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Man convicted for killing 53-year-old woman
A sessions court today convicted a man for killing a 53-year-old woman and her granddaughter and stealing gold ornaments worth Rs 3.60 lakh. Judge M S Azmi held Vishal Shrivastav (28) guilty of the crime. The arguments on the sentence is likely to begin from April 16. On June 3, 2011, the bodies of Ranjana Nagotkar and her granddaughter Vaishali (3) were found, with their throats slit, in their flat in Antop Hill area here. Gold ornaments worth Rs 3.60 lakh and Rs 3,500 in cash were missing from the flat. Nagotkar's daughter Sheetal and son-in-law Santosh Railkar were away at work when the incident took place. Police said Shrivastav, who lived in a rented flat nearby, had killed the two after an earlier plan, of lacing their milk with poison (a dead lizard) on June 2, did not work. Shrivastav aroused suspicion when he was seen leaving the area in a saree, but he told police that he was a homosexual and was going to CSMT to meet a partner. He was arrested in October, 2011 from Kanpur ..
Spain court rules proposed Catalan leader must stay in jail
Spain's Supreme Court today rejected a request by Catalonia's pro-independence presidential candidate Jordi Sanchez to be let out of jail and sworn in as regional head. The Catalan parliament had been scheduled to hold a debate and vote on Sanchez's candidacy on Friday, but after the court's ruling Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent announced on Twitter he had suspended the session indefinitely. Sanchez was remanded in custody in October pending charges over his role in last year's failed Catalan independence bid. An attempt to appoint him as president failed last month after Spain's Supreme Court turned down a request for his release from jail. But Torrent put Sanchez's name forward as a candidate again earlier this month after the United Nations Human Rights Committee defended his political rights. In letters sent last month to Spanish authorities and Sanchez's lawyers, the UN committee requested the state take all steps to ensure he is allowed to exercise his political ...
Mehbooba Mufti moots death penalty for raping minor
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday announced that the state government will bring a new law to make the death penalty mandatory for those who rape minors.Condemning the incident of rape and murder of eight-year-old in Kathua district, the Chief Minister, in a tweet, said that she will not let another child suffer in this way.Mehbooba further assured the entire nation that she stands committed to ensure justice in the Kathua case. She also called for exemplary punishment for those responsible for the crime.The girl, who belonged to the nomadic Muslim Bakarwal community, was abducted on January 10. She was reportedly held captive in a temple, sedated and raped.
Bar Association of Jammu extends strike till April 17
The Bar Association of Jammu today said it is extendng its strike till April 17 against the growing illegal presence of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi nationals, while alleging that its agitation for a CBI probe into the Kathua rape-cum-murder was wrongly being portrayed as "communal". The Jammu city has been tense since the brutal rape and murder of the eight-year-old girl belonging to the nomadic Muslim Bakharwal community. The police have arrested eight people in the case, but the Bar Association has opposed the action alleging "targeting of minority Dogras". "The strike has been extended till Tuesday (April 17). It was decided at the meeting here today", Vice President of BAJ Himanshu Sharma told PTI. The Bar Association of Jammu (BAJ) also alleged that their agitation for a CBI probe into the Kathua rape and murder case to ensure justice for the eight-year-old-victim was being portrayed as communal by those with a "Kashmir-centric mindset". Batting strongly for justice for the victim,
Woman stabbed multiple times in Sarita Vihar
A 32-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times allegedly by a man with whom she was in a relationship in southeast Delhi's Sarita Vihar, the police said today. The victim had lent Rs five lakh to the accused who wanted to do business. When she asked him to return the money he attacked her yesterday. The woman received multiple stab wounds on her neck and chest and is currently undergoing a treatment, the police said. The accused is being questioned, the police said.
Unnao rape: NCW issues notice to Surendra Singh for his remark
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday issued a notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Surendra Singh over his bizarre statement on Unnao rape case.Singh, while defending BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is facing rape charges, said no one can rape a mother of three children."I am speaking from a psychological point of view; no one can rape a mother of three children. It is not possible, this is a conspiracy against him (Kuldeep Singh Sengar)," Singh told ANI.Besides Unnao case, NCW also took strong note of the Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua rape case and called for action against the perpetrators in both the cases."The National Commission for Women strongly condemns the brutal gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir and the rape case in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. With regards to the comments made by Surendra Singh, BJP MLA from Bairia in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh on April 11, the Commission has sent a notice to Singh," NCW said in a ...
NCW condemns Kathua, Unnao rapes
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday condemned the rape incidents in Jammu & Kashmir's Kathua and Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, calling for action against the perpetrators.
SC/ST Act: You don't have power to legislate, Centre tells top court
Reminding the Supreme Court about "separation of powers" enshrined in the Constitution, the Central Government on Thursday said the court has been misled into thinking that it has the power to legislate, adding that its recent order on an SC/ST Act has "diluted" the provisions of the law, resulting in "great damage" to the country.
J&K govt will enact law for death penalty for rape of minors: Mehbooba
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said her government will enact a new law to make rape of minors punishable by death and asserted that justice will be delivered in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old Bakerwal girl in Kathua district. The rape and murder of the girl from the nomadic community has created a controversy after lawyers in Jammu called for a shutdown on Wednesday, demanding the case be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). We will never ever let another child suffer in this way. We will bring a new law that will make the death penalty mandatory for those who rape minors, so that little girl's case becomes the last, Mehbooba wrote on Twitter. I want to assure the entire nation that I stand committed not just to ensure justice (to the girl) but also seek exemplary punishment for those responsible for a crime whose brutal savagery has shamed humanity, she said. Earlier in the day, the chief minister said proper procedures ...
CBI questions top SBI officers over PNB scam
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday questioned State Bank of India's two deputy general managers posted in Frankfurt in Germany and Mauritius in connection with the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam.These SBI branches allegedly overlooked several discrepancