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Six labourers die, 5 injured in wall collapse in Punjab
Six labourers died and five were injured today after the wall of an under-construction rice sheller collapsed at Lakhanpur village here today, police said. Around 10-15 labourers were working on the site this morning when the wall suddenly collapsed. "Four labourers were killed on the spot while two others later succumbed to their injuries. "Others were taken to Khamano Civil Hospital from where five were referred to a hospital in Chandigarh," a police official said. Police said the deceased have been identified as Jagjit Singh, Manjit Singh, residents of village Lakhanpur (Khamano); Premshawar, Raghvir Singh, residents of village Farour (Khamano); Ranvir Singh and Harpreet Singh, residents of Dhuri. The injured who were referred to Chandigarh were Jasvir Singh, Harbhjan Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Kulwant Singh and Makhan Singh. After receiving information about the incident, Khamano Station House Officer Navdeep Singh and Sub-Divisional Magistrate Paramjit Singh reached the spot and .
Gold bars worth over Rs 1.67 cr seized from Mum airport;3 held
Three persons were arrested last night at the Mumbai international airport for allegedly trying to smuggle out gold bars worth over Rs 1.67 crore, a Customs official said today. The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officials the Customs intercepted Harish Kumar Chopra and Karan Kumar on specific inputs when they were walking towards the exit gate of the airport and searched their sling bags, he said. Chopra and Kumar had travelled from Bangkok. The search led to the recovery of six gold bars weighing one kg each and a cut gold bar with a foreign mark, according to the official. He said the gold bars were supposed to be handed over to one Ajay Kumar who was waiting for the duo at other part of the airport, after arriving from Delhi. Kumar was also arrested, he said. The total value of the seizure is Rs 1,67,65,906, he said. A case was registered under the Customs Act, the official said, adding that further investigation is underway.
Dabholkar case: Main shooter got training in Maha, K'taka, CBI tells court
The alleged main shooter arrested in the Narendra Dabholkar killing case received "shooting training" at various places in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the CBI told a court here today. Sachin Prakasrao Andure, who was arrested last evening by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was remanded today in the CBI custody till August 26. He was produced before the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) A S Mujumdar at Shivajinagar amid heavy security. While seeking his custody for 14 days, CBI counsel (public prosecutor) Vijaykumar Dhakane said the investigation revealed that Andure had received "shooting training" at various places in Maharashtra and Karnataka before executing Dabholkar's killing. "The CBI needs to investigate where he underwent the shooting training and also people who provided the required infrastructure to both the shooters," he said. The probe agency told the court that Andure is one of the two assailants who shot at Dabholkar at Omkareshwar Bridge here ..
Conrad Hilton sentenced in car stealing case
American hotelier Conrad Hilton has been formally sentenced in his theft auto case -- the same one in which he went off on a racist and homophobic rant.
Woman, 3 sons jump to death over dowry harassment in Jharkhand
Unable to bear the atrocities meted out by in-laws, a woman along with her three minor sons allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a well in Giridih district, police today said. Sub-Divisional Police Officer Prabhat Ranjan Barwar said police is investigating the case from all angles to ascertain if it was a case of suicide or murder. Jubaida Khatoon (35) and her three sons -- Mozmil (11), Mozsir (8) and Danish (5) -- allegedly jumped into a well yesterday night in Nimadih village under Rajdhanwar police station. A police team rushed to the village when informed that Jubaida along with her three minor sons were missing at around 11 pm last night, Barwar said. Villagers told the police that they had retrieved the bodies and kept them near the well, he said. Jubaidas husband Manowar Ansari and other family members have been missing following the incident, he said. The SDPO said Jubaida, who got married to Ansari 15 years ago, was allegedly subjected to torture for
Two women found dead in J K's Reasi
Two women were found dead under suspicious circumstances in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, the police said today. Vidya Devi was found hanging from a tree in a field behind her house in Kansar Bakal village last evening, a police official said. He said Devi had gone out for some work but when she failed to return home, her family started looking for her and found her dead. Police have started inquest proceedings to ascertain the cause of her death, the official said, adding that preliminary investigation indicates that she may have committed suicide. The official said body of another woman, identified as Shameem Begum, was recovered in Malikot village this morning. The woman had apparently fell from a hillock while cutting grass near her dhok (mud house), he said, adding that police have started investigation and further details are awaited. The bodies of both the deceased were handed over to their families for last rites after completion of legal and medical formalities, he
Siblings held captive at home rescued in Jharkhand
A woman and her brother allegedly held captive at their home by a doctor and his relative have been rescued by the police in Bokaro. Superintendent of Police, Karthik S said the 56-year-old woman and her mentally challenged brother were rushed to Bokaro General Hospital immediately after they were rescued on Tuesday. The siblings, allegedly held captive by an eye-specialist and his relative at the house in Co-operative colony here, were rescued on the basis of a complaint lodged on an emergency number by an unknown person. A case was also registered in this connection against the doctor and his relative two days ago, he said. The SP said it was not clear for how many years they were held captive. After they were rescued, the woman was not found in good health and her brother was found tied to a traction in a cot, he said. The incident requires a thorough investigation as it has left several questions unanswered -- as to why their neighbours had kept quiet and not ...
