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Three held for killing man over love affair
Three persons, including an elderly man, have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a 29-year-old man, whose body was found on the railway tracks in Kalyan in the district last month, police said today. According to police, the victim, Surendra Mishra, was in a relationship with a young woman, whose father was against it and plotted his murder. The accused were identified as the woman's father Rajendra Prasad Tiwari (47) and two others- Bhaskar Naringkar (67), a retired employee of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking (BEST) and Ravi Ashok Choudhary (34), a plumber, police said. "Mishra, a resident of Kopri and an employee of a private firm, and the woman had been in a relationship for the past seven years. Her parents were against their affair," a senior police official said. "As the victim planned to marry the woman, her father hatched a conspiracy to kill him," he said. In a statement given to the police, the woman said that Mishra
Former Akali Sarpanch murdered
A former Akali Sarpanch of village Khiala under Lopokey police station area was killed by unidentified persons here today, officials said. Sarbjit Singh was killed with sharp edged weapons, the police officials added. His body was found by family members in a field, they said. Family members claimed he was killed because of political rivalry. However, police said they were investigating the matter.
Two held from Karnataka for killing Goa hotelier
Two persons were arrested today from Gadag in Karnataka for allegedly killing a hotelier in Goa, police said. The accused are identified as Umesh Rathod and Dayashankar, a police official said. They have been booked on the charge of murder for allegedly stabbing Vishwajit Singh (41) in the basement of a building in Calangute during the wee hours today, said police inspector Jivba Dalvi. Police identified the duo on the basis of CCTV footage, he said. "Since they are the residents of Gadag, we informed the Karnataka Police who arrested them, after tracking their location," Dalvi said. The motive behind the crime is investigated.
Two get death for minor's rape-murder
: A special court in the city on Tuesday sentenced two persons to death for the abduction, gang-rape and murder of a minor girl in a "dastardly and grisly" manner.
Pak high court approves Sharif's appeal to transfer pending graft cases to other courts
A top Pakistani court today approved an application seeking transfer of pending corruption cases against jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his two sons to any other court, according to media reports. A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan, issued the short order they had reserved earlier today, the Express Tribune reported. During the course of hearings, the deposed premier's counsel Khawaja Haris had argued that the cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Sharif family members had a common witness -- JIT head Wajid Zia -- while the presiding judge of the accountability court, Judge Muhammad Bashir, had already disclosed his opinion on crucial aspects in all three references. Haris maintained that the judge had decided on 12 questions of fact in the July 6 judgment in Avenfield Apartment cases which were common in the remaining two cases; Al Azizia and Hill Metal Establishment .
4 arrested in Deoria shelter home case
Four people have been arrested and the District Probation Officer (DPO) suspended in connection to the Deoria shelter home case.Speaking to ANI, District Magistrate Amit Kishore said, "DPO has been suspended. The DPO made a mistake, the license of this shelter home was revoked last year but girls were still sent to this shelter home. Four people have been arrested in the case and others will be arrested soon."On August 5, the UP Police arrested a couple and rescued 24 girls from the shelter home after an inmate escaped and informed the police about the alleged ill-treatment meted out to them. She complained that the inmates of the shelter home were treated like servants. Both the man and his wife were managers at the shelter home.Earlier, the CBI had revoked the license of the shelter home following an inspection.
Deoria shelter case: Culprits should be exposed, says Akhilesh
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday demanded that the culprits who were running the Deoria shelter home even after its license was revoked should be 'exposed'.Talking to ANI, Akhilesh said," What happened with daughters is heart-wrenching. Culprits who were running and supporting the shelter home even after its license was revoked, should be exposed. Nothing will happen by changing a District Officer, it'll not give justice."Akhilesh's remark comes after the Yogi Adityanath government appointed Amit Kishore as a replacement of former District Magistrate (DM) of Deoria, Sujit Kumar, who was ousted from his post in the wake of the recent shelter home case.Meanwhile, the District Probation Officer (DPO) has also been terminated from his post following the massive furore over the incident.'The DPO is terminated and 4 more people have been arrested and there will be more arrests. The DPO made a mistake. Although the license of this ...
Spikes, fireballs not being used to drive away elephants: SC told
The governments of Karnataka, West Bengal and Jharkhand told the Supreme Court today that they were not using spikes and fireballs to drive away elephants in their respective states. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur, Deepak Gupta and K M Joseph was told by the counsel appearing for Karnataka that the state government had issued direction to the concerned authority on July 12 to remove all spikes and never to use it again. Similarly, the advocates representing West Bengal and Jharkhand told the court that they have not used any such methods to drive away elephants and no tenders were issued regarding procurement of either spikes or fireballs. The counsel representing the West Bengal government said that authorities were using torches and drums to make sound to drive away elephants and they would file an affidavit in this regard within a week. While Karnataka's counsel said that their affidavit was ready and they would file it during the course of the day, the lawyer appearing .
