Crime

India-West News Desk NEW HAVEN, CT — A 26-year-old Hamden man was fatally shot on January 19 while making a food delivery in the Newhallville neighborhood. New Haven police responded to a 911 call around 3:58 p.m. reporting a person down in

Photo:Louisville Metro Corrections India-West News Desk LOUISVILLE, KY - Business owner, Kaushalkumar Patel, 40, has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and assaulting a man suspected of stealing vape pens from his store. The incident had occurred on October 6, 2024, at Patel’s

India- West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his attempted attack on the White House in 2023. The sentencing took place on January 17, following last year’s incident on

Photo: calcivilrights.ca.gov By Agustin Duran SACRAMENTO, CA - As hate crimes reach their highest curve in recent years, California ethnic media face an end to critical state funding. Media representatives learned that the Stop the Hate (STH) program, administered by the state Department

India-West Staff Reporter NEWYORK, NY – A NY based businessman has admitted to his involvement in a major health care fraud and kickback conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced. Mansinh Chaudhari, 55, of Illinois, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz in

Photo: ANI via Reuters India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY (with news agency reports) - Donald Trump has made history as the first person who will hold the office of U.S. president as a convicted felon. On January 10, a U.S. court

India-West News Desk VANCOUVER, BC – Documents released by the Justice Department of British Columbia, Canada, indicate that all four individuals accused in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, designated a terrorist by India’s National Investigation Agency, are no longer in custody, having been

India-West News Desk SEATTLE, WA - Interim Seattle Police Chief Sue Rahr announced on January 6 that she has terminated Officer Kevin Dave, who struck and killed 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula in January 2023 while speeding in his patrol car. Kandula, a Northeastern University

NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) - Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said on January 6. Athos Chemicals and Raxuter

India-West Staff Reporter Manchester Township, NJ – Five men, including Sandeep Kumar of New York and four others from Indiana, have been charged in connection with the October 2024 murder of Kuldeep Kumar, a 35-year-old man from India, whose body was discovered

WASHINGTON DC (ANI) - President Joe Biden confirmed that law enforcement is investigating potential connections between two tragic incidents: a New Orleans terror attack and a Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Both vehicles involved in

Photo: DOJ India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - William Hunter, 28, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for his role in a series of violent armed robberies targeting South Asian jewelry stores across multiple states. The

Photo: NDTV India-West News Desk STOCKTON, CA - Sunil Yadav, a notorious Punjab born drug smuggler wanted in multiple cases in Rajasthan, was killed in a shootout here on December 23. Yadav, known for trafficking drugs into India via the Pakistan route,

India-West Staff Reporter OCALA, FL – Kirtan Patel, 24, has pled guilty to attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. Patel faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. The sentence date

NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) - The U.S. fraud case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani appears strong, legal experts say, but extradition to stand trial in the United States remains unlikely. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn unsealed an indictment in November accusing Adani

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden, on December 12, commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 individuals serving lengthy prison terms, in a move aimed at promoting fairness in sentencing and rehabilitation. Among those granted clemency are

India-West News Desk NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Anudeep Revuri, a 23-year-old Rutgers University alumnus, has been charged with leading a sophisticated drug trafficking network that allegedly catered to students through a private social media app. Prosecutors in Middlesex County, say the

Photo: New Haven Police Department India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY - A 41-year-old woman, Jill Augelli, has been arrested in connection with the October 2023 hit-and-run death of Priyanshu Agwal, a 23-year-old Indian graduate student at the University of New Haven. Authorities

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY - Aliya Fakhri, sister of Rockstar-fame actor Nargis Fakhri, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and arson in connection with a deadly fire in Queens. The November 2 blaze claimed the lives

CHICAGO, IL (ANI) - An Indian student, Nukarapu Sai Teja, 22, from Telangana, was fatally shot outside a store in Chicago on November 29. The incident occurred around 6:00 p.m. local time during what was initially reported as an attempted

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY - U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian denied a third attempt for bail by hip hop star Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, citing serious concerns over the safety of the community and evidence of misconduct. In his

India-West News Desk BRAMPTON - Peel Regional Police have arrested and charged a 22-year-old Indian man from Brampton, Arshdeep Singh, in connection with the sexual assault of three women earlier this month. Singh faces multiple charges, including kidnapping, sexual assault, sexual

India-West Staff Reporter AUSTIN, TX - Osman Syed, the owner and operator of a Texas laboratory, has been charged in connection with his involvement in a massive $79 million respiratory pathogen panel (RPP) testing fraud scheme. According to court documents, Syed,

India-West News Desk WASHINGTON, DC - On November 20, the U.S. Justice Department indicted 57-year-old Sanjay Kaushik of Oregon for conspiring to export controlled aviation components to Russia. Kaushik was charged with attempting to illegally export dual-use aviation components—designed for both civilian

Photo: Reuters/Amir Cohen NEW YORK, NY (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a summons to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, indicted on U.S. bribery allegations related to a bombshell federal indictment against him, a court filing showed. The SEC is

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY - Gautam Adani, the billionaire chairman of the Adani Group and one of the world’s wealthiest individuals, has been indicted in New York for his alleged role in a multibillion-dollar fraud and bribery scheme, according

