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Another don fears for his safety in UP jail
Days after the killing of gangster Munna Bajrangi in Baghpat jail, the family of another jailed don Mukhtar Ansari has expressed concern over his safety. The don-turned politician's brother Afzal Ansari said he has "virtually no expectation" from the government, suggesting there was no point in demanding more security for Mukhtar Ansari. "Who is demanding this and from whom? Is there any hope from this government? Afzal Ansari told PTI over the phone today. "When Mukhtar Ansari attended the UP Assembly he had said there itself (about a possible threat to his life), but the question is from whom should we demand security and with what expectation, he said. He accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of using terms like thok diya jayega (will be shot) in the state assembly and the police of conducting fake encounters. The law and order situation in the state has deteriorated with rapes and murders being reported on a daily basis, and the police were conducting encounters to .
Nitish govt to thin down tough anti-liquor law in Bihar
A first time offender under Bihar's anti-liquor law will be able to walk free after paying a fine instead of undergoing a five-year jail term, the state's top law officer said today, a day after the Nitish Kumar government approved amendments to dilute its provisions. Such an offender will have to pay a fine of Rs 50,000, state Advocate General Lalit Kishore said, giving details about the proposed measures. The government will table the amendments to the stringent Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016 in the state legislature during the Monsoon Session scheduled later this month. The nod to the proposed amendments was given at a meeting of the state Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar late last evening. For failure to pay the fine, the offender, convicted for consuming liquor, will have to undergo three months jail term but for a second offence the prison term will be five years under the proposed measures, Kishore said. The punishment for trade/manufacture of liquor has ..
Factbox: Three former Euribor traders face possible London retrial
LONDON (Reuters) - Three former Barclays bankers face a possible retrial after a London jury was unable to reach a verdict on charges that they conspired to manipulate global Euribor interest rates.
Sohrabuddin-Prajapati case: FSL official deposes in court
A special CBI court here today recorded the testimony of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) officer who had examined the spot where Tulsiram Prajapati was killed in an alleged fake encounter in December 2006. Gulam Sheikh, the then in charge of FSL mobile van unit, Palanpur (Gujarat) today deposed as prosecution witness before special CBI judge S J Sharma. Sheikh stood by his earlier statement given to the CBI. He told court that the function of his unit was to visit the crime scene and guide the investigating officer in collection and preservation of evidence. According to the CBI, Sheikh said he had received a call on his mobile phone from Ambaji police station on the morning of December 28, 2006 and was asked to reach Ambaji for collection of evidence in a police firing case. Accordingly, he called the driver of the FSL mobile van, Bhirajibhai, to his residence. The duo then proceeded to Ambaji police station and reached there at around 10:30 AM. They met police officer AM Patel
Delhi govt reinstates lawyers panels scrapped by LG
The Delhi government today reinstated its panels of lawyers in the Supreme Court and High Court that were scrapped by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said here, days after the apex court clipped the power of the lieutenant governor. "LG had cancelled Del govt's panels of advocates in HC and SC due to which Del govt's cases in these courts were suffering. Today, Del govt restored both panels (sic)," Kejriwal tweeted. The panel for the high court included prominent lawyers like Indira Jaising, Rebecca Mammen John, Colin Gonsalves, among others. A government official said that the fees of lawyers' were stuck after the panels were scrapped and the payments will be released now. According to the official, Delhi Law Minister Kailash Gahlot today restored the lawyers' panels, which were "wrongly" set aside by Baijal. Citing alleged procedural lapses, the lieutenant governor had in May declared as "invalid" the panel of fourteen lawyers appointed by the Delhi ...
Trial court made 'erroneous' observations in Vanzara's discharge in Sohrabuddin case: HC
The Bombay High Court today remarked that prima facie the trial court, in its order granting discharge to Gujarat ATS chief D G Vanzara last year in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case, had made some "erroneous" observations. The remarks were made by Justice A M Badar, who is hearing a bunch of revision applications challenging the discharge granted by the trial court to several senior IPS officers of Gujarat and Rajasthan police, including Vanzara. The police officials have been charged by the Gujarat CID and CBI for the "fake" encounters of Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and their aide Tulsiram Prajapati. Justice Badar made the remark after the lawyer for Shaikh's brother Rubabuddin argued that the special court's order granting discharge to Vanzara was erroneous. The lawyer, Gautam Tiwari, argued that, in the order passed on August 1, 2017, the trial court had held that there was no prima facie evidence that placed Vanzara at the site of the said incidents. However, the trial ...
Junior clerk arrested for taking bribe
A junior clerk was today arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 74,000 here, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said. Posted at Rajasthan Khadi Gramodhyog Board, Chandradas Vaishnav had demanded the money to pass a loan of Rs 25 lakh for setting up a stone crushing factory, police said. Complainant Shivram Dangi had approached the ACB saying that he had applied for a loan to set up the factory but the accused demanded money to pass the loan, SHO ACB Hanuwant Singh said. The complaint was verified and the accused was arrested red-handed accepting Rs 20,000 in cash and a cheque of Rs 54,000, Singh added. Search operations were conducted at the accused's home and office while his deposits in bank accounts and lockers were also being probed, he added.
