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Sheena Bora case: Indrani Mukerjea files fresh bail plea
Indrani Mukerjea, the former head of INX Media and the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, filed a fresh bail plea in a special CBI Court in Mumbai on Friday.This came two months after Sheena's brother, Mikhail Bora testified in a special CBI Court against Indrani.Earlier, the former CEO of INX Media had told the CBI court that she feared for her life, and confirmed that she had not spoken to anyone.This statement from Indrani came just a two weeks after she was admitted to JJ Hospital for an alleged drug overdose.Mukerjea has been lodged in Mumbai's Byculla jail for killing her daughter, Sheena Bora, in April 2012, allegedly over a financial dispute.Indrani and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna were arrested in August 2015 along with her former driver Shyamvar Rai, while Indrani's present husband Peter Mukerjea was nabbed in November the same year.
Explosives seized in Maha, right-wing Hindu outfit member held
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a member of a right-wing Hindu outfit and seized huge quantity of explosives from his residence at Nallasopara in Palghar district of the state, police said today. Vaibhav Raut, a member of 'Hindu Govansh Raksha Samiti', was apprehended from Bhandar Aali in Nallasopara West late last night, an official said. "ATS sleuths raided his residence and shop where they found huge quantity of explosives, including crude bombs. Some literature was also seized," he said. After taking Raut into custody, the ATS team returned to Mumbai, where he would be interrogated. He is likely to be produced before a court this afternoon, the official added. In a statement, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) termed Raut's arrest "Malegaon part II". The Malegaon case centres around the September 29, 2008 bomb explosion near Bhiku Chowk in the Muslim-dominated Malegaon town of Nashik district, which killed six people and injured 101 others. "Vaibhav Raut is a ..
Class 2 student raped in Delhi school, accused held
A Class 2 student was raped in an NDMC school here and the accused, an electrician working there, has been arrested, police said on Friday.
Two suspected drug traffickers held in Noida
Two persons have been arrested here for suspected drug trafficking after two-and-a-half kg of cannabis was seized from them, police said today. The two, identified as Pramod Yadav (25) and Raju Mani (28) were arrested yesterday from a CNG pump in Parthala area, under Phase 3 police station limits, they said. While Yadav is a local, Mani hails from Odisha, but was settled in Ghaziabad for the last few years. "A total of 2.5 kg of ganja was recovered from the two accused,"Phase 3 Station House Office Amit Kumar Singh said. The accused have been booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he said, adding they were presented in a local court which remanded them in judicial custody.
Had no information on Vaibhav Raut's arrest: Lawyer
The Lawyer of Vaibhav Raut, who was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) earlier today for allegedly storing suspicious material at his residence, claimed that his client was not informed about the arrest.Speaking to ANI, Raut's lawyer, Sanjiv Punalekar, claimed that the former was being targeted for actively opposing issues like cow slaughter and Love Jihad."Anti-Terrorism Squad has not intimated us about the arrest of Vaibhav Raut. Wonder what kind of law is being followed in this country and in Maharashtra. We will take all legal steps necessary," he noted.Punalekar further claimed that the explosives may have been planted in Raut's house by the ATS itself."Yes, he (Raut) was a Hindutva activist and had joined us in Hindu Adhiveshan at Goa. He was quite active against cow slaughter, Love Jihad and illegal loudspeakers at Mosques; that is why he was asked to leave Palghar. We suspect Malegaon kind of foul play where explosives were planted by ATS," he ...
Congress moves SC for random verification of VVPAT in upcoming MP assembly polls
The Supreme Court will next week hear Congress leader Kamal Nath's plea seeking random verification of VVPAT machines in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly polls. The matter came up today before a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar. In his petition, Kamal Nath has sought a direction to the Election Commission to randomly verify VVPAT slips with EVM votes at 10 per cent of polling stations in every constituency. He has also said the voter list should be provided in text format.
Four policemen suspended for death of undertrial in Assam
Four policemen were suspended and six home guards discharged from service in connection with the death of an undertrial who had allegedly escaped from police custody and was found hanging from a tree near Panikhaiti outpost, the police said today. The action against the policemen and home guards of Panikhaiti outpost in Kamrup metropolitan district in Assam was taken yesterday with immediate effect, they said. Guwahati City Commissioner of Police Hiren Nath suspended the four policemen of Panikhaiti outpost where the incident had occurred in the night of August seven, a police spokesman said. Kamrup metropolitan district magistrate has already ordered an enquiry on August eight and directed the Circle Officer, Chandrapur Revenue Circle, Pallab Jyoti Nath to find out the circumstances leading to the death of the 23-year old prisoner. Nath has been directed to submit his report within 15 days for submission to the National Human Rights Commission and Assam Human Rights ...
