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Muzaffarpur: Brajesh Thakur's weapon license suspended
The District Magistrate of Muzaffarpur on Friday suspended the weapon license of Brajesh Thakur, the prime accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter case.The District Magistrate, Mohd. Sohail also ordered Thakur to surrender his weapons within 48 hours.Meanwhile, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar assured strict action against the accused in connection with the case.Addressing a gathering at "Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana" programme, Kumar said, "This incident has ashamed us. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating the case. The High Court should monitor this case."Thakur is the prime accused in Muzaffarpur's shelter home case, where more than 30 minor girls were sexually assaulted over a period of time.On August 1, the police raided another shelter home run by Brajesh Thakur after a case was registered against him over the disappearance of 11 girls from the shelter home.The CBI had taken over the investigation from Muzaffarpur's Mahila Police Station, where the case was
Case of sexual abuse, suicide abetment against PSI
Goa Crime Branch today registered an FIR against a sub-inspector for allegedly sexually abusing a woman police constable and abetting her suicide. A case was registered against police sub-inspector Gautam Shetkar under IPC sections 377 (unnatural sex) and 306 (abetment to suicide) after a preliminary investigation, a senior crime branch official said. A newly recruited lady constable, attached to Verna police station, died at a hospital on February 4, 2018 after allegedly consuming poison. Her family alleged that Shetkar had sexually abused her on the previous night. Shetkar has not been arrested in the case yet.
Five held for daylight robbery, Rs 21.5 lakh recovered
Five criminals have been arrested on the charge of snatching Rs 44.5 lakh from two company employees on way to deposit the cash in a bank in Wazirpur last month, police said on Friday.
CBI takes over missing MI officer probe
The CBI has taken over investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a Military Intelligence officer from Chennai eight years ago, officials said today. P Gnana Prakasam, working as an examiner in Military Intelligence, a snooping unit under the Army, went missing on June 6, 2010, the officer's wife, Yamuna Gnanaprakasam, had said in a complaint. Posted at the Army Headquarters here, Gnana Prakasam had gone to Chennai to attend a family function. He later went to the central railway station, Chennai to pick up his son who, arriving by a train from Udhagamandalam, according to the complaint. When his wife called him to check whether their son had arrived, the officer told her he was not in a position to pick him up and asked her brother to do so. A few hours later, she had again contacted her husband and he said he was going to Tirupati and that he could not reveal anything further. Late that night, she again contacted him but a person answered the call, saying her husband was ...
TN Speaker defends decision in not disqualifying Jakkaiyan
Defending his decision in sparing AIADMK MLA STK Jakkaiyan from disqualification before the Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal today claimed that anti-defection law does not apply to a member the moment he or she assure allegiance to their party. "The cases of 18 disqualified MLAs and Jakkaiyan are not identical. Though notice was served to him under disqualification proceedings, he withdrew his complaint made to the governor. Further he stated in writing that he does not want to get into the allegations made by the 18 MLAs against the chief minister," Aryama Sundram, senior counsel for the Speaker, said. He was continuing his submissions before Justice M Sathyanarayanan during the hearing of the pleas challenging the disqualification of the MLAs loyal to sidelined leader T T V Dhinakaran by the speaker on September 18 last year. "...Action under schedule ten of the Constitution is not a retribution, as per the schedule anti-defection law attracts only when a ...
Petition challenging clean chit to CM Yogi dismissed
The Allahabad High Courttoday rejected a petition challenging the dismissal of a criminal case against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in an incident dating back to 1999 when he was the MP of Gorakhpur. After hearing the concerned parties, Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh dismissed the revision petition filed by Talat Aziz, a Samajwadi Party leader. In the petition it was alleged that a meeting was held by Aziz in Mahrajganj on February 10, 1999. But Yogi reached the venue that led to clashes. In the ensuing violence, a police head constable Satya Prakash, who was the security guard of Aziz died due to gun shot injuries, it was alleged. Subsequently, an FIR was lodged by Aziz at police station Kotwali Mahrajganj against Yogi and several unnamed persons. Similarly, the then SHO Kotwali Mahrajganj, B K Srivastava also lodged an FIR naming Yogi and 21 others under section 307 (attempt to murder), 153A and other sections of Indian Penal Code. A third FIR was then lodged by Yogi ..
