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Cops book outsourced staff of UP helpline 112 after protests on salary hike

Police on Wednesday booked five named and 200 unidentified women outsourced employees of the emergency helpline UP 112, a day after they staged a protest outside its headquarters here demanding a salary hike and job security. The FIR was lodged on the complaint of Police Sub-Inspector Dhirendra Pratap Singh at the Sushant Golf City police station. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, (South Zone), Shashank Singh, said that the protestors have been booked under the IPC sections 147 (rioting), 149 (every member is of part of unlawful assembly) 188 ( assembly of more than five), 283 (obstruction to public passage) and 341 (wrongful restraint). Those named in the FIR include Harishta Srivastava, Pooja Singh, Reena Sharma, and Shashi while police are trying to identify the other unidentified mentioned in the FIR. The protesting employees continued their demonstration at Eco Garden in Lucknow on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the state government removed the Additional Director General (AD

Big role of police telecom dept in disseminating information: UP CM

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said the Police Telecom Department plays a big role in obtaining important information and delivering it accurately to all the places. Speaking at the foundation day event of the Police Telecommunication Department, Adityanath said, History bears witness to the fact that any force equipped with proper training, tools, and weapons has always emerged victorious." "Telecommunication Department plays a big role in obtaining other important information and delivering accurate information to all the places, he added. At the outset of the event held at the Police Radio Headquarters here, the chief minister was presented the Guard of Honour, following which he inaugurated the JC Bose Technology Exhibition. He extended his best wishes for the events scheduled to take place from October 1 to October 3 to mark the Foundation Day. The chief minister commended the state police's work during the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj in 2019. The way the police conduc

UP Police instructed to use Panchang to help control crime in the state

An uptake in criminal activity has been recorded a week before Amavasya in the Krishna Paksha and a week after

PubG love story: Seema Haider, partner being questioned by UP police

Pakistani national Seema Haider, her lover Sachin and his father are being questioned by UP's ATS at an undisclosed location in Noida

UP launches 'Operation Conviction' for cow slaughter, child abuse cases

'Operation Conviction' will ensure the immediate arrest of criminals, the collection of strong evidence against them, quality investigation, and effective representation of cases in courts

Wanted criminal Gufran carrying Rs 1.25 lakh bounty shot dead by UP STF

Gufran, against whom more than 13 cases of murder, loot and robbery were registered was shot during the encounter that broke out around 5 am in Kaushambi

UP police, Amazon India launch campaign to tackle online shopping scams

Uttar Pradesh police and Amazon are collaborating to explore several joint initiatives which will aim to empower consumers to shop online with greater confidence

Atiq's son is alive: Revenge post on social media; UP Police files case

"The breed is not over yet. Atiq's son Ali is still alive. Insha Allah condition - time - power will change. The city will be called Allahabad. The revenge will be taken," the post as per the FIR said

UP Police to give security to those who testify against criminals: DG

"We have zero tolerance against crime and criminals and this encounter is an achievement of the STF," said the DGP

NHRC issues notice to UP Police over killing of Atiq Ahmad, brother

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh Police over the killing of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf when they were being escorted by police in Prayagraj, officials said on Tuesday. In its notice to the Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh and the Commissioner of Police of Prayagraj, the commission sought reports from them within four weeks. The reports should cover all the aspects leading to the killings, copies of medical-legal certificates of the deceased, inquest report, post-mortem report, video cassette/CD of post-mortem examination, site plan of scene of occurrence of the crime, and magisterial enquiry report, it added. Ahmad and Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range by three men posing as journalists in the middle of a media interaction on Saturday night when police personnel were escorting them to a medical college in Prayagraj for a checkup. They were brought to Prayagraj from Gujarat and Bareill

Atiq Ahmed had more than 100, Ashraf more than 57 FIRs: UP Police

In the aftermath of the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath constituted a three-member judicial inquiry commission and ordered a high-level inquiry into the matter

183 criminals killed in police encounters since March 2017: UP Police

The Uttar Pradesh Police said Friday that they have gunned down 183 alleged criminals in encounters in the six years of Yogi Adityanath's government and this included gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad's son Asad and his accomplice, who were killed in an exchange of fire in Jhansi. The UP Police data showed that more than 10,900 police encounters have taken place in the state since March 2017, when Adityanath took over as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first time. In these encounters, 23,300 alleged criminals were arrested and 5,046 were injured. The number of policemen injured in them was 1,443 and 13 were killed, the data showed. Of the 13 policemen killed in encounters since March 2017, eight were ambushed in a narrow lane of Kanpur by the aides of notorious gangster Vikas Dubey. Dubey was shot dead by police when he tried to escape while being brought to UP from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. Police said Dubey's vehicle had overturned during the transit and he had .

