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Arrested woman moves Guj HC against ex-BJP MLA accused of rape
A woman, accused of trying to extort money from a person in Kutch district, has approached the Gujarat High Court alleging that former BJP MLA Jayanti Bhanushali had "pressured" the complainant to lodge a false case against her. The woman, Manisha Goswami, is in jail for allegedly blackmailing Bhanushali's nephew with an obscene video in order to extort money. A case in this connection was filed at the Naroda police station in April and Goswami was arrested and sent to the Sabarmati Jail. Earlier this month, another person, Ajay Thakkar, had lodged a similar complaint against Goswami at the Naliya police station in Kutch district. The woman has not been formally arrested in the case filed by Thakkar. Goswami yesterday approached the high court to quash the FIR filed at Naliya, claiming that Thakkar was "pressured" into filing the complaint against her. In his affidavit, Thakkar too told the court that he had lodged the complaint due to "political pressure" and claimed that Bhanushali .
Man held after performing wife's delivery using YouTube videos
A man was arrested after he along with his two friends performed an unassisted and botched pregnancy operation on his 28-year-old wife by watching YouTube videos.The husband, Karthikeyan and his two friends, Lavanya and Praveen began watching lessons on how to conduct a pregnancy operation at home, after the former's wife Kritika started experiencing labour pain.The trio then planned to conduct a home delivery at Karthikeyan's home in Tirupur by performing a traditional form of treatment on his wife.The three persons followed the YouTube videos and continued to assist Kritika during the operation.However, after delivering the baby, the woman started feeling uncomfortable and experienced excessive bleeding following which she died.On seeing this, the three of them fled from the scene, after which the police launched a manhunt to trace the trio.Ultimately, the three persons, including Karthikeyan, were arrested by the police.
HC orders panchayat staff's suspension for dereliction of duty
The Madras High Court today ordered the suspension of a panchayat secretary in neighbouring Tiruvallur district for dereliction of duty in not bringing files sought by the court over pending disciplinary proceedings against a suspended sanitary inspector. Justice S M Subramaniam issued the order during the hearing of a petition filed by G Jayaprakash, the sanitary inspector, challenging his suspension ordered eight years ago over some service matter. The court had, in the previous hearing, directed the panchayat official to produce before it the related files and explain why there was a delay of about eight years in concluding the disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner. The panchayat secretary attended the court today without the files and also did not get instructions from his superiors for the government lawyer. Pulling him up, Justice Subramaniam said the official had not understood the seriousness of judicial proceedings and had committed dereliction of duty and ...
Two get death for rape of minors in MP
Two persons were sentenced to death by trial courts in Madhya Pradesh in separate cases of rape of children below the age of 12, a lawyer said. The trial lasted for only five and 13 days in the two cases.
After 5-day trial, MP man gets death penalty for raping minor
A Katni court sentenced a man to death today for raping a minor, following a trial that lasted just five days. A special court of Additional Sessions Judge Madhuri Raj Lal convicted Rajkumar Kol (34), an autorickshaw driver, after finding him guilty under section 376 (A)(B), introduced under the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2018, as well as relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Kol raped the five-year-old girl on July 4 while taking her to school. He was arrested on July 7. Police filed the charge sheet on July 12 and the hearing in the case started on July 23.
Govt to be 'neutral' in rape probe against ex-BJP MLA: Rupani
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today said that his government will remain "neutral" in the police probe into rape allegations against former BJP MLA Jayanti Bhanushali. On July 19, an FIR was lodged in Surat's Sarthana police station against Bhanushali for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman on the pretext of securing admission for her in a reputed fashion designing college. In her complaint, the victim had alleged that Bhanushali raped her on several occasions between November 2017 and March 2018. Speaking to reporters in Bhuj in Kutch today, Rupani said, "The police is doing its job. My government will remain neutral in whatever investigations that are going on. We will not take into consideration any other factors while probing the case." Earlier yesterday, a second summons was issued against Bhanushali by Surat police in connection with the rape case. He has been charged under sections 376 (2) (public servant committing rape), 506(2) (criminal intimidation), ...
Foreign-made cigarettes worth Rs 20 lakh seized in Delhi
Three people have been arrested for allegedly selling foreign-made cigarettes which did not carry the mandatory health warning and information, the police said today. Raids were conducted at three shops in south Delhi yesterday following a tip off and 9,001 packets of cigarettes worth Rs 20 lakh were seized, they said. The owners of these stores, identified as Ashok Kumar Gupta, Vikas Gupta and Purshottam Gupta, have been arrested, the police said. "All the arrested persons were in this business for many years. During interrogation, they confessed that selling these cigarettes is more profitable for them, rather than (selling) other brands," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Romil Baaniya said. A case had been lodged, he said.
