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3 arrested Kerala cops say made scapegoats in custodial death case
The three Kerala policemen arrested for the alleged custodial death of a youth have claimed that they were targeted and made scapegoats in the case.
Yunus case: Court keeps decision on adding accused in abeyance
A Mumbai court today kept its decision on an application filed by the Maharashtra CID seeking to make some police officials accused in the Khwaja Yunus custodial death case "in abeyance" . Additional Sessions Judge V S Padalkar said he was keeping the decision in abeyance till the Supreme Court gives its ruling on a special leave petition in connection with the case. "Decision on whether accused could be added in the case cannot be taken now as the matter is pending in the Supreme Court," he said. The judge also fixed May 21 as the date for recording of evidence in the case. Earlier this month, the Bombay High Court had rejected a petition by Aasiya Begum seeking prosecution of more police officers for the alleged custodial death of her son, Khwaja Yunus, in 2003. Aasiya Begum then moved the apex court. A Criminal Investigation Department (CID) inquiry had indicted 14 policemen for being responsible for the custodial death of Yunus, but the state government sanctioned prosecution ..
Mecca Masjid verdict: Owaisi urges Telangana governor to request Centre for retrial
All India Majlis-e-Ittehad Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Thursday that he has requested Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to ask the central government to either go for retrial or at least appeal against the judgment in Mecca blast case in the higher courts of law.Talking to media, Owaisi said, "We requested governor not to only convey our sense of anger and despair but also ask the government of India to either go for retrial or at least appeal against this judgment in the higher courts of law so that justice could be delivered."Owaisi met Narasimhan today over the Mecca Masjid blast case verdict pronounced earlier this week.On April 16, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court at Nampally acquitted five accused, all of whom had links with Hindu groups, in the over a decade-long case, citing lack of evidence against them.Out of a total 10 accused named in the case, only five faced trial, as one died while others are still ...
HP: Woman alleges rape by tutor of her children
A woman has alleged that she was raped several times by a tutor of her children here, the police said today. In her complaint to the police, the woman alleged that the accused had made a video of her, secretly, when she was taking a bath at her home. Later, he blackmailed and sexually assaulted her, threatening he would upload the video on social media, they said. A case under section 376, 323, 354 and 452 of IPC has been registered against the accused and a manhunt launched to nab him, ASP Praveen Kumar said. In another incident, a woman was allegedly raped in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, the police said. The woman in her complaint to the police has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a panchayat secretary when she had gone to a nearby forest for collecting fuel wood, they said. A case under section 376 of IPC has been registered, the police said.
Minor girl raped, killed in Chhattisgarh village; young man held
A 10-year-old girl was raped and killed during a wedding function in Kabirdham district of Chhattisgarh, following which a young man was arrested, police said on Thursday.
SC trashes plea for SIT probe into Loya's death, triggers more fireworks (Third Lead)
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed petitions seeking a SIT probe into the death of Judge B.H. Loya, who was conducting a trial in the killing of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh in Gujarat in which now BJP President Amit Shah was an accused.
Anticipatory bail to rape accused for social service unwarranted: HC
The Delhi High Court has quashed a trial court order granting anticipatory bail to a rape accused after he offered to perform community service by teaching poor children, saying grant of relief was "unwarranted" in a case of sexual assault. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said once the trial court came to the conclusion that the accused was not entitled to the relief and his plea lacked merit, "granting bail solely on the plea of community service, in a case involving sections 313 (causing miscarriage without a woman's consent) and 376 (rape) of IPC, was completely unwarranted". Both offences carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. "In view of the above, the later part of the order (of trial court), directing release of respondent no. 2 (accused) on anticipatory bail, is quashed," the court said and disposed of a plea moved by the complainant woman challenging the anticipatory bail granted to the man, an MBA student, on February 5 this year. According to her complaint, the accused ..
Kejriwal discharged in DDCA defamation case
A court here on Thursday discharged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP parliamentarian Kirti Azad in a criminal defamation complaint filed by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) and its then Vice-President Chetan Chauhan.
Judge Loya: BJP asks Rahul not to fight political battles in court
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday lashed out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi and urged not to use the court to fight political battles after the Supreme Court dismissed pleas to seek probe in Judge Loya's death."The court said political battles must be fought on political grounds. It clearly means that the case was fought as a political battle against our party president Amit Shah. I urge Rahul Gandhi not to fight political battles through corridors of Court," Prasad said while a meeting."This case was not activated to serve the public interest but to serve the interests of Congress and damage the interests of BJP, our party President Amit Shah in particular," Prasad added.Earlier in the day, a bench of apex court headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra dismissed petitions seeking SIT probe into Justice Loya's death case while ruling that he died of natural causes.The court further observed that the petitions ...
Man kills himself after shooting wife in Haryana
A 29-year-old man from Punjab on Thursday committed suicide in Haryana's Faridabad town after shooting his wife, police said, adding that the woman also succumbed to her injury.
