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Salesman held for selling liquor bottle to 10-yr-old boy in Rajasthan
A salesman was arrested today after a few members of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) caught him red-handed selling a liquor bottle to a 10-year-old boy here, police said today. The accused, identified as Balram, was booked under Section 77 of the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, said Srichand Choudhary, the circle in-charge (CI) at Kunhari police station. The police also questioned the minor's father who had sent him to purchase the liquor bottle, Choudhary said, adding that he was also booked under Section 78 of the JJ Act. The CWC members would also be writing to the excise department for cancelling the license of the liquor shop after they found that it was charging more money than the original printed price, said CWC chairman (Kota) Harish Gurubhaxani.
Linkman of carcass meat racket arrested, raids continue
A day after police arrested the kingpin of a carcass meat selling racket in the city, another linkman of the racket was arrested from the Kolkata airport area, police said on Friday.
Foreign tourist murder: two arrested sent in police custody
The two men arrested for allegedly raping and murdering a Lithuanian woman tourist at Kovalam near here were sent to police custody today. The First Class Magistrate court at nearby Neyyattinkara sent Umesh and Udayan to police custody till May 17. The duo were arrested yesterday. Meanwhile, dramatic scenes were witnessed in the court premises as relatives of the accused staged aprotest and claimed that the two were innocent. They also alleged that the police had forced the duo to confess to the crime. Kerala Police had recorded the arrest of Umesh and Udayan yesterday in connection with the death of the 33-year-old Lithuanian tourist, who had gone missing under mysterious circumstances from Kovalam on March 14. Her highly decomposed and headless body was recovered from a mangrove forest at nearby Thiruvallam on April 21. Umesh and Udayan have been charged under IPC sections 302 (murder), 376 (rape)and 20(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, police ...
NIA files chargesheet against 15 in Ravinder Gosain murder
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet against fifteen persons in connection with the killing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ravinder Gosain in Punjab's Ludhiana.The chargesheet was filed in the Special NIA Court in Mohali.On October 17 last year, Gosain was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants in Ludhiana's Kailash Nagar.During the investigation, it was found that the killing of Gosain was part of a transnational conspiracy, hatched by the senior leadership of the Khalistan Liberation Force.Eight incidents of targeted/attempted killings were executed as part of this conspiracy between January 2016 and October 2017 in Punjab. All the persons targeted belonged to certain specific communities and organisations. The objective of the conspiracy was to destabilise the law and order situation in Punjab and to revive the fledgeling terrorism in the state.It was found that the conspiracy had its footprints in several countries ..
HC tells J-K to appoint judicial magistrates for setting up JJBs in all districts
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed the state government to appoint 22 judicial magistrates required for setting up of juvenile justice boards in all districts. A division bench, comprising justices Mohammad Yaqoob Mir and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, directed the government to create 22 additional posts of Judicial Magistrates (First Class) which is a requirement under the Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act of 2013 and the Rules of 2014. The bench noted that in absence of 22 juvenile justice boards to be set up under Section 4(1) of the Act, the chief judicial magistrates are exercising the powers and performing the functions of the boards.
Witness testifies in rape case against Asaram
A witness testified in a Sessions court here on Friday in a rape case in which the now-convicted self-styled godman Asaram and his son are accused, informed sources said.
Kasauli woman officer's 'killer' sent to police remand
A court in Kasauli of Himachal Pradesh on Friday sent a hotelier to a five-day police remand for allegedly shooting down a woman town planner executing a Supreme Court-ordered demolition drive.
