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More than two child rape cases daily in Delhi, experts call for policy for rehabilitation
With more than two cases of child rape being reported everyday from the national capital, experts have stressed on the need for a rehabilitation policy for the victims. Rehabilitation is about rebuilding the life of the victims of sexual assault and a policy is needed as these children live with the trauma for a long time, they said. This emphasis comes close on the heels of a number of brutal rape cases in the national capital region recently. In January, an eight-month-old girl was allegedly raped by her cousin in northwest Delhi's Netaji Subhash Place, while in April, a 10-year-old girl was raped in a madrasa in Ghaziabad after the accused alleged took her from Ghazipur on the pretext of meeting his friends. The 10-year-old's father said that it has been a month since the horrific incident but she was still scared and struggling. "She loses her temper very quickly. She hasn't been able to step out of the home after the incident and is scared. She was counselled but after that she ..
Arms making materials seized
A large number of materials for making 80 semi-automatic pistols were recovered from four passengers of a bus near Herudiyara in Munger district, police said today. Acting on an information that some men were carrying the materials from Kolkata, a police team intercepted the vehicle and recovered them and arrested the four persons last night, Superintendent of Police Gaurav Mangla said. The arms making materials were bought from a place near Kolkata and being taken to Munger for assembling, he said. All the four persons were remanded to jail custody.
Man beaten to death by mob suspecting cattle slaughtering
A man has been allegedly beaten to death by a mob in Satna's Amgar village over the suspicion of cattle slaughtering.In the incident that took place on Thursday, a mob attacked two men accusing them of cattle slaughtering.Riaz (45) died on the spot while his friend Shakeel (33) has been admitted to a hospital for treatment.Satna Superintendent of Police Rajesh Hingankar said so far, four accused have been arrested and a case has been registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.The police have also found a slaughtered bull and meat of two other bulls packed in sacks at the crime spot.
BJP leader walks barefoot for CBI probe
Former Jammu and Kashmir Minister and BJP leader Choudhary Lal Singh on Sunday led a march in Kathua district, walking barefoot for nearly five hours, demanding a CBI probe into the rape and murder of a young girl in Kathua.
Man held for trying to rape mother in UP
A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape his mother, police said here today. Circle Officer City Sumit Shukla said the incident took place on Friday night, when an ice cream vendor Kesri (25) in an inebriated state attacked his 45-year-old mother and tried to rape her. The mother somehow rescued herself and alerted her neighbours, who caught the ice cream vendor, he said. A case has been registered in this regard against Kesri on a complaint lodged by his father, the CO said. The accused has been arrested, the officer added.
Two arrested for alleged thefts in Kalwa area
Thane police today claimed to have solved 11 cases of house break-in and theft in the Kalwa area with the arrest of two men. Stolen goods including jewellery, laptops and mobile phones, worth Rs 15 lakh in total, were recovered from the possession of Abrar Akbar Shaikh (21) and Ramzan Galib Shaikh (27), the accused duo, police said. They were also suspected to have committed thefts in Mumbra, Ulhasnagar and Dombivli, said deputy commissioner of police D S Swami, speaking to the media. Most of the thefts allegedly committed by the accused were reported last year. Police had tightened the vigil in the area after there was a noticeable increase in cases of theft. The accused were tracked down from CCTV footage, the DCP said.
Three held for smuggling liquor
Three persons were arrested for allegedly smuggling liquor, police said today. Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh today said three persons were arrested yesterday and liquor worth Rs 1.25 lakh recovered from two cars. Singh said two cars were being used to smuggle liquor from Haryana. He added that of the three arrested, two were from Pratapgarh, while the third person was from Sultanpur. A case has been registered against the three accused, the SP said.
Kathua rape and murder: Lal Singh leads march for CBI probe
Former state minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Choudhary Lal Singh on Sunday led a march in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, seeking CBI probe into Kathua rape and murder case.
Mumbai jeweller becomes first person to be put on no fly list for hijack scare
A Mumbai-based jeweller, who created a hijack scare onboard a Jet Airways flight in October last year, has become the first person to be put on the 'National No Fly List', eight months after it was unveiled. Incidentally, he was also the first to be booked under the stringent Anti-Hijacking Act which had replaced the vintage law of 1982. Birju Kishore Salla (37) was arrested in October last year by the crime branch following the emergency landing made by the Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways plane at the Ahmedabad airport after the pilot was alerted about a note about hijackers and a bomb which was found in the plane's washroom by a cabin crew. "Mr Salla, the guy who had created the hijack scare in a Jet Airways flight last year, is the first person to be put on the no fly list," a senior DGCA official said confirming the development. The then Union Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju, had advised airlines to put him on the no-fly list, in addition to other statutory criminal ...
Maoist arrested in Bihar's Aurangabad district
A Maoist leader has been arrested from Aurangabad district of Bihar during a police raid, a senior officer said. Acting on a tip-off, a special police team nabbed the self-styled commander of CPI(Maoist) yesterday near a brick kiln in the district, Superintendent of Police Satya Prakash said. "We received information that around a dozen Maoists, under the leadership of their leader Vipin Sharma, have gathered in the area for a meeting. Three special teams were immediately constituted to carry out the raid. One of the teams managed to arrest the Maoist leader," he said, adding that the other rebels managed to escape into a nearby forest. The arrested leftwing extremist has been identified as Sarju Ram, a resident of Banahi village in Pouthu police station area of the district, the SP said. Ram, a history-sheeter, has several criminal cases filed against him in Goh and Bandeya police stations. A country-made carbine, a modifier, two live cartridges and Rs 880 in cash were .
