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Man entering Sena Bhavan with fake army ID caught
A man, seeking to pass himself of as a Lt Colonel, tried to enter the Sena Bhavan along with his wife, his wife's brother, and a driver but was caught, police said. All four are being questioned.
Guj HC judge recuses himself from Hardik's discharge plea hearing
Justice R P Dholaria of the Gujarat High Court today recused himself from the hearing of Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel's discharge application in a sedition case lodged in 2015. When the discharge plea came up for the hearing, Justice Dholaria said, "Not before me." The case would now be assigned to another judge. Hardik had approached the high court in April this year after a lower court in February rejected his plea seeking discharge from the sedition case, lodged by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch against him in connection with the violence during the Patidar quota agitation in August 2015. In April, when the case came up before Justice Z K Saiyad, the judge issued a notice to the state government. After Saiyad's retirement, the matter was assigned to Justice Dholaria. Hardik Patel, convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), has sought discharge on the ground that there was no concrete evidence against him. Hardik was accused of inciting violence with the intention .
HC dismisses as infructuous pleas by Jaya, Sasikala in I-T case
The Madras High Court today dismissed as infructuous four petitions filed by the then chief minister J Jayalalithaa, her associate V K Sasikala and a firm in 2004 seeking to quash Income Tax proceedings against them in a lower court in view of the department withdrawing them in 2015. Justice M Nirmal Kumar noted that the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court (economic offences) had allowed a plea by the department's Special Public Prosecutor seeking withdrawal of action against the petitioners after acceptance of compounding pleas filed by the petitioners. The matter related to the prosecution initiated by the I-T Department in 1997 against Jayalalithaa and Sasikala and Sasi Enterprises in which they were partners over filing of income tax returns for 1993-94. The proceedings were withdrawn by the department in January, 2015 after Jayalalithaa and Sasikala together paid Rs 1.99 crore as compounding fee under the Income Tax Act for not filing annual tax returns. Jayalalithaa .
4 get life imprisonment for rape, murder of teenage girl
A court in Seraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand today sentenced four people to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a teenage girl in Chandil sub-division in 2011. The court of Additional District and Session Judge III sentenced Shankar Singh alias Budha, Ramesh Singh, Angad Pramanik alias Hablu and Shivcharan Singh to life imprisonment and also slapped a fine of Rs 15,000 each on them, Public Prosecutor Rajeev Singh said. The public prosecutor said in the FIR, it was stated that on October 20, 2011, the four people had raped and killed the 16-year-old girl when she had gone to attend nature's call in Fadulgora village. The court ordered the four convicts to pay half of the fine amount to the parents of the victim and directed the Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority to take initiative to pay compensation according to the Victims' Compensation Scheme.
Six arrested of robbing power grids at Dwarka
Delhi Police has arrested six people accused of armed robbery of under-construction power grids in the Dwarka area of southwest Delhi and decamping with electrical wires and other hardware worth lakhs of rupees. The inter-border gangs investigation squad of the Crime Branch arrested one of the accused, Sapan Dass, on the intervening night of July 10-11 from the Hauz Khas area here. Thereafter, on the next day, the Crime Branch team arrested Mohsin and Shanu Malik from their respective shops in the INA Market area and recovered most of the robbed electrical wire and hardware, police said in a statement. The remaining three accused -- Bharat, Sandeep and Raju -- were arrested on a production warrant as they had already been apprehended by Uttar Pradesh Police on June 24 after an encounter. The Crime Branch team was constituted after four power grid sites of BSES Rajdhani at Dwarka were robbed, it said. Investigation has revealed that the gang used to target various electricity boards ...
