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Three criminals held with firearms
Three history-sheeters have been arrested from Thane district in Maharashtra for allegedly possessing country-made firearms and bullets, police said Sunday. At least 12 bullets, a pistol and a country-made revolver were seized from Babu Mohite, Mushtaq Alim Sayyed and Bablu Jaiswal from Cavindra village Saturday night, a Thane Rural police official said. The trio have various cases like murder, theft and burglary pending against them in Mumbai and the metropolitan region, he said. A case has been registered under sections of the Arms Act and Bombay Police Act. Further investigation is underway.
Army man found hanged in Jammu, suicide suspected
An Army man was found hanged from a tree on the outskirts of Jammu city, officials said Sunday. Signalman Yogesh was found hanged a few metres from his barrack in Nagrota area, they said. The body has been recovered and a case registered, they said. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide. The jawan belongs to Meerut district in UP.
Sebi wants 10% mandatory deposit before appeals at SAT against its orders
With an aim to check frivolous appeals against its orders with the sole aim of delaying their execution, capital market regulator Sebi is seeking a mandatory deposit of 10 per cent of the penalty amount before filing of any appeal before the appellate tribunal. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has sought an amendment to the Sebi Act to provide for a "pre-deposit" by any entity seeking to challenge its order relating to a monetary penalty or orders relating to refund, recovery, disgorgement and compounding, officials said. The regulator is of the view that many a times provision to file an appeal before the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) is used as a device to delay the execution of the Sebi order. "To curb such a practice, a new provision of pre-deposit needs to be inserted in the section of the Sebi Act that allows filing of appeal before the SAT against orders involving quantifiable money as a penalty, refund, recovery, disgorgement or impounding," an official .
Police official shoots himself accidentally, dies
A Sub Inspector was killed after he accidentally fired a shot while cleaning his service revolver, the police said on Sunday.The deceased identified as Vipin Kumar was posted in the Crime Investigation Agency of Jalandhar Police."The incident occurred at around 11:30 PM on Saturday. The family told us that Kumar was at his residence in Model House when they heard a gunshot. The shot was accidentally fired by Kumar while he was cleaning his service revolver," said Kamaljeet Singh, the investigating officer in the case.After the receipt of information about the incident, a police team reached the spot and took the body into their possession."The body has now been sent for post mortem and a case has been registered under relevant sections of the law," Singh added.
Sexagenarian madrassa teacher held for sexually abusing minors
A 63-year-old madrassa teacher has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing children after luring them with sweets, police said here on Sunday.The accused, identified as Yusuf, a resident of Kochi's Aluva, was employed at a local mosque in the district. He was arrested from Kodungallur in Thrissur on Friday.During the police interrogation, it was revealed that he lured minors with sweets and then sexually assaulted them at a private room when the main Imam of the mosque was away.It was also revealed that he only trapped children below the age of 10 as they were an easy target."The matter came to the light when a student narrated the ordeal to his parents, who then took up the matter with the mosque management following which a complaint was filed and a case was registered," police said in a release.Police said that the teacher used to invite the student to his room on the pretext of teaching him the lessons of the Quran and then abused the boy.Upon sustained interrogation, police .
Gang of five robbers nabbed in Ghaziabad
Murad Nagar Police have arrested a gang of five robbers from the bypass road in Surana village here, police said Sunday. Muntrim, Someen, Kaley, Nabi and Amir, all natives of Baghpat district, were arrested Saturday night from the bypass road, which connects Murad Nagar with Baghpat, and 300 bags of stolen cement were recovered from them, they added. Two country-made pistols and three live cartridges were also seized from their possession, they said. Superintendent of Police (rural) Neeraj Kumar Jadaun said truck driver Ratan Singh Yadav, of Sikndrarau town in Hathras district, was found dead on Friday. The accused looted Yadav's canter truck, which was ferrying a cement consignment from Bulandshahar to Noida, on the intervening night of May 30 and 31, he said. The accused allegedly shot dead Yadav and dumped his body near the Delhi-Meerut road in Duhai village, which is under Murad Nagar Police Station limits, the SP said. The accused confessed to the crime, and said they used to ...
