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Delhi Police file chargesheet in case of harassment, intimidation of Republic TV journalist
Delhi Police on Friday filed a detailed chargesheet against Jignesh Mewani's aide Apurva Singh in a court here in connection with a case of alleged harassment and intimidation of a woman journalist of Republic TV.Apurva Singh has been charged under Section 509, 506, 341, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).Section 506 of the IPC is related to criminal intimidation and comes with a jail term extendable up to seven years.The nine-page chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police comes in the wake of the investigation into the complaint and the gathering of evidence against Mewani's aide, which includes CDs and exhibits from the FSL reports.The victim had lodged an FIR in October 2018.The chargesheet mentions that during the course of the investigation, police recorded the statement of the complainant, studied the footage of the incident, interrogated the accused and went through documents submitted by the accused.
SC refuses to entertain Atul Rai's plea seeking protection from arrest in rape case
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by Atul Rai, SP-BSP candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Ghoshi Lok Sabha constituency, seeking protection from arrest till May 23 in connection with a case of rape and kidnapping.A vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna, however, granted liberty to Rai and directed him to place additional documents before it to prove that he is not involved in the case, on the next hearing.The matter is slated to be heard on May 27.In April, a college student in Varanasi had accused Rai of sexually assaulting her. The victim had alleged that she was taken by Rai to his residence on the pretext of meeting his wife.An FIR was lodged against Rai in the matter.On May 8, the Allahabad High Court had turned down Rai's plea seeking anticipatory bail. Since then, he has been absconding.
SC refuses to grant protection from arrest to SP-BSP alliance candidate in rape case
The Supreme Court Friday refused to grant interim protection from arrest to a SP-BSP alliance candidate from Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, who was seeking relief till May 23 in a rape case registered against him. "Absolutely no case," a vacation bench of Justices Indira Banarjee and Sanjiv Khanna said at the outset of the hearing. The counsel appearing for petitioner Atul Rai, who is accused of raping a college student from Varanasi, said polling in Ghosi is scheduled on May 19 in the last phase. "It is not a case for quashing. Fight it out. Fight the election and this case too," the bench told the counsel, adding, "Sorry. You are well aware about the procedure of quashing". 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 later sexually assaulted her. The SP-BSP alliance candidate, who has denied the rape allegations, has been on the run since the lodging of the
KEI Industries pays Rs 1.78 crore to settle two cases with Sebi
KEI Industries has settled with the Sebi two cases related to alleged manipulation in issuance of GDRs (global depository receipts) by paying over Rs 1.78 crore towards settlement charges. The regulator had initiated two adjudication proceedings against the firm for alleged violation of PFUTP (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair trade Practices) norms as well as provisions of Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act. For violation of PFUTP, the Sebi had issued notice in June 2017, while for the second violation it is yet to issue a notice, the regulator said. The regulator had conducted an investigation into the GDR issue by the KEI and found that KEI had issued 2.173 million GDRs amounting to USD 10 million in September 2005. It was alleged that KEI and its board of directors attempted to mislead the investors by deliberately making statements that the GDR issue had been subscribed by several investors, when actually the issue was subscribed by only one entity, Fusion Investments ...
Delhi Police files charge sheet against man for harassing journalist
The Delhi Police has filed a charge sheet before a court here against a person for allegedly harassing and intimidating a female journalist during a rally in January 2018. In the final report, filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Preeti Parewa, Noida resident Apurva Singh has been accused of wrongful restraint (section 341), using words, gestures or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman (section 509) and criminal intimidation (section 506). The charge sheet has cited a number of documents,, including a CD containing video of the alleged offence and FSL reports. Singh, who was not arrested during the probe, was interrogated by police. However, whereabouts of other accused persons could not be obtained, police said. On January 9, 2018, the accused persons, who were around 20 in number, allegedly harassed the journalist working with a private TV channel by making lewd gestures, and shouting intimidating slogans while she was reporting from a rally of Gujarat's Independent MLA ...
Chit fund case: SC dismayed over feud between CBI, WB Police
The Supreme Court Friday expressed "disappointment and dismay" over the feud between CBI and West Bengal Police during probe into the Saradha chit fund scam case and said though the situation was "grim", there was no administrative mechanism to avoid or resolve such conflicts. While withdrawing the protection from arrest granted earlier by it to former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the case, the apex court said that despite orders and words of advice, "antagonism and acrimony" has escalated between the two forces of the country. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that due to the "clash" between the Central Bureau of Investigation and West Bengal Police, lakhs of small town and rural investors who have been deprived of their savings in the case are "at the receiving end". "They (CBI and West Bengal Police) have forgotten that the primary purpose and role of the police is to investigate crime, collect evidence and prosecute the offenders. Situation is grim ..
