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Trader killed, but wrong body cremated
Three days after police claimed to have found the body of a city-based trader who was allegedly killed, it has turned out that the body was not his. But the news didn't come as a solace to his family, as the real body of the trader, Suraj Shah, was also found. Shah (47) was allegedly killed by his lawyer friend and two others on April 25 and the body was dumped in a canal in neighbouring Kalol town, police had said earlier. A highly decomposed body was recovered from the canal at Waghodia near Vadodara on May 1. Thinking it to be Shah's body, it was sent for autopsy and later handed over to his family, which cremated it. However, police had their doubts as to whether it was really Shah's body, said Vadodara police commissioner Manoj Shashidhar. The search continued, and another body was found from the canal near Kalol, around 30 km from here. "It has turned out that the body recovered from near Waghodia on May 1 was not Shah's. That body was so decomposed that even his ...
SC reserves verdict on Delhi gang rape convicts' plea against death
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on the plea of two of the four death row convicts seeking a review of the top court 2017 judgment upholding their death sentence in the December 16 Delhi gang rape case which shook the nation.
2 held with bullets at Delhi Metro
A 19-year-old woman and her male friend were today apprehended at a Delhi Metro station for allegedly carrying two live bullets, officials said. Simran, hailing from a locality in north east Delhi, was found carrying the rounds by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the Kohat Enclave station when her bag was being scanned at around 4 pm today, the officials said. The woman could not furnish any license or document for carrying the bullet rounds and told the security personnel that they belonged to a male friend. The man was called to the station and as he could not give a valid reason for keeping the ammunition, both of them were handed over to the Delhi Police by the CISF team for further investigation, they said.
Woman found murdered in Gurugram park
A 28-year-old unidentified woman was found murdered in Palam Vihar area adjoining Delhi on Friday, police said.
Asaram attends rape case trial in Gujarat through video conference
Self-styled godman Asaram, sentenced to life imprisonment by a Rajasthan court recently for raping a minor girl, today attended the trial in another rape case here against him through video conference. A Surat-based woman had lodged a complaint of rape against him in 2013. Cross-examination of prosecution witnesses in the case is going on before a sessions court in Gandhinagar. Asaram, who is lodged in a Jodhpur jail, appeared before the court of additional sessions judge Rashida Vora here through video conference, his lawyer Chandrakant Gupta said, adding the judge adjourned the hearing in the case to May 14. The court has examined 30 witnesses so far. The entire trial is being conducted in-camera, owing to possible threat to the lives of witnesses. The woman has alleged that Asaram raped her many times when she was living in his ashram in Motera area of Ahmedabad between 1997 and 2006. The charge sheet also names Asaram's wife Lakshmiben, daughter Bharti Devi and four women ...
Punjab RSS leader killing: NIA files charge sheet against 15 people
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet against 15 people today in a case related to the killing of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader Ravinder Gosain in Punjab's Ludhiana in October last year. Gosain had just returned from an RSS shakha' when he was shot dead outside his house. The charge sheet was filed in a special NIA court in Mohali. Those charge-sheeted by the agency include Ravipal, Pahad Singh, Parvez alias Farru, Malook Tomar, Harmeet Singh alias Ph.D (suspected to be in Pakistan), Gurjinder Singh alias Shastri (suspected to be in Italy), Gursharanbir Singh (suspected to be in the UK) and Gurjant Singh (suspected to be in Australia), the agency said in a statement. Hardeep Singh alias Shera, Ramandeep Singh alias Canadian, Dharminder Singh alias Guguni, Anil Kumar alias Kala, Jagtar Singh Johal alias Jaggi, Amaninder Singh and Manpreet Singh alias Mani have also been charge-sheeted in the case, it said. During investigation, it was found that the ...
HC queries Centre, Delhi govt on failure to pay compensation to slain cop's kin
Why was a compensation of Rs one crore not paid to the kin of a cop, slain in line of duty in 2014, even after the ex-gratia was announced by the then Lieutenant Governor with much "fanfare", the Delhi High Court today asked the Centre and the AAP government. "There was all this fanfare that Rs one crore would be paid. Then why was it not paid," Justice Rajiv Shakdher asked while issuing notice to the state and the Centre seeking their stand on a plea moved by the slain constable's wife for grant of the promised compensation. The court sought the stand of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Delhi government and the LG. The issue pertains to the death of Delhi Police Constable Jagvir Singh. He was shot dead allegedly by a gang of five burglers in Vijay Vihar area of Outer Delhi in the wee hours of October 13, 2014 when he and another constable tried to nab them. All the five accused were later arrested by police. On that day, at around 1:30 AM, when the two cops were patrolling on their .