Wife kept under house arrest by kin, alleges Dalit man in Kerala
A 28-year-old Dalit man has complained that his wife was forcibly being kept under "house arrest" by her relatives for marrying a person from a lower caste. Shaji, a native of Pattambi in Palakkad district, said he married a woman from Ezhava community in Malappuram on May 2, defying stiff opposition by her kin. Though her relatives had registered a police complaint saying she was missing, the woman had told the law enforcers she wanted to live with her husband. Based on her statement, police had let her go with him last month, Shaji told a television channel. "But, soon after that, her relatives forcibly took her to her parents' house and she has been kept under house arrest there since then," he said. He also alleged even though he had approached the police seeking release of his wife, the response was not positive. When the issue triggered a controversy, the Kerala Women's Commission Sunday registered a case suo moto against the women's relatives. "We have registered the case based
2 cops killed after car hits their motorcycle in Bareilly
Two policemen were killed when a speeding luxury car hit their motorcycle in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said on Sunday. The accident occurred late Saturday night in Fatehganj on the Lucknow-Delhi road, they said. Sub-inspector Rajveer Singh (45) and head constable Rajneesh Kumar (35) died on the spot after the speeding car hit their motorcycle near a roadside eatery, police said. Anand Sharma, the car driver, has been taken into custody, Deputy Inspector General (DIG), Bareily, RK Pandey said. A case has been registered and necessary action is being taken, the DIG added.
Indian Navy staffer bludgeoned to death by wife in Goa
The wife of an Indian Navy ground staffer was on Sunday booked for murder after she bludgeoned her husband to death following years of domestic abuse, an official said.
2 arrested for running cricket betting racket in Kolkata
Two persons have been arrested for running a cricket betting racket here, Kolkata Police said on Sunday.
Youth stabbed to death in Kota over old enmity
A 19-year-old youth was stabbed to death in Rajasthan's Kota city over old enmity following which five people have been booked for the murder, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday night in Gobariya Bawadi in Vishavkarma Nagar area here, they said. A case of murder has been registered against five people, however, no arrests have been made so far, SHO Anantpura police station Narendra Pareek said. The victim Ajay Giri, resident of Gobariya Bawadi, was returning home from his father's liquor shop at 10 pm when the five accused attacked him with sharp weapons and fled, Sub Inspector Bharatraj said. Giri sustained serious injuries on his chest and was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the SI said. Primary investigation revealed past enmity to be the probable cause behind the killing as Giri had a tussle with the accused men a few months ago, he said. The body was handed over to his family after post-mortem on Sunday morning, the officer ...
Railway police busts women gang in Delhi, 3 arrested
Three women were arrested after the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP), in a joint operation, busted a gang of women criminals following a complaint of theft lodged at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, the Northern Railways said on Sunday.
Union minister Naik likely to appear before court as witness in cheating case against former staffer
Union Ayush Minister Shripad Yesso Naik is likely to appear before a court here on Monday as a witness in a cheating case registered against his former staffer. The case will be heard before Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Panaji, Artikumari Naik. Lawyer Aires Rodrigues, who is representing the complainant Mervin Fernandes in the case, said the minister is expected to appear before the court on Monday. The minister's former staffer, Vinod Desai, was booked last year under section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly demanding Rs 6 lakh from Fernandes under the pretext of providing him a job in the Goa government. Desai had allegedly taken an advance payment of Rs two lakh from Fernandes. As Desai failed to keep his promise, Fernandes demanded refund of his money. However, the cheque of Rs one lakh issued by Desai bounced, following which Fernandes approached Old Goa police on September 20, 2018. In the FIR, ..
