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UP: Cop registers complaint against himself for failing to prevent cow smuggling
In a bizarre incident, Meerut station house officer (SHO) has filed a complaint against himself and others for failing to prevent cow smuggling in the area of his jurisdiction.SHO, Rajendra Tyagi told ANI, that before taking charge of the Kharkoda police station, he framed a rule that action will be taken against erring officers."I had introduced a concept that cop will be responsible if action isn't taken against a crime. If there is any theft or murder in the area of a concerned beat constable, then the onus would be on that specific constable," Tyagi told ANI."Also, if this negligence is recorded for more than two times then action will be taken against him," he added.Till date, the SHO has filed complaints against six police constables. He had also filed a lawsuit against 19 who were caught taking bribe.
Man arrested as woman commits suicide after being raped
A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped and later committed suicide, following which the accused was arrested, the police said today. The accused allegedly raped the woman after falsely promising to marry her and also filmed the act on July 6, a police official said. Following this, the woman allegedly consumed poison and was rushed to hospital, where she died on July 13 while undergoing treatment, he said. On the complaint of the victim's father, the accused was arrested and he was being interrogated, the police official said.
No bed, dirty washroom for Nawaz Sharif in jail, alleges son
Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is lodged in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail after being convicted in the Avenfield Corruption case is languishing in sub-standard facilities, alleged his son Hussain.Taking to Twitter, Hussain Nawaz Sharif alleged that his father was deprived of a bed in the jail and that the bathroom there was extremely dirty, "probably not cleaned for ages.""I am told that my father was not given a bed to sleep on and the bathroom was extremely dirty probably not cleaned for ages," Hussain tweeted."There's no precedence of treating people's representatives with dignity in this country but these are basic rights withdrawal of which constitutes torture," he added.The NAB on Friday night took Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz into custody in connection with the Avenfield reference case after their flight landed at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport at 8:48 p.m. (local time) amidst high drama.Nawaz's legal team was permitted to meet him briefly. ..
Another Chilean priest is suspended amid pedophilia inquiry
Another Chilean priest has been suspended from his official duties as the archdiocese of Santiago investigates pedophilia allegations against him, in the latest abuse scandal to strike the Chilean church. The priest, Jorge Laplagne, who presided over two parishes in residential parts of Santiago, allegedly abused a child 13 years ago, the archdiocese said in a brief statement released late yesterday. While the inquiry is underway - for a maximum of 60 days - Laplagne will not be allowed to carry out any public duties at his San Crescente or Nuestra Senora de Lujan parishes, the statement said. The archdiocese said it had investigated the priest in 2010, but that the evidence then available was insufficient. It did not describe what evidence might since have surfaced. The new case emerged just hours after prominent priest Oscar Munoz, 56, who held senior positions in the Santiago archdiocese, was placed in preventive detention in the city of Rancagua, south of the capital. He is ...
Swimming instructor held for raping minor girl at Greater Noida school
A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a swimming instructor at a private school in Greater Noida, following which the accused was arrested today, the police said. The accused, Chandidas, raped the girl on Thursday evening while giving her swimming lessons at the school in Surajpur, Manoj Pant, the SHO of Surajpur police station, said. The girl later narrated her ordeal to the family members after which they lodged a case against the accused last night, he said, adding the accused was arrested.
Youth on bike dies after being hit by speeding car and dragged 300 metres
A youth succumbed to his injuries after a speeding car rammed his bike and dragged him at least 300 metres until police at a picket stopped the vehicle, police said on Saturday.
Sharif's sentence a warning to all political leaders: Kuldeep Naiyar
Veteran journalist Kuldeep Naiyar on Saturday said that the order of the Pakistan Accountability Court with regards to former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Sharif must be implemented.He said, "Both are being sentenced by Accountability Court of Pakistan, due process of law has taken place. The sentence must be correct and implemented."Regarding Nawaz Sharif being provided B class facilities in the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, Naiyar said, "A class is for political prisoners. This is a case of corruption and Sharif is not entitled to A class facilities."When asked about the implication of conviction of Nawaz Sharif on South Asia, Naiyar said, "This will serve as a warning to all political leaders in South Asia, especially in Pakistan."The lawyers of Nawaz Sharif and Maryam will file an appeal against the Accountability Court order convicting them in the case.Sharif's lawyers on Saturday were in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, where the two have been lodged, to ..
