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3 persons killed in road accident in UP
Three persons were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a truck in the Kakrala area here, police said today. The incident took place last evening when the three persons were travelling on the motorcycle, they said. Superintendent of Police (city) Jitendra Srivastava said, "The deceased have been identified as Morpal (24), and his relatives Anuj (20) and Rita (22)." While Morpal died on the spot, Rita succumbed to her injuries on the way to Bareilly hospital. Anuj died in the Bareilly district hospital, he said. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination.
2005 custodial death: Capital punishment for 2 cops
The Thiruvananthapuram special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Wednesday awarded death sentence to two police officers in connection with a custodial death in 2005.An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police K Jithukumar and a constable SV Sreekumar have been awarded capital punishment in the case. A fine of Rs 2 lakh each has also been imposed on them.In 2005, Udayakumar (27), who was taken into custody for questioning in a theft case, died in custody after being tortured by police. Udayakumar and his friend were picked up by the officers from the Sreekandeshwaram Park in the city.The duo was taken into custody as cash amounting to Rs 4500 was found in Udaykumar's possession. The two police officers had thrashed and tortured Udayakumar; they even forced him to confess the crime.Udayakumar died in custody. According to the autopsy report, 22 injury marks were found on his body.
Bihar cop held for accepting bribe
A police officer was today caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 in Bihar's Nalanda district, a release issued by the Vigilance Department said here. Madan Yadav, a sub-inspector of Ekangar Sarai police station in Nalanda district, had sought Rs 20,000 from a local to help him in a case, it said. Finding no help from police, Dilip Kumar, a resident of Wajitpur village in Ekangar Sarai police station area of the district, approached the vigilance bureau. The bureau, after verifying his complaint, laid a trap to nab Yadav. A flying squad team was constituted under Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammad Zamiruddin, who caught Madan Yadav red-handed while accepting the first installment of Rs 10,000 from Kumar at his rented accommodation at Sarai Bazar area, the release said. The sub-inspector would be produced before a special vigilance court at Patna after preliminary interrogation, it added.
HC sets aside CBI court's order discharging Maran brothers
The Madras High Court today set aside a CBI court order discharging former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran and others in the case of alleged setting up of "illegal" telephone exchanges to benefit the Sun TV Network of his brother Kalanithi Maran. Allowing the CBI's appeal against their discharge, Justice G Jaichandran directed the special court to frame charges and conclude the trial within a year from the date of receipt of the copy of the HC order. The case relates to the time when Dayanidhi, a grandnephew of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, was the minister for communications and information technology in the UPA 1 government. The CBI has alleged he misused his official position and got private telephone exchanges installed at his residences in Chennai which were used for business transactions of the Sun Network. Kalanithi Maran, a billionaire businessman, is the chairman and founder of the Sun Group, which owns several media houses. According to the the CBI, over 700 high-end ...
Cong dividing country on religious lines: BJP MP
BJP MP Om Birla today accused the Congress of dividing the country on the basis of religion and caste. The Lok Sabha member said the Congress has become "insensitive", which is not in the interest of the nation, as he sought to defend the government on the lynching issue during Zero Hour. Birla said action is being taken by the Rajasthan government in the case of Kheta Ram and investigation is also being carried out in the Alwar case. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said concerns raised by members of the House with regard to lynching will be brought to the knowledge of the Home Ministry. The Home Minister had yesterday said that the government will enact a law, if necessary, to curb incidents of lynching. A 28-year-old man was allegedly lynched on suspicion of being a cow smuggler in Lalawandi village in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Saturday last. Kheta Ram, a Dalit, was beaten to death for allegedly having an affair with a Muslim woman in Rajasthan.
Visnagar rioting case: Hardik, aides get two-year jail term
A Gujarat court sentenced today Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and two others to two years imprisonment in a case of rioting and arson in Visnagar town here in July 2015. Later, Hardik Patel and his two aides - Lalji Patel and A K Patel - were granted bail by the same court. Visnagar sessions court Judge V P Agarwal held Hardik Patel, Lalji Patel and A K Patel guilty under IPC sections pertaining to rioting, arson, damage to property and unlawful assembly. The three were awarded two years imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 50,000 each, which the trio deposited in the court today. The other 14 accused were let off by the court for want of enough evidence against them. From the penalty collection of Rs 1,50,000, the court ordered that Rs 10,000 be given to TV channel reporter Suresh Vanol, Rs 1 lakh to the owner of a car torched by the mob during violence and Rs 40,000 to local BJP MLA, Rishikesh Patel, towards damage caused to his property. Hardik Patel, 25, was one of .
