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Anshu Prakash protected from action by Delhi House panel: HC
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the state's Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash to appear before a Delhi Assembly committee, assuring him that he is "adequately protected" from any punishment imposed on him by the House panel.
Assamese couple found dead in rented room
A middle-aged couple from Assam was found dead in a rented room here on Tuesday, police said.
Raj home minister orders judicial probe into Rakbar Khan's death
Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria today ordered a judicial inquiry into the killing of Rakbar Khan, saying the evidence suggested it was a custodial death. The minister, who met the victim's family, said an initial compensation of Rs 1.25 lakh had been ordered. "We have written to the additional chief judicial magistrate to initiate a probe," Kataria told reporters at a press conference here. The minister, along with chief secretary D B Gupta and DGP O P Galhotra visited Ramgarh in Alwar district today to inspect the spot where Khan (28) was allegedly lynched on suspicion of cow smuggling and inquire about the lapses on part of the police. In cases of custodial death, a committee constituted at the district level takes decisions regarding compensation to the family members of the deceased, Kataria said, adding that a sessions judge normally heads such a committee. On the lines of the Pehlu Khan lynching case, the state government has ordered a compensation of Rs 1.25 lakh to
73-year-old man, son held for stealing books worth over Rs 3
A 73-year-old man and his son were today arrested for allegedly stealing books worth Rs 3.24 crore from their godown here to recover the unpaid rent due for over one year from the tenant, police said. P Narsimha Reddy, his son P Srinivas Reddy and the proprietor of a book store here, who had purchased the books, were arrested and the books, which were sold to a Mumbai-based proprietor, recovered, they said. The books were stocked by N Devadiga, who had taken the godownon lease from Reddy, owner of the premises, in April 2016. The tenant could not pay the Rs 50,000 monthly rent for about 14 months, amounting to Rs7 lakh, and the accused resorted to the 'theft' to make good the loss, Rachakonda Police CommissionerMaheshM Bhagwat said. The stolen books were transported in 10 trucks to a book centre at Begumpet here and its proprietor Md Raziuddin, purchased the books for Rs 15lakh, police said. He later sold the books to another Mumbai-based proprietor Dhamjee, they ...
Four detained on suspicion of being child lifters
A day after four women were assaulted on suspicion of being child lifters in Dhupguri block of the district, four others were today detained after people of a village in the block handed them over to the police on the same suspicion. The villagers of Paschim Salbari confined the four, including a woman, in her residence and informed the police, Jalpaiguri superintendent of police Amitabha Maity said here. They were, however, not beaten up, he said. The incident occurred a day after four women were assaulted and two of them disrobed by a mob at another village in the same Dhupguri block on suspicion of being child-lifters. The SP said the four, of whom three were outsiders, were being interrogated in Dhupguri police station. Police sources said one of the three outsiders came from Assam who had said he and the woman were in love. However, the villagers found inconsistency in their statements following which they were handed over to the police, the sources said. On ...
'Woman delivers baby in Army ambulance in J-K'
A woman from a remote village near the Line of Control (LoC) gave birth to a girl in an Army ambulance while on way to a hospital in Rajouri, a defence spokesman said today. An Army camp on the LoC was approached by the locals of a remote village for the medical assistance last night after the condition of a woman suffering from labour pain deteriorated, the spokesman said. He said that an Army doctor with his medical team rushed to the house of the woman. Seeing her critical state, the medical team decided to take her to a hospital at Rajouri immediately, the spokesman said, adding the woman delivered the girl child in the ambulance. Both the woman and her new born were safe, he said.
Five arrested in connection with honour killing case in Odisha
Five persons including the father and brother of a minor girl were arrested today in connection with the alleged honour killing of the girl and her lover in Odisha's Koraput district last month, police said. "The minor girl and her 20-year-old lover were murdered and their bodies thrown near railway tracks on June 20 by the father-son duo and three of their relatives," said Koraput Superintendent of Police, Kanwar Vishal Singh. While two of the arrested persons were identified as father and brother of the deceased girl respectively, the other three are their relatives, police said. The bodies of couple, who belonged to Mundipadar village, were spotted near the railway track near Kusumi station and a case was registered, they said. The bodies were thrown on the railway track apparently in a bid to give it a suicide angle, police said. During the course of investigation it was found that the two were in love for the past one year but their families were against it, the SP ..
