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2 policemen caught taking bribe in Kota
A sub-inspector (SI) and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) were arrested for taking bribe of Rs 8,000 from a complainant in Kota, today, an official said. The accused were identified as Sub-inspector Suresh Kumar Sharma, a resident of Kherthal area in Alwar district, and assistant Sub-inspector Rafiquddin, a resident of Keshavpura area in Kota. Both were posted in R K Puram police station. The two police officials had demanded Rs 15,000 for cooperating in a case lodged by one Amralal Gujar, a resident of Borawas area in Kota, additional superintendent of police (ASP), ACB, Baran, Rajendra Singh Gogawat said. When Gujar expressed his inability to pay such a huge amount, the accused asked for Rs 8,000. The complainant reported the matter to ACB, Baran, on Sunday. Following which, the verification of the complainant was carried out. SI Suresh Kumar was arrested today noon at Maharao Bhim Singh Hospital (MBS), when he was accepting the bribe amount of Rs 8,000, said the ASP, adding that ...
Balloons with 'Pakistan, I Love' words found in Rajasthan
Two balloons with words 'Pakistan and I Love' written on them were recovered today in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district, police said. The villagers informed the police about the balloons, SHO Raisighnagar police station Majid Khan said. Police and CID officials are investigating the matter, he added. Yesterday, a balloon with Pakistani flag tied with it was found in 19 BB village in the Padampur police station area of Sriganganagar district, which shares the international border with Pakistan. The balloon had 'Azadi Mubarak' seal in Urdu and an address of Bahawalpur in Pakistan, SHO Padampur police station Rameshwar Lal said today. He said the matter was being investigated jointly by police and intelligence officers.
Three neighbours guilty of child's murder in Shimla
A local court on Monday convicted three neighbours in the sensational kidnapping-cum-murder of a child, Yug Gupta, in the state capital four years ago.
Yacht in 1MDB scandal returned to Malaysia: PM Mahathir
Indonesia has returned to Malaysia a luxury yacht linked to the multi-billion dollar 1MDB financial scandal, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said today, a move seen as bolstering a corruption probe involving ex-leader Najib Razak. The Cayman Islands-registered Equanimity, believed to be worth some USD 250 million and belonged to a fugitive Malaysian financier with links to Najib, was seized in February off the Indonesian tourist island of Bali. Indonesian authorities detained the super-yacht following a request by the US Department of Justice, which is investigating alleged massive misappropriation involving the 1MDB state fund. "We are happy since the Equanimity yacht has been handed over to us by Indonesia," Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who is on a tour to Japan, said in a Facebook post. A spokesman for the prime minister's office said the yacht would arrive in Port Klang, west of the capital Kuala Lumpur, within the next 48 hours. Mahathir also thanked Indonesian President Joko
ED files charge sheet against journalist Upendra Rai
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today filed charge sheet against journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case related to alleged extortion and dubious financial transactions. The agency filed the charge sheet before Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora who posted the matter for consideration on August 8. The Delhi-based journalist was arrested by the CBI on May 3 for allegedly indulging in dubious financial transactions, getting an airport access pass made by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) by furnishing false information, alleged extortion and manipulation of an Income Tax Department case against a Mumbai-based businessman. The ED had registered a money laundering case against him based on the CBI FIR. It had claimed to have recovered, after searches at Rai's premises and those linked to him, call data records of a senior ED official and an IAS officer earlier posted with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, besides confidential communication between a ...
Minor gangraped in moving car
A minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and gangraped by two youths in a moving car here, police said today. The accused also posted an objectionable photo of the victim on social media, they added. Following a complaint lodged by the girl yesterday, a case was registered against accused Balram Jat and Aaduram Jat under various sections of IPC, IT Act, SC/ST Act and POCSO Act, SHO Chhatargarh police station Vikas Bishnoi said. As per the FIR, on July 29, the accused approached the girl and pulled her into their jeep. After raping her, they threw the victim on the roadside from the moving car. Family members lodged a complaint with the police after the girl reached home and shared her ordeal with them. Medical examination of the victim girl was done and teams have been sent to find and arrest the accused, police said.