Student of class two raped in NDMC school
A class two student of a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) school in the upscale Gol Market area was allegedly raped by an electrician inside the institute's premises, police said today. The incident came to light when the girl narrated her ordeal to her parents after returning from school yesterday, a police official said. The accused, identified as Ram Asre (37), has been working in the school for around a month and is a permanent electrician employed with the NDMC, the police said. He has been arrested and a case has been registered against him under the relevant section of the IPC and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, they said.
US: Union City police chief's son held for attack on Sikh man
Union City Police Chief Darryl McAllister's estranged son Tyrone Keith McAllister has been arrested for physically assaulting a 71-year-old Sikh man in Manteca here.Union Minister for Food Processing, Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday shared a CCTV footage on her Twitter handle, in which Tyrone and his accomplice confronted the elderly Sikh man, at what looked like a deserted road near a park.In a statement, the Union City Police Department said that one of the two perpetrators involved in the assault of an elderly Manteca man on August 6 was the son of Union City Police Chief Darryl McAllister, Tyrone Keith McAllister.Tyrone, who was believed to be wearing a dark coloured hoodie and jeans kicked the elderly man to the ground in a fit of rage. He then continued kicking the man, yelling something and spit on him, before fleeing the scene."Chief McAllister's status as a law enforcement leader has no bearing or relation to the case whatsoever, but he is devastated by how much the nature .
Woman gang raped in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur
A 28-year-old woman was allegedly raped by four men in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, the police said today. The woman, who lives in the S R Nagar area here, told the police that the incident took place in March, but she did not approach the police then, they said. As her pictures appeared online recently she lodged a formal complaint with the police, DCP (West Zone) A R Srinivas said. In her complaint she said one of the accused, Raj Kiran, known to the her, took her to a room in Guntur on the pretext of a job and offered her drinks laced with sedatives following which she fell unconscious and when she gained consciousness she found that she had been raped by the four men, the DCP said. A case of gang rape has been registered and as the alleged offence took place in Guntur, the case will be transferred to the Guntur police, Srinivas said, adding that as per preliminary investigation there are also allegations of a financial dispute between the woman and Kiran and that angle is ...
Mexican TV network Televisa denies bribery allegations
Mexican station Televisa hit back at a lawsuit filed in New York against the world's biggest Spanish-language network alleging it paid "millions of dollars" in bribes to secure World Cup hosting rights. Televisa Group told AFP that the "accusations have no legal basis" and "contain important factual errors." Last year, Mexico's Televisa and Globo of Brazil were both accused by a witness in another football corruption trial of having paid part of a $15 million bribe to a FIFA official to secure broadcasting rights to the World Cup tournaments in 2026 and 2030. That accusation led the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan, which owns shares in Televisa, to file a lawsuit against the Mexican group, initially in March, demanding compensation. The plaintiff claimed its shares dropped in value as a result of the corruption accusation and cost it "hundreds of millions of dollars." Televisa was named by a prosecution witness in a New York court during a wider corruption trial ..
Tennessee executes first man in nearly a decade
The US state of Tennessee used a controversial lethal injection procedure yesterday to execute a man who was convicted of raping and killing a child, after the nation's top court declined his final bid for a stay. "I just want to say I'm really sorry. And that ... that's it," Billy Ray Irick said in his final words before prison officials in Nashville, Tennessee. He was pronounced dead at 7:48 pm local time, officials said at a press conference. Irick was the first inmate to be executed in Tennessee since 2009. The US Supreme Court had earlier denied a stay of execution for the convict, rejecting concerns about the inmate potentially feeling sensations equivalent to being "burned alive." The high court's decision was countered with a blistering dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who questioned whether Billy Ray Irick's planned execution would be too painful and whether allowing it to proceed required accepting "barbarism." The 59-year-old was convicted in 1986 of raping and killing
Grand jury indicts 17-year-old in Texas school shooting
A Texas grand jury has indicted a 17-year-old student accused of fatally shooting 10 people in May at a Houston-area high school. Dimitrios Pagourtzis was formally indicted yesterday on charges that include capital murder of multiple persons. Under Texas law, capital murder carries an automatic sentence of life in prison with a parole option for those younger than 18. He also was indicted on a count of aggravated assault of a public servant for the shooting of a school police officer who survived. Pagourtzis is being held at the Galveston County Jail without bond. A trial date has not been set. Investigators have said Pagourtzis admitted going on a shooting rampage at Santa Fe High School that killed eight students and two teachers. Authorities said the teen used his father's pistol and shotgun to burst into the school's art classroom and begin shooting. Witnesses said the gunfire went on for 10 to 15 minutes, and police said Pagourtzis engaged in a prolonged firefight with officers ..
