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  • Watch: Men on motorcycles fire bullets at shop and escape, in Kota, Rajasthan

    Watch: Men on motorcycles fire bullets at shop and escape, in Kota, Rajasthan

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 15, 2021 · 11:17 am
  • How former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan tamed the criminalisation of Indian politics

    How former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan tamed the criminalisation of Indian politics

    Christophe Jaffrelot
    · Feb 08, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • In Argentina, football fever is helping the police nab criminals watching matches at stadiums

    In Argentina, football fever is helping the police nab criminals watching matches at stadiums

    AFP
    · Sep 05, 2018 · 02:26 pm
  • Law says Aadhaar data cannot be shared – so police in three states are creating their own databases

    Law says Aadhaar data cannot be shared – so police in three states are creating their own databases

    Abhishek Dey
    · Aug 07, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • Watch: A thief in Delhi was caught dancing on CCTV before breaking into a shop

    Watch: A thief in Delhi was caught dancing on CCTV before breaking into a shop

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 13, 2018 · 01:00 pm
  • Why we should stop labelling those who have committed crime as ‘murderers’ or ‘thieves’

    Why we should stop labelling those who have committed crime as ‘murderers’ or ‘thieves’

    Kimberley Brownlee
    · Nov 18, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Caught on camera: Two armed men barge into a Dwarka apartment complex to escape the police

    Caught on camera: Two armed men barge into a Dwarka apartment complex to escape the police

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 23, 2017 · 01:00 pm