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3 Pak-origin men of UK grooming gang to be stripped of British citizenship
Three Pakistani-origin members of a notorious grooming gang, jailed for offences including the rape and trafficking of girls as young as 13, will be stripped of their British citizenship following a court ruling, a media report said today. Prime Minister Theresa May, then Home Secretary, began the process in 2015 by ruling that Abdul Aziz, Adil Khan and Qari Abdul Rauf should not remain British. The trio were among nine men jailed for offences including the rape and trafficking of young girls in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, in 2012. Court of Appeal judges rejected a legal challenge from the men, the BBC reported. The men, who are all of Pakistani nationality, claimed the decision violated their human right to family life. But senior judges ruled that stripping the men of their citizenship was "conducive to the public good". Lord Justice Sales said the men were motivated by "lust and greed" which amounted to "serious organised crime". The decision paves the way for the government's ...
Pakistani men convicted of sex crimes to be stripped of British citizenship
Three Pakistani men convicted as members of a sex-grooming gang that targeted young girls are to be stripped of their British citizenship after a UK Court of Appeal ruling today. Abdul Aziz, Adil Khan and Qari Abdul Rauf, dual nationals of Pakistan and Britain, were among nine men jailed for offences including the rape and trafficking of girls as young as 13 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, in 2012. British Prime Minister Theresa May, then UK Home Secretary, began the process of removing them from the British citizenship rolls in 2015. The men had challenged the decision on human rights grounds saying they had family in the UK, including children who were British by birth. But today, three Court of Appeal judges rejected the legal challenge from the men and ruled that stripping the men of their British citizenship was "conducive to the public good". Lord Justice Sales, sitting with Sir Terence Etherton and Sir Stephen Richards, said the men were motivated by "lust and greed". "The ...
Kanwariyas vandalise car after it brushes one of them
A group of Kanwariyas on Wednesday vandalised a car here after it brushed one of them, police said.
HC relief for Hardik; sentence in Visnagar riot case suspended
The Gujarat High Court suspended today a lower court's order which has sentenced Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel to two years' jail term in a 2015 rioting case. Justice S H Vora also ordered that Patel be granted bail in the case. He will not have to surrender before police until his appeal is heard, as per the high court's order. The high court granted relief to the quota agitation leader while admitting his criminal appeal which will be heard in due course. Patel has challenged the Visnagar court's July 25 order convicting him for rioting and arson at the office of local MLA Rishikesh Patel during the quota agitation in 2015. The lower court, after convicting and sentencing Patel, had granted him a temporary bail so that he could move the high court.
Man found dead in Haryana village
A 23-year-old man with injuries on his face and head was found dead in a Haryana village near the border with Delhi on Wednesday, police here said.
2 killed in suspected honour killing case in Rohtak
In a suspected honour killing case, a woman and a police sub-inspector were shot dead by two unidentified men outside the mini-secretariat in Haryana's Rohtak district, today. The deceased were identified as Mamta, who had married against the wishes of her parents, and Sub-Inspector Narendra. The incident took place after Mamta appeared before the Juvenile Justice Board in a fake birth certificate case in Rohtak. When Mamta came outside, two unidentified men on a bike fired shots at her, police said. Narendra, who was escorting Mamata, returned fire but sustained bullet injuries, Rohtak Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramesh Kumar said, adding that both succumbed to their injuries in the hospital. Another lady constable, Sushila, escaped unhurt in the incident. Police booked the girl's father Ramesh Kumar and the two unidentified shooters on charge of murder. Police said Mamta and her husband were booked for allegedly preparing fake birth certificate for marriage. Mamta was allegedly
Minor alleges rape, delivers baby in Gurugram
A minor girl has alleged that she was raped by her neighbour and as a result she has now delivered a baby in a hospital here, police said on Wednesday.
Delhi HC rejects plea for FIR against Vasundhara Raje
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI case against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her son for allegedly getting a compensation of Rs 1.97 crore by selling a piece of government land in 2010.
HC slaps exemplary cost of Rs 1 L on petitioner
: The Madras High Court today slapped an exemplary cost of Rs one lakh on a petitioner for filing a petition against a woman IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh, seeking a CBI probe into her community certificate. Justices M Duraisamy and Anitha Summan directed the petitioner to pay the cost to the IAS officer Nagalakshmi and her husband Selvaraj within a period of four weeks. The Judges said that the petition filed by Kasi Reddiar was only to threaten the officer and pressurise her to give up her claim towards family property. It said the petitioner had deliberately filed the petition to threaten the officer, despite an earlier court direction not to reopen the proceedings as the issue of the community certificate had been already decided. Nagalakshmi is currently working with the Andhra pradesh state government.
Bihar Minister quits over Muzaffarpur horror, defends husband
Bihar Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma on Wednesday resigned over the rape of young girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur but strongly defended her husband despite his alleged friendship with a key accused.
Bodh Gaya blast case: JMB member held from Jharkhand
The Kolkata Police Special Task Force (STF) today arrested a member of the terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) from Jharkhand for his alleged involvement in the Bodh Gaya blast case, an officer said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the STF arrested 26-year-old Dilwar Hasan alias Ali Hasan alias Umar, a resident of Malda district in West Bengal, from Pakur district of Jharkhand, he said. "Dilwar is an active member of the JMB. We have arrested him this afternoon from Sidhu Kanu More in Pakuria police station limits in Jharkhand for his involvement in the Bodh Gaya blast case that took place earlier this year," he said. He was booked under various Indian Penal Code sections, including 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (Waging, or attempting to wage war), 121A (conspiracy to commit offences), 123 (concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war) and Explosive Substances Act, the IPS officer said. A low-intensity bomb had exploded on January 19 this year, hours after Tibetan ..