SC 'exposes' Cong in Loya case; Rahul should tender apology: Assam CM
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today demanded an apology from Congress president Rahul Gandhi for allegedly trying to defame BJP chief Amit Shah, saying the Supreme Court's dismissal of the pleas seeking a probe into the death of judge B H Loya "exposed" the "dirty design" of the opposition party. He also said a "conspiracy" allegedly hatched by the Congress to frame Shah in a false case was "badly unmasked" before the people. "I welcome the Supreme Court order on judge Loya case. It has exposed the dirty design of the Congress and Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the country," he told reporters here. The chief minister said Gandhi had led a delegation of opposition parties to President Ram Nath Kovind to seek a probe into the matter. The BJP chief minister said it has been the Congress' culture to "mislead" people on every issue and try to take political mileage out of it. "The order will send a clear signal to those who try to defame political leaders through false ...
Judge Loya verdict: UP CM seeks Rahul's apology
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday tore into Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and demanded his apology for misleading the country on the death of Judge B.H. Loya.
Prisoner kills cellmate in Ajmer Central Jail
A prisoner today was allegedly killed by his cellmate in the Ajmer Central Jail, police said. The accused, Anwar, used the sharpened spoon in the murder of his cellmate, Panna Lal Meena, SHO of civil lines police station Karan Singh said. The body has been shifted to JLN hospital mortuary for post-mortem, he said. A case has been registered against the accused, Singh said. Meena was lodged in the jail since 2011, while the accused has been there since 1998, he said.
Lawyer booked for forging letterheads, signatures of BJP leaders
A lawyer was booked here for allegedly sending fake recommendation letters to a public sector bank bearing the signatures of Union Minister Suresh Prabhu and UP BJP president Mahendra Nath Pandey, police said today. Acting on a complaint filed by Bharat Dixit of the BJP, the police registered an FIR against Rakesh Kumar Awasthi. According to the complaint, Awasthi forged the signatures and letterheads of Prabhu and Pandey to secure a job of legal advisor in a public sector bank. "The FIR was registered against the accused under Section 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 469 (Forgery for purpose of harming reputation) of the IPC," the police said.
Futile to comment: Judge Loya's brother
Srinivas Loya, the brother of Judge B.H. Loya, declined to comment on the Supreme Court order on Thursday dismissing a petition seeking a SIT probe into the death of Judge Loya, saying "it's futile".
ED seizes asset in Bikaner land grab PMLA case
The ED has seized a land asset belonging to an accused in connection with its money laundering probe in the Bikaner alleged land grabbing case. The central probe agency had recently taken possession of the land in Rajasthan after it obtained the confirmation of its provisional attachment order in this case, against the property of Jai Prakash Bagarwa, by the Adjudicating Authority of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had attached assets worth a total of Rs 1.18 crore of government officials and others in April last year. The ED order was issued for attaching the property of private person Bagarwa, the then Patwaris of the area Uma Charan Sharma and Mahaveer Swami and the then Nayab Tehsildar Fakir Mohammad "who fraudulently allotted government land on the basis of forged allotment letters in the name of non-existing persons". The said land in the Kolayat area of state's border district of Bikaner was meant for the "allotment of displaced ..
SC asks Sahara Group to sell portion of Aamby Valley
The Supreme Court on Friday asked Sahara to sell one of its portions or parcel of Aamby Valley project and deposit the money accrued through it with the Sahara- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) refund account.The three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra and also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, , however, did not specify as to how much amount the Sahara Group has to deposit.The top court fixed the matter for further hearing on May 16.The SEBI, the market regulator, had alleged that the company's Chairman, Subrat Roy had allegedly failed to comply with the 2012 apex court order which directed him to return investors more than Rs 20,000 crores with 15 percent interest as his two companies-- Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Limited and the Sahara Housing Finance Corporation Limited-- had illegally raised through optionally fully convertible debentures (OFCD) in 2007 and 2008.In October last year, the ..
'Sad letter day' in India's history: Congress on SC's Loya verdict
Rejecting the "natural death" theory of judge B.H. Loya based on which the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking a SIT probe, the Congress said it is "sad letter day" in India's history and reiterated its demand for a "fair" investigation.
SC order on Loya PILs: Delhi BJP demands apology from Rahul, Kejriwal
The BJP's Delhi unit today welcomed the Supreme Court order rejecting pleas to probe judge B H Loya's death and demanded a public apology from Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for "tarnishing" BJP chief Amit Shah's image. BJP Delhi chief Manoj Tewari said several leaders, including Gandhi and Kejriwal, were at the forefront of attacking the BJP and "dragging" the name of its national president in the case. "Rahul Gandhi, if he believes in judiciary, should now tender a public apology. Arvind Kejriwal should also apologise," he said in a press conference. After the court's observation that judge Loya died a natural death, it is clear that the political parties including Congress and AAP were running a "politically motivated" campaign to "tarnish" the image of party president Amit Shah, he alleged. Supreme Court's judgement has come as victory of truth and vindication of the BJP's stand, Tewari said. In light of the apex court order, a public ...
Illegal arms, ammunition seized in Bengal; three held
The West Bengal CID on Thursday arrested three persons and seized two firearms and several rounds of ammunition from them in the state's North 24 Parganas district, an official said.