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J-K govt employee arrested for duping people of crores of rupees in Poonch
The Jammu and Kashmir Police's crime branch Wednesday arrested a government employee for allegedly duping people of crores of rupees on the pretext of providing different household products at cheap rates in Poonch district, officials said. A complaint was lodged at the Mendhar police station by some persons, including Abdul Karim of Pathanteer, alleging Tariq Mehmood, Murtaza Ahmed, Imtiaz Ahmed and others duped crores of rupees from people of Mendhar tehsil and its surrounding areas, they said. After receiving the complaint, an FIR was 420 RPC (cheating) was registered at the Mendhar police station. The case was later transferred to crime branch, the officials said. The probe was taken up by the crime branch on May 22 and accordingly a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted headed by Bushan Kumar Ganjoo, Deputy Superintendent of Police Crime Branch, Jammu, who swung into action and arrested main suspect Tariq Mehmood, they said. He is being interrogated to ascertain the ...
Village sarpanch's husband shot dead while mediating in marriage dispute
A village sarpanch's husband was shot dead in broad daylight on Wednesday when he was mediating in a marriage dispute in Rajakheda of Rajasthan's Dholpur district, police said. Baby Sharma's husband Santosh Sharma (50), along with other villagers, had gone to mediate in a marriage dispute at Devendra Sharma's residence, Dholpur SP Ajay Singh said. During mediation, Devendra Sharma's son Raghvendra Sharma fired at Santosh Sharma, the police officer said. Santosh Sharma was rushed to government hospital, where he was declared brought dead by doctors, the SP said, adding four people, including Raghvendra Sharma, has been booked in connection with the incident.
Bandipora rape case: J-K state legal services authority releases Rs 1L to victim
The Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Services Authority Wednesday released Rs 1 lakh as an interim relief to the minor rape victim in north Kashmir's Bandipora district. The amount was released under J&K Victim Compensation Scheme, 2013, an official spokesperson said. "On the recommendations of chairman district legal services authority, Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) today released an amount of Rs 1 lakh as interim relief to the minor victim of Sumbal incident," he said.
Friendly 'doctor' who stole vehicles arrested in Greater Noida
A man claiming to be a homeopathic doctor was among two people arrested in Greater Noida on Wednesday on charges of lifting vehicles of people after befriending them, according to police. Accused Kapil Verma has been involved in at least three such cases where he has tricked people into lending their cars to him for some time and within days, the vehicles went missing, a senior police officer said. "He would get in touch with people and befriend them. Eventually he would ask for their vehicle for a day or for some time on some or the other pretext. He would then get a duplicate key made for the car and also get a GPS tracker installed in it," Superintendent of Police, Greater Noida, Vineet Jaiswal told reporters. "Verma's accomplice Rahul Sharma provided him with the duplicate keys and tracked the car using the GPS and would lift it at any opportune time after Verma returned the vehicle to its owners," he said. Jaiswal said at least three such cases of have come to light and the ...
AgustaWestland case: ED charge sheets Sushen Gupta
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday filed a fresh supplementary charge sheet naming an alleged middleman, Sushen Mohan Gupta, as an accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.
SC forum leader alleges assault
The president of a local forum has claimed he was assaulted by a group of persons during a press conference held here to highlight alleged irregularities in social welfare residential schools in Telangana, police said Wednesday. National Scheduled Castes Reservation Parirakshana Samithi president Karne Srisailam in his police complaint said the group, including Osmania University scholar P Alexander barged into the conference room and attacked him. A video of the incident purportedly showed Srisailam being manhandled in the press conference room and later being chased and hit. Srisailam claimed he was attacked for holding the press conference to highlight the alleged irregularities in social welfare residential schools in the state. However, Alexander, who too lodged a counter complaint with the police, alleged Srisailam and his henchmen attacked him with stone, causing him bleeding injuries, police said. Cases have been registered on both the complaints, they added.
AgustaWestland case: ED files supplementary charge sheet against Sushen Gupta
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet before a special CBI court against Sushen Mohan Gupta, an alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case.Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar will consider on Thursday the fifth supplementary charge sheet filed by the agency in the case.Gupta along with two other firms have been named as accused in the charge sheet. He was arrested by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.The alleged middleman, who is under judicial custody, moved a bail application which will also be taken up by the court tomorrow.The ED contended, "There is clinching evidence against Gupta for his role in the deal and various other defence deals but we are right now only concerned with the VVIP chopper scam."During the proceedings, Senior Public Prosecutor DP Singh, appearing for the agency, said that the ED has seized pen drives allegedly belonging to Gupta."Different e-mail identities that were being .
