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Austrian man convicted for plans to attack German sites
An Austrian court convicted a 19-year-old man of involvement in plans for two Islamic extremist attacks in Germany, one of which was supposed to be carried out by a 12-year-old boy. The defendant was convicted yesterday at the Vienna state court of two counts of attempted incitement to murder as a terrorist crime, as well as membership in a terrorist organisation and other offences, the Austrian Press Agency reported. He was given a nine-year sentence. The Austrian of Albanian descent was accused of trying to incite an already radicalised 12-year-old to attack a Christmas market in Ludwigshafen in 2016, and plotting an attack on the United States' Ramstein Air Base along with a 16-year-old girl. During his trial, he denied giving any orders and said that, while he had considered targeting Ramstein, he had dropped the idea. He was arrested in Vienna in January 2017 following tips from German authorities. The defendant testified he became a supporter of the Islamic State group following
Amarinder defends govt stand in road rage case against Sidhu
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today defended his government's stand in the Supreme Court in a 30-year-old road rage case against cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, saying it was the only legal option available to it. The state government in the apex court yesterday favoured the Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict convicting and awarding a three-year jail term to Sidhu in the 1988 case. Gurnam Singh, a Patiala resident, had died after he was given fist blow by Sidhu. "Though the government could not have taken any other stand in the apex court, other than what it had been taken in the trial and high court earlier, Sidhu deserved the court's consideration," Singh said, adding "Had we done so, we would have been accused of lying either now or earlier." Singh, however, hoped the judge would take into account Sidhu's "contribution to the society and the country" in his final verdict. According to an official release quoting his interview on YouTube Live, the chief minister ...
3 men impersonating as BSES officials arrested
The Delhi Police has arrested three people for allegedly impersonating as BSES officials and extorting money from people by conducting fake raids. The accused were identified as Brij Mohan, Mohit Kumar and Rajeev, the police said, adding a mobile phone and fake BSES identity cards used to commit the crime were recovered from them. According to a case lodged at Dwarka South police station, four people came to the complainant's house impersonating themselves as BSES officers. The accused had fake identity cards. They checked electricity meter and demanded Rs 50,000 alleging the meter was tempered, the police said. On suspicion, the complainant visited the BSES office and checked for their identity. On interrogation the fraud came to light and one of the accused Brij Mohan was arrested. "During sustained interrogation, he revealed about his associates who have also been arrested. The mobile phone used to call the complainant for extortion has been recovered and fake BSES identity cards ..
SC dismisses Congress leader's conviction in defamation case
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a court order handing two-year jail to a Congress leader in a defamation case for alleging Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's family members were involved in the Vyapam scam.
2 FMRI doctors held for negligence in Gurgaon
Gurgaon Police today arrested two senior doctors of Fortis Memorial and Research Institute (FMRI)here on charges of negligence during treatment of a woman who had suffered a fatal cardiac arrest, an official said. Cardiology consultant S S Murthy and medical superintendent V Nagarjuna were arrested by the Special Investigation Team of the police and produced before a civil court, which granted them bail but asked them to remain present during the next hearing in the case, the official said. According to the charge-sheet filed in the case, Murthy had not given medicines to Seema Ghai, who was admitted to the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on May 12, 2017. As per the documents provided by Ghai's kin to the SIT, the patient was admitted to the hospital well in time. But the medical staff present in the cardiology department under Murthy's supervision did not give the required medication to Ghai and she died of excessive chest pain, the official said. "It appears during ...
Candlelight marches, protests carried out in Jammu
Scores of people today staged candlelight marches and demonstrations here to protest the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl who belonged to the Bakerwal community. The students of Jammu University carried ply-cards and raised slogans demanding justice to the minor. Demonstrations were staged after Friday prayers in the Sheehdi Chowk area. The protests were joined by the Gujjar community who took to the streets to demand death penalty for the accused. Gujjar and Bakerwal leader Choudhary Nazakat Khatana was also present at the protest site. The protestors also raised slogans against the Bar Association of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The bar association here had yesterday claimed that the Crime Branch probe was done on "questionable lines" amid threats and coercion by a team of officers from Kashmir, and demanded the case be handed over to the CBI. "We demand justice for the girl. We demand death penalty to the accused involved in the case," Khatana told reporters ...