13-yr-old raped by three youths in Ambala
A 13-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped at knifepoint by three youths here, police said Friday. The police have booked the three accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and also charged them with abducting the minor. Police said the girl had gone to a local market to purchase items of daily need on Wednesday, but did not return till late evening. She reached her home the next day. She told her parents that a youth of the same locality forcibly took her on his scooter to a secluded place in a nearby village where two other youths were already present. They forced her to consume liquor and raped her at knifepoint, police said, adding somehow the victim managed to escape and reach home early morning. Police conducted her medical examination on Thursday, a police officer said, adding the accused would be nabbed soon.
JNU student found hanging from ceiling fan inside campus
A student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a room inside the university premises, said police on Friday.The police came to know about the incident when a professor called the police informing them that he has received a suicide note on his e-mail.The student has been identified as Rishi Joshua Thomas, who was a student of MA second year at the School of Languages, JNU.Police reached the School of Language after contacting the caller. In the basement of the library, one room was locked from inside.On knocking no one responded. When seen from the window, a boy was found hanging from the ceiling fan. The door was broke open. He was rushed to the university health centre where doctors declared Thomas dead.The body of Thomas has been shifted to Safdarjung Hospital. Relatives have been informed. His cousin brother Mathew Varghese has reached the JNU. Police said a case has been registered in this regard. Further probe is on.
Turkey court hands life sentences to 14 over 2016 attack: report
A Turkish court on Friday handed down life sentences to 14 people convicted of planning a deadly 2016 attack outside a stadium in Istanbul, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Forty-seven people were killed in the attack near the Vodafone Arena when a car bomb hit a police vehicle and a suicide bomber blew himself up after a football match for one of Istanbul's biggest clubs, Besiktas. The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), a radical Kurdish group with ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), claimed responsibility. A court in Silivri on the outskirts of Istanbul sentenced four defendants to aggravated life sentences on charges of "a planned murder and bombing", and 10 others on charges of "aiding murder", Anadolu said. Aggravated life sentences carry harsher prison conditions. Four other defendants received prison sentences of up to 15 years for "membership in a terror organisation," it added. Turkey suffered a wave of attacks in 2016 by Kurdish separatists ...
SC issues notice to film director Kazmi in rape case
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to Hindi film director and producer Hyder Jamilhussain Kazmi, who is accused of allegedly raping an actress.The actress had approached the apex court seeking the cancellation of bail granted to him in April this year.The apex court bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna sought the response from Kazmi and Maharashtra Police on the plea of the woman and posted the matter for further hearing in July.The woman had claimed that she was raped in 2012 when she went to meet Kazmi in his office where she was offered tea laced with a sedative.The woman alleged that Kazmi's sister, Anish Kazmi, had made a video of the rape incident and threatened her to put it on the internet if she disclosed the incident to anyone.She accused Kazmi of continuing a sexual relationship with her with threats of leaking the video on social media.The woman filed a complaint with the police last year after she was physically assaulted by the ...
Noida woman allegedly killed for dowry in Ghaziabad
A woman from Noida, who was married in Ghaziabad in 2017, was killed for dowry here, the victim's father alleged on Friday.
2 Afghans convicted over death of German man
Two Afghan teenagers have been convicted over a dispute with a German man who then died of a heart attack, an incident that was followed last year by protests involving far-right groups. News agency dpa reported Friday that the defendants, aged 17 and 19, were convicted of bodily harm resulting in death. The Dessau-Rosslau state court gave the younger man 17 months and the elder 20 months. The victim's brother overturned a table and his sister shouted as the sentences were announced. Authorities have said the 22-year-old man who died in the eastern town of Koethen in September had severe chronic heart disease. The court concluded he was pushed in the chest, fell and then was kicked in the face. He apparently tried to intervene in an argument between the defendants.