Police intercept truck in Kota, rescue 14 oxen
Police claimed to have rescued 14 oxen from a truck while they were being illegally transported in Rajasthan's Bundi district today, officials said. Police have lodged a case under sections of Cow Protection Act against unidentified persons, however, they managed to flee the spot, Station House Officer Laxman Singh said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a truck carrying 14 oxen, aged between four and five, on NH-52 in Hindoli town here, he said. The rescued oxen were sent to a goushala in Bundi city, he said, adding a hunt is on for the accused.
SC judges meet CJI Dipak Misra over Justice K M Joseph seniority issue
Judges of the Supreme Court today met Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and lodged their protest over the Centre's decision to lower down the seniority of Justice K M Joseph, who is scheduled to take oath as an apex court judge along with two others tomorrow. Highly placed sources in the apex court said the judges, including Justices M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, who are members of the collegium, met the CJI at the judges' lounge during the tea before start of the day's working. Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who is the senior-most judge after the CJI, was not present as he was on leave today. The sources said that the CJI assured the judges that he would consult Justice Gogoi and take up the issue with the Centre. Besides the CJI and Justices Gogoi, Lokur and Joseph, the fifth member of the Collegium is Justice A K Sikri. The Centre on Friday last came out with the notification on the appointment of three judges to the apex court by putting at number three the seniority of Justice K M ...
Deoria case: Adityanath orders high-level probe
Shunting three top officials for their inaction in the Deoria shelter home case from where 24 children were rescued, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday ordered a high-level probe in the matter.Addressing the media here, the state's Women and Child Welfare Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi informed, "Chief Minister (Adityanath) has sent a two-member high level committee to Deoria for the investigation. They will stay there today and submit a report, following which strict action will be taken."On Sunday, the police had rescued 24 girls from a shelter home in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Deoria and arrested a couple, who were running the facility.The incident came to light after a girl escaped from the shelter house and informed police about the ill-treatment given to the inmates.The chief minister ordered the removal of Deoria's District Magistrate (DM) Sujit Kumar and suspension of former district police officers (DPOs) Neeraj Kumar and Abhishek Pandey for not taking action
Justice K M Joseph issue echoes in Parliament
The row over government's alleged attempt to affect the seniority of Justice K M Joseph as a Supreme Court judge echoed in the Lok Sabha today with K Venugopal of the Congress raising the issue in the Zero Hour. Without naming Joseph, the Congress member said government wants to have its way in every appointment in the judiciary. He referred to media reports about the proposed meeting of some Supreme Court judges with the Chief Justice over attempts to affect Joseph's seniority. He is said to be an honest and competent judge, Venugopal said, attacking the government. The Centre on Friday last came out with the notification on appointment of three judges to the apex court by putting at number three the seniority of Justice K M Joseph. In the notification, the names of Justice Indira Banerjee, Chief Justice of Madras High Court, was at number one followed by that of Justice Vineet Saran, Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.
11 malnourished children rescued from armed compound in US
Police in the US state of New Mexico have rescued 11 malnourished children kept in a filthy and heavily armed remote desert compound.
Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia gets 6-month bail in Cumilla bus arson case
The Bangladesh's High Court today granted six-month interim bail to former prime minister and opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case of firebombing of a bus in 2015, local media reported. Eight people were killed and 20 others were injured when unidentified assailants hurled a petrol bomb at the bus in Comilla's Chouddagram upazila on February 2, 2015, during protests against the government. Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM Mozibur Rahman granted the 72-year-old leader the bail today, the bdnews24.com reported. The bail petition was filed at Cumilla Special Court showing the three-time former prime minister as an arrestee in the case under the Special Powers Act, her lawyer Barrister AKM Ehsanur Rahman. Judge KM Shamsul Alam had endorsed the police's move to name Khaleda as an arrestee in the case but did not take any decision about her bail plea, setting August 8 for the hearing. Then Khaleda's lawyers had moved the High Court with a bail petition. The court had ...
BJP MP accuses Maha police of inaction on attack against her
BJP MP Heena Gavit today accused the Maharashtra police of not acting against the people accused of attacking her yesterday, saying she could have been killed but the main culprit was let off by the police within hours. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, she said she was returning from a meeting when her car came under attack and the accused smashed its glasses and tried to topple it. Media reports had said a group of Maratha protestors, who were agitating for a quota for the community, were behind the incident. She was dragged out by some workers or else she might have been crushed under it, the Nandurbar MP alleged, adding that four policemen present there did not act. Gavit said she was singled out for the attack and asked the police to register a case under the atrocity law as well, as she came from tribal community but the cops did not do so. She also showed photographs to support her claims.
