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Two arrested for cheating Thai woman
A 42-year-old man and his friend were arrested after a Thai woman complained that they had sexually assaulted and cheated her, police said today. According to a complaint by the woman that was sent to Police Commissionerate through the Royal Thai Consulate-here, Manoj Jain promised the 28-year-old woman to marry and was living with her in Bangkok, Thailand for the last six years, a police release said. However, he returned to India, the release said. During his visit to Bangkok, it is alleged that Jain's friend Vikas Kothari allegedly tried to rape her. Following the completion of the trial, the duo were produced before a local court and sent to prison, the release added. A case was registered and investigation was underway, police said.
8-month-old girl raped by neighbour in Rajasthan
An eight-month-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Harsana Village of Alwar district.The girl suffered injuries in the incident that took place late on Wednesday night.According to police, the accused, raped the baby by taking her out on the pretext of playing with her."A man from the neighbourhood came to the child's house and took her out on the pretext of playing with her. Girl was later found injured and is now out of danger," a police official said.The accused was handed over to the police by the villagers. A police investigation is underway to ascertain further details.
Maldives court jails 2 Supreme Court justices
A court in the Maldives has sentenced two Supreme Court justices to more than 19 months in prison on charges of influencing lower court decisions. The Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and Justice Ali Hameed to one year, seven months and six days each in prison. On Tuesday, Saeed was sentenced to nearly five months in a separate case. Both judges were arrested in February under a state of emergency during a political crisis which followed a Supreme Court decision to release and retry a number of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom's political opponents. The opponents had been jailed after trials with alleged due process violations. Maldives embraced multiparty democracy in 2008 after decades of autocratic rule but has since lost much of its democratic gains.
2 men tasked to carry out targeted killings arrested
Punjab Police has arrested two men who were armed and operationalised by foreign-based Khalistani handlers to carry out targeted killings in the state, an official said. The accused were here to carry out killings as part of a nefarious design to radicalise and use youths to create a communal divide to further their separatist Khalistani agenda, a state police spokesperson said today. "The motorcycle-borne men, identified as Sandeep Singh and Amar Singh, have alleged links with the terror modules busted in connection with the spate of targeted killings in the state earlier," the spokesperson said in a release. He claimed that they were in touch with Australia-based Gurjant Singh, who has been charged by the NIA in the October 2017 murder case of Ravinder Gosain of the RSS in Ludhiana. The highly radicalised accused were nabbed today from the Faridkot-Kotkapura national highway after their motorcycle collided with a Mahindra Scorpio vehicle. They were found to be carrying arms, the ...
SEC, state officials to be liable for loss of life, violence in panchayat poll: HC
The Calcutta High Court today said the State Election Commissioner and state officials would be held personally liable and have to pay compensation if the loss of life and property in the coming panchayat election was higher than that in the 2013 poll. The panchayat poll will be held on May 14, according to an announcement of the SEC after the Supreme Court's direction to it to ensure "free and fair" election. A division bench comprising Chief Justice J Bhattacharya and Justice A Banerjee hoped that the state government and the SEC would take steps to ensure that the election be free, fair and peaceful, whenever it is held. The court made it clear that in case the loss of life and violence in the polls was higher than in the 2013 election, the high state officials who submitted the report on security arrangement before it and the State Election Commissioner, who approved it, would be personally liable and pay compensation apart from the government. The bench said that this would be ...
Rapist held after minor victim commits suicide
A man accused of raping a minor girl was arrested here on Thursday after the victim committed suicide by setting herself on fire, police said.
UP: Woman who accused MLA's son of raping her threatens to immolate herself
A woman who alleged the son of a BJP MLA had raped her has threatened to immolate herself if the "accused" person was not arrested by May 21. The police have stepped up her security as the 28-year-woman also claimed today she was getting life threats since the past two days pressuring her to enter into a compromise with the persons she had accused, officials said here. The legislator has refuted the charges levelled by the woman and alleged the Samajwadi Party was playing politics to malign his image. Refuting MLA Roshanlal Verma's claims, the woman said she was running from pillar to post since the past five years to get justice but to no avail. The woman said she would immolate herself if the MLA and his son were not arrested by May 21. Meanwhile the SP Dr N Chinappa said security of the victim had been stepped up and a gunner was provided to her. The woman, who staged a 'dharna' at the collectorate office on Monday, had alleged she was raped by MLA's son and also held captive in ..
