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1 more arrested in connection with blast in J-K's Ganderbal
One more person has been arrested in connection with a low-intensity blast inside a park in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir that left 13 people injured, a police official said today. On June 17, the next day of Eid-ul-Fitr, a huge crowd was celebrating in Manasbal Park in the central Kashmir district when their was an explosion in a dustbin there. Three persons were arrested in the case on June 21. They were identified as Younis Khan, Irfan Khan and Bilal Mir, all residents of Kondbal Safapora area, he said. Police today arrested another accused, Mohammad Imran Sofi, a resident of Kondabal, who was absconding since then, he said. Further investigation suggests the accused was the masterminded behind the blast, he said, adding Sofi is also "a chronic stone pelter". "He is involved in instigating youths to resort to stone-pelting," the official said.
Guj: Hardik slapped with Rs 600 fine for traffic violations
Traffic police in Ahmedabad today slapped a fine on Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel for having black-tinted film on his car's windows, an official said. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Akash Patel said that, in addition, the leader's driver did not have his seat belt on while driving the car. "When his SUV entered the premises (of the police commissionerate), on duty policemen noticed black-tinted film on the car windows. Further, his driver was also not wearing a seat-belt. We have slapped a fine of Rs 600 for the two violations under the Motor Vehicle Act and removed the black film," said Patel. Patel was fined inside the premises of the police commissioner's office in the city's Shahibaug area when the former had come to speak to authorities about non-allocation of a place for a fast from August 25 in connection with the Patidar quota demand. Patel had, earlier, announced that he would sit on an indefinite fast in the Nikol area from August 25 .
Delhi govt paid Rs 39-lakh fee to lawyers to fight cases filed by bureaucrats in 1 year: Goel
The Delhi Assembly Secretariat has paid over Rs 39 lakh as fee to lawyers to fight court cases filed by government officers against House committees in the past one year, Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said today. On the last day of the Monsoon session, Goel said it was a very "serious" issue that officers were going against the committees of Delhi Assembly, which makes laws, and the Lieutenant General was granting permission to bureaucrats to do that. The House adopted a private-member resolution, moved by AAP legislator Shri Dutt Sharma, with a voice vote condemning officers to challenge the powers, privileges and procedure of Delhi Assembly. "I want to bring this on the record of the House that Assembly has paid Rs 39.68 lakh as fee of lawyers while Rs 20-lakh fee is still pending with Assembly Secretariat. "There are currently eight court cases which are pending against assembly committees," Goel told the House. The resolution adopted by the House states that there was a "surprising ...
Indrani Mukerjea moves court for bail citing ill-health
Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, has moved a special CBI court here for bail, citing ill-health and alleged threat to her life as the reasons. The bail application was filed last week, and the CBI is likely to file its reply, opposing the plea, by Monday. Indrani, lodged in Byculla prison here, in her application mentioned two occasions when she was hospitalised -- once for suspected drug overdose and again, in April, when she complained of difficulty in breathing. She claimed that someone inside the jail might have tried to poison her. Indrani, arrested in August 2015, has not got regular bail in the case so far. In December 2016, the court had allowed her to attend the last rites of her father in police escort. She is facing trial for allegedly killing her daughter Sheena on April 24, 2012. Her husband and former media baron Peter Mukerjea and former husband Sanjeev Khanna are co-accused in the case. The trial in the case began last year and over 10 ...
Graft charges against TN minister:HC extends time for DVAC to file report
The Madras High Court today extended time till October 8 for an anti-graft body to file further status report in connection with a complaint alleging that state minister K T Rajendra Balaji had amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. A bench of justices M Sathyanarayanan and R Hemalatha had earlier observed that the preliminary inquiry already carried out by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) was not properly conducted. It had directed the agency to launch the probe afresh by taking the check period from 1996 to 2018, February. When the hearing resumed today, Advocate General (AG) Vijay Narayan filed the DVAC's status report on the investigation in a sealed cover. The bench, after going through it, directed the Registrar-Judicial to keep it under his custody and produce it to the court as and when required. The AG said some more witnesses have to be enquired and sought time to file further status report following which the court granted ...
Registration of Brajesh Thakur's NGO cancelled, bank accounts frozen
The Bihar government has cancelled the registration of Brajesh Thakur's NGO, which ran the infamous shelter home in Muzaffarpur where 34 girls were allegedly raped over a period of time. Besides, the sale of the NGO's assets was banned and the bank accounts were frozen, an official said here today. According to Muzaffarpur District Registration Officer Sanjay Kumar, the orders to freeze the bank accounts and ban the sale or purchase of any movable or immovable assets of the Seva Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti were passed by District Magistrate (DM) Mohammad Sohail on August 7 and 8. The DM's orders had followed an August 6 missive from the state Registration department, wherein it was stated that the NGO's registration was being cancelled as it was blacklisted by the Social Welfare department for the alleged sexual abuse of inmates at the shelter home. Henceforth, there should be no transaction through the bank accounts of the Seva Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti nor should there be any sale or .
