gunmen, rescuing 127 prisoners from what the British said was almost certain execution and ultimately reducing the facility to rubble.
www.nowpublic.com /tags/police   (526 words)

  
 ISI behind 7/11 train blasts: Mumbai police
Claiming to have solved the July 11 train serial blasts that killed nearly 200 people, Mumbai police today blamed Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI for masterminding the explosions which were executed by activists of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba and SIMI here.
Police are on the lookout for the other Indians who planted the bombs in three trains at Borivali, Mahim and Bandra.
Faisal facilitated the stay of the conspirators in Mumbai in the run-up to the blasts on July 11, Roy said.
www.chalomumbai.com /news/city/2006/october/144426.htm   (1371 words)

  
 Gulfnews: RDX used in bombs: police
Mumbai police chief A.N. Roy said hundreds of people had been questioned, but most had been allowed to go, having satisfied police they were not involved in the blasts.
Police said they were also scanning people who had returned from the Gulf region in the last one year and returned after staying there for a short stint.
Though neither the Mumbai police nor the security agencies were willing to comment on the detentions, an ATS officer said "a few people have been detained along the Indo-Nepal border and they would be soon brought to Mumbai for interrogation".
archive.gulfnews.com /indepth/mumbaibombs/more_stories/10053511.html   (692 words)

  
 Mumbai police cracks 7/11 blasts case
Mumbai Police on Saturday claimed to have cracked the July 11 serial blasts in the city's commuter trains.
Addressing media persons, Mumbai Police Commissioner A N Roy said Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence was the 'mastermind' behind the terror attacks carried out by Lashkar-e-Tayiba with help from Students of Islamic Movement of India activists.
The police commissioner said that the first clue received by the police was a phone call made from Navi Mumbai to a place along the Indo-Nepal border.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1711341/posts   (733 words)

  
 Indian police make first arrests in Mumbai blasts - Boston.com
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India arrested three men in connection with last week's Mumbai bombings that killed more than 180 men, and urged Pakistan on Friday to hand over a top Kashmiri militant as a gesture of its determination to fight terrorism.
The three men arrested by Indian police were produced before a Mumbai court on Friday and sent to police custody for 10 days.
Hundreds of people, mostly minority Muslims, were rounded up for questioning by the Mumbai police in the wake of the blasts which occurred in the evening rush-hour.
www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/07/21/police_make_arrests_in_mumbai_blasts   (660 words)

  
 Police detain 20 over Mumbai bombings - World - theage.com.au
POLICE have detained about 20 people over the Mumbai train bombings as India pointed the finger at Kashmiri militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba as the prime suspect.
Police inspector S. Goshal said none had been formally arrested or charged, and they were questioned to help with the investigations.
Mumbai Police Commissioner A. Roy confirmed that a large number of people had been taken into custody but refused to give an exact figure.
www.theage.com.au /news/world/police-detain-20-over-mumbai-bombings/2006/07/13/1152637810756.html   (646 words)

  
 CNN.com - Mumbai bombings: 400 detained - Jul 13, 2006
The chief of Mumbai's anti-terror squad Thursday denied media reports that two suspects had been identified in connection with the probe into the bombings.
Mumbai Police Commissioner A.N. Roy said those arrested include known thugs and trouble makers, who might have information about the culprits.
Police said the pencil timers were found at blast sites in Matunga station, Mahim and Borivili -- where authorities on Tuesday defused another bomb found after an initial explosion ripped apart a rail car.
cnn.com /rssclick/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/13/mumbai.blasts/index.html?...   (774 words)

  
 Mumbai Police Charade
Mumbai: It is Déjà vu for Mumbai Police - same routine incidents of bomb blasts, same SIMI list of usual suspects and same foreign hand of Pakistan.
When Mukhtar told the police that he is hiring a lawyer, he was brusquely answered by the police: So you people have lots of money.
Prima facie, Mumbai police has resorted to the old tricks of hauling people just to make up a successful enquiry and get their necks off from public scrutiny.
milligazette.com /dailyupdate/2006/20061003_Mumbai_Police_Charade.htm   (1567 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | South Asia | Police seek Mumbai bombs evidence
Indian police are hunting for clues as to who was behind Tuesday's bomb attacks on Mumbai's train network which killed 183 people and injured 714.
Mumbai is India's financial capital and the near-simultaneous blasts happened at the height of the evening rush hour.
Police said the co-ordinated explosions took place at Matunga, Khar, Mahim, Jogeshwari, Borivali and Bhayandar, with most on moving trains and two at stations.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/5171258.stm   (731 words)

  
 Mumbai police probe murder of police informer : HindustanTimes.com
Police investigators probing the murder of police informer and dock-thief Narsaiyya Modi alias Mamu, stabbed to death by four-five unidentified assailants outside a restaurant in rural Thane on Thursday evening, believe his killing was carried out by the city’s underworld but was done carefully in a way that it would appear as robbers’ handiwork.
The police have not yet made any arrests in the case; the assassin’s getaway car had contained documents that showed the owner was a resident of Wadala.
Mumbai Crime Branch(CB) is providing help to the Thane police in cracking the case and had sent a team to assist it on Friday.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1830671,000600010004.htm   (434 words)