Belgium investigates report of nude women photos on internet
Brussels prosecutors said today they are investigating a news report that images of hundreds of nude young women were uploaded to the internet without their consent. Belgium's Dutch-language VTM Nieuws reported thousands of photos and videos, including some showing them having sex, appeared on Discord, a chat room for video gamers. The images, some of which carried the full names of the victims, were classed according to region in Belgium. "VTM provided the Brussels prosecutor's office with all the information gathered during their report on the basis of which an investigation was opened," the office said. "The suspects publicly distributed photos or videos of naked young women without their consent," it added. The office said it was looking into charging the suspects with "voyeurism" if and when they identify them. A source in the prosecutor's office told AFP "hundreds" of young women were victimised. Those found guilty of voyeurism can be sentenced to jail for up to five years if ...
Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan faces new rape accusation
The prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who is in French detention over several rape allegations, is facing a new accusation of rape, this time in Switzerland, a Swiss daily reported today. A Swiss woman is pressing criminal charges against Ramadan, 55, alleging he raped her and held her against her will for several hours in a Geneva hotel room a decade ago, the Tribune de Geneve (TdG) daily reported. When contacted by AFP, the woman's lawyer Romain Jordan confirmed that criminal charges had been filed in Geneva on Friday, but said he did not want to make any further comments at this stage. "We are confident in our case," he said. The alleged victim, who was not identified, is not the first to accuse Ramadan. The prominent TV pundit and Oxford University professor, whose grandfather founded Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood movement, was detained by a French court in February over charges that he raped two Muslim women in France. A third woman has since made further allegations of rape.
HC to pass orders on April 17 on ED's plea against Nalini Chidambaram
The Madras High Court will pass orders on April 17 on an Enforcement Directorate petition seeking to vacate the stay on summons issued to Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former Union minister P Chidambaram, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Saradha chit fund scam case. Justice S M Subramaniam today posted the petition to April 17 for passing orders after hearing the arguments of both the sides. Earlier, in his oral observations, the judge said the summons was issued in 2016 and Nalini had gained two years by virtue of the interim stay granted by the court. Why cannot she appear before the ED and sort out the issue and help the investigation," he said. The ED had on November 7, 2016 issued summons to Nalini to appear before its Kolkata office as a witness in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. She was allegedly paid a legal fee of Rs 1 crore by the Saradha group for her appearances in court and the Company Law Board over a television channel purchase deal. The ...
German police shoot dead man in bakery rampage
Police in the central German city of Fulda said they shot dead a young Afghan refugee who went on a violent rampage in a bakery early today. The 19-year-old allegedly attacked the driver of a delivery truck at the bakery at 4:20 am (0220 GMT), before smashing the shop's windows, local police and prosecutors said. As police arrived on the scene, the young man flung stones at the officers. Police subsequently opened fire, killing the man. His motives, as well as the circumstances of the attack were as yet unclear, added authorities. A spokesman for the prosecution service told AFP that there were currently no indication that the attack was due to political reasons.
Police constable arrested for killing second wife
A police constable posted at Sahibabad Police Station here was arrested for killing his second wife allegedly over some monetary dispute, police said today. Deputy Superintendent of Police Rakesh Mishra said that the accused was brought here on police custody for questioning. During interrogation, he confessed that his second wife was forcing him to divorce his first wife. She was also asking him to return the money he had taken from her for some purpose. The accused took the woman to Mainpuri district on the pretext of some work and shot her thrice and threw her body in a canal, the police said. The body of of the woman was recovered after two days from the canal.
SC quashes MP Congress leader's conviction in defamation case
In a relief to Madhya Pradesh Congress leader K.K. Mishra, the Supreme Court on Friday quashed a defamation case filed against him by the state for making defamatory remarks against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Kathua rape case: Crime Branch did a good job, says DGP
Jammu and Kashmir Police chief S P Vaid today said the Crime Branch probing the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district "has done a commendable job". The DGP's remarks came a day after he said the police had no objection to a CBI probe into the case. "The Crime Branch has done a commendable job in investigating the unfortunate rape and murder of the girl. They are very competent," Singh told reporters here. The Bar Association of Jammu had yesterday claimed that the Crime Branch probe was done on "questionable lines" amid threats and coercion by a team of officers from the Kashmir Valley.
SC asks French national accused in child sexual assault to surrender
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea of a French national, a founding trustee of an international school in Mumbai, to remain out on bail in a case of alleged sexual assault on a three-year-old girl.
