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AMMK workers arrested for assaulting election officials granted bail

The Madras High Court has granted bail to four AMMK workers who were arrested for allegedly attacking election officials on April 16 when they had inspected a premises where Rs 1.48 crore in cash was stashed. The cash allegedly meant for distribution among voters in Theni district, where Assembly bypolls were held on April 18. Vacation judge A D Jagadish Chandra directed the AMMK supporters to execute a bond for Rs 10,000 each with two sureties of similar amount. The four were arrested and sent to judicial custody on April 17. He also directed them to stay in Chennai and report to police daily at 10.30 AM and 5.30 PM until further orders. The prosecution had submitted that the election officials had on April 16 gone to the office of a travel agency, where the amount was kept. When the team reached the spot, they found the office closed. However, they noticed some packets when they peeped through a window. Soon around 150 people, including the accused, came there, attacked them and ...

40-year-old woman killed by neighbour in Delhi

A 40-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her neighbour in southwest Delhi's Rangpuri near Vasant Kunj, police said Friday. The incident took place on Thursday night. The woman, Rekha Singh, was stabbed in her chest four times by her 22-year-old neighbour, they said. According to the police, the accused -- Gopal Singh -- and the woman had an argument two days ago. On reaching the spot, police learnt that the woman was shifted to AIIMS trauma centre. She was declared brought dead by the doctors. Investigations revealed that her neighbour had stabbed her. Police later arrested the accused and seized the knife used in the crime, Devender Arya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest), said. Rekha's husband, Sunil Singh said that he was at his shop with his eldest son when the incident took place. Police said the family of the accused he had an accident a few days ago and has been mentally disturbed since then. However, police said that mental health of the accused is a ...

6 kg gold worth Rs 2 crore seized from Chennai airport

Six kg of gold worth Rs 2 crore has been seized by Air Intelligence Unit from different passengers at the airport here in a span of two days."6 kg gold of 24 K purity valued at Rs 2 crore was recovered in different cases on Thursday and Friday and seized under Customs Act 1962," said the Customs Department.In all cases, gold in the rubbery spread was found concealed in the rectum of the accused, said the Customs Department.All the accused had boarded the flight for Chennai from various locations including Colombo, Dubai, and Mumbai.All the accused have been arrested. Further investigation in the case is on, said the Customs Department.

SC declines protection from arrest to SP-BSP candidate in rape case

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant protection from arrest to the SP-BSP candidate Atul Rai, who is on the run in an alleged rape case, from Ghosi parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

27-year-old gored to death by stray cattle in Delhi

A 27-year-old man was gored to death allegedly by a stray cow after his bike hit the bovine in west Delhi's Inderpuri area, police said. The incident took place on Thursday evening at Dev Prakash Shastri Marg when Ravi Takral was riding his motorcycle, they said. The victim was going from his home to Todapur on his motorcycle when a stray cattle came in the way, a senior police officer said. As the motorcycle hit it, the bovine attacked the victim with its horns and ripped through his stomach, the officer said. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead, he said. The body was handed to his family after a post-mortem on Friday, he added. Ravi Takral, a driver, lived with his family in Inderpuri, the police said.

Delhi police files charge sheet in case of harassment and intimidation of Republic TV journalist

Delhi Police on Friday filed a detailed charge sheet in a court here in connection with a case pertaining to the alleged harassment and intimidation of a woman journalist at a rally organised by Gujarat Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Jignesh Mevani.As per the charge sheet, the Delhi Police, as part of the investigation, recorded the statement of the complainant, studied the footage, interrogated the accused and went through documents submitted by the accused, an alleged aide of Jignesh Mevani.The charge sheet, which was filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Preeti Parewa in Patiala House Court, mentioned that the police gathered evidence against the accused including a CD containing a video of the alleged offence.According to the charge sheet, the Delhi Police recorded the statement of the complainant - a journalist working with Republic TV - and also interrogated the accused.The charge sheet was filed under section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a ...

JK HC asks social media platforms to delete posts identifying 3-yr-old rape victim

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Friday ordered Youtube, Facebook and Twitter to remove all posts from their platforms which disclosed the identity of a three-year-old victim of rape in Bandipora district of the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan also issued notices to five Kashmir valley-based newspapers for disclosing the young girl's identity. "We forthwith direct the Youtube, Facebook and Twitter to remove all materials, posts or publications which tend to disclose the identity and name of the infant victim of the sexual violence in the May 8, 2019 incident in the Bandipora district and to ensure that no such material is uploaded on their channels, the bench said. The court gave the direction after it was apprised by amicus curiae Farah Bashir of the photos and screen-shots displaying the victim's pictures on Youtube and circulated on Twitter and Facebook. The court earlier on May 15 had sought from amicus curiae Bashir to submit a ...

