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Indian traffic police beat the heat with air-conditioned helmets

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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In a bid to combat the escalating heat due to climate change, traffic police in India are adopting a novel approach. Vadodara city traffic police have introduced air-conditioned (AC) helmets, designed and manufactured by Telangana-based startup, Jarsh Safety.

Kaustubh Kaundinya, Co-founder and CEO of Jarsh Safety, in an interview with CNBC-TV18, said, “This is primarily meant for temporary use whenever they’re facing this extra heat.”

Other police commissions, including Kanpur and Lucknow, are now adopting the initiative.

Jarsh Safety’s product, ActivCooling Helmets, comes equipped with patented ActivCooling technology. The inbuilt AC, weighing 200 grams, reduces the temperature by 10-15 degrees Celsius. The device, powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery, can operate for up to 10 hours.

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Kaundinya also discussed the cost and production time of these helmets. “The average lead time is about 30 days. We are at a small scale right now, so our production facilities are limited. We are looking to raise funds to expand the production facility and our product line,” he said.

The price point ranges between ₹13,000 to ₹17,000. “We are not essentially selling a helmet, but we’re selling a portable ventilation solution. So the price is comparable to having an air conditioner,” Kaundinya added.

The helmets have been certified in four different certifications — European, Indian, ISO, and OHS. According to the company, the low-power application eliminates the risks of mechanical failures or short circuits. The company is in talks with a few investors regarding expansion.

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The Vadodara city traffic police have distributed over 450 such helmets so far.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Traffic, Vadodara city, Jyoti Patel, expressed enthusiasm about the new gadget and said “We are even thinking of having AC jackets for the police. We have invited a few manufacturers who are having AC jackets. So if AC helmets would work, we may even get AC jackets for them.”

The scheme is now being rolled out in other cities. Kanpur city police have distributed seven AC helmets from Jarsh Safety and Lucknow police are set to order 500 helmets for a month-long trial. The trial will decide if the product can be formally introduced.

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Another TMC leader from Sandeshkhali arrested by Bengal Police, FIR lodged against Shajahan

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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The West Bengal Police arrested TMC leader Ajit Maiti from the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on the charges of land grabbing from villagers, an officer said on Monday.

Maiti, considered a close aide of absconding TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, was detained on Sunday evening from the residence of a civic volunteer where he had locked himself for over four hours after being chased by villagers, he said.

”We have arrested him after getting complaints from villagers regarding land grabbing. We will produce him in the court later in the day,” the police officer told PTI. After getting over 70 complaints, the police lodged an FIR against Shajahan Shiekh, he said.

Most of the complainants claimed that Shajahan was actively involved in the forcible acquisition of their land and torturing of local women, the police officer said. Angry villagers had attacked Maiti a couple of days back for his alleged ties with Shajahan and his group, accused of land grabbing and sexual assault on local women.

The police action comes after a TMC delegation visited the restive Sandeshkhali for the second consecutive day on Sunday and heard the grievances of villagers who have been protesting against alleged atrocities by local leaders of the ruling party.

The riverine Sandeshkhali area — situated on the borders of the Sunderbans, about 100 kilometres from Kolkata — has been on the boil for more than a month with protests against Shahjahan, who is absconding, and his supporters.

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Government official’s daughter gangraped in Lucknow, 3 arrested

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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A government official’s 22-year-old daughter was allegedly raped by three men in a moving car in Lucknow, police said on Monday, December 11. All three accused have been arrested. According to a police complaint lodged by the woman, she visited the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) Hospital’s Psychiatry Department, where she had been undergoing treatment for some time, on December 5. She sought the help of a tea vendor, Satyam Mishra, whose stall she used to often visit, to charge her mobile phone.

Mishra took her to an ambulance parked nearby to charge her mobile phone. However, after some time, she found that the ambulance was gone and started looking for it with Mishra, police said, citing the complaint. Mishra later took the woman to a dhaba in the Safedabad area of Barabanki in a car, in which the other two accused were present. The three men made her have a drink laced with intoxicants and raped her in the car before dropping her off in the Indira Nagar area, they said.

On the basis of the woman’s complaint, an FIR was registered at Wazirganj police station on Sunday under sections 376 (d) (gang rape), 342 (wrongful confinement), 328 (administering drug with intent to cause hurt), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the three accused, police said. The other two accused were identified as Suhail and Mohd. Aslam. All three accused have been arrested, they said.

The car used in the crime, two mobile phones and cash worth Rs 19,830 have been recovered from the arrested accused. Further investigation is underway, they said.

