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Hospital asst superintendent held for accepting Rs 10,000
An assistant superintendent of district hospital has been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 10,000 from a staff nurse, the ACB said today. The accused, Nitin Kohat (39), had allegedly demanded money from the nurse for approving the full salary of her Earned Leave (EL), it stated. Kohat had initially sought Rs 15000 from the nurse but later settled for Rs 10000, as per the ACB. Kohat was arrested from the hospital this afternoon. He has been booked under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988.
Conduct trial in Vidarbha irrigation scam on daily basis: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court today asked a special ACB court here to conduct trial in the Vidarbha irrigation scam cases on a daily basis, and conclude it within three months. A division bench of justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Z A Haq was hearing PILs related to the scam probe. The Nagpur bench also asked the Maharashtra government to grant sanction to the Anti-Corruption Bureau to file a charge sheet against the officials of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) within seven days. ACB Director General Vivek Phansalkar filed an affidavit and submitted a probe progress report to the court, said advocate Firdos Mirza, counsel for one of the petitioners Jan Manch. The high court was informed that 19 FIRs have been registered and two charge sheets filed in the lower court, while two more charge sheets are awaiting sanction from the government. The ACB is investigating alleged irregularities in tender process and cost escalation in 42 irrigation projects in Vidarbha. The next
Madras HC sets up expert body to look into duplicate accident insurance claims
Taking a serious view of multiple insurance claims for an accident and involvement of lawyers and touts in the process, the Madras High Court today appointed an expert body headed by retired judge K Chandru to inquire into the menace. Justice P N Prakash also ordered that the investigation into the FIR related to missing of 55 Motor Claims Tribunal Original Petition (MCOP) case bundles be handed over to the CB-CID police. The order came a day after the high court directed a CBI probe into over 100 case bundles going missing from the residence of a judge, who has now retired. The judge was hearing a petition filed by Cholamandalam MS General insurance company seeking investigation into an alleged scam involving multiple compensation claims over a road accident death by presenting fabricated FIR copies. The company in an additional affidavit stated that there were 353 MCOPs which come under the umbrella of duplicate claims relating to five insurance companies across Tamil Nadu. Coming .
FIR against ex-Guj BJP vice president Bhanushali for rape
An FIR was registered today against Gujarat BJP leader Jayanti Bhanushali on charge of raping a 21-year-old woman under the pretext of securing her admission in a reputed fashion designing college, police said. The FIR has been registered against Bhanushali, a former vice president of the state BJP unit, at Sarthana police station in Surat, said Assistant Commissioner of Police J K Pandya. No arrest has been made in the case so far. In her complaint, the Surat-based woman claimed that she had contacted Bhanushali, who was the party vice-president till he resigned last month, after she was told that he wields clout and could help her get admission. She claimed that Bhanushali called her to Ahmedabad from Surat by promising her to get admission, the FIR stated. The woman stated that after she reached Ahmedabad, Bhanushali asked her to accompany him in his car to Gandhinagar last November, it stated. According to the complainant, Bhanushali raped her in the car while his ...
Meerut: Inter-state marksheet racket busted, five arrested
The police claimed to have busted an inter-state fake marksheet racket and arrested five people today. The accused used to provide marksheets for Class 10, 12 and graduation, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Pandey said. They forged marksheets of education boards in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi, he added. During the interrogation, the accused identified themselves as Umashankar, Salman, Ajay, Anil Kumar and Rajesh, the SP said. Several fake marksheets, mobile phones, laptops and printers were recovered from the accused.
Man convicted for raping minor within 70 days in Rajasthan
A man has been convicted under the POCSO Act for raping a seven-month-old baby girl within 70 days in Alwar district of Rajasthan. Pintu (19) was held guilty yesterday by a special court hearing cases relating to the SC/ST and the POCSO acts. DGP O P Galhotra today said this was the first conviction in the state under the amended POCSO Act that came into force in April. The baby was raped in Laxmangarh area in Alwar on May 9 and the local police filed a challan against Pintu under sections of the POCSO Act and the IPC on June 6. The judge conducted daily hearing and convicted him yesterday. The quantum of punishment will be announced on July 21.
