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SC seeks Centre, WB Govt's reply on BJP workers murder
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and West Bengal Government seeking their responses in the alleged killing of three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in the state.The apex court was hearing a petition filed by BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia, who sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter.On May 30, an 18-year-old BJP worker named Tirlochan Mahato was found hanging from a tree in Purulia's Balarampur district. Month after this incident, another BJP worker, Dulal Kumar was found dead in a similar manner in the same district.On July 28, one more BJP leader, Shaktipada Sardar was hacked in West Bengal's Diamond Harbour area.The deaths of three BJP leaders had sparked an outrage in the state with the BJP blaming the Trinamool Congress for the attack.
Man stabbed to death in Delhi park
Four unidentified men stabbed a 25-year-old man to death in a park in outer Delhi's Mangolpuri area, the police said today. The victim got into a quarrel with the four men after they snatched his belongings yesterday. The deceased identified as Rinku, a driver, was a resident of Budh Vihar Phase One, they said. In a complaint filed yesterday by a person named Vinod, it was alleged that Rinku had gone for a walk in the park at around 9 pm when suddenly, four men overpowered him. They snatched his cell phone and wallet following which he rushed to the main gate of the park, said a police officer. Police said Vinod was waiting outside the park for Rinku when the alleged incident occurred. Rinku used to work as a driver for Vinod. The victim immediately rushed to Vinod to narrate the incident. Chasing Rinku, the four men also arrived at the main entrance of the park and picked up a fight with the duo. During the quarrel, the men stabbed Rinku with a knife on his right thigh. Meanwhile, ...
Police to probe into arrest of Rajasthan scribe
A high-level inquiry has been ordered into the alleged wrongful arrest of a journalist based in Rajasthan in connection with a case under the SC & ST Act lodged in a court here, a top police official said today. The probe will be done by Inspector General of Police, Patna zone, Naiyar Hasnain Khan. I have been asked by the headquarters to inquire into the reports that have been appeared in the media regarding the arrest of Barmer resident Durg Singh Rajpurohit, the IG, told PTI. It will be an administrative inquiry since the matter does not relate to Bihar police per se as he was arrested following a complaint lodged in the court which issued a warrant, Khan said. According to reports, a complaint under SC & ST Act was lodged in the court against Rajpurohit by Rakesh Paswan, a resident of Digha police station area in the district,on May 31. Paswan had alleged that he worked for Rajpurohit who did not pay him wages regularly and beat him up frequently. He had ...
District Cong president arrested on extortion charge in Jharkhand
The Congress party's Dhanbad president Vaibhav Sinha and his two body guards were arrested today for allegedly keeping five men in captivity at his restaurant for extortion. Superintendent of Police Piyush Pandey told reporters that the arrest followed complaints that Sinha with the help of his two bodyguards allegedly thrashed the five youths who had gone to his restaurant and damaged their car as well after holding them captive. The Congress leader also fired from a pistol on restaurant window to implicate the youths, the police officer said. Sinha, however, gave a different version to the police, claiming the five youths had demanded beef at the restaurant and beat up the staff after being refused to be served the same. Sinha also said when he tried to help the staff, the youths fired at him but the bullet hit the window. He also handed over two pistols to the police, claiming the youths had fired at him with those. The police found that all the five youths were locked in a room of
Ex-S Korean president's jail term extended
An appeals court has extended the jail term of former South Korean president Park Geun-hye by one year in connection to a massive corruption scandal.On April 6, the 66-year-old leader was sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment by the lower court, after she was found guilty of crimes ranging from bribery to coercion, abuse of power and the leaking of state secrets. She was also slapped with a fine of 18 billion won.During the trial on Friday, on the one hand, the appeals court extended her jail term by one more year and raised her fine to 20 billion won. The prosecutors had been demanding for a 30-year jail term and a 118.5 billion-won fine for Park, Yonhap News Agency reported.On the other hand, the court increased the fine of Park's long-time friend Choi Soon-sil from 18 billion won to 20 billion won. The former South Korean president's chief policy aide Ahn Jong-beom's prison term was also increased from one year to five years, while reducing his fine from 100 million won to 60 ...
