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J K: CBI arrests deputy jail superintendent in terror case
The NIA today arrested a deputy jail superintendent in Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly helping a man lodged there to persuade two youths to get arms training in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to wage war against India, the agency said in a statement. The conspiracy meeting, involving Ishaq Palla, Feroz Ahmad Lone, then Deputy Jail Superintendent, Central Jail Srinagar, and the two youths, Suhail Ahmad Bhat and Danish Ghulam Lone, took place in the jail premises on October 25, 2017, the NIA said. "Palla, a resident of Shopian, was lodged in Srinagar jail in a different case and he was instrumental in hatching the conspiracy from there. He was actively assisted by Feroz Ahmad Lone," alleged the agency. "The case pertains to an attempt by Bhat and Danish Ghulam Lone, who were arrested earlier, to travel to PoK for arms training to wage war against the state. They were motivated by Palla," the National Investigation Agency said. Bhat and Danish Lone were arrested by Jammu and Kashmir ...
SC dismisses Upendra Rai's plea seeking change of investigating officer
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by accused and arrested journalist, Upendra Rai, seeking to change Rajeshwar Singh as the investigating officer in a corruption case.Upendra Rai was arrested for his alleged involvement in corruption. Rai, in his petition, claimed that there should be a different team to conduct the investigation against him. The apex court, however, did not find any merit in Rai's petition and dismissed it. A division bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri dismissed Rai's petition.Rai is being presently investigated for his alleged involvement in corruption in the 2G spectrum scam case. The apex court, while dismissing the petition of Rai, held that the plea is not 'maintainable'.On August 9, the Special Court took cognisance of prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Rai before the Special Judge (PMLA), Patiala House, New Delhi on August 6 in a money-laundering case for an amount of Rs. ...
Cab driver held for minor's rape in Delhi
A cab driver has been arrested under the stringent POCSO Act on charge of sexually assaulting a minor girl studying in a private school here, police said on Tuesday.
1993 Panchayat Poll violence: SC sets aside order of HC acquitting 32 CPI(M) workers
The Supreme Court today set aside an order of Calcutta High Court acquitting 32 CPI(M) workers in case of 1993 post Panchayat poll violence involving Left and Indian People's Front members in which five people were killed and over two dozen grievously injured. A bench of justices N V Ramana and M M Shantanagoudar set aside the June 30, 2004, order of the high court and remitted it back to decide the revision petition afresh on merit in accordance with law. It said that the High Court has failed to consider whether the trial court discarded material evidence in the form of eyewitness testimony on the issues of murder, attempt to murder and grievous hurt and completely overlooked evidence on other charges such as unlawful assembly and house-burning. "Consequently, we find that the High Court has not given due consideration to the evidence on record to arrive at a reasoned conclusion and has thus failed to exercise its revisional jurisdiction in accordance with established principles," ..
China's Didi apologises for safety lapses after murder
China ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing issued an apology today for a string of lapses that led to the rape and murder of a passenger last week, the second such killing this year. The company has been slammed by observers, including China's transport ministry, over safety lapses after a 20-year-old female passenger was raped and murdered by her driver in the eastern city of Wenzhou on Friday, barely three months after a similar incident in May. Founder Cheng Wei and president Jean Liu apologised for their "ignorance and pride" in an emotive and lengthy note, promising an overhaul to ensure customer safety. "Throughout the company we start to question if we are doing the right thing; or even whether we have the right values," said the statement sent out today evening. "There is an enormous amount of self-doubt, guilt and soul-searching." The company has admitted it bore responsibility for the crime, failing to act on a complaint about the same driver from another passenger. In response ..
Telangana transfers 11 IAS officers
: The Telangana Government today reshuffled 11 district collectors. The reshuffle saw 10 districts get new collectors M Raghunandan Rao, Collector of Ranga Reddy District, was transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Hyderabad District, while Yogita Rana,the Hyderabad Collector, was posted as Director, Public Health and Family Welfare. Lokesh Kumar, Collector and District Magistrate, Khammam, was transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Ranga Reddy, a release said. Similarly P Venkata Rami Reddy, Collector and District Magistrate, Siddipet, was transferred as Collector and District Magistrate, Rajanna-Sircilla District.
Guidelines framed to blacklist defaulting builders: Centre to SC
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that guidelines have been framed to blacklist builders, contractors and architects found to have constructed buildings in violation of sanctioned plans.
