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Extend compensation scheme for sexual assault victims to child victims too: SC
The scheme proposed by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) for compensating victims of sexual assault and acid attacks should be made applicable to child victims of such assaults, said the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Woman held captive by husband and in-laws, attacked with acid and hot oil
A 35-year-old woman here was allegedly held captive by her husband and in-laws for almost a week, beaten up and attacked with acid and hot oil, police said today. The woman, Kausar, said she married Kasim almost a year ago. In her complaint, she said that she was held hostage on July 9 and beaten up. Her neck was burnt using hot oil, fingers and toes were also attacked with acid. She was kept hungry and thirsty. After this, she was thrown out of the house on July 17." According to Superintendent of Police Balendu Bhushan Singh, "On the complaint lodged by the woman at Puranpur police station late last night, a case has been registered against her husband and in-laws. "Since the allegations are very serious, the police is probing each and every aspect of the case and will then gradually proceed further.
TV producer gets seven years in jail for raping woman
A TV serial producer was today sentenced to seven years of imprisonment by a court here for raping a 31-year-old woman. Mukesh Mishra (33) was found guilty under IPC sections 376 (rape) and 506(II) (criminal intimidation). Additional sessions judge K S Hore today convicted him and awarded seven years' prison term, said additional public prosecutor Ashwini Rayakar. The prosecution examined nine witnesses, she said. The victim worked in the production unit of the Hindi serial "Veera" which was shot in a studio in suburban Powai. According to the victim, on December 12, 2012, Mishra asked her to reach Jogeshwari station, where a bus was supposed to pick up artists. When she reached the spot, Mishra was there. He told her that she should go with him on his motorbike, as the bus was late. At the studio, there was no one except the sweeper, she said. After she went to her room, Mishra followed her and raped her, the victim said in her complaint. He also threatened to kill her daughter ...
Visnagar rioting case: Hardik, aides get 2-year jail term
A Gujarat court today sentenced Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and two of his aides to two years imprisonment in a case of rioting and arson in Visnagar town here in July 2015. Later, Hardik and his two aides - Lalji Patel and A K Patel - were granted bail by the same court. The sentence dashes 25-year-old Hardik's hopes of contesting elections, unless it is suspended or reversed by the higher courts. The court granted bail to Hardik and his aides to allow them to file their appeals in the high court before August 27. If they fail to do so within this time-frame, the trio will have to present themselves before the Visnagar court for the execution of the sentence against them. Visnagar Sessions Court Judge V P Agarwal held the trio guilty under the Indian Penal Code sections pertaining to rioting, arson, damage to property and unlawful assembly. They were awarded two years of imprisonment, along with a fine of Rs 50,000 each, which they deposited in the court ...
Sheena Bora murder case: Indrani wanted to kill me too, Mikhail tells court
Sheena Bora murder case accused Indrani Mukerjea's son Mikhail Bora today told the trial court here that he believed that his mother had planned to kill him too. "In August 2015, I came to know that Didi (Sheena) had been murdered by Indrani, Sanjeev Khana and driver (Shyamvar Rai). Then I realised that when I had reached their home (in Worli here, on April 24, 2012) they had already killed Sheena and were planning to murder me," Mikhail said, recording his testimony before Special CBI Judge J C Jagdale. "Had I taken two more pegs (of the drink allegedly offered by his mother) that day, I won't have been alive today," he added. Mikhail had told the investigators earlier that his mother had offered him liquor spiked with drugs at her flat in Worli on April 24, 2012, the day Sheena was allegedly killed. Indrani had asked him to have some more liquor, but he refused, saying he was not feeling well, he had said. In the court today, Mikhail said that afterwards, whenever he asked about ..
Ex-cop held for abusing policemen
A former policeman was arrested today for allegedly abusing police personnel in Calangute village when they stopped him for not wearing a helmet, an official said. Calangute Police Inspector Jivba Dalvi said the incident occurred when the police personnel were checking vehicles for documents. The personnel stopped Anton Paul Britto (45) who was riding a two-wheeler without a helmet, he said. "The accused started abusing the policeman and obstructed them from doing their duty," Dalvi said. Britto had served as a police constable before he resigned from service. He is also facing an attempt to murder case. Britto has been booked under various sections of the IPC.
Five held with 58 gold bars in Mumbai suburb
Five persons carrying 58 gold bars allegedly smuggled from the Gulf were nabbed today by Crime Branch from suburban Borivli, an official said. He said the gold bars, weighing 6.76 kg, were allegedly smuggled into India by one of the accused, a woman, from Abu Dhabi by evading Customs duty. The officials also recovered cash worth Rs 21.13 lakh from the possession of the accused, he said. The five are identified as Mehboob Ali Shaikh (39), Sajia Shaikh (37), Jaffar Akbar Khan (46), Mahammad Shaikh (30)--all residents of Trombey, and Tabasum Khan( 27), a resident of Malvani near suburban Malad. The official said Tabassum had allegedly smuggled the gold bars from Abhu Dhabi Airport to Pune airport. The other four accused allegedly took the gold bars from Tabassum while she was trying to sell them, he said. All the accused have been handed over to the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), zonal unit, he added.
