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Two bike-borne men killed, one injured in road accident
Two bike-borne men died and one was injured after they were hit by a speeding car on Delhi-Meerut road here, police said today. The three men - Bodh Pal, Ram Kishan and Ajay pal - were returning home in Dabana villager after celebrating Eid when the accident occurred last night, they said. They were immediately rushed to a private hospital where Bodh Pal and Ram Kishan succumbed to their injuries, Deputy Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Chauhan said. The car driver and two other passengers were taken into custody and the car was seized.They were on their way to Haridwar from Delhi, Chauhan added.
Woman paraded naked: NHRC notice to Bihar govt, DGP told to ensure security of victim
The NHRC has sent a notice to the Bihar government days after a woman was assaulted and paraded naked by some people in Bihiya town of Bhojpur district in the state. The National Human Rights Commission has also directed the state's Director General of Police to ensure proper protection to the woman and her family members so that she is not threatened or subjected to any kind harassment by the miscreants. "The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that a woman was beaten and paraded naked by some people in Bihiya village of Bhojpur district in Bihar on suspicion of her involvement in a teenager's mysterious death," the national human rights panel said in a statement today. The Commission observed that the incidents appear to be a "serious case" of violation of human rights including right to life of the teenager and the right to dignity to the victim woman. Though FIRs were registered in the matter and several police personnel were placed under suspicion, the action ...
Witness in Unnao Rape case dies, Rahul smells 'conspiracy'
One of the witnesses in the rape case of a minor girl in Unnao, in which BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was allegedly involved, has died, prompting a terse remark from Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who said it smelled of a conspiracy. The CBI, which is probing the alleged rape case, said the safety and security of witnesses is a responsibility of the state police and it was not in the domain of the central agency. According to the information shared by the Uttar Pradesh Police with the CBI, the witness, named Yunus, who ran a general merchant shop in Makhi village, where the MLA and the victim also live, was allegedly not well for sometime. He was suffering from some liver ailments for quite some time and died last week, they said. Rahul Gandhi, who is in Germany, took to Twitter and cited a news report that the witness "died under mysterious circumstances" and was "buried hurriedly without getting his post-mortem done". "The mysterious death & hurried burial without an autopsy, .
Delhi Police busted gambling racket, 12 held
Delhi Police on Thursday busted a gambling racket being allegedly run in a farm house and arrested 12 persons, including a woman from Nepal, from south Delhi.
Panchkula CBI court rejects Ram Rahim's bail plea
The Panchkula Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim.Ram Rahim was sentenced to 20 years jail-term in 2017, after being convicted for raping two women in 2002.The rape case was registered by the CBI in April 2002 against the self-styled godman.Earlier in February, Rahim was charge-sheeted by the CBI on the charges of castrating his male devotees, and was accused in a murder case in March.
Director of Noida-based builder's firm arrested over pending stamp duty
The director of a private builder's group here was arrested today by the revenue department after the firm allegedly failed to clear a stamp duty of Rs 12 lakh, officials said. Satinder Bhasin, of the Mist Avenue Private Limited, was arrested and the office of the group in Sector 143 seized, they said. The pending dues are in connection with an upcoming housing project of the group in Sector 143 D, Subdivisional Magistrate (SDM) Rajpal Singh said. "Bhasin has been arrested by a revenue department team. He is being taken to jail. If he can remit the money and get the dues cleared before being lodged in jail, he can be released. Otherwise, it will be a long procedure," the SDM told PTI tonight. An order for recovering the stamp duty (of Rs 12 lakh) -- known as recovery certificate (RC) -- was issued by the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA). The order was notified to the revenue department by the district magistrate's office, after which an arrest warrant was issued against ...
