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Muzaffarpur case: Another shelter home run by prime accused raided
The police on Wednesday raided another shelter home run by Brijesh Thakur after a case was registered against him over the disappearance of 11 girls from the shelter home.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.The CBI had taken over the investigation from Muzaffarpur's Mahila Police Station, where the case was registered on May 31, under Section 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 376 (outraging the modesty of a woman), 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 4, 6, 8, 10,12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO).The alleged sexual exploitation of the girls was uncovered more than a month ago by a Mumbai-based social science institute. They had submitted its report in April.
One sentenced to death for rape, murder
A court in Assam on Wednesday pronounced death sentence to one person and life imprisonment to another for their involvement in the brutal rape and murder of a school teacher last year.
Three notorious robbers arrested in Amethi
Three allegedly notorious robbers wanted in several robberies were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district today, the police said. A police team led by the SHO of Bazar Shukul police station SK Pandey nabbed three robbers near Harakhmau village on the Raniganj-Bazar Shukul Highway under suspicious circumstances, Additional SP BC Dubey told reporters. They were identified as Ajay Kumar of Shahpur, Sunil Giri of Tendua and Raj Karan of village Mangrauli under police station Bazar Shukul, he said. Later, they confessed to their involvement in several incidents of robbery, he added. The police recovered 10 cell phones, four motorcycles, a country-made pistol, some live cartridges and cash worth over Rs 2,000 from the possession of the three men.
J&K officer arrested for alleged molestation
A revenue department officer in Jammu and Kashmir was arrested on Wednesday after a woman accused him of molesting her, police said.
Man accused of misbehaving with girl arrested: Police
A 21-year-old man has been arrested here for allegedly misbehaving with a minor girl whom he befriended on a social media platform, police said today. S Vignesh allegedly recorded his act and demanded money from the girl by threatening to upload the clip online if she did not part with Rs five lakh, a city police release said. He was arrested yesterday by policewomen based on a complaint from the 16-year-old girl's mother. A case has been registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 (POCSO), it said, adding that the man was produced in a court which remanded him to judicial custody.
15-yr-old Dalit girl raped in moving car in Haryana
A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by two men in a moving car here, police said today. Acting on a complaint lodged by the victim's mother yesterday, a case was registered against Praveen (37) and his friend. In her complaint, she mentioned that her daughter was in trauma since the incident. She said the two men had also threatened her daughter not to disclose the incident to anyone, saying they would eliminate her family. The victim and Praveen had met on social networking site Facebook. Praveen had been putting pressure on the girl to meet him, the police said. On July 26, he called the victim near Lal Dwara temple, where he along with his friend was waiting in a car, they said. When the girl arrived, the accused pushed her inside the car and took turns to rape her in the moving vehicle, the police said. The two men later left the girl in a park near her house. Praveen (37) was arrested today while his friend was yet to be arrested, the police said. The accused persons ...
Executive engineer held for taking Rs 3 lakh bribe
An executive engineer of Rural Engineering Service (RES) department here was caught allegedly taking a bribe of Rs three lakh from a contractor today, Lokayukta police said. The engineer, identified as Virendra Singh Verma, had demanded a bribe of Rs eight lakh from the contractor for releasing his firm's Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDR) and clearing bills amounting to Rs 10 lakh, Lokayukta Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Jabalpur, H P Choudhari said. "Based on the complaint, a trap was laid and an employee of the contractor firm was sent with Rs three lakh cash as the first instalment at Verma's official residence. As soon as the money changed hands, Lokayukta team caught him red-handed," the DSP said. Verma was booked under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, he added.
Eight Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
Eight Maoist guerrillas were arrested in Jharkhand's Khuti district on Wednesday, police said.
Congress seeks police probe against BMC chief in 'landscam'
The Mumbai Congress on Wednesday demanded stringent legal action against civic chief Ajoy Mehta and others after the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently lost a prime plot worth Rs 500 crore to a private party.
Missing guns: Manipur MLA's driver in NIA custody
A driver of a Manipur Congress legislator, being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for the missing pistols from Manipur Rifles' armoury, was on Wednesday produced before an NIA court which remanded him in the agency's custody for three days, police said.
Court allows ED to request 6 countries for assistance in bank fraud probe
A Delhi court today allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to send 'Letter of Request' (LR) to six countries for collecting evidence in a money laundering case involving the Surya Vinayak Industries Ltd for allegedly cheating a consortium of banks to the tune of Rs 2,240 crore. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Arora allowed the agency to send LRs to China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hong Kong, Singapore, Ghana and Indonesia. The application moved by special public prosecutor Nitesh Rana, appearing for the ED, said that the firm had diverted loan amount availed of from banks to abroad in the garb of investment. "During the course of investigation, it was found that the firm created seven wholly owned subsidiaries abroad in six countries and in the garb of investment diverted bank loan amount availed from the banks," Rana told the court. The application submitted that the UAE, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore were members of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), of which, India ..
Court holds AAP MLA guilty of assaulting youth
A Delhi court has held AAP MLA from Tughlakabad Sahi Ram Pahalwan guilty of assaulting a youth in September 2016. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal relied upon the testimony of the complainant -- Yogender Bidhur -- and held that the prosecution was able to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt against the Delhi legislature and his two aides -- Subhash and Lalit. "The complainant has proved assault upon him with a sharp object in which he received simple injuries. He was going to purchase some medicine, when he was wrongfully restrained," the court said. The court convicted all three for the offence punishable under sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by sharp object), 341 (wrongfully restrain) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code and posted the matter for August 7 for hearing arguments on the quantum of sentence. The accused may get a maximum of three years jail. The accused had denied the allegations levelled against them, saying that they were ...