Girl attacked by leopard in Maha's Nashik

A three-and-half year old girl was injured by a leopard Thursday evening in Nashik's Dindori taluka, police said. Ishwari Rajewndra Rahere, a resident of Hanumanwadi in Lakhampur here, was playing in a field at around 7:15 pm when she was attacked in the neck by a leopard, an official said Friday. "She has been shifted to Nashik civil hospital. We have asked forest department officials to trap the leopard," he added.

Man held for uploading obscene image of woman on website

A 47-year-old man was Friday arrested for allegedly posting an obscene image and phone details of a bank employee on a web portal to defame her, police said Friday. The woman realised this after she started getting calls on this matter from strangers following which she approached Bangur Nagar police last month, an official said. "Crime Branch Unit XI arrested Alpesh Prakesh today. He has told police that he did it over a housing society dispute with the victim," the official said.

Brothers arrested for shooting at gym trainer in attempt of honour killing

Two brothers have been arrested for attacking their brother-in-law in an alleged attempt of honour killing, police said Friday. According to the police, Neeraj (32) and Nitin (28), residents of Hastsaal village, tried to kill their sister's husband in Uttam Nagar on Tuesday night as she married against their wish. They were arrested from Gurgaon. "On Tuesday night when the victim was passing a gym along with his friends, he met one person and started talking to him. The elder brother of his wife was also nearby. Suddenly, his wife's younger brother came on a motorcycle and pulled out his pistol," Rajesh Deo, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said. The victim, a gym trainer, tried to flee from the spot but the accused fired at him and the bullet hit in his right hand after which he fell down on the spot, the officer said. The brothers also allegedly thrashed the victim but soon police reached the spot after they heard gun shots. The accused had fled from the spot, the officer ...

Gang of smugglers busted in Mathura, two held

An inter-state gang of drug smugglers was busted with the recovery of ganja worth Rs 50 lakh from two people in the district Friday, said police. "While the two have been arrested, the kingpin of the gang is yet to be nabbed,"SSP Satyarth Aniruddha Pankaj told reporters. The SSP said their team seized a truck containing around 540-kg ganja from the Govardhan crossing under the Chhata kotwali. The SSP said the accused, identified as Jasvant and Kiranpal, both residents of Palwal district in Haryana, had hid the ganja under onion bags. The accused disclosed that they had brought the narcotic from Odisha and were taking it to Palwal at the behest of kingpin Chandrapal, the SSP said. The search for the kingpin is on.

SC verdict on former CP gives hope for Saradha victims: Bengal BJP

Welcoming Supreme Court's decision on former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, a BJP leader on Friday said that the verdict has given a ray of hope to Saradha chit-fund scam victims.

Malegaon blast case accused asked to appear before court once a week

The accused face trial under sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC)

Maha traffic cop gets 2 years in jail for Rs 1k bribe

A traffic constable was Friday convicted for taking a bribe of Rs 1000 in September 2014 and sentenced to two years in jail. Sessions Judge Rahul R Bhosle also fined Constable Vilas Gore Rs 4,000, said additional public prosecutor Kadambini Khandagale. "He had asked a bribe of Rs 1,000 to allow the complainant's tankers to ply freely on the streets. He was caught in an ACB trap while accepting the money on September 16, 2014," Khandagale said.

C'garh woman shoots self with cop kin's service revolver

The sister-in-law of a police officer allegedly committed suicide by shooting herself with his service revolver in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, an official said Friday. Varsha Yadav (24) allegedly shot herself Thursday night at the official residence of Narayanpur police station SHO Surendra Manikpuri, Jashpur Superintendent of Police Shankar Lal Baghel said. "Manikpuri is Yadav's sister's husband. He had left his revolver at home and she shot herself with it on Thursday night. The SHO's wife was at home at the time. Preliminary probe has found Yadav was availing treatment for some mental ailment," Baghel said. "SHO Manikpuri has been suspended for negligence as he left his service revolver at home," the SP informed.

