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Hardik Patel detained in Ahmedabad ahead of hunger strike
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel was detained by Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Sunday morning before he was set to take part in a hunger strike.Hardik and other Patidar leaders were on their way to Nikol assembly constituency of Ahmedabad district when they were detained by the crime branch. The group was intended to take part in a one-day hunger strike over the issue of reservation.Earlier in the day, the 25-year-old social-political activist tweeted, "To stop today's one-day hunger strike, our 130 agitators have been arrested so far and 58 agitators are under house arrest at my residence. Over 200 policemen are posted around my house. Why does Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) fear indefinite strike so much."On July 25, Patel along with his two aides was sentenced to two years of imprisonment by a local court in Gujarat for inciting violence during a protest rally held in 2015. They, however, were later granted bail with a direction to file an appeal in the Gujarat High Court ...
Lady don Basheeran alias 'mummy' arrested in Delhi
The Delhi Police has arrested 62-year-old lady don Basheeran, who was wanted in 113 criminal cases, from the Sangam Vihar locality in the national capital here.After police received information via their sources that Basheeran is near Sangam Vihar area, she was nabbed on August 17. Basheeran, also known as mummy, was absconding for the past seven months after being accused in a September 2017 murder case where a partially decomposed body was recovered from a jungle in Sangam Vihar's K Block.During the investigation, the police reached her residence to arrest Basheeran but she managed to escape and was absconding all this while. Following the court's order, the police later attached her residence and property under Section 83 of the CrPC.Later, Basheeran had also filed an application for anticipatory bail at the Delhi High Court and for property release at the Saket Court, but the two courts strongly objected and dismissed the application.She along with her eight sons has been involved
Two drug peddlers held with poppy husk in Jammu
Two alleged drug peddlers from Punjab were today arrested here after over 10 kg of poppy husk was sezed from them, police said. Dhampal and Ajay Kumar, both residents of the Bassi-Hoshiyarpur area in Punjab, were stopped by a police party busy in routine checking at Manda in the city, a police official said. He said the search of the duo led to the seizure of 10.31 kg of poppy husk and both of them were immediately arrested and booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Four members of inter-state criminal gang arrested:Police
Four members of an inter-state criminal gang and a gun supplier were arrested in Ganjam district, the police said today. A country-made gun, some ammunition, Rs 12,000 cash and six mobile phones were seized from the gangsters, while gun-making equipment were seized from the gun supplier's workshop yesterday, they said. The gangsters had looted around Rs 20,000 cash from the manager of a private finance company on Talapada-Nuagaon Road in Khallikote area on July 24. The gang committed two more similar crimes in Ganjam district, the police said. Another member of the gang, Dilip Das (27) alias Bideshi was arrested by Kodala police after an exchange of fire near Pustapur on August 8. Das was allegedly involved in 30 cases in different districts.
After children testify, HC upholds man's life imprisonment for killing wife
The Delhi High Court has upheld life imprisonment awarded to a man by a trial court for setting his wife afire for refusing to give him money to buy liquor, saying their three children had testified that he had killed her. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel said the testimonies of the children were sufficient to hold their father guilty of murdering their mother and it refused to interfere with the trial court's decision. "In any event, the three children have clearly spoken about the incident and the role of the appellant (father) and have not been contradicted at all in their cross-examinations. Their testimonies by themselves are sufficient to bring home the guilt of the appellant for the offence with which he was charged. "Having carefully examined the entire evidence, this court is not persuaded to come to a conclusion different from that reached by the trial court as far as the guilt of the appellant for the murder of his wife is concerned," the bench said and ...
MP: Body of 3-year-old girl found, police suspect rape, murder
A body of a three-year-old minor girl, who had gone missing since Thursday while playing outside her home in Burhanpur, was recovered in the wee hours of Sunday from a village which is a kilometre away from the region.Speaking to media, Ajay Kumar, Chief Superintendent of Police, said that the victim was suspected to have been chocked to death following the rape."Three doctors have examined the body of the victim and surmised that there is a strong possibility of sexual assault. They have also found strangulation marks on the semi-decomposed body. We have sent the body to the forensic laboratory situated in Bhopal. It is expected that the lab report will reveal the cause of death," he added.The police is conducting a thorough investigation of the incident in order to get a clue about the accused.Ajay Raghuvanshi, the chief of District Congress Committee, condemned the incident and suggested that the police must tightened its security in and around the region to curb the menace of ...
Body found in Florida's Disney World
A body was found inside a burned vehicle near Disney's Fantasia Gardens miniature golf course, police said.
Fruit trader lodges false police complaint to gain sympathy of creditors
A fruit trader misled the police by lodging a false complaint today about being robbed in a bid to gain sympathy from his creditors, the police said. The man, a papaya trader from Azadpur, was facing losses in his business for the last few months and owed Rs 20 lakh to his creditors. He was running the business along with two of his brothers and some others. He called the Police Control Room (PCR) at around 5.45 pm, alleging that he was robbed of Rs 10.8 lakh and 420 grams of gold at gunpoint by four miscreants, the police said. The fruit trader, one of his brothers and his labourers were questioned and contradictions were found in their statements. The businessman claimed that the incident happened at 3.30 pm. Asked about the delay in approaching the police, he did not have any satisfactory answer. On further interrogation, he confessed that he had narrated a false story in order to gain sympathy from his creditors and also to buy time to pay the loan, the police said. No case has ...