Criminal's supporters kill rival's brother inside hospital
In an ugly fallout of a gang rivalry, a 40-year-old man was allegedly lynched by supporters of a petty criminal at a civic-run hospital in Ramol area in Gujarat in a revenge killing, police said Wednesday. The brutal thrashing of Amir Shaikh in the civic-run LG Hospital on Tuesday night was captured by a visitor on his mobile phone. The clip shows Shaikh, who was bruised and smeared in blood, being thrashed brutally with broken pieces of furniture and other objects. A constable of Ramol police station was also injured in the incident. "The mob even ransacked furniture and used it to beat up Shaikh, who died in the incident," said Maninagar police station inspector S M Patel. An FIR for murder has been registered Wednesday morning against at least 25 persons. "Hours before the lynching, some local goons armed with sharp weapons had attacked one Rameez Pathan (35) in Ramol area Tuesday, following an old rivalry between local petty criminals," said Ramol police inspector K .
EU police bust dangerous crime gang, arrest 22
The police have busted a highly professional and dangerous international crime gang, raiding 40 properties and arresting 22 suspected members including the ringleader in a massive operation spanning five countries, the EU's police agency said on Wednesday.
Buyers cannot be made to wait indefinitely for possession of property, says NCDRC
Buyers cannot be made to wait indefinitely for possession of their properties, the apex consumer court has said and directed a Gurugram-based developer to pay over Rs 1.15 crore refund to a man for not delivering his flat on time. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) said the housing developers' action of relying on the clause of force majeure, while retaining the amounts deposited by complainant, is not only an act of deficiency of service but also of unfair trade practice. Force majeure is a contract provision which relieves parties from performing contractual obligations if unforeseeable circumstances beyond their control arise. "We are of the view that the complainant cannot be made to wait indefinitely for the delivery of possession and the act of the opposite party (developer) in relying on Force Majeure clause while retaining the amounts deposited by the complainant, is not only an act of deficiency of service but also of unfair trade practice," the ...
Life terms to 5 RSS/BJP workers for CPI-M worker's murder
Five activists of the RSS/BJP were on Wednesday convicted for the murder of a CPI-M worker in Kerala's Kannur in 2006 and sentenced to life imprisonment, while nine others including a top state RSS leader were acquitted.
Farmer killed after objecting to picking of tomatoes
A farmer killed another farmer after being caught picking tomatoes from a farm in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Wednesday. The incident took place at Mehgawan village Tuesday night. The accused was subsequently arrested. Chakresh Patel (30), a farmer himself, allegedly attacked Rajendra Kachhi (45) with an axe after the latter objected to Patel plucking tomatoes from his farm without permission, said Panagar police station in-charge Ravindra Verma. Kachhi had gone to his fields Tuesday night after dinner to inspect the crops, he said. When he saw Patel plucking tomatoes, he informed his family members about it on mobile phone and asked Patel to go to the house with him. As they were walking, Patel allegedly hit him in the back of his head with an axe, the police officer said. Police arrested Patel and further probe is on, he added.
Engineer, assistant arrested for taking bribe in Ajmer
An engineer of the Public Health and Engineering Department and his assistant were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, officials said. The accused, Surendra Kumar, had demanded a bribe from the complainant, Mangalram Jat, through his assistant, Navratan Solanki, for issuing a no objection certificate about a contract work, said Chandra Prakash Sharma, assistant superintendent of police, Anti Corruption Bureau. Kumar and Solanki were arrested while accepting the bribe. A case has been registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the officer added.
Six miscreants kidnap two men, burn their genitals; police on manhunt
Two men were admitted to hospital here after six people waylaid them, dragged them into their car and burnt their genitals with matchsticks before robbing them of the cash they carried. The police have launched a manhunt for the six men who also circulated a video of their act in Dhod area of Rajasthan's Sikar district, officials said Wednesday. The police registered an FIR Tuesday under the Indian Penal Code against the six men, the officials said, adding the victims have been admitted to a hospital for treatment. The FIR said the victims Karamveer and Avinash, both cousins, were returning home after attending a marriage ceremony on May 17 when the accused Sandeep Nehra and his five friends forced them into a car and thrashed them severely. The accused took them to a secluded placed, forced them to take off their clothes and hit them on their private parts. They also used matchsticks to burn them, the police said. The accused fled away after robbing them of Rs 3,800, the police ...