Oppn expresses concern over growing abuse of women
Opposition members today expressed anguish in the Rajya Sabha over the increasing cases of cases of sexual abuse against women in the country, blaming the law enforcement agencies of not doing their job properly. "I am so embarassed to stand every second day and talk about (women) security," Jaya Bachchan of the Samajwadi Party said during the Zero Hour after Congress member Kumari Selja raised the issue. The SP member stressed that she would continue to raise the issue of women's security regularly. Raising the issue of crime against women, the Congress MP said the law enforcing agencies were not doing their work properly, despite strict laws. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu too said that "political will and administrative skill" were required to "go for the kill of the social evil". He stressed everyone should work together to address the menace. In his Zero Hour mention, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh narrated his experience after his 'Narmada Parikarma" and spoke ..
Sexual assault case: Bail granted to accused Kerala priest
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to Malankara Orthodox Church priest Father Job Mathew, who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman.The bail was granted on the condition that he will surrender his passport and appear before the investigating officer twice a week.Father Mathew moved to the High Court this week after a Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Thiruvalla rejected his bail application.In June, the Crime Branch registered a case against four priests of the church for allegedly sexually assaulting the woman in Kottayam.One of the four priests surrendered on July 12.
Two held in tribal lynching case in Rajasthan
Two men, identified as Anwar and Padhai, have been arrested in the case of lynching of a tribal, Khetaram, for his alleged affair with a Muslim woman in Barmer district of Rajasthan, police said on Wednesday.
INX Media Case: Chidambaram given protection till Aug 1
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrests to former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram till August 1, in connection with the INX Media case.On Monday, the Madras High Court had squashed the Look Out Circulars against the former minister's son, Karti Chidambaram, issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in June last year.However, the court made it clear that the order would not affect any proceedings initiated against Karti Chidambaram in the case.Earlier on the same day, the Supreme Court allowed Karti to travel to USA, France and UK from July 23 to 31 for business purposes. He had filed a plea in the apex court seeking permission to travel abroad.The Chidambarams have been under the scanner of investigation agencies, the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), in connection with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to INX Media, a venture promoted by former media baron Peter Mukerjea and his wife Indrani ...
Custodial death: 2 cops get death, other accused 3 yrs jail term
A Special CBI court here today awarded death sentence to two police officers in connection with the custodial death of a 26-year-old man in 2005. Assistant Sub-Inspector K Jithakumar and Civil Police Officer S V Sreekumar were the first and second accused in the case. CBI Special Court judge J Nazer sentenced the two to death and ordered them to pay a fine of Rs two lakh each. This is believed to be the first time that capital punishment has been awarded to two serving police officers in Kerala. Three other accused in the case, T K Haridas, E K Sabu and Ajit Kumar have been sentenced to undergo three years imprisonment each for destruction of evidence and conspiracy. The third accused K V Soman had died during the pendency of the case, while another accused, V P Mohanan, was acquitted by the court earlier. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on all the given accused. According to the prosecution, Udayakumar, was taken into custody in connection with a case of theft and had died .
TN govt submits video of Jayalalithaa in HC to refute woman's claim
The Tamil Nadu government produced in the Madras High Court a video clip of Jayalalithaa from an event in July 1980 which it said disproved a woman's claim of being late chief minister's biological daughter. State Advocate General Vijay Narayan submitted a copy of the video before Justice S Vaidyanathan. He said though the petitioner claimed that she was born to Jayalalithaa on August, 14, 1980, the video of the former chief minister participating in the 27th FilmFare award function just a month earlier did not show her being in an advanced stage of pregnancy. Narayan was presenting his arguments on the petition filed by the Bengaluru-based woman, who claimed that she was born to Jayalaithaa and given in adoption. She was seeking a DNA test to prove her parentage. The woman had filed the petition months after Jayalalithaa's death in December 2016, claiming that her foster father had revealed about her mother just before his demise. The woman had moved the court seeking direction to ...
ASI lynched in MP village
An Assistant Sub-Inspector who had gone to arrest a wanted criminal was brutally done to death by a group of criminals and their supporters in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.