Court sentences senior IAS officer to three years in jail
Senior IAS officer Vinod Kumar was sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment today for committing financial irregularities in the Odisha Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC) 18 years ago. Special vigilance court judge Shyam Sunder Das also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Kumar and his associate P C Das for the offence. The judge rejected the bail plea of the IAS officer as an non-bailable warrant (NBW) was issued against his name. Kumar and P C Das surrendered before the court today as per the direction of the Orissa High Court. "Though punishment of three years imprisonment is bailable, the court rejected Kumar's bail plea because a NBW was issued against his name," said government pleader Hemant Kumar Swain. Kumar and five others were convicted by the special vigilance court on July 3 for committing financial irregularities of Rs 55 lakh in the ORHDC. Sanjay Mohanty ex-assistant manager of ORHDC was only present in the court on July 3 while the five other accused ...
4 held for extortion using honeytrap in Ghaziabad
Four persons, including two women, were arrested on Friday in Ghaziabad on charges of luring rich boys using honeytrap and extorting money from them by threatening to slap rape charges on them, police said.
Lok Sabha passes Bill to encourage institutional arbitration
The Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill that seeks to encourage institutional arbitration for settlement of disputes and make India a centre of robust Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism.
Bhopal hostel rape: 2 more girls file case against director
Two more deaf and mute tribal girls have filed a complaint against a city hostel director, who is currently under arrest in a rape case, for molesting them last year, police said today. Ashwini Sharma, director of a hostel for deaf and mute persons in Awadhpuri area here, was arrested on Wednesday based on the complaint by an inmate who alleged that the accused had raped her repeatedly during her stay at the hostel over the past three years. She had filed a complaint on Wednesday after which Sharma was arrested under sections 376 (rape), 354 (outraging modesty), 344 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and relevant sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Sharma was produced in court today and was remanded in police custody for two days. Two more girls filed a fresh case against the accused at the Hira Nagar police station in Ujjain district yesterday, police said. Hira Nagar Police Inspector Mahendra Singh Bhadoria today said two Dhar-based .
Man apprehended with illegal foreign currency at airport
A passenger was apprehended on Friday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Shamshabad, south of Hyderabad, for illegally possessing foreign currency of various denominations worth over Rs 39 lakhs.The accused was bound to Dubai by flight FZ-436 when the Hyderabad unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted him. The hand baggage was allegedly packed with Dinar, Riyal and Dinar denominations.Upon further questioning, he revealed that the currency was obtained from unauthorised dealers to sale them in Dubai at huge profits.The accused apparently had illegally carried foreign currency worth Rs 9 lakh on his last visit in May.
Congress demands BJP minister's resignation over rape charges
The Congress on Friday demanded resignation of Union Minister of State of Railways Rajen Gohain in a case of alleged rape. The party also urged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to ensure strictest action against him.An FIR was filed against Gohain on August 2 on charges of alleged rape and sexual assault under Sections 417, 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code in Assam's Nagaon, according to the Nagaon police.Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, while addressing the media, came down heavily on the BJP for "failing the women of the country." He said, "These are the same people who used provocative and emotionally charged slogans to woo the people of the country before 2014 (elections). And now, their cabinet ministers are being charged with sexual assault and rapes, yet the party maintains silence and action is hardly taken against those involved in such cases."Enlisting cases in which BJP leaders were allegedly involved, Khera mentioned alleged rape cases in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao ...
AP excise dept SI held for amassing disproportionate assets
A man, who joined the excise department as a constable and rose to become a sub-inspector, was today arrested in Kurnool district after huge assets disproportionate to known sources of income were unearthed. Though the value of the confiscated property has not been revealed, Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau sources estimated that its market value could be several crore rupees. ACB Director General R P Thakur said in a release that raids were conducted simultaneously in Chittoor and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh and Katpadi in neighbouring Tamil Nadu on the properties owned by the accused prohibition and excise department officer Erragoppula Vijay Kumar and his wife Meena. Kumar joined the excise department as a constable in 1992 and rose in ranks to become a sub-inspector. He is currently posted at Naguladinne in Kurnool district. The raids revealed that Kumar owned only a shed in Chittoor town while all other assets were registered in his kin's names. Assets .
Maharashtra ATS arrests 3 persons, seizes explosive materials
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police today said it had arrested three members of a suspected right-wing Hindutva outfit and seized a huge quantity of explosives, including crude bombs. Vaibhav Raut (40) and Sharad Kalaskar (25) were arrested last night from Nallasopara in Palghar district and their interrogation led to the arrest of Sudhanva Gondhalekar (39) in Pune. A court here today remanded all three to ATS custody till August 18. Giving details of the arrest, ATS chief Atulchandra Kulkarni said the accused had stored a huge cache of explosive materials, adding that they would be questioned about all the cases in which the involvement of right-wing extremists was suspected. "We will question them regarding all the detected and undetected cases, including the (rationalists) Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and (journalist) Gauri Lankesh (murder) cases," he said. The ATS zeroed in on the accused on the basis of information that some persons were planning to carry ..
