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'The case is closed,' says Trump on Mueller probe
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Robert Mueller's first public statement on his high-stakes probe into Russian election meddling contained nothing new -- declaring the case "closed." "Nothing changes from the Mueller Report. There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent," Trump tweeted, moments after the special counsel's appearance. "The case is closed! Thank you." Mueller stressed that his report did not exonerate Trump of the crime of obstruction of justice, but explained that charging him was not an option because of Justice Department policy not to indict a sitting president.
Decorated former army officer declared 'foreigner' in Assam; sent to detention camp
A former army officer in Assam who had won a President's medal was apprehended on Wednesday and sent to a detention camp in after a foreigners' tribunal declared him a 'foreigner', police said. Mohammad Sanaullah, a resident of Kolohikash village under Boko police station in Kamrup district and now serving as assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in border police, was declared a 'foreigner' by the Foreigners Tribunal, Kamrup. This came following a case registered there in 2008 after Sanaullah's name was listed as a 'D' (doubtful) voter in the voters list, according to Kamrup district Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjib Saikia. After the verdict of the tribunal, Saikia said police according to laid down procedure, picked up Sanaullah and took him to the detention camp in Goalpara district to be lodged there. Before proceeding to the camp, Sanaullah told waiting journalists that he is an Indian citizen and has all the necessary documents of his citizenship. He said he served the ...
Assam: NDFB terrorist arrested, arms seized
A National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) terrorist was arrested on Wednesday in a joint operation launched by the Army and police."We have seized 1 pistol and 15 rounds of bullet from his possession. As we investigated further, we found one AK-56, one magazine and 21 rounds of bullets buried at the yard of his residence," said Officer Bidyut Bikas Bohra of Gossaigaon police station.The investigation in this regard is underway.Further details are awaited.
Six drug peddlers held in separate incidents in J&K
Six alleged drug peddlers were arrested in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Harjinder Singh, a resident of Punjab, was arrested after 850 kilograms of poppy straw was recovered from his truck at T-Chowk in Banihal area along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, a police spokesperson said. The truck was coming from the Kashmir valley, he said. In another incident, 59 rolls of cannabis weighing 1.2 kilograms were recovered from a tempo traveller during checking at the Jammu-Rajouri National Highway near Nowshera, the spokesperson said. The vehicle's driver, Rajesh Bali, was arrested. He is a resident of Rajouri's Sunderbani area, he added. Dharama Bechera, a resident of Odisha's Nayagarh district, was held with 3.75 kilograms of cannabis from Jammu's Channi Himmat area, the spokesperson said. Another alleged drug peddler, who was identified as Fasal Manhas, was arrested from Gujjar Nagar with five grams of heroin, he said. Two more persons were arrested
3 held for duping 17 by offering fake work visa to UAE
Delhi Police arrested three persons of a Punjab-based family for duping 17 people by providing them fake work visa for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a police officer said on Wednesday.
Mueller says charging president 'not an option'
Special counsel Robert Mueller says charging a president with a crime was "not an option" his team could consider in the Russia investigation. Mueller says that he was bound by longstanding Justice Department opinions that say a president can't be indicted while in office. In his first public comments in the probe, Mueller said on Wednesday "it would be unfair" to potentially accuse someone of a crime when the person couldn't stand trial to defend himself. His comments echoed the findings in his public report. Mueller's report revealed that President Donald Trump tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the Republican president. He said he's leaving the Justice Department now that he's concluded his Russia investigation. Mueller made the announcement Wednesday in his first public statement since his appointment two years ago.
Missing Chinese scholar's parents arrive in US for trial
The parents of a visiting University of Illinois scholar who disappeared two years ago have arrived in Illinois from China for the murder trial of the man accused of abducting and killing her. Attorney Steve Beckett told The (Champaign) News-Gazette that Ronggao Zhang and Lifeng Ye arrived in Champaign over the weekend with their son. Their daughter, Yingying Zhang, went missing from the school's Urbana-Champaign campus in June 2017. Former Illinois student Brendt Christensen is charged with killing Zhang, whose body hasn't been found. He pleaded not guilty and his trial is set to begin Monday. The family said in a statement that they "want to be present on behalf of Yingying and follow the case closely." Beckett says the family plans to be in Peoria on Monday for the beginning of the proceedings. Zhang's family, who are from China's Fu Jian province, also travelled to Illinois soon after she went missing.