Nun's rape charge against bishop: Ker cops to expand probe
Kerala DGP Loknath Behera today reviewed the progress of the probe into the rape charge levelled by a nun against a Jalandhar-based bishop of the Roman Catholic church and said a special team would visit the city in Punjab and other places as part of the investigation. The Director General of Police said he had given permission to the team headed by Vaikom Deputy Superintendent of Police K Subhash to leave for Jalandhar, New Delhi and other places for further investigation. However, the team would interrogate Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been accused of sexual assault by the nun, only after gathering more evidences from those connected with the case in these cities, he said. "The team will be able to move ahead only after correctly verifying the things. We haven't done it so far. Today, I have given permission to the team to go outside the state to probe the case. It will go not only to Jalandhar, but many other places also," the DGP told reporters here. Ernakulam ...
LS passes bill for speedy disposal of commercial disputes
A bill to amend the law for speedy disposal of commercial disputes and seeking to reduce the pecuniary jurisdiction of commercial courts from Rs 1 crore to Rs 3 lakh was passed by the Lok Sabha today. Replying to the debate on the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2018, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said "this bill is a larger narrative pursuance to ensuring India's performance in the ease of doing business." "We want to provide option of using commercial dispute resolution to smaller traders also," he said replying to opposition concerns regarding already over-burdened courts. The bill, which was passed by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha, also allows state governments to establish commercial courts at the district level, even in territories where high courts have ordinary original civil jurisdiction. In areas where high courts do not have original jurisdiction, state governments may set up ...
Shirdi civic official booked on corruption charge: ACB
A case was registered today against a Shirdi civic body official and his wife on charge of allegedly amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income, an ACB official said. Shirdi Municipal Council chief accountant Murlidhar Desale and his wife Rekha allegedly amassed properties worth Rs 17,30,618 between December 1994 and December 2010, the Anti-Corruption Bureau stated in a release. A case was registered against the Desales under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said Kishor Choudhari, Deputy Superintendent of Police, ACB, Ahmednagar unit. Further investigation is on.
Four of family found buried in Ker's Idukki district
Four days after they reportedly went missing, bodies of four members of a family were today found stacked on top of each other and buried in a pit in the backyard of their house in the district. The bodies bore injury marks, police said. Police identified the deceased as Krishnan (52), his wife Susheela (50), their daughter Arsha (21) and son Arjun (19). Neighbours said they had not seen the family for the past four days. Police said they could have been killed after July 29. The deceased lived in a secluded place in a rubber estate at Mundanmudi. Neighbours and some relatives went to the house this morning and found blood stains on the floor and walls and immediately informed police. Police said a search in the backyard revealed loose soil and when they removed it, the four bodies, with injuries, were found dumped on top of each other. The bodies have been shifted to Kottayam medical college for post-mortem.
Man stars in porn video, sends it to in-laws to 'prove potency'
Apparently peeved at his estranged wife's relatives claims that he was 'impotent', a man made an attempt to get back at them by making a video of him having sex with another woman and sending it to them, the bizarre act landing him in jail. The 32-year-old man from Hyderabad was arrested recently, police said today. Police said he sent the video to his father-in-law and his wife's aunt. Vibavasu has been charged under various sections of the Information Technology Act and Indian Penal Code, a police official said, adding that he has been lodged in Puzhal jail. She said Vibavasu was arrested following a complaint from the aunt. Vibavasu had married a city-based woman last year but she left him alleging harassment at her in-laws place. He later served a divorce notice on his wife, the official said. She said he told investigators that he took the step after he was accused of being 'impotent' by his in-laws. The pornographic video seems to be have been shot by another person, the ...
220 cow carcasses seized from Rajasthan warehouse
A total of 220 cow carcasses were seized from a warehouse in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Wednesday, police said.
Centre has declined to amend penal law to deal with snatching: AAP govt to HC
The AAP government today told the Delhi High Court that the Centre has informed it that amendment of penal law to deal with the issue of chain snatching was not required. The Delhi government had earlier this year written to the Centre to consider amending the penal provisions to deal with chain snatching, a serious issue plaguing the national capital. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar asked the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Delhi government to file affidavits indicating their stand on the issue and listed the matter for further hearing on October 30. The Delhi government had earlier informed the court that Haryana and Punjab have made snatching a separate offence after amending the law. The bench was hearing a petition by advocate Prashant Manchanda who has alleged that incidents of chain snatching in the city have seen a six-fold rise leading to a "fear psychosis" in the minds of citizens as well as tourists who are also targeted by the ...
Fake encounter: CBI opposes Guj IPS officer's discharge plea
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) opposed today the discharge plea of Gujarat IPS officer Vipul Aggarwal in the Tulsiram Prajapati 'fake' encounter case in the Bombay High Court. The role played by Aggarwal in the conspiracy was different from that (allegedly) played by Gujarat ATS chief D G Vanzara, who has been discharged, the CBI lawyer said. Aggarwal is facing trial on the charges of destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy. His discharge application wasdismissed by the trial court in November last year. CBI's lawyer Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh told Justice A M Badar that Aggarwal's and former Gujarat ATS chief Vanzara's case were not similar. The CBI charged Vanzara and several other senior officials of Gujarat and Rajasthan police for abducting and killing gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh and his wife Kausar Bi in November 2005, and Shaikh's aide and an alleged eyewitness of the killings, Prajapati, in December 2006. Aggarwal is an accused only in the ...