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Police Commemoration Day 2023: History, significance and theme

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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National Police Commemoration Day is marked every year on October 21 to commemorate the police officers who have sacrificed their lives in the course of service. It was in 1960 that an Annual Conference of Inspectors General of Police of States and Union Territories was organised to observe October 21 as the National Police Commemoration Day. The day is set to honour the Bravehearts who protect the citizens of the country and are responsible for the enforcement of law and order. Police Commemoration Day is also observed as Martyr’s Day in all police forces across India.

Both police officers and the citizens mark the Police Commemoration Day with a strong sense of patriotism. A national-level Police Commemoration Day parade has been organised since 2012 at the Police War Memorial in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

Police Commemoration Day 2023: History

The day has been dedicated to the India-China conflict, when the Chinese troops opened fire at the Indian police force in Ladakh on October 21, 1959. In the conflict, 10 of our heroic warriors sacrificed their lives while defending our borders at the hot springs in Aksai Chin in Ladakh. Seven others also suffered injuries.

China eventually returned the bodies of the 10 Indian martyrs on November 13, 1959. They were cremated with full police honours at Hot Springs. Later in 1960, October 21 was officially recognised and ever since, the day is commemorated as the Police Commemoration Day across the country.

Police Commemoration Day 2023: Significance

Police Commemoration Day is observed with the objective of encouraging and honouring the police officers who carry out their jobs with utmost diligence and dedication. The day serves as a reminder for all to honour and praise the nation’s police force and their contributions. National Police Commemoration Day is a tribute to all those who gave their lives in the line of duty.

Police Commemoration Day 2023: Theme

The theme for National Police Commemoration Day for 2023 is yet to be announced. One can celebrate the day by attending any event nearby.

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Punjab Police remove protesting farmers outside state power office in Patiala

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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The Punjab Police on Tuesday removed protesting farmers from outside the office of power utility PSPCL in Patiala district where they had been protesting for the past few days against installation of smart meters and charging commercial rates for dairy farming and other issues. The police also took some farmers into preventive custody.

A heavy police force reached the protest site Tuesday morning and got it cleared.

“With the use of mild force, the protesters have been removed from the site and the dharna called off,” Inspector General of Police Mukhwinder Singh Chhina told reporters in Patiala. He said some farmer leaders, including Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who were on hunger strike, were taken for medical check-up.

He further said that all three gates of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) have been opened.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political), a breakaway faction of the SKM, had been holding protests outside the PSPCL office since June 8.

Led by Dallewal, the protesters were agitating against the installation of smart metres and were also demanding the state government to stop charging commercial rates on electricity connections for ancillary businesses such as dairying, among other things.

The protesters had squatted outside the gates of PSPCL, blocking the entry of officials, thus affecting the routine functioning of the power utility. They had even pitched tents on the road leading to the PSPCL office, causing inconvenience to commuters.

Top wrestler Vinesh Phogat had also joined the protest on June 11.

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Punjab Police arrest Amritpal Singh, take him to Dibrugarh jail

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested from Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday after police personnel surrounded him, leaving him with no way to escape, a senior Punjab Police official said here..

“The Punjab Police have arrested him,” a senior police official told PTI.

The police also confimed to CNN-News18 that the joint efforts of Punjab police and the Intelligence Bureau induced a forced surrender by Singh.

Security has been beefed up in Dibrugarh as Singh has been shifted to a prison in the Upper Assam town of Dibrugarh from Punjab on Sunday, police said. A special flight carrying the radical preacher landed at Dibrugarh airport.

“His flight landed at 2.20 pm,” a senior official told PTI.

A 15-km stretch was cleared and Singh was taken to the prison in a convoy.

The Punjab police have  already invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against the Khalistan sympathiser.

#AmritpalSingh arrested in Moga, Punjab.

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“A joint operation was conducted by the Amritsar Police and intelligence wing of Punjab Police. He was located in village Rode based on operational inputs by Punjab Police. He was surrounded from all sides, the village was surrounded by Punjab police,” Gill said.

Police did not enter the gurudwara in which Amritpal was present to maintain its sanctity.

“To maintain sanctity, the police did not enter the gurdwara and since he knew that he had no way to escape now, he was surrounded by Punjab Police. The village was surrounded by Punjab Police from all sides,” he said.

Singh had been on the run since March 18 when a police crackdown was launched against him and his aides.

The police on March 18 had launched a major crackdown against Amritpal Singh and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’.

He and his associates were booked under several criminal cases related to spreading disharmony among classes, attempting to murder, attacking police personnel, and creating obstructions in public servants’ lawful discharge of duty.