Case pendency: CJI for innovative steps, higher retirement age for judges proposed
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Friday called for innovative steps and multi-pronged strategy to wage a war against pendency of over three crore cases largely in the lower judiciary and the High Courts while a SC judge proposed raising the retirement age of judges in the higher courts.
SC judge asks Centre not to delay appointments in higher judiciary
Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph today asked the Centre not to delay appointments in higher judiciary and clear the names in a time-bound manner after getting the recommendations from the collegium. Amid speculation that the Centre was mulling increasing the age of superannuation of judges of the apex court and the high courts, Justice Joseph suggested that the age of retirement be raised to 70 years. At present, apex court and high court judges demit office at the age of 65 and 62 years respectively. "Just making a passing observation -- as far as appointment to high courts are concerned, once the high court has sent some request, or the high court collegium creates an appointment of a judge, to high court, there should not be a delay of three months. "As far as the Supreme Court is concerned, since it is an appointment from among the judges serving in the country for quite a long time, there must not be a delay of more than two weeks," Justice Joseph, who has been vocal about the ..
Cleaner charged with trying to poison babies in French creche
A 53-year-old cleaner has been charged in France over allegations that she tried to poison two babies at the creche where she worked by putting tranquilisers in their bottles, prosecutors said today. Staff at the creche in Neuilly-Plaisance, in the eastern Paris suburbs, raised the alarm after a 16-month-old child became dizzy and sleepy after snack-time on June 5. The child was hospitalised for three days and tests found traces of benzodiazepine -- a sedative and muscle relaxant -- in their blood, hospital management told AFP. Two weeks later a nine-month-old boy at the creche -- which looks after the children of hospital staff -- showed the same symptoms and was also placed under observation, prompting prosecutors to open an investigation. The creche has been under heightened security, with parents forbidden from accessing it and bottles prepared for the babies only in the presence of two people. The suspect, who had worked on and off for the creche for two years as a cleaner, was ..
BJP MP blames Muslims for rising crimes
Ambedkar Nagar BJP MP Hari Om Pandey today blamed the growing population of Muslims in the country for rising crime, adding to the controversial remarks by his party leaders in recent days. "Cases of heinous crime such as rape and murder are rapidly increasing due to the growing Muslim population in India," Pandey told reporters here. He said there had been a rapid increase in the percentage of Muslims in the population since Independence and called for the introduction of a Bill in Parliament to save India from becoming another Pakistan. The MP's remarks echo that of Alwar (Urban) MLA Banwari Lal Singhal who, while condemning the lynching of a Muslim man on suspicion of cow smuggling, blamed the victim's Meo community for crime in the district. Other BJP and RSS leaders have in recent days urged Muslims to shun beef and cow smuggling. "Muslims have three to four marriages and give birth to nine to ten children. The kids are left to roam around and this gives way to lawlessness," ...
MP: Man gets death for raping, killing minor in Gwalior
A local court today awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a six-year-old girl here last month. Special Judge Archana Singh awarded capital punishment to Jitendra Kushwaha (25), a vendor from Kampu area in Gwalior, after convicting him under section 376 (A)(B), introduced under the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2018, as well as IPC section 302, said additional district prosecution officer Anil Mishra. Kushwaha was also found guilty under IPC section 366 (abduction), 201 (disappearance of evidence of offence) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Mishra said. The culprit had lured the girl from a wedding hall on the intervening night of June 20 and 21. Resident of neighbouring Bhind district, the victim was attending a marriage function in Gwalior. The minor's body was found at around 9am on June 21 and a post-mortem confirmed that she had been raped before being murdered. Kushwaha was arrested on June 22 and the ...
Criminal gang busted in Jharkhand
Eight armed criminals were arrested while they were planning to commit serial crime including killing of a politician and contractor in the steel city here last night, a senior police officer today said. A police team has recovered two semi-automatic pistols, two country-made pistols, 45 live cartridges of 7.65 bore, 12 rounds of .315 bore, four motorcycles and mobile phones from their possession, Senior Superintendent of Police, Anoop Birtharay said. Addressing a press conference jointly with Superintendent of Police (city) Prabhat Kumar, Birtharay said they had specific information that a group of criminals had gathered at a company quarter in a farm area under Kadma police station last night. A police team headed by Kumar was formed to apprehend the criminals. Accordingly, the team comprising several police station officers-in-charge conducted a raid and arrested eight criminals while six to secen others managed to escape under the cover of darkness, he said. The ...