Four arrested in sexual assault of Russian woman in TN
Four out of six men, who were detained in the alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old Russian tourist here, were arrested today, police said. Following preliminary probe and the statement of the woman recorded by a magistrate today, the four were arrested, they said. One of them, a 37-year-old man Barathi -running a service apartment in which the woman had stayed- was slapped with the charge of rape and others were booked under other IPC sections, details of which were not known immediately. The woman was found unconscious in a service apartment on July 16 and was taken to a hospital by one of the six men who were detained for questioning. On examination, the doctors had found injuries on her body, including bite marks, and alerted police. The service apartment where the Russian stayed was sealed yesterday since it did not have permission for running a lodging facility and the requisite security features like CCTV cameras. The woman, who is here for about a week, ...
Three persons arrested for chain snatching from religious places in Delhi
Three members of a family were arrested for allegedly snatching gold chains from pilgrims at religious places in New Delhi, police said today. During interrogation, they said their gang would reach the religious places at 2.30 am-3 am where they would snatch gold chains of pilgrims, the police said. Three gold chains were recovered from their possession and six cases registered against them till now, it said. Their previous criminal involvements were being verified from Rajasthan and Haryana. Concerned police stations had been informed accordingly, the police said.
Court allows transfer of matrimonial petition from Goa to Mumbai
Observing that law of the land would prevail over personal or special laws, the Bombay High Court today allowed transfer of a matrimonial petition from a Goa court to a family court at Bandra here. Justice Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi was hearing a petition filed by a 41-year-old woman, seeking transfer of a petition filed against her by her estranged husband, a sitting MLA from Goa, in the Mapusa Civil Court in the coastal state. According to the woman's plea, the couple got married in Goa in 2006. Earlier this year, she left her husband's house and filed three complaints with Goa Police alleging threat to her life and the safety of her 10-year-old daughter. In April, the woman shifted to Mumbai with her daughter. The husband filed a petition against his wife in Mapusa court in Goa, seeking the daughter's custody. The woman claimed in her petition in the high court that her husband was a wealthy businessman and a politically influential person, so she feared for her life and apprehended .
Maryam meets Sharif for first time since arrest, says PML-N leader
Jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif today met his daughter Maryam Nawaz for the first time since the two were arrested last week after their conviction in the Avenfield properties case, his party said. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Senator Pervaiz Rasheed said he and other party leaders met the Sharif family in jail today. Sharif, 68, along with his daughter Maryam, 44 and son-in-law Capt (retd.) Muhammad Safdar are serving jail terms of 10-years, 7 years and one year respectively in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, after an accountability court convicted them on July 6 over the family's ownership of four luxury flats in London. Talking to reporters outside the Adiala jail, Rasheed said that today is the first time the father-daughter duo met - a fact which he termed was against jail norms, Geo TV reported. Sharing a message from the Sharif family, the senator said no jail sentence can stop them from achieving their goal and asked the people to vote for their party on ...
Class XI student beaten to death in Delhi school
A 17-year-old Class XI student was allegedly beaten to death by a group of boys outside a government school in northeast Delhi, police said today. The boy studied in SKV school in Jyoti Nagar. After the school ended yesterday, he got into a scuffle with four-five boys. They rained blows on the victim and fled from the spot, police said. The boy was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital by his cousin, who studies in the same school. He was declared brought dead, said Atul Kumar Thakur, deputy commissioner of police (northeast). The boys had a similar fight last week too. However, the reason for the fight was not known yet since investigation is underway, Thakur said. Two boys have been apprehended and a case has been registered, he added.
Goa Dy Sarpanch booked for outraging modesty of Sena leader
A deputy sarpanch in Goa was booked today by police on charge of outraging modesty of a woman functionary of the Shiv Sena. Abhijit Desai, deputy Sarpanch of Neturlim panchayat in South Goa, was booked under section 500 (punishment for defamation) and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) after he allegedly posted a derogatory post on Facebook, police said. The Sena leader had filed a complaint with Crime Branch last week accusing Desai of terming her and her husband as "Bunty and Bubli", which she claimed refers to a fraud couple as shown in a Bollywood movie of the same name. A police officer said an FIR was filed against Desai. "We will soon call the accused for questioning," he said. Earlier in the day, Desai was booked on charge of revealing identity of a minor victim of molestation from Goa. Besides him, a case was already registered against Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Pratima Coutinho under POCSO and Juvenile ...