In a first, NSA invoked against sand mining mafia who built dam on Yamuna
The Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration today passed an order invoking the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against the kingpin of a sand mining mafia who had built a dam on the Yamuna river, obstructing its flow. The order, the first of its kind against the sand mafia, has been passed to press charges under section 3(2) of the NSA against Sanjay Momnathan (48), District Magistrate Brajesh Narayan Singh said. This particular section of the NSA seeks to prohibit bail to any person with a view to prevent them from acting in any manner considered prejudicial to the security of the state or public order, among others. "Sanjay had a well organised gang which had created a dam on the Yamuna on July 11. The illegal construction, which had obstructed the natural flow of the river, was used by them to take heavy mahin to the other side of the Yamuna and collect sand illegally," Singh told reporters at a joint press conference with Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma ...
Egypt sentences 6 to death on terrorism charges
An Egyptian court has sentenced six people to death for their roles in a 2016 militant attack on a security checkpoint north of Cairo that killed a policeman. Cairo Criminal Court today also sentenced two defendants to life in prison and four others, including a 15-year-old, to between 3 and 15 years. All were charged with "establishing a terrorist group" among other charges for the attack on security forces. The death sentences came after the court received approval from the grand mufti, the country's highest Islamic authority. Egypt has cracked down on suspected Islamists since the military ousted an elected but divisive Islamist president in 2013. Since then, hundreds of Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood members, have been sentenced to death. The authorities have carried out dozens of executions.
3 held for duping of people on pretext of renewing debit, credit cards
Three men were arrested for allegedly duping hundreds of people by seeking their bank account details on the pretext of renewing their credit and debit cards, police said today. The accused were identified as Chandan Mandal (19), Manoj Hari (29) and Pappu Kumar Singh (27), they said. On July 10, a man lodged a police complaint saying that two days back he had received a call from a person pretending to be an SBI employee seeking his card details. After he did so, the complainant found out that Rs 50,000 was deducted from his bank account, Additional Commissioner of Police (crime) Ajit Kumar Singla said. During investigation, police found that the amount was transferred into bank accounts and online wallets in Punjab, Jharkhand and West Bengal. On questioning some members of the racket already arrested and electronic surveillance of the caller, Mandal was arrested from Jamtara in Jharkhand while two of his accomplices Hari and Singh were held from Burdwan in West Bengal on August 21, ..
Those arrested were involved in funding Elgar Parishad: Police
The five activists arrested from various parts of the country today for suspected Maoist links had allegedly funded the 'Elgar Parishad' conclave in Pune, held a day before the Koregaon-Bhima violence, police said today. The speeches at the conclave, held on December 31 last year to mark the 200th anniversary of the Koregaon-Bhima battle, had fuelled the violence a day later, they said. The five were arrested after the Pune police today carried searches in Mumbai, Thane, Hyderabad, Faridabad, Chhattisgarh, and Goa, an official said. They had allegedly funded the 'Elgar Parishad' conclave, a police official said. While Vernon Gonsalves was arrested from his residence in suburban Andheri in Mumbai, Arun Ferreira was apprehended from his residence at Charai in adjoining Thane, police said. Both were also arrested in 2007 for their alleged links with Maoist groups, police said. After his acquittal, Ferreira completed a law degree and started practice as a criminal lawyer in Mumbai, the ...
Decriminalisation of politics: EC, Centre at loggerheads in SC
The Election Commission and the Centre were at loggerheads in the Supreme Court today on the aspect of judicial intervention to ensure decriminalisation of politics. While the poll panel exhorted a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra to issue directions on issues such as disqualification of lawmakers even before conviction, the Centre, through Attorney General K K Venugopal, asked the court to keep off. Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for the poll panel, referred to the reports of the Election Commission and the Law Commission on decriminalisation of politics and said these were out way back in 1998 and 1999 respectively, but no action was taken by the government. "It is very clear that political parties are fielding candidates with criminal antecedents and the court should pass directions," the lawyer said, adding, "if Parliament is stonewalling this, then the court has to step in". The poll panel, in its report, had referred to section 8 of ..
Senior Kenyan judge arrested in graft probe
Kenya's deputy chief justice, the country's second highest judge, was arrested today on corruption charges. Philomena Mwilu is one of seven members of the Supreme Court, and was among the judges who nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta initial election win in August 2017, leading to the controversial holding of a fresh vote. Kenya's director of public prosecutions Noordin Haji told journalists there was evidence she had abused her office for personal gain and accepted money as a gift in dubious circumstances. She is also accused of failing to pay taxes and executing a security belonging to the Imperial Bank -- which collapsed in 2015 -- under false pretences. "This afternoon, I informed Chief Justice David Maraga of my decision to grant consent for the arrest and prosecution of the deputy chief justice, Lady Justice, Philomena Mbete Mwilu, on criminal charges," said Kenya's director of public prosecutions Noordin Haji "This decision has not been taken lightly," he added, saying "the ...