2 killed as SUV hits motorcycle in Bareilly
Two persons were killed when their motorcycle was hit by an SUV having a Lok Sabha entry pass sticker, in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district on Wednesday morning, police said. The incident occurred on the Delhi-Lucknow highway at Lalpur crossing under Izzatngar police station area and the four-wheeler was part of a convoy heading towards the state capital, they said, Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhinanadan Singh said. According to eyewitnesses, after the incident the driver of the SUV boarded another vehicle in the convoy and left, he said, adding the deceased have been identified as Ratnesh Kumar (22) and Chandrapal Tewari (25), and further probe is underway.
Karnataka: Boy dies, 12 taken ill after suspected food poisoning
An 11-year-old boy died on Wednesday and 12 people were admitted in the district hospital after a suspected case of food poisoning."A group of 20 people had visited the Veerabhadrappa temple on Monday. They ate after cooking their food. On Tuesday, some of them complained of vomiting and visited a local doctor," District health officer Dr Chandrika said.An 11-year-old boy died and 12 other people were admitted in the hospital, the district commissioner's office said.The incident took place in Pavagada Taluka of Tumkur district in Karnataka.
Cop, brother booked for abetting suicide of bitcoin trader
A Gujarat police officer and his brother were Wednesday booked for allegedly abetting suicide of a bitcoin trader here last week, police said. Narmada district deputy superintendent Chirag Patel and his brother Haresh Savani were booked under sections 306 (Abetment of suicide), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 114 (abettor present when crime committed) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a Ranip police station official said. The trader, identified as Bharat Patel, had hanged himself from the ceiling at his residence in Ranip on May 18. He had left behind a suicide note blaming the police officer and his brother for "threatening" him for the losses incurred by them in the cryptocurrency investment, police had said. In her complaint, late Patel's wife Usha Patel stated that Chirag and Savani used to pressurise and threaten her husband to compensate for the losses, the official said, adding that the duo are not yet arrested. In his note, Patel said that after incurring losses, .
Pak court grants interm bail to Zardari
A Pakistani court has granted interim bail to former president Asif Ali Zardari in a case related to alleged award of illegal contracts, a media report said Wednesday. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) divisional bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani granted bail till June 13 to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman against Rs 200,000 surety bonds on Tuesday. Zardari's counsel Farook H Naek told the court the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had summoned Zardari on May 23 in an inquiry related to award of allegedly illegal contracts to a private firm in Sindh, The Express Tribune reported. According to the NAB, the Harish and Company was awarded a contract for water supply by the Sindh government but failed to complete the projects and the public funds were allegedly misused to meet the expense of Naudero House, residence of the PPP leader. The NAB officials claim that Harish and Company was the front company to Park Lane Estate which led to a loss
HC reserves order on CBI plea to extend probe time in Asthana Bribery case
The CBI Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it was asking for more time to complete the investigation in a bribery case involving the agency's former special director Rakesh Asthana so as to conduct the probe in a free, fair and transparent manner. Justice Mukta Gupta, after hearing the submissions of the counsel for CBI, Asthana and two others, reserved the order on the application by the CBI seeking extension of time to complete the probe in the case lodged against Asthana, DSP Devender Kumar and middleman Manoj Prasad. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Vikramjit Banerjee, representing the CBI, said they were giving effect to the court's January order by which the agency was asked to complete the investigation in the case within 10 weeks. "We are doing the investigation in a free, fair and transparent manner. We are only asking for extension of time to complete the investigation. We are not seeking review of the court's January 11 verdict, that's the crux of my case," he ...
Constable among 5 booked in shopkeeper murder case
The wife of a shopkeeper, who was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district three days ago, and a constable are among the five people booked in connection with the case, police said on Wednesday. According to a police officer, a family dispute was the apparent reason behind the killing of Amit Kumar, 30, on Monday. Four men had come on a motorcycle to Kumar's pesticide shop on Majra road and fired at him, the police had said. A case has been registered against five people, including Kumar's wife, Puja, her brother, Sumit, and a constable, Vijayanand. A search is underway for the other two unidentified accused, the officer added.