Sebi fines individual Rs 5L in Ravi Kumar Distilleries IPO case
Sebi today imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on an individual for failing to provide requisite information sought by the regulator in a case related to alleged irregularities in the initial public offering (IPO) of Ravi Kumar Distilleries. In an order, Sebi said Laxminarayana Veeramallu Doosa failed to provide the requisite information to the regulator's investigating authority (IA) as sought by it through summons issued in January and June 2014 and also failed to appear before it. The information was sought regarding the alleged receipt of Rs 40 lakh by Doosa into his account from a firm -- S5 Trading -- and the subsequent transfer of the same amount to the account of his stock broker for trading in shares of Ravi Kumar Distilleries Ltd (RKDL) on the first day of the listing of the company. Sebi said that the allegation made in the investigation report that RKDL along with other firms and the associated entities, including Doosa, have siphoned of the IPO proceeds of RKDL to the tune of Rs
Prosecution complaint filed against Kanishk Gold MD
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has filed a prosecution complaint against Bhoopesh Kumar Jain, Managing Director of Kanishk Gold Pvt Ltd and others for alleged money laundering.
Mathura: Man plots nephew's kidnapping to escape wedding expenses
A three-year-old boy, kidnapped allegedly at the behest of his relatives who wanted to minimise wedding-related expenses, was recovered within 38 hours, the police said today. Aman was playing outside his maternal aunt's house in Pushp Vihar Colony here on Wednesday afternoon when he was kidnapped, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Babloo Kumar said, adding that he was recovered today from an isolated area near the Garud Govind temple following a tip off. Aman was kidnapped at the behest of his maternal aunt's husband, Suresh Kumar Chand, whose daughter is getting married today, the SSP said. Sharma hatched a plan to kidnap Aman, who had come from Ludhiana with his parents to attend the wedding, hoping that a pall of gloom would drastically cut down the number of guests, he added. The accused roped in his brother and his sister's son to execute the plan, Kumar said. No arrests have been made in the case so far and a manhunt is on to nab the kidnappers, he said. The police is ...
Detailed probe underway in Raj cop's 'suicide'
The Rajasthan authorities have ordered a "detailed probe" into the alleged suicide of a police officer who shot himself with his service pistol, a senior police official said today. Inspector Virendra Singh, SHO of Shahpura police station had ended his life in his official quarter behind the police station last night. No suicide note was recovered from the SHO's quarter and the reason behind the incident is not clear yet. A detailed probe is on, IG Jaipur range Hemant Priyadarshi said. Singh's body was handed over to his family members after postmortem examination today, they said. Bhanwar Singh, who has been given the charge of the Shahpura police station, said that Singh shot himself with his pistol. The incident came to light when a staffer found him lying in a pool of blood. His funeral was conducted at his ancestral village in Ajmer district, the officer said. Singh's is survived by his wife and a daughter. His elder brother is a retired police officer.
Four imposters detained while trying to enter Sena Bhawan: Army
Four persons, including a woman, were detained while trying to enter the Sena Bhawan here this evening, with one of them wearing an Army uniform and posing as a RAW officer, said a senior Army official. The persons were identified as Amit Sharma, a resident of Ghaziabad, who was posing as Lt Col Abhimanyu Sharma, his wife Harjinder Kaur, a driver named Sonu Singh and an accomplice Sandeep Kumar who claimed to be the woman's brother but it was found to be fake, the Army official said. Sharma arrived in front of the Sena Bhawan at 5 pm and tried to gain entry. When asked for his I-card by the on-duty guard, he produced a fake ID Card from PMO, the official said. The guard got suspicious and asked a few more questions. When he noticed uneasiness in the suspect, the guard informed his seniors, the official added. The imposters were detained and handed over to the police. During interrogation, it was revealed that Sharma had earlier entered MEA on fake identity and had also tried to enter .