— With PTI inputs 

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Himachal Pradesh police arrests 6 men for illegal mining in Una

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Six men were arrested and several vehicles engaged in illegal sand mining were impounded from the river beds in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district, police said on Monday.

During the district-wide operation, which was carried out on the intervening night of January 15 and 16, the police impounded four tipper trucks, nine tractors and one excavator and JCB each engaged in illegal sand mining.

Seven additional Police platoons (150 police personnel) were provided by the Director General of Police for the operations against illegal mining.

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These police personnel and the officers of Una District conducted raids at five stretches along the Punjab-Himachal border, including Bathu-Bathri-Santoshgarh, Khanpur-Nangal-Khurd- Fatehpur, Ghaluwal, Basal and Jankaur.

The accused namely Harpal Singh (28), Parvinder Singh (25), Amanjot Singh (20), Mandeep Singh (35), Jarnail Singh (42) and Gurmukh Singh (27), all hailing from the Ropar district of Punjab, have been booked under sections 379, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 21 of Mines and Minerals Act, a spokesperson of the police headquarters said here in a statement.

During this operation, the officials of the Mining, Revenue and IPH departments were also involved and the services of surveyors were taken to assess the damage caused by illegal miners to the river beds and public property in these areas. The criminals engaged in illegal mining take advantage of the jurisdictional boundary between Punjab and Himachal and carry out their operation during late night hours in inaccessible areas using a network of informers, who keep an eye on the movement of police, the spokesperson added.

Police teams conducted raids by keeping this entire operation secret and cordoned and plugged the entry/exit points of these hotspots as a result the above accused were caught red-handed. Congratulating SP Una and the entire Police team for this success, DGP Sanjay Kundu said that State Police is committed to ensuring a “zero-tolerance policy against the mining mafia” and stringent action is being taken against the persons involved in illegal mining.

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What actor Sheezan Khan’s family and lawyer said on Tunisha Sharma’s alleged suicide

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Actor Sheezan Khan’s advocate today told the media that the relations between the deceased actress Tunisha Sharma and her family were strained and Tunisha had to beg her mother for money as she and her uncle controlled her finances. The lawyer also stated that Tunisha would panic upon hearing the name of her uncle Sanjeev Kaushal.

TV actress Tunisha Sharma, 20, was found hanging in the make-up room on the sets of her show ‘Ali Baba: Dastaan-e-Kabul’ on December 24.

“Sanjeev Kaushal is not a relative of Tunisha. So, why he is calling himself as maternal uncle of the late actress? What is the relationship between Vanita (Tunisha’s mother) and Kaushal?” Shailendra Mishra asked. The advocate also alleged that Vanita had even slapped her daughter and tried to strangle her once. He also dismissed the “love jihad” accusations from Vanita.

Amid love jihad allegations, Sheezan’s sister Falak Naazz, also an actress, stated that neither her family nor Sheezan had forced Tunisha to convert to Islam, wear the burqa or speak Urdu.

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Vanita Sharma had accused Tunisha’s boyfriend and co-actor Sheezan of cheating on Tunisha with multiple girls and having a secret girlfriend while he was dating her daughter. Tunisha’s family also claimed that the actress’ death could also have been a case of murder as there was a delay of 15 minutes in finding her body and the door to her make-up room was shut.

“I want to tell you that Sheezan cheated on Tunisha. First, he had a relationship with her saying that he will marry her, and later broke up with her. He already was involved with another woman in spite of this he got involved with Tunisha and used her for three to four months. He should be punished for that. I have lost my daughter,” Vanita told reporters.

Vanita said that Tunish and Sheezan had a heated argument just 15 minutes before Tunish was found dead. “I just don’t know what happened in the 10-15 minutes. God knows what he did with my child since it happened in Sheezan’s makeup room. The day they broke up, Sheezan slapped her and she cried a lot saying he used me. Initially, she had told me that she likes Sheezan,” her mother said during a press conference.

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The police had taken Sheezan into four-day custody, which was later extended to two weeks. The police have recovered the CCTV footage of the last argument between Tunisha and Sheezan, along with taking statements from over 25 people. The police also managed to recover deleted chats and messages from Sheezan’s phone, which revealed nothing incriminating, reported India Times.

However, Sheezan has stated that he had broken up with Tunisha about 15 days prior to the incident. “In the investigation, it has become clear that police have no evidence against Sheezan. All allegations made by Tunisha’s mother are baseless. Police are investigating the case, we should wait. I am very confident that Sheezan will be proven not guilty,” Sheezan’s lawyer stated.

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Coup plot in Germany: Police arrest 25 far-right extremists

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Nearly 3,000 German police officers carried out raids across 130 sites in 11 states of Germany on Wednesday, December 7, against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly plotted to overthrow the government in an armed coup. As per the officials, 25 people were detained, The Washington Post reported.

