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Complete probe into cases of rape of minors within a month: UP DGP
Taking note of the incidents of rape of minor girls, the Uttar Pradesh Police today directed the investigators concerned to complete the probe within a month and submit charge sheet. "DGP O P Singh has directed all ADGs to visit spots with senior officers in cases related to rape of girls up to 12 years of age and collect scientific proof. Attempts should be made to complete the probe within a month and submit charge sheet in the court so that the accused do not get bail," DIG (Law and Order) Praveen Kumar said. "It should be started as a campaign and it will be reviewed from time to time. It will help in solving cases and also give a strong message to the society," the Director General of Police (DGP) said in his directive. The DIG said that in March, 25 rape accused were awarded punishment by courts in Uttar Pradesh.
Member of international drug cartel arrested from outer Delhi
A 27-year-old man, suspected to be a member of an international drug cartel, was arrested and 1 kg of heroin worth Rs 4 crore was seized from him, police said today. The Special Cell was working on obtaining information about an international narcotic drug cartel that has been active in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, and Haryana, etc. It was learnt that the members of this cartel were involved in the supply of high grade heroin in NCR, UP, Punjab here. The heroin was smuggled from Afghanistan and Pakistan, police said. On April 23, it was learnt that one Gurveer Singh, a resident of Ludhiana, Punjab would come near Mukarba Chowk on the outer Ring Road. A team was formed and a trap was laid and he was nabbed while he was in his car and one kg of heroin was seized from him, police said. Singh revealed the details of his associates, including the source of supply. It was found that he used to get the supply of heroin from persons of Nigerian origin residing in Uttam Nagar, they said. On ..
Minor girl raped by juvenile in madrassa
A 10-year-old girl was taken from her home in East Delhi's Ghazipur to a madrassa in Ghaziabad and raped there by a juvenile, the police said today. The incident triggered protests in the area with locals demanding that the madrassa cleric be arrested for his alleged involvement in the matter. Police said that he was being questioned. The police were informed on April 21 by the girl's father that his daughter had gone missing after she went to the market. Police registered a case and during investigation, found a CCTV footage in which the accused was seen taking the girl along with him, they added. The police traced the juvenile to a madrassa where he studied and apprehended him. The girl was recovered from there, the police said. The girl's statement was recorded in front of a magistrate yesterday. The accused was sent to a juvenile justice home. The girl's family was earlier staying in Ghaziabad before moving to Ghazipur and was known to the family of the accused juvenile. The ...
Nothing will happen if Nirbhaya fund not properly used: SC
The Supreme Court today said "nothing would materialise" if the money from the Nirbhaya fund is not properly spent on women's welfare. "We have been spending time for the benefit of women and children. Unless the fund is spent, we can go on talking about it, but nothing will materialise," a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed and added, "there are so many things which we have to do for the welfare of women and children". The apex court sought details of the funds allocated to the states by the Centre under the scheme, announced by the Centre in 2013 after the December 16, 2012 gang-rape and murder case in Delhi to support initiatives on women's safety across the country. It said there was no lack of funds under the scheme but the issue was of its proper utilisation. Huge amount of funds were available but its "ineffective channelisation" should be taken care of, it stressed. Senior lawyer Indira Jaising, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae in the ...
Stolen cigarettes worth Rs 46 lakh seized, nine held
Police today claimed to have busted a cigarette-theft racket with the arrest of nine persons and recovery of stolen cigarettes worth around Rs 46 lakh. The racket was unearthed on the night of April 8 when a police team came across a truck standing in a suspicious manner at Uttar Shiv in Thane district and found that the cartons of cigarettes that it was carrying were stolen, an officer said. "Shil Daighar police found the truck parked in a suspicious manner at Uttar Shiv. During the search, they found that the vehicle was carrying 186 cartons of cigarettes worth Rs 15.50 lakh that were actually meant to be exported to Saudi Arabia," ACP (Crime) N T Kadam of the Crime Branch said. Four persons, including the truck driver Mohammad Ismail Shah, were arrested. During their interrogation, they revealed the names and involvement of some other accused. "They told the police that the ITC-manufactured cigarettes were stolen from a container, which was being carried from ...