Man arrested for beating wife in J&K's Rajouri
A man was arrested on charges of domestic violence for mercilessly beating of his wife in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district today, police said. Sunita Devi (30), lodged a complaint with the police against her husband, Kuldip Raj (42), for locking her up in a small room of their house and beating her with a rod over a trivial matter yesterday, they said. The victim is severely injured and is admitted at the district hospital in Rajouri with fractures in her arm and leg, officials said. Taking note of the incident, police registered a case and arrested the accused from his house in Bagnoti village of Nowshera tehsil, they said. Further investigation was underway, police said.
Student commits suicide after being raped, 3 held
Three people including a woman were arrested for their alleged involvement in the rape and blackmail of a student who later committed suicide, police said. The victim, pursuing her graduation, had blamed the trio for her death in the suicide note that she left behind. The arrests came after the victim's father lodged an FIR, they said. In his complaint, the father alleged that the accused woman was his daughter's friend and had secretly shared her photos with her accomplices. The men morphed the photos using an editing software and demanded sexual favours from the victim in return for not making her obscene photos public, the complaint said. They raped the victim on several occasions for months and drugged her as well, it alleged. The victim's body was handed over to her family after a post-mortem examination, deputy superintendent of police Sunil Kumar said. The suicide note has been sent to a forensic lab to check its authenticity and further investigation was on, he added.
Cooperative society official caught red-handed while accepting bribe in Pb
A secretary of the Cooperative Service Society was caught red-handed by sleuths of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000, an official spokesman said today. According to a complaint lodged by Ajaib Singh, a resident Baran village in Patiala district, Gurtej Singh had demanded Rs 45,000 from him to waive his farm loan. Based on the complaint, the officials laid a trap and Gurtej Singh was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe, he said. A case was registered against the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the spokesman added.
Turkmenistani woman caught by Customs at Delhi airport for smuggling gold
A Turkmenistani woman has been arrested by Customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold worth nearly Rs 27 lakh at the Delhi airport. The accused was intercepted on arrival from Turkmenistan last Friday, an official statement issued today said. "Her personal and baggage search resulted in the recovery of three chains of gold, collectively weighing 1 kg (market value Rs 27.09 lakh)," the Customs department said in the release. The gold was found to be concealed underneath a blue tape pasted on the locking handle of the trolley, which the passenger was using to carry her baggage, it said, adding that the woman was arrested and the gold seized.
SC moves closer to live streaming of its proceedings, reserves verdict
The Supreme Court on Friday moved closer to the live streaming of its proceedings as it said that it was an expansion of the concept of open court hearing of matters without crowding the court rooms.
Mirchpur Dalits killing case: HC convicts 33, 12 gets life term
The Delhi High Court today overturned the acquittal of 20 persons in the 2010 Mirchpur Dalit killing case while observing that instances of atrocities against Scheduled Castes have not abated even after 71 years of Independence. The high court also upheld the conviction of 13 persons by the trial court and enhanced the punishment of some of the convicts. A 60-year-old Dalit man and his physically challenged daughter were burnt alive by members of the Jat community in Mirchpur village in Haryana's Hisar district in April 2010. With today's verdict, 12 out of 33 convicts are sentenced to life imprisonment for the offences, including murder under the IPC and committing mischief by fire or explosive substance by a member of a community other than SC/ST, intending to cause damage property of a member of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe community under the SC/ST (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta said 71 years after Independence, instances ..