Woman activist held, 11 IEDs recovered in Jharkhand
Eleven IEDs were recovered and a woman activist of a militant group was arrested, following an encounter, in two separate incidents in Jharkhand today, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police launched a massive search operation in Daldaliya jungle under Lokayanyanpur police station of Giridih district and recovered the IEDs, SP Surendra Kumar Jha said. Jha said police suspects that the IEDs were meant for use during the municipal elections scheduled to be held on April 16. In another incident in Simdega district, the woman activist of a militant group was held following an encounter in Bidhuli jungle under Bano police station of the district, police said. Police have recovered two pistols, 80 live cartridges, six mobile phones from the area, a police official said.
Delhi Cong on candle march over rape cases
The Delhi Congress took out candle marches across the city tonight to protest the Kathua and Unnao minor rape cases and slammed the BJP for the alleged rise in crimes against the women across the country. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had last night led a midnight march to the India Gate here to protest the rape cases, asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to walk the talk on 'beti bachao' (save the girl child). Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken led the protest march at the Red Fort at 10 PM while senior party leaders and workers attended similar marches in all 14 districts in the city. "Atrocities against women across the country, specially in the BJP ruled states, is on the rise. The party is sleeping over such matters while its ministers and MLAs are involved which is really shameful," Maken said while addressing protesters near the Red Fort. An eight-year-old girl from the nomadic Bakerwal Muslim community disappeared near her house on January 10 in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua ...
Asaram case: Raj police moves HC, appeals for verdict on Apr 17 to avoid law & order situation
The Rajasthan Police has moved the high court, seeking a direction to the trial court hearing the rape case against self-styled godman Asaram to pronounce the judgment on April 17. The police in its plea said a huge number of Asaram's followers would be in the city on April 25, when the special SC/ST Court in Jodhpur is scheduled to pronounce the judgement in the case. "We have moved an application for the pronouncement of judgment in the case on April 17 instead of April 25 in view of threat to the law and order situation in the city," said Additional Advocate General S K Vyas. A bench of Justice G K Vyas and Justice Ram Chandra Singh Jhala posted the matter for hearing on April 17 after the defence sought time reply. The police said it would be appropriate to pronounce the order in a "jail court for the safety and security of the public and Asaram himself". The special SC/ST Court had on April 7 reserved its order for April 25 in the 2012 rape case against Asaram after the final ...
BJP MP who blamed Pak for Kathua rape cries foul
A day after blaming Pakistan for Kathua rape incident, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nandkumar Singh Chauhan on Friday said that his statement was not reported properly.Talking to media, Chauhan clarified that he had said that it was Pakistani infiltrators who were involved in raising "Jai Shri Ram" slogan and no Hindu can do this after committing such heinous crime."Only half of my statement was reported. She was a daughter of the nation. I only said I suspect that Pakistani infiltrators were involved in raising "Jai Shri Ram" slogans as no Hindu group can do this after raping and killing a minor girl," he said.Earlier on Thursday, the BJP MLA said that "If Jai Shi Ram slogans are raised in Kashmir after the rape of a child, who is a daughter of Hindustan, then it must be Pakistani agents who have come here and done so in order to create differences among us."He even said that there is very less amount of Hindu's in Kashmir, who are helpless and cannot commit such crime.An ...
Rape accused BJP legislator arrested by CBI after day-long interrogation
After day-long interrogation over the allegations of raping a 17-year-old and conspiring to kill her father later, the CBI late on Friday arrested the Bangarmau legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar, officials said.
Unnao & Kathua rape cases: CBI arrests BJP MLA in UP; two ministers quit in J&K
Amid a nationwide outrage, the CBI today arrested the BJP MLA accused of raping a minor in UP's Unnao, while two ministers from the party in J&K who attended a rally supporting the accused in the Kathua rape and murder case had to resign, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted no criminal will be spared. With the Opposition stepping up its charge that the states were shielding perpetrators of violence against women, Modi said justice will be done to daughters of the nation. In Uttar Pradesh, the CBI arrested BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused of raping the 17-year-old Unnao girl, hours after the Allahabad High Court ordered his immediate arrest saying he was influencing the "law and order machinery". Facing flak over the delay in taking action against his MLA in the nearly year-old rape case, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said his government will not deviate from its zero-tolerance policy on crime and that it would firmly deal with criminals, no matter how ...