DMK moves HC for registration of graft case against TN CM
The DMK today filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to register a case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami based on its complaint alleging abuse of power in allotment of highway projects. The petition filed by DMK's organising secretary RS Bharathi is likely to come up for hearing tomorrow. In his plea filed on behalf of the DMK, Bharathi alleged that the Chief Minister, who also holds the highways and road portfolios, had abused his power to allocate five highway laying and maintenance projects worth over Rs 3,500 crore to firms owned by his relatives and benamis. He claimed that most of the projects were funded by the World Bank. Palaniswami, being a government servant, had entered into a criminal conspiracy with his relatives and benamis and thereby committed criminal misconduct and obtained undue pecuniary advantage for himself, Bharathi said. "These offences attract punishment under the
Political parties consider SCs/STs as vote bank: ex-Law minister to SC
Political parties consider scheduled castes and tribes as "vote banks" and granting quota in promotions to "IAS officers" or "District Judges" belonging to these communities violate the right to equality, former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan told the Supreme Court today. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was told by the senior advocate that granting quota in promotions for IAS officers and district judges would be in the "teeth of basic structure" of the Constitution. "Once you are a Class-I officer, you cease to belong from the backward class... Reservation in promotion for IAS officers will be in the teeth of the right to equality which is also part of the basic structure of Constitution," Bhushan told the bench. He also took a dig at senior advocate P S Patwalia, representing Tripura and Bihar, for supporting the quota in promotions by referring to the verdict penned by his father and apex court judge Justice Kuldeep Singh. The veteran lawyer quoted .
Man arrested with heroin worth Rs 50 lakh
A 29-year-old man was arrested here with heroin worth Rs 50 lakh, police said today. The accused identified as Rashid Khan, a resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, used to procure the drug from Bareilly, they said. Based on a tip-off, on August 21, police laid a trap at a bus stand near Indira Gandhi Stadium between 10.15 am and 10.45 am where the accused had come to supply a huge consignment of heroin to his client. Subsequently, the accused was arrested and 500 grams of heroin was seized from his possession, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Bhisham Singh. During interrogation, Khan told police that around three years ago, he came in contact with one Pappu who lured him to supply heroin. To gain easy money, Khan joined him and started procuring the drug from Bareilly and supplied it to his clients based in Delhi and the national capital region, the officer said. Police is trying to trace Pappu and further investigation is underway, he said.
Fake birth certificate racket busted in Delhi
Three men have been arrested for allegedly preparing and selling fake birth certificates here, police said today. Further probe was underway to identify the source in the MCD that provided the accused with actual registration numbers and blank proformas to prepare the fake certificates, they added. The three accused, Rajeev Kumar, alias Raju, Anupan, alias Anu, and Karan, were arrested from the Tughlaqabad Extension/Sangam Vihar area in southeast Delhi on Monday, and 46 fake birth certificates and blank proformas were found in their possession, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rajiv Ranjan said. Police busted the racket after receiving a tip-off, he said, adding that the accused used to charge Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000 for the fake certificates. The accused were arrested during a raid on a Tughlaqabad Extension shop, from where they used to operate, after they handed over a fake birth certificate to a decoy customer sent by the police, Ranjan said. All three are residents of Delhi
UP: Minor girl found dead after gang rape
A minor girl who had alleged gang rape by three men inside a government school premise two days back in Budaun city, was found dead on Thursday.The victim's mother told ANI that her daughter had committed suicide by hanging herself at home. "My daughter hanged herself as she was ashamed. Also, she was threatened that her brothers would be harmed," she said.Meanwhile, Senior Superintendent of Police, Budaun, Ashok Kumar while addressing the media said, "Rape complaint was filed on August 21. Victim's medical examination was done. Investigation in the case is underway. Today, we got information that the girl has been found dead. Postmortem report is awaited."The incident came to light when the girl shared her ordeal with family. The police had registered an FIR after the family lodged a complaint.According to media reports, the family of the victim had alleged that three men had abducted the minor at gunpoint on Monday night when she had stepped out of the house to urinate in the open.
Unnao rape: Rahul Gandhi alleges conspiracy behind death, burial of witness
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today alleged a conspiracy behind the "mysterious death" and "hurried burial" of a key witness in the Unnao rape and murder case involving BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar. Gandhi took to Twitter and cited a news report, claiming that a key witness in the case "died under mysterious circumstances" and was "buried hurriedly without getting his post-mortem done". "The mysterious death and hurried burial without an autopsy, of the key witness in the Unnao rape and murder case, involving BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, smells of a conspiracy," the Congress president said in a tweet. "Is this your idea of 'justice for our daughters', Mr 56?" he asked, taking a swipe at Modi's claim in the run up to the 2014 general election that he had a 56-inch chest. Gandhi is currently on a two-day visit to Germany. Yesterday, in an interaction with students of the Bucerius Summer School in Hamburg, he said incidents of violence against women are rising in India and women do not feel ...
