Sagar Rajput is a Principal Correspondent at The Indian Express. He has been reporting on crime since 2012. Born and brought up in Mumbai, he understands the city and its policing well. He covers Maharashtra police, Anti Terrorism Squad, Anti Corruption Bureau, Enforcement Directorate, Air Intelligence Unit and Directorate Of Revenue Intelligence. He joined The Indian Express in November 2018. He tweets @sagarajput24

March 29, 2022 01:30 IST
According to police officials, the arrested person has been identified as Saiesh Jadhav. He is a third-year BCom student. His accomplice Sameer Shah, who helped him sell the valuables, has also been arrested.
Tue, Mar 29, 2022
March 28, 2022 02:27 IST
Vijaykant Manda had been allegedly following her and her manager since 2016 — showing up at her office and concerts in different states. The case was registered only on March 17, after he showed up at the gate of her residence in south Mumbai.
Mon, Mar 28, 2022
March 23, 2022 04:00 IST
According to senior officers, the complainant Sushil Patil's supplementary statement was recorded on Monday by the police in Gangapur, where the case has been registered, in which he said Vaibhav Gehlot was named in his complaint due to a “misunderstanding caused by...Sachin Valera”.
Wed, Mar 23, 2022
March 21, 2022 16:15 IST
The Nashik Police last week registered an FIR against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot and 13 other persons for allegedly cheating a businessman from Maharashtra. What happened, and what is the current status of the police investigation?
Tue, Mar 22, 2022
March 14, 2022 22:17 IST
Were only performing our duty, no intention to harass Parliamentarian, say officials
Mon, Mar 14, 2022
March 14, 2022 14:01 IST
The Mumbai crime branch has recorded the statement of Opposition leader and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in a case pertaining to alleged phone-tapping carried out by the State Intelligence Department. What is the case, and what is Fadnavis' defence?
Tue, Mar 15, 2022
March 13, 2022 19:34 IST
A team from BKC cyber cell police headed by Deputy Commissioner of police Hemraj Singh Rajput reached Fadnavis's bungalow, Sagar, in south Mumbai around 12 noon for questioning.
Mon, Mar 14, 2022
March 09, 2022 16:42 IST
Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey wants to stop towing vehicles from the city's roads on an “experimental” basis. What is his reasoning for this? Can the move create problems?
Wed, Mar 09, 2022
March 05, 2022 01:27 IST
Additional Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) Rajiv Jain is the complainant in the case, in which Shukla is accused of tapping the phone calls of Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut and NCP's Eknath Khadse.
Sat, Mar 05, 2022
March 04, 2022 03:37 IST
The initiative is part of an attempt by newly appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey to groom junior officers.
Fri, Mar 04, 2022
March 03, 2022 03:21 IST
According to police officials, the first incident of rape took place in 2019, after she told her parents that an unknown person had been following her for the past few days. The stalker kept telling her that he likes her and as she wanted to get rid of him, the woman told her parents about it.
Thu, Mar 03, 2022
February 27, 2022 23:26 IST
According to the police, the director of Apna Ghar scheme has been identified as RR Pandiyan while his accomplice, Suresh Rathod, worked as a manager at The Blue People Co-op Credit Society bank.
Sun, Feb 27, 2022
February 25, 2022 01:32 IST
The businessman was allegedly smothered to death by a group of policemen on the instructions of the now suspended police officer Sachin Waze.
Fri, Feb 25, 2022
February 21, 2022 00:55 IST
Tasked with ensuring the safety and security of the state capital, Mumbai police is heavily understaffed – a problem that was spotlighted by Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown and fatality among the personnel.
Mon, Feb 21, 2022
February 16, 2022 01:34 IST
According to police officials, Nagrale had transferred him to DB Marg police station in the last week of August, 2021.
Wed, Feb 16, 2022
February 15, 2022 23:47 IST
The Bhoiwada police has, so far, registered eight FIRs against 16 people, including eight police aspirants and as many dummy persons who represented them in the physical tests.
Wed, Feb 16, 2022
February 14, 2022 14:40 IST
From 9.30 am, several places in south Mumbai started witnessing major snarls. The entire stretch from Worli Milk Dairy to Babulnath Temple, the full northbound stretch of Marine Drive, and the entire stretch of Teen Batti-Walkeshwar remained congested for over two hours.
Tue, Feb 15, 2022
February 14, 2022 13:16 IST
Traffic police authorities revealed that the protest started at around 9.30 am when Congress workers started gathering for the march to the residence of Devendra Fadnavis. The BJP also carried out counter-mobilisation of its workers.
Tue, Feb 15, 2022
February 13, 2022 01:57 IST
In their confession, they said the deceased had admitted them to rehabilitation centres in Coimbatore and in Mumbai.
Sun, Feb 13, 2022
February 12, 2022 01:22 IST
The Amboli police on Friday arrested a 52-year-old woman and her son for allegedly killing her 58-year-old husband, an assistant general manager at a bank in Andheri.
Sat, Feb 12, 2022
February 11, 2022 03:29 IST
Issued in January end, the summons came a year after 58-year-old Delkar, a seven-term Member of Parliament from the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH), was found dead in a room at a hotel in Marine Drive area on February 22, 2021.
Fri, Feb 11, 2022
February 10, 2022 03:19 IST
The investigations have revealed that one person, who works as a teacher in the institute, has represented atleast three dummy candidates and scored 49 marks out of 50 in their physical tests for which he took Rs 3 lakhs.
Thu, Feb 10, 2022
February 07, 2022 05:27 IST
Another singer, Farhad Bhiwandiwala, says that he has learned singing from listening to Mangeshkar’s songs.
Tue, Feb 08, 2022
February 07, 2022 03:34 IST
The case was registered on December 15, over a year after the man, identified as Yezdiar Edel Behram, died, after which the police arrested the duo as the investigators ascertained that the they purposely did not rush him to hospital after he fell critically ill to usurp his property.
Mon, Feb 07, 2022
February 03, 2022 01:26 IST
Called Anda Cells because of their oblong shape, providing a better view to prison guards for monitoring, these cells are present only in central prisons and meant to house inmates considered high risk or facing serious charges such as terrorism.
Thu, Feb 03, 2022



