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Man arrested for driving car over people sleeping on pavement
One person has been arrested after the car, he was driving allegedly ran over a homeless person killing him and injuring three others in the early hours of Friday, police said on Saturday.The incident took place in south east Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin area where the people were sleeping near the Gumbad."The accused have been booked under sections 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) and 304 (rash, negligent or reckless driving) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)", said an official.The injured are being treated and investigation in the matter is underway.
Dera Sacha Sauda chief seeks over month-long parole for farming
Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has sought parole for over a month for farming at his fields in Haryana's Sirsa, officials said Saturday. The 51-year-old is currently lodged at Sunaria jail in Rohtak after being convicted in two rape cases and murder of a journalist. Following his application for the parole for 42 days, the jail superintendent has written to the Sirsa district administration. In a letter dated June 18, the official sought a report whether releasing Gurmeet on parole would be feasible or not. In the communique, the jail superintendent has mentioned that Gurmeet's conduct in the jail has been good and he has not violated any rule. The district administration has been asked to submit a report to Commissioner, Rohtak Division, with a copy marked to the jail superintendent. On receiving the letter, Sirsa Police has approached the Revenue Department to ascertain how much land the Dera chief owns. "We have asked the Revenue Department to provide record .
Two killed, 11 injured in road accident
Two persons were killed and 11 others injured when an auto-rickshaw collided with a car near Hasa village in Bihar's Araria district on Saturday, police said. The incident occurred when the auto-rickshaw carrying over a dozen persons collided head-on with a car coming from Araria, the police said, adding that both the deceased were riding the auto-rickshaw. The 11 injured persons have been referred to Purnea for better treatment, they said. Raniganj police station Officer-in-Charge Om Prakash said that the deceased have been identified as Sani Kumar (20) and Mohammad Safiq (20). Sani was the resident of Chatiyona village under Raniganj police station while Safiq was the resident of Rajbaili village under Bousi police station of the district.
Two cases of murder in Thane district
Two cases of murder have been registered in Thane district of Maharashtra on Friday, police said Saturday. In Murbad town, one Bhaskar Pardhi (40) was allegedly axed to death by the husband of his lover at the latter's house in the wee hours of Friday, a police official said. He said the accused has been arrested while his brother, who was also allegedly involved in the crime, is on the run. In another incident, one Baliram Jadhav (40) was allegedly stoned to death at Ambadi Naka in Ganeshpuri by some unidentified persons on Friday, police said. Cases of murder have been registered under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and furher investigation is underway.
Rape-accused BSP MP surrenders in court
Newly elected Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Atul Rai, who has been accused of rape, surrendered in a court here on Saturday. The judicial magistrate (first) remanded Rai in 14-day judicial custody. An FIR was registered against Rai on May 1 on a complaint by a college student who had alleged that he took her home on the pretext of meeting his wife but sexually assaulted her. Rai, who has denied the rape allegations, had been on the run since the lodging of the FIR. The parliamentarian from the Ghosi constituency in Uttar Pradesh was declared absconder by the local court. The Supreme Court had on May 27 refused to grant Rai protection from arrest in the rape case while noting that 16 other criminal cases were pending against him.
2 minor girls 'sexually assaulted' in separate incidents
Two incidents of alleged sexual assault on minor girls were reported here, police said Saturday. In one incident, a 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a minor girl, the police said. The man called the girl to his house Thursday last when her parents were not at home, and under the pretext of offering fruit allegedly sexually assaulted her, the police said. The girl informed her mother about the abuse when she returned home, they said. Based on a complaint, a case under POCSO Actwas registered and the elderly man was arrested, they added. In the other incident, aminor girl was allegedly sexually abused by her alcoholic father, police said. Following a complaint made by the girls mother, the drunkard was take into custody, they added.
At least 26 killed during 2018 Haiti slum gang massacre: UN
A UN report has found at least 26 people were killed during a 2018 massacre in a Haiti slum, at which several members of the police and a government representative were allegedly present. Over two days, five armed gangs carried out planned attacks on residents in La Saline in the country's capital Port-au-Prince according to the report, which was published Friday. The youngest victim of the violence was aged ten months and the oldest 72 years, the document reported. It said two gang rapes took place and 12 people were still missing. Some 5,000 people live in the impoverished area under the threat of frequent violence, as gangs fight to control one of the largest markets of the city. "The testimonies recorded suggest that the number of victims of the attacks of 13 and 14 November 2018 could be higher," said the report from the UN Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) and the High Commission for Human Rights. Human rights organizations in the country have put the toll at 71 dead and counted 11 gang .