Weapon used to kill woman officer in Kasauli recovered: Police
The Himachal Pradesh Police said today that the weapon used to kill assistant town planner Shail Bala Sharma here had been recovered. "The .32 bore revolver used in the crime by Vijay Singh was recovered today," Solan officiating Superintendent of Police (SP) Shiv Kumar told reporters. He said that the accused had hidden his licensed pistol in the forest area near his Narayani guest house. Sharma was killed by the hotelier when she was leading a Supreme Court-mandated demolition drive against illegal structures on Tuesday. Singh was arrested from the Mathura- Vrindavan area yesterday. The weapon was recovered after the accused was taken to the scene of crime, the police officer said. "He (the accused) came back to the area between 1 AM and 2 AM (on Tuesday) to conceal the weapon, hours after shooting the officer," he said. "Despite combing by police, he managed to conceal the weapon close to the guest house and fled again," he said. To a question, the police officer said that the ...
1,352 drug ampules seized in Bengal, 1 arrested
A large quantity of ampules of an injectible medicine, misused as a recreational drug, has been seized by the NCB from West Bengal's Murshidabad district and one person arrested in the case, an official said on Friday.
2 RSS activists arrested, incident 'serious' says CM
Two RSS activists were arrested in connection with the alleged attack on a photojournalist of a Malayalam daily at the press club here, police said today. The two--Dilip Kumar (31) and Shibu (30)--are RSS workers and were arrested last night, police said. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the government viewed the incident "seriously." Police have been directed to initiate stringent actionagainst the accused, Vijayan said in a Facebook Post. The incident occurred when some RSS workers stormed the press club here and allegedly attacked the photographer, Faud Sanea, for having taken a video of their alleged manhandling of a two-wheeler rider during a protest march near here. "Two persons have been arrested already. Strong action will be taken against the attack on the freedom of the press," Vijayan said. The two activists have been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days, police said. A case had been registered against 10 RSS activists under various IPC sections ...
Bombay HC reduces man's sentence for drug possession from 10 to 2 years
The Bombay High Court has reduced a 10-year sentence given to a 70-year-old man for possession of narcotic substance to two years in jail considering his age and the fact that he was a first time offender. Justice A M Badar was hearing an appeal filed by Kallumal Kukareja challenging a lower court order of 2016 convicting him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and sentencing him to 10 years in jail. Kukareja was arrested in March 2008 in the city for possession of 10 grams of charas. At the time of his arrest, he was 60 years old. "The appellant accused is now 70 years old. He is a first time offender having no criminal antecedents. He was not involved in such type of offences at any other point of time," the court said. "In such circumstances, harsh and maximum sentence of 10 years rigorous imprisonment, in the wake of finding contraband which was just more than small quantity, is not warranted," the court said. It added that the courts have to consider ..
Slovakia to extradite Italian suspect named by slain journalist
Slovak prosecutors decided today to extradite an Italian businessman wanted in Italy on drugs charges, who was also named by murdered journalist Jan Kuciak in an explosive report on alleged high-level corruption linked to the mafia. Police arrested Antonino Vadala, the owner of several companies based in Slovakia, in March in connection with a European arrest warrant issued by Italy last year over alleged drug trafficking. Vadala also faces charges of attempted EU subsidy fraud in Slovakia. He has flatly denied the allegations, which were first made public in Kuciak's article. The Italian had been detained and released earlier in March month over the alleged fraud. "The Regional Prosecutor's Office of Kosice on Friday issued a decision to execute the European arrest warrant issued by a court in Venice against the Italian entrepreneur Antonin Vadala," spokesman Milan Filicko said in a statement, using another name for Antonino Vadala. "The legal deadline for the physical handover of ..
Minor girl raped, burnt to death in Jharkhand
In a horrific incident, a 16-year-old girl was gang raped and subsequently burnt to death in front of her family members in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Friday.
SC rejects mining baron G Janardhana Reddy's plea to campaign in Ballari
In a setback to BJP strongman and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy, the Supreme Court today refused to relax his bail condition to enter Ballari district in Karnataka to campaign for his younger brother and party candidate G Somashekhar Reddy. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan refused to entertain the petition and dismissed it. The counsel for Reddy said assembly election campaigning was on in Karnataka and he should be allowed to enter Ballari district to campaign for his brother. She said the bail condition should be relaxed and Reddy allowed to visit Ballari district. To this, the bench said, "Sorry, we would not like to entertain it. The petition is dismissed". After spending more than three years in jail, Reddy, a former state minister and accused in the multi crore illegal mining case, was granted conditional bail by the apex court in January 2015. As part of the bail conditions, Reddy was directed by the court not to visit his home town Ballari, besides Ananthapur .
