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Sexual favour scandal: Women's hostel owner found dead in TN
A city-based private women's hostel owner, wanted for allegedly seeking sexual favours from the inmates in return for waiver of room charges, was found dead in a well in Tirunelveli district today, police said The body of Jagannathan was found inside a well in Alankulam in that district, they said. Punita, warden of the hostel had taken five women inmates to a hotel under the pretext of celebrating the birthday of Jagannathan on July 22 and allegedly asked them to extend sexual favours to him to waiver the room charges. After the parents of the women lodged a complaint, a case was registered against Jagannathan and Punita, on July 24, on charges of threatening to murder and under the Prevention of Atrocities on Women Act, 2016. The two had been absconding since then and the body of the owner was found today. Police said they were investigating the death from all possible angles, including suicide.
DCW issues notice to Delhi Police on starvation deaths
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Thursday issued a notice to Delhi Police in the matter of death of three girls of a family here due to starvation.
Punjab resident arrested with 8-kg poppy in Jammu
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a man from Punjab after 8 kg of poppy was allegedly found in his possession here, an official said today. During a routine patrolling last night, a police team found Iqbal Mohd -- from Doraha village in Ludhiana -- moving suspiciously near the Bus Stand area. The police found 8 kg of poppy after searching him, a police official said. A case was registered and further investigation is going on, the official added.
Delhi Police files case after foetus found in AirAisa plane lavatory
The Delhi Police has registered a case in connection with the recovery of a foetus from a lavatory of an AirAsia plane after it landed here from Guwahati yesterday, said a senior police officer. A post-mortem was conducted on the foetus today to determine its gestational age, he said. When an alarm was raised by the cabin crew about the discovery yesterday, a 19-year-old taekwondo player had admitted that she had lost the foetus. The woman was sent for medical examination, but she refused it. Police have registered a case under Section 318 of the IPC, which pertains to "concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body" and is punishable with a maximum term of two years and a fine, he added. The case has not been registered against the player, he added. The woman was supposed to travel to South Korea tomorrow for a tournament and was accompanied by her coach. The cabin crew was doing a routine check of the lavatories when they found the foetus wrapped in toilet paper.
Guj rape case: Cops issue second summons to former BJP MLA
A second summons was today issued against former BJP MLA Jayanti Bhanushali in connection with a rape case filed against him by a 21-year-old woman, police said. Surat Police Commissioner Satish Sharma said that the second summons was issued today after Bhanushali (53) failed to respond to the first one issued on July 23 under section 160 of the CrPC. "We are trying to locate him. Investigation into the case is on," Sharma said. Another official said that the second summons, asking the former BJP MLA to appear before Sarthana police in Surat, had been sent to his residence in Ahmedabad. He informed that police needed to record Bhanushali's statement and also subject him to a medical examination as part of the investigations into the rape case. Sharma said that a new Investigating Officer would soon be appointed for the case since the current IO, Zone IV deputy commissioner of police Leena Patil, had been transferred to Panchmahal as its Superintendent of Police. On July .
Student killing: Campus Front leader taken into custody
A state leader of the Campus Front, a student organisation of the Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), has been taken into custody in connection with the killing of an SFI leader here earlier this month, police said today. Muhammed Rifa, state secretary of the Campus Front, who has been taken into custody had "strong involvement" in organising and executing the killing of the Ernakulam Maharajas College student Abhimanyu, they said. Rifa, a law graduate student hailing from Kannur district, was reportedly apprehended from Bengaluru. Police suspect that Rifa has also a leadership role along with the outfit's leader in the Maharajas College, Muhammed, in organising the gang and executing the crime. So far, 14 people have been arrested in connection with the case, besides, one Fasaluddin, who allegedly assisted the killer gang, has surrendered before a magistrate court here, police said. Last week, the police had arrested Maharajas College student and prime accused in the case, ..
PNB case: PMLA court summons Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi in Sept
A Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Mumbai on Thursday issued summons against absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi in connection with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case and has asked them to appear before it in September or be declared Fugitive Economic Offenders.Nirav Modi has been asked to appear before the special PMLA court on September 25 while Mehul Choksi is ordered to appear on September 26.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had earlier this month filed two separate applications in the special court against Modi and Choksi under Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, 2018.ED also sought orders for confiscation of their assets in India, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates worth Rs 3,500 crore.In its application to court, ED seeks to confiscate moveable and immoveable assets of the accused.This comes after Choksi moved to the special court seeking cancellation of a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him earlier this ...