Photo: Sherburne County Sheriff India-West News Desk MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The tragic deaths of a Gujarati family attempting to cross the U.S.-Canada border have taken center stage as the trial for Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and his alleged accomplice, Steve Shand, 50,

WASHINGTON DC (ANI) - The US State Department on November 18 declined to comment on the potential deportation of Lawrence Bishnoi's brother, Anmol Bishnoi, who is wanted in connection with a firing incident outside actor Salman Khan's residence. The State Department stated that

India-West News Desk NEW DELHI - Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was arrested in California by the US Immigration Department when it was found that he had a forged document on him. The Indian Express said that

India-West News Desk WINNIPEG – All charges against Arul Savari, an Indian priest accused of sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl, were stayed on the second day of his trial. The decision was announced by Crown attorney Danielle Simard in the Court of

India-West Staff Reporter SANTA CLARA, CA – Kishore Dattapuram, 55, has pleaded guilty in federal court to visa fraud and conspiracy to commit visa fraud, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Dattapuram was charged alongside two other

OTTAWA (ANI) - A Peel Regional Police officer has been suspended after being identified in videos from a protest at the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton on November 3, CBC News reported. The officer in question, Sergeant Harinder Sohi, is

India-West News Desk HALIFAX -Days after the tragic discovery of an Indian woman’s body in a walk-in oven at a Walmart bakery here, a coworker has voiced suspicions that the 19-year-old may have been forced into the oven. Gursimran Kaur, an employee

India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY - Nishad Singh, the former head of engineering at FTX, was spared jail time on October 30, receiving a sentence of time served and three years of supervised release due to his extensive cooperation with

Photo: Reuters via FBI Handout NEW DELHI, (REUTERS) - The former Indian government official charged in the US for directing a foiled murder plot had been arrested in New Delhi in December in an attempted murder case, according to court records

Photo: FBI WASHINGTON, DC (REUTERS) - The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer for allegedly directing a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist and Indian critic in New York City, with the FBI warning against such a

NEW DELHI, (REUTERS) - India and Canada expelled six of each other’s diplomats in tit-for-tat moves after Ottawa accused Indian government agents of links to the 2023 murder of a Sikh separatist leader near Vancouver. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),

Photo:Fox 5 New York India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY - The family of Kishan Patel, a New Jersey man left paralyzed following a road rage incident involving an off-duty NYPD officer, has filed a lawsuit against the officer, the city of New

India-West News Desk SACRAMENTO, CA - Authorities and community leaders have strongly condemned the desecration of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir at Mather, near here, where anti-Hindu, anti-Modi graffiti was discovered on the night of September 25.This incident comes just days

Photo: health.usnews.com India-West News DeskCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO - A licensed plastic surgeon in Colorado, Rupesh Jain, 53, is facing multiple felony charges following a shooting spree on September 16 that left one man injured. Jain, who is currently under a mental

India-West News Desk LONG ISLAND, NY - A 72-year-old doctor from Manhasset, Long Island, has been charged with sexual abuse and forcible touching of a patient at a Woodhaven urgent care facility. Amir Sitafalwalla was arrested on September 9 by detectives from

India-West Staff Reporter ATLANTA, GA - Sanjay Patel, an attorney who formerly operated a real estate law firm here, has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining nearly $300,000 in Economic Injury Disaster Loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to using his attorney

India-West Staff Reporter MELVILLE, NY - The BAPS Swaminarayan Temple officials on September 16, said they were saddened that we must once again appeal for peace in the face of hate and intolerance.” The previous night, the temple was hit by hate-filled

BROOKLYN, NY (REUTERS) - A Pakistani man with alleged ties to Iran is set to appear in court shortly on charges of scheming to assassinate an American politician in retaliation for the killing of Iran's Revolutionary Guards top commander Qassem

CHENNAI, (ANI) - The US Consul General in Chennai, Chris Hodges, organized a five-day workshop on antiquities trafficking prevention, held from September 9 - 13. The event was a collaborative effort with the governments of India, Nepal, and Tamil Nadu,

Photo: US District Court, Cincinnati India-West Staff Reporter CINCINNATI, OH – A federal grand jury has charged two men in connection with a series of armed robberies and the murder of Roop C. Gupta, the owner of Madeira Beverage here. Gupta was killed

Photo:Reuters/Andrew Kelly/Illustration BOSTON, MA (REUTERS) - A former salesman for a manufacturer of laser welding machines was arrested on September 9 on charges that he conspired to evade US export control laws to sell his company's products to a division of

Photo: Reuters NEW YORK, NY (ANI) - Following the arrest of Shahzeb Khan, a Pakistani national residing in Canada, for attempting to support and provide resources to ISIS, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reaffirmed Canada’s zero tolerance for terrorism and

By Sunita Sorabhji A young Thai American bartender, who was pepper-sprayed as suspects yelled “Go back to your country,” believes she was victimized twice: once during the attack, and then again at the San Francisco District Attorney’s office, which refused to

Photo: Reuters/Elijah Nouvelage WINDER, GA (ANI) - Expressing condolences for the victims of a shooting incident at a school here, President Joe Biden has called on Republicans to work with Democrats in the US Congress to pass gun safety legislation to