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Nepal: 9 members of two families murdered in Panchthar District
Nine members of two families were killed in a gruesome homicide by a group of masked men in Eastern Nepal's Panchthar District on Monday night.The incident was reported to the police on Tuesday morning after the locals found mutilated bodies near the murder spot. A 12-year old girl, identified as Sita Khajum survived the fatal attack but sustained severe injuries. She is undergoing treatment in Damak Municipality of Jhapa district, police said.Murari Wasti, the Chief district officer (CDO) of Panchthar, told ANI that the masked men used sharp knives to kill the families of Dhanraj Sherma and his father-in-law Bam Bahadur Phiya.District Police Office inspector Anil Paudel informed that the bodies of five members of Sherma family were found inside their house, while bodies of the four members of the Phiyak family were recovered from outside.The deceased have been identified as Dhanraj Sherma (41), Jasmita Phiyak (36), Man Kumari Phiyak (26), Iksha Sherma (6), Yobana Sherma (13), Muna ...
Two human traffickers held, three minor girls rescued in Assam
Two human traffickers, including a woman, were arrested from the Guwahati railway station and three minor girls rescued, as part of a special drive, officials said on Tuesday. The Quick Response Team of the RPF arrested the two traffickers, hailing from Sivasagar and Tinsukia districts of Assam, respectively, on May 17, said Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway Chief Public Relations Officer P J Sharma. The rescued minor girls hailing from Tinsukia district were to be sent to Delhi for Rs 5,000 per head, Sharma said. Six human traffickers have so far been arrested and handed over for prosecution this year, he said. In 2018, the Railway Protection Force had apprehended 20 human traffickers during similar drives.
CBI gives clean chit to Mulayam, Akhilesh in DA case
The CBI has told the Supreme Court that it has cleared Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and his sons - party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Prateek Yadav - in a case of disproportionate assets filed against them in 2013 as the allegations could not be established.
Co-location case: NSE moves Securities Appellate Tribunal against Sebi rulings
The National Stock Exchange Tuesday moved the Securities Appellate Tribunal challenging Sebi's rulings against it in the co-location case, according to an official. A total of three petitions have been filed against the rulings of the market regulator, which had also directed the bourse to disgorge profits worth over Rs 1,000 crore. Two of the pleas are scheduled for hearing on Wednesday, as per the cause list of the tribunal. In April, Sebi directed the exchange to disgorge profits worth over Rs 1,000 crore and imposed a six-month ban on launching new derivative products besides action against other entities, including some current and former officials. The watchdog had passed five separate orders, together running into 400 pages, related to the co-location case, wherein some entities allegedly got preferential access in high frequency trading. On Friday, the NSE had said it would soon move the tribunal against Sebi rulings in the co-location case as there are "strong grounds" to ...
Customs Dept seizes gold from foreigner, sells it off; HC directs it to pay Rs 94L to woman
The Customs Department has been directed by the Delhi High Court to pay Rs 94 lakh to a foreigner for hurriedly selling off nearly 4 kg gold seized from her even though the proceedings were pending in the court. When the high court was informed that the proceeds collected during the auction were equal to the value of the gold, Rs 93,34,783, it directed the Customs Department which comes under the Ministry of Finance, to refund the amount to the Kenyan national by June 30. On failure to refund the amount by the time fixed, the authorities will have to pay the money along with a simple interest at 6 per cent per annum on the sum for the period of delay, it said. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta set aside the adjudication order passed by the Commissioner of Customs (Airport and General) confiscating the seized gold and imposing Rs 18 lakh penalty on her. The court questioned the customs officials as to why they were constrained to dispose of the seized gold, when it was ...
Nine people from two related families killed in Nepal
A group of masked assailants murdered nine members of two related families, including four children, using a sharp weapon in Nepal's remote eastern region, police said on Tuesday. The incident, which happened on Monday night, was discovered by the local people Tuesday. The mutilated bodies of the nine deceased were found from two different houses in Nepal's Panchthar district. A 12-year-old girl survived the attack with severe injuries. The two families were related but lived in separate houses that were adjacent, officials said. The deceased have been identified as Dhanaraj Sherma Limbu, 34, his 35-year-old wife, along their three daughters aged 12, 10 and 8. Similarly, the bodies found from the second house were of Bam Bahadur Fiak, 75, his wife, 70, daughter aged 35 and grand daughter aged 10. A team of 15 police personnel under the leadership of Senior police officer Sharad Kumar Khatri from Federal Police Office has been mobilised to probe the murder. Police said a man, who was ..
Serbian lawmakers approve unconditional life sentences
Serbian lawmakers amended Tuesday the penal code to introduce a life sentence without parole, despite concerns voiced by the Council of Europe. Until now, the maximum sentence in Serbia, which seeks to join the European Union, was 40 years in prison. According to the new law, those sentenced to life imprisonment will be able to ask a tribunal to review their sentence once they have spent 27 years behind bars. But those convicted of rape followed by murder, or serious crimes against children or pregnant women, will not have that option. Such a provision runs counter to the European Convention on Human Rights, according to which it must be possible to review all life sentences after a certain period of time. "Where domestic law does not provide for the possibility of such a review, a whole life sentence will not measure up to the standards ... of the Convention," the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. In a letter to Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburic earlier this month, the ...
