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Man arrested for trying to rape mentally unstable girl
A 21-year-old man was arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district today for allegedly trying to rape a "mentally unstable" girl, a police officer said. Referring to the complaint filed by the girl's parents, the officer said that the 13-year-old girl was allegedly attacked yesterday afternoon while attending to the nature's call at Bada Balikuda village in Balichandrapur police station area of the district. "Finding her alone in the bushes, the accused, who hails from the same village, apparently held her from behind, and tried to undress her. On hearing the girl scream, local people rushed to her rescue," said Rakesh Chandra Tripathy, the inspector-in-charge of Bailchandrapur police station. The accused, who tried to flee the scene, was also nabbed by the locals, he said. "The 21-year-old man has been booked under relevant sections of Indian Penal code and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act," Tripathy stated, adding that medical ...
April 2 violence during Dalit protests against SC ruling: 41 sent up for trial
A total of 41 persons, including some local BSP leaders, were sent up today for trial for their alleged roles in the wide-spread violence here during the April 2 Bharat Bandh by Dalits against a Supreme Court ruling, "diluting" some stringent provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Those sent up for the trial by the district sessions court included former chief Kamal Gautam of Bahujan Samaj Party's district unit and Bhim Army's district in-charge Ukar Bavra, said a district prosecution official. The case was sent up for trial by Chief Judicial Magistrate Shailendra Singh, who also directed the accused to appear before the sessions court on August 16. According to the prosecution 14 of the 41 accused persons in the case have been granted bail, while 27 others are still in jail. Dalit groups had called for a Bharat Bandh on April 2 in protest against a recent Supreme Court order which they claimed had diluted the SC/ST Act (Prevention .
SC-VIGILANTISM-HIGHLIGHTS
Following are the highlights of the Supreme Court verdict on mob violence and lynching: * SC asks Parliament to consider enacting a new law to sternly deal with mob lynching and cow vigilantism. * State governments to designate a senior police officer, not below the rank of Superintendent of Police, as nodal officer in each district. * Such nodal officers should be assisted by a DSP rank officer in the district for taking measures to prevent such incidents. * They shall constitute a Special Task Force to procure intelligence reports about the people who are likely to commit such crimes. * The states shall forthwith identify districts, sub-divisions and/or villages where instances of lynching and mob violence have been reported in the recent past. * The process of identification should be done within a period of three weeks from today. * The Secretary, Home Department, of the states concerned shall issue directives to the Nodal Officers of the districts concerned for ensuring that the .
Kanhaiya Kumar moves HC against fine imposed by JNU
Former JNU students union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar has moved the Delhi High Court against the fine imposed on him by a high-level panel of the university in connection with a 2016 incident of alleged anti-India slogans being raised at an event relating to Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging. On February 9, 2016, a poetry event was held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in connection with the third anniversary of Guru's hanging for his role in the attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001. Kumar's plea, filed through advocate Tarannum Cheema, is listed for hearing tomorrow before Justice Siddharth Mridul. The high-level panel of JNU had in 2016 recommended fine of Rs 10,000 on Kumar in connection with the February 9 event during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. It had also recommended rustication of Umar Khalid in connection with the incident, apart from imposing financial penalty on 13 other students for violation of disciplinary norms. The ...
Kingpin in Karnal bank robbery case held
The Haryana Police today arrested Anil alias Singhania, the alleged kingpin of the Karnal bank robbery case and a member of Delhi's notorious inter-state Neeraj Bawana gang, in Jualan of Jind district. Four country-made pistols, five live cartridges and a stolen motorcycle were recovered from his possession, a police spokesman said. At least eight cases of bank robbery, loot, dacoity, theft and those under the Arms Act are registered against the accused in Haryana and Delhi, he said. The spokesman said that during preliminary interrogation, the accused confessed to have committed bank robbery of Rs 9.80 lakh in a bank in Karnal in 2012 with the help of his five accomplices. He said police had got information about a man roaming on a motorcycle in the Julana area under suspicious circumstances. A police team immediately rushed to the spot and nabbed Singhania, a native of Singhana village in Jind, the spokesman said. He would be produced in a court and a police remand will be sought, .
