Jaipur: Courts in Nagaur and Bikaner districts received bomb threats through emails Thursday, prompting police to evacuate the premises and conduct search operations, officials said.Police said the district court in Nagaur received an email claiming that bombs would explode at 2 pm on the court premises.Following the threat, police and security agencies reached the court…
Jaipur: A 48-year-old man hailing from Bikaner was arrested in the city Sunday on charges of threatening a businessman at gunpoint and demanding Rs 1 crore as extortion. Police said the case was cracked within 48 hours of receiving a complaint.Deputy commissioner of police (West) Hanuman Prasad Meena said the accused, identified as Ilmudeen, was…
Jaipur: Two members of the so-called ‘Tangdi Gang’ who specialised in tripping up pedestrians to snatch their money, were arrested by city police Thursday. The accused were involved in over half a dozen incidents of petty but persistent street crime. DCP (east) Tejaswini Gautam said the two gang members, Abdul Mehraj and Irfan alias Shaktiman,…
Jaipur: About three months ago, residents of a large residential complex on Ajmer Road faced a major challenge. All efforts of the residents’ welfare association (RWA) to clean the sewerage tank inside the complex went in vain. Since the location of the complex was outside Jaipur Municipal Corporation’s jurisdiction, RWA members could not convince the…
Jaisalmer: Uttar Pradesh ATS and Bijnor police arrested a man from Jaisalmer Friday for allegedly running a telegram network that orchestrated a series of arson attacks in Bijnor earlier this year.The accused, Rajuram Godara, a resident of Nachna in Jaisalmer district, allegedly was the key handler and administrator of the group, remotely directing youths in…