Former driver of Gurmeet Rahim to depose afresh in murder cases: SC
The Supreme Court today allowed the former driver of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to depose afresh in the murder cases of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati and dera follower Ranjit Singh. The top court dismissed the appeal of the Dera chief against the order of Punjab and Haryana High Court allowing his former driver Khatta Singh to depose afresh in the two murder cases. "Sometime you don't need to interfere when you know the harsh reality of life," a bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said while dismissing his appeal. Senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, appearing for Dera chief, said Khatta Singh had himself said in his deposition in 2012 that CBI has been putting pressure on him to depose against Ram Rahim. He said Singh had denied any knowledge of the dera chief's involvement in these cases. "If his fresh deposition is allowed, then my entire defence in the case will go away," Luthra said, adding that Khatta Singh was not a reliable witness. The bench ...
Minor girl raped by three teenagers in Haryana
A minor girl was allegedly raped by three teenagers at Charkhi Dadri in Haryana, a police official said today. Acting on a complaint filed by the 17-year-old victim, the police registered a case against the three boys, all below 18 years of age, he said. The complainant told police that she was forcibly picked up by the three teenagers in a car when she had gone to the market. The accused were identified as Naveen, Sonu and Veer Singh, the official said, adding that they were arrested. Further investigation is underway, he added.
CBI gets three day custody of journalist Upendra Rai
A court here on Friday allowed the CBI three days custody of senior journalist Upendra Rai, arrested for dubious transactions in his accounts and using false information to obtain a pass to access to sensitive areas in airports across the country.
KLF executed killing of RSS leader Ravinder Gosain: NIA
The murder of RSS leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana was part of a transnational conspiracy hatched by the senior leadership of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) between January 2016 and October 2017, a NIA chargesheet said.
Govt machinery misused to keep Bhujbal in jail: NCP
As former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was today granted bail by the Bombay High Court, his party, the NCP, blamed the Enforcement Directorate and the government for his long incarceration. Bhujbal has been in jail since his arrest by the ED in a money laundering case in March 2016. After the trial court rejected his bail application in December, the high court today gave him relief. The NCP welcomes the high court's decision, said party spokesperson Nawab Malik here. "Justice has now begun to be delivered. We are sure that soon all charges against him will be proven false and he will come out clean," Malik said. "The policy of long detention (before trial) has already been scrapped. Four months ago the Supreme Court repealed the law, yet no bail was given....When we went to the supreme court, it asked us to approach the high court for relief, which finally gave Bhujbal bail," Malik said. Bhujbal's lawyers relied on the apex court's November 2017 ...
Ex-CPI-M Kannur dist secty's brother held for cheating woman
The brother of a CPI-M functionary was today arrested on charges of cheating a woman of Rs 2.5 lakh by promising her a job at a local-self government department where her deceased husband worked, police said. P Satheesan, brother of former CPI-M Kannur district secretary P Sasi, was picked for questioning based on a complaint by the woman. Satheesan collected Rs 2.5 lakh on various dates by promising the woman that he would get her the job of her husband, police said. He was arrested under IPC section 420 (cheating), police said.
HC sets aside ITAT orders in Prannoy Roy's tax case
The Delhi High Court today set aside two orders of a tax tribunal, including one which had allowed a plea by the Income Tax Department for early hearing on an appeal by NDTV founder Prannoy Roy and his wife against tax demand, without giving them a notice. It also set aside the second order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) allowing the IT Department to place additional evidence before it, without issuing notice or giving a hearing to Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla said the ITAT order was "erroneous". "The order allowing an early hearing of the appeals was also clearly incorrect," the bench said. "You (ITAT) have to function in a judicial manner. It is not an administrative order, it's a judicial order. It cannot be passed without hearing the parties. This is not acceptable," it said. The court was hearing the couple's plea challenging the validity of the two ITAT orders on the ground that they were passed in an ...
13 held in Bihar molestation case, eight of them minors
Altogether 13 persons, a majority of them minors, have been arrested in connection with molestation case of a teenaged girl the video of which had gone viral on social media last weekend, police said today. "With the arrest today of Arvind Kumar, a resident of Khalidpur village under Kako police station area and another co-accused - a minor - the total number of arrests has reached 13", Superintendent of Police, Manish Kumar, said. He claimed "all those wanted in connection with the case are now behind the bars. Eight of them are minors while the remaining five are less than 20 years of age. Investigation will be completed quickly and charge-sheet will be filed in the trial court at the earliest". He also said "Arvind happens to be the guy who was known to the victim, a minor girl, from before. He had taken her to the spot where a group of youths pounced on her and tried to outrage her modesty". The matter had come to light last week when a video footage, shot by one of .