Former gram pradhan head shot dead in Azamgarh
A former gram pradhan was shot dead and his son seriously injured when two motorcycle borne assailants fired at them here today, police said. Mahendra Yadav (49) alongwith his son Ankit Yadav (18) were on their motorcycle when the unidentified assailants attacked them near Tadakdeeh under Devgaon Kotwali police station area, they said. Mahendra Yadav succumbed to injuries while being taken to a hospital in Varanasi and his son is undergoing treatment, police said, adding that efforts were on to trace the attackers. Yadav, a medical practitioner was also a Samajwadi Party worker and had survived similar attacks in the past.
J'khand court awards 15-yr RI to man in gangrape case of 15-yr-old girl
A court here today sentenced a man to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a more than a year-old gangrape case of a 15-year-old girl. The court of District and Sessions Judge Devendra Kumar Pathak pronounced the verdict, sentencing Punam Yadav to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment in the gang-rape case of the girl that was reported from Manatu in Palamau district on March 16, 2017. The judge also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict. The convict will have to spend an additional six months in jail if he fails to pay the fine. The case of the other accused, Upendra Yadav, is under the consideration of the juvenile board. As per the FIR registered in connection with the incident, the victim and both the accused were schoolmates. Punam had raped the victim on multiple occasions after promising to marry her, the FIR said. When it came to the notice of the victim's family, they filed a case against the two accused at the Manatu police station in June last year.
ASI injured in shootout with robbers
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted at Preet Vihar police station in East Delhi suffered injuries after he was shot at allegedly by robbers in the early hours today, the police said. Last night, the police were tipped off about the presence of around three-four robbers in Preet Vihar' G-block. An exchange of gunfire took place between the robbers and the police during which ASI Lokesh Kumar suffered bullet injuries, the police said. The robbers fled the spot, they added. A probe was initiated to nab the accused, they said, adding footage from CCTV cameras installed in the area were being scanned.
Soumya Viswanathan murder case: SC rejects parole plea of accused
The Supreme Court today refused to grant 15 days parole to a life convict, who is also facing trial in the sensational 2008 murder case of TV journalist Soumya Viswanathan. A bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan termed the conduct of Ravi Kapoor in jail as "unsatisfactory" and set aside the order of Delhi High Court granting him parole and bail. The high court had granted him bail and paroles in three different cases on the ground of allowing him to file appeal in apex court against his life sentence awarded to him in one case. The bench said though it is very liberal in granting parole to the accused but in the instant case, Kapoor can easily file appeal in apex court from jail as per the prison norms. The counsel for Kapoor said that there are some technical points which need to be looked into and a 15-day parole should be granted to him. Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, appearing for Delhi Police, opposed the parole plea and said that Kapoor was involved in the
Manager booked after seven cows die at cowshed in Ambala
A case was registered against the manager of a cowshed at Jaitpura village in Ambala district of Haryana after seven cows died there under mysterious circumstances two days ago, police said. The manager and one more person working at the cowshed were booked under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act City, they said. SP, Ambala, Abhishek Jorwal said the Ambala Police had received a complaint from the villagers in this regard. He said that investigations were underway. Three persons had been running the cowshed for the last eight months, the police quoted a zila parishad, who is also a resident of the same village, as having said. He said that the villagers had been giving donations to the cowshed for the purchase of fodder for the bovines. But there was no proper arrangement of fodder and sheds available there, he alleged. Some of the villagers alleged that seven cows had died on Wednesday night due to starvation while a few were sick.
'I didn't take a penny for transplant', says Abidal's cousin
Eric Abidal's cousin has said that he "didn't take a penny" from Barcelona, over allegations the club illegally bought a transplant liver for their former player. Earlier this week, Spanish public prosecutors said they had asked for a probe into the matter to be reopened. Online newspaper El Confidencial had reported earlier this month that wiretaps from a corruption probe involving then-Barca president Sandro Rosell indicated that the club may have illegally procured the new liver which Abidal, a former France international, received in April 2012 from Gerard Armand. But Armand was adamant that there had been nothing untoward. "Nothing, not a penny. How can I wonder about it? I simply gave an organ to save a member of my family," he told French newspaper La Depeche du Midi. "I didn't think about it, it was a good, normal action that anyone would do to help a sick relative." Spain's National Transplant Organisation, which is run by the health ministry, investigated Abidal's transplant
Cook booked for attempted murder in Goa
A cook was arrested on Friday on the charge of attempted murder of a colleague at a resort in North Goa over theft of cigarettes, police said.