Crime Watch – Newsletter for February 12, 2011

Arrest warrant issued against Musharraf

ISLAMABAD – A court has issued a warrant for the arrest of former president Pervez Musharraf on charges that he was aware that former premier Benazir Bhutto was to be assassinated.

The warrant was issued by the anti-terrorism court in the garrison town of Rawalpindi, media reports said Saturday.
Musharraf was aware the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan … Read more »»».

Maoists free abducted cops in Chhattisgarh (Third Lead)

RAIPUR – Maoists released five Chhattisgarh policemen Friday night in the state’s restive Bastar region whom they had abducted Jan 25 from a passenger bus. The rebels handed over the policemen to a team of social and rights activists led by Swami Agnivesh.

Local TV channels, whose crews had accompanied Agnivesh, aired footage in which … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Maoists free abducted cops in Chhattisgarh (Third Lead).

Maoists free abducted cops in Chhattisgarh (Second Lead)

RAIPUR – Maoists released five Chhattisgarh policemen Friday night in the states restive Bastar region whom they had abducted Jan 25 from a passenger bus. The rebels handed over the policemen to a team of social and rights activists led by Swami Agnivesh.

The abducted policemen – three head constables – Raghunandan Dhruv, Ramadhar Patel, … Read more : Maoists free abducted cops in Chhattisgarh (Second Lead).

Maoists release five Chhattisgarh policemen

RAIPUR – Maoist militants Friday evening released the five Chhattisgarh policemen they had abducted Jan 25 from a passenger bus in the state’s restive Bastar region.

The Maoists handed over the policemen to a team of social and rights activists led by Swami Agnivesh, in a thickly forested location in states Narayanpur district that falls …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Maoists release five Chhattisgarh policemen.

Maoists release five abducted cops in Chhattisgarh

RAIPUR – Maoists Friday released five policemen they had abducted in Chhattisgarh late last month, police said.

The five policemen belong to the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF). They were abducted Jan 25 at gun point by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in an interior location in Narayanpur district.
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Supreme Court seeks status of Afzal Guru mercy plea

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Friday enquired about the status of the mercy petition of Afzal Guru, on death row for his role in the 2001 parliament attack.

The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha also issued notice to the central and Delhi governments on a petition by … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Supreme Court seeks status of Afzal Guru mercy plea.