Uber driver masturbates in front of woman passenger, sacked
In a bizarre case of sexual harassment, an Uber cab driver was found masturbating before a woman passenger here on Friday, according to a complaint filed by the woman. The cab aggregator later announced it had sacked him.
Sealing: Traders body writes to Union Minsiter Puri, says monitoring committee 'dictatorial'
Distressed over sealing of their shops, a traders body today wrote to Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri alleging that the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee is "dictatorial" and "anarchic" in their working. The BJP-ruled civic bodies have undertaken sealing drive initiated by the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee. Commercial premises have been sealed for failing to deposit conversion charges according to provisions in the master plan. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in the letter also asserted that the monitoring committee has become an institution in itself and that it was "commanding orders on constitutional agencies such as the MCD, DDA, Delhi Police, NDMC etc under the guise of powers of the Supreme Court". "We wish to bring to your kind notice (to) the dictatorial and discretionary attitude of the monitoring committee in matter of sealing of shops and taking other penal actions in Delhi against traders, and people in general," .
Suspected suicide pact: 2 boys found dead, mother hospitalised
Two boys died while their 33-year old mother was battling for life in a hospital after a suspected suicide pact following a domestic quarrel here, police said today. Ajantha and her sons, aged 13 and 11, consumed poison in their house at Velipalayam area last night after she had a quarrel with her husband, they said. While the boys were found dead, the woman was in a semi-conscious state when her husband who had left the house in a fit of rage returned and broke open the door. The woman had been hospitalised, police said adding they were questioning the woman's husband.
3 arrested for killing 29-yr-old man
Three people, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly killing a 29-year-old man, whose body was found packed in a suitcase on a road in Delhi, police said today. The victim, Dushyant Sharma, was held captive by the accused, identified as Priya Seth (27), Dikshant Kamra (25) and Lakshya Walia (26), at their rented flat in Bajaj Nagar with a motive to extort money from him, ACP (Jhotwara) Aas Mohammad said. According to the ACP, the woman befriended Sharma on a social networking app. On May 2, Seth invited the victim to her flat and asked him to pay Rs 10 lakh. When the victim denied, she threatened to file a rape case against him, he said. The woman and her two friends, who were also present at the flat, later confiscated Sharma's ATM card and telephoned his father demanding Rs 10 lakh as ransom, Mohammad said. Following which the victim's father deposited Rs 3 lakh into his bank account. A transaction of Rs 20,000 was made from Sharma's ATM card, the ACP said. The three accused
Congress candidate for Punjab bypoll booked in illegal mining case
Congress leader Hardev Singh Laddi was on Friday booked by Punjab Police on the charge of illegal mining, within hours of the declaration of his candidature for the Shahkot Assembly seat by-election by the ruling party.
Stalin leads protest seeking release of DMK workers
DMK working president M K Stalin today led a demonstration here seeking the release of the party workers arrested in connection with a protest during a police raid on a gutka unit in the city. He alleged police raided the 'illegal' pan masala manufacturing unit in Kannampalayam without any prior information. When DMK workers sought a fair probe into the issue they were arrested after foisting of cases on them, Stalin charged in his speech at the demonstration. Police have registered cases against 10 DMK leaders including an MLA and arrested seven of them on the charge of obstructing officials from carrying out their duty during the raid on the gutka unit here on April 28. The raid came at a time when the state was rocked by a multi-crore gutka scam allegedly involving a Tamil Nadu minister besides a former and a serving top police officials, into which the Madras High Court has ordered a CBI probe. Referring to the gutka scam, Stalin said all those involved in it will ...