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

May 18, 2020 03:45 IST
The police said two constables of Parksite police were patrolling their area on May 13, when they found three men loitering around without face masks. As they stopped the men, an argument ensued.
Mon, May 18, 2020
May 12, 2020 03:47 IST
“Now if anybody comes to me for votes, I will beat them up and send them back,” said Yadav, adding, “This is the time that the people’s representative should step up and help their citizens, but no one came to our rescue.”
Tue, May 12, 2020
May 10, 2020 02:13 IST
After more than a month of a strict lockdown during which all construction work was at a standstill, the government has allowed projects to resume from May 4, wherever workers are available on site.
Sun, May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020 01:42 IST
After more than a month of a strict lockdown during which all construction work was shut down, Maharashtra government has allowed construction work to resume from May 4, wherever workers are available on site.
Sun, May 10, 2020
May 07, 2020 04:44 IST
This is the first time that coronavirus cases have been detected in a prison in Maharashtra. The jail, better known as Arthur Road jail, has nearly 2,600 inmates against a capacity of only 800.
Thu, May 07, 2020
May 05, 2020 03:10 IST
The state had on Sunday allowed the reopening of a maximum of five shops selling "non-essential" items on any road or street, including alcohol, books/stationery, electricals and mobile phones.
Tue, May 05, 2020
May 04, 2020 04:56 IST
Police sources said the accused, an MD who had completed his medical education at a Navi Mumbai medical college, had been recruited by the hospital on April 30, the same day when the patient was admitted.
Mon, May 04, 2020
April 29, 2020 04:40 IST
The helpline was launched on Sunday for the 50,000-strong force, which has lost three of its constabulary-ranked employees to the virus since Friday.
Wed, Apr 29, 2020
April 29, 2020 01:34 IST
“I wish my father was tested at Kasturba Hospital. The doctors told him that he was not infected. They gave him medicine for fever and sent him back,” said his son.
Wed, Apr 29, 2020
April 26, 2020 01:43 IST
Sources said the order was issued after multiple cases of police personnel showing symptoms of COVID-19 being turned away by hospitals came to light over the last few days.
Sun, Apr 26, 2020
April 22, 2020 02:44 IST
Samad Qureshi, the senior citizen who lived at Khatau Mill in Agripada, fell in his bathroom around 2.30 pm on April 17. A local physician, who was called home, said Qureshi was fine. “However, around 4 pm, he complained of chest pain,” said Qureshi's nephew, Hashim.
Wed, Apr 22, 2020
April 18, 2020 01:54 IST
The accused had sent emails to several ministers, including the Union home minister, aviation minister, health minister, DGCA and Mumbai Police commissioner on April 3, asking them to take action against AI.
Sat, Apr 18, 2020
April 17, 2020 02:00 IST
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had on Tuesday made an appeal to migrant workers to stay on.
Fri, Apr 17, 2020
April 15, 2020 12:48 IST
Coronavirus (COVID-19): A senior doctor from Nair hospital said they suspect she might have been suffering from depression.
Wed, Apr 15, 2020
April 15, 2020 04:25 IST
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Some workers claimed they had received calls about a meeting near the station on transport arrangements to take them home over the next few days.
Wed, Apr 15, 2020
April 15, 2020 00:09 IST
With rumours flying thick and fast about the possibility of trains resuming services on April 14 many workers from the area gathered outside the railway station. Offered food packets, most had just one refrain, “We want to go home.”
Wed, Apr 15, 2020
April 12, 2020 01:28 IST
In 2010, residents had approached the Bombay High Court, which directed the Mumbai Police Commissionerate to move the police station out of the housing complex. Following this, Rs 2 crore was sanctioned by the state government to build a new police station near Priyadarshini Circle. However, the police station still exists in their housing society
Sun, Apr 12, 2020
April 11, 2020 05:36 IST
Senior police inspector Savlaram Agwane confirmed that an FIR has been registered. “It is an old clip circulated under the name of the complainant. It has been circulated in many social media groups, we are trying to track the person who labelled the message in his name,” he added.
Sat, Apr 11, 2020
April 09, 2020 03:41 IST
At the state's Ground Zero in Mumbai, where over 10,000 tests have been done so far, The Indian Express tracked the final days of four patients from Andheri to Mumbra, who shuttled from one hospital to another, desperately seeking answers.
Thu, Apr 09, 2020
April 04, 2020 17:54 IST
The men were arrested after the Dadar police station received an alert on “suspicious activity” on a boat at Prabhadevi chowpatty.
Sat, Apr 04, 2020
April 01, 2020 11:31 IST
Alarmed at the massive exodus of migrants across India, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had issued directions to states requesting them to immediately set up relief camps for migrant workers and pilgrims returning to their domicile states.
Wed, Apr 01, 2020
April 01, 2020 02:39 IST
As migrants leave Maharashtra amid the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, they unanimously say they had no place to stay and eat.
Wed, Apr 01, 2020
March 29, 2020 03:12 IST
Rai had come to Mumbai 20 years ago to work as a cook. Now he works at a cake-box manufacturing unit during the day. After 6 pm, he works as a caretaker at a Mulund playground a synthetic turf has been laid on it recently.
Sun, Mar 29, 2020
March 28, 2020 05:04 IST
The 85-year-old, who died of COVID-19 and had underlying conditions of diabetes and heart disease, is suspected to have caught the infection from his grandson, who returned from the UK on March 12.
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
March 28, 2020 03:43 IST
On Tuesday night, the woman died after she suffered a heart attack and acute respiratory distress syndrome. She had tested positive for novel coronavirus earlier and was the fourth person to die from infection in Maharashtra.
Sat, Mar 28, 2020