Jharkhand: Denied ambulance, father carries newborn's body on shoulder
A man was forced to carry the body of his newborn son on his shoulder for five kilometres to perform his last rites, after allegedly being denied an ambulance by a hospital in Jharkhand's Latehar district.
Raj HC issues notice to Centre over plea regarding anti-corruption law
The Rajasthan High Court today issued notice to the central government on a plea alleging that Section 17A of the amended Prevention of Corruption Act is ultra vires. According to a petition filed by advocate Bhagwat Gour, the provision is made to protect guilty officers and it will increase institutionalised corruption as it would be necessary to seek prior permission before prosecuting any public servant in the cases of corruption under this amended provision. "The previous approval from the government necessarily required under Section 17A would result in indirectly putting to notice the officers to be investigated before commencement of investigation. Moreover, if the police is not even allowed to verify complaints by preliminary enquiry, how can the case move forward? A preliminary enquiry is intended to ascertain whether a prima facie case for investigation is made out or not," reads the petition. The bench has asked for a response from the law secretary.
Gurugram SHO among four cops suspended on bribery charge
A Station House Officer (SHO) and three subordinate police officers in Gurugram were suspended on the charge of demanding money for the release of an oil tanker impounded illegally, police said on Wednesday.
Begging in Delhi not an offence: HC
The Delhi High Court today decriminalised begging in the national capital, saying the penal provisions in the law were unconstitutional and deserved to be struck down. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the provisions of the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act which treats begging as an offence, cannot sustain constitutional scrutiny. The bench also said that the inevitable consequence of this verdict would be that the prosecutions under the Act against those who are alleged to have committed the offence of begging, would be liable to be struck down. "The power to do so would, however, appropriately vest in the courts seized of such prosecutions, and we, therefore, limit ourselves to observing that the fate of such prosecutions, if any, would have to abide by the present judgement, and our observations and findings contained herein," the court said in a 23-page judgement. It said the state is at liberty to bring in alternative legislation to curb .
AAP demands judicial probe into Sukma killings
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has demanded a judicial probe into the killing of 15 Naxals who were gunned down by security forces on August 6 in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.At a press conference in the state on Wednesday, AAP's State Secretary Uttam Jaiswal accused the police of killing innocent farmers in the name of terrorists. The party has constituted a team to probe the matter.In the incident, 15 Naxals were killed and four apprehended.Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had congratulated the security forces on their success in the operation. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh had also praised the security forces for successfully conducting the search operations near Sukma's Gonta and Golapalli police limits."It was a big, successful and clean operation. The forces were in the jungle for the past two days, it is definitely a big success for the police forces," the chief minister said.
SC panel to examine issues in Indian jails
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the constitution of a committee under the chairmanship of its retired judge to look into problems in jails, including overcrowding.Calling it a human rights issue, a three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur observed that the committee will also deal with issues pertaining to inmates languishing in jail despite being granted bail by the court.The Supreme Court further said the committee for prison reforms will have government officers, who will coordinate with the retired judge, and apprise the apex court regarding suggestions to improve the lifestyle of inmates staying in overcrowded jails.The bench also said that the central government is not properly utilising the amount it had collected under the order of the top court.Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal, representing the Central government, told the court, "We have multiple problems. Finance is one of the major hurdles. We are trying to overcome this," to which ...
One held with gold biscuits worth Rs 21 lakh in Bengal
A Bangladeshi smuggler was arrested from West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday and gold biscuits worth over Rs 21 lakh were seized from him, a senior BSF officer said.
SC seeks J-K govt's reply on alleged custodial torture of Kathua case witness
The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea by Talib Hussain, a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape-and-murder case, alleging custodial torture by the state police in an alleged rape case lodged against him by his sister-in-law. A bench headed Chief Justice Dipak Misra initially asked senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for Hussain's cousin Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, to satisfy it as to how a writ of habeas corpus (produce the body) was maintainable in the present case where the accused was in lawful police custody following registration of an FIR against him. "How will the writ of habeas corpus lie in the present case where the person is in valid custody of police," the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, asked and adding that the concerned judicial magistrate may be approached with the grievances. Jaising referred to a Supreme Court judgement and said that irrespective of the nature of detention,
Gujarat ATS nabs 2002 Ghatkopar blast accused in Maharashtra
An absconding accused in the 2002 Ghatkopar blast incident in Mumbai was today arrested by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), an official said here. ATS officials nabbed Yahya Abdul Rehman Shaikh (45) from Aurangabad in Maharashtra and handed him over to the Maharashtra police, said a senior ATS official. Shaikh had fled to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia immediately after the blast, and returned to Aurangabad only two days ago, he said. "Gujarat ATS team was in Aurangabad in connection with some other case. We detained Shaikh on suspicion, and during the questioning he admitted to involvement in the Ghatkopar blast. Since he is not facing any case in Gujarat, we handed him over to Maharashtra police," the official said. Shaikh was named in the FIR lodged by Mumbai police after the blast and charged under relevant IPC sections as well as under the Prevention Of Terrorism Act ('POTA', which is now repealed), he said. Two persons were killed and 50 others were injured in a ...