Ruling TRS MP's son booked on charges of sexual harassment
Ruling TRS MP D Srinivas' son Sanjay has been booked on charges of sexual harassment following a complaint from a woman student of a nursing college in Nizamabad, for which he is the Correspondent. The complaint was made by a woman student today and the case has been registered under different sections of the Indian Penal Code, police said. Sanjay said in Nizamabad that he felt that the charges against him had been levelled "with an ill motive to hurt his family politically." Srinivas, who had served as president of Congress' state unit and also as minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh, had joined the ruling TRS after the formation of Telangana. He has since become a member of the Rajya Sabha. His other son is a BJP leader.
Four men arrested for looting medicine suppliers in northwest Delhi's Keshav Puram
Four men were arrested for allegedly looting Rs 44.5 lakhs by shooting and injuring two medicine suppliers in northwest Delhi's Keshav Puram, the police said today. The accused were identified as Saddam, Sandeep, Pawan Kumar and Ilteza, they said. Two country made pistols, stolen cash of Rs 21.5 lakh, one gold chain worth Rs 2.5 lakh which was purchased from stolen amount and five mobile phones used in the commission of crime were recovered from their possession, the police said. On July 30, police were informed that four men came in a white swift car and stole cash by firing and injuring two men who were taken to a private hospital in Shalimar Bagh. When police reached the hospital, they found that both the injured identified as Raj Kumar Bhasin and Tejpal Singh were lying unconscious. The victim had sustained gunshot injuries and were unfit to give their statement, Aslam Khan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (northwest) said. Police sources were deployed and more than 200 criminals ...
Groundnut adulteration: 3 held; govt says won't spare anyone
Three people were arrested today in connection with alleged adulteration of groundnuts procured by the Central agency NAFED in Rajkot district of Gujarat even as the state government vowed action in the "scam". As the Congress mounted an attack on the BJP government over "large-scale corruption" in procurement of groundnuts and demanded a judicial probe, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said no one found guilty of wronging will be spared. Nearly 30,000 sacks of groundnut (each weighing 35kg) were found mixed with sand and pebbles four days back, officials have said. They were kept at a private godown taken on rent by the National Agriculture Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) in Pedhla town under Jetpur taluka of Rajkot district, they said. The NAFED had purchased the groundnuts from farmers under the minimum support price (MSP) scheme. An FIR was lodged in this connection on a complaint by the NAFED and the police had detained nearly half a dozen people for ..
Live-streaming to include hearings on socially important issues: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday said that the proposed live- streaming of its proceedings will include, besides important matters before constitution bench, socially important issues requiring interpretation of legal provisions.
Cordon off manholes, pits in Delhi, orders HC
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed all public and land-owning agencies, including Delhi Government, to cordon off and regularly inspect all manholes, pits, holes and tanks in the capital. It directed PWD to pay over Rs 12 lakh as compensation to a woman whose child died after falling into a pit in a park in 2015.
Police file FIR against Ghaziabad lawyers
Police here in Uttar Pradesh on Friday filed a FIR against striking lawyers for assaulting them even as a strike by advocates crippled the courts.
Two minor girls raped in Jharkhand
Two minor girls were allegedly raped in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan and West Singhbhum district, police said today. A 55-year-old man lured a 11-year-old girl to a lonely place and raped her in Seraikela-Kharswan district on Wednesday, the police said. After the girl narrated her ordeal to her parents, they lodged a complaint against the accused at Rajnagar police station. Based on the complaint, the police lodged a case against the accused under different sections of IPC and Pocso Act and arrested him, they said. In the second incident, a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by six persons including four minors in West Singhbhum district, police said. The girl was grazing her cattle when the six accused allegedly raped her on July 26. But the case was registered yesterday as the accused had threatened the girl to keep quite. The parents of the girl registered a case against the accused after the girl narrated the incident to them, police said adding that four minors
Backwardness of SCs/STs enough to grant them quotas in promotions, Centre tells SC
The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that mere backwardness of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes was enough to grant them reservations in promotions and that there was no need for the government to back their inadequate representation with quantifiable data.
Woman wants to drop rape charge against BJP leader, Judge asks police to probe any duress
A 21-year-old woman who has accused former BJP MLA Jayanti Bhanushali of rape today told the Gujarat High Court that she will not object if the court decides to quash the FIR filed on her complaint as she had "settled the issue amicably" with the accused. After taking her affidavit to this effect on record, Justice P P Bhatt asked the police to record her statement and also probe if she was being forced to drop the case. The woman appeared in person before Justice Bhatt during the first hearing of Bhanushali's petition seeking quashing of the FIR. When Justice Bhatt asked if she was stating so because of intimidation, the woman said she was under no pressure. She had settled the issue amicably with the accused and did not want to pursue the matter, the woman said. The court then adjourned the hearing to August 7. When Bhanushali's lawyers requested the court to direct the police not to take any action against him till then, Justice Bhatt said such order was not necessary as the next ..