Student who accused Cong MLA of rape now says she did so at
A journalism student, who had accused Congress MLA Hemant Katare of rape and abduction, has now claimed that she had done so at the behest of BJP leader Arvind Bhadoria and three others. Bhadoria rubbished the allegation and said he was ready for any probe including a lie-detector test, narco analysis or investigation by the CID or CBI. The 21-year-old student filed an affidavit before the court registry yesterday, claiming that, on January 27, when she was lodged in jail, four people had told her that she would have to level allegations of rape against Katare in order to gain their support. The woman was then lodged in the jail after being arrested on January 24 on a complaint by Katare that she was allegedly trying to extort money from him. She had been sent to judicial custody on January 25. "They (Bhadoria, co-accused Vikramjeet Singh, a lawyer and a journalist) said that in order to gain their support, I would have to level allegations of rape against Hemant Katare.
After two years in jail, NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal gets bail
More than two years after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, the Bombay High Court today granted bail to NCP leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, taking into account his old age and deteriorating health. Justice P N Deshmukh directed the 70-year-old leader to submit either a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh, or a cash surety of the same amount by May 14. The judge took into consideration, among other issues, his old age and deteriorating health. A detailed order is yet to be made available. The high court imposed several conditions on the Nationalist Congress Party leader. He will have to appear before the ED whenever required for questioning, and before the trial court when the trial begins, it said. Bhujbal was also directed not to leave the city without the trial court's permission. He must not make any attempt to influence the trial or the witnesses or tamper with the evidence, Justice Deshmukh said, warning that ..
Waste lying at landfill sites in Delhi a serious problem: SC
The piles of garbage lying in the landfill sites of Delhi is a "very serious problem", the Supreme Court said today as it pulled up the National Highways Authority of India for not proceeding with its segregation to use part of the waste for road construction. The apex court also stayed the proceedings related to the landfill sites at Ghazipur and Bhalswa in Delhi pending before the National Green Tribunal (NGT). When a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta asked the NHAI why it was not proceeding with segregation of waste lying at Ghazipur landfill site, the authority said they had issued tender but the cost quoted by the parties to do the work was exorbitant. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Pinky Anand, appearing for NHAI, said a memorandum of understanding was entered into between East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and NHAI, which included the issue of segregating the waste lying at Ghazipur landfill site. Anand, while maintaining that segregation of the .
'Tout' who booked rly tickets using "malicious" software held
The Central Railway authorities have arrested a tout who allegedly booked tickets using an illegal software. At least 6,603 PNRs (Passenger Name Record numbers, which are generated after a ticket is booked) with tickets worth Rs 1.47 crore had been booked by using this fraudulent software, they said. The Railway Protection Force, Vigilance Department of the Railways and the Commercial Branch of the CR's Mumbai Division had noticed during their drive against touts that unauthorised agents were using "malicious softwares" to jump the queue and get confirmed reservations, said Sunil Udasi, chief spokesperson, Central Railway. The "kingpin of the racket", who operated from suburban Oshiwara, was arrested on May 2, he said, while not revealing the accused's name as further probe is on. The officials seized his laptop, and 80 E-tickets amounting Rs 1.04 lakh were recovered from its server. A case was registered against him at Byculla RPF station, Udasi said. Further probe ...
Priyadarshini Mattoo case: Convicts seeks parole for exams
The Delhi High Court today asked the CBI and Delhi government to file a status report on a plea by Santosh Kumar Singh, who is serving life term for the rape and murder of law student Priyadarshini Mattoo in 1996, seeking parole to write LLM exams. Justice Mukta Gupta issued notice to the CBI and the state on Singh's plea in which he said that he be granted the relief for a week from May 19. The court listed the matter for further hearing on May 16. Advocate Avnish, appearing for the convict, said he was earlier granted the relief after which he surrendered and now his exams were going to start from May 19. CBI counsel Sanjeev Bhandari said Singh has been pursuing LLM, whose duration is of two years, for last four years and has not yet completed it. Earlier also Singh was granted parole to write exams. 25-year old Mattoo was raped and murdered in January 1996. Singh, a law student in Delhi University, was acquitted by the trial court in the case on December 3, 1999, but the Delhi ..