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Man falls down stairs, dies after being thrashed in failed theft bid
A man fell down stairs only to be caught red-handed and thrashed to death allegedly by a mob in a failed theft attempt in North Delhi's Burari area, the police said today. The incident took place yesterday when two men allegedly entered the house of a Burari resident at around 1:30 pm. "Two men allegedly entered a house in Burari for theft. However, as the duo executed their plan, the house owner returned and caught them red-handed," a senior police officer said. "The owner then raised an alarm when the two men tried to escape. During the melee, one of them, identified as Birbal, slipped from stairs as he tried to run towards the roof of the building," he said. Meanwhile, some locals who had gathered on the spot caught hold of him and thrashed him, he added. Birbal became unconscious and was taken to hospital by the locals where he was declared dead. His accomplice managed to escape, the officer said. "A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been registered against ...
Burari deaths: All 11 members of Chundawat family died due to hanging
All 11 members of the Chundawat family, whose bodies were recently recovered from their residence in north Delhi's Burari, died due to hanging, a senior police officer said today after the force received the last post-mortem report of 77-year-old Narayan Devi. The police would now ascertain whether three members of the family, whose hands were found loosely tied with rope, hanged themselves after tying others or they tried to free themselves. The bodies of 10 members of the family were found hanging from an iron mesh attached to the ceiling on July 1, while that of Narayan Devi was found lying on the floor in another room of the house. "The post-mortem reports of the 11 family members say that they died due to ante-mortem hanging. The reports support the suicide theory. We will study the reports," Alok Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said. The police received the post-mortem reports of 10 members of the family yesterday, while that of Narayan Devi was submitted by the ...
Cop among six drug peddlers held: police
Six alleged drug peddlers, including a policeman, were arrested and over 75 kg of poppy seized from them in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said today. The policeman along with an associate were arrested after 50 kilograms of poppy straw was recovered from their vehicle at the Murgi Chowk in Gangyal area of Jammu this afternoon, the police officials said. They said a police team was busy checking when a private vehicle coming from Narwal towards Kunjwani Chowk tried to break the 'naka' but was chased and stopped. During questioning, the duo revealed they had brought the consignment from Kashmir and were planning to sell it among the drug addicts in the city, the officials said adding more arrests and recoveries were expected. Meanwhile, one Harjeet Singh was arrested in Dharab, on the outskirts of Jammu city, after 20 kilograms of poppy was recovered from an oil tanker he was driving, they said. Two more persons - Ajit and Tasreem Kumar - were held in Mottey village
Boy hangs himself while video chatting with girlfriend
A 17-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself while video chatting with his girlfriend on Whatsapp at Baruipur area in South 24 Parganas district, police said today. The boy, a class XI student, took this step last night probably after quarrelling with his girlfriend during the chat, he said adding that the boy used to stay in a rented accommodation. "As he did not come out in the morning, his friends broke open the door and found him hanging from the ceiling. They informed us. The boy was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead on arrival," the officer said. A complaint against the girl has been lodged by the family members of the boy, he added.
5-yr-old girl declared 'outcast'; case lodged on child rights panel's order
The police today booked ten members of a village community in the neighbouring Bundi district for allegedly declaring a five-year-old scheduled caste girl an "outcast" and depriving her of proper food, care and shelter, an official said. The case was registered on the orders of the state's child rights panel chief Manan Chaturvedi who swung into action after the plight of the hapless child came to her notice. Earlier, following a diktat by community elders, the girl was barred from entering her home, left to stay in the front courtyard and surviving on loaves thrown into her plate from a distance by her pregnant mother. Hindoli Police station SHO Laxman Singh said the case was registered against ten persons today at 1.29 pm. The girl was declared an outcast, initially for three days and then for another eight days, after she unwittingly damaged sandpiper's eggs in her school. The girl was declared an outcast and ordered to undergo punishment according to a local superstition that ...
Final autopsy confirms Delhi family members died of hanging
The final autopsy report in the mysterious deaths of 11 family members in the capital, released on Thursday, confirmed they all died of hanging and it was a case of mass suicide in a ritual practice by family suffering from a shared psychological disorder, police said.
Sex racket busted, 5 girls rescued
West Bengal CID has busted a sex racket and rescued five minor girls from a guest house in Konnagar in Hooghly district, a senior officer said today. Two managers of the guest house, and two pimps - a man and a woman - were arrested in this connection, he said. "We have received information that commercial sexual exploitation involving minor girls was being carried out in a guest house at Konnagar. We rescued five minor girls during a raid there last night," he said.
Govt forwards 69 names for HC judges to SC collegium
The Law Ministry is learnt to have forwarded names of 69 candidates to the Supreme Court collegium for appointment as high court judges. According to established procedure, the high court collegiums send names of candidates shortlisted by them to the Law Ministry, which in turns forwards these to the SC collegium for a final call. The Law Ministry attaches IB reports about the candidates before forwarding the names to the SC collegium. The 69 names have been recommended by collegiums of 23 high courts. Once the recommendations reach the SC collegium, it will take a final call and going by precedents, nearly 40 per cent of the names recommended by high courts are rejected by it. This year, 34 judges have been appointed in the 24 high courts. In 2016, 126 high court judges were appointed, which the government claims was the highest since independence. Average appointments of high court judges have been 86 per year.
