Home News Haldwani Violence: ‘Mastermind’ Abdul Malik Arrested From Delhi, Son Moid Still Absconding On Thursday, the Nainital Police had registered a fresh case of fraud and criminal conspiracy was registered against six people, including Abdul Malik and his wife Safia, in connection with the Haldwani violence. Abdul Malik, the alleged mastermind of the February … Read more
Home News Haldwani Violence: ‘Mastermind’ Abdul Malik, Wife Booked For Fraud, Criminal Conspiracy; 78 Held So Far Four more rioters were arrested, taking the total number of arrests so far to 78 in the February 8 violence that broke out over the demolition of an illegal madrasa in Banbhoolpura in Haldwani area of Uttarakhand. Nainital … Read more
Home News Haldwani Violence: 58 Arrested So Far As 15 More Held; ‘Mastermind’ Abdul Malik’s Property Attached Six rioters were killed and more than 100 people, including police personnel and mediapersons, were injured in the Haldwani violence which erupted in Bhanbhoolpura area after an illegally built madrasa was razed by authorities on February 8. Violent … Read more
Haldwani: On 8 February, Prakash Kumar arrived in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, from Bihar in search of a job. He had just completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from a college in his hometown Arrah. He was the sole breadwinner in his family, responsible for his elderly parents and younger brother. Prakash’s arrival in Haldwani, however, coincided with … Read more
Home News Haldwani Riots: Magisterial Probe Ordered Into Feb 8 Riots; Curfew Lifted From Outer Areas More than 60 people were injured on Thursday after locals hurled stones and petrol bombs at municipal workers and police in Haldwani town of Nainital district in Uttarakhand when protests erupted over the demolition of an “illegally-built” madrasa in … Read more
Haldwani: Days before the violence that claimed five lives following the demolition of an “illegally built” madrasa in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani Thursday, both local police and senior Uttarakhand police officers received five intelligence inputs, ThePrint has learnt. These inputs warned of possible retaliation by the Hindu community in response to protests by Muslim groups in the … Read more
Haldwani: A mission to demolish an “illegally built” madrasa in the narrow lanes of Haldwani, followed by an unstoppable barrage of stones and bricks by a mob “instigated by the land mafia” that forced Uttarakhand police and civic body personnel to run for their lives compounded the nearly four-hour chaos that turned law and order … Read more
Home News Haldwani Violence: 4 Killed; 250 Injured, Curfew Imposed, Internet Suspended | What We Know So Far Haldwani Communal Violence: 4 people were killed and several were injured after a widespread violence over the demolition of an illegal madrasa and an adjoining mosque in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani on Thursday. Haldwani Communal Violence: 4 Killed; 250 … Read more