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STF arrests wanted criminal in Gurugram
The Haryana Special Task Force (STF) arrested a wanted criminal with Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head along with his accomplice after a brief exchange of fire, the STF Deputy Inspector General said on Saturday.
Two Nigerians held in Gurugram with drugs valued at Rs 5 cr
Two Nigerians were arrested in Gurugram and over 1 kg heroin valued at Rs 5 crore in the international market was seized from them, police said on Saturday.
12 arrested in lynching case of Assam's Biswanath dist
Twelve people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in lynching a man and severely injuring three others on suspicions of cattle theft in Assam's Biswanath district, police said today. Machetes, sticks and rods used in the August 15 attack were seized and police were looking for others involved in the incident, Superintendent of Police (SP) Diganta Kumar Choudhury told PTI. In the attack, Deben Rajbongshi (35) was killed and Pujan Ghatowar (40), Phulchand Sahu (25) and Bijoy Nayak (25) were injured by a mob of villagers at Line Number 15 of Diplonga Tea Estate under the Sootea police station, police had said. "As per our probe, around 15 people were involved in provocation and attack on the four persons. During the last two days, we have arrested 12 people who were involved in the lynching incident," the SP said today. "Line number 15 of Diplonga Tea Estate, where the incident occurred, has about 40 resident families. At the time of the attack, around 50 people were ...
3 killed as jeep falls into river in Rajasthan
Three women were killed after their jeep fell into a river in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district, police said today. The jeep was carrying nine passengers, including eight women. The deceased were identified as Champa (45), Chandu (35) and Hawa (35), SP Jaisalmer Jagdish Chandra Sharma said. The passengers were on the way to Deva from Jaisalmer, he said.
Man arrested for raping 11-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh
Police in Balrampur district of Chhattisgarh have arrested a man for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl. The alleged incident took place under Kusmi police station limits on the evening of August 14, a local police official said. As the girl was returning from school on bicycle, the accused, who is 20 years old, and his friend, a minor, allegedly intercepted her and took her to a hut in forest. While the accused allegedly raped her, his friend fled from the spot. The girl reached home next morning and told her parents about the incident. Police arrested the accused and apprehended his minor friend on August 16 after the FIR was registered under IPC section 376 (rape). The police, however, did not reveal the accused's name.
Explosives seizure case: police custody of 3 accused extended
A court here extended till August 28 the police custody of three suspected members of a right-wing group who were arrested last week for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to carry out blasts in Maharashtra. As per prima facie evidence produced before the court, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) is applicable, hence the probe can not be curtailed, special UAPA Judge Vinod Padalkar said while granting further remand today. Vaibhav Raut (40), who runs a cow protection outfit, was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of police on August 10 from Nallasopara near Mumbai. It was followed by arrests of Sharad Kalaskar (25) from Palghar district and Sudhanva Gondhalekar (39) from Pune. Producing them before the court after their police (ATS) remand today ended, the squad said it had recovered arms and explosive materials from the house of Prasad Deshpande at Natepute village in Malshiras tehsil of Solapur district, alongwith some letters. Besides, the ATS has seized ...
Man sentenced to life term for raping minor cousin in Bundi
A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court in Bundi today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for repeatedly raping his minor cousin for about seven months. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 on the accused Pintu Rager (23), a resident of Jhakmund village under Talera police station of Bundi district. POCSO court judge Deepak Dubey took a serious note of the act which disgraced the dignity of relationship in a family, and sentenced the accused to life term for repeatedly raping his 14-and-a-half-year old cousin, said special public prosecutor (SPP) Mahendra Kumar Sharma. A total of 21 documents were produced before the court during the trial and statements of 10 witnesses were recorded, the SPP said. The crime was committed in 2015 when the convict Rager took his minor cousin to Kota for medical checkup and raped her in his room in Jhakmund village, he said. The convict threatened the minor with dire consequences if she revealed the act to anyone ..
Two Nigerians held with drugs valued at Rs 5 cr in Gurugram
Two Nigerians were arrested in Gurugram and 1.3 kg heroin valued at Rs 5 crore in the international market was seized from them, police said on Saturday.