4 Myanmarese nationals held for illegally entering India
Four Myanmarese nationals, including three women, suspected to be Rohingyas, were arrested in West Bengal for allegedly entering India illegally, police said today. The four were arrested yesterday by officers of Habra police station from the state's North 24 Parganas district, police said, adding that two children were accompanying them. According to police, the group was seen roaming suspiciously in the Maslandapur bus sand area here on Tuesday afternoon. Upon detaining them, the police found out that they had crossed the border illegally and immediately arrested the four adults under The Foreigners Act. They were produced in Barasat court and were remanded to judicial custody, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) of North 24 Parganas district, Kalyan Roy, said. The two minors are with their mother, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of North 24 Parganas, C Sudhakar, said. According to a senior officer of the district police, the arrested persons failed to produce any .
Urea scam: CBI court imposes Rs 100 cr penalty on 2 Turkish nationals; kin of ex-PM, ex-minister among convicted
A special CBI court today imposed one of the highest penalties in corruption cases - Rs 100 crore - on two Turkish nationals in the 23-year-old Rs 133 crore urea scam case and sentenced them to six years of rigorous imprisonment along with the kin of a former prime minister and an ex-Union minister, officials said. Along with Turkish nationals Tuncay Alankus and Cihan Karanci, both former executives of Karsan Ltd, the Tis Hazari court also convicted company's Indian representative M Sambasiva Rao, former CMD of National Fertilizer Limited (NFL) C K Ramakrishnan, former Executive Director NFL Dilbag Singh Kanwar, D Mallesam Goud, former Union minister Ramlakhan Singh Yadav's son Prakash Chandra Yadav and former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's relative Sanjeeva Rao in the case, they said. The court sentenced Ramakrishnan and Kanwar to three years of imprisonment and imposed Rs 6 lakh fine, Sambasiva Rao to three years of imprisonment and Rs 5 crore fine, Goud to three years ...
Woman, paramour held for hubby's killing
Police today arrested a woman, her paramour, and his friend in connection with the killing of her physically-challenged husband here. Body of Sheikh Rashid was found by the roadside in Kalamb Chowk on March 18. Sheikh's wife had alleged that he was mowed down by a vehicle. On a tip-off, police today arrested Firoza Bano (40), her paramour Mohd Aizaz Mod Qureshi (29) and the latter's friend Imrajuddin Sadikuddin Sayed (42), a police official said. He said Qureshi and Sayed allegedly killed Sheikh using a stone at the behest of Bano.
Upendra Rai case: CBI arrests BCAS employee, Air One CMD
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested two officials in connection with journalist Upendra Rai's money laundering case, related to alleged extortion and dubious financial transactions.Out of the two arrested people, one is from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and other is Chairman & Managing Director of Air One Aviation Pvt Ltd.Rai was arrested earlier this month under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), soon after a Delhi court granted him bail in another case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).A special CBI court had granted bail to Rai, accused of being involved in dubious financial transactions and holding an airport security pass, issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), by furnishing false information.Rai, whose name figures in two FIRs filed by the CBI, was arrested on May 3.
US revives Emmett Till murder case after 63 years
The federal government has reopened its inquiry into the murder of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African-American boy, whose brutal killing in Mississippi in 1955 sent shockwaves across the world.The Justice Department told Congress in a report in March this year that it had reopened its investigation "based upon the discovery of new information." However, the report did not elaborate.The government has not yet announced new charges in connection to the case and it is to be seen whether the prosecutors will ultimately be able to bring a case against anyone, New York Times reported.The black teenager, who was originally from Chicago, was visiting his relatives in the Mississippi Delta, when he encountered a white woman in a store, who claimed that Emmett grabbed her inappropriately and made "crude" sexual remarks. Subsequently, Emmett was abducted and was killed after a few days, with his mutilated body tied to a cotton gin fan along with a barbed wire thrown into a river.The two white .
Assam cops release sketch of suspect killer
The Assam Police on Thursday released the sketch of the man, who is suspected to kill two women in lavatories of two trains on the same route, in Assam.The two women were found dead in similar fashion in Assam over the last 36 hours.The two were travelling along the same route and both of them were found dead semi-naked in train lavatories.The similarities in both the murders have led the police to suspect if it is the same person.In the first incident, a 21-year old student of Assam Agricultural University was found strangled in the toilet compartment reserved for differently-abled people on the Tinsukia-Rangiya Express on July 10.In the second incident, the body a 48-year old woman was recovered from differently-abled toilet compartment on the Awadh-Assam Express at Jorhat's Mariani Junction on Wednesday afternoon.Incidentally, both the victims were semi-naked, their nose was bleeding and were tied with 'gamcha' (towel). And, there were no witnesses to either of the crimes.Speaking .