Tourist death: KHRC seeks report from Home Secy, DGP"""
Kerala Human Rights Commission today directed the Home Secretary and state police chief to enquire into the allegations of laxity in the case relating to the disappearance of Lithuanian woman tourist from Kovalam, from where her body was recovered a few days ago. They were also directed to file a report to the commission within four weeks. The directions in this regard were issued by Commission Acting chairperson P Mohanadas on a petition by a human rights activist. According to the complainant, if police had launched a proper investigation in the crucial 24 hours of the woman's disappearance on March 14, she would not have met this fate. """" Meanwhile, Kerala police, which had received flak from the family of the tourist for not conducting proper probe, said in a statement that they had done whatever possible to trace the tourist, Liga. Efforts are on now to ascertain the cause of her death. "" Forensic and medico legal experts were part of the team, which is ...
Man accused of killing wife moves HC for info about her loan account
A man, accused of killing his wife, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking information from a public sector bank regarding a loan obtained by his late spouse prior to her death. The man has challenged an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) rejecting his plea to direct the Central Bank of India to provide information about the loan account of his late wife. The transparency panel, CIC, had denied him relief as he did not have a certificate from a competent authority, stating he was the woman's husband as she had shown his cousin as her spouse when obtaining the loan. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, before whom the matter was listed, said the other man, the petitioner's cousin, was the joint holder of the loan account and he, he also has to be made a party in the case as his rights would also be affected. Advocate Arpit Bhargava, appearing for the petitioner, sought time to seek instructions on making the other man also a party. The court listed the matter for hearing on July ...
ED set to confiscate Rs 15ooo-cr assets under new fugitive offenders ordinance
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to "confiscate" assets worth over Rs 15,000 crore as part of its first action against absconders such as liquor baron Vijay Mallya and diamantaire Nirav Modi under the recently promulgated Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance. Officials said the agency has begun the work to bring together the existing cases of high-value fugitives and bank loan defaulters and it will soon approach various special anti-money laundering courts in the country to get orders issued against them under the new ordinance. They said the money laundering cases against Vijay Mallya, who is now based in London, Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choski, Winsome Diamond company promoter Jatin Mehta and others are expected to be picked up first for action. The ED is the empowered agency to enforce the new ordinance. Under the new ordinance, the officials said, all the assets of such an absconder, both in India and abroad, which have or have not been attached by the Enforcement ..
Two mobiles recovered from Ambala Central jail
Two mobile phones were recovered from Ambala Central jail today after an unknown person threw a packet from outside the prison's boundary wall, police said. They said that some unknown person had thrown a packet from outside the jail boundary wall in the jail premises which was recovered by jail warden Mohan Singh. On the complaint of jail authorities, a case was registered against unknown person in the Baldevnagar police station at Ambala City. He later handed over the packet to the jail superintendent and two mobile phones, two sim cards and two batteries were found in the packet. The police have registered a case and were investigating the matter. Earlier, the jail authorities had recovered mobile phones from the inmates.
Asaram rape case verdict by Jodhpur court tomorrow, MHA asks 3 states to tightern security
Security was stepped up today in Jodhpur where prohibitory orders have already been clamped ahead of tomorrow's trial court verdict in the alleged rape of a teenager by self-styled godman Asaram who faces a minimum term of 10 years if convicted. Apprehending a threat to law and order, the Centre asked Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana governments to tighten security and deploy additional forces as the three states have a large number of followers of the 77-year-old Asaram. In a communication, the Union Home Ministry told the three states to beef up security and ensure that no violence takes place after the judgment tomorrow. The three states were also told to deploy additional forces in sensitive places, a Home Ministry official said. As per the directions of the Rajasthan High Court, the trial court will deliver its verdict in the Jodhpur Central Jail premises where Asaram has been lodged for the past over four years. "We have made all arrangements for the judgment day, DIG Jail Vikram .
