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

January 13, 2019 07:36 IST
The complainant has earlier worked in a five-star hotel in Saudi Arabia for two years and after he returned to Mumbai, posted his resume on a job website, following which he was approached by alleged fraudsters.
Sun, Jan 13, 2019
January 13, 2019 07:26 IST
The woman had withdrawn Rs 25,000 from an ATM and purchased two dresses and a gold ring allegedly using a stolen debit card.
Sun, Jan 13, 2019
January 10, 2019 01:36 IST
As Gopi still held on, the 27-year-old woman’s paramour Mahesh Karale (25) administered him two doses of phenyl, smothered him and banged his head against the wall in the intervening night of December 28 and December 29.
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
January 09, 2019 04:06 IST
The accused were produced in court and remanded to police custody till January 10. The complainant is Hukumchand Jatolia, a resident of Kurla (East), who runs a wholesale business in footwear. The accused were identified as Alok Sharma and 70-year-old Dalsingar Yadav from Pune.
Wed, Jan 09, 2019
January 07, 2019 05:01 IST
In November 2012, the IT engineer and MBA graduate had left home saying he was going to Kabul for a job interview. A week later, he had entered Pakistan through Torkham, in the hope of rescuing a 25-year-old Khattak tribal girl he had befriended via Facebook.
Mon, Jan 07, 2019
January 07, 2019 01:48 IST
In the first week of December, Om Dattu Balli, a Class XI science student, started looking for a cellphone on online portals. He shortlisted a MI Note Pro 5 on a portal and approached the seller.
Mon, Jan 07, 2019
December 30, 2018 02:33 IST
Describing it as preventive action, the police released the nearly dozen men who were detained by the end of the day.
Sun, Dec 30, 2018
December 27, 2018 01:32 IST
According to police officers, when the two women were sitting at the promenade, Salmani came and sat near them. He then started making lewd comments, uncomfortable, the women moved away.
Thu, Dec 27, 2018
December 26, 2018 01:39 IST
The Yellow Gate police recovered 30 stolen cellphones from the boys’ accommodation last week. All school dropouts, the boys were aged between 14 and 16 years and were recruited from Jharkhand.
Wed, Dec 26, 2018
December 21, 2018 04:45 IST
Hamid Ansari reached his house in Mumbai on Thursday. He had left India in November 2012 to meet a girl he befriended in Pakistan through Facebook after which he was arrested in Pakistan for illegally entering the country through Afghanistan.
Fri, Dec 21, 2018
December 21, 2018 00:59 IST
Speaking to The Indian Express over phone, she said: “When I met him for first time, he didn’t even have spectacles. He could not see properly. He got scared that an old woman was approaching him in jail. Today, when I spoke to him after he reached India, we laughed over that memory.”
Fri, Dec 21, 2018
December 20, 2018 02:18 IST
Identified as Hatim Kothari, he was intercepted by the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Customs on the intervening night of December 11 and 12 on his arrival from Hong Kong.
Thu, Dec 20, 2018
December 18, 2018 05:52 IST
Fauzia, a schoolteacher based in Versova in suburban Mumbai, is currently in New Delhi with her husband, both of them preparing to travel to the Wagah border where they hope to meet Hamid when he is escorted across the international border.
Tue, Dec 18, 2018
December 15, 2018 11:18 IST
At the check-in counter, she allegedly showed pictures of the “suspects” carrying a bomb on the flight, following which security agencies conducted search operations.
Sun, Dec 16, 2018
December 14, 2018 02:29 IST
“Her cousin stays close by. So, under the pretext of letting her watch television, he would take her to his house and sexually assault her. It has been happening for the last two years,” said a police officer.
Fri, Dec 14, 2018
December 14, 2018 01:50 IST
Police said the accused, who was arrested last week, has a criminal record and was externed two years ago.
Fri, Dec 14, 2018
December 12, 2018 03:21 IST
Vaijanath Mukane (32), a native of drought-hit Jalna in Marathwada, was arrested by the Azad Maidan police late Monday night for allegedly attacking advocate Gunaratan Sadavarte outside the Bombay High Court.
Wed, Dec 12, 2018
December 08, 2018 05:10 IST
Sanghvi and his car were found missing from the parking lot of Kamala Mills — where the HDFC bank is located — on September 5. While his body was found five days later in Kalyan, the car was recovered near Koperkhairane in Navi Mumbai.
Sat, Dec 08, 2018
December 08, 2018 02:32 IST
Sub-Inspector V Kadam from Malwani police said, “Hussain and his brother managed to get hold of Gupta, following which we arrested him.”
Sat, Dec 08, 2018
December 07, 2018 02:49 IST
Police said the duo — Udhav Ukrande and Vikas Parade — who were arrested on Saturday, are drug addicts and initially planned to only rob Yadav. However, after Yadav put up a fight, they banged his head against a wall and seeing him bleed, fled from the spot.
Fri, Dec 07, 2018
December 06, 2018 02:42 IST
The sub-inspector was brutally assaulted and kidnapped allegedly by a group of hawkers on November 24 after he confronted one of them for allegedly passing lewd remarks at his wife outside the KEM hospital.
Thu, Dec 06, 2018
December 05, 2018 01:16 IST
“We can see the girl talking to someone in the CCTV footage. But the accused is hiding behind a generator,” said a police officer
Wed, Dec 05, 2018
November 30, 2018 02:44 IST
The sub-inspector, however, said Bhoiwada police station, where he went to register a complaint about the assault, had initially turned him away and registered a complaint only after a senior police inspector’s intervention.
Fri, Nov 30, 2018
November 29, 2018 03:20 IST
The video that went viral on social media was shot on Monday, but the investigators have learnt that the group tried a similar stunt on another seven-storey building in Dadar a day before.
Thu, Nov 29, 2018
November 28, 2018 01:46 IST
According to police officers, the sexual assault of the minors had taken place over six months. However, it came to light on Saturday night, when one of the victims informed his elder brother about his ordeal.
Wed, Nov 28, 2018