Pregnant woman dies due to medical negligence in J-K, magisterial inquiry ordered
A 35-year-old pregnant woman died allegedly due to medical negligence while going through labour pain at a hospital in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir today, prompting authorities to order a magisterial inquiry, officials said. Shaista Begum, a resident of Binola Amritgarh Chiralla village, was brought to district hospital Doda last evening and died this morning, triggering protests by her relatives who accused the doctors and paramedical staff of negligence, the officials said. Begum's husband Imtiaz Ahmad Khan alleged that she was left unattended in the labour room after initial treatment, resulting in the death of the woman and the unborn child. He alleged that the doctors and the nurses posted in the labour room preferred to sleep despite repeated pleas from the family members that the condition of the patient had deteriorated. District Development Commissioner, Doda, Simrandeep Singh said a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the death of the woman. "A magisterial ...
Can minor witnesses' testimony be video-recorded to spare them from deposing in court: HC to Maha govt
The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to consider the possibility of video recording the statements of minor witnesses instead of having them to depose in a court room. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and GS Kulkarni asked the state to consider making use of "technology" and employing means such as video conferencing to admit a child's testimony without calling the child to the court as a witness. The bench stated this after Advocate General (AG) Ashutosh Kumbhakoni informed it that the state government had prepared a plan to make child friendly court rooms across the state. The court was hearing suo motu the issue of constructing child-friendly courts across Maharashtra. The AG said that as per the proposed plan, the judges and other staff will not wear uniforms in such court rooms. "We will also have some law students to assist the children while they give their testimonies. There will not be a dais like in other court rooms and the atmosphere in these ...
Flight attendant's in-laws to be questioned after July 20: Police
The in-laws of a female flight attendant, who allegedly committed suicide in south Delhi's Panchsheel Park, will be questioned after July 20, police said today. Anissia Batra (39), who worked with a German airline, allegedly jumped from the terrace of her house on Friday. The victim's family has alleged that her husband Mayank Singhvi used to physically abuse her. They have also accused Singhvi's parents of harassing their daughter for dowry. Singhvi was arrested yesterday. Romil Baaniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) said Singhvi's parents have been granted exemption from joining the probe by the court till July 20 on personal grounds. They will be questioned after that, he said. The officer said the victim's parents told the magistrate that Anissia was harassed for dowry. The victim had sent a message to her husband that 'he would see her dead face' before taking the extreme step, police said. We have seized the cell phones of the deceased and her husband, and are checking ..
Sharif family to stay in jail till election, court adjourns appeals
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday adjourned till the last week of July appeals by jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (retired) Mohammad Safdar against their conviction for corruption.
AAP Office of Profit: EC to hear final arguments on July 23
The Election Commission on Tuesday said it will hear the final arguments in the AAP office-of-profit case on July 23 as it underlined that the illegality of the order appointing 21 MLAs as parliamentary secretaries does not absolve the petitioners of holding an office of profit.
Inspector 'claims' paying bribe to top brass in WhatApp Chat, suspended: Police
A police inspector has been suspended here for allegedly claiming in a purported WhatsApp chat that he paid a "bribe" of Rs 3.5 lakh to the top brass of his department for getting the desired posting, an official said today. In his purported WhatsApp chat message, which has gone viral, Inspector Parshuram Sharma of Dibai police station had alleged that he paid Rs 23 lakh to the Bulandshahar Senior Superintendent of Police K B Singh and Rs 50,000 to the Meerut range Additional Director General of Police Prashant Kumar to secure the posting. He had allegedly made the claim in a chat with one of his acquaintances on his official mobile number. Soon after the "chat" went viral, SSP Singh, in an interaction with reporters, refuted the allegations against himself and the additional DGP and ordered a probe into the purported claims of the inspector after suspending him. The inspector, however, denied making the allegations, saying that his WhatsApp application on the phone had been ...
SC order shows mirror to PM, ministers 'under whose watch crimes being committed': Yechury
The CPI(M) today claimed that the Supreme Court's judgement on incidents of mob lynching showed the mirror to the ministers and Prime Minister Narendra Modi "under whose watch such crimes were being committed". CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the central government should be "ashamed" after the apex court's judgement. "It has shown the mirror to the ministers and the PM under whose watch these crimes are being committed," he tweeted. The Supreme Court today asked Parliament to consider enacting a new law to effectively deal with incidents of mob lynching, saying "horrendous acts of mobocracy" cannot be allowed to become a new norm. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also passed a slew of directions to provide "preventive, remedial and punitive measures" to deal with offences like mob violence and cow vigilantism. The bench, which also comprised justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said it was the duty of state governments to ensue law and order in ...
