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Rajasthan: Five of family feared dead as motorcycle falls into canal
Five members of a family, including three children, were feared dead after the motorcycle they were riding fell into the Indira Gandhi Canal in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district, police said Monday. The incident took place on Sunday when Parmu Ram (32) and his wife Banarasi (30) were returning home to Bhuna Wali Dhani village after visiting his parents in Bhairu Shri village, they said. The couple was accompanied by their two daughters and a son, aged between two to seven years, they added. The motorcycle has been recovered from the canal after a day-long search operation, Assistant Sub-Inspector Sukhpal Singh, posted at Rawatsar police station, said. He said the operation will continue on Tuesday to locate the bodies. The matter came to light after the family's relatives lodged a missing complaint when the five did not return home. A search was launched and it revealed that someone had seen them falling into the canal on Sunday, Singh said.
Two held with over 6 kg drugs in HP's Mandi district
Two men were arrested Monday after 6.32 kg charas was allegedly recovered from their car here, police said. During a checking at Galu area on Pathankot-Mandi Road, 6.324 kg of charas and 413 gram opium was seized from their vehicle, Mandi Superintendent of Police Gurdev Chand said. The accused identified as Tule Ram and Satish Singh of Kullu and Kangra districts respectively were arrested, the SP said. A case has been registered under various sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against the accused, he added.
3 held over killing of Amethi BJP worker
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a BJP worker in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district two days ago, police said on Monday. Director General of Police (DGP) O P Singh said there was a local-level political rivalry between the deceased, Surendra Singh, 50, and the father of one of the accused. "We have arrested three persons. After the incident was reported, as many as seven people were taken into custody and they were thoroughly quizzed," Singh told reporters here. "Among the seven people, there were three who were linked with the incident." Amethi Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar said those arrested have been identified as Ramchandra, Dharmanath and Naseem, while two persons were absconding. Singh, a close aide of newly-elected Amethi MP Smriti Irani, was shot when he was sleeping in his house at Baraulia village, 25 km from the district headquarters, on Saturday night. The former village head was referred to a Lucknow hospital, but succumbed to ...
Gangster wanted by Delhi and UP police arrested from Manipur
A 29-year-old gangster who was involved in more than 30 criminal cases in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and was wanted by the police of both the states was arrested from Manipur on Monday.The gangster, Rizwan, a resident of Delhi, was arrested from Imphal. He was involved in several cases including attempt to murder and armed robbery in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, police said.Rizwan was hiding for the past several months to evade arrest.The Uttar Pradesh police had declared a Rs 70,000 reward for those who had information about the gangster.Rizwan was wanted by the police in a case of armed robbery committed in Anand Vihar in 2015. The Delhi Police had declared a reward of Rs 50,000 on information leading to his arrest.The gangster was also on the police's radar in cases of attempt to murder in Budaun and dacoity in Sambhal and Bareilly, all located in Uttar Pradesh.Subsequently, the police had declared him a proclaimed offender.
2 head constables suspended, 3 SPOs sacked after video of woman being beaten by policemen goes viral
Two head constables of Haryana police were suspended and three Special Police Officers terminated from service after a video of a woman allegedly being beaten by members of Faridabad Police went viral on social media. An FIR, under various provisions of IPC pertaining to wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing hurt and word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman, has been lodged against the accused in Faridabad on Monday, a police spokesman said here. Commissioner of Police, Faridabad, Sanjay Kumar ordered suspension of Head Constables Baldev and Rohit and dismissal of three SPOs Krishan, Harpal and Dinesh, he added. A case was registered against them in Adarsh Nagar Police Station, Faridabad. The spokesman said the incident took place in October last year, but at the time it was not reported to the police by the victim. The video of the alleged incident went viral in the last couple of days after which police got details of the incident verified, he said. The ...
Himachal Police seek arrest in multi-crore scam
The Himachal Pradesh Police on Monday moved a Sessions Court in Sirmaur district to declare the Managing Director of a company believed to be hiding in Dubai a proclaimed offender for alleged embezzlement running into thousands of crores of rupees.
Two held with leopard skin worth Rs 18 lakh
Two persons have been arrested for allegedly possessing hide of a leopard, worth Rs 18 lakh, here in Maharashtra, police said Monday. The duo, identified as Rajesh Arora (44) and Moses alias Moza Kapren Agimani (30), were held from near ESIC Hospital in Wagale Estate area last week, a senior crime branch officer said. While Arora is a resident of suburban Mulund Agimani hails from Dharwar in Karnataka. Police found the leopard skin kept in a gunny bag carried by the duo, he said. A case has been registered under various sections of Wildlife Act, 1972. Police are investigating the source from whom the duo received the big cat skin and its potential buyer, he added.