Three dead in separate rain-related incidents in UP's Muzaffarnagar
One woman and two children were killed in separate rain-related incidents here today, police said. Sameer and Suhail, both aged 12, were electrocuted to death when they came in contact with a high tension wire in Khatoli town, they said. The minor boys were riding a horse which came in contact with the wire while grazing in a field. Both the boys and the horse were killed in the incident, officials added. A woman pilgrim, identified as Kusum, died of injuries after a pole of a mosque fell on her during heavy rains in the religious town of Shukertal under the Bhopa police station area here, Circle Officer Ram Mohan Sharma said. Heavy rains were reported in several parts in the district today.
Postmortem confirms 3 Delhi sisters died of starvation
Just a day after three sisters were found dead in the Mandawali area of east Delhi, the postmortem reports have shown that the reason behind the trio's death was starvation as there stomach was absolutely empty.Talking to ANI, Amita Saxena, MS, Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, said, "There was no trace of fat on their bodies. Postmortem showed the stomach was absolutely empty. It's a case of gross malnutrition"Meanwhile, the police sources also mentioned that the three sisters died due to starvation.The initial post-mortem examination report has indicated that the girls, aged two, four and eight died of starvation.Reportedly, the police were initially treating it as the case of natural deaths, but the recovery of pills and medicine bottles prompted them to look into the poisoning angle.The girls were brought to the hospital by a member of the family but were declared dead on arrival.Pankaj Singh deputy commissioner of police (east) had earlier said, "A board of doctors conducted a ...
UK Court of Appeal rejects Mallya's attempt to appeal
Vijay Mallya has lost his attempt to appeal against a UK High Court order in favour of 13 Indian banks to recover funds amounting to nearly 1.145 billion pounds, in another setback to the embattled liquor tycoon. The UK's Court of Appeal refused the 62-year-old businessman, who is separately undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over fraud and money laundering charges by the Indian authorities, the permission to appeal against the High Court order dated May 8. In the ruling, Judge Andrew Henshaw had refused to overturn a worldwide order freezing Mallya's assets and also denied permission to appeal, which left Mallya with the only option of turning to the Court of Appeal. Judge Henshaw's order marked the first recorded case of a judgment of the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) in India being registered by the English High Court, setting a legal precedent. The Court of Appeal judges looked into Mallya's application seeking permission to appeal and decided against it yesterday. As a .
Deoria DM seeks shifting of Atiq Ahmad to a high-security prison
After recovery of several objectionable items from the barrack of UP strongman Atiq Ahmad in Deoria Jail, the district magistrate has written to the state prison authorities to shift him out of the district jail to some other high-security prison in the state. District Magistrate Sujit Kumar has written a letter to the inspector general (Prisons) to transfer former MP Atiq Ahmad out of the district jail here, dubbing him as a "threat to the jail security". "His presence in the jail is vitiating the atmosphere there. I have written to the IG, Prison to shift him (elsewhere)," the DM said. Last week on July 19, a mobile phone, SIM cards, pen drives and knives were discovered in the barrack of various undertrials, including that of the former MP and UP strongman Ahmad during a surprise check. Some high profile 'criminals' including Ahmad, former Samajwadi Party district panchayat chairman Ram Pravesh Yadav and history sheeter K D Singh are also lodged in Deoria jail, making it a ...
ASI commits suicide in Jharkhand
An Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Suryadeo Mahto committed suicide by shooting himself with an AK-47 rifle in Jharkhand's Garwah district on Thursday morning.
Key conspirator in SFI leader's murder held
A law student, suspected to be a key conspirator involved in the brutal murder of an SFI member in a Kerala college this month, was taken into custody on Thursday even as another suspect surrendered in a court and was sent to judicial custody, police said.
Extortion accused escapes from police custody in J-K
A man accused of extortion and other crimes escaped from police custody today after being produced at a court in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said. Bulbir Singh, a resident of Kathua district, was arrested in an extortion case and was also charged with other crimes in Rajouri district. He was taken to the Samba court, Samba Superintendent of Police Anil Magotra told PTI. Singh's handcuffs were opened before he was produced in the court. When the police were putting back the handcuffs, Singh managed to fight off few of the guards and escaped, the SP said. The police have launched a manhunt to nab the accused.