  
 Travails of the Mumbai Police
The former is a nearly lawless city with a diverse population and an equally diverse police force.
The present Chief of the Mumbai Police, Anami Roy, is a tough no-nonsense cop who has won the hearts of right-thinking people in the city.
The message is that police officers need not be either servile or rude to politicians in order to survive and be effective in glamorous positions.
www.flonnet.com /fl2306/stories/20060407004012500.htm   (1523 words)

  
 Student unions are new moral police in Mumbai
Mumbai: A Wilson College professor suffered the indignity of being dragged through the streets, his face flened, all without much resistance in June this tear.
A lecturer at the JJ School of Arts in Mumbai too did not dare to put up a resistance when he was attacked by a group of women activists just last week.
And as the number of face flening incidents keep multiplying in the city, the police are at their wits' end.
www.ibnlive.com /news/student-unions-are-new-moral-police-in-mumbai/46714-3.html?xml   (556 words)

  
 People's Daily Online -- Mumbai police suspects LeT in train blasts
According to him, the Mumbai module was set up four years ago with the coming together of the LeT and local activists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
He said police were also exploring whether there were any links between the 43 kg of RDX seized from Marathwada and north Maharashtra in the past few months and Tuesday's blasts.
Mumbai police Crime Branch officials said the terrorists had loaded the explosive devices on the trains at the Churchgate station and had alighted from the trains soon after.
english.people.com.cn /200607/13/eng20060713_282669.html   (385 words)

  
 ChannelTimes.com > News > People-Business > Nasscom, Mumbai Police to Hold Cyber Safety Week
The objective of Mumbai Cyber Lab is to help provide training to the police personnel, create an interface between the police and people, spread awareness about cyber crime and related issues, as also interact with the corporate, financial institutions and educational institutions through discussion forums, workshops etc. on cyber safety, cyber crime and cyber laws.
During the safety week, Nasscom and Mumbai Police will reach out to different segments of the society - industry, educational institutes and professionals - to draw their attention on e-security.
All the 83 police stations under the jurisdiction of the Mumbai Police have been covered and we have ensured that there is at least one officer in each police station who has undergone cyber crime training."
www.channeltimes.com /channeltimes/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=17422   (927 words)

  
 The Hindu : Front Page : Mumbai police get Salem's custody
MUMBAI: After running a circuitous course, Mumbai Police on Thursday got the custody of extradited underworld kingpin Abu Salem till December 2, from the Sessions Court here to interrogate him in the case of murder of realtor Pradeep Jain.
But the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Mumbai Police had got a production warrant from the Sessions Court, the trial court of the Jain murder case and urged the TADA court to release Salem from its custody so that he could be produced before the trial court.
Mumbai Police Prosecutor Rohini Salian assured the TADA court he would be produced before it whenever required in the 1993 blasts case.
www.hindu.com /2005/11/25/stories/2005112502171400.htm   (269 words)

  
 Stories Tagged 'mumbai' » Netscape.com
News – Claiming a breakthrough in the 7/11 Mumbai blasts investigations, Mumbai police have traced a 9/11 link to the Mumbai blasts that claimed almost 200 lives and rattled India's business capital.
On July 26, Mumbai was sunk in 37 inches of rain.
News – Police investigating train blasts in the Indian city of Mumbai have detained about 300 people in a series of raids, and released sketches of suspects.
www.netscape.com /tag/mumbai/2   (984 words)

  
 Mumbai police detain and question more than 100 - World - smh.com.au
Police searching for clues in Mumbai's deadly serial bombings swept through a number of neighbourhoods overnight, detaining and questioning more than 100 people, news reports said on Saturday.
The sweeps were centred in the Mumbai neighbourhood of Mahim, CNN-IBN and NDTV news channels reported.
Police declined to confirm the details of the report, but Mumbai Police Commissioner AN Roy said such sweeps were occurring regularly.
www.smh.com.au /news/world/mumbai-police-detain-and-questin-more-than-100/2006/07/15/1152637913404.html   (690 words)

  
 City Government
Mumbai is divided into seven police zones and seventeen traffic police zones, each headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police.
Mumbai is the seat of the Bombay High Court, which has under its jurisdiction the states of Maharashtra, Goa and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu.
Mumbai contributes six seats to the Lok Sabha (India's Lower House of Parliament) and thirty-four seats to the Maharashtra State Assembly.
www.mumbainet.com /template1.php?CID=15&SCID=4   (274 words)

  
 CNN.com - Mumbai bombings: 400 detained - Jul 13, 2006
The chief of Mumbai's anti-terror squad Thursday denied media reports that two suspects had been identified in connection with the probe into the bombings.
Mumbai Police Commissioner A.N. Roy said those arrested include known thugs and trouble makers, who might have information about the culprits.
Police said the pencil timers were found at blast sites in Matunga station, Mahim and Borivili -- where authorities on Tuesday defused another bomb found after an initial explosion ripped apart a rail car.
www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/13/mumbai.blasts/index.html   (736 words)

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