1 killed, another injured as car falls into gorge in HP
One person was killed while another injured when their car fell into a deep gorge near Telka town in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district today, police said. Dr Ritika of Paragpur in Kangra district died on the spot whereas 42-year-old Ramesh was rushed to a nearby hospital in a critical condition, said Chamba Superintendent of Police Dr Monika Bhutungru.
Dalits angry at Justice Goel's appointment as NGT chief: BJP MP
BJP MP Udit Raj today spoke against the appointment of retired Supreme Court judge Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel as the National Green Tribunal chairman, saying it had angered Dalits as he was part of an apex court bench, the decisions of which went against the community. Raj, known for highlighting the issues concerning Dalits, raised the matter in the Lok Sabha and also demanded the release of the members of the backward community, who were arrested following a "Bharat Bandh" on April 2, which witnessed incidents of violence. Other communities do not face such "injustice" when they agitate, he said. The ruling party MP later tweeted, saying Goel's appointment as the NGT chief, soon after he retired from the apex court, amounted to a promotion for him and the decision had caused "anger and disappointment" among the Dalits. BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party also raised the issue with its leader Chirag Paswan demanding that Goel be removed. Raj also sought the release of the members of the ...
Mehul Choksi in Antigua, left US weeks ago: Sources
Gitanjali Group of firms owner Mehul Choksi, the accused in over Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case along with his nephew Nirav Modi, moved to Carribbean nation of Antigua from the US weeks ago using a local passport, sources said here on Tuesday.
Delhi HC asks JNU not to take away hostel facilities of 5 students
The Delhi High Court today directed JNU to allow submission of thesis and hostel facility for five students who were penalised in connection with a 2016 campus event in which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) had also imposed varying fines on these students. Justice Siddharth Mridul told the varsity to ensure the students in question are allowed to submit their thesis, continue in their hostels and their application for registration for the next academic year is accepted. While issuing the direction to JNU, the court told the students that "there should be no hubris that you have an order from the high court". "It should not turn into the aftermath of an English-France soccer match. You cannot take the law into your hand," the judge said. The five students along with 10 others, including former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar, were found guilty of violation of disciplinary norms in connection with the February 9, 2016, ...
Vigilance probing if govt officials showed undue favour to
The anti-corruption Vigilance wing of Odisha Police has launched a probe to ascertain the role of government officials, if any, in showing undue favour to a gangster, who is now behind bars. The state vigilance has initiated an enquiry in order to find out the role, involvement and connivance, if any, of government officials in extending undue favour to Titto @ Syed Usaman Ali of Kendrapada district, an accused many criminal cases, a vigilance statement said. The probe would also find out possible role of officials in extending undue favour to Titto's family members and associates in acquiring sand sairats, land and petrol pump, vehicles and their permits by abusing their official positions, causing wrongful loss to government, it said. The vigilance cell, Cuttack is conducting the enquiry, which would put officials under scanner to find out any undue favour to provide wrongful gain to Titto, his family members and associates, it said. Officers of Vigilance Cell have ...
Keep off beef, Rajasthan Minister tells Muslims as Home Minister visits Alwar
Even as Rajasthan home minister Gulabchand Kataria on Tuesday promised strict action in the Alwar lynching case, his colleague and state Labour Minister Jaswant Singh asked Muslims and the Mev community to "stop consuming beef' and "keep away from cow smugglers to respect the Hindus."
Ex-AgustaWestland, Finmeccanica directors summoned as accused in VVIP chopper case
Former AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica directors Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini, ex-IAF chief S P Tyagi and others were today summoned as accused by a Delhi court in a money laundering case related to the VVIP chopper scam. Special judge Arvind Kumar directed the accused persons to appear before the court on September 12, while issuing fresh non-bailable warrants against Italian middlemen Carlo Gerosa and Guido Haschke and Dubai-based businessman Rajeev Saxena in the case. Besides six, the court also summoned as accused 28 Indian and foreign individuals and companies, including lawyer Gautam Khaitan, AgustaWestland and its parent company Finmeccanica SPA. The court passed the directions after taking cognisance of the charge sheet, saying there was enough evidence against the accused in the matter relating to the alleged money laundering to the tune of around Euro 28 million. The probe report, filed through special public prosecutors D P Singh and N K Matta under sections 3 and 4 ..