Defacement of property: Court discharges Dy CM Sisodia, Vishwas
A Delhi court today discharged Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and AAP leader Kumar Vishwas in a case of allegedly defacing public property in 2013. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted the relief to Sisodia, Vishwas and one Mukesh Hudda, noting that the police had filed the charge sheet after a long delay of over a year and five months. The investigating officer (IO) also did not mention in the final report any reason for the delay, the court noted. "However, in a seperate application, he has stated that he had misplaced the file and when one fine day, he found that file in his box in other files, when he filed this charge sheet in the court. "As far as this reason is concerned, this is mere negligence of the IO for which the accused should not be made to suffer with this prosecution," the court said. The court also rejected the second ground mentioned by the IO as a reason for delay in filing the charge sheet, stating that accused Hudda was ...
Class 11 student gang-raped in Noida, one accused arrested
In another gruesome rape of a minor girl, a Class 11 student was allegedly raped by three persons, including a classmate and a relative, in a moving car in Noida last week, police said. Police swung into action after an FIR was lodged yesterday and arrested one of the accused today. The two other accused are on the run. The case follows a string of incidents of rape of minor girls in several parts of the country that triggered a nationwide outrage, prompting the government to bring in an ordinance for stricter punishment for such crimes.
Gold biscuits worth Rs 1.5 cr seized in Manipur
Customs sleuths today seized gold biscuits worth Rs 1.5 crore from a person in Manipur's Imphal East district, an official said. Assistant Commissioner of Customs, R K Darendrajit said the man was arrested from Lamlong area in Imphal East district by the personnel of Custom's anti-smuggling unit and gold biscuits worth Rs 1.5 crore were seized from his possession. Darendrajit said that Manipur despite its small size has become an important part of the route through which the yellow metal is smuggled from Myanmar and then transported to other parts of the country. In March this year 97 gold bars worth an estimated Rs 4.8 crore were seized from a vehicle by Assam Rifles in the hill district of Tengnoupal bordering Myanmar.
Man held with 30 smuggled gold bars in Manipur
The anti-smuggling wing of Manipur's Customs Directorate on Monday arrested a man along with 30 gold bars, an official said.
SC asks Centre, states to work for eradication of leprosy
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and the states to "rise to the occasion" and work for eradication of "curable" leprosy, besides removing the archaic provisions from 119 laws that discriminate against and stigmatise those affected. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said with the advancements in medical science, it has been an admitted position that leprosy is curable and mere deletion of legal provisions, which are discriminatory against the affected persons, will not help. "The Centre and states shall rise to the occasion and act to eradicate the disease. Leprosy is a curable disease in the obtaining circumstances," the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said, adding that the Central government "shall take it up with states". It considered the submission of Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand that the Centre was taking steps to ensure deletion of certain provisions from a number of enactments as these "cast stigma on persons ...
Two held in Noida for murder of realtor Moti Goel
Two men involved in the murder of realtor Moti Goel have been arrested, police said on Tuesday.
Brother registers forgery case against Hina Rabbani Khar
The brother of Pakistan's former Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has filed a forgery case against her and their father.
Two shot at by unidentified men in Rohini
Two men were today shot at allegedly by unidentified assailants, who wanted to rob a cash van in the Metro Vihar area of Rohini, but their attempt was thwarted by one of the victims, police said. The van had stopped outside an ATM to replenish it with cash. While the cashier was inside, two men came there and allegedly fire at him and the security guard, they said. However, the cashier downed the shutter of the ATM in order to save himself. The accused then fled, police said. Police was trying to ascertain whether the accused were following the cash van from a distance.
J&K cabinet nod to ordinance on death penalty for child rapists
The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet on Tuesday approved the draft of an amendment to be submitted to the state's Governor for promulgation of an ordinance, which provides for death penalty to rapists of children.
SC agrees to examine IPC section relating to disclosing rape victims's identity
The Supreme Court, while questioning how the identity of minor or unsound mind rape victims could be disclosed, on Tuesday said it would examine the aspect related to the Indian Penal Code's Section 228-A, dealing with identity of victims of sexual offences.