crime

by Will Frampton SACRAMENTO, CA - An overnight attack on a cab driver in the Arden area is under investigation by police, but they say the attack was not a hate crime. The cab driver, who is a member of the Sikh community, told police one of his late-night passengers beat him up and robbed...

Pedro Antonio Ramirez was sentenced in a California court yesterday to 13 years in prison for his part in the November 2010 hate crime and assault of Harbhajan Singh, a Sikh cab driver. Although Ramirez originally made a plea agreement to avoid trial for attempted murder, he changed his mind...

May 13, 2011 India ratify UN conventions against transnational organised crime, corruption Friday - May 13, 2011, 07:24pm New Delhi - India has ratified the United Nations convention against transnational organised crime and its three protocols and the United Nations convention...

Search For Suspects Continue SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Funeral services were held Saturday for 78 year old Gurmej Atwal, one of two Sikh men shot and killed while walking in their Elk Grove neighborhood last month. Atwal's son said his father's death is very hard on the family. Police are...

Sacremento, California (CHAKRA)– After being shot to death, a Sikh man’s funeral had hundreds of attendees paying their respects. In the Sacramento area, a Sikh man was shot to death while talking an afternoon stroll. Surinder Singh, an innocent man, decided to take a walk one afternoon, not...

Hate Crime Conviction in Attack on Sikh Cab Driver By - indiawest.com March 17, 2011 01:35:00 PM SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two assailants involved in the brutal attack of Harbhajan Singh here last November (I-W, Dec. 10) admitted Mar. 7 to committing a hate crime against the 56-year-old Sikh...

Two Sikh Gentlemen Gunned Down in California: Law Enforcement Urged to Investigate as a Potential Hate Crime; Community Asked to be Vigilant HIGHLIGHTS: UNITED SIKHS has contacted Members of Congress, US Attorney's Office in California, and Department of Justice to ensure that...

Press release received by email SALDEF Applauds Hate Crime Conviction in Attack of Sikh American Cab Driver...

Two Elderly Sikh American Men Shot in Possible Hate Crime Press Release by email...

ELK GROVE — The Elk Grove Police Department said Saturday they have not been able to uncover an apparent motive in the shooting death of an elderly Sikh man and the injury of another, leading investigators to believe the crime might be motivated by hate. "At present, we have no evidence to...

By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Tuesday, 4 January 2011 Clothes donated by members of the public to charity are being stolen by organised criminals and sold abroad, depriving leading charities of millions of pounds for good causes. Gangs from...

NEW DELHI: Union home minister P Chidambaram on Monday came under heavy fire by the opposition for blaming the spate of crimes in Delhi due to migrant population. Stroking controversy, home minister Chidambaram said, "I condemn the heinous crime of rape. Migrants are behind such crimes...

West Sacramento police have arrested two suspects in connection with an early Sunday morning assault on a Sikh cab driver. Pedro Ramirez, 41, and Johnny Morales, 33, turned themselves in Thursday evening to police and were arrested on suspicion of felony assault with a deadly weapon and...

Sacramento cab driver Harbhajan Singh is recovering from severe injuries he received at the hands of two men he drove into West Sacramento early this morning. 56-year-old Singh believes the men intended to kill him, but he was able to get away. In a press release, West Sacramento Police...

Warning: Very Graphic Content. User Discretion Solicited. Whose Responsibility is it to protect? http://worldsikhnews.com/22%20April%202009/Whose%20Responsibility%20is%20it%20to%20protect.htm mUTHAMIZH cHENNAI:happysingh: Srilanka: If this isn't GENOCIDE, WAR CRIME, Then What on Earth is...

A 35-year-old Seattle man has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly punching a 7-11 clerk in the head. Police say Brock Stainbrook walked into the 7-11 just after midnight Aug. 24, approached a clerk wearing a turban, threw change on the floor and then punched the clerk in the side of...

Ordination of women priests a crime against faith: Vatican AFP, Jul 15, 2010, 05.54pm IST <!-- google_ad_section_start -->VATICAN CITY: The ordination of women as Roman Catholic priests is a "crime against the faith," the Vatican said Thursday as it issued a raft of new disciplinary...

The Hindu : News / International : Crime against Indians an old problem: Victoria police chief Indians are over-represented in robbery statistics and there is a racist element to some attacks, Chief Commissioner Simon Overland said, according to media reports here Victoria’s top cop on...

Crime against women on rise in Punjab Kanwal Preet Kaur Wednesday, 16 September 2009 CHANDIGARH:Punjab has witnessed a sharp rise in crime cases including molestation, family disputes and police atrocities particularly the crime against women. The figures available with the...

Sikh victims of crime in London, England are to be given the option of asking for a police officer of their own faith to work on their case. This new service from the Metropolitan Police ("Met") aims to make use of the officers' specialist knowledge of Punjabi language and culture to help...