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CBI fails to submit papers in AJL land allotment case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday failed to submit adequate documents in a case related to the re-allotment of a plot to Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), the publisher of National Herald newspaper, in a special CBI court in Haryanas Panchkula. The court listed the matter for hearing on July 12.
CBI moves Delhi HC for early hearing in 2G spectrum case
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday filed a plea in the Delhi High Court for early hearing in its appeal against the acquittal of A Raja, Kanimozhi and others in the 2G spectrum case.A single judge bench of Justice AK Chawla issued notice to all the respondents in the agency's early hearing application and posted the matter to July 30.The CBI and Enforcement Directorate had earlier approached the court against the acquittal of all the accused by the trial court.On Marcy 26, the court had stated that it will not proceed with the 2G spectrum case until the accused, including Swan Telecom's Shahid Usman Balwa, comply with its earlier order and complete a plantation drive.It had ordered the litigants to plant trees in Delhi's Ridge area for failing to file responses on the appeals by the two agencies challenging their acquittal in the 2G case, despite reminders.The court had listed the matter for further hearing on October 24.The alleged scam relates to the grant of 2G spectrum .
Notice to Delhi govt, DG Prison over plea seeking conjugal rights of prisoners
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Delhi Government and the Director General (DG), Prison over a PIL seeking conjugal rights for prisoners.The petition sought direction to Tihar Jail Authorities for arrangements to provide Conjugal Visitation Rights to the prisoners lodged there.Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Rajender Menon and Justice Brijesh Sethi issued notice while hearing the plea filed by social activist and lawyer Amit Sahni about providing conjugal rights to prisoners.Senior advocate Hariharan, who appeared for the petitioner, argued that the issue has been considered by various High Courts and the same requires consideration.The Chief Justice observed that the petition involves a very sensitive and interesting issue and, thereafter, issued notice to Delhi Government and Tihar Authorities to file their response within four weeks and slated the matter for August 2.The PIL also sought to scrap rule 608 of Delhi Prison Rule, 2018 which states "meeting .
Delhi HC grants 4 months more time to CBI to probe bribery charges against Rakesh Asthana, others
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted four months more time to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for probing the bribery charges against the agency's former Special Director Rakesh Asthana and others.The order extending the time period for the investigation was passed by a single judge bench of Justice Mukta Gupta.Last week, the court had reserved its verdict on a plea by the CBI seeking six months more time to complete the probe in the case against Asthana and suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Devendra Kumar.In March, Justice Gupta had adjourned the matter as the probe agency had failed to serve notice to the defence counsel.During the hearing, the CBI had submitted a status report of the investigation carried out by it in a sealed cover.On January 11, the court had dismissed pleas filed by Asthana and Kumar seeking quashing of the FIR against them for allegedly accepting bribes from a businessman who was connected to a case against controversial meat exporter Moin ..
Six computers stolen from Delhi Police recruitment cell office
Six computer monitors were allegedly stolen from the recruitment cell office of the Delhi Police at New Police Lines (NPL) here.The incident came to light when six computers were found missing when a police officer opened the office on May 27, the police said."A spot inspection was carried out by the crime squad and it was revealed that the barrack no.5, from where the computers were stolen, is situated on the first floor and no lock was broken," Mukherjee Nagar Station House Officer(SHO) said.A case has been registered at the Mukherjee Nagar police station.Further investigation is underway.
2G case: HC seeks response of Raja, others on CBI's early hearing plea
The Delhi High Court Friday sought response of former Telecom Minister A Raja and others on a plea by the CBI seeking an early hearing on the appeals challenging the trial court's verdict acquitting all accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought to prepone the date of hearing of the appeals from October 24. The court issued notice to all the individuals and firms, who were acquitted in the case, on the CBI's plea and listed the application for hearing on July 30. Justice A K Chawla asked the CBI's counsel as to what was so special that they are seeking early hearing of this matter. "What is the urgency now," the court asked. Central government standing counsel Ripu Daman Bhardwaj said the matter was of national importance with international ramifications and the hearing on the appeals be preponed from October. The CBI has sought early hearing in the 2G spectrum allocation case as well as in a separate case arising out of the 2G scam ...
Main accused in Smriti Irani aide's murder held
The main accused in the murder of Union Minister Smriti Irani's aide Surendra Singh was arrested by the police on Friday.
HC grants more time to probe Asthana case
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted the CBI four more months to complete probe into an FIR filed against its former Special Director Rakesh Asthana in a bribery case.
HC seeks Raja, others' response on 2G early hearing plea
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday pleaded for an early hearing in 2G spectrum allocation case in the Delhi High Court.
BJP leader beaten to death in Bihar
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was beaten to death in Bihar's Begusarai district early on Friday, police said.
Woman raped by two youth in UP
A 28-year-old woman was raped by two youth, who also posted a video of the crime on social media, police said Friday. SP, Rural, Subhash Chandra Shakya, said the husband of the victim has lodged a complaint that the two youth identified as Neelesh and Shyamu Pal allegedly raped his wife while she was sleeping inside the house on April 10. The couple decided against lodging a case to avoid social stigma but two days ago, the duo who had clicked pictures and made a video of the incident, posted it on social media, the SP said. A case was then registered on Thursday and investigations are on, the SP added.