2 Nigerians arrested with 1-kg heroin
The Haryana Police special task force (STF) has arrested two Nigerian nationals after 1 kg of heroin was allegedly recovered from them in Gurgaon. Acting on a tip-off that two foreigners were roaming near IFFCO Chowk to supply heroin, an STF team nabbed the two accused and recovered nearly 1 kg of heroin yesterday, a police official said today. The duo, Yao and Okelie, have revealed that they used to smuggle heroin from South Africa, Mexico and Peru and supply across Delhi, Gurgaon, Punjab and Haryana. They are presently residing in Hastsal Vihar area of Delhi's Uttam Nagar, the officer said. A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against the two, he said, adding that they were being interrogated to unearth other such possible cases.
After his killing, 3 similar murders took place: Dabholkar's daughter
Mukta Dabholkar, daughter of slain Maharashtra rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, on Sunday claimed that the killings of her father, Govind Pansare, MM Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh had a common link and that they all were killed due to ideological differences.Speaking to ANI, Mukta said, "It is an important development that a person has been arrested after the completion of five years in the case. But I think that what has happened during the investigation is not sufficient. After Dr Dabholkar's murder, three more murders took place in a similar way.""Comrade Pansare (Govind Pansare), Professor Kalburgi (MM Kalburgi) and Gauri Lankesh were shot dead, the forensic reports and the investigating agencies say that all these four killings have a common link. It is a bigger plot and it had some reason behind it. They were killed due to ideological differences," she added.Mukta said that if the murderer of her father had been arrested earlier, precious lives of Pansare, Kalburagi and Lankesh ...
Gujjar leader warns of strong protests if Article 35A scrapped
A leader of Gujjar and Bakerwal communities in Jammu and Kashmir today warned of strong protests if attempts were made to scrap Article 35A of the Constitution which grants special status to permanent residents of the state. Shamsher Hakla Poonchi said the Article is in the interest of the people of the state and vested interests are hatching a conspiracy to deprive the people of the special constitutional provision. "The strong Gujjar and Bakerwal population, living in all the districts except Leh and Kargil in Ladakh region, are in favour of Article 35A," Shamsher Hakla Poonchi said in a statement here. Article 35A, accords special rights and privileges to the citizens of J&K and denies property rights to a woman who marries a person from outside the state. It is currently facing a legal challenge in the Supreme Court. It empowers the state legislature to frame any law without attracting a challenge on the grounds of violation of the Right to Equality of people from other states
SIMI activists' encounter: SC not inclined to interfere in commission's report
The Supreme Court has said it was "not inclined" to interfere with the findings of an inquiry commission in the alleged encounter killings of eight activists of the banned outfit, Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), after a prison break in Bhopal in 2016. The commission, in its report, had given a clean chit to the Madhya Pradesh Police and had termed as "reasonable" and "inevitable" the use of force by the police that resulted in the deaths of eight SIMI activists. A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha and K M Joseph referred to the report of one-member commission, headed by a retired high court judge, and said there was no point in keeping the plea seeking independent probe into the case pending before it. "Inquiry report of a retired high court judge has come. The report is negative," the bench said, adding, "There is no point in keeping the matter pending". "In view of the report of the commission of inquiry constituted by a retired High Court judge, which ..
ADM's gunner among two held for attempting to murder Army veteran in Noida
Two persons were arrested today on charges of assaulting and attempting to murder a retired Army officer a few days ago in a park in Sector 29 here in a case in which an additional district magistrate (ADM), his wife and son are among those booked, police said. They have been booked under the Indian Penal Code sections for attempt to murder, criminal intimidation, criminal trespass and rioting in the case registered at the Sector 20 police station, officials said. One of the ADM's gunner Rahul Nagar (28) and his household help Jitendra Awasthi (26) have been arrested, a police official said. "All necessary permissions were taken before arresting the government-appointed gunner of the ADM accused in the case," the official said. The 76-year-old retired Colonel, Virendra Pratap Singh Chauhan, was arrested on August 14 on charges of molestation levelled by the ADM's wife on the day following a spat between the two sides over alleged illegal construction by the ADM's family. The ADM's ...
Ex-Sena corporator detained in Dabholkar killing case
A former Shiv Sena corporator has been detained in connection with the killing of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar in Maharashtra's Jalna district, CBI sources said today. Shrikant Pangarkar, a former member of the Jalna Municipal Corporation, was detained last night by the CBI after interrogation of Sachin Prakasrao Andure, the alleged main shooter in the Dabholkar murder case, they said. Andure, a resident of Aurangabad in Central Maharashtra, was arrested in Pune last evening, said a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson yesterday. Pangarkar, aged around 40, was taken into custody after Andure told the CBI that he was with him at the time of Dabholkar's murder, the sources said. The former corporator was allegedly riding pillion on the motorcycle driven by Andure, they said. Dabholkar, 67, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants on August 20, 2013, when he was on a morning walk near his home in Pune. Andure, who works as a salesman in a ...