Rs 3 crore in demonetised notes seized in Pune; 5 detained
Nearly Rs 3 crore in demonetised notes were seized from five people, one of them a Congress councillor from Ahmednagar district, police said today. According to the Khadak police station, Gajendra Abhang, a Congress corporator from the Sangamner Municipal Council, is one of the five people who were in Raviwar Peth area here to exchange the scrapped notes and were detained by cops last night. The others were identified as Vijay Shinde (38), Aditya Ghavan (25) and Navnath Bhandagale (28), all from Pune, and one Suraj Jagtap (40) from Satara district. "Acting on a tip-off, we detained all five people from Raviwar Peth area when they came to exchange the notes," said a senior official of the Khadak police station. A probe is underway to find out whom they wanted to exchange the demonetised notes with, he said. "They were found in possession of 48,000 demonetised notes, all in denominations of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, and their total (face) value stood at Rs 2.99 crore," he ...
2 drug peddlers arrested with 2.5 kg ganja in Ghaziabad
Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested from Pratap Vihar area here and 2.5 kg of 'ganja' was seized from their possession, police said today. Rahul and Wahid were picked up near a Jal Nigam overhead tank in Pratap Vihar by Vijay Nagar police following a routine checking, SP (City) Akash Tomar said. The accused confessed to their crime and said they used to sell the contraband in small pouches for Rs 100-Rs 200, he said. The duo has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the officer added.
Rs 1.34 crore compensation disbursed to 25 Jodhpur detainees
A compensation of Rs 1.34 crore was awarded today to 25 Sikhs from Amritsar who were arrested and kept in a Jodhpur prison after Operation Bluestar in 1984. Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, Kamaldeep Singh Sangha disbursed the compensation in Amritsar to the 25 Sikhs or next of their kin. Sangha said that out of 25, few had died in the past and compensation was given to their legal heirs. The DC clarified that the amount disbursed today to the Jodhpur detainees was the fifty per cent share of the Central government and these people had already availed their remaining share from the state government. Over 350 people were arrested and detained in Jodhpur jail in the wake of Operation Bluestar, and were later released in three batches, between March 1989 and July 1991. Of these, 224 detainees had appealed for compensation in the lower court, alleging "wrongful detention and torture" but they failed to get any relief from the court in 2011. However, 40 of the detainees appealed to the ...
Flight attendant suicide: Anissia's in-laws to be questioned tomorrow
The in-laws of a female flight attendant, who allegedly committed suicide last week in south Delhi's Panchsheel Park, will be questioned tomorrow, the police said today. Anissia Batra, 39, who worked with a German airline, had jumped off the terrace of her residence on July 14. Her husband, Mayank Singhvi, was arrested on charges of dowry death. A senior police officer said they have issued a notice to Mayank's parents, Sushma and RS Singhvi, and they have been called for questioning tomorrow at 4 pm. A city court today refused to grant them protection from arrest. The couple was denied anticipatory bail by the court after it was told that the allegations against them were serious, Ishkaran Singh Bhandari, the lawyer of the woman's parents, said. Mayank's parents had moved the anticipatory bail application, claiming that they had no role in the matter and any dispute between their son and daughter-in-law was their internal matter. The couple was granted exemption from joining the ...
Seventh suspect arrested in Gauri Lankesh murder case
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested the seventh suspect in connection with the Gauri Lankesh murder case.A person identified as Mohan Nayak, was arrested from Karnataka's Dakshin Kannada district.He has been sent to a six day police custody by a local court.On a related note, the sixth person arrested by the SIT was Parshuram Waghmare, 26, on June 12 in connection with the murder of Lankesh.Waghmare who was said to have links with rightwing groups was held from Sindhagi in Vijaypura district of the state.Earlier, five persons- K. T. Naveen Kumar alias Hotte Manja, Amol Kale, Manohar Edve, Sujeeth Kumar alias Praveen and Amit Degvekar were also arrested in connection with the case.Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her Bengaluru residence on September 5, 2017.