Body of woman swept away in rivulet found
The body of a 60-year-old woman who was swept away last evening in a rain water-swollen rivulet in Rajasthan's Baran district was found today, around 2.5 km away from the spot, police said. Bhulibai, a resident of Dhani Kanoytiya village, was crossing a road overbridge when she was washed away by water flowing over the rivulet in the village under Mothpur police station limits in Baran. Her body was found this morning, SHO, Mothpur, Dalpat Singh Chouhan said. He said a rescue operation was started immediately after the incident but she could not be traced till late in the evening yesterday and the search operation had to be suspended due to growing darkness. The search operation was resumed early this morning and the body was found in the next couple of hours, SHO Chouhan said. The body was handed over to the family members after postmortem and a case registered under CrPC Section 174 (unnatural death), he added.
Two held for assaulting Delhi Police PCR constable
Two persons were arrested on Thursday for allegedly assaulting a Delhi police constable in full public view in North Delhi, officials said.
Sushil Modi lauds Nitish, disapproves of Kushwaha's comment
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today lauded Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for recommending CBI investigation into the Muzaffarpur shelter home case and lambasted the opposition RJD for "adopting double standards" with regard to the central probe agency. On the Union minister and RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha's statement that Kumar should give up bid for the fourth consecutive term in 2020, the senior BJP leader said his party was "not agreement with anyone's personal opinion". "Thanks to Nitish Kumar for ordering CBI inquiry in Muz rape case. Nobody will be spared," Modi tweeted. Inmates of a state-funded shelter in Muzaffarpur have allegedly been sexually exploited and it was confirmed by medical examination in cases of 29 of the 42 inmates. "I am happy that Lalu & Co. Pvt Ltd have shown full faith in CBI inquiry, first in Srijan scam and now in Muz girl's home case. Now they cannot blame CBI for chargesheeting them in IRCTC scam," he said in another ...
NGT orders sealing of illegal borewells operated by DMRC
Noting that the extraction of groundwater in Delhi is a very serious issue, the National Green Tribunal has ordered sealing of illegal borewells operated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in the national capital. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore was informed by the counsel for Delhi that permission has been granted to the DMRC, in the entire city, for 164 borewells only and consent for more borewells is required for which the matter was under process. The tribunal made it clear that the DMRC should be allowed to operate only those borewells which have been permitted in accordance to law. "Having heard the counsel for the parties and taking into consideration that extraction of ground water in NCT Delhi is a very serious issue, strict compliance of law is required. Therefore, only those borewells which have been permitted in accordance to law, shall be allowed to be operated. "Therefore, we direct that borewells to which permission have been granted by NCT ...
Building collapse: HC denies bail to Sena worker, contractor
The Bombay High Court rejected today the bail pleas of a Shiv Sena worker and a contractor arrested in connection with a building collapse incident here in which 17 people were killed in July last year. Shiv Sena member Sunil Shitap and an interior work contractor, Ranjit Agale, had approached the high court for bail after a sessions court rejected their applications in October last year. Justice Ajey Gadkari, while rejecting the pleas, said the "complicity" of Shitap and Agale was noticed in the case and they do not deserve to be released on bail. A ground-plus-three storey building, called 'Sai Siddhi', in suburban Ghatkopar had collapsed on July 25 last year, killing 17 people and injuring 22 others. Police had in August arrested Shitap, who owns the ground floor of the building, and Agale, under whose supervision Shitap was allegedly carrying out an unauthorised work on the premises. According to police, Shitap was converting the ground floor premises into a nursing home. Eight ...
Ghatkopar building collapse: Bombay HC rejects bail applications of accused
In connection with the 2017 Ghatkopar building collapse incident, the Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected bail applications of accused Sunil Shitap and interior designer Ranjeet Agale.The High Court observed that "serious complicity has been brought on record and thus they don't deserve to be released on bail".In the operative part of the Order, Justice AS Gadkari observed that their complicity was noticed and they don't deserve bail.Sunil Shitap was a local Shiv Sena leader of that area and was running a nursing home at the ground floor of the building. There was a renovation work going on in the nursing home at the time of collapse.Shitap and interior designer Angale were arrested days after the collapse under the charges of culpable homicide.Earlier, they tried for bail from Sessions Court also in October 2017, but were denied. Later they approached the Bombay High Court, where some interveners opposed their bail pleas along with prosecution.Eight family members of the victims .