6th accused held in Jhansi molestation case
The sixth accused, who was part of a group of youth which allegedly molested a 16-year-old girl and also filmed the act, was arrested here today, police said. "On the complaint lodged by the girl, a case was registered against the accused. One person was arrested today, taking the number of persons arrested (in this connection) to six," circle officer Moth Thakur Deenpal Singh said. The incident is said to have taken place around 10 days ago in an area under the Chirgaon police station, he said. The video shows the girl being molested by a group of boys while dragging her to a forest area. The girl can be seen shouting for help. DIG (Jhansi zone) Subhash Singh Baghel had yesterday said, "As soon as we got the information about the incident, senior police officials rushed to the spot. The girl seen in the video was located and a written complaint filed." He said the victim alleged that a boy from the neighbourhood had threatened her and taken her to a nearby place where some other boys
Morni gangrape incident: Police arrest woman's husband
In a twist to the alleged gangrape of a 22-year-old woman at a guest house in Morni in Panchkula district, the Haryana Police today arrested her husband and booked him under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, officials said. The woman's husband was booked under various provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Panchkula DCP Rajender Kumar Meena told reporters. Meena said the accused was also booked under section 370 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which pertains to buying or disposing of any person as a slave. Police investigations showed the two key accused, already arrested in the case, were running a sex racket, the official said. "The SIT was investigating the case from all angles. During the in-depth probe, we came to know there were other angles to the case," Meena said. Earlier, both the victim and her husband had claimed that there was no telephonic conversation between them between July 15 and 18, the period during which the woman had alleged she was raped by 40 ..
Illegal mining in Gonda has caused royalty loss of of Rs 93.04 cr: Panel tells NGT
Illegal mining in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh has caused a loss of royalty of Rs 93.04 crore to the state government, the National Green Tribunal has been told by a committee constituted by it. The NGT was also informed by the panel that an amount of Rs 119.41 crore was required for restoration of the area which has been affected due to the unauthorised mining. Taking note of the submissions, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the Uttar Pradesh government to take steps within six months for recovering the revenue loss. The tribunal had appointed advocate Rachit Mittal as amicus curiae to assist the green panel in the matter. "A report dated September 7, 2017 has been submitted which is a subject matter of consideration in the present application. In the said report, it has been inter-alia found that the illegal mining has resulted in loss of royalty of Rs 93,04,45,776 and money required for restoration is Rs 119,41,14,500. "We do not see any ...
4 Nepalese held in Hyd for bid to visit Dubai on forged NoCs
Four Nepali nationals were arrested at the international airport here while attempting to board a flight to Dubai allegedly on forged no-objection certificates, police said today. The four, working here, were arrested yesterday when they tried to leave for Dubai on tourist visas using the forged NoCs, they said. Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar told PTI that police were looking into the role of unauthorised agents in the forgery of the NoCs. Cases had been registered against the four Nepalese for offences including cheating and forgery under the Indian Penal Code. As per immigration rules, Nepalese visiting Gulf countries from India for work purpose should have an NoC issued by the Nepal embassy in Delhi, police said.
'Hunger' takes the lives of 3 minor sisters in east Delhi
Hunger appears to have killed three minor sisters on Tuesday in Mandawali area of east Delhi. Though the police are still awaiting the second post-mortem report, the doctors at Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hospital here said the first autopsy revealed that the girls died due to 'starvation'.
Pakistani-origin man gets over 4 yrs in jail for incest in UK
A 81-year-old Pakistani-origin man who fathered three children by his own daughter has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail for committing incest at Bradford Crown Court in the UK. Ashraf Khan, now 81, had pleaded guilty on three charges of incest dating back to the 1980s and was sentenced by a court in northern England yesterday. His abuse of his daughter was only discovered after she confessed to her husband on her deathbed. "You are a very dishonourable and wicked gentleman, we all now see," Judge Jonathan Durham Hall told Khan in the court. "Her deathbed confession, how dreadful that must have been. Unburdening her soul about this awful trauma she had carried with her," he said. The judge also described the woman's husband as an honourable man because he continued to care for the children even after a DNA test confirmed his wife's revelation. The victim, born in Pakistan, married her husband there in the early 1980s, before moving to Bradford to join him and her father.