Principal of missionary school arrested for dishonouring Tricolour
The principal of a missionary school in Assam's Morigoan district was arrested on charges of dishonouring the national flag, police said today. According to district's Deputy Superintendent of Police Mrinmoy Goswami, Father James Xavier was arrested yesterday after locals complained that he did not hoist the national flag in his school on Independence Day and also defied a government order to fly it half mast from August 16 for seven days as a mark of respect to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Father Xavier was released on bail by a local court today, the DSP added. Locals had lodged the complaint at Morigaon police station yesterday against Xavier, who is the principal of Saint Eugene School which is located about eight km from the district headquarter town. A case was filed under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insult to National Honour (Amendment) Act 2005 and the principal was arrested as all educational institutions have to hoist the flag on Independence Day, Goswami ..
Gangster, accomplice arrested in Pb; arms, ammunition seized
Police today claimed to have arrested a gangster and one of his accomplices within hours of robbing a motorcycle from a youth and cash from an employee of a liquor shop. SP (Investigation) Balraj Singh said last evening police were informed that three youth had robbed one Rohit Kumar of his motorcycle at gunpoint near Bakhlor village. Later they were also informed that some robbers had looted Rs 27,000 cash from an employee of a liquor shop in Chahal Khurd. Late into the night, when a police team signalled three motorbike-borne youth to stop near Chakdana, they tried to speed away, he said. Following a chase, during which the three fired on the police, two of the accused were arrested and the third managed to flee, the police officer said, adding two pistols, 10 cartridges, Rs 27,000 in cash and the motorcycle were seized from them. The accused were identified as Harpinderjit Singh, a resident of Jindowal, and Manjit Singh, a resident of Krishna Nagar in Banga, he said. Their third ...
3 arrested for killing man at scrap unit in Thane
Three persons working in a scrap unit in Thane in Maharashtra have been arrested for allegedly killing a colleague on April 10, a senior police official said today. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 1, D S Swami said that the victim Jamil Nasibdar (26) had seen four people pilfering scrap from the unit they worked in. The four, afraid that Nasibdar would complain about them to the unit owner, killed him on April 10 in Uttarshiv area of Shil Daighar locality in the district. The official identified the three arrested persons as Jagnarayan, Nandram Verma and Pramod Verma and said that the fourth accused, Badkau Paswan, was still at large.
Elderly man dies after robbers gag him and wife
A 68-year-old man died after a gang of robbers gagged him and his wife and fled with Rs 50 lakh and gold from their house here, police said today. The businessman, who was an asthma patient, died after the robbers bound him and his 64-year-old wife and gagged them in the early hours yesterday, they said. The woman managed to free herself later and informed police.
Another trial looms for ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort
As jurors weigh Paul Manafort's fate in a sprawling financial fraud case, the former Trump campaign chairman still has another trial looming in the nation's capital and prosecutors there have a whole new set of charges and a huge volume of evidence. The trial now underway in Alexandria, Virginia, is the first case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller to go to trial. The jury will return Monday to begin a third day of deliberations on 18 counts, including tax and bank fraud and failure to disclose foreign bank accounts. In the District of Columbia, Manafort is scheduled to go on trial in September on charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States, failing to register as a foreign agent, money laundering, witness tampering and making false statements. Neither case involves allegations of Russian election interference or possible coordination by the Trump campaign, which are at the heart of Mueller's larger investigation. But President Donald Trump has expressed a keen ..
Farmer accidentally falls into well in Rajasthan, dies
A 31-year-old farmer died after he accidentally fell into a well at his agricultural field today, police said. The incident took place in the morning in Matunda village which comes under the jurisdiction of Sadar police station. The deceased was identified as Pramod Sharma. The body was handed over to his family members after postmortem, the police said, adding that a case was registered under Section 174 of the CrPC.