3 held for assaulting woman
Three persons have been arrested on the charge of beating up a 35-year-old woman at Hazrapara in Khowai district last month, police said today. Two of the accused were arrested today while the third one was picked up on Wednesday. The tribal woman, a mid-day meal worker, was beaten up on her way back from a fair price shop on July 17, the police said but refused to divulge the reason behind the assault. She was in hospital for several days following the assault and she lodged an FIR only on August 8, shortly after being released from hospital, police said. Meanwhile, a video has gone viral on social media where the woman is seen beaten up by the accused. Police said investigation is going on and any video-graphic evidence would be considered. Reacting to the incident, Pradesh Congress vice president Tapas Dey alleged that women are not safe in Tripura and the quality of governance has not changed though ruling parties have changed. Ruling BJP spokesperson Mrinal Kanti Deb
Union minister booked for alleged rape in Assam, minister files blackmailing complaint
Assam Police have registered a case against Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain for allegedly raping and threatening a 24-year old married woman in Nagaon district, a senior police officer said today. Gohain has also filed complaints of blackmailing against the woman and her family, his officer on special duty Sanjiv Goswami said when contacted. He claimed that the case against the minister has been withdrawn. Asked about it, Nagaon police station officer-in-charge Ananta Das said the woman had pleaded to withdraw the case in the court but the "case still stands.. we will do our own investigation". Nagaon Deputy Superintendent of Police (headquarter) Sabita Das said the case was registered against Gohain on August 2 after receiving a complaint at Nagaon police station. "We have registered the case. The investigation has already begun and we will proceed as per law," she told PTI. Das, however, refused to share any detail about the case. A senior official of Nagaon Police ...
Rally by Maldharis turns violent in Gujarat; 73 detained
A protest march organised by members of the Maldhari community turned violent in Gujarat's Mehsana district today, prompting the police to lob teargas shells to control the situation, an official said. At least 73 people were detained, he said. The march was organised by Maldhari community leaders seeking 'justice' for Raju Rabari, a community member who was killed at Rajpur in the district on July 25. The traditional occupation of the Maldhari community is cattle rearing. Demanding arrest of the main culprits in the case, a large number of community members marched towards Nandasan, a communally sensitive village off the Mehsana-Ahmedabad Highway from Rajpur, this morning. On the way, some people started pelting stones at the police and blocked the busy highway, forcing the men in uniform to act, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Manjita Vanzara. "We lobbed some 15 teargas shells (to disperse the mob) and have detained 73 people for the violence," the officer said. Rajpur and
3 arrested by Maha ATS remanded in agency's custody till Aug 18
A sessions court here today remanded three persons, arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for allegedly possessing crude bombs and weapons, in the agency's custody till August 18. Additional sessions Judge Sameer Adkar remanded the three accused - Vaibhav Raut, Sharad Kalaskar and Sudhanwa Gondhalekar - in ATS custody till August 18. The accused were reportedly arrested late yesterday night in an ATS operation conducted in Bhandar Aali area of Nallasopara West in neighbouring Palghar district. While remanding them in ATS custody, Judge Adkar observed that prima facie, the arrested persons did appear to be involved in some conspiracy. "The allegations made against the accused are of very serious nature. Several incriminating articles have been recovered from their possession and prima facie, the accused appear to be part of a conspiracy," judge Adkar said. The accused have been booked under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Indian Penal ...
Bhopal shelter home rape: Accused sent to police remand
A district court in Bhopal on Friday sent a hostel owner to a two-day police remand for allegedly raping a specially-abled inmate.Ashwani Sharma, the owner of two shelter homes for specially-abled women in Bhopal, is accused of sexually assaulting a deaf-mute girl during her stay in his hostel."The accused has been identified and arrested. Also, all previous and existing tenants are also being contacted to check for other probable complaints against the accused," informed Raul Lodha, Bhopal's Superintendent of Police.The case came to light when the girl went to her home in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar and narrated the ordeal to her family members. On learning about the incident, her kin approached the police and the First Information Report (FIR) against the accused was registered under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.Two other women, who belong to Indore and live in Sharma's hostel in Bhopal, have alleged him of molesting them over years. A separate FIR, in these two cases, has been ...
FIR filed against Rajen Gohain for molestation, withdrawn
A woman in Assam's Nagaon district, who had lodged an FIR against Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain accusing him of molestation, has withdrawn the case, police said on Friday.