Dabholkar murder weapon was considered 'lucky' by killers, who did not destroy it: Sources
One of the weapons probably used in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar five years ago was not destroyed by the alleged killers as they believed it was "lucky" for them, CBI sources said. The weapon could have also been used in the murder of other left leaning activists like Govind Pansare in February 2015, M M Kalburgi in August 2015, and Gauri Lankesh in September last year, they said, however, adding with caution that any conclusion can only be drawn after a confirmatory ballistic test of the firearm. The agency has recently arrested and questioned Aurangabad-resident Sachin Andure who is alleged to be one of the two shooters involved in the killing of Dabholkar on August 20, 2013, in Pune while on his morning walk, they said. A country-made pistol was also recovered from a friend of his relative by the CBI which is believed to be one of the weapons used in the murder, they said. The CBI will send the weapon for ballistic tests to ascertain the claims of Andure before ...
Boy stabs girl to death, attempts suicide
An 18-year-old girl was stabbed to death by a boy on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.
Court seeks CBI response on Chidambaram's plea
A court here on Tuesday directed the CBI to respond to former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's plea wherein he alleged that the agency is not interested in a fair trial in the Aircel-Maxis case as part of the charge sheet was leaked to the media.
CBI court awards death sentence to man in 14-year-old murder case
A special CBI court today gave capital punishment to Kushwinder Singh for kidnapping and murder of four family members in 2004. The CBI took over investigation in the murder case on July 16, 2007 on the instructions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in kidnapping and murder of Kulwant Singh, his wife Harjit Kaur and their two children Ramandeep Kaur and Arvinder Singh in 2004, CBI Spokesperson said here today. The agency had filed charge sheet against accused Kushwinder Singh after seven years of probe. During trial, prosecution examined 37 witnesses. The Special CBI court in Mohali today awarded death sentence to Kushwinder Singh in the case, it said. It was alleged that Kushwinder wanted to loot the money that Kulwant Singh had got from sale of land.
Delhi Police provided logistical support to Pune Police in arresting Navalakha
Delhi Police provided logistical support to their Pune counterparts during the raids to arrest civil liberties activist Gautam Navalakha here today, a senior police officer said. The officer said Pune Police had sent a written request to Delhi Police last night, seeking help in conducting the raids. "We provided our police personnel to accompany their team. They just kept telling us where they planned to conduct the raids and our team accompanied them," the officer said. Sources said Pune Police had requested their Delhi counterparts to maintain secrecy about the raids. A 10-member team of Delhi Police's Special Cell accompanied the Pune Police team to a residence in Greater Kailash 1, but Navalakha was not found there, the sources said. His brother told the team that Navalakha was at Nehru Enclave. The team then headed there and picked him up. He was taken to a city court for taking transit remand and from the court, he was taken to the Special Cell office in Lodhi Colony. He was ...
Air hostess death case: DCW sends notice to Delhi Police
The Delhi Commission for Women today sent a notice to Delhi Police to apprise it of the action taken in the air hostess death case. Anissia Batra, 39, who worked with a German airline, had on July 13 allegedly jumped off from the terrace of her house in south Delhi's Panchsheel Park. Her parents had accused her husband Mayank Singhvi of harassing their daughter for dowry, following which he was arrested. The DCW has sought an inquiry into the matter after Anissa's father, a retired Army Major General, alleged misconduct in the case on the part of South District Police, an official said. "If no action was taken, reasons for the same, and details of action taken against such officers, if any. The copy of the FIR registered in the matter, whether the scene of crime was sealed on the day of the incident, or not, please provide reasons for the same," the DCW wrote to the police. The commission has also sought a copy of post-mortem and autopsy report of the deceased and access to the CCTV
HC asks AAP govt to explore possibility of setting up academy to train prosecutors
The Delhi High Court asked today the AAP government to explore the possibility of setting up an academy for imparting training to prosecutors and take a cue from other states like Madhya Pradesh and Bihar where the governments have such centres. The court also asked the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court to see whether prosecutors could be given training at the judicial academy here. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao said a judicial note could be taken of the fact that in certain states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra, there are training centres where government officials including public prosecutors are imparted training. It asked the Delhi government to explore the possibility how such a training centre can be set up in the national capital. The court asked the Delhi government and the Registrar General to submit their reports in three weeks and listed the matter for further hearing on October 10. The court was hearing two PILs ...