Muzaffarpur: Human skeletons found abandoned near SKMCH hospital
Skeletal remains have been discovered lying in open, in a forest near the government-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) here, which is grappling with cases of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES).An investigation team of SKMCH hospital accompanied by policemen visited the spot on Saturday.Dr Vipin Kumar from the hospital said: "Skeletal remains have been found here. Detailed information will be provided by the Principal."One or two of the dead bodies were found charred and many skeletons were found strewn on the ground or stuffed into sacks in the forest area."After postmortem, all the bodies are dumped in the forest behind the hospital. I never tried to ask the authorities about these skeletons" caretaker of SKMCH, Janak Paswan told ANI.The abandoned skeletons have neither been burned nor buried."The postmortem department takes care of the dead bodies. This is really inhuman if they have dumped the bodies in open. We will ask their department head to call an inquiry ...
5 of family shot dead by kin over land dispute
Five members of a family, including a boy, were shot dead allegedly by three relatives after a dispute over a strip of land for constructing a road in a town in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, police said Saturday. A woman member of the family and two boys escaped unhurt as they had locked themselves inside a room during the incident on Friday night, an officer said. According to the police, Manoj Ahirwar (45) and Sanjiv Ahirwar (35) were brothers and their families lived in adjacent houses in Bina town, around 150 km northeast of Bhopal, the police said. The dispute started two days ago when their uncle, Manohar Ahirwar, asked for two-foot-wide strip of land belonging to Sanjiv Ahirwar's family to create an approach road as construction work was going on in his house, Bina police station incharge Anil Maurya said. As arguments over the issue escalated, Manohar Ahirwar and his two sons, Praveen and Prashant, allegedly attacked Sanjiv Ahirwar and his family on Friday night, Maurya ...
Bihar: Dispute over seat, man stabbed to death inside train
A man was allegedly stabbed to death by a co-passenger over a dispute regarding a seat in Pawan Express train here in the wee hours of Friday. His body was found near the toilet inside the train."The victim, who hails from Darbhanga in Bihar, was stabbed after they had a tussle over a seat in a general compartment in Pawan Express on Friday," Sanjeet Kumar, Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) of Government Railway Police (GRP), told ANI.According to the victim's brother, the accused boarded the train and he forcefully asked the deceased for a seat in the train."After they had an argument, police took hold of the accused of creating disturbance inside the train. Later, someone informed that he was stabbed and we found his body lying on the floor next to the washroom," he added.The victim along with his brother and relatives was travelling to Mumbai from Bihar.
Gurugram police arrests gym owner for thrashing woman toll collector
Gurugram Police arrested the man, who thrashed woman toll collector at Kherki Daula Toll Plaza on Friday morning.The arrested accused has been identified as Manjeet, a native of Shikopur village in Gurugram and a gym owner by profession.According to police, Manjeet was booked in a 2011 murder case and in 2018 and was arrested in possession with an illegal weapon.The police have also recovered the black SUV which he had borrowed from one of his friends.This development came a day after a Kherki Daula Toll Plaza employee was hit by a car driver in Haryana's Gurugram area Friday morning.The female toll plaza employee was sitting in booth number 27 when at around 9 am a black SUV approached the toll gate. Refusing to pay the toll, the driver broke the toll barrier and assaulted the employee.The entire incident was recorded on the CCTV camera installed at the facility.
After Kota minor hangs self, mobile app TiKTok expresses concern
After a 12-year-old boy accidentally choked himself to death allegedly while attempting to shoot and upload his video on TikTok, in Kota, the mobile app team showed their concern regarding the case on Saturday."We would like to confirm that there is no such hashtag challenge or activity that TikTok is promoting on its app. TikTok in no way endorses, promotes or encourages its users to engage in any behaviour that might cause harm to oneself or anyone else either via challenges or content published," TikTok team said in a statement."We have a zero tolerance policy on content and behaviour that is against our Community Guidelines," they added. The mobile app team also expressed their condolences for the family and friends of the deceased."Initial probe suggests that boy might have killed himself accidentally while trying to make a video for Tik Tok," police said.The incident took place on June 22. The family of the victim said that when they found the boy he was sporting sindoor ...
TiKTok shows concern over boy's death while shooting video for app
After a 12-year-old boy accidentally choked himself to death allegedly while attempting to shoot and upload his video on TikTok, in Kota, the mobile app team showed their concern regarding the case on Saturday."We would like to confirm that there is no such hashtag challenge or activity that TikTok is promoting on its app. TikTok in no way endorses, promotes or encourages its users to engage in any behaviour that might cause harm to oneself or anyone else either via challenges or content published," TikTok team said in a statement."We have a zero tolerance policy on content and behaviour that is against our Community Guidelines," they added. The mobile app team also expressed their condolences for the family and friends of the deceased."Initial probe suggests that boy might have killed himself accidentally while trying to make a video for Tik Tok," police said.The incident took place on June 22. The family of the victim said that when they found the boy he was sporting sindoor ...