Juvenile held with 5 live rounds at Delhi Metro station

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Friday arrested a juvenile at Mayur Vihar Phase-1 metro station for allegedly carrying five live rounds, which was found inside his bag."At about 3:55 pm, during baggage screening at Mayur Vihar Phase-1 metro station, Constable Surendra Singh of CISF noticed an image of live rounds inside a bag," CISF said in a statement."Immediately, he stopped the conveyor belt as well as the passenger and informed the matter to his shift in-charge Asstt. Sub-Inspector G N Joshi who rushed to the spot and enquired the matter," the statement added.The bag of the juvenile, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar district, was checked physically and the five live rounds of different dimensions were recovered from it.When the juvenile failed to provide a satisfactory answer he was taken away by metro authorities for further investigation.Carrying arms and ammunition in the Delhi Metro is banned by the law.

TV actor Karan Oberoi's bail plea rejected

A Mumbai court on Friday turned down the bail application filed by TV actor Karan Oberoi, who was arrested earlier this month in connection with a rape case.Oberoi's lawyer Dinesh Tiwari said they would take the matter to the high court after the plea was rejected by Dindoshi sessions court."The bail application of my client has been rejected. We will take the matter to the high court as we are not happy with the order," Tiwari told reporters.The victim's advocate, Ali Kaashif Khan, alleged that his client's physical consent was taken on a false promise of marriage and hence it amounted to rape, citing a recent Supreme Court judgment."He took extortion money on the pretext of marrying her. As per the Supreme Court's judgment, if any person makes false promises and has any physical contact with her, it amounts to rape. Based on this, his bail plea was rejected," Khan said.Oberoi, who was arrested on May 6, was sent to 14 days of judicial custody by an Andheri court in connection with ..

SC modifies Delhi court's order on 2018 IAS, IPC cadre allocation

The Supreme Court on Friday modified the earlier order of the Delhi High Court, which had quashed the Centre's cadre allocations of IAS and IPS officers of the 2018 batch under the new policy and ordered a fresh cadre allocation.The Centre had on Monday challenged the High Court's verdict in the Supreme Court. The matter was mentioned for urgent listing before the vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna.The Union Government had moved the apex court against the Delhi court's order, which had quashed the allocations of 2018 cadres to IAS and IPS just before the completion of training and field posting.The Delhi High Court had on May 3 quashed the Centre's cadre allocations. The court had accepted the submission of the officers who had approached the court challenging the process, stating that cadre allocation is a matter which would affect their careers for all times to come.It noted that re-allocation of cadres by the authorities should not take much time ..

2 held with 690 kg cannabis in Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh Police held two people and seized 690 kg of cannabis from their vehicle at a check post near Narsipatnam town in Visakhapatnam district on Friday.The accused, identified as Ashok Kumar Mourya (27) and Mohan Kishore Sharma (26), were taken into custody at Balighattam check post near Narsipatnam.According to the police, the accused had hidden 10 cannabis packets weighing ten kilograms each in a secret cabin in the Eicher van they were travelling in. The accused, however, said they were sent by a Delhi-based man and were unaware of the presence of cannabis in the vehicle."The accused claim that they were sent by one Balwinder Singh from North Delhi. He told them that one of his vehicles broke down at GK Veedhi area in the district. He asked them to get the vehicle repaired and bring back to the national capital. He arranged flight tickets to them," Narsipatnam town police station CI Lakshnama Rao told ANI."Ashok and Mohan travelled to Visakhapatnam in flight, therefrom ...

Indian-origin man indicted for USD 98 million fraud in US

An Indian-origin man in the US has been indicted for committing wire fraud to the tune of USD 98 million, the Department of Justice said on Friday. The 34-count indictment charges Gopalkrishna Pai from Texas, previously residing in Puerto Rico, of being engaged in a scheme to defraud merchant processors and others by submitting false information and falsified documentation to create merchant accounts in the name of straw companies to process credit card and electronic payments and to receive a substantial financial benefit. The fraudulent scheme employed by Pai disguised his involvement and use of over 100 companies formed to facilitate the processing of approximately USD 98 million in gross revenue in online retail sales, the Department of Justice alleged. As a part of the conspiracy, Pai owned and operated F9 Advertising LLC (F9), a for profit limited liability company organised in Puerto Rico in May 2014 and registered under the Export Services Act, Puerto Rico Act 20 of 2012. F9 ..