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Junior civil judge held on charge of raping woman advocate
A junior civil judge of a court in Suryapet district was arrested here today on charge of raping a 29-year-old advocate, police said. In her complaint, the woman alleged that Satyanarayana Rao (28) had sexually exploited her after promising to marry her and got engaged to another woman, they said. Based on the complaint, a case of rape under relevant IPC sections and under provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered against him on August 3, they added.
Court directs bizman to appear before ED in Rs 5,000 crore bank fraud case
A city court today directed a Delhi businessman, accused in a Rs 5,000-crore bank loan fraud case, to appear before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning. The direction came after the agency told the court that he was required to be confronted with a man arrested on charges of sending Rs 25 lakh cash to the official residence of a senior Congress leader here. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora directed businessman Gagan Dhawan, who was earlier arrested by the ED and is currently out on bail, to appear before the ED tomorrow and on August 16. The court passed the direction after special public prosecutor Nitesh Rana, appearing for ED, said that Dhawan had refused to appear before it despite repeated summons. Rana has also urged the court to cancel Dhawan's bail, alleging that he had violated the conditions imposed on him by the court at the time of granting him relief. In an application moved through advocate A R Aditya, ED told the court that Dhawan was required to be .
Delhi Police Spl Cell takes over probe into Umar Khalid attack case
The Delhi Police's Special Cell today took over the probe into the attack on JNU student leader Umar Khalid, a senior police officer said. A gunshot rang out at the Constitution Club in the high-security area near Parliament yesterday when an unidentified man targeted Khalid, who escaped unhurt, witnesses said. The case was being handled till now by the district police. Incidentally, the Special Cell is also probing a sedition case against Khalid and two other students. Yesterday's incident has raised questions over the security cover in Lutyens' Delhi just two days before the Independence Day, with the police saying they were not "intimated" about the event in which Khalid was participating. Another officer, privy to the probe, said police had seized the weapon and preliminary forensic examination suggested that the pistol had jammed. He said they were yet to ascertain whether shots were fired as no empty cartridges were found on the spot. The attacker had dropped the weapon and fled
MP court gives death sentence for sodomy-murder of minor
A Madhya Pradesh court has awarded death sentence to a man for abducting, sodomising and murdering a 10-year-old boy in Datia district.
Woman Vaishno Devi pilgrim dies in J-K's Reasi
A 65-year-old woman died apparently due to cardiac arrest after paying obeisance at the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Matia, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, collapsed near Panchi view point while returning from the cave shrine last evening, a police official said. He said the body was handed over to the pilgrim's legal heirs after completion of legal and medical formalities.
Coalscam: Court summons Naveen Jindal, others as accused in PMLA case
A Delhi court today summoned industrialist and Congress leader Naveen Jindal and 14 others for alleged money laundering in a case pertaining to irregularities in allocation of a Jharkhand coal block. Special Judge Bharat Parashar directed the accused persons to appear before the court on October 15. In its final report, filed through special public prosecutor N K Matta and advocate Tarannum Cheema, the ED alleged that Jindal's firm Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) along with others influenced the screening committee to allot the coal block by investing more than Rs two crore in illegal gratification. The case pertains to the allocation of Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand.
Four Rohingyas held for illegally procuring Aadhaar cards
Four Rohingyas including a woman were today arrested for allegedly illegally procuring Aadhaar and Voter ID cards by making false representation of being Indian nationals, police said. The four Myanmar nationals had migrated to Hyderabad as refugees around five years back and enrolled with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), they said. Two locals helped them procure Aadhaar cards, Voter ID cards by providing false declaration of their residential proof, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said. A city resident Mohammed Bin Omer was also arrested. A police team seized UNHCR cards besides Voter ID and Aadhaar cards (which the accused procured by suppressing their identities as Rohingya refugees of Myanmar) from the possession of the accused and they are being produced before a local court, the Commissioner said. Hyderabad is home to an estimated 3,500-4,000 Rohingyas, who reside in camps in different parts of the city.
Ex-Governor in S. Korea acquitted of sexual assault
A former governor of a South Korean province and one-time presidential contender was acquitted of sexual assault by coercion in one of the high profile cases to emerge from the MeToo movement in the country.
Sales Tax official arrested for taking bribe
An anti-corruption team on Tuesday arrested a sales tax officer in Jharkhand's Palamu district while taking a bribe of Rs 7,000.
Government officer shot dead in Patna
Unidentified assailants on Tuesday forced their way into a senior government officer's residence here and shot him dead, police said.
Man gets death sentence for sodomising, killing minor boy
A court in Madhya Pradesh has awarded death sentence to a 20-year-old man for sodomising and killing a 13-year-old boy. Datia's Special Judge Hitendra Dwivedi awarded the punishment to Nand Kishore yesterday while the case of a 15-year-old co-accused was transferred to a juvenile court, public prosecutor Pushpendra Kumar Garg said. The prosecutor told the court that Kishore along with the minor co-accused lured the victim, a resident of Bijasen Muhalla area in Datia, on March 2 this year on the pretext of buying him colours for the Holi festival. They took the victim to a deserted place and then sodomised him. Later, the accused killed the victim and disposed of the body in a canal near Deluva area on the city outskirts, the prosecution said. After killing the boy, the accused called his family members and sought a ransom of Rs 1 lakh. They told the boy's family that they would kill him, if the money was not paid. Acting on the complaint lodged by the victim's family members, the ...