NCLAT rejects Liberty House plea to stay resolution process of Bhushan Power
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) today turned down the plea of UK-based Liberty House to stay the resolution process of Bhushan Power and Steel. A two-member bench of the appellate tribunal, headed by Chairman Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, directed the committee of creditors (CoC) to go ahead with the resolution process. During the proceedings of the tribunal, counsel appearing for Liberty House said that they were not getting information regarding finalisation of the bids and requested the appellate tribunal to halt it. However, the tribunal did not agree and asked the CoC to proceed with the resolution plans submitted before it. "The CoC (committee of creditors) has the option to pass appropriate orders with respect to resolution applicants and place the same before the adjudicating authority (NCLT)," the tribunal said. It further added: "The adjudicating authority is also free to pass any orders". At present, the lenders of Bhushan Power and Steel (BPSL) are in the ..
SBEC Sugar settles delayed disclosure compliance case with Sebi
Markets regulator Sebi today settled a case related to alleged delay in disclosure compliance by SBEC Sugar Ltd after it paid Rs 9.5 lakh towards settlement charges. The regulator agreed to settle the proposed adjudication proceedings after it was approached by SBEC Sugar with a plea under the settlement regulations. Under the settlement norms, an entity is allowed to settle charges by paying a penalty without admission or denial of guilt. It was alleged that company had violated PIT (Prohibition of Insider Trading) norms by delaying the disclosure of change in shareholding of promoters in Moderate Leasing and Capital Services Ltd, A to Z Holding Pvt Ltd and other entities. During the proceedings, the company had approached Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to settle the case on payment of settlement charges. Sebi's high powered advisory committee recommended the case for settlement on the payment of Rs 9,49,400. This was also approved by the regulator's panel of ...
Main accused in Thai woman cheating case to be subjected to
The main accused in the alleged rape and cheating of a Thai woman will soon be subject to a DNA test, police said today. Manoj Jain will soon be summoned by a court for this purpose, even as blood samples of the woman and daughter have been taken, they said. The case refers to the 42-year-old Jain allegedly cheating the Thai woman, who had complained that he had fathered two children with her after promising to marry her. According to a complaint by the woman sent to the City Police Commissionerate through a consular communication, Jain had raped her after spiking her cold drink, a city police release said. However, he later promised to marry her and fathered two children with her, it said, quoting the complaint. He was reportedly living with her in Bangkok, Thailand, for the last six years. However, he returned to India. Jain's friend Vikas Kothari, during a visit to Bangkok, had allegedly tried to rape her, the release said. Acting on her complaint, the police had ...
Self-styled godman arrested for kidnapping minor girl: Police
A self-styled godman was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a minor girl in Rajasthan's Jalore district, the police said today. The girl was found and produced today before the Jodhpur High Court, which, after hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the victim's family, handed her over to them. A habeas corpus plea is a petition which is filed to ensure a person under arrest is brought before a court which will determine whether the detention is legal. The accused 'godman' Mohanram alias Mohan Bhagat had allegedly kidnapped a 17-year-old girl in Sedwa village of Barmer on May 26, following which the family members had lodged a complaint. The accused was arrested yesterday from Chitalwana village of Jalore district, Barmer SP Gagandeep Singla said. The accused was allegedly involved in occult practices and often visited the girl's home on the pretext of providing relief to her mother from some ailment. He allegedly fled away with the girl. The girl in preliminary investigation said ...
Pakistan to file counter-memorial on Jadhav's case in ICJ on Jul 17
Pakistan will file its second written reply to India on July 17 in the ICJ on the conviction of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism, the Foreign Office said today. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on January 23 gave a timeline to both Pakistan and India for filing another round of memorials in the case. Pakistan's counter-memorial will be in response to pleadings filed by India in the Hague-based ICJ on April 17, Foreign Office Spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal told reporters at his weekly press briefing. Top attorney Khawar Qureshi, who pleaded Pakistan's case at the initial stage, briefed Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk regarding the case last week, the Express Tribune reported. Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Javed Khan and other senior officials also attended the meeting. After the submission of the second counter-memorial, the ICJ will fix the matter for hearing, which is likely to ...
Nun abuse case: Jalandhar diocese Bishop claims innocence
Franco Mulakkal, a Bishop of the Jalandhar diocese who has been accused of rape and unnatural sex by a nun, today claimed that he is innocent and said the truth will come out in the police investigation. "I know that I am innocent, but that is not enough. Bringing out the truth is also my responsibility now," he told 'Mathrubhumi', a Malayalam news channel. "I believe that the police investigation in the case will bring out the truth," he added. Dismissing reports that he may leave the country to evade arrest, Mulakkal said, "All this is propaganda. I am here in the diocese carrying out my daily duties." "I will fully cooperate in the investigation," he added. His statement comes a day after a police officer supervising the investigation into the case told PTI that the team had written to the Immigration department requesting them not to allow the Bishop, having international connections, to leave the country. In her complaint to the Kottayam district police chief, the nun charged ...