Goa CM seeks report on molestation case against Cong MLA, others
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has sought a report after a case was filed against Panaji MLA Atanasio Monserrate of Congress, Mayor Uday Mdakaikarand and former Deputy Mayor Yatin Parekh for allegedly molesting a woman activist.Sawant told ANI on Saturday, "I have asked for a report. I will talk after seeing the report."The woman activist told ANI, "The municipal authorities had carried out the demolition of encroachment by a casino on Friday. I went to talk to people working there. When I was talking to the youth present there, the MLA and others with him started molesting me. They touched my body inappropriately. They also threatened me saying 'we will see you'. I demand strict action against them."However, a protest led by the Goa Congress Mahila Morcha on Saturday demanded action against the activist on whose complaint the police booked Monserrate, Madkaikar and Parekh for alleged molestation.The protesters claimed the woman had filed a false complaint.The woman activist also ...
3 held for blackmailing, extorting money from corrupt govt employees in Vizag
Police arrested three people for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from corrupt government employees having corruption charges against them in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.The accused have been identified as V Narayana Rao of Etcherla Mandal of Srikakulam district, G Venkata Suresh Babu and K Mahalakshmi of Kovvuru of West Godavari district, the police said.Deputy Commissioner of Police M Ravindranadh Babu said, "Accused Rao used to collect information, through media, about the persons who were facing departmental inquiries and criminal charges. Later, he used to make phone calls to the employees and demand money for clearing their names from the cases, posing himself as an administrative office or Superintendent of Principal Secretary's office in Amaravati."Second accused, Babu, got bank accounts open in the name of some single women or widows. Rao used these accounts to receive money from the victims. The money was later withdrawn from the bank ...
Rajasthan: Girl sets herself ablaze, dies after sexual harassment
A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by setting herself ablaze in Makrana area of Nagaur district on Saturday, a month after her father had filed a case of sexual harassment against a youth.Makrana SHO Jitender Singh Charan said, "We received a complaint from a man that his daughter set herself on fire after sprinkling kerosene on herself."An FIR has been lodged and post-mortem on the body carried out, he said.The police officer said that the girl's father had filed a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act a month ago against a youth."The accused was arrested after that," he added.
Moradabad: Fake currency worth Rs 5.92 lakh seized, 3 held
Police on Saturday arrested three people here and recovered fake currency worth Rs. 5.92 lakh.According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Lallan Singh, the operation was initiated based on information received from sources.A search operation is underway to nab those who printed the fake notes, he said.The notes were all of the denomination of Rs 2,000, informed the police.A case has been registered and further investigation is on.
Couple found dead in Lucknow rented flat, police begins probe
A married couple was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Kalyanpur area here of the state capital on Saturday.The body of husband and wife were found inside a room of the rented flat in which they were living.Lucknow, SSP Kalanidhi Naithani who was on the incident spot told reporters, "We got information that the dead bodies of a husband and wife were found inside a flat. Police reached here and we have recovered a note, which will be looked into. We will also involve forensic experts and take a report from them."Naithani said an investigation will be conducted in the incident.The incident took place in Kalyanpur's Alok Nagar area which lies in the limits of Gudumba police station.
2 Naxals arrested from Assam village
Security forces on Saturday arrested two naxals of Muslim Fundamental Organisation (MFO) from Basugaon area of the Chirang district.The arrests were made after a joint team of army and Chiran police conducted a raid in Basugaon village based on secret information.The arrested MFO cadre has been identified as Mofjul Islam and Farman Ali.A large amount of cash, arms and ammunition along with passport and other documents have been seized from the arrested Naxals.
Cricket betting racket busted, two held in Kolkata
A cricket betting racket was busted and two persons were arrested from the central part of the city's Jorashanko area, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Kolkata Police conducted a raid at a building in Rabindra Sarani under Jorashanko police station limits and arrested two persons for allegedly being part of the racket late Saturday evening, they said. Two mobile phones, one television set and over Rs 1.2 lakh were recovered from the duo's possession, a senior police officer said. "In pursuant to the statement of the accused persons, we have started a search for the other gang members," he said. "A case u/s 120B/420 IPC & 3, 4, West Bengal Prize Competition & Gambling Act was being registered in Jorasanko Police Station," the officer said.