Arbitration panel to hear Vodafone challenge to Rs 22,100 cr tax in Feb 2019
An international arbitration tribunal will in February next year begin hearing in British telecom giant Vodafone's challenge to India using a retrospective legislation to seek Rs 22,100 crore in taxes. The tribunal, headed by Sir Franklin Berman, will hear the government's objection to tax matters being covered under the Netherlands-India Bilateral Investment Treaty, which was used by Vodafone to trigger an arbitration over the tax demand, a senior official with direct knowledge of the development said. India has also challenged tribunal's jurisdiction to decide on such matters, he said. While Vodafone is supposed to file its response to the government objection by July, India will respond to this by December, he said, adding that thereafter the tribunal will begin hearing in February 2019. Vodafone has challenged India using a 2012 legislation that gave it powers to retrospective tax deals like Vodafone's USD 11-billion acquisition of 67 per cent stake in the mobile phone business ..
Pompeo expresses condolences over death of Pak exchange student in Texas shooting
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed his "deepest condolences" to the family and friends of Sabika Sheikh, a Pakistani exchange student who was killed in the tragic shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. "Sabika was in the United States on the State Department-sponsored Youth Exchange and Study programme, helping to build ties between the United States and her native Pakistan," Pompeo said. "Sabika's death and that of the other victims is heartbreaking and will be mourned deeply both here in the United States, and in Pakistan," the Secretary of State said in a statement. On Friday, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, walked into Santa Fe High School in Texas armed with guns and explosives and opened fire at students, killing 10 people, including Sheikh. Pagourtzis has been charged with capital murder and aggravated assault of a police officer.
Seven killed in Rio de Janeiro police raid
Seven people, including a drug trafficker wanted for his alleged role in a 2016 gang rape that shocked Brazil, were killed today during a large-scale police raid on crime-ridden favelas. A spokesman for the military-led police in Rio said that "the current toll is 22 people taken into custody and seven killed as a result of clashes with the police force." These included Sergio Luiz da Silva, a man known more widely by his gang name "Da Russia," the spokesman said. He was alleged to be a drug trafficking leader who also took part in a 2016 rape of an underage girl in Rio. As many as 30 men were suspected of joining the rape, which came to light in images spread on social media that showed the victim unconscious and surrounded by her assailants. Today's violence took place after police raided impoverished, sometimes lawless neighborhoods known as favelas in the west of Rio late Friday. A group of suspects tried to flee to other favelas in the north and were intercepted and killed, local
Man arrested for molesting 18-month-old girl
An 18-month-old girl was molested allegedly by a 46-year-old man who lived in the same building as her family in northeast Delhi's Maujpur area, police said today. Police was informed yesterday by the girl's family. The girl was playing when the accused took her with him. When her parents started looking for her, they found her with the accused who was removing her clothes, police said. They informed police and the accused was arrested.
Man visited wife's clinic to kill her, arrested
A 45-year-old man, who had come to visit his wife with an intention to kill her for filing a cheating case against him and his family, was arrested from northeast Delhi's Maujpur area, police said today. Manish Kaul alias Varun Kaul alias Ashutosh Marwa alias Vishesh Dheeman alias Sanjeev Chaddha tried to fire at a policeman but the bullet got stuck in the pistol, they added. In March, a woman doctor had filed a cheating case against Kaul. She alleged that she came in contact with Kaul via a matrimonial website in 2015, when he introduced himself as a doctor, police said. She said she married Kaul the same year and her father gave gold ornaments worth Rs 20 lakh to her in-laws as dowry and spent nearly Rs 50 lakh on their wedding, they said. After the wedding, her in-laws started demanding more dowry. Her father-in-law, who had claimed that he retired from the Indian Air Force as a doctor, molested her twice, she said. Also, he never worked in the Indian Air Force, police said. Later,
Wanted doctor leading 'Fantastic 4' gang arrested
A doctor, heading the "Fantastic Four" gang involved in numerous cases lodged in various states, has been arrested, police said on Saturday.
Two women held after deadly Paris knife attack released: source
Two young women detained after a deadly jihadist stabbing in Paris have been released from custody following two days of police questioning, a judicial source said today. A judge ordered that the two women, who were taken in for questioning on Thursday, be released. Knife attacker Khamzat Azimov, 20, a naturalised Frenchman of Chechen origin had been on France's two main watch lists for suspected radicals since 2016. A week ago he killed a 29-year-old man in the attack in Paris's busy Opera district before being shot dead by police. A friend of the dead man, Abdul Hakim A, also a Chechen-born French national, was arrested on Sunday in the eastern city of Strasbourg, where the two men grew up, and later transferred to the headquarters of France's domestic intelligence services in Paris. He was charged with "associating with criminal terrorists" on Thursday and remanded in custody. A source close to the inquiry said earlier one of the women was Ines Hamza, a radicalised 19-year-old who .
Man held for raping daughter
A man in Manesar near here has been arrested for repeatedly raping his minor daughter, police said on Saturday.
Mother claims toddler raped
A woman has alleged that her one and half year old daughter was raped in Jafrabad area in the state capital, police said on Saturday.
Five arrested for killing 17-year-old in Maharashtra's Beed
Five people were today arrested for allegedly killing a 17-year-old boy in Beed's Prakash Ambedkar Nagar area, police said. "The victim, Amar Narayan Hatagale, was going home when one of the accused, Rahul Lahu Ankushe, picked up a fight with him yesterday night. Four of Ankushe's relatives joined in and assaulted Hatagale," said police inspector P S Bade of Peth Beed police station. He said that the victim was rushed to the local civil hospital but he was declared dead on arrival by authorities there. The official informed that the five accused had been charged with murder and further investigations were underway.