Sheena Bora case: Indrani's lawyer accuses Mikhail of conspiracy
In the over six-year-old Sheena Bora murder case, her mother and key accused Indrani Mukerjea's lawyer today alleged her son Mikhail Bora was hatching a conspiracy to "cause disappearance" of his sister to get her share of ancestral property. Indrani is facing trial for allegedly killing Sheena Bora (24) on April 24, 2012. During Mikhail's cross examination before special CBI judge J C Jagdale, defence lawyer Sudip Pasbola alleged that between January and April 2012, Mikhail spoke to Shyamvar Rai, former dirver of Indrani, on phone more than 207 times. On April 16, 17, 18 of that year, they spoke for 34 times, the lawyer alleged. The advocate also suggested that Mikhail and Rai had entered into a conspiracy to "cause disappearance" of Sheena, as Mikhail wanted her share in ancestral property. Mikhail, however, denied having entered into any conspiracy even if he might have talked to Rai. The defence lawyer also confronted Mikhail with a video of a TV interview he had given in August ..
3 arrested for forging birth certificates
Three persons, including an IGNOU student, have been arrested here for making forged birth certificates outside the East Delhi Municipal Corp office, police said on Thursday.
MP: Couple dies in road mishap, son survives
A couple died today after a truck rammed into their motorcycle in Seoni district, the police said. Vihant, the three-year-old son of Dilip Navre (27) and his wife Sapna (25) escaped unhurt, a police official said. "The accident occurred when the truck hit the motorcycle of the Navres from behind and ran over them," said Kurai police station in-charge K S Baghel. The truck driver was arrested, he said. He said Navre's son Vihant survived miraculously. A police team reached the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem, Baghel said.
MP: Uma Bharti's PSO kills self
A Personal Security Officer (PSO) assigned to Union Minister Uma Bharti has allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver.Ram Mohan Dandotiya, shot himself inside a Dial 100 police van on late Wednesday night, here.According to the media reports, the-32-year-old shot himself following an altercation with his wife.The officer was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead after conducting a preliminary examination.The body has been sent for postmortem and an investigation has been initiated in this regard.
Delhi police facial recognition software has only 2 per cent accuracy: HC told
The accuracy of facial recognition software being used by police to trace missing persons is only two per cent and "not good", the Delhi High Court was informed today. The submission before a bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel was made by the Delhi Police counsel, Rahul Mehra, after the court suggested use of facial recognition software to trace some of the women who went missing from an illegal placement agency here which was employing them as bonded labour. "The software is not good. There is only two per cent match," Mehra told the court which was hearing a habeas corpus plea moved by the brother of one of the missing women. According to the status report of Delhi police, also represented by advocate Chaitanya Gosain, a joint team of revenue and police officials had raided the placement agency in August last year and rescued 10 persons, including five minors, from there and arrested a couple and another man who were together running it. During the course of ...
UK-Iranian Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed from Tehran jail for 3 days: Husband
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman who has been in prison in Tehran for more than two years on sedition charges, has been released for three days, her husband said today. "Nazanin was released from Evin prison on furlough this morning. Initially the release is for three days -- her lawyer is hopeful this can be extended," Richard Ratcliffe said in a statement.
Drug smuggler held with cannabis in Udhampur
The Jammu and Kashmir police today arrested a drug smuggler in Udhampur and recovered 60 grams of cannabis from him. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted Himmat Singh, a resident of Goukaran area in Chennani tehsil of the district, police said. During his search, 60 grams of cannabis was recovered, they added. A case against Singh has been registered.
Swamy files rejoinder in Sunanda Pushkar death case
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday filed a rejoinder in a Delhi court in connection with Sunanda Pushkar's death case.The rejoinder was filed against an objection raised by Congress Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor in the previous hearing questioning the presence of Swamy in the entire case.Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's Defence Counsel and Senior lawyer Vikas Pahwa had asserted before the court that "Swamy has no locus standi".Meanwhile, the Patiala House Court asked investigating officer to share all documents with the Defence counsel.Reacting on this, Swamy said, "They (Tharoor and his lawyer) are wasting the time and are trying to throw me out of this case. According to Section 302, any outsider can prosecute the case."The matter has been adjourned till September 20.Tharoor is an accused in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case.The Delhi Police on May 14 had filed a charge sheet in the court, naming Tharoor as an accused, under Sections 306 ...