Kerala: Church priest moves anticipatory bail plea in SC
One of the four accused in Malankara Orthodox Church case, Father Abraham Varghese moved an anticipatory bail plea in the Supreme Court on Saturday.The Kerala High Court earlier on Wednesday had rejected the bail plea of Father Varghese.The Crime Branch in June registered a case against four priests of Malankara Orthodox Church for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in Kottayam.The accused allegedly threatened to disclose the victim's confessions, made in church.The incident came to light when the victim's husband recovered an audio clip related to the case, following which investigation was initiated by the church.When the case was transferred to the Crime Branch, three of the accused priests applied for anticipatory bail in the Kerala High Court.While the Malankara Orthodox Church had suspended all the priests after the complaint was filed.One out of the four priests of accused in the case surrendered on July 12.
Teenage girl raped by friend in Delhi park, accused held
A 15-year-old girl was raped by her male friend after he took her into a dark, deserted park on the pretext of talking to her privately, police said on Saturday adding that the accused has been arrested.
AK-56 seizure: Thane Police gets custody of alleged aide of Dawood Ibrahim
A Thane court today remanded an alleged aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim in police custody till July 17 in connection with the seizure of an AK-56 assault rifle from his Mumbai home earlier this month. Naeem Khan, who has been in jail since April 2016 for allegedly planning to kill a former gangster, was produced before the court by the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Thane Police. The court remanded Khan in police custody till July 17. The AEC had seized the AK-56, apart from a pistol and ammunition, from his home in Mumbai's Bangur Nagar area on July 6 following a tip-off. Khan's wife, Yamsin, was arrested that day under sections of the Arms Act. The information about the rifle being stored in Khan's house came after Thane's AEC nabbed two alleged drug peddlers, Jahid Zali Shoukat Kashmiri (47) and Sanjay Shroff (47) on July 5, according to the police. Police officials, at the time, had said that they wanted to probe if the seized rifle was part of the arms consignment that ...
Two auto-lifters nabbed, 8 luxury cars recovered
Two members of a gang of auto-lifters were today arrested and eight luxury cars recovered from their possession in this district, the police said. Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said that police intercepted a Honda City car near DLF colony during special checking of vehicles. Upon checking the registration paper, it was established that they were travelling in a stolen vehicle, following which the duo was arrested, he said. The accused were selling the stolen luxury cars in Nepal and Bhutan after changing the names of owners in registration certificates, the SSP said, adding 16 case of car-jacking are registered in Ghaziabad and Delhi. The accused, Nafees from Delhi and Imran, a native of Moradabad, confessed that they used to unlock the cars using duplicate keys, and by deactivating the central locking and GPS system with the help of their laptops after setting the frequency of lock sound. They used to defuse the censors and GPS system of the vehicles to avoid being .
'Bin Laden bodyguard' held in Tunisia over terror probe
A man who allegedly worked as Osama bin Laden's bodyguard has been detained in Tunisia as part of a terrorism probe after his expulsion from Germany, a prosecution spokesman said today. Known as Sami A by German authorities and Sami Idoudi in his home country, the Tunisian "has been taken into custody following a judicial decision by the prosecutor of Tunis," said spokesman Sofiene Sliti. He was wanted on "suspicion of involvement in extremist activities in Germany", following an investigation by the anti-terrorism unit, Sliti added. Tunisian legislation allows cases to be brought against citizens accused of terrorism crimes abroad, Sliti said. The 42-year-old suspect returned to Tunis yesterday, following a lengthy legal battle in Germany over his deportation. Idoudi had lived in Germany for more than two decades, staying in the country despite his asylum request being denied in 2007 as courts cited the danger of torture in Tunisia. The legal dispute is set to continue as a German ...
Bhopal hostage crisis accused paraded by police; women assault him with slippers
Police today paraded a man through the area in Bhopal where he had held a woman captive at gunpoint for more than 12 hours demanding that she marry him, as women bystanders angry over the hostage crisis assaulted him with slippers. Rohit Singh, 30, yesterday barged into the fifth-floor apartment of the 26-year-old woman in Misrod area of Bhopal. He had held the woman, a professional model, hostage at gunpoint. She was rescued last evening by police. Today, the woman told reporters that she did not want to marry the man and urged authorities to put him in jail fearing he would again attempt to harm her. Misrod Police Inspector Sanjeev Chouse told PTI that Singh was presented before the court of judicial magistrate Ashish Parsai, who remanded him to one-day police custody. Before being produced in the court, Singh was paraded in Misrod area, where the hostage crisis took place, Chouse said. Witnesses said Singh was also assaulted by women as he crossed the area under police ...