16-year-old girl raped by two "friends"; accused arrested
Two men allegedly raped a 16-year- old girl after taking her out on the pretext of celebrating the Friendship Day here, a police official said today. The accused, aged 18 and 22 years, were known to the victim, said Inspector V M Pawar of the Dombivili police station, adding both were arrested. The duo approached the girl last evening and asked her out to celebrate the Friendship Day. Since the teenager was known to them, she went out, he said. They took the girl on a two-wheeler to an abandoned room near a fish hatchery in Dombivili and allegedly raped her, Pawar said. The accused warned her of dire consequences if she told anyone about the incident and later dropped her near her home, he said. The victim lodged a complaint with the Dombivili police station following which the two were arrested, said the official. One of the accused, who is 22, is into fish hatchery business, while the other is a college student, he said. They were booked under the IPC section 376D ...
SC judges meet CJI over Justice K M Joseph issue
Judges of the Supreme Court today met Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and lodged their protest over the Centre's decision to lower down the seniority of Justice K M Joseph, who is scheduled to take oath as apex court judge along with two others tomorrow. Highly placed sources in the apex court said the judges, including Justices M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, who are members of the collegium, met the CJI at the judges lounge during the tea before start of the day's working. Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who is the senior-most judge after the CJI, was not present as he was on leave today. The sources said that the CJI assured the judges that he will consult Justice Gogoi and take up the issue with the Centre. The Centre on Friday came out with the notification on appointment of three judges to the apex court by putting at number three the seniority of Justice K M Joseph. In the notification, the names of Justice Indira Banerjee, Chief Justice of Madras High Court, was at number one followed ..
Stones hurled at BJP MLA's car in Mathura
Mathura BJP MLA Pooran Prakash was reportedly attacked by unidentified persons who threw stones at his car near Mahaban town here, police said today. The incident took place last evening, they said. "Since it was dark, I did not stop the vehicle and headed straight to my residence," Prakash said. SSP Babloo Kumar said the incident was being probed and the culprit would be arrested soon. The BJP MLA, however, said such incidents would not stop him from interacting with the people of his constituency.
Kerala Orthodox church case: SC asks two priests to surrender
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of two priests--Jaise K. George and Father Sony Varghese-- in connection with Kerala's Malankara Orthodox Church case.The Apex Court division bench, headed by Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri and also comprised of Justice Ashok Bhushan, asked both the accused priests to surrender before the police by August 13.The court noted that the petitions of the two accused priests are devoid of merits."The petition of accused persons are devoid of merits and thereby we dismiss their prayers," the two-judge bench of the top court observed.The top court also asked both the accused priests George and Varghese, to surrender their mobile phones to the police to ensure that the investigation would be carried out properly.On July 26, the court had asked the Kerala Government to furnish a status report by today in the case.The two priests, along with others, are accused in the Kerala Church sex scandal case. The key accused, Varghese, along with
2 peddlers arrested in Jammu
Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested with heroin worth crores in Jammu and Kashmir today, police said. Acting on a tip off, police intercepted the two men from Bathindi area here and recovered a large quantity of heroin worth crores of rupees, a police officer told PTI. Both of them have been arrested and a case has been registered, he said. Reports have said at least 50-kg of heroin were recovered. However, the officer said the consignment was being weighed.
Khaleda gets 6-month bail in arson case
A Bangladesh court on Monday granted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia six months interim bail in a 2015 arson case.
Nawaz Sharif's wife conscious, still on ventilator
Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of jailed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has regained consciousness but she is still on ventilator, said Sharif's son Hussain Nawaz.Hussain informed that his mother was able to recognise family members and could now communicate with them through gestures. However, she was unable to speak, Samaa TV reported quoting Hussain Nawaz.Kulsoom is undergoing treatment for cancer at the Harley Street Clinic in London.On July 13, Hussain announced that his mother opened her eyes after a month-long coma. He requested people to remember his mother in their prayers.Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were in London to attend to ailing Kulsum Nawaz. However, they had to leave for Pakistan to serve their respective sentences in connection to the Avenfield reference case.On July 6, Sharif and Maryam were convicted in absentia in the Avenfield reference case by the Accountability Court. While the former was given ten years of imprisonment and slapped with a fine of eight ...