Man accused in prof hand-chopping case had key role in SFI leader's killing: Police
Police today informed the Kerala High Court that a man, who was one of the accused in chopping off the hand of a professor a few years ago, had a key role in the killing of an SFI leader at a government college here recently. Police said Manaf, who was the 13th accused in the case of chopping off the hand of professor T J Joseph in 2010 on charges of blasphemy, had an important role in executing the killing of SFI leader and Ernakulam Maharaja's college student Abhimanyu. A division bench, comprising Justice P R Ramachandra Menon and Devan Ramachandran, was considering three separate pleas filed by relatives of the alleged accused in the killing, alleging harassment by police probing the case. Dismissing the pleas, the court said the petitioners' apprehensions were unfounded and directed police to go ahead with the probe into the killing. The police informed the court that they did not harass or summon any woman to the police station in connection with the case. The Students' ...
Elderly man found hanging in UP's Mathura
An elderly man was today found hanging from the roof of a shrine in the Mant area here, police said. The body was found by the villagers who later informed the police, DySP Jagveer Singh Chauhan said. A bag containing some clothes and a walking stick was found at the spot, he said. A case has been registered and we are trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased and other details, Chauhan said.
Woman comes under rear tyre of roadways bus, crushed to death
A woman was crushed to death when she came under the rear tyre of a Haryana roadways bus near polytechnic chowk here, police said today. Neha, 34, hailing from Derabassi in Punjab, came under the tyre of the bus when she lost her balance while getting down near the chowk last evening, they said. After the incident, the driver left the bus at the spot and fled. The police have registered a case and investigating is on, a police official said. Neha was travelling to the city to attend the marriage of her brother, police said.
17 arrested for rape of minor, lawyers assault accused in
After an 11-year-old hearing impaired girl was allegedly raped multiple times over the past seven months, 17 of her suspected tormentors were arrested, with some beaten up and dragged down the stairwell of a court today by angry lawyers, police said. Those arrested included a liftman, security guards, plumbers, electricians and other maintenance staff working at the apartment complex in Ayanavaram locality where the girl lived with her family and where she was allegedly sexually assaulted several times. Amid the shock and outrage over the incident, the accused were arrested and produced before the women's court, where agitated lawyers punched and kicked them, while dragging them down the staircase as they were being escorted out. The court remanded all the accused in police custody till July 31. According to the police, the girl was sedated with injections, drug-laced soft drinks and made to sniff a powder by the perpetrators before they sexually assaulted her and ...
Cow vigilantism: SC bats for new law
Condemning increased instances of violence due to cow vigilantism and lynching across the country, the Supreme Court on Tuesday urged Parliament to consider a new law to prevent such incidents, and underscored that violence can't be allowed in the name of vigilantism.A three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud, directed the central and state governments to take preventive and remedial measures to stop lynching incidents in future."The primary goal of law is to have an orderly society where the citizenry dreams for change and progress is realised and the individual aspiration finds space for expression of his/her potential. In such an atmosphere while every citizen is entitled to enjoy the rights and interest bestowed under the constitutional and statutory law, he is also obligated to remain obeisant to the command of law," CJI Misra said."There can be no shadow of doubt that the authorities which are conferred with the ...
17 held for sexually assaulting hearing impaired minor girl
Seventeen persons, mostly service staff in an apartment complex, were arrested for sexually assaulting a minor hearing impaired girl for seven months, police said on Tuesday.
SC asks Parliament to enact law to check lynching(Second Lead)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday condemned mob lynching incidents across the country and asked Parliament to enact a law to deal with the crime that threatens rule of law and the country's social fabric. "Horrendous acts of mobocracy" cannot be permitted to become "a new normal," it said.
Russia detains powerful investigator for alleged links to mafia
Russian security services have detained Moscow's former chief investigator over alleged links to mafia bosses, in the latest high-profile arrest of a top official, local media said today. General Alexander Drymanov, the former chief of the hugely powerful Investigative Committee's Moscow branch, was arrested by the Federal Security Service (FSB) in his apartment on Monday evening, Russian news agencies reported. Drymanov was detained "in a case of accepting bribes by high-ranking officials in exchange for freeing" a notorious criminal, according to a source quoted by the Interfax news agency. The 50-year-old general, who retired last month, was questioned by the FSB security service in Moscow's high-security Lefortovo jail, Drymanov's lawyer Alexander Karabanov was quoted as saying. In 2016, Drymanov was a witness in a criminal probe against several senior investigators accused of accepting bribes for the release of an associate of mafia boss Zakhary Kalashov, seen as one of Russia's .