Saradha scam: CBI grills IPS officer for over 9 hrs
Police officer Arnab Ghosh, one of the SIT members that initially probed the Saradha scam, was grilled for more than nine hours by the CBI on Wednesday over alleged suppression of evidence, sources said. The Indian Police Service officer had been asked to face interrogation again on Thursday, sources in the probe agency told PTI. Ghosh had reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office at the CGO complex in Salt Lake around 10 am after he was served summons. The interrogation continued late in the evening for more than nine hours, the sources said. The officer was one of the members of the special investigation team (SIT), which was formed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to probe the Saradha chit fund scam before the CBI began investigation at the orders of the Supreme Court in 2014. The agency had issued a similar notice to former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who headed the SIT, to appear before it in connection with the ponzi scheme scam. Kumar ..
Man held for posing as singer Armaan Malik on social media,
A 30-year old man was arrested Wednesday here on the charge of befriending and blackmailing several women on the social media by posing as famous Bollywood singer Armaan Malik, police said. Mahendra Varman, hailing from Ulundurpet in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, had established friendship with several women on Facebook and WhatApp in the name of Malik. He managed to receive obscene photographs from some of the women and threatened that he would post them on social media if they did not give money. He had allegedly collected lakhs of rupees over a period of time, police said. Based on complaint from a woman here, the District Crime Branch police laid a trap and made him to come to a certain place to receive the money. He was arrested while talking with the woman, police added.
Income tax official gets four-year jail in graft case
A CBI court here on Wednesday awarded four-year rigorous imprisonment with Rs 20,000 fine to an income tax inspector in a bribery case. The CBI had registered a case against Income Tax Inspector Mukesh Kumar Meena in December 2015 for demanding bribe to settle a complaint related to tax evasion. A trap was laid and the inspector was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 25,000 in bribe from the complainant, a CBI spokesperson said. He said a charge-sheet was filed in March 2016 against Meena in the court of the special judge (CBI cases) in Jodhpur. Charges were framed in May 2016. The court found Meena guilty, he added.
25 wanted men nabbed during 2-day operation by Noida Police
As many as 25 wanted criminals, including those accused of loot and murder, have been arrested during a special 48-hour operation run by the Noida Police, officials said Wednesday. While 17 of the accused were absconding for at least three months, three, charged under the Gangsters Act, were wanted for more than a year now, a senior police officer said. "The 'Operation Robbers Hunt' was carried out in Gautam Buddh Nagar on May 27 and 28. 25 criminals wanted for various crimes and absconding for long were arrested," Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said. Eight of the accused were involved in robbery cases, seven in loots, four in loot and murder cases, while six were charged under the Gangster Act, he said. The SSP said Rs 3.25 lakh cash, six country-made pistols along with ammunition, one hatchback and a motorcycle were also recovered from them.
Delhi: Three cousins arrested for visa fraud
Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested three cousin brothers here for duping innocent people under the pretence of providing them work visa for Dubai, UAE.The cousin brothers named Prem Kumar, Rakesh Kumar and Gagandeep cheated at least 10 people in lakhs by posting advertisements in the local newspaper regarding the facilitation of work Visa for Dubai.The case was registered at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport Police station after the complaint was filed by the Immigration officials on Monday. In the complaint, it was alleged that 10 passengers, intending to go Dubai on a work Visa, were found roaming at Terminal 3 of IGI Airport.The travel documents of the victims were examined and it was found that e-Visa, Air Tickets, Protector of Emigrants (POE) sticker and Departure Stamp affixed in each of the passports were forged.The victims after seeing an advertisement in the local edition of a newspaper in Rajasthan met the accused in Chandigarh. They then provided all the forged ...