Heroin killed British rugby players in Sri Lanka: court
Two English amateur rugby players had taken heroin just before their deaths while in Sri Lanka, a court was told today as it ordered the arrest of those responsible for selling the narcotics. Concluding inquests into the deaths, Colombo Fort magistrate Lanka Jayaratne ruled that Thomas Howard, 25, died from heroin poisoning while Tom Baty,26, overdosed. Police had previously told the court that the duo had been sold highly contaminated heroin after they visited a night club in Colombo during a tour of the country in May. Both developed breathing difficulties after their night out. Howard died after admission to hospital while Baty died two days later. A judicial medical officer had told the court there were no external injuries on the bodies nor did they suffer any illnesses. "The deaths are not due to any criminal activity, but I order the police to arrest those responsible for selling drugs to them," Jayaratne said. She also ordered death certificates to be issued to the families of
ACB arrest 3 persons including asst engineer in bribery case
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested three persons including an assistant engineer and a panchayat sevak while accepting bribe in Seraikela-Kharswan district, a senior ACB official said. The arrests were made on the basis of a complaint made by the mukhia, Rajnagar Panchayat, Sukurmani Oraon in this regard, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB), Amar Kumar Pandey. Pandey said Oraon has alleged that the assistant engineer Sunil Chandra Choudhary, panchayat sevak Ratan Singh Munda and a clerk Shiv Shankar Samal had demanded Rs 90,000 bribe for preparing necessary documents in regard with 24 development projects undertaken by an agency and clearance of its outstanding amount. Following the verification of the complaint, Pandey said it was found to be true and formal FIR was registered against the three accused on Thursday last. A team of ACB sleuths headed by Pandey laid a trap and caught all the three red-handed while they were accepting a bribe of Rs ...
Hry FM Capt. Abhimanyu launches attack on Hooda
Haryana Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu today alleged that the violence that broke out in the state during the 2016 Jat agitation was the result of a conspiracy hatched by those close to former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Abhimanyu cited a CBI charge sheet filed in the case of violence, arson and loot that took place during the Jat reservation agitation in February 2016 as the basis of the allegations. He told reporters here that the charge sheet filed earlier "has revealed startling facts". "It says some people even tried to block the investigations," the finance minister alleged. He said the CBI charge sheet revealed that the violence that rocked the state in February 2016, leaving over 30 dead and scores injured, was planned "and was a conspiracy". Abhimanyu alleged that the violence took place under a deep-rooted conspiracy and those close to Hooda were among the ones behind the act that also led to the burning down the finance minister's house in Rohtak. Reacting to the ...
2 held in Delhi with over 4 kg heroin
Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested with over four kg heroin worth around Rs 16 crore from near Sector-18 Rohini Metro Station, the police said today. The police had yesterday learnt that two members of a drug cartel would come to supply a huge consignment to one of their Delhi-based contacts, Nasir, they said. A trap was laid near Sector-18 Rohini Metro Station, and the accused -- Binod Rajbongshi (40), a resident of Golaghat, Assam, and Riyazuddin (39), a resident of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, -- were nabbed, a police official said, adding on searching them 4.07 kg of heroin was recovered from them. Riyazuddin, who works as contractor for Utar Pradesh Jal Nigam, took to supplying heroin to earn more money. During interrogation, the accused duo revealed that the heroin was delivered to them by one Maina, a resident of Assam and they were involved in supply of heroin for the last four to five years, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said. A Special ..
Delhi HC sets aside penalty imposed on Kanhaiya by JNU, says order illegal
The Delhi High Court today termed "illegal, irrational and unsustainable" an order of JNU's appellate authority holding its former students union president Kanhaiya Kumar guilty of indiscipline and imposing a penalty on him in connection with a 2016 incident in which alleged anti-India slogans were raised at an event. Justice Siddharth Mridul set aside the July 4 office order of the varsity and said the court was of the prima-facie view that the decision was "unsustainable on innumerable counts", after which the counsel for the varsity submitted that they are recalling the decision. The court remanded the matter back to the appellate authority with a direction to conduct 'de novo' (afresh) proceedings in accordance with the law. The court listed for August 16 a similar plea by JNU student Umar Khalid, who was rusticated and slapped with a fine of Rs 20,000 in connection with the 2016 incident, as no time was left today to hear the matter. The JNU counsel said that no coercive steps ...