Man arrested for allegedly raping minor in Delhi
A 34-year-old man was arrested today for allegedly raping a minor girl in southwest Delhi's Rangapahari area, police said. The 11-year-old was allegedly raped when she had gone to relieve herself in a forest area in the locality on Wednesday, they said. The accused, identified as Prakash, a ragpicker, was arrested from the Nala camp area this morning and will be produced in court, officials said. The incident was reported to police yesterday, following which a case was registered, a senior officer said, adding that the minor victim was being counselled. According to the complaint lodged by the victim's father, who runs a small shop, she was with him on Wednesday and had gone to relieve herself in a forest area nearby. After some time, locals informed him that his daughter had been found near the forest area with her clothes torn, police said citing the complaint. The complainant took her home first and later, to a hospital and subsequently, the police were informed. The girl's father .
Youth held for sexually assaulting minor girl in Delhi
Delhi Police on Friday arrested a youth for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl in south Delhi.
Nawaz Sharif allowed to meet family in jail
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been granted special permission to meet his family members in the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi on Friday.Geo News quoted sources as saying that Sharif's family had filed a plea to meet the jailed leader and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, in the prison. Subsequently, the prison authorities gave permission and apprised the jail superintendent of the same. The father-daughter duo is currently serving their prison sentences in the same jail after being convicted in the Avenfield reference case.Earlier on Wednesday, Sharif's brother and Pakistan Muslim-League (Nawaz) president Shehbaz Sharif and his family met the father-daughter duo in Adiala jail, sources added.On July 6, Sharif and Maryam were convicted in absentia in the Avenfield case by the Accountability Court. While the three-time Pakistan prime minister was given 10 years of imprisonment and slapped with a fine of eight million pounds, his daughter was awarded eight years in jail and fined
Indian arrested in Thailand for 'raping minor'
A 28-year-old Indian man has been arrested in Thailand for allegedly raping a minor girl.
CHRONOLOGY-HC-DALITS
Following is the chronology of events in the case relating to the killings of two Dalits of a family at Mirchpur in Haryana in 2011 in which the Delhi High Court today held 33 out of 96 accused guilty: *Apr 21, 2010: A 70-year-old man and his 18-year-old physically-challenged daughter burnt alive allegedly by a mob of over 100 people belonging to the Jat community at Mirchpur village of Hisar district. Over 150 dalit families flee the village and take shelter at a Temple in Delhi after their houses were torched. * Aug: Haryana police arrests the accused after the Supreme Court pulls it up. * Dec 8: SC transfers the case from Hisar to Delhi to ensure fair trial on the plea of families of victims. * Dec 23: Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau starts hearing and asks Haryana government to appoint special public prosecutor to conduct the trial. * Jan 9, 2011: Court orders transfer of the accused to Tihar from a Hisar jail. A total of 98 accused shifted. Out of 103, five are juveniles and
HC convicts 33 in Dalit killing case in Haryana
The Delhi High Court on Friday held 33 people guilty in a 2010 Dalit killing case in Haryana's Hisar district and said that "71 years after Independence, instances of atrocities against Scheduled Castes by those belonging to dominant castes have shown no sign of abating."
Jharkhand HC cancels Lalu Yadav's provisional bail
The Jharkhand High Court on Friday rejected the provisional bail of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, asking him to surrender by August 30.
SC reserves verdict on pleas for live streaming of court proceedings
The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas related to the issue of live streaming of court proceedings. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said it would pass appropriate orders after Attorney General K K Venugopal suggested that live streaming of the important cases in the Chief Justice's court can be started on a pilot basis. The Attorney General said the process can be adopted in other court rooms depending on the success of the pilot project. During the hearing, one of the lawyers present in the courtroom opposed the suggestion of live streaming, saying this will have an implication on the administration of justice and also lead to "spreading of fake news". The top court, however, said that it aims to implement the concept of open courts which in turn would help reducing the crowd in the court. It said live streaming may also be a help for academic purposes. The apex court had earlier termed the proposal of ...
SC moves closer to live streaming of proceedings
The Supreme Court on Friday moved closer to live streaming of its proceedings as it said that it was an expansion of the concept of open court hearing of matters without crowding the court rooms.