RPF constable to be felicitated for saving woman from rape on Chennai train
Railway Protection Force Constable K Shivaji, who saved a woman passenger from being sexually abused inside a moving train, will be decorated with the Railway Minister's Medal and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh for his bravery, the railways said today. This award is given to a member of the force who has either shown exceptional courage, skill or bravery or exhibited conspicuous devotion to duty, the railways said in a statement. On April 23, while on duty in a train from Velachery station in Southern Railway at about 11.45 pm, Constable K. Shivaji heard the screams of a woman commuter from the adjacent coach as the train left Chintadripet station. "The agile RPF constable Shivaji boarded the adjacent coach upon arrival at the next station that is Park Town Station. Upon noticing a man attempting to sexually assault a woman commuter, he immediately plunged into action. The constable overpowered the offender and rescued the woman," the statement said. The offender was immediately handed ...
Two armed men linked to terror module held in Punjab
The Punjab Police on Thursday said it has arrested two men, armed by foreign-based Khalistani handlers, to carry out targeted killings in the state.
3 gangsters wanted in kidnapping case arrested after brief shootout
Three gangsters involved in a kidnapping case were arrested here after a brief shootout, police said on Thursday.
SC collegium to meet Friday to decide Justice Joseph elevation
The Supreme Court collegium will meet on Friday to reconsider its recommendation to elevate Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K.M. Joseph and other judges to the top court.
Drug peddler held with 20kg cannabis
A drug peddler was arrested with 20 kilogram of cannabis during routine check of vehicles near a private engineering college here, police said today. According to SP (City) Akash Tomar, police post in-charge of Crossing Republic Society Prajant Tyagi intercepted a biker after which the recovery was made. The accused Arvind Pandey confessed that he brought this consignment of cannabis to supply at various shops in the national capital region. He was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, the SP said.
SC reserves verdict on pleas against Aadhaar after marathon hearing
The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme and its enabling 2016 law after a marathon hearing that went on for 38 days spanning four-and-half months. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which had commenced the hearing on as many as 31 petitions, including one filed by former High Court judge K S Puttaswamy on January 17, was informed by Attorney General K K Venugopal that this matter has become the "second longest" one in terms of days of hearing after the historic Kesavananda Bharati case of 1973. "The Kesavananda Bharati case was heard for five months and this matter continued for four-and-half months. This is the second longest hearing of a case in history," Venugopal told the bench, which also comprised Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan. The Kesavananda Bharati case, which was heard by a 13-judge bench, by a majority
Kathua rape-murder: J&K Crime Branch team visits UP's Meerut
The Jammu and Kashmir Police's Crime Branch on Thursday said its team is in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut as part of its probe to verify an alibi offered by one of the eight accused in the Kathua rape-murder case.
Arrested by ACB, Kejriwal's kin faints in court; sent to 1-day judicial custody
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's relative Vinay Bansal, arrested in connection with an alleged scam in the Public Works Department (PWD), was today remanded in one-day judicial custody by a Delhi court which refused the Anti-Corruption Branch's plea seeking three-day police custody after he fainted before it. Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Neeti Suri Mishra rejected the ACB's application for three-day police remand of Bansal, a nephew of Kejriwal, saying he was not medically fit. The magistrate said that the accused fainted in the court during the arguments and according to his medical report his blood pressure is on the higher side. "Since the medical condition of the accused is not good, I do not consider it appropriate to send him to police custody today. The application of the investigating officer (IO) is accordingly dismissed," the magistrate said. In a court room packed with lawyers and mediapersons, Bansal fainted during the hearing and a stretcher was brought to take him to the
SC collegium likely to meet tomorrow on Justice Joseph's elevation issue
A crucial meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium is likely to be held tomorrow to discuss the issue of reconsidering the name of Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph for elevation to the apex court, after it was returned by the Centre. Official sources today said that the members of the Collegium have been in consultation over the issue and Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is likely to convene the meeting tomorrow. Though there was no official word on it, the sources said it could take place any time after the completion of the matters on the board of the five judges. It is pertinent to mention that Justice J Chelameswar, the senior-most judge of the apex court, had yesterday written a letter to the CJI asking him to convene the Collegium's meeting to urgently forward Justice Joseph's name to the Centre. The government had on April 26 returned the Collegium's recommendation to elevate Justice Joseph seeking its reconsideration, saying the proposal was not in accordance with the top .
