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

June 23, 2021 22:59 IST
Police said the accused, who claimed to have completed his MBBS degree in 2017 from a university in Andhra Pradesh, has confessed to having performed such surgeries on at least a thousand other patients in the last three years.
Thu, Jan 09, 2025
June 19, 2021 20:22 IST
Kalyan GRP officials said the woman, Shruti Vishal Malve who is suffering from a mentally disorder, had laid on the tracks early on Thursday after leaving home without informing anyone.
Sun, Jun 20, 2021
June 17, 2021 03:08 IST
The victim had met the accused on a match-making website and exchanged phone numbers. The accused and the officer then started meeting each other and the accused used to come to Mumbai to meet her.
Fri, Jun 18, 2021June 16, 2021 03:20 IST
Sources in the department said that this directive was issued after an incident, which took place in Chembur in 2019, where a man who was assaulted had approached the police to file a complaint and had died because he was not taken to a hospital by the officers on time.
Wed, Jun 16, 2021
June 10, 2021 02:23 IST
Ramlal Digambar Manjule and Samad Saleem Sheikh stopped reporting to work from the time they were transferred from the 'local arms' department at Tardeo to the Malabar Hill police station in 2012.
Thu, Jun 10, 2021
June 08, 2021 17:32 IST
The list of these officers includes two former Commissioners of Mumbai Police, one of whom is also a two-time BJP MP.
Tue, Jun 08, 2021
June 08, 2021 04:20 IST
There are four serving Commissioners of Police on the list, and two Additional Directors-General and a former Director General of Police-rank officer.
Tue, Jun 08, 2021
June 01, 2021 03:48 IST
Personnel from constabulary rank to assistant commissioners of police along with the ministerial clerical staffers, who worked for the department for over 30 years, were feted.
Tue, Jun 01, 2021
May 30, 2021 03:30 IST
The investigators have so far visited DNH twice in the past two-and-a-half months but have only recorded the statement of Delkar’s son Abhinav.
Sun, May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021 01:05 IST
Almost three months after the Mumbai Police registered a case against Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH) administrator Praful Khoda Patel and eight others for allegedly abetting MP Mohan Delkar’s suicide, investigators said they are yet to make any progress in the probe.
Sun, May 30, 2021
May 28, 2021 22:42 IST
The woman is currently in the custody of the NGO.
Fri, May 28, 2021
May 22, 2021 00:59 IST
The Yellow Gate police said it booked Bhallav for allegedly ignoring warnings related to Cyclone Tauktae.
Sat, May 22, 2021
May 20, 2021 02:52 IST
Sources in the DG office said that before the pandemic, junior-rank personnel would personally visit the office in Mumbai's Colaba to get their grievances addressed.
Thu, May 20, 2021
April 29, 2021 01:40 IST
Niyaz Salmani, whose mother Halima died in the blaze, said that he was planning to take her home on Wednesday after the doctors suggested that she was fit to be discharged.
Thu, Apr 29, 2021
April 28, 2021 22:36 IST
Locals broke open the grill and windows at the rear of the hospital and rescued several patients.
Wed, Apr 28, 2021
April 28, 2021 08:24 IST
Maharashtra has seen multiple critical incidents in hospitals in the last one month. Last week, 14 Covid-19 patients in the ICU of a private hospital in Virar died in a fire.
Wed, Apr 28, 2021
April 28, 2021 07:51 IST
In the recent past, a number of people have raised the issue of being fined for parking outside hospitals. While the traffic department said they were just acting on complaints by the hospitals, the kin said it was insensitive on the part of the authorities to penalise them during such a stressful period.
Wed, Apr 28, 2021
April 26, 2021 23:11 IST
Police officials also said they fear that such targets will increase their risk of catching the infection. "Even if we are ready to take the virus, we don't want our family members to get infected," said another officer.
Mon, Apr 26, 2021
April 26, 2021 01:14 IST
A Mumbai Police source said the special police officers will assist them in controlling the law and order situation at containment zones and sealed buildings.
Mon, Apr 26, 2021
April 25, 2021 19:23 IST
They failed to get fire audit done, say police
Sun, Apr 25, 2021
April 23, 2021 21:08 IST
According to the police officials, people who belong to the essential service providing categories, like doctors, nurses, police, government employees, food delivery, etc., need not apply for the e-pass.
Tue, Jun 01, 2021
April 23, 2021 15:19 IST
The NIA sought Sunil Mane's custody claiming that it wants to obtain his electronic devices and call data records alleging that he has a role in the conspiracy to kill businessman Mansukh Hiran.
Sat, Apr 24, 2021
April 22, 2021 00:19 IST
The police said that based on a tip-off, the two were arrested red-handed from the terrace of the stadium.
Thu, Apr 22, 2021
April 20, 2021 00:01 IST
Many motorists at nakas, who rushed to collect stickers, sought clarity about them and the categories of essential services they covered. The police are distributing the stickers free of cost at the nakas.
Tue, Apr 20, 2021
April 17, 2021 00:48 IST
The restrictions, meanwhile, have impacted the small businesses and the self-employed.
Sat, Apr 17, 2021