Ex-TN minister's acquittal in assault case upheld
The Madras High Court has upheld the acquittal of former DMK minister V Mullaivendhan and 10 others in a case related to alleged attack of a government official in Dharmapuri in February 2001. Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan dismissed an appeal filed by the police challenging the acquittal order passed by a judicial magistrate court in Dharmapuri. The judge said that except the official, no witnesses supported the case of the prosecution. "This court has no hesitation to conclude that there is no infirmity or illegality in the order passed by the trial court and as such the impugned judgement does not warrant any interference...," he said in a recent order. The case of the prosecution was that HR and CE Assistant Commissioner Anbumani in the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department was called by Mullaivendhan, then a minister, to the travellers bungalow in Dharmapuri on February 19, 2001 and was allegedly compelled to cancel the auction of lease of a temple land. As the official
Mattarella urges truth on anti-mafia judge's slaying
Rome, July 19 (IANS/AKI) On the 26th anniversary of anti-mafia judge Paolo Borsellino's murder in Palermo with five members of his security escort, Italy's President Sergio Mattarella said on Thursday that honouring Borsellino's memory meant "not stopping to search for the truth" behind the slaying.
Kerala Church sex scandal: SC extends protection to two clergymen
The Supreme Court today said the protection from arrest granted to two clergymen in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of a married woman will continue till it pronounces the verdict on their anticipatory bail. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan reserved its verdict in the case after the counsels for the accused and the state government presented their arguments during an in-camera hearing. Earlier today, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra granted the request for an in-camera trial by the counsel for the accused. The bench headed by Justice Sikri said it will pronounce the verdict soon. On July 17, the apex court had asked the Kerala police not to arrest Father Sony Verghese and Father Jaise K George attached to the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church in connection with the sex scandal till July 19. The clergymen had moved the apex court seeking anticipatory bail in the case after their plea was rejected by Kerala High Court on July 11. Four priests attached ..
Teen found starving, living in barn, family members arrested
Authorities say a malnourished 15-year-old Oklahoma boy who survived by eating sticks, leaves and grass has been found living in a barn, and four members of his family have been arrested for child neglect. The Oklahoman reported Thursday that Lincoln County assistant District Attorney Adam Panter said the boy weighed 80 pounds (36 kilograms) July 12, when he was found sharing the barn with goats, rabbits and chickens. The teen is hospitalized. The boy's name and condition haven't been released. Panter says he could have died without medical attention. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Services declined to comment on the case. Panter says the boy's father, stepmother and two older brothers have been arrested on child neglect warrants. Court records don't indicate formal charges have been filed.
Dissolve SC's monitoring panel on sealing: BJP MP
Raising the issue of the ongoing sealing drive in Delhi, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday demanded that the Supreme Court-constituted Monitoring Committee be "dissolved for alleged violation of earlier court decisions".
UK court sentences two former French traders to jail over Euribor rigging
LONDON (Reuters) - Two former French derivatives traders, including a one-time star banker at Deutsche Bank, were handed jail terms totalling more than 13 years by a London court on Thursday for plotting to rig global Euribor interest rates.
Centre mulls idea of bringing law to curb mob lynching
The Centre is learnt to have begun preliminary discussions on the possibility of bringing a new law to curb mob lynching, and one of the options being mulled is to amend the Indian Penal Code to define 'mob lynching' as a penal offence, a senior government functionary said today. Another option being considered is to draft a model law that states can adopt to prevent incidents of mob lynching, the functionary said. "Everything is in the preliminary stage as the entire Supreme Court order asking the Centre to come up with a new law has to be examined," he added. He said it will take several days before the government firms up its stand. The government may also further strengthen the framework relating to social media to ensure that rumours which may lead to such incidents are checked. Condemning the rising incidents of lynching in India, the Supreme Court had on Tuesday asked the government to enact a law to deal such cases. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had termed the ...
Maliwal accuses police of 'propagating' trafficking business at GB Road
DCW chief Swati Maliwal today wrote to Special CP (Crime) alleging that the local police station at GB Road, the largest red-light area in the national capital, was involved in "propagating" the trafficking business. She urged that the staff of the police station should be rotated frequently and only competent officers be appointed in the sensitive area. Maliwal also sought installation of CCTV cameras near the police station as well as main areas of the brothels, a statement issued by the women's panel said. She pointed out various lapses by the Delhi Police in the trafficking cases registered at GB Road. For instance, despite being at very little distance (200 metres) from GB Road, the Delhi Police has not been able to conduct any raid in the past two years in the area on its own accord. The raids were conducted only on information received from NGOs and/or the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), the statement said. Several survivors rescued by the Commission have stated that police ..