Motorcycle racer found dead in Jaisalmer
A 36-year-old Bengaluru-based biker who had come to participate in Desert Storm Rally here, was found dead, police said today. The body of the biker Ashfaq Mohammed was found in Nayatala village on Friday night after his fellow bikers lodged a complaint with the police, SHO Sam police station Karan Singh said. Prima facie it appears that Mohammed strayed in the desert area and eventually died of thirst and hunger. However, the cause of death will be clear only in the post mortem report, the SHO said. A case has been registered and the body was handed over to his family members today after the post mortem, police said.
2 teens arrested for raping minor
Two teenagers have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a six-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, police said today. The two accused, both aged 15, had on August 15 lured the minor into a room in their village and committed the crime, said Ballia Superintendent of Police (SP) Sriparna Ganguly. A case was registered yesterday at Sukhpura police station under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, Ganguly said. The duo have been arrested and the girl was sent for medical examination, the SP added.
Mumbai blast accused Farooq Takla got Indian passport in 2011 with fake identity: CBI
Farooq Takla, the alleged "active conspirator" behind the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts and a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim, had managed to get an Indian passport under the assumed identity of Mushtaq Mohammed Miyan in 2011, the CBI has said. The passport issued by the Indian consulate in Dubai was recovered from Takla when he was brought from there on March 8, 2018 and arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, the CBI has claimed in a charge sheet it filed before a TADA court in Mumbai last week. The agency has alleged that Md Farooq Yasin Mansoor alias Farooq Takla had escaped to Dubai after the serial blasts in March 1993, that killed 257 people, and was living under an assumed identity of Mushtaq Mohammed Miyan. The passport recovered from Takla was issued by the Indian consulate in Dubai on February 8, 2011, it said. The agency had taken over investigation in the bombings from the Bombay (now Mumbai) Police on November 19, 1993. The police had filed a charge sheet on ...
Make public all remission orders of life convicts: CIC on Rajiv assassin's plea
The orders granting or denying remission to life term convicts post 2000 should be put on the Union Home Ministry website, the CIC has said on a petition by a Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict. The Central Information Commission, the top appellate authority in the matters pertaining to the Right to Information Act, held that it is in public interest that people get to know as to why a convict is being released. Hearing the petition filed by A G Perarivalan, a convict in the former prime minister's assassination case, Information Commissioner Yashovardhan Azad directed the Home Ministry public information commissioner to place all orders granting or denying remission to life convicts from the year 2000 onwards on the website of the MHA. In addition to the copy of orders, Perarivalan, through his RTI application, had also sought to know if any rules have been framed by the Centre on granting remission as directed by the Supreme Court. He had also sought the copies of communication ...
Temple priest among two killed in Haryana's Karnal district
Two persons including a priest were allegedly stabbed to death in a temple complex in Haryana's Karnal district, police said today. Three others were seriously injured in the attack carried out yesterday night, Inspector Raj Kumar, SHO, Madhuban Police Station, said over the phone. The injured have been hospitalised, he said. "A priest is among the two dead," Kumar said adding that one of the deceased belonged to Uttar Pradesh while the other victim was from Pundri, Haryana. The identity of the assailants is not known, a police official said. He said some children who visited the temple today morning noticed the crime after which local residents and the police were informed. Police said they also recovered liquor bottles and some other "objectionable material" from the site adding thorough investigations were being carried out.
Dabholkar murder case: Main shooter remanded in CBI custody
A court here today remanded the alleged main shooter in the murder case of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar in CBI custody till August 26. Sachin Prakasrao Andure, who was arrested last evening by the CBI, was produced before the court of judicial magistrate first class A S Mujumdar. Andure, a resident of Aurangabad, was nabbed from Pune, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson said earlier. He was believed to be one of the shooters who fired at Dabholkar while he was on morning walk on the Onkareshwar Bridge in Pune on August 20, 2013, the CBI spokesperson said. Earlier, the CBI charge sheet had named Sarang Akolkar and Vinay Pawar, both absconding, as the shooters.
History-sheeter killed after he holds family hostage in Gujarat
A man, who held a family hostage in Gujarat's Mahisagar district, was shot dead by the police, an official said today. Three policemen were also injured in the incident. Sajid Hanif, a history-sheeter, held four women and a child hostage last night at a house in Lunawada town, about 130 km from here, Mahisagar Superintendent of Police Usha Rada said. "The police received information that a man, accused in cases of loot and extortion, was roaming in Lunawada, wielding sword and terrorising people in Polan School area of the town," she said. "When the police tried to corner Hanif, he entered a house and held four women and a child hostage," she said. When the policemen tried to rescue the women and the child, Hanif attacked them with a sword, injuring two personnel. A police sub-inspector then shot at Hanif. He sustained three bullet injuries and was killed on the spot, Rada said. "Two policemen were injured when Hanif attacked them with the sword. Another policeman was hit by a bullet .