Man found murdered in Kerala
A 48-year-old man was on Saturday found dead on the terrace of a house in Ernakulam district, police said. The body of the man identified as Prasad was found this morning on the terrace of the house of a poultry farm owner, they said adding a broken air gun was also found next to it. It is suspected that Prasad, said to be working in the farm, was shot dead, police said. An investigation has been launched into the incident, they said.
UP: 7-year-old killed after being hit by vehicle while playing on roadside
A seven-year-old boy was killed and his brother injured when a vehicle hit them while they were playing on a roadside in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, police said Saturday. The incident happened on Friday evening in Puramufti area of the district. The brothers, Sudhakar (5) and Diwakar (7), were rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared Diwakar dead, officials said. Police said they are trying to arrest the driver who managed to flee from the spot with his vehicle.
Justice V Ramasubramanian takes oath as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
Justice V Ramasubramanian on Saturday took oath as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court in Shimla.Governor Acharya Devvrat administrated the oath of office to the new Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.Supreme Court Collegium had on May 10 recommended the appointment of Justice V Ramasubramanian as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. This was in view of the proposed elevation of incumbent Chief Justice Surya Kant to the Supreme Court.
Man kills wife, three children by slitting their throats in Mehrauli
A man allegedly killed his wife and three young children by slitting their throats in South Delhi's Mehrauli, police said Saturday. Upender Shukla, a private tutor, has been arrested and he is suspected to be suffering from depression, they said. He killed his wife, Archana, and his two-months-old daughter, five-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter by slitting their throats in the early hours of Saturday, Deputy Commission of Police (South) Vijay Kumar said. At the time of the killings, the accused's mother-in-law was in their house in Mehrauli which has two rooms. When Shukla did not open the door of his room on Saturday morning, she informed the neighbours who broke it open and found him sitting next to the bodies, the officer added. They then called up the police, he said. A written note was found in which Shukla confessed to the killing of his wife and children. He, however, did not give any reason for it, the officer said. Preliminary investigation suggests that the killings .
Telangana: Father held for raping 5 -year-old daughter multiple times
A man was arrested for allegedly raping his five-year-old daughter, police said on Friday.According to ACP of Kushaiguda Division K Shiva Kumar, police received a complaint from a woman on 17 June. In the complaint, she said that her 5-year-old daughter was raped multiple times by her alcoholic husband.Soon after the incident was reported, police arrested the victim's father and registered a case under section 376 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 5 r/w 6 of POCSO Act in Neredmet police station in the city.The accused has been sent to judicial remand.The victim and mother have been shifted to Bharosa for medical assistance and counselling.On the other hand, Malkajgiri Court Women Bar Association members have declared that no one will fight in the favour of the accused in the rape case and no plea would be allowed to file in the court."In an unfortunate incident, a five-year-old girl was raped by her father multiple times. The case comes under Malkajgiri court jurisdiction and ...
Rajasthan: 12-yr-old boy chokes himself as part of TikTok challenge in Kota
A 12-year-old boy accidentally choked himself to death allegedly while attempting to shoot and upload his video on mobile app Tik Tok, police said on Friday."Initial probe suggests that boy might have killed himself accidentally while trying to make a video for Tik Tok," police said.The family of the victim said that when they found the boy he was sporting sindoor (vermillion), 'mangalsutra' (a sacred thread worn by Hindu married women) and bangles. He hanged himself from a noose in his bathroom as a part of the TikTok challenge."If it was not for TikTok then my child would have been alive," the father of the boy said.The boy was declared dead upon being brought to the hospital. His body has been shifted in a government hospital for postmortem.A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.
Jharkhand: Two held, rare snake worth Rs 1.6 crore seized
Bokaro police on Friday arrested two men and recovered a rare snake Red Sand Boa worth Rs 1.6 crore."We have arrested two men from a hotel here and recovered a rare snake from their possession worth Rs 1.6 crore," the police said.The arrested accused have been identified as Sunil Paswan and Md Shahabuddin."These snakes are mostly found in Maharashtra. People bring it from there and sell it in the international market, especially China. This goes via Nepal. There is an international gang which is involved in such smuggling," a forest officer Surendra Bhagat told ANI.A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.