CRIME

Illegitimate trading in wildlife is an illegal offence under the wildlife protection act and if convicted it can lead to imprisoned for up to 10 years. Illegitimate trading in wildlife is an illegal offence under the wildlife protection act and if convicted it can lead to imprisoned for up to 10 years. Possessing a wildlife item; even as a part of ancestral /family inheritance without a license is a crime.

People in India fear the police as much as the criminals. Today many police officers are facing charges like brutality, torture and helping criminals or politicians - frame or eliminate opponents-- to get promoted. This may lead to total breakdown of values and erosion of confidence in the criminal justice system.

Gaming is a state subject in India. Each state is supposed to frame and implement its own anti-gaming laws. In July 2018, the Law Commission 276th report stated – “legalizing betting and gambling is not desirable in India". Still, no state came forward to ban online gaming. This inaction is leading to a rampant increase in illegal gambling and black-money. Though it is not possible to ban betting and gambling altogether, effective regulation is the only way out.

The standard modus operandi of the police is to claim that the cash and weapons etc were recovered from the accused when they were arrested. Most of the time, such items happen to be ‘planted’ by the police. Invariably there are no independent witnesses or stock witnesses cooked-up by the police

If you are an online banking customer in India, you better watch out. India is among the Top 10 countries in the world where online banking is unsafe, prone to leakage of payment credentials and malware attacks.

24 years ago, Nambi Narayanan –a reputed space scientist was accused of selling ISRO’s rocket and satellite secrets and subjected to inhuman torture by IB and Kerala police officers. Was it part of an international conspiracy, insensitive journalism or police brutality that the scientific genius spent the prime of his life behind four walls of a jail instead of a laboratory?

The Lie Detector or Polygraph test was the result of an obsessive desire —to peep into the minds of others and acquire control over them

The new technique is potentially useful in the context of police investigations because it can help determine the age of criminals or unidentified bodies, which in turn can lead to identification

Israel is not fighting a war against Islam. They are fighting against Islamic terrorists of Hamas, who committed barbaric atrocities upon Israelis.

Ninety-four cattle were caught while being trafficked in separate incidents in Hyderabad city. Countless cattle are trafficked daily in the city for slaughter.

Dr R K Vishwakarma, IPS has been appointed the new part-time DGP of UP police- just two months ahead of his retirement in May 2023 unless he gets an extension

INTERPOL, information sharing and intelligence analysis represent strong tripwires at the frontlines against foreign terrorist fighters.