Pre-trial hearing in Nirav Modi extradition case tomorrow
A pre-trial hearing in the extradition case against fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi will be held on Friday at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court in connection with the USD two-billion Punjab National Bank fraud case.The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 am (local time).On May 8, Judge Emma Arbuthnot had rejected 48-year-old Modi's bail plea for the third time.In her order, the judge had said that Modi had access to resources and that interference with the witnesses was a concern too."Bail not granted. I find that it's a large fraud and I am concerned about Modi's lack of community ties in the UK. He has access to resources and interference with the witnesses is a concern too. Any interference with witnesses will contradict the case," the court had said.In March, Modi was arrested by Scotland Yard in connection with the PNB loan default case.India is seeking the diamond merchant's extradition to make him face the law of the land for allegedly committing economic offences ...
Boris Johnson asked to face court over Brexit lies
Boris Johnson, frontrunner to become the next leader of the Conservative Party, was on Wednesday asked to appear in a court over claims that he lied and misled the public by saying the UK sends 350 million pounds a week to the EU.
Retired Army officer declared foreigner in Assam
A retired Army officer in Assam has been detained and sent to a detention camp after a Foreigners' Tribunal declared him a foreign national.
Woman held for killing girl child in TN over illicit affair
Two days after a 3-year-old girl was found dead near here, police cracked the case with the arrest of her mother Wednesday, on charges of poisoning the child in a conspiracy hatched with her paramour, police said. The body of the girl was found lying in a bush in Karatumedu in Saravanampatti limits in the city two days ago following which the 30-year-old woman had lodged a missing complaint. Investigations revealed that the child was seen as an obstacle by her mother for continuing her illicit affair. The accused woman gave poison-laced biscuits to the child and after confirming she was dead, her paramour took the body and disposed it of, they said. The woman's paramour was absconding and a search is on, they added.
Alwar rape fallout: FIR can now be filed at SP offices in R'than
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday directed the registration of FIRs at the offices of the superintendents of police from next month if a local police station refuses to lodge the case. The decision was taken in the wake of Alwar gang-rape case, where there was a delay in registering the first information report (FIR) by the local police. Gehlot said at a high-level meeting that the FIR registered with an SP's office would be forwarded to the concerned police station. The police station will get back the SP's office with the FIR number within three hours, a statement said. The chief minister said every single case where the FIR was not lodged in the local police station should be inquired. He also asked the officials to initiate action against the police personnel for not registering a case.
Fraud probe targets top Porsche bosses: report
Three top executives at Volkswagen subsidiary Porsche including chief Oliver Blume are under investigation over alleged excessive payments to a former works council leader, according to a Wednesday media report. Prosecutors had said Tuesday they were probing five senior managers at the German sports car maker over "unjustified" and "disproportionately large" payments to the worker representative, but did not name the suspects. Citing search warrants from Tuesday's raids at Porsche and other offices and private homes, news site Spiegel Online reported Porsche's finance director Lutz Meschke, human resources boss Andreas Haffner and CEO Blume were all in investigators' sights. The outsised salary, bonuses and in-kind compensation to the former works council leader could have represented "fraud against Porsche" by the people behind them, prosecutors said. Porsche and the people involved declined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation, Spiegel reported. Porsche confirmed Tuesday to .
Man kills wife after doubting her character
A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his estranged wife suspecting her fidelity in Gujarat's Dahod town, police said Wednesday. The accused, Akram Ghulamnabi Chhipa alias Nilgar allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old wife to death on the terrace of his house on Tuesday, a police officer said. He said Nilgar suspected his wife's character and used to beat her frequently, following which she left him and started living with her mother in Indore in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh. On the day of the incident, Nilgar called his wife and her mother to his place, the officer said. "He called his wife to the terrace of his apartment promising her a surprise gift. As soon as she reached there, he stabbed her with a knife. She died of excessive blood loss," he said. After committing the crime, Nilgar surrendered himself to local police.
Man held for posing as singer Arnan Maalik on social media,
A 30-year old man was arrested Wednesday here on the charge of befriending and blackmailing several women on the social media, by posing as famous Bollywood singer Arnan Maalik, police said. Mahendra Varman, hailing from Ulundurpet in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu, had established friendship with several women on Facebook and WhatApp in the name of Maalik. He managed to receive obscene photographs from some of the women and threatened that he would post them on social media if they did not give money. He had allegedly collected lakhs of rupees over a period of time, police said. Based on complaint from a woman here, the District Crime Branch police laid a trap and made him to come to a certain place to receive the money. He was arrested while talking with the woman, police added.