UP Police arrests 3 people in Surendra Singh's murder case
Police on Monday arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of Surendra Singh, a close of aide of the successful BJP candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani, on Sunday.The police have also recovered a country-made pistol, a blood-stained towel and a mobile phone from their possession."We have arrested three murder suspects. We have recovered a country-made pistol from their possession. Moreover, a blood-stained towel was also recovered from one accused. We have sent all the evidence for forensic examination," Uttar Pradesh DGP OP Singh said.The accused have been identified as Nassim, Ramchandra and Dharamnath Gupta."On the basis of all evidence it is very clear that the five murder suspects and the victim had a local level political rivalry," he added."Two suspects are still absconding. We are tracking the two other suspects and further investigation is underway," he added.The police assured that a motorbike that was used in the crime will also be recovered.Surendra Singh was
MCA issues look out circular against 20 persons
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has sent out a look-out circular with the names of over 20 people suspected of economic offence, sources said on Monday. Sources said the circular includes the name of Naresh Goyal, the Chairman of the now-grounded Jet Airways.
Saradha scam: Ex-Kolkata police chief fails to appear before CBI for questioning, seeks time
Former Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar Monday failed to appear before the CBI, which had summoned him for questioning in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam, and sought a week's time citing personal reasons. A CID official visited the CBI office in Salt Lake and submitted a letter by Kumar in which he said he is on a three-day leave and is therefore unable to attend the summon, officials said. Kumar sought seven days time, citing personal reasons, to appear before CBI officers in connection with the case. "We waited for Mr Kumar but he did not turn up. We have received a letter from the West Bengal CID regarding his absence," an official said. CBI sources said officials were at the Barasat court to pre-empt any attempt by Kumar to prevent the agency from interrogating him. Several calls to Kumar went unanswered. Kumar was reinstated as the additional director general of CID by the West Bengal government on Sunday night, soon after the model code of conduct was lifted. The CBI
Rajeev Kumar writes to CBI, says he is on leave
Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who failed to appear before the CBI in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam case on Monday, has written a letter to the probe agency, saying he is on leave.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will now take the next course of action accordingly, agency sources said.Kumar, who is accused of tampering with evidence in the multi-crore Saradha scam, was summoned yesterday by the probe agency to appear before it at 10 am on Monday in connection with the ongoing investigation into the scam.A Look-Out Notice was issued against Kumar by the agency even as CBI officials claimed that they were unaware of his whereabouts. Airports and land ports were asked not to allow him to leave the country.He had earlier headed the West Bengal Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) that probed the scam.The CBI, in its plea before the Supreme Court, had sought permission for custodial interrogation of Kumar for his alleged role in destroying ...
Let Aditya Talwar appear before authorities and satisfy them in PMLA case: HC
The Delhi High Court on Monday said that Aditya Talwar, son of lobbyist Deepak Talwar and accused in a money laundering case, ought to appear before authorities and satisfy them, after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed that he was a "fugitive". The ED made the claim before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Brijesh Sethi while opposing the plea by Wave Hospitality Ltd which has challenged a notice issued to it by the agency asking the company why the provisional attachment of its hotel in Aerocity area here should not be confirmed. The ED had in March provisionally attached the Holiday Inn, worth over Rs 120 crore, in connection with a money laundering case against Talwars. The show cause notice was issued by the adjudicating authority after ED moved a plea before it seeking confirmation of the provisional attachment. Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta told the court that Aditya Talwar is connected with Wave Hospitality and since he is a "fugitive" from law, ..
Driver held for killing his colleague for Rs 15 lakh
A shipping company driver wanted in connection with the killing of his 72-year-old colleague on May 13 has been arrested and stolen amount of Rs 14 lakh recovered from him, police said Monday. The accused Rahul Yadav, 28, had allegedly strangulated Raghuram Aital in his car and dumped his body along the roadside on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Palghar district of Maharashtra. Waliv police station Assistant Police Inspector Sudhir Daherkar said Yadav allegedly strangulated Aital with a leather belt and fled with Rs 15 lakh cash he was carrying. "The money was given to Aital for delivering it to a person based out of Borivli," he said, adding that the incident occurred when Aital was going to Borivli in the car driven by Yadav. According to Daherkar, Yadav was in need of the money for his marriage, which was scheduled in Diwali this year. The accused was arrested on May 25 and booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Police have recovered Rs ...