HC allows Bhushan Steel ex-CFO to meet terminally ill mother
The Delhi High Court Friday permitted Bhushan Steel's former chief financial officer and director Nittin Johari, arrested by the SFIO for alleged fraudulent activities, to meet his terminally ill mother by visiting the hospital for few hours in custody. The court said in view of the medical certificate of May 13, Johari is permitted to meet his mother so that a call can be taken as to whether she has to be put on ventilator or not. "In the facts and circumstances of this case, it is deemed appropriate that instead of granting interim bail, petitioner (Johari) is permitted to go to hospital in custody to meet his mother at his expense for few hours either tomorrow, that is, 18 May or on Monday, that is, May 20 during early morning hours for a maximum period of six hours so that he is brought back in custody before the sunset," Justice Sunil Gaur said. Johari was arrested by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) on May 2 and is in judicial custody. According to official sources,
Spl Maha court acquits nine in 2012 murder case
A special MCOCA court here Friday acquitted nine people accused of murdering a man in 2012. A total of 12 persons were accused of killing Haris alias Bittu Sultan Shah (25) in February 2012 in a room in Kalyan's Bail Bazar area and then burning the body in Igatpuri near Nashik. The accused believed Shah had stolen 30 kg of charas, a narcotic substance, from them, the prosecution claimed. Two of the 12 accused are at large, while one died during the pendency of the trial. On Friday, Special MCOCA Judge S B Bahalkar acquitted the nine accused in custody. The prosecution examined 33 witnesses in the case. Appearing for the defence, advocates Poonit Mahimkar, Tarikk Sayyed and Pankaj Kawle said the accused had been falsely blamed and pointed to the delay in recording the statements of eyewitnesses, confessions under section 18 of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. Those acquitted were Rahimbai Yusuf Pathan (28), Irshad Shaikh (44), Bilal alias Chotu Shaikh (30), Jahid Shaikh .
Raj HC takes suo motu cognisance of rape cases, seeks reply from govt
The Rajasthan High Court Friday took suo motu cognisance of rising rape incidents in Bharatpur and Jhalawar districts in the state and issued a notice to the state government seeking reply by May 27. A division bench of justices Sandeep Mehta and Vinit Kumar Mathur, while expressing concern over an abrupt spurt in such cases, said the administration and the police have miserably failed in taking befitting and timely steps to curb these incidents. "It appears that the administration and the police have turned incapable. There are the reports of rape one after another in the state. It is a matter of huge concern," the bench commented. Two fresh incidents were reported on Thursday wherein a minor girl was gangraped in Bharatpur's Rudawal village when she was alone at her home, while another woman was raped by seven people when she was out to answer nature's call in Jhalawar's Ratlai village on Monday.
Woman, three children killed in Bihar over land dispute
A woman and her three children were killed on Thursday night by slitting their throats in Araria district of Bihar, a police official said on Friday. Prima facie it seems a matter of land dispute, he said.
SC refuses relief to rape accused BSP's Atul Rai
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant any relief to SP-BSP candidate in Uttar Pradesh, Atul Rai, who is on the run in an alleged rape case from the Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency.
Seven booked for gang rape in Rajasthan
Seven persons including three brothers were booked for allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, the police said on Friday. Bane Singh, Ghanshyam, Dewan, Mangilal, Durgalal, Pappu and Magilal hail from village Manpura Jagir in Jhalawar district and are yet to be nabbed, they said. Of the seven accused, Bane Singh, Ghanshyam and Dewan are brothers, they added. Based on the woman's complaint, the accused were booked under section 376D (gang rape) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) on late Thursday evening, SHO Bhalta Police Station Satayanarayan Malav said. According to the complaint, the woman was abducted and raped by the men on May 12 while she had gone out to relieve herself, Malav said. A medical examination of the victim was conducted and efforts are on to arrest the accused, the SHO said.
Man killed in road rage incident in Shahjahanpur
A man was beaten to death in a case of road rage after an accident involving two motorcycles here, police said Friday. According to Station Officer of Nigohi Police Dalvir Singh, one Mahesh and his wife were travelling on a motorcycle on Thursday when they crashed into the bike of one Kapil at Garha village, who was coming from the opposite side. All three persons sustained injuries, Singh said. While Kapil was taken to a nearby hospital, Mahesh and his wife were taken to a hut in the adjacent field and beaten up, the official said. "Mahesh, 50, died on the spot. His wife has been hospitalised," Singh said. Based on the complaint of Mahesh's wife, a case has been registered against one Satyaveer and 14 others, he said. The accused are absconding, and efforts are on to arrest them, police said.
Malegaon blast case: Court directs Pragya Singh Thakur, other accused to appear once a week
A special NIA court on Friday directed all the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, including BJP's Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur, to appear before it at least once a week while expressing displeasure over their absence in the courtroom.Special NIA Judge Vinod Padalkar, conducting the trial in the case, also said that the plea for exemption must be filed by 11 am for each hearing and if the reasons for it are not cogent, the court reserves the right to take appropriate action.While posting the matter to May 20, Padalkar warned that he might consider cancelling their bail if they do not appear or give a valid reason for exemption.The judge observed that such issues were delaying the matter.An application filed by an intervenor to have ATS officials to assist the prosecution and NIA in the Malegaon case was also disposed of as not maintainable.Out of the seven accused, only Sameer Kulkarni was present in the court today whereas a few others had submitted reasons for ...