ED attaches properties of murder accused
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth around Rs 4 crore of a man who is accused of hiring contract killers to murder a Jamnagar-based lawyer. Jayesh Ranpariya, the accused, fled to Dubai using a fake passport a week before the killing, according to police. The ED had registered a money laundering case against Ranpariya in November 2016 on the basis of two FIRs registered by the Jamnagar police against him for alleged land grabbing "The Ahmedabad zonal office of the ED has attached assets worth Rs 3.97 crore in the form of 24 properties and bank balance of Ranpariya and his associates in a case related to usurping of land in Jamnagar," the Central agency said in a statement today. The FIRs had alleged that Ranpariya grabbed two properties worth Rs 135 crore by using a forged power of attorney. "A number of FIRs of similar nature were registered against Ranpariya at various police stations. Using the same modus-operandi, Ranpariya has amassed many ...
Current incidents matter of shame for Church:Archbishop
With a string of clergymen in Kerala facing accusations of sexual misconduct, Archbishop Soosa Pakiam today said the current incidents in the Catholic Church were a matter of shame for it. He expressed hope that justice would be done in the case in which a nun has accused a Bishop of raping her. "Justice should be done in the case. That is the stand of the church," the Archbishop said when asked about the rape allegations levelled against Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal. Pakiam, who is also president of the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council, said he was not in a position to make a public statement as it was an issue that occurred between two people in the church. "The church has no other way but to suffer the agony and shame that the issue has caused," he told reporters here on the sidelines of a function. "The church is probing the case and there will be strong action against the guilty. The church will stand for justice," he said. The Archbishop condemned the move by ...
Finish trial against pastor within 6 months: HC to lower court
The Madras High Court has directed a lower court to complete within six months the trial against a pastor for alleged misappropriation of donations made for the construction of a church. John Elangovan had used the donation of Rs 50 lakh to buy 49.05 cents in his name instead of registering the land in the name of the church. When Elangovan's petition seeking discharge from the case came up, Justice R M T Teekaa Raman said there was sufficient material to make a prima facie case against the accused and also frame charges against him. Justice Raman said criminal proceedings were initiated after a district Munsif dismissed a civil suit in the matter. The judge directed the Judicial Magistrate of Kallakurichi to complete the trial against the accused within six months. Elangovan was a pastor at an 'Assembly of God' church in Kallakurichi and got the funds to purchase the land for the construction of the church. On a complaint from Elangovan's wife, the panchayat was apprised of the ...
Woman killed, son, husband injured in fire
A 68-year-old woman was charred to death while her husband and son suffered serious burn injuries when a fire broke out in Nagrota Gazina village in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district today, the police said. The deceased was identified as Shilpa Devi (28) while her injured husband and son were identified as Yogesh Kumar and Viven, respectively, SP Hamirpur, Raman Kumar Meena said. The injured were rushed to Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College at Tanda (Kangra) and their condition was stable, he said. The spot has been preserved and a team from Regional Forensic Science Laboratory (RFSL), Dharamsala,was called, Meena said, adding that a probe was initiated to ascertain the cause of fire.
Delhi crime branch officers accused of holding youth hostage
A 25-year-old youth has alleged that he, along with his friend, were held hostage for three days by four policemen posted in the crime branch here, an official said on Saturday.
Hospital gouged out the eyes, say parents of dead 3-year-old
Parents of a three-year-old boy have lodged a complaint with the police against the state-run SSKM hospital alleging that the eyes of their son, who died on Tuesday after an accident, were removed, police said today. The boy's parents also alleged that it was the handiwork of an an illegal organ transplant racket working at the state-run hospital, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said. SSKM Hopsital doctors denied the allegations saying the boy's eyelids were stitched up owing to the grave injury that he had suffered in the accident. The accident took place on July 8 when the boy was hit by a car when he was playing on the road near his home at Kamarhati in the northern fringes of the city. He was taken to a local government hospital and then to SSKM hospital next day where he died on July 10. After post mortem, the body was handed to his parents on July 11, his family sources said. The parents in their complaint claimed that after getting their son's body they found ..
Nigerian held with 25 grams of heroin
Himachal Pradesh Police have arrested a Nigerian from Delhi for allegedly supplying drugs and seized 25.46 grams of heroin from his possession, an official said today. The accused, identified as Kra Basile, was arrested by a Special Investigative Team (SIT) here, said SP (Shimla) Omapati Jamwal. An FIR was registered against him under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he said.