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Man kills sister-in-law, nephew
A 55-year-old woman and her nephew were stabbed multiple times with a shovel allegedly by her brother-in-law at their residence in central Delhi's Paharganj area, police said today. The police were informed yesterday about the incident. The deceased were identified as Kaushalya and her 30-year-old nephew Purushottam. Kaushalya's son, 25-year-old Rohit, was also injured in the attack. The accused Rajkumar alias Raju attacked the trio with a shovel and aa kitchen knife while they were asleep and fled from the spot. Subsequently, he was nabbed. When police reached the spot, they found Purshottam's body lying in a pool of blood on the first floor. Kaushalya and her son were rushed to a hospital where she was declared brought dead. Tarachand, who is the brother of the accused, had informed the police about the incident. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, police said adding that a case has been registered. Police are probing the reason behind the killings.
Mob lynching: one dead, three injured on suspicion of cattle lifting
One man was lynched and three others were critically injured by a mob in Biswanath district of Assam that suspected them to be cattle lifters, police said today. Biswanath Superintendent of Police Diganta Kumar Choudhury told PTI the incident took place early yesterday at Line Number 15 of Diplonga Tea Estate under the Sootea police station. The SP said as per preliminary inquiry, the four men had allegedly stolen two cows from a person named Sankat Tanti and were fleeing in an auto van which had no number plate. "After Tanti shouted for help, the villagers intercepted the four and started thrashing the suspected thieves. We have recovered the auto van and the two cows," Choudhury said. Village defence party personnel called the police, which reached the spot immediately and rescued the four from the clutches of the attackers and rushed them to hospital, he said. "One among them died, while the other three persons were being treated at a private hospital in Biswanath Chariali," ...
SC asks Assam NRC coordinator to submit data of those excluded from draft
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator to provide it with the data of district-wise percentage of population excluded from the NRC draft in the state.A two-judge bench of the Apex Court, headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi and also comprising of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, sought the response of all the stakeholders including All Assam Students Union, All Assam Minority Students Union on the Centre's Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in this regard.The Apex Court also directed Assam co-coordinator of the National Register for Citizens (NRC) Prateek Hajela to make available the copies of draft NRC to general public of the state.The Top Court further told that claims and objections in connection with the Assam NRC issue will be accepted from August 30.The court will hear the matter next on August 28.Earlier on August 7, the Supreme Court held Hajela and Registrar General of India guilty of contempt of court, reprimanding them ...
Notorious criminal nabbed from Jind: police
A notorious criminal was nabbed by from Jind, the Haryana Police claimed today. Two pistols and two cartridges were recovered from the possession of Puneet alias Kadwa, who was wanted in 11 cases of murder, attempt to murder, robbery and dacoity, said an official spokesman of the police department here. Police received information that a suspect with a bag was waiting for someone near village Bahamanwas here, he said. A police team rushed to the spot, he said. On seeing policemen, the accused tried to flee and fired a gun shot, the spokesman said. He was, however, nabbed, he added. During preliminary interrogation, he confessed to his involvement in 11 cases of murder, attempt to murder, loot and dacoity in Bhiwani, Jind, Hansi and Rohtak, he said. He was out on bail from jail on May 14, 2018, he added.
Heroin seized in Mizoram, 2 held
Officials of the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department today seized more than 200 grams of heroin, valued at Rs 10.50 lakh, from an area near here and arrested two persons in this connection. The contraband, weighing 252 gm, was seized by the anti-narcotic squad from Bawngkawn area in Aizawl, department spokesman Peter Zohmingthanga said. The heroin was reportedly smuggled from neighbouring Myanmar, he said. Lalzuineihsial (29) of Kolasib district and Ginminlun (49) of Tamenglong district of Manipur were arrested in this connection, he said. They were booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 and produced before the special judge (ND and PS Act) who remanded them to judicial custody for 14 days.
Bike robber nabbed within 60 mins in Gautam Buddh Nagar's Badalpur
Sixty minutes is all it took the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police to arrest a man and impound the motorcycle he robbed on a highway near the Air Force camp in Badalpur here today. At 12.01 pm, officials at the Badalpur Police Station got a call from UP 100 service, alerting them about the robbery on the GT Road, the police said. "We were informed a man has been robbed off his motorcycle and injured by two men," Badalpur Station House Officer Vijay Kumar said. The accused, identified as Chhotu alias Sonu (24), had disguised as a wounded man and stood along the road. When the victim, a resident of Brij Vihar, passed by, Chhotu signalled for a hitch-hike. "Out of compassion, the victim agreed to give him a lift. But no sooner did he stop, Chhotu started hitting him and soon his accomplice emerged from the bushes nearby. The two then overpowered the victim," the SHO said. Soon, Chhotu fled the spot on the robbed motorcycle while his accomplice, who is yet to be held, left on a scooty, he ...