SFIO arrests former Bhushan Steel managing director
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) on Thursday arrested former promoter and managing director of Bhushan Steel Limited (BSL), Neeraj Singhal.Singhal was later sent to judicial custody till August 14 after being produced before the court of Competent Jurisdiction.The arrest was made as part of the investigation, directed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, into the affairs of BSL and its several Group Companies by SFIO. The ministry assigned the investigation to SFIO, based on complaints received from various sources.Singhal was arrested under Section 212(8) of the Companies Act, 2013, after it was found that he is guilty of indulging in serious corporate fraud punishable under Section 447 of the Companies Act, 2013.During the investigation, it was uncovered that the erstwhile promoters of BSL have resorted to fraudulent maneuvers to siphon-off funds amount to Rs. 2000 crores from Public Sector Banks using several associate companies.In May, the ownership and control over .
US Supreme Court declines to halt execution of child killer
The US Supreme Court declined Thursday to stop the execution of a convicted child rapist and killer, rejecting concerns about the inmate potentially feeling sensations equivalent to being "burned alive". But the high court's decision was countered with a blistering dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who questioned whether Billy Ray Irick's planned execution would be too painful and whether allowing it to proceed required accepting "barbarism". The high court's rejection of Irick's appeal likely means his execution will move forward Thursday evening in the state of Tennessee. The 59-year-old was convicted in 1986 of raping and killing seven-year-old Paula Dyer. His lawyers have argued Irick has a history of severe mental illness. In an appeal to the Supreme Court, Irick's lawyers challenged Tennessee's lethal injection protocol, which included the use of the sedative midazolam. Other states have also used the drug for executions with mixed results. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan .
20 bodies found in 2 graves in western Mexican state
Authorities in Jalisco say that 20 bodies have been found in two clandestine graves in separate locations in the cartel-plagued state in western Mexico. Jalisco state attorney general Raul Sanchez Jimenez says 10 bodies were found in Tlajomulco and 10 were found in the Santa Elena de la Cruz neighborhood of Guadalajara. He says they are two separate cases. Sanchez said in a news conference yesterday that on the night of August 5 local authorities reported a man had been shot near the Tlajomulco property and later died after seeking medical attention. Authorities identified him as the leader of the local cell of the Jalisco New Generation cartel. Authorities began investigating the Guadalajara bodies last week and discovered the Tlajomulco ones on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Two arrested for kidnap and murder of 7-yr-old boy in Delhi
Two men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a seven-year-old boy in Rohini area here, police said today. The child went missing on August 5 and his father had been receiving ransom calls demanding Rs 1 lakh since then, they added. Subsequently, a trap was laid and the accused were arrested, officials said. The accused, who lived in the boy's neighbourhood, had allegedly strangled the child immediately after kidnapping him but still called the father with a ransom demand, they said. Yesterday, they led the police to the place where they had dumped the boy's body, officials added. The accused are claiming to be juveniles but it is suspected that they are not, police said, adding that they have been changing their statements frequently. A probe is on to determine if more people involved, officials said.
Schoolgirl gang-raped, case registered against four
A case was registered on Thursday against four persons on charge of gang-raping a schoolgirl and making a video of the crime, police said.
Stokes 'could have killed me': cleared defendant
Ryan Hale, a former soldier allegedly knocked out by Ben Stokes, said the England cricketer "could have killed me", their trial heard Thursday, as the ex-serviceman was formally cleared of affray. Stokes, Hale and a third man, Ryan Ali, were in Bristol Crown Court on Thursday for the fourth day of their trial for alleged affray in the southwest English city on September 25 last year. After the prosecution concluded its case against the three men, judge Peter Blair told the jury to find Hale not guilty. "I am directing you to find him not guilty in my analysis of the evidence," Blair said. Hale, 28, was formally found not guilty and invited to leave the dock. The court has seen security camera footage of Stokes, 27, brawling with Hale and Ali in a Bristol street. The prosecution has said Stokes first knocked out Hale, then 27-year-old Ali. On Thursday, jurors heard that Hale told police in a formal interview: "I'm a dad. He could have killed me. I don't know why he didn't stop. "He ..
Minor boy chokes on ingested pen cap, dies
An 8-year-old boy choked to death after swallowing a pen cap at his school in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district on Thursday, police said.