No news on convicts on Pakistan's PTV World
Pakistan's PTV World has decided not to show or have a discussion about any convicted person on any PTV Channel or Programme.The Pakistani channel issued an internal order directing its employees about the same.This comes a day after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is convicted in Avenfield case, addressed media in London.Talking to media on Wednesday, Sharif accused Pakistan's Army and its intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of attempting to rig the elections and swing it in favour of certain political parties like Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, are set to return back to Pakistan from London on July 13. On July 6, Nawaz was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of eight million pounds was slapped on him in the Avenfield reference case, while Maryam was sentenced to seven years of jail and fined two million pounds, by the Accountability Court.
Former Barclays trader found guilty of rigging interest rate
LONDON (Reuters) - A French former trader with Barclays, tried in his absence by a London court, has been convicted of helping to mastermind a five-year plot to rig global interest rates after an 11-week trial.
Central agenices being used to target BJP govt's critics:DMK
DMK working president M K Stalin today backed Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav over Income Tax raids at the premises of a family related to the latter, and said Central agencies were being used to target critics of the government. In a tweet, Stalin condemned "the misuse of Central agencies to target political opponents and critics of the Government." "This goes against numerous judgments of the Supreme Court. Law enforcement agencies should ultimately be freed from political influence. @_YogendraYadav," said Stalin, Leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu assembly. The IT Department had on Wednesday raided multiple premises of a hospital group in Haryana's Rewari related to family of Yadav and recovered about Rs 22 lakh in cash, after it was detected that the owners allegedly made cash payments to a Nirav Modi firm for purchasing jewellery. Yadav had alleged the raid was conducted at his sisters' hospital-cum-nursing home premises with an intent to "intimidate" and ...
Smuggled gold bars worth Rs 5.50 cr seized in TN, three held
Gold bars weighing around 18 kg, smuggled into the country from Sri Lanka, were seized in Pudukottai district and three persons arrested in this connection, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials said today. Acting on a tip off, DRI sleuths intercepted a car proceeding to Chennai yesterday and recovered the 17.83 kgs of gold bars from it and arrested two persons,a release from DRI said. During interrogation, the accused confessed that the gold was being smuggled from Sri Lanka and they were transporting it to a recipient in Chennai "for a monetary consideration." The DRI officials also apprehended the recipient here and are probing his role on the entire gamut of smuggling, it added.
Defamation case: Jagdish Tytler withdraws plea in HC
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler today withdrew from the Delhi High Court his plea challenging framing of charges against him in a defamation case filed by a senior advocate representing the victims in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases as the trial has already begun in the lower court. Justice R K Gauba allowed the request of Tytler's counsel to withdraw the plea after he said he does not wish to press it as he would contest the matter in the trial court. The defamation case filed against the Congress leader by senior advocate H S Phoolka is pending before a trial court which had on March 2, 2015 framed charges against Tytler saying he had prime facie defamed the lawyer by allegedly making imputations to harm his reputation. Advocate Arunabh Chowdhury, appearing for Tytler, said the trial has already begun and evidence of the complainant was being recorded in the lower court. He said they have to cross examine Phoolka on July 17 and they will raise the issues before the trial court. The ...
Yogendra Yadav family: IT dept seizes Rs 27 L; cash transactions receipts of about Rs 15 Cr
The Income Tax Department (ITD) today said it has seized about Rs 27 lakh cash and a number of documents and payment receipts after it raided multiple premises of a hospital group in Haryana's Rewari, related to family of Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav. A senior ITD official said that the department also recovered transaction receipts of about Rs 15 crore, suspected to be unaccounted, after the raids on the offices of the hospital group. The raids have ended now. Department officials in Chandigarh also claimed to have found alleged documents related to the purchase of a land plot by the owners of the hospital group in the past, using a purported cash amount of Rs 93 lakh. This transaction is under investigation now, they said. About Rs 29 lakh cash was found as part of the raids that were launched yesterday morning. Out of this, about Rs 27 lakh has been seized on the suspicion of being alleged unaccounted money, the senior official said. The officials added that they have got ...
Returning to Pak 'whether I'm taken to prison or gallows': Sharif
A defiant former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has declared that he was leaving behind his ailing wife here in Allah's protection and returning to Pakistan regardless of whether he was "taken to prison or gallows". Sharif, who is in London to tend to his ailing wife Kulsoom, is expected to return to Pakistan tomorrow, days after being sentenced to 11 years in prison by an anti-corruption court in the Avenfield properties case, one of the three corruption cases against him following the Panama Papers scandal. Addressing a news conference alongwith his daughter Maryam Nawaz yesteday, the supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party said that he wished to see his wife opening her eyes again, requesting the nation to pray for her speedy recovery. He said that he was returning "despite seeing a prison cell in front of him" and was saddened that he was leaving his wife behind on ventilator. "I am returning to fulfill the promise of giving respect to vote," the 68-year-old ...