3 criminals carrying cash rewards arrested
Three persons, suspected to be involved in kidnapping the son of an ex-councillor from northwest Delhi in 2016, were arrested by the Delhi Police's Special Cell following a shootout, police said today. The accused, carrying cash rewards on their heads, were identified as Manjeet Dabas alias Chandpuria (32), Arshu Shokeen (30) and Bhagat alias Bhanu (30), they added. Dabas was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh while a reward of Rs 50,000 each was announced for apprehension of Shokeen and Bhagat by the Delhi Police commissioner, police said. On September 27, the victim, a resident of Budh Vihar, had left his home in his car. As he reached near a shop in Netaji Subhash Place, he was signalled to stop by a person wearing a traffic policeman's uniform and another person in khaki uniform. As the victim stopped his car, a Scorpio came there and he was bundled into it. A case was registered at the Netaji Subhash Place police station and the accused had allegedly demanded Rs 50 crore from the ...
12 persons, including 9 police personnel, injured in mishap
: Twelve persons, including nine police personnel and a woman, were today injured when a car collided with their vehicle near a village here, police said. The mishap occurred when a car coming in opposite direction hit the police vehicle in the outskirts of Chengerla village. The 'police guard vehicle' was returning after security duty at a meeting of Telangana Chief Minister in Huzurabad. Eight police constables, an inspector and the driver of the vehicle were injured, police said, adding, a couple travelling in the car also suffered injuries. Karimnagar MLA Kamalakar, who was returning after the meeting, got the injured shifted to a private hospital in Karimnagar town, sources said. The condition of the woman and two constables was reported to be critical, police said. Finance Minister Etala Rajender, Vinod Kumar, MP Police Commissioner V.B. Kamalasan Reddy visited the injured at hospital.
Delhi Bar Association opposes SC order restraining them from strike
The Delhi Bar Association (DBA) today strongly opposed the Supreme Court order restraining them from going on strike or boycotting a judge, saying no authority has the right to check their right to protest. Reacting sharply to yesterday's apex court order after a woman lawyer raised the issue of safety and security of women advocates practising in trial courts, the DBA said in a press release that they will not succumb to pressure from any corner on the issue of strike or boycott. "The bar associations are formed to protect the independence and fearless voice of advocates. The Supreme Court or any other authority has no right to restrain any bar association from going on strike or boycotting the court of a judge .... "The bar will not succumb to any pressure from any corner whatsoever on the issue of strike or boycott. The lawyers are pillars of democracy and have to work fearlessly and therefore cannot be made puppets of anyone," the DBA release said. DBA Secretary Jaiveer Chauhan, ..
Encounter case: Sohrabuddin's brother wants to become witness
Shahnawazuddin Shaikh today approached a special CBI court here, seeking to depose in the trial related to the alleged fake encounter of his brother Sohrabuddin in November 2005. Tulsiram Prajapati, Sohrabuddin's aide, had told him that being an eye-witness to Sohrabuddin's death, he feared for his own life, the application filed by Shahnawazuddin said. The plea, filed before special judge S J Sharma, sought that Shahnawazuddin be made a witness. He learnt recently that the CBI had failed to include him as a witness and to produce "the material seized from him", the application said. This "material" was four blank pages signed by Prajapati, who himself died in another fake encounter, it said. The CBI seized these blank pages, and the "circumstances in which these four documents were signed by Prajapati" are relevant for the trial, the plea said. Shahnawazuddin met Prajapati in Ujjain in September-October 2006 when Prajapati had been brought for production before a local court, the ...