Delhi: Gym trainer shot dead in Najafgarh area
A man was shot dead by unidentified bike-borne assailants in Najafgarh area on Tuesday."The victim, identified as Mohit More, was shot dead at a photo-state shop in Najafgarh area by unidentified bike-borne youth who were wearing helmets," said police.Mohit, a gym trainer, was a native of Bahadurgarh, said police.Police have registered a murder case against the unidentified youth and are trying to nab the culprit.Further investigation in the case is underway.
MP govt mulls reopening Joshi murder case and probe Pragya
In a politically-significant move, the Madhya Pradesh government is contemplating to reopen a 12-year-old murder case of an RSS activist in which controversial BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur was acquitted due to lack of evidence. RSS 'pracharak' Sunil Joshi was shot dead in Dewas district on December 29, 2007. Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts, was one of the eight people who were acquitted by a lower court in 2017 in the Joshi murder case due to lack of evidence. State Law Minister P C Sharma said a legal opinion is being sought for reopening the case as the bureaucrats had "faulted" by not appealing against the February 1, 2017, order of the court. The move is seen by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a "politics of revenge" by the Congress-led government in the state. "It looks like the MP government is going to take this decision because Pragya Thakur contested the election as BJP candidate against Congress' Digvijaya Singh," party spokesperson Rajnish Agarwal ...
Three juveniles apprehended for raping minor girl
Three juveniles were apprehended for allegedly raping a minor girl in Rajasthan's Sikar district, police said Tuesday. They were held following a complaint by a Class 11 student, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramavtar Soni said. The case was registered against them under the Indian Penal Code's section 376D and provisions of the POCSO Act at Neema Ka Thana Sadar police station, he said. Soni said the accused have been detained and produced before a court on Tuesday. Medical examination of the victim was done and her statement was recorded. The trio allegedly raped the girl at different locations in the past few days, the officer said.
DCW issues notice to police over killing of sub-inspector in Shahdara
The Delhi Commission For Women has issued a notice to city police over the killing of a sub-inspector in Shahdara and sought details from them about their investigation in the case. Raj Kumar Rajput, who was posted in the communication unit of Delhi police, was killed allegedly during a scuffle with a suspected criminal on May 19 in Shahdara's Kasturba Nagar area. The accused was arrested. The victim's family has alleged the area is "full of bootleggers" and extremely unsafe. In its notice, the Commission said police should take urgent steps to curb the menace of illicit liquor and gambling in the area, and sought details of FIR registered in the matter along with a copy of the FIR. DCW has asked for details of the accused and previous cases registered against him along with status report of each case. It has also asked for details of previous complaints made Rajput regarding similar activities in the past, whether externment proceedings were initiated against the accused in the past .
TSR commandant, 5 jawans suspended over assault of colleague
Six personnel of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR), including a commandant, have been suspended here for their alleged involvement in assaulting two jawans, one of whom has been admitted at a hospital with serious injuries, a statement issued by the government said. According to sources in the TSR, Bhojveer Singh Chauhan, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, was thrashed by five of his colleagues on May 12 and 13 over a duty-related dispute. Jagdish Singh Chaura Chaura, another jawan who witnessed the assault, was also beaten up by them. The statement said that five personnel of the 12th battalion of TSR Naib Subedar Bipul Ranjan De, Havildar Kamal Paul, Havildar Raju Dhar, Naik Maheswar Das and Naik Satyabrata Sinha were suspended on May 19 for their involvement in the assault, while their commandant Ratiranjan Debnath was temporarily dismissed from service on Monday. A notice issued by the deputy secretary of Department of General Administration (Personnel and Training), ...
Robert Vadra seeks court nod to travel abroad
Businessman and Congress president Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law Robert Vadra, accused in a money laundering case, on Tuesday moved a special CBI court seeking permission to travel abroad.Special Judge Arvind Kumar will hear the arguments on Friday.A lawyer from the legal team of KTS Tulsi, the counsel of Vadra, requested the Special Judge to ensure the confidentiality of the businessman's itinerary over security concerns.The court had, last month, granted anticipatory bail to Vadra on a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh and asked him to not to leave the country without seeking its prior permission."Truth and justice have prevailed," Vadra had said after securing the bail on April 1.Special Judge Arvind Kumar had also directed him to join the investigation when called by the authorities. "The accused shall not tamper with evidence or influence witnesses," the court had said.In a previous hearing in March, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had sought custodial interrogation of Vadra in ...
Procured high-power bikes, SUVs for effective policing: Delhi Police to HC
The Delhi Police told the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that on its directions, it had procured several high-powered motorcycles like Enfield Thunderbird and four-wheelers like Scorpio S5 for efficient and effective policing. Apart from that, as part of its emergency response support system, the Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles would also have on-board fingerprint scanners, the court was told. The introduction of these technological enhancements in the police force was indicated in a status report filed before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, pursuant to the court's direction to procure higher engine capacity vehicles with appropriate customisation to make policing "more efficient and effective". With regard to procurement of high-performance vehicles, the report filed through Delhi government's standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra and advocate Chaitanya Gosain said the police had procured 31 Scorpio S5 120-BHP SUVs and five Enfield Thunderbird 500 motorcycles. Besides, it was in the ...