Oath of office administered to two new judges of J&K HC
Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe of Jammu and Kashmir High Court administered the oath of office to two newly-appointed judges of the court here today. Justices Sindhu Sharma and Rashid Ali Dar were administered the oath in the court room of the chief justice. The two new judges were administer the oath after the high court's Registrar General Sanjay Dhar read out the warrants of appointments issued by the President of India for them. Dhar also read out the letter of authorisation issued by Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra, authorising the high court's acting chief justice to administer the oath.
Gujarat HC quashes rape case against former BJP MLA
The Gujarat High Court quashed a rape case against former BJP MLA Jayanti Bhanushali today after accepting the complainant's affidavit seeking withdrawal of the complaint as she has "settled the issue amicably" with him. Justice P P Bhatt allowed Bhanushali's petition seeking quashing of the FIR in the case after the public prosecutor said the complainant had filed an affidavit to drop charges against him "without any coercion or undue influence". The affidavit was submitted by the complainant, a 21- year-old woman from Surat, in the HC during the last hearing. Appearing in person before the HC on last Friday, during the first hearing on Bhanushali's petition, the woman had told the court she had "settled the issue amicably" with the accused. The HC, during the last hearing, had asked the public prosecutor to instruct the investigating officer concerned to verify if the complainant had moved the affidavit out of coercion or undue influence. In his petition, Bhanushali had claimed that
Deoria shelter home inmate found in Gorakhpur
The police today found an inmate from the Deoria shelter home, from where 24 girls were rescued on Sunday night, at an old age home in Gorakhpur run by the same voluntary organisation. "A 21-year-old woman has been recovered from the old age home in Rani Diha area of Gorakhpur. As per the entry in the register, she was brought here on August 5, additional district magistrate Prabhu Nath said. He said this was illegal as the place was a shelter meant for the elderly. She is in a state of shock and her statement will be taken after medico legal interrogation," he said. One of the girls rescued from the Deoria shelter home on Sunday had said that girls from there were taken to Gorakhpur, where one of them was sent inside a room with two men. The old age home in Gorakhpur was being run by the Ma Vindyavasini NGO for the last 30 years, its clerk Ankit Mishra said. When the NGO's affiliation with state administration was cancelled in on June 2017, the organisation secured a stay from the ...
Politics can mould one's opinion on crime
A recent study has noted that an individual's opinion on crime may vary depending on the political situation that prevailed at the time they were growing up.The political context the respondents grew up in, between the ages of 15 to 25, is the time when people form key opinions and are most sensitive to social events, the study further noted.Researchers analysed data on fear of crime and antisocial behaviour from the British Crime Survey in England and Wales spanning 30 years. In doing so, they were able to estimate the net effects of individual ageing, the historical period in which the survey was conducted and the political generations the respondents belonged to.They found a strong connection between a respondent's current crime fears and their political generation. For example, those who grew up under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990) or John Major (1990-1997) expressed the greatest level of worry about domestic burglary - the same generation who witnessed a dramatic
Woman SI, hubby caught taking Rs 5 lakh bribe
A woman sub inspector and her husband were today caught red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a firm's representative for not registering a case against it. Accused SI Babita Chaudhary posted with Shipra path police station in Jaipurhad initially demanded Rs 50 lakhg as bribe but the deal was struck at Rs. 45 lakh. After verification of the complaint, a trap was laid by a team of Anti Corruption Bureau and the accused sub inspector along with her husband Amardeep was caught accepting Rs 5 lakh as the first installment the bribe, Inspector General of Police (ACB) Sachin Mittal said. The SI was threatening the firm, engaged in carrying out web advertisement business, to lodge a case against it under the Informational Technology Act. The accused SI and her husband were caught taking the bribe inside a restaurant near the Shipra path police station where she is posted, Additional SP ACB Narottam Verma said. Both the accused have been arrested under the Prevention of ...
Lodge FIR against CRFP guards: Family of youth killed at Abdullah's residence
The family of a youth, who was shot dead by CRPF guards at the residence of NC leader Farooq Abdullah, here last week, today demanded arrest of the personnel involved in his "cold-blooded murder" and registration of an FIR against them. The city administration had already ordered a magisterial probe into the incident, described by police as a "security breach". The youth's killing had triggered massive protests by his relatives. Various political parties, including the BJP and Congress, had demanded a thorough probe into the incident. According to the police statement, Syeed Murfad Shah, 25, the resident of Chinore locality here, allegedly crashed his private car into the gate of heavily fortified residence of Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah at Bhatindi on August 4, attempted to snatch a weapon from a CRPF officer and entered into a scuffle with the guards before being shot dead inside the house. He hit the CRPF officer at the head with a flower pot and injured him, it ...