The detained members belong to a group, which included members of the so-called Reichsbürger (Reich Citizens) movement, who allegedly reject Germany’s post-war constitution and have called for bringing down the government. However, the federal police have said it does not yet know the particular group’s name which is associated with the movement, reported BBC.

The Reichsbürger movement has been under the radar of the German police for violent attacks and racist conspiracy theories. The police have arrested the two alleged “ringleaders” during the raids, the report added. A minor aristocrat, Prince Heinrich XIII (referred to as a prince in the European nation), is alleged to have been central to the group’s plans.

An estimated 50 men and women are alleged to be associated with the group. These members are said to have plotted to overthrow the republic and replace it with a new state modelled on the Germany of 1871, which is an empire called the Second Reich.

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As per the federal prosecutor’s office, the group had been plotting a violent coup since November 2021 and members of its central ‘Rat’ (council) were holding regular meetings. The suspects realised that their aim could only be achieved by military means and with force, the prosecutors said, as per the Washington Post.

The group had already firmed plans to rule Germany with departments covering health, justice and foreign affairs and their plans included carrying out killings of state representatives.n Investigators got wind of the group when they uncovered a kidnapping plot last April involving a gang called United Patriots.

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The gang was also associated with the Reichsbürger movement and had allegedly planned to abduct Health Minister Karl Lauterbach and create “civil war conditions” to end Germany’s democracy. German News organisation Der Spiegel reported that Germany’s special forces unit the KSK may also be involved in the planned coup. It has been scrutinised over alleged far-right involvement in the past.

The far-right Alternative for Germany party, known by its German acronym AfD, is also believed to be involved. The party has increasingly come under scrutiny due to its ties with extremists.

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PM Modi pitches idea of ‘One Nation, One Uniform’ for police, urges people to ‘give it a thought’

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while speaking at a “Chintan Shivir” of state home ministers on Friday, proposed the idea of “One Nation, One Uniform” for police. He, however, clarified that it is just a suggestion and that he is not trying to impose it on anyone.

“The One Nation, One Uniform for police is just an idea. I am not trying to impose it on you. Just give it a thought. It may happen — in 5, 50, or 100 years. But let’s give it a thought,” PM Modi was quoted by the news agency PTI as saying. He believed that the identity of the police across the country could be identical.

Cooperation among states and agencies

Speaking at the event, PM Modi also advocated close cooperation among the states to tackle crimes and criminals.  The prime minister said all agencies — central and states’ — should cooperate with each other to ensure efficiency, better outcomes and protection for the common man.

Modi said every state should learn, get inspired by each other and work together for internal security. “Working together of states for internal security is a constitutional mandate as well as responsibility towards the nation,” he added.

Law and order

He said law and order are directly linked to development and hence, it is everyone’s responsibility to maintain peace. “When the strength of the country will increase, the power of every citizen, every family will increase,” he noted.

The prime minister urged the state governments to review old laws and amend them to the current context. He said laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) have bolstered the fight against terrorism.

His statement came at a time when Opposition leaders such as PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti had been hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over ongoing investigations under the UAPA and by central agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and National Investigation Agency (NIA).

On technology

He pushed for the use of technology and creating awareness among the public. He said the Centre had launched a “police technology mission” and states are working on their level towards it.

“Law and order are not restricted to one state now. Crime is turning interstate and also international. With technology, criminals now have the power to commit crimes beyond our borders. As such, coordination between agencies of all states and the Centre is crucial,” he was quoted by the Indian Express as saying.

He said smart technology should be adopted for a smarter law and order system. “We need to think about a common platform for technology that can be shared by all. Best practices of one state can be shared with others,” the prime minister said.

Referring to the circulation of fake news, Modi said fact-checking such news is a must and technology plays a big role in it. “People must be made aware of mechanisms to verify messages before forwarding them,” he said.

The prime minister said the good old system of generating human intelligence by the police and security agencies should be strengthened for achieving better results.

He asked the states not to look at the budget while selecting technology as “investment in today’s technology is a saving in the future”.

‘Chintan Shivir’

The two-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ is being organised here by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs with the objective of preparing an action plan for the implementation of ‘Vision 2047’ and ‘Panch Pran’, which were announced in Prime Minister Modi’s Independence Day speech.

Home ministers of all the states are meeting at the event to discuss a host of internal security issues like the development of an ecosystem for cybercrime management, modernisation of police forces, increase in usage of information technology in the criminal justice system, land border management and coastal security and other internal security.

With inputs from PTI.

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