Gold smuggling case: Lawyer surrenders before DRI in Kerala
A lawyer, who is a prime accused in a case related to smuggling of gold through Thiruvananthapuram International Aiport, Friday surrendered before the officials of the Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at its office here, officials said. Advocate M Biju surrendered at the DRI office in this city this morning. His arrest would be recorded after recording his statement, a DRI official said. The lawyer had moved an anticipatory bail plea before the High Court. When the bail plea was being considered by the High Court on Thursday, his counsel had informed that he would appear before the DRI officials on Friday morning. A Customs Superintendent at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport had been arrested in the state capital for allegedly helping gold smugglers. DRI sleuths had arrested Radhakrishnan, suspecting that he had prior knowledge of an attempt by two people from Oman to smuggle in gold. The two, who arrived here from the gulf nation earlier this month, were .
Politician booked for extorting money from corporator
A local politician has been booked for allegedly blackmailing a Vasai-Virar corporator and extorting money from him, the police said Friday. Interestingly, the corporator, Arun Jadhav, himself has been arrested on charges of carrying out illegal construction and land grabbing in Vasai town of Palghar district located adjoining Mumbai. The accused, Kumar Harishchandra Kakade, who is at large, has been booked under IPC sections 384 (punishment for extortion) and 385 (putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion), Palghar district rural police PRO Hemant Katkar said. Jadhav, a Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) corporator of the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC), had filed a complaint against Kakade a few days ago, accusing him of blackmail and extortion. The police, citing the complaint, said Kakade blackmailed Jadhav from time to time by filing applications under the RTI with the VVMC, seeking information about construction activities in Vasai. Jadhav is .
HC grants 4 more months time to CBI to complete probe in Asthana bribery case
The Delhi High Court Friday granted four more months to the CBI to complete its probe in a bribery case involving the agency's former special director Rakesh Asthana. Justice Mukta Gupta allowed the CBI's plea seeking extension of time to complete its investigation in the case lodged against Asthana, DSP Devender Kumar and middleman Manoj Prasad. On January 11, the court had granted 10 weeks to the probe agency to complete its investigation. The CBI had approached the high court after completion of 10 weeks time. Asthana was booked on the allegations of criminal conspiracy, corruption and criminal misconduct under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Kumar, earlier the investigating officer in a case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi, was arrested on the allegations of forgery in recording the statement of Hyderabad-based businessman Sathish Babu Sana, who had allegedly paid bribe to get relief in the case. He was arrested on October 22, 2018 and granted bail on ..
Indian jailed in US for call centre scam
A 23-year-old Indian national was sentenced to over seven years in federal prison by a US court for his role in an Indian call centre scam involving conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Sharvil Patel, who pleaded guilty to the crime in February this year, was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison on Thursday, becoming the third Indian to be sentenced for his involvement in the call centre scam. In March, Nishit kumar Patel was sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison for his involvement in the scam. Hemalkumar Shah was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in jail in April. Two others, Brenda Dozier and Alejandro Juarez were sentenced to 21 months and 15 months in prison respectively. According to court documents, from 2014 through at least 2016, Patel conspired with US-based co-conspirators and India-based call centres to extort money from US residents by impersonating IRS officers and misleading victims to believe that they owed money to the IRS .
Begusarai: BJP panchayat president found dead
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was allegedly murdered by unidentified persons, police said on Friday.The deceased was identified as Pankaj Singh, the panchayat president and member of the BJP. The alleged crime occurred in Amror Kirtarpur village in Singhaur police station limits."The reason behind the gruesome killing is yet to be known. Prima facie it appears that he was hit with a hammer-like object, however, more clarity on the injuries would be confirmed by the doctors after the post-mortal examination," Manish Kumar Singh, Station House Officer (SHO) of Singhaur Police Station told ANI over the phone.The incident came to light when the deceased's mother came to wake him up in the morning and found him lying dead in a pool of blood.A case has been registered under the relevant sections of the law and the investigation in the matter is underway. The corpse has been sent for post-mortem.
Assam: Another AK-56 rifle seized from detained NDFB terrorist
In a follow-up to the investigation of Wednesday's recovery of an AK-56 rifle and one 7.65mm pistol from Rohiton Narzary, an NDFB(S) terrorist, it was revealed that the detained terrorist had concealed another AK-56 rifle with magazines and ammunition.In the special operation led by Additional SP (B) and Kokrajhar Police, one AK-56 rifle, three magazines and 90 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the house of one Banendra Narzary of Oxiguri village under Soraibil OP of Gossaigaon Police Station.The development comes two days after Rohiton, affiliated to National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), was arrested in a joint operation launched by the Army and police."We have seized 1 pistol and 15 rounds of bullet from his possession. As we investigated further, we found one AK-56, one magazine and 21 rounds of bullets buried at the yard of his residence," Officer Bidyut Bikas Bohra of Gossaigaon police station had said on May 29.
US judge sentences Indian for call-centre fraud
In an on-going US crackdown on Indian call-centre fraud extorting Americans, an American federal judge has sentenced a participant in the scam to seven and a half years in prison.
Woman, 4-year-old son killed in Delhi's Patel Nagar
A 26-year-old woman and her 4-year-old son were found dead at their house in Delhi's Patel Nagar on Thursday night.
West Tripura: 1 person arrested for possessing marijuana
One person was arrested in possession of 250 kg marijuana in Montala village in Tripura on Thursday, police said.The drug was concealed in five drums hidden under the mud, said Rangadulal Debbarma, Officer-in-Charge of Sidhai Police Station.This comes after three people including a tribal woman were arrested by Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Wednesday while transporting arms and ammunition in the state.