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Man electrocuted at a mall in south Delhi
A man was electrocuted to death while repairing an air-condition at a mall in south Delhi's Sarojini Nagar, police said today. The deceased was identified as Sarwar Ali, a resident of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, they said. He was rushed to Safdarjang Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The body was sent for post-mortem, the officer said, adding that a case of negligence has been registered.
Guj: Rajputs, Dalits clash over youth sporting moustache
Members of Dalit and Rajput communities clashed in an Ahmedabad neighbourhood after Karadia Rajputs, an OBC group, allegedly objected to a Dalit youth wearing shorts and sporting a moustache, police said today. The clash took place in Kavitha village on Tuesday night, following which members of both the groups have filed complaints against each other at Bavla police station, P D Manvar, deputy superintendent of police, said. He added that up to five people from the Rajput community have been detained for questioning. In his complaint, Ramanbhai Makwana has alleged that seven people attacked his nephew Vijay on July 31, when he had gone to a shop in the village. Makwana has alleged that the seven people, reportedly belonging to the Rajput community, made casteist slurs against Vijay for wearing shorts and keeping a moustache, a Bavla police official said. The complainant stated that later a few Rajput men came in a pick-up truck and attacked Makwana's brother Vinubhai and the latter's .
Bihar shelter home case: SC seeks Centre, state govt's response
The Supreme Court today sought the response of the Centre and the Bihar government on the alleged sexual abuse of minor girls at a shelter home run by a state-funded NGO in Muzaffarpur district. A bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta took cognizance of the matter and expressed concern that the alleged victims of sexual assault at the shelter home were subjected to media interviews again and again. The bench, which issued notices to the Bihar government and the Centre, also restrained the electronic media from telecasting images of the alleged victims even in a morphed form. It asked the media not to interview the alleged victims, saying they cannot be compelled to relive the trauma again and again. The top court said the probe agency would take the help of professional councillors and qualified child psychiatrist in questioning the victims. It directed the CBI to carry out a forensic examination of the shelter home. The case will be next heard on August 7.
Bangladeshi man disguised as Sikh to rob pawn shop arrested in S'pore
A Bangladeshi national disguised as a Sikh to rob a pawn shop here has been arrested, Singapore police said today. Sheikh Md Razan, 29, who was working as a construction worker previously and had overstayed since last December, was arrested yesterday evening. Razan, wearing a pink turban, entered a 'ValueMax' pawn shop outside Boon Lay Mass Rapid Transit station at about 4.30pm on July 28 armed with a knife and a replica of a gun, which later turned out to be made of plastic. Pawn shop is a shop or business common for exchanging jewellery for cash here. On barging in the shop, he demanded that the shop's employee hand over to him all the cash and jewellery. When the employee refused, the man allegedly said he would blow up the shop, claiming he had an explosive device. He then allegedly threw the object onto the counter and fled without taking any items. The workers immediately threw the object out of the shop and called the police. No one was injured in the incident. The object ...
IT Dept detects undisclosed income of Rs. 125 Cr under FATCA
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The Income Tax Department (IT) has detected undisclosed income worth Rs. 125 Crore under the Foriegn Account Compliance Act (FATCA).Post verification of around 9000 cases, the Directorate General of Intelligence and Criminal Investigation and Department of Income Tax detected this undisclosed income.The IT Department has recommended penalties under Section 43 of the Black Money Act in over 700 cases. Assessing Officers have also been advised to impose penalty and prosecution under section 49&51 of the Black Money Act."We had seen a sharp increase of undisclosed amount of Rs. 125 Crore as earlier on first exchange of information of calendar year 2014 we detected undisclosed income of only Rs. 27 Crore," a senior IT officer told ANI on the condition of maintaining anonymity.He added that imposition of penalty of Rs. 1 lakh has been recommended in 100 cases.Adding to this the senior official said that out of 9000 cases, the department has found more ...
10-yr-old found dead
The body of a 10-year-old boy, who had been missing since Tuesday, was found near a brick kiln in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said today. The boy's family suspect that he was killed, Circle Officer Rajesh Kumar Tiwari said. The body was sent for post-mortem, he said, adding an investigation is on.
Two held with arms and ammunition in Malda
Two persons were arrested with arms and ammunition from Amrity, 12 km from here, the police said today. Acting on an information, the police apprehended the duo last night, Superintendent of police Arnab Ghosh said in a statement. The arms and ammunition recovered were one double barrel gun and three improvised fire arms besides one 12 bore bullet and two cartridges of .303 rifle, he said.