Man kills in-laws in UP's Kushinagar
A 28-year-old man was arrested Monday for allegedly killing his in-laws in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district, police said. Mantu Gupta killed his father-in-law Chhangur Gupta (60) and mother-in-law Kismati Gupta (55) during their sleep with a sharp-edged weapon in Khangi Bazaar area under Barwapatti police station on Sunday night, Superintendent of Police Rajeev Narayan Mishra said. The couple's grandson couple Aditya, 14, suffered injuries in the incident, Mishra said, adding the boy was presently receiving treatment at a hospital. Mantu was arrested from his residence in Bihar and, during questioning,he confessed to have committed the crime, the SP said. "Mantu suspected his wife's fidelity. He had complained regarding this to his in-laws," he said. The accused's wife Shanti said since marriage in 2018 Mantu had been harassing her for dowry, the SP said.
SC grants protection from arrest to WB BJP leader in criminal case
The Supreme Court Monday restrained the West Bengal Police from taking any coercive action for seven days against a state BJP leader in a criminal case. A vacation bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Aniruddha Bose, however, refused to entertain the petition of West Bengal BJP treasurer Sawar Dhananiya against the registration of the criminal case and asked him to approach the local court with his plea. The bench took note of the submission of senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, appearing for Dhananiya, that a case has been lodged against him due to political vendetta and, moreover, he was constrained to approach the apex court as the lawyers in the state were on strike. It granted protection from arrest to Dhananiya for seven days starting from Monday and asked him to approach the court in the state in the meantime. Earlier, the bench had agreed to hear the plea in the backdrop of a submission that the lawyers of the Calcutta High Court and the trial Court were on ...
HC agrees to hear on Tuesday plea to enhance 20-week period for termination of pregnancy
The Delhi High Court agreed to hear on Tuesday a plea for enhancing to 24 or 26 weeks the time limit to terminate a pregnancy in case of any health risk to the mother or the foetus, from the current 20-week cap. The petition, which sought that unmarried females and widows too should be allowed to undergo legal abortion under the law, was mentioned before a bench bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Brijesh Sethi on Monday which listed it for hearing tomorrow. The plea filed by social activist and advocate Amit Sahni sought direction to the Ministries of Health and Law and Justice to apprise the court as to when the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 would be amended in terms of proposed draft amendment of 2014 by changing provision that does not allow abortion beyond 20-week pregnancy. It sought that the 20-week pregnancy restriction be replaced with 24-26 weeks by way of bringing an appropriate amendment in the law. Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of ..
Pak, UK sign MoU to start process for extradition of ex-finance minister Ishaq Dar
Pakistan and the UK have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to start the process for the extradition of former finance minister Ishaq Dar, who has been declared an absconder in a graft case linking to the Panama Papers scandal. The MoU - signed this week and case specific to 68-year-old Dar - provides legal basis in the absence of an extradition treaty, Geo TV reported. It's understood that the MoU was signed after Prime Minister Imran Khan's Adviser on Accountability Shahzad Akbar held talks with British Home Secretary Sajid Javid, it said. Dar, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader, left Pakistan soon after a court began hearings against him in a graft case filed in line with the Supreme Court's July 2017 Panama Papers verdict. After his arrival in London, he underwent treatment for heart related ailment at a Harley Street hospital. The MoU states that the government of Pakistan and the British government have developed an understanding "for the extradition of Ishaq Dar to
Australian cardinal won't fight sentence if he loses appeal
Disgraced Australian Catholic cardinal George Pell will not fight for a reduced jail sentence if he fails in his appeal of his conviction for molesting two choirboys in the 1990s, a court spokesman said Monday. The 77-year-old Pell the most senior Catholic convicted of sex abuse was sentenced in a Melbourne court in March to six years in prison. He must serve at least three years and eight months of the term. Pell will appeal his conviction next month. His lawyers have filed an application arguing it should be overturned on three grounds. But the application does not include an appeal of the length of the sentence, Andre Awadalla, a spokesman for the Court of Appeal in Victoria state, told the Associated Press. "The only appeal application filed on the matter is an appeal against conviction," Awadalla said. "His lawyers haven't filed an appeal in relation to sentence." In sentencing Pell in March, Victorian County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd acknowledged that there was a real ...
French police arrest 2 Lyon explosion suspects
The French police on Monday detained two suspects involved in an explosion in Lyon city at the weekend.
3 suspects held over killing of BJP worker in Amethi
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a close aide of newly-elected Amethi MP Smriti Irani, police said on Monday. "We have arrested three suspects in the Amethi murder case, while two suspects are still absconding," Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) O P Singh told reporters here. "As many as seven persons were taken into custody and they were interrogated. Among those, there were three who were linked with the incident," Singh said. "As of now, two accused persons are still absconding and we are tracking them," the DGP said. Surendra Singh, 50), a former head of Baraulia village, around 25 km from the Amethi district headquarters, was shot at around 11.30 pm on Saturday. Singh was referred to a Lucknow hospital, but succumbed during treatment.