2 bike-borne men open fire outside east Delhi restaurant
Two bike-borne men allegedly opened fire outside a restaurant in east Delhi's Geeta Colony today, police said. At least six rounds were fired by the duo outside the restaurant in the afternoon, they added. The police suspect that the miscreants opened fire to instil a sense fear in the mind of the restaurant owner. The owner and two of his employees rushed inside the restaurant on hearing the gunshots. The accused then fled the spot. The police rushed to the spot after they were informed of the incident by the owner of the restaurant. On inspecting the crime scene, they found empty cartridges. The police are scanning through the CCTV footage obtained from the area to ascertain the identity of accused. A case has been registered.
UK parliament attack suspect charged with attempted murder
A man accused of crashing his car into the security barriers surrounding Britain's Houses of Parliament was charged with attempted murder, police said. Salih Khater, 29, a Sudanese-born British national living in Birmingham, central England, will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Monday, police said. He was charged yesterday with one count of attempting to murder members of the public and one of attempting to murder police officers following the incident outside London's iconic Palace of Westminster on Tuesday. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), England's state prosecutors, are treating the case as terrorism, the police said. "The charges follow an incident in which Khater drove his car into a stationary group of members of the public then at police officers, before crashing into the barriers outside the Houses of Parliament," London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement. "Due to the methodology, iconic location and the alleged targeting of ...
Pak: Punjab CM nominee paid blood money to drop murder charges
Usman Buzdar, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate for the post of the chief minister of Punjab province had allegedly paid blood money to settle a murder case.Buzdar and his father were in a legal soup for plotting a murder, wherein six men were killed in a firing during the 1998 elections. Reports citing sources disclosed that more than 20 people were involved in the incident, who had started indiscriminate firing during Buzdar's poll campaigning, The News International reported.A court had declared Buzdar and others guilty in connection with the murder case. However, the Punjab chief minister nominee and his father allegedly paid Rs. 7,50,000 as a settlement, following which the charges against them were dropped.However, Buzdar himself has rejected the allegations against him, terming it as 'propaganda' and said that the murder charges against him were 'fake'. Buzdar's brother also rebuffed the claims, saying they were 'baseless'.On Friday, the newly sworn-in prime minister
U'Khand CM condemns rape of 12-year-old girl, assures strict action against accused
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday condemned the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Bhakra village of the state and assured stringent action against the accused.Taking to twitter the Chief Minister said, "The murder of a girl child after gang-rape in Uttarkashi has shaken me. There is no place for such demonic crimes in our 'Devbhumi' and I assure that all culprits in this incident will be given strictest punishment under the law.""All contractors or workmen will have to ensure that the verification of workers coming from outside has to be done. All District Magistrates are given clear instructions regarding the identification of those who have not been verified and take appropriate action," he added.A 12-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, gang-raped and killed by four men in Bhakra village of Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi on Friday night.Meanwhile, a case has been registered in this regard and internet services have been suspended in the ...
Hope real culprits behind murder are found soon: Narendra Dabholkar's son
The son of slain Maharashtra rationalist Narendra Dabholkar hoped that the real perpetrators behind the murder of his father are nabbed soon.According to media reports, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested one of the two gunmen who allegedly killed Narendra Dabholkar in 2013.Sachin Prakasrao Andure, who is believed to be one of the shooters who shot dead the MANS founder in Pune, was arrested by the central probe agency from Maharashtra's Aurangabad.Narendra Dabholkar's son Hamid Dabholkar, told ANI, "The CBI has arrested a person in connection with the case. I think it is an important development in the case which will help in the further probe. We hope that with this arrest, investigating agencies will get to the mastermind who was involved in the killing of my father Dr Dabholkar. The Bombay High Court is supervising and monitoring the case. I hope soon the accused in murder cases of Govind Pansare, MM Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh will also get arrested by ..
Ex-lawyer of pharma executive Shkreli gets 18 months prison for fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York lawyer was sentenced to 18 months prison on Friday for helping Martin Shkreli, currently serving a seven year prison sentence after being convicted of related charges, defraud a drug company that Shkreli had founded.
Put remission rules for convicts in public domain: CIC to MHA
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to provide all orders relating to granting or denying remission to various life convicts to AG Perarivalan, convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case saying he has the right to know about rules and order with regard to remissions. The CIC also directed MHA to put all such orders from the year 2000 onwards in public domain and upload them on its website."The Commission finds no reason to hold a remission order as classified and guarding the same from public vigil. The Commission sees no impediment if the remission orders are made public," Information Commissioner Yashovardhan Azad said in his order on an appeal filed by Perarivalan. Perarivalan was awarded death sentence which was later commuted to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court in 2014.Perarivalan had in January 2016 filed an application under Right to Information (RTI) with MHA seeking to know the documented policy and rules governing the ...
Motorcycle racer found dead in Rajasthan
A biker, part of a motorcycle adventure rally, was found dead in Rajasthan after he apparently lost his way while exploring the surroundings of Jaisalmer, officials said on Saturday.
Contraband gold valued at Rs 1 crore seized in Imphal
Five persons have been arrested and 16 gold bars valued at Rs 1 crore seized from them, Assistant Commissioner of Customs Division R.K. Dorendrajit said on Saturday.
Bengal ex-IPS officer booked in disproportionate assets case
A disproportionate assets case has been registered against former West Midnapore district police chief Bharati Ghosh, an official said on Saturday.
4 arrested with illegal weapons in HP
Four alleged arms suppliers were arrested and two pistols and a revolver were seized from their possession near Narwana today, police said. A police party intercepted a car here and seized two pistols and a revolver, SP Kangra Santosh Patial. The arrested people were identified as Bikram Singh (23), Sonu (23), Gourav (29) and Sunil Kumar (22), all hailing from Punjab. A probe into the matter is underway, Patial said.
Wanted woman involved in 113 crimes held in Delhi
A woman gangster involved in 113 crime cases and counted among top five dreaded women criminals in Delhi was arrested early on Saturday, police said.