Suspected member of Neeraj Bawana gang injured in encounter
A 24-year-old man, suspected to be a member of the Neeraj Bawana gang, suffered injuries in an encounter with police today, a senior officer said. The encounter took place near the Millennium depot in southeast Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan area at around 5:15 am, he said. The accused, Saddam Hussain, was previously involved in seven crime cases and was wanted in a firing incident that occurred Kotla Mubarakpur, the officer said. Police had received information that Hussain would come near the Millennium depot on a motorcycle. Subsequently, a trap was laid to arrest him. Hussain fired at the policemen, who retaliated. He suffered bullet injuries in the exchange of fire and was taken to a hospital, the officer said.
U'khand: 2 IAS officers summoned in NH-74 land scam
The Uttarakhand government on Thursday summoned two Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in connection with the National Highway (NH) 74 land scam.The officers, namely Pankaj Kr Pandey and Chandresh Kr Yadav, were summoned after findings unearthed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) were submitted.On Wednesday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister assured that action would be taken against those found guilty in the case, regardless of whether the accused was a "junior level official or any bureaucrat".Rawat's remark came after the SIT team probing the alleged irregularities handed over its report to Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh.Irregularities worth Rs. 300 crore were detected in the acquisition of farmland for the purpose of the proposed NH-74 between 2011 and 2016.As per reports, agricultural land was shown as non-agricultural land to increase the compensation by up to 20 times for some persons.Most of the land in question is located in Jaspur, Kashipur, Bajpur and Sitarganj ..
Birhor tribe members pay liquor as fine for every crime
Last week, when Dalu Birhor engaged in a brawl with a neighbour, the head of their community held him guilty and fined him two bottles of Hariya (a locally brewed liquor). A month ago, Rakha Birhor (18), too, had to cough up two hens and three Hariya bottles for stealing goods from a villager. Welcome to Jharkhand's Chalkari village, where members of Birhor tribe pay country-made liquor as fine after the community court convicts them of a crime. The tribe members here follow rules and regulations set by their ancestors, said Topchachi Block Development Officer Vijay Kumar. "The members of the Birhor community usually do not approach the district administration or courts for their fracas. They solve it among themselves. Interestingly, no one challenges or defies the verdict of the community court," he said. Taking pride in their traditions, Raka Birhor, one of the elderly tribe members, said the rules and norms of the community have helped them maintain peace and ...
Encounter breaks out in Delhi, criminal injured
An encounter broke out in the wee hours of Thursday between police and a criminal of Neeraj Bhanja gang in New Delhi's Sarai Kale Khan area near Millennium depot.After receiving information via their sources that criminal Saddam Hussein would be crossing the area, the police came into action and the encounter took place at around 5:00 am in the morning."Through our sources, we got to know that Hussein would be passing by on a bike, so the police official ran to get hold of him during that moment he received the bullet," the police official said."During the encounter, Hussein sustained a bullet injury on his leg and was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Even a police official sustained a bullet injury during the encounter but survived as he was wearing a bullet proof jacket," he added.Hussein has been earlier charged with more than a dozen criminal cases on him and has also been sentenced to five years in jail. He is one of the leading members of Neeraj Bhanja ...
Woman chops off husband's genitals for 'staying with 2nd wife'
A woman chopped off her husband's genitals for allegedly neglecting her and "staying with his second wife", police said today. The incident took place in the Mimlana area yesterday. The man was rushed to a hospital in a serious condition, they said. The man had married the second time with consent of his first wife, as they did not have a child. The second wife had recently given birth to a child, Station House Officer, Kotwali police station, Anil Kaperwan said. He had been staying at his second wife's residence for some time, and it apparently angered the woman, he said. The man's relatives have filed a complaint with police against his first wife, the SHO said.
US court declares Trump's executive order unconstitutional
A US court of appeal in San Fransisco on Wednesday declared "unconstitutional" an executive order of US President Donald Trump to deny federal funding of sanctuary cities including San Francisco earlier this year.