Revolution, not reform, needed for judiciary to service commoners: Justice Gogoi
A "revolution, not reform" is needed to keep the institution of judiciary serviceable for the common man, senior Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi said today, asserting that the judiciary would have to be more "pro-active" and on the "front foot". The assertions were made by Justice Gogoi, who is the senior-most judge and is likely to be recommended to succeed Chief Justice Dipak Misra on his retirement on October 2. Delivering the third Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture on "Vision of Justice", the judge told a packed Teen Murti Bhavan auditorium here that the judiciary was the "last bastion of hope" and has been "a proud guardian of the great constitutional vision". The institution has been endowed with great societal trust. Justice Gogoi, who along with Justices J Chelameswar (since retired), M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph had held a controversial January 12 presser in which a litany of allegations were made against the Chief Justice of India, also said that "independent ...
NCLAT sets aside order giving relief to 5 directors of Nirav Modi firm in PNB fraud case
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) today set aside an NCLT order giving reprieve to independent directors of Nirav Modi-led Firestar International, paving the way for the government to attach their assets to recover dues related to the PNB fraud case. Allowing the government's appeal, the tribunal set aside the NCLT Mumbai order observing that they had exposure with the PNB and are found to be beneficiaries of the fraud, and without waiting for the report of the SFIO it was not open to exonerate some of the respondents. "Though it was brought to the notice of the Tribunal that the respondent Companies, individuals including existing and erstwhile Directors, partners, trustees, beneficiaries and their associates or subsidiaries and firms had exposure with the PNB and are prima facie found to be beneficiaries of the fraud.. without waiting for the report of the SFIO it was not open to the Tribunal to exonerate some of the Respondents from the charges," the NCLAT ...
Wanted transgender nabbed from Delhi-UP border: Police
A transgender, wanted in four cases, including one in which he and his associates allegedly kidnapped and castrated the victim, was arrested here today, police said. The accused, Bijalee (35), was nabbed from near UP-Delhi border, the police said. He is a member of Guru Pushpa Kinnar group and was active in the areas of Swaroop Nagar, Bhalswa Dairy, Khajuri Khas etc., said Alok Kumar, joint commissioner of police (Crime). In one of the FIRs against him, the victim had alleged that he was kidnapped and castrated by the Bijalee and his associates. In another FIR, the complainant had levelled allegations of kidnapping, assault, theft etc., against Bijalee, Kumar said. Bijalee and his associates were absconding and evading the arrest. The accused was hiding in Sharad City, near Sabhapur Police Chowki in Loni, Ghaziabad, police said, adding efforts are on to nab his associates.
Tribal woman allegedly raped in West Bengal's Birbhum district
A 40-year-old woman was allegedly raped in a jungle in Birbhum district, police said today. The incident happened under the jurisdiction Mohammad Bazar police station area yesterday when the woman had gone to the forest to collect dry leaves, the police said. She was found in the forest in an unconscious state today, a police officer said, adding, she was later admitted to Suri hospital. The tribal woman and her family lodged a complaint of rape with the police, the officer said. "Three persons were arrested on the basis of the compliant," a senior police officer said. The arrested were produced at Suri court and were remanded to three days police custody, he said.
Teenage girl raped in railway coach in Katni; two held
A 15-year-old tribal girl was allegedly raped by two men in an empty railway coach at Katni railway station, police said today. The accused, identified as Shivam (26) and Yashwant (27), have been arrested, a police official said. According to police, the teenager was "sold" to Shivam for Rs 25,000 by her maternal aunt. Katni's Government Railway Police station assistant sub-inspector Harinarayan Trivedi said the girl was living with her aunt in Sidhi town following a tiff with her mother. "Shivam came in contact with the girl's maternal aunt who sold the victim to him at Rs 25,000 on July 5. Shivam had promised to marry the teenager," he said. Trivedi said Shivam took the girl to Garhakota town in Sagar district. "However, when the girl realised that he was not going to marry her, she insisted to go back to Sidhi. During this period, Shivam raped her on multiple occasions," the ASI said. While returning to Sidhi, Shivam sought help of his friend Yashwant at ...
LG Baijal directs Delhi Police to regularly monitor crimes against minors
Lt Governor Anil Baijal today directed the Delhi Police to regularly monitor crimes against minors, including an analysis of quality of prosecution in such cases. Baijal also advised the force that security audit of IT system must be regularly conducted so as to prevent any misuse of data. The directions were issued at a law and order meeting, chaired by Baijal, to review crime situation in the national capital. The meeting was attended by Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik, special commissioners and joint commissioners. "The L-G directed that crimes against minors must be monitored regularly, including an analysis of quality of prosecution, and conviction & acquittal rates in such crimes," a statement issued by the LG office said. According to it, the LG advised the Delhi Police to make its presence more visible and its personnel more accessible. He also suggested the police to facilitate and regularly analyse feedback received from residents for constant improvement in its ...