Three-year-old dies in Thailand after being left in school van
A three-year-old kindergartener died after she was left behind in a hot school van in Thailand, police said Thursday after arresting the driver. The girl was discovered Wednesday afternoon after her mother went to pick her up at the end of school in the southern province of Pattani and was told the child was absent. The mother and a teacher located the driver, who led them to the locked van where they found the body. "The girl's body was pale, no wounds, with a little blood stain at her nose," Montri Kongwatmai, commander of the Sai Buri district police, told AFP. "She must have thrashed around." The heat inside the stuffy van and a lack of air caused her death, Montri said, citing the autopsy results. The 23-year-old driver admitted to failing to check whether all the children had gotten out of the vehicle in the morning, Montri said. He was charged with negligence resulting in death. Between 2012 and 2016 in Thailand, there were 13 cases of children abandoned inside school buses or .
HC notice to Centre, TN govt over alleged lapses in Rahul Gandhi security
The Madras High Court today issued notices to the Tamil Nadu and Central governments on a PIL seeking a judicial probe in alleged security lapses during Congress President Rahul Gandhi's visit to the Rajaji Hall here to pay homage to departed DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi. A Division Bench comprising justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad, which heard the petition filed by advocate A P Suryaprakasam, posted the matter for further hearing on September 14. According to the petitioner, when Gandhi visited the Rajaji Hall on August 8 to pay homage to late Karunanidhi, whose mortal remains were kept there to enable public to pay their last respects, there was a confusion in the security apparatus and a big lapse in the security of the SPG protectee. "Rahul Gandhi was literally isolated and made to wade through a huge crowd of emotionally charged people in the overcrowded staircase of Rajaji Hall," he claimed, and sought a judicial probe into alleged lapses. The petitioner said the ...
Man held for double murder in Delhi
A man was arrested for stabbing to death his sister-in-law and nephew on Thursday over a domestic dispute here, police said.
Malaysian 'Iceman' sentenced to death in Thailand
A Malaysian drug dealer dubbed the "Iceman" was sentenced to death today by a court in Thailand after he was convicted of running a narcotics network that funnelled huge profits into legitimate businesses. Tun Hung Seong was arrested in April last year after a tipoff that he had hired a man to smuggle nearly 300 kilogrammes of crystal meth -- known as ice -- through the violence-scarred south. Investigators believe he acted as a gatekeeper to the Malaysian drug market just over the border and laundered money through karaoke bars, hotels and restaurants. The Bangkok court convicted Tun, 65, on drug trafficking charges alongside two Thai women and a Taiwanese man. All four were sentenced to death, although the sentences of the Taiwanese man and one of the Thai women were reduced to life imprisonment due to their "useful" confessions. Situated along the drug-running routes of the "Golden Triangle," Thailand provides overland routes for the smuggling of meth from factories in lawless ...
Jindal faces additional charge in coal scam
An additional charge of abetment to bribe has been framed against Congress leader Naveen Jindal and others. A special court on Thursday took the decision in the alleged irregularities in Amarkonda Murgdangal coal allocation case.The formal framing of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda would take place on August 31 since he did not appear before the judicature citing personal reasons.Abetment of bribery is a punishable offense under Section 12 in the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, with imprisonment for a term of six months to five years.In July, the judicature framed charges under Section 120B (Criminal Conspiracy) against Jindal Steel and Power's (JSPL) then adviser Anand Goel, Nihar Stocks Ltd director BSN Suryanarayan and Mumbai's Essar Power Ltd Executive Vice Chairman Sushil Kumar Maroo. All three were named in an additional charge sheet filed by the investigating agency in the case.In April 2016, in another case the court ordered framing of charges against Jindal, ..
Australian sex abuse victim settles with Catholic order
A 74-year-old man with terminal cancer today said he could die happy after reaching a 1 million Australian dollar (USD 727,000) landmark settlement against a Catholic religious order for sexual abuse he suffered in Australia more than 50 years ago. Paul Bradshaw was to testify today in the Western Australia state District Court about his ill treatment at Castledare Junior Orphanage and Clontarf Orphanage run by the Irish Chritian Brothers order in the 1950s and '60s. But instead, a settlement was reached with the Trustees of the Christian Brothers for the abuse he suffered at the hands of Brothers Lawrence Murphy, Bruno Doyle and Christopher Angus, who are all dead. Bradshaw is the first victim to claim damages for historical child sex abuse under laws that recently came into effect in Western Australia, removing the time limit for such cases. He cried outside court, explaining his 60-year fight and said he was relieved his family would receive his compensation money. He said doctors .