Man sentenced to life for raping girl in Hisar
A Hisar court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping an 11-year-old girl in this district. Additional District and Sessions Judge Dr Pankaj sentenced Vikram, a resident of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, to life in prison yesterday after finding him guilty of raping the minor at a locality in Hisar last year. The court also slapped a fine of Rs two lakh on Vikram. Of this, Rs one lakh is to be given as a compensation to the victim. According to the prosecution, the family of the victim was originally from Madhya Pradesh and living in a rented accommodation in a colony here. On July 5 last year, the accused barged into the girl's house and raped her when she was alone as her parents were out for some work. The girl alleged that the accused threatened her of dire consequences if she revealed the matter to anyone. She narrated her ordeal to the parents after which her mother lodged a police complaint. The was booked under sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC
Narcotic drugs worth Rs 5 lakh seized in West Bengal
A man was arrested after about 4,970 ampules of restricted narcotic drug valued at Rs 5 lakh in the international market was seized from him in West Bengal's Malda district, senior NCB officer said on Wednesday.
Five charged over 'acid attack' on three-year-old UK boy
Five men aged from 22 to 41 were charged today over a suspected acid attack on a three-year-old boy in Britain. The boy was taken to hospital with serious burns to his arm and face following the attack outside a store in Worcester, central England, on Saturday. He has since been discharged but the long-term implications of his injuries are not yet known. Three men from London, aged 26, 25 and 22, and two men from Wolverhampton aged 41 and 39, were charged with conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, West Mercia Police said. Suspects are usually publicly identified when they are charged, but the police said that they would not be naming them, "for legal reasons". The men were due to appear at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court later Wednesday.
3 sisters found dead in Delhi
Three sisters were found dead in east Delhi's Mandawali area, police said today. They were aged two, four and eight respectively and were declared brought dead by the hospital yesterday, they added. They were brought there by their family members and the hospital authorities informed the police about their deaths. The police, however, have ruled out any foul play as no injury marks were found on their bodies, a police officer said. It seemed to be a case of natural death, he said, adding that the bodies were sent for postmortem and an inquiry ordered in the case. Their father was unemployed and the family was financially weak.
HC sets aside order discharging Maran brothers in telephone exchange case
The Madras High Court today set aside a lower court order discharging all the accused, including the Maran brothers, in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case. Allowing the appeal filed by the CBI, Justice G Jaichandran directed a special CBI court to frame charges and conclude the trial within 12 months from the date of receipt of copy of the order. The special CBI court had in March discharged Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and others accused in the case. The trial court had allowed the petitions filed by the Maran brothers and others seeking their discharge, holding that there was no prima facie case against them. The CBI had alleged that an illegal private telephone exchange was set up at the residence of Dayanidhi Maran here during 2004-06 when he was the telecom minister and it was used for the business transactions involving the Sun Network owned by Kalanithi. The central agency had alleged that Dayanidhi Maran had caused a loss of Rs 1.78 crore to the ...
Hardik, aides gets two-year jail term in Visnagar rioting case
A Gujarat court sentenced Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel to two years imprisonment in a case of rioting and arson in Visnagar town here in 2015. Judge V P Agarwal, of the sessions court at Visnagar, held guilty Hardik Patel and his two aides, Lalji Patel and A K Patel under IPC sections pertaining to rioting, arson, damage to property and unlawful assembly. The three were awarded two years imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 50,000 each. The other 14 accused were let off by the court for want of enough evidence against them. Hardik Patel is one of the accused in the FIR which was filed at Visnagar in Mehsana district on July 23, 2015, when a rally of the Patel community seeking reservation turned violent, resulting in damage to property and assault on some media persons. During the violent agitation, the mob had torched a car and vandalised the office of local BJP MLA Rishikesh Patel.
Eight sentenced to death in PNG for sorcery killings - report
Eight people have been sentenced to death and 88 jailed for life over the sorcery-related killings of seven men and children in Papua New Guinea, a report said today. The frenzied murders happened in April 2014 in the Pacific nation's Madang province, with the National Court hearing a "berserk" crowd used bows and arrows, knives and axes to kill the victims. Of the 97 people charged, eight were handed the death penalty and 88 imprisoned, The National newspaper reported. The other person died last month. AFP was unable to reach the court in Madang to confirm the verdicts. Local PNG media have previously reported that the crowd marched on Sakiko village, motivated by concerns about several deaths in the area attributed to sorcery. The National said Wednesday the mob first killed a man travelling to work at a sugar cane farm. He was shot with an arrow and hacked to pieces. Another was also hit with an arrow then bludgeoned with knives and axes. Three other men were killed before two ...