Pak SC orders Musharraf and Zardari to submit their property details
Pakistan's Supreme Court today ordered former presidents Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf and Asif Ali Zardari to submit their property details along with an affidavit to the court. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, hearing the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case, said that accountability should begin with the powerful, The Express Tribune reported. Zardari's lawyer Farooq Naik told the court that both Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto have recently submitted their asset details with the Election Commission of Pakistan in their nomination papers. The chief justice then remarked that accountability should begin with people in powerful positions and ordered Naik to submit an affidavit containing details of Zardari's assets. Hearing of the case was adjourned indefinitely. Zardari served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He rose to prominence after his marriage to Benazir Bhutto in 1987. Musharraf, the 74-year-old retired general, ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. He is wanted in
Former IPS officer's husband arrested
The West Bengal CID today arrested M A V Raju, husband of former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh after the Calcutta High Court rejected his anticipatory prayer, a senior officer of the agency said. Raju was been taken into custody and arrested after being taken to the CID headquarter here. Earlier, in the day Calcutta High Court rejected Raju's anticipatory bail prayer in connection with its probe into a case of alleged extortion and illegal exchange of banned notes for gold. "We need him for questioning. He has information about the case," the CID officer said. At the high court Advocate General Kishore Dutta appearing for the state opposed the anticipatory bail prayer and submitted that huge amounts of money had been seized from his flat. Dutta submitted before a division bench of Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay that other persons had also given statements that Raju had allegedly kept money in their flats. The AG, assisted by public prosecutor ...
Accused in 2002 Ghatkopar blast case discharged
Three months after his arrest, a special court here today discharged Irfan Qureshi, an accused in the 2002 Ghatkopar blast case, for lack of evidence. The prosecution filed a report yesterday under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, stating that the police did not find sufficient evidence against him. A day before that, Qureshi's lawyer had filed a 'default bail' plea before special judge S M Bhosle of the Prevention of Terrorist Act (POTA) court on the ground that police failed to file a charge sheet within the mandatory 90 days of the arrest. "As per the prosecution report and the investigating officer, no role of Irfan Qureshi was revealed in the probe...there is no sufficient evidence to prosecute him further. The accused is hereby discharged," the court's order said. Qureshi was arrested in the case in May this year from the house of his relative in Aurangabad, around 325 km from here. In 2004, nine accused were discharged from the case for lack of evidence, while ...
Moga court acquits Hawara in an attempt to murder case
Jagtar Singh Hawara, facing death sentence for assassinating former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, was today acquitted by a Moga court in an attempt to murder case of 2010. District and Sessions Judge Tarsem Mangla acquitted Hawara in the attempt to murder case as the prosecution failed to secure evidence against him. Hawara was brought from Tihar Jail and produced in the court under tight security. Hawara and two others had been booked by the police for allegedly trying to kill Constable Jasbir Singh in 2010. A case had been registered against Hawara and the two under various sections of the Indian Penal Code on January 19, 2010. The police in its investigation report told the court that the prosecution has not been able to gather sufficient evidence against him. The other two accused have already being acquitted by the court.
Municipal bypolls in MP: Congress wins nine seats, BJP four
Congress candidates won byelections for nine corporators' posts in Madhhya Pradesh today while the ruling BJP won four seats. Voting for by-election to 14 corporator's seats across several municipal bodies had taken place on July 3. In one place, an independent candidate won, said a government public relations department officer. The Congress won a seat each in Nepanagar (Burhanpur district), Sarwania Maharaj (Neemuch), Newton Chikhli (Chhindwara), Junnardeo (Chhindwara), Dabra (Gwalior), Berasia (Bhopal), Raghogarh (Guna), Singrauli and Satna municipal bodies. BJP candidates won at Shamgarh (Mandsaur district) and Datia, Damoh and Bijuri (Anuppur district). An independent candidate won at Gormi in Bhind district. Assembly elections are due in the state by year-end.
Govt asks CBI to probe alleged irregularities in IFFCO
The government today said it has asked the CBI to probe complaints of irregularities at IFFCO, including alleged money laundering by its chief and the illegal repatriation of government's equity. The complaints received between 2013 and 2017 are related to the cases of corruption and irregularities against officials of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO), including its managing director U S Awasthi and his family members. "Department of Fertilisers has reffered various complaints pertaining to corruption and irregularities in IFFCO to CBI for enquiry/reports and the same are awaited," Minister of State for Fertilisers Rao Inderjit Singh said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. The cases, which the fertiliser ministry has asked CBI to probe, are related to alleged money laundering by the IFFCO managing director, his sons, relatives and friends associated with the cooperative, he said. They also relate to alleged grabbing of the guest house and posh bungalow by Awasthi in