Delhi HC asks IIT Kharagpur to accept 2015 resignation of whistle-blower professor
The Delhi High Court has directed IIT Kharagpur to accept the resignation of its former professor and whistle-blower Rajeev Kumar from the date of leaving the technical institution in June 2015 instead of 2017. Kumar fought a six-year-long legal battle since he was given compulsory retirement by IIT Kharagpur on charges of misconduct. He got a posting at the Jawaharlal Nehru University last year. Hearing a plea filed on Kumar's behalf, the court directed IIT Kharagpur to issue a fresh order accepting his resignation with effect from June 11, 2015 and communicate the same to JNU. "The respondents (IIT Kharagpur) will also calculate the benefits on the aforesaid basis and communicate the same to JNU," it said in the July 11 order. IIT Kharagpur had in May 2011 suspended Kumar on charges of misconduct. He was accused of damaging its reputation by levelling allegations of irregularities in admissions, purchase of laptops and rampant copying by students in exams. Kumar was hailed as an ...
India-Bhutan to enhance cooperation to curb transborder crime: CBI
India and Bhutan are increasing cooperation in fighting economic and conventional crime to ensure checking cross border crime and apprehending fugitives, the CBI said here. A six-member delegation of Anti Corruption Commission of Bhutan, which shares 699 km border with India along sensitive North East region, is on a visit to the CBI between July 23 to July 27. The delegation is headed by Aum Kinley Yangzom, Chairperson, ACC, Bhutan. The visit is a part of exchange programme to enhance cooperation between the two countries in fighting economic and conventional crime and help in capacity building, the CBI said. It said the visit is also a part of the CBI to to forge organisation-to-organisation ties with other international agencies to ensure better co-operation in checking cross border crime and apprehending fugitives. "CBI's experience and competency in fighting corruption, organised crime and economic frauds can be of great value to our sister agencies in neighbouring countries. We .
Vigilance raids half-a-dozen places as part of probe
The anti-graft Vigilance wing of Odisha Police today conducted search in half-a-dozen places as part of their probe to unearth any possible nexus between government officials and a gangster, who is now behind bars, officials said. The move comes after state Vigilance launched a probe to ascertain the role, involvement and connivance, if any, of government officials in extending undue favour to Titto @ Syed Usaman Ali of Kendrapada district, an accused in many criminal cases, his family members and associates. In course of enquiry, six teams visited and verified records at Kendrapara municipality office and two Tehesil offices in Kendrapara district and three RTO Offices at Kendrapara, Chandikhol and Cuttack, a vigilance statement said. The inquiry is aimed to find out any favour shown to Titto, his family and associated in acquiring sand sairats, land and petrol pump, vehicles and their permits by abusing their official positions, causing wrongful loss to government ...
'My son has got justice at last': Woman on 13-yr legal battle
"My son has got justice at last," said 67-year old Prabhavathy reacting to the verdict of the CBI special court today awarding death sentence to two police officers in connection with his custodial death in 2005. Clad in a white sari, the frail woman, who waged a lonely battle for 13 years to bring the accused to book, was in the court room when the landmark ruling was pronounced by Judge J Nazer. The Judge sentenced the two serving police officers to death, said to be the first time in the state, while handing out three years imprisonment to three other police personnel in the case related to brutal torture and consequent death of 26-year old Udayakumar, son of Prabhavathy, in police custody. Udaykumar was taken into custody by Fort police here on Sept 25, 2005 in a case of theft and allegedly tortured at a police station. He died of severe injuries and broken veins. The case took several twists and turns with prime witnesses turning hostile, alleged tampering of ...
3 minor sisters die under mysterious circumstances
Three minor sisters were found unconscious in their house and were declared brought dead in a hospital here, the police said on Thursday. There were no injury marks on them.
Police arrest 4 criminals wanted in several cases of loot
Four people, including son of an assistant sub inspector (ASI), were arrested today for allegedly being involved in several cases of loot, police said. Three motorcycles, two gold earrings and some drugs were recovered from their possession, SSP Satinder Singh said. The accused were identified as Manpreet Singh, son of an ASI posted at Tarn Taran, Arshdeep, Sukhwinder Singh and Lakhwinder Singh, all residents of Kapurthala district. The SSP said all the accused were drug addicts.
Stop groundwater extraction from borewells running without permission: NGT to DMRC
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to stop extraction of groundwater from borewells that are running illegally in the national capital. The tribunal made it clear that the DMRC can only use water from those borewells for which it has permission. A bench headed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore passed the order after it was informed that the Delhi Metro had permission for only 164 borewells. The green panel also directed the DMRC to seek permission for water extraction through borewells from the Central Ground Water Authority and inform it after getting the requisite approvals. Advocate Kush Sharma, appearing for petitioner Kush Kalra, alleged that the DMRC has installed illegal borewells right under the nose of authorities, but no action has been taken till date. Kalra had alleged that the DMRC was extracting groundwater instead of using waste water to wash its trains, resulting in depletion of the water table. It had contended that if ...