Posts Tagged ‘raid’

Millions of people living in the region at the centre of a major anti-terror operation have been urged not to let speculation over potential targets affect their Easter plans. Skip related content Related photos / videos Move to calm fears over Easter terror campaign Play video * Move to calm fears over Easter terror campaign Play video * Police urge calm ... Full story

The head of the police watchdog has pledged that the investigation into the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests will be "independent, fast and effective". Skip related content Related photos / videos Ian Tomlinson died after suffering a heart attack during G20 protests Related content * 'Terror plot' raid at new property * Fatal Accident Disrupts Easter Travel Plans ... Full story

Gordon Brown has defended the UK's anti-terror operation in the North West, but admitted "we are dealing with a very big terrorist plot". Skip related content Related photos / videos Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick has resigned after a terror raids blunder Related content * Police extend search in terrorism investigation * 'Terror plot' raid at new property * ... Full story

The father of one of two young boys seriously injured in a horrific attack says his son is too bruised to be hugged, according to reports. Skip related content Related photos / videos Police at the scene in Edlington, near Doncaster, where two boys were attacked Related content * Security Leak Cost Terror Raid Cops 24 Hours * 11 suspects in anti-terror ... Full story

Dhaka - Security forces arrested the chief of a British charity Monday for suspected terrorism financing under the guise of operating religious schools in southern Bangladesh, officials said. A pre-dawn police raid arrested Faisal Mustafa, the head of Green Crescent charity, from central Gazipur district, senior officer Rezanur Rahman told a press conference. Faisal was accused of a operating religious school in the district of Bhola, from ... Full story

Dhaka, April 6 (DPA) Security forces arrested the chief of a British charity Monday for suspected terrorism financing under the guise of operating religious schools in southern Bangladesh, officials said. Faisal Mustafa, the head of Green Crescent charity, was arrested in central Gazipur district in a pre-dawn police raid, senior officer Rezanur Rahman told a press conference. Faisal operates a religious school in Bhola district, from where ... Full story

Amritsar, March 29 (ANI): The biggest festival in politics-the Lok Sabha elections-has not only intensified political activities, but also brought a big cheer to the faces of boozers and liquor manufacturers. A visit to villages in Punjab in the run-up to elections shows that it is party time in the countryside. Country liquor is being offered to all those who fancy it with gusto and ... Full story

Mexico City - Mexican police have arrested Hector Huerta Rios, believed to be among the top 37 drug traffickers on the country's most-wanted list, the public prosecutor's office said Wednesday. Huerta Rios, who was arrested on Tuesday, was considered the most influential person in the Beltra-Leyva drug family in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey. His arrest was announced on the day US Secretary of State ... Full story

Dhaka, Mar.26 (ANI): Bangladesh security forces are probing a possible link between a British-based charity and an Islamic school after a raid uncovered a "terrorism training" facility. The country's specialist Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) found guns, grenades and ammunition at the madrassa located 60 miles south of Dhaka. Leaflets about jihad (holy war) were also ... Full story

Washington, Mar.18 (ANI): President Barack Obama's Indian American chief information officer Vivek Kundra, who was on leave because of an FBI investigation, has been reinstated. White House officials confirmed to The New York Times that Kundra was reinstated on Tuesday. The reinstatement comes a few days after F.B.I. agents had raided his former office at the District of Columbia's technology department. Kundra was not a target of ... Full story

Washington, Mar.13 (ANI): US President Barack Obama's Indian American White House chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, has gone on leave until the FBI completes its investigation into the Washington city office he once headed. Kundra went on leave after federal agents arrested an Indian-American businessman and a Washington DC government official on corruption charges ... Full story

Patna, Mar 13 (ANI): A massive raid in the Bihar's Siwan Jail led to the recovery of Rs 13,000 allegedly from Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, who is undergoing life imprisonment in a kidnapping and suspected murder case. According to official sources, the raid conducted by a team ... Full story

London, Mar 5 (ANI): Hugh Rodley, who has been nicknamed the "Lord of Fraud," has been convicted of plotting to carry out the world's largest ever bank raid. The fraudster, who called himself Lord Rodley after buying a title, was the mastermind behind a plan to hack into the computers of a City bank and transfer 229 million pounds to accounts set up across the world ... Full story

New Delhi, Feb 27 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on Friday rubbished Pakistan naval chief Admiral Noman Bashir's statement that he did not have any evidence that Kasab was among the raiding party that went by sea from Pakistan, and said authorities in Islamabad ... Full story

Srinagar, Feb 10 (ANI): Police arrested Muzaffar Ahmad Dar alias 'Gaznavi', a top commander of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit, in a raid at Saderbal near Kashmir University in Srinagar. "Muzaffar was an important commander of the outfit who had links with top leaders of the Pakistan occupied Kashmir. He had involvement in many activities in the Kashmir valley," said B. Srinivas, Inspector General of Police, Jammu and ... Full story