Disclosing name of Kathua rape and murder witnesses in advance a security concern: Police to court
The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch today told the district and sessions judge at Pathankot in Punjab, where trial is being held in a case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl, that the names of witnesses should not be disclosed in advance as it was a security concern. The crime branch was asked to submit its reply after the lawyers of the accused had filed a plea before the court, saying that they should be informed in advance about the witnesses by the prosecution. "We submitted the application on behalf of the crime branch in which we have highlighted why the names of witnesses cannot be disclosed in advance. This includes intimidation of witnesses, their security. "We have highlighted how the defence lawyers were misleading about the trial as well. We plan to move another application tomorrow to inform the court how the defence lawyers were misleading the public by giving out wrong information," Special Public Prosecutor J K Chopra told PTI. He said the trial court would ...
Seer's death: Probe gains momentum ? ? ?
The probe into the suspicious death of Udupi-based Shiroor mutt chief Laxmivara Teertha last week due to suspected poisoning is gaining momentum with the police questioning several persons related to the mutt in the last three days. Police said a close woman acquaintance of the late seer was questioned as part of the probe on July 21. Udupi superintendent of police Laxman Nimbargi has dismissed reports that she has been taken into custody. He said nobody has been detained or arrested, though the police team was making several enquiries. Besides the woman, several others, including the auto driver who is believed to have introduced her to the seer, have been questioned by police. The woman was frequently present in gatherings at the mutt, sources said. The former manager of the mutt, Sunil Kumar, has alleged that the woman had been managing the routine affairs of the mutt for more than a year and he was thrown out overnight when he questioned her style of functioning. Police are also ..
Rajasthan minister accuses Cong of politicising Alwar lynching incident
Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore today accused the congress of politicising the Rakbar lynching case of Alwar. Such incidents are unfortunate and should not be politicised as the Congress is doing, Rathore told reporters at the party office here. A team of senior police officers had been sent to Alwar and the matter was being probed, he said, adding three accused in the case have already been arrested. Suspected to be involved in cow smuggling, 28-year old Rakbar Khan alias Akbar Khan was lynched by a group of people in Ramgarh area of Alwar on Friday-Saturday night.
Rakbar Khan case appears to be custodial death, judicial probe will be held: Raj Home min
Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said today that evidence in the Rakbar Khan case suggested it was a custodial death and the state government has taken steps to get a judicial probe conducted. He also said an initial compensation of Rs 1.25 lakh had been ordered for the family of the deceased. "We have written to the additional chief judicial magistrate to initiate a probe," Kataria told reporters at a press conference here. In cases of custodial death, a committee constituted at the district level takes decisions regarding compensation to the family members of the deceased, Kataria said. He said a sessions judge normally heads such a committee. On the lines of the Pehlu Khan's lynching case, the state government has ordered a compensation of Rs 1.25 lakh to Rakbar Khan's family. Further compensation will be provided based on the recommendations of the district legal committee, he added.
Runaway accused in builder murder case held after 15 years
A 66-year-old gangster wanted for allegedly killing a builder in Nallasopara in Palghar district in 2003 has been arrested from suburban Borivli, police said today. Chandrakant Anna Patil who goes by aliases Chandumama and Charan Palekar, was picked up by sleuths of crime branch last evening, a senior police official said. Patil has been living in Borivli since the last few years by assuming a new identity. He was allegedly involved in killing the builder Rajendra Patange over a land dispute in the neighbouring district, the official said. While police had arrested nine accused in connection with the 2003 case, four persons, including underworld don Chhota Rajan and Patil, had been absconding. Patil has been evading arrest by taking care not to stay at a particular place for longer, the official said. He said Patil had stayed in different states under various identities. "The officials of the Unit 11 received information about the whereabouts of the accused. He was nabbed
Centre asks states to appoint nodal officer, task force to check lynching
To check incidents of lynching, the Centre has asked all states to appoint a superintendent of police-level officer in each district, set up a special task force for gathering intelligence and closely monitor social media contents, so that no one is attacked on the suspicion of child-lifters or cattle-smugglers. The Union Home Ministry also said wherever it is found that a police officer or an officer of the district administration has failed to comply with the directions to prevent, investigate and facilitate expeditious trial of any such crime of mob violence and lynching, it should be considered as an act of deliberate negligence and misconduct, and strong action must be taken against the official concerned. The advisory has been sent to the states and Union territories following a Supreme Court directive issued in this regard on July 17. "Incidents of violence and lynching by mobs in some parts of the country fuelled by various kinds of rumours and unverified news such as child ...