Need at least another 3 months to conclude Narada probe: CBI to HC
The CBI told the Calcutta High Court today that it needed at least another three months to conclude its probe in the Narada sting operation case. The agency filed a progress report in the investigation in the case before the court today. After hearing the CBI counsel's submissions, Justice Joymalyo Bagchi directed the central probe agency to file another report after six weeks, stating the progress made in the probe. CBI counsel Amajit De submitted that efforts were on to access the contents of an iPhone, which was allegedly used to carry out the sting operation, and the agency would require at least another three months to conclude the probe. Justice Bagchi was hearing a petition filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Aparupa Poddar, seeking quashing of an FIR against her, claiming that she was not an elected representative when the alleged video was shot and as such the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act were not applicable against her. In the sting operation, which was ...
SC grants relief to Nalini and Karti Chidambaram in two separate cases
Nalini Chidambaram, a senior advocate and wife of former Union minister P Chidambaram, and her son Karti Chidambaram today got relief from the Supreme Court in Saradha chitfund and INX media cases respectively. The top court restrained Enforcement Directorate (ED) from taking any coercive action against Nalini Chidambaram in the Saradha chitfund case. It also refused to interfere with an order granting bail to Karti Chidambaram in the INX media case. A bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan issued a notice to the ED on a plea by Nalini Chidambaram challenging dismissal of her plea by the Madras High Court against the summons issued in a case related to Saradha chit fund scam. It restrained the ED from taking any coercive action against Nalini Chidambaram in the case. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for her, said that the issue was covered by apex court judgement. The bench said it was issuing a notice to the ED and seeking its reply in four weeks. In another case of ...
Traffic constable alleges ADGP's daughter misbehaved with her
A woman traffic constable has alleged that the daughter of a senior police officer misbehaved with her when she caught her violating traffic rules here, police said today. In her complaint, the woman traffic constable alleged that the daughter of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) misbehaved with her when she caught her violating traffic rules at AG Square last evening, they said. "An FIR has been registered at the Capital Police Police Station based on the complaint lodged by the woman constable. We will examine the CCTV cameras before taking any step," Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anup Kumar Sahoo told reporters here. The ADGPs daughter, on the other hand, has accused the woman traffic constable of slapping her at the AG Square. "The woman constable came on my way when I was about to proceed after the traffic lights had already turned green. She came up to me and slapped me," she alleged.
2 police complaints against Sonowal by TMC
Two police complaints were lodged against Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in the city today over alleged "manhandling" and "illegal detention" of TMC delegates at the Silchar airport yesterday by Assam police officials, TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said. One complaint was filed at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airport police station under the Bidhannagar Police commissionerate and another at Alipore police station in the city. TMC MLA Mohua Moitra had herself filed the complaint at Alipore police station. The charges made against Sonowal by the TMC were illegal detention of public representatives and manhandling, Dastidar said today. An official of the Bidhannagar police commissionerate confirmed receiving the complaint from Dastidar. "I and our party MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar have lodged two separate complaints against the Assam CM over manhandling and illegal detention yesterday. We were assaulted by the police officials (at Silchar airport)," Moitra ...
SC approves settlement between RCom & Ericsson India Pvt Ltd
The Supreme Court today approved the settlement arrived at between Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) and Ericsson India Pvt Ltd over a payment dispute and asked the Anil Ambani-led firm to pay Rs 550 crore to the company by September 30. Ericsson India Pvt Ltd, which had signed a seven-year deal in 2014 to operate and manage RCom's nationwide telecom network, had alleged that it had not been paid the dues. A bench comprising Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra perused the May 30 interim order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and noted that Ericsson India Pvt Ltd was willing to settle its debt of over Rs 1,500 crore for a sum of Rs 550 crore which was to be paid by RCom within 120 days. On May 30, the NCLAT had stayed bankruptcy proceedings against RCom after the firm had agreed to pay Rs 550 crore to Ericsson to settle the payment dispute. "We are of the view that this timeline shall be strictly adhered to and payment of Rs 550 crores be made on or before ...