Man, absconding for five years, held in JK's Samba
A man, who was absconding in a criminal case for the last five years after being booked under the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), was arrested today in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Malkeet Singh, a resident of R S Pura area of Jammu, was arrested from Bari Brahmana area on the basis of specific inputs, a police spokesman said. He said Singh, who was evading arrest for the last five years after committing the crime, was produced in the court. Singh is facing charges under various sections of the RPC, including wrongful restraint, voluntarily causing hurt, theft after preparation made for causing death, destruction of evidence and rioting, he said.
AIMIM corporator, who opposed motion on Vajapyee, arrested; BJP members booked after ruckus
An AIMIM corporator has been arrested here on charges of trying to promote enmity and incite riot after he opposed a resolution in the municipal corporation to pay tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, police said today. The police later also registered a case against five BJP corporators including the deputy mayor of the city for allegedly thrashing the AIMIM corporator at the meeting of the civic body in Aurangabad in central Maharashtra. Syed Mateen Sayyad Rashid, a member of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) belonging to the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), was arrested last night, a police official said. The arrest was made after a complaint was filed against him by the AMC's security officer, he said. Rashid (32) was booked under IPC sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 294 (obscene acts in public) at the City Chowk police station. Earlier yesterday, ..
Two-year-old girl dies of burn injury after four days
A two-year old girl, who had suffered extensive burn injuries after being allegedly pushed into a pot of boiling rice four days ago during an altercation died today at the SSKM Hospital here. A spokesman of the hospital said the girl had suffered over 75 per cent burns and was in a critical condition. The girl was allegedly pushed into the pot of boiling rice pot during an altercation between the families of a landlord and their tenant on August 14, an officer of Ultadanga police station had said. The child belonged to the family of the tenant, the officer had said. Two persons had been arrested in connection with the incident after the child's family lodged a police complaint.
DIG orders shifting of 44 notorious criminals out of Patna to
The Bihar police today ordered shifting of 44 notorious criminals- facing charges of serious offences like murder, kidnapping, extortion etc.- from Patna to other central jails of the state. The shifting order was issued by Central Range Deputy Inspector General of police Rajesh Kumar following a report that these criminals continue to operate from behind the bars. "Several notorious criminals, who are lodged in different jails of Patna, are getting crimes committed from behind the bars. These criminals were operating through either mobile phones or meeting some other persons in jail for getting their work (crimes) done," the DIG order said. Even FIRs have been lodged against many of them for carrying out their activities from the jail, the DIG mentioned in the order. The order addressed to Patna District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police asked to shift them to other central jails located at Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur and Buxar. The decision followed a report ...
Explosive seizure case: ATS custody of 3 accused extended till Aug 28
A court here today extended till August 28 the police custody of three suspected members of a right-wing group, who were arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to carry out blasts in Maharashtra. Vaibhav Raut (40), who used to run a pro-cow protection outfit, was arrested by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police on August 10 from Nallasopara near Mumbai. It was followed by arrests of Sharad Kalaskar (25) from Palghar district and Sudhanva Gondhalekar (39) from Pune. The arrested accused were produced before judge Vinod Padalkar after their police remand ended today. The ATS told the court that it has seized arms and explosives from the house of one Prasad Deshpande at Natepute village in Malshiras tehsil of Solapur district, along with some letters. These letters, as well as other documents and messages exchanged through mobile phones by the accused contained some code words which the ATS wanted to probe, the prosecution said. The defence lawyer argued that there .
8 policemen including SHO injured in two separate incidents
Eight policemen including a station house officer (SHO) were injured in two separate incidents of firing and brick batting in Bihar's Bhojpur district, a police officer said today. Superintendent of Police, Awakash Kumar said a man was shot dead at Bajeriyan village yesterday evening. When a police team was leaving the place with the body, some people fired at the team to protest the taking away of the body, in which the SHO Sanjay Kumar received bullet injury in his hand. The police team also returned the fire, the SP said. Around 15 people were today arrested in connection with yesterday's firing, Kumar said. The situation in the village is tense but under control, he said, adding additional police forces have been deployed at the village where senior officials are camping. The son of a village home guard was shot dead by a man identified as Bahadur yesterday evening. The angry villagers attacked the house of Bahadur and set his bicycle, tractor on fire, Kumar said. A ..