Allegations against Mulayam, Akhilesh in DA case not substantiated: CBI to SC
In a relief to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh, the CBI has told the Supreme Court that the allegations of disproportionate assets against them could not be substantiated and it had closed the preliminary enquiry on August 7, 2013. In an affidavit filed in the top court, CBI said that since "no prima facie evidence" of commission of cognisable offence against Mulayam and his two sons, Akhilesh and Prateek, was found, the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) was not converted into a criminal case/FIR and as such, no enquiry was conducted in the matter after August 7, 2013. The CBI said that after conducting further enquiry in a "fair, impartial and professional manner" in the matter, it had independently taken a decision to close the probe against them as per court's directions in the 2012 verdict. In its 21-page affidavit, the CBI said, "Thereafter in compliance of the directions of the court in the judgement dated December 13, 2012, further enquiry ...
West Bengal Bar Council extends ceasework till May 24
The West Bengal Bar Council on Tuesday extended till May 24 its ongoing ceasework to protest alleged excesses by police in controlling a clash between advocates and civic employees in Howrah. Bar Council Vice Chairman Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay said it is hoping that an order will be passed by the Calcutta High Court, which initiated a suo motu case in this regard, soon. "We will take a decision with regard to continuance of the ceasework after the high court delivers its order on the matter," Mukhopadhyay said. He said the council decided to extend the ceasework during a meeting of its executive on Tuesday. A division bench comprising Justice B Somadder and Justice Arindam Mukherjee on Monday concluded hearing of the case, initiated by Chief Justice T B N Radhakrishnan regarding the clash that occurred on April 24. Several persons, including lawyers, were injured in the incident when police allegedly entered the Howrah court premises, without obtaining requisite permission
Woman accuses IPFT MLA of 'rape'
A woman has filed complaint at Mandwai police station against an MLA of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) Dhananjoy Tripura for allegedly raping and deceiving her woman with the promise of marriage, said police here on Tuesday.Dhananjoy, however, refuted the charges, saying that he was wrongfully framed in the case and the opposition was trying to defame him, his party and the government.IPFT is an ally of the ruling BJP-led coalition in the state. BJP and IPFT formed the government in the state last year after the Assembly polls, unseating the Left Front.Further investigation is on.
Vice Admiral Bimal Verma files fresh plea against supersession
Vice Admiral Bimal Verma on Tuesday filed a fresh petition in the Armed Forces Tribunal seeking quashing of the government orders for designating Vice Admiral Karambir Singh as next Navy Chief and the last week rejection of his statutory complaint by the Defence Ministry.In his plea, Vice Admiral Verma has contended that the tribunal should call for the service records of both -- him and Vice Admiral KB Singh -- and see if any "extraneous or irrelevant considerations" were placed before the competent authority to reject his case while the Navy Chief appointment was being made.The tribunal is expected to hear the plea on Wednesday."Quash the Defence Ministry order by which the Vice Admiral's statutory complaint has been quashed on grounds that are extraneous, vague and unsubstantiated...quash the March 23 order by which Vice Admiral Karambir Singh has been appointed Chief of Naval Staff in place of the applicant (Vice Admiral Verma)," the fresh plea filed by Vice Admiral Verma ...
BJP leader sends legal notice to Delhi CM and his deputy over conspiracy charge
BJP leader Vijender Gupta Tuesday sent legal notices to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia asking them to apologise for their tweets in which they had accused him of being part of a conspiracy to kill the AAP chief. Gupta said if Kejriwal and Sisodia failed to apologise, he would initiate civil as well as criminal proceedings against them. The Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly has already filed a police complaint against the chief minister and his deputy, alleging that they were tying to "falsely implicate" him in a conspiracy to kill Arvind Kejriwal. In the legal notice, Gupta also demanded "immediate withdrawal" of their tweets and apologise for their statement imputing conspiracy being hatched by him to murder Kejriwal. "If Sisodia and Kejriwal failed to apologise within seven days for their defamatory, false and baseless allegations, I would be forced to initiate civil as well as criminal proceedings against them in a competent court of ...
Arunachal MLA, ten others gunned down by militants
Suspected NSCN militants Tuesday gunned down sitting MLA and NPP assembly poll candidate Tirong Aboh and ten others, including his son and security personnel, in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, a top police officer said. Aboh (41), who represented the Khonsa West constituency, was seeking a re-election from the seat. Initial reports suggested that seven people were killed in the attack, but Director General of Police (DGP) S B K Singh put the death toll at 11 later in the day. Aboh was on his way to his constituency from Assam, along with family members, three police personnel and a poll agent, when the suspected NSCN rebels opened fire at their vehicles near 12 Mile area in the district at around 11.30 am, Singh told PTI. One security officer, who sustained injuries in the incident, has been admitted to a hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam, the DGP said, adding that the MLA and ten others were killed on the spot. Expressing his shock over the incident, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said .