Two held duping over 100 people in Delhi
Two well-educated people were arrested for allegedly duping over 100 people by posing as representatives of a renowned job portal, police said today. The accused, Chetan Soni and Naina Singhal, both aged 27, were arrested from Ghaziabad on July 30, they added. Soni is a double MBA while Singhal has a BTech degree. The legal head of Info Edge (India) Limited, flagship company of Naukri.com filed a complaint that some people were being cheated by using their name, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal. He said that in order to protect their own reputation and to compensate the unemployed job seeker, they had to pay money to the victim to compensate for their monetary loss. He had cited a recent case wherein one person was approached through email from career@first-naukri.com, identical to firstnaukri.com, one of the brand names of the complainant company. The victim was asked to transfer Rs 4,650 in the account of FirstNaukri.Com but later that amount was ...
6 burglars caught on CCTV camera dancing arrested in Delhi
A gang of six burglars who were caught dancing on CCTV camera footage before committing robbery in north Delhi's Lahori Gate area have been arrested, police said today. The unusual act was caught in a CCTV camera installed in the lane where a burglar apparently indulged in an impromptu victory dance after other members of the gang successfully broke into multiple shops and stole cash, electronic items etc, they said. The accused were identified as Alam, Anand, Sahib Ansari, Mohammad Safeeq, Salman and Anil, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Nupur Prasad said. One autorickshaw, two laptops, one LCD, some other electronic items and lock-breaking equipment were recovered from their possession, she said. On July 10, an incident of burglary was reported in the Novelty Cinema area in which shutters of four shops were found broken and some electronic items and cash were stolen by a gang of burglars, Prasad said. The CCTV camera installed there captured the burglars dancing on the street .
Three Ukrainians arrested for hacking over 100 US companies
Three Ukrainians have been arrested for hacking more than 100 US companies and stealing millions of credit and debit card numbers, the Department of Justice announced today. Dmytro Fedorov, 44, Fedir Hladyr, 33, and Andrii Kolpakov, 30, are high-ranking members of an "international cybercrime group" called "FIN7" which had dozens of members around the world, the department said in a statement. "Since at least 2015, FIN7 members engaged in a highly sophisticated malware campaign targeting more than 100 US companies, predominantly in the restaurant, gaming, and hospitality industries," it said. "FIN7 hacked into thousands of computer systems and stole millions of customer credit and debit card numbers, which the group used or sold for profit," it said. The Justice Department said members of the "prolific hacking group" also targeted computer networks in Britain, Australia, and France. FBI special agent Jay Tabb told a press conference in Seattle, Washington, where the arrests were ...
2 men held for assaulting traffic cops in J-K
Two persons have been arrested after a video, purportedly showing them assaulting traffic police personnel went viral on social media, police said today. A video went viral purportedly showing Scooter-borne men assaulting traffic police party at Polo View here while the traffic police personnel were discharging their duties professional, a police spokesman said. He said cognisance was taken by Kothibagh police and a case was registered. During the course of the investigation, one accused Mir Nauman, a resident of B K Pora area Nowgam here, was identified and subsequently arrested, the spokesman said. He said in continuation with the investigation of the case, one more accused Mir Hanan also a resident of B K Pora area - was also arrested. The spokesman said the police have hailed the cooperation of the public.
Boys at Arrah juvenile home allege assault, sexual abuse by inmates, FIR registered
Close on the heels of the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal, reports of sexual abuse of three boys at a remand home for juveniles here came to the fore following which police registered case against seven inmates today. Bhojpur Superintendent of Police Avakash Kumar said an FIR has been registered against seven inmates of the remand home, whom the three boys have accused of assault and sexual violence. He said the matter came to light when two of the boys, hailing from Kaimur district and booked in a murder case wherein SC/ST Act was also invoked, told their family members at a court that they were beaten up by fellow inmates. "The boys told their family members that yesterday, they along with another fellow inmate, were attacked by a group of seven juveniles lodged at the remand home. Bruises are visible on the bodies of all the three and a case has been lodged under relevant section of the IPC," he said. "Medical tests have been conducted to ascertain the allegation of sexual ...
LS passes Bill for fast disposal of commercial disputes
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amend) Bill that seeks to bring down the specified value of commercial disputes from the existing Rs 1 crore each to Rs 3 lakh for improving India's standing in the ease of doing business.
Goa government gone soft on Sanatan Sanstha: Writer
Goa-based Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer Damodar Mauzo, who was last week given police security following death threats by alleged killers of Bengaluru-based writer Gauri Lankesh, on Wednesday said the state government has gone soft on the Sanatan Sanstha, headquartered in the coastal state.