Court frames bribery charges against Jindal in coal case
A special court here on Thursday framed an additional charge of abetment to bribery against industrialist and senior Congress leader Naveen Jindal and others in a coal block allocation case.
Kingpin of racket involved in trafficking children to US nabbed in Guj
The prime accused in a case of trafficking children to the US was arrested by the Mumbai Police from Gujarat, a senior official said today. Rajesh Ghamelawala, 54, and members of his syndicate allegedly used to send children to the United States on demand, he said. The racket was unearthed in March this year when two girls, in the age group of 11 to 16 years, were rescued by the police near a salon in suburban Versova where they were brought for make-up, the official said. Four persons -- Amir Khan (36), Tajuddin Khan (48), Afzal Shaikh (38) and Rizwan Chotani (39) -- who were along with the girls were then arrested by the police, he said. The two girls were natives of Gujarat, he said. During the interrogation of the four accused, Ghamelawala's name cropped up as the kingpin of the racket, the official said. "He was wanted in connection with the trafficking of the two girls," he said. Based on the information provided by the four accused, the Mumbai Police tracked Ghamelawala to ...
Afghan man caught by customs dept at Delhi airport for smuggling gold
An Afghan man has been arrested by customs officials at Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing about Rs 32 lakh, according to an official statement issued today. The passenger was intercepted after his arrival from Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan on Tuesday. His personal search resulted in recovery of a gold chain and a gold bracelet weighing 1.06 kg having market value of Rs 31.74 lakh," the customs department said in the statement. The accused has been arrested and the gold seized. In another case, an Indian man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle out foreign currency worth over Rs 33 lakh. The accused in this case was intercepted by the customs officials when he was proceeding to board a flight to Dubai on Monday. "A detailed personal search of the passenger resulted in the recovery of foreign currency amounting to USD 50,000, equivalent to Rs 33.7 lakh," it said, adding the man was arrested and the currency was seized.
17-yr-old raped in Amethi, accused arrested
Two boys have been arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl here, police said today. The incident took place when the girl had gone outside to attend nature's call last night in Kataiya village here, Circle officer of Musafirkhana Police Station S P Singh said. Both the accused were arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) today, he said.
Kim Jong-nam murder: 'Enough evidence' for women to go on trial
A Malaysian court on Thursday ruled that the evidence against two women accused of murdering the half-brother of North Korea's leader is strong enough for the case to go to trial.
Govt teacher engaged in NRC updation detained after being declared illegal B'deshi migrant
A government school teacher, who was involved in NRC exercise in Assam, was detained after it came to the fore that he was declared an illegal Bangladeshi migrant by the Gauhati High Court in June, the police said today. Khairul Islam was earlier declared an infiltrator by the Foreigners Tribunal, Morigaon. He was detained last night near Moirabari in Morigaon district, Superintendent of Police Swapnanil Deka said. The district administration, which had engaged Islam in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) update work, had on August 13 removed him from the job, Morigaon Deputy Commissioner (DC) Hemen Das said. Following receipt of the Gauhati High Court judgement upholding the verdict of the Foreigner's Tribunal, Morigaon, police launched an operation to track down Khairul and detained him near Moirabari village, the SP said. According to laid down procedure, Islam will be sent to Foreigners Detention Camp in Goalpara district this afternoon, Deka said. Islam, who was a teacher in .
Yet to receive notification from Madras HC on Sterlite Copper plant petition: Vedanta
Vedanta today said it is yet to receive notification from the Madras High Court on the latter issuing notice to the group's Sterlite Copper plant on a petition seeking Rs 750 crore compensation and asserted that it will evaluate further course of action upon study of the same. "This is with reference to your email... regarding a news item titled 'Madras HC issues notice to Vedanta's Sterlite on plea for Rs 7.5 bn relief'," the company informed the BSE. In this regard, it said, the company is yet to receive the notice as well as the copy of the petition from the court and will evaluate further course of action upon study of the same. "Further, the company upon receipt of the communication, will make necessary announcement," it added. The Madras High Court had earlier this week issued a notice to the Sterlite Copper plant on a petition seeking Rs 750 crore towards rehabilitation of people affected by pollution allegedly caused by it and relief for victims of the police firing during a ..
Coal scam: Court frames additional charge against Naveen Jindal
A special court today framed an additional charge of abetment of bribery against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal in a case pertaining to irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block. Special judge Bharat Parashar framed the charges against the accused after Jindal said he was pleading not guilty and claimed trial. The court had in April, 2016 ordered framing of charges against Jindal, former MoS for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao (since deceased), former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and 11 others for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating, criminal breach of trust under the IPC and sections of Prevention of Corruption Act in the case. However, the charge under section 12 (punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 7 (public servant taking gratification) or 11 (public servant obtaining valuable thing, without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or business transacted by such public servant)) of Prevention of Corruption Act was