Average response time of UP police emergency service reduced after 2017: CM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said before 2017, the average response time of police during an emergency was an hour, which has now reduced to 9.44 minutes. He was reviewing the work of UP-112, women power line 1090 and the technical service of Uttar Pradesh Police. "The utility of police emergency services like 112 depends on its quick response. In the year 2016, on an average it took one hour to call the victim and reach him by police response vehicle (PRV). Today, it has been successfully brought down to 9.44 minutes," he said. The chief minister said UP-112 service has proven to be helpful in providing the general public with prompt police assistance in emergencies anywhere, at any time. "Skilled and dedicated policemen have presented UP-112 as a professional service as per the expectations of the common man. Integration of services like 101, 108, 1090 and 181 etc. with 112 and use of technology like GPS, radio wireless, mobile/web app have made this ..

UP Congress leader booked for his objectionable remarks on PM Modi

Congress state general secretary Sachin Chaudhary has been booked by the Uttar Pradesh police for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Modi, a senior police official said

FIR against 13 cops in two cases in UP's Pilibhit after court orders

Thirteen policemen, including a station house officer, a sub-inspector, and 10 constables have been booked in two separate matters in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district on the orders of court

2 Chinese nationals held along Indo-Nepal border by SSB, says UP Police

Two Chinese nationals roaming around the Indo-Nepal border in Sonauli area here have been detained by the Sashastra Seema Bal, the Uttar Pradesh police said on Saturday. According to police, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawans were doing routine checking along the border when they came across the foreign nationals late Friday. The foreigners were asked the reason for their visiting the area and on not getting a satisfactory answer, the jawans took them into custody. Inspector in-charge of Sonauli police station, Abhishek Singh said intelligence agencies are questioning the duo. "Both have passports of the Republic of China in the names of Zheng Yingjun (50) and Song Hui (52). Their visas to enter India have also expired. They have visited India several times in the past," he said. Singh said other agencies, including immigration, are also probing the matter.

UP police dept says promoting 21,295 constables to head constables

Uttar Pradesh police department has completed the process of promotion of constables

Uttar Pradesh Police arrests 11 for using unfair means in PET 2022

Eleven people have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly using unfair means in the Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET) 2022 conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Commission (UPSSSC). While nine people have been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police, two other have been arrested by the local police in Bijnor, according to a statement from the STF headquarters on Saturday. According to the police, the STF team has arrested three accused from Unnao, one from Amethi, two from Jaunpur, one from Meerut and two from Kanpur. An FIR has been registered against the accused under relevant sections in the respective police stations. According to the statement, the team of STF Lucknow had arrested Pushpendra Yadav and Ankit Kumar Maurya, residents of Prayagraj district, and Satyam Kumar Pandey, resident of West Champaran, Bihar, on the information that they appeared for the examination in place of the original candidate in Unnao. On the

Only a few individuals with suicidal tendencies say it online: UP Police

Only a fraction of such individuals with suicidal tendencies tend to express their feelings on social media, but 99 per cent of them do not express their intention online.

Lakhimpur Kheri rape case: Police mull slapping stringent NSA on 6 accused

The Uttar Pradesh Police is mulling over slapping the stringent National Security Act against the six people arrested for the rape and murder of two Dalit sisters in the state's Lakhimpur Kheri. The sisters, aged 15 and 17, were found hanging from a tree in a sugarcane field on Wednesday evening. The National Security Act (NSA) allows the detention of people up to one year without any charge. "We are mulling to impose the NSA on the six accused persons. Apart from this, DNA samples of the six accused persons and the two girls will also be sent for an examination," Superintendent of Police Sanjiv Suman told PTI on Friday. Suman said none of the accused is minor, dismissing reports of the kin of some of them making the claiming. Meanwhile, Assistant District Government Counsel Brijesh Pandey said the accused were produced before a POCSO court, which sent them to a 14-day judicial custody. District Magistrate Mahendra Bahadur Singh on Friday told reporters that the monetary relief o