Bank cashier shot dead in UP
A 32-year-old bank cashier was allegedly shot dead by three unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said today. Rajnish Karwariya -- a cashier in a co-operative bank in Banda, around 180 km south of Lucknow -- was returning home after having dinner at a roadside eatery late last night. The three unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants, who apparently wanted to loot Karwariya, shot him and fled from the spot, a police officer said. Karwariya was admitted to a hospital, where he succumbed to injuries. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination, the officer said. A case has been registered against unknown assailants and an investigation is on, he added.
MNS corporator among 4 held for kidnapping, assaulting man
Four people, including a corporator of the Maharashtra Navnirmam Sena (MNS), were arrested here today for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a man, police said. MNS corporator Sanjay Turde had allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 from the contractor of a toilet being constructed in Krantinagar area of suburban Kurla, senior police inspector Dattatray Shinde said. When the contractor did not pay the money, Turde's two aides kidnapped a 33-year-old supervisor from the contractor's office in Kurla yesterday, he said. They took the supervisor to Turde's office where the corporator and his three aides allegedly thrashed him, the official said. The supervisor received injuries in the assault and was admitted to a hospital, he said. Based on the victim's complaint, the police arrested Turde, the Raj Thackeray-led party's corporator in the city civic body, and his three aides this morning. They have been booked under IPC sections 364A (kidnapping for ransom), 387, 385 (putting person ..
Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise on trial for blasphemy
Indonesian prosecutors have sought an 18-month prison term for a woman who was charged with blasphemy after she complained about the volume of a mosque's loudspeakers. The ethnic Chinese defendant, Meiliana, 44, was arrested on May 18 about two years after her case triggered a riot in Tanjung Balai, a port town in North Sumatra province. A spokesman at the local prosecutor's office, Sumanggar Siagian, said today the sentencing demand for Meiliana was made at the District Court in Medan, the province's capital, yesterday. Mobs burned and ransacked at least 14 Buddhist temples throughout Tanjung Balai in a July 2016 riot after reports of Meiliana's complaints emerged. Prosecutors said the defendant had violated Indonesia's criminal code by committing blasphemy against Islam, the dominant faith in Indonesia.
Madras HC transfers probe into Tuticorin police firing to CBI
The Madras High Court today transferred to the CBI the probe into the police firing in Tuticorin district during the anti-Sterlite protests that claimed 13 lives and directed the central agency to conclude the investigation in four months. It also quashed an order detaining six members of the 'Makkal Adhikaram,' a Left outfit accused of inciting violence in the district. Six of them were arrested under the National Security Act. A division bench of Justices CT Selvam and Basheer Ahmed passed the orders on a batch of petitions related to the Tuticorin police firing. On May 22, after the Tuticorin district collectorate was picketed to seek closure of the copper plant of Sterlite, a unit of the Vedanata group, over pollution concerns. Large-scale violence had followed. In the consequent police firing, 13 people were killed on May 22 and 23. The High Court had on July 9 directed the state government to furnish a video in its possession allegedly showing some anti-Sterlite protesters with .
Delhi: 9 more arrested in Kanwariya vandalisation case
The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested nine more persons in connection with the vandalisation of a vehicle by a group of 'Kanwariyas' in Moti Nagar on August 7.In total, 11 people have been arrested so far in connection with the case.Violence broke out in South Moti Nagar area on August 7 when a group of 'Kanwariyas' or devotees of Lord Shiva vandalised a vehicle and broke its windshield and windows.Armed with iron rods and sticks, the group smashed the car after the driver had allegedly tried to brush past one of them while moving on a busy road.The first arrest took place on August 9 in connection with the case.Taking cognisance of the matter, the Supreme Court directed the police to take strict action against those responsible for erupting violence and breaching laws.A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, and comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud, reiterated an earlier verdict, which stated that videography of every .
Man shot dead by bike-borne assailants in UP
A 55-year-old man was shot dead this morning by motorcycle-borne assailants in Chaukhara village here, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police Poornendu Singh said the assailants fired at Harishchandra Singh. "He was rushed to the district hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead," Singh said. Police have sent the body for post-mortem and have launched an investigation in the matter.
Political activist molested in auto-rickshaw; hunt on for 3
A 29-year-old woman activist of a political party was allegedly molested and beaten by three men while she was travelling in an auto- rickshaw here in Maharashtra, police said today. Her woman colleague and the auto-rickshaw driver were also beaten up by the accused when they tried to save her, Thane Police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said. The victim was returning home from work along with the colleague in Kalyan town in the wee hours yesterday when the three men intercepted the vehicle and tried to board it. When the woman told them that it was not a shared auto-rickshaw, they stood in front of the vehicle and obstructed its movement, Narkar said The men then allegedly molested the woman, pulled her out of the three-wheeler and slapped her, she said. They also beat up her colleague and the auto-rickshaw driver when they tried to rescue her, Narkar said. The victim, who is an activist of a political party, filed a complaint at the Kolsewadi police station in Kalyan last .
Kerala HC rejects Dileep's request for abduction video
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday turned down accused Malayalam actor Dileep's demand for a copy of the video of the abduction of an actress and her harassment at the hands of the perpetrators who took her around in a vehicle in Kochi for two hours in February 2017.
Bihar: Govt officer shot at, dies in hospital
A government officer of Under Secretary level, who was shot at in his house by unidentified people this morning, died in the hospital. Rajiv, 58, posted at the Patna Secretariat, was about to retire.The incident took place after unidentified people barged into his house this morning and shot at him. The officer was rushed to the hospital under critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries. Further details are awaited.A day before, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) leader Manish Sahani was shot dead inside his office premises in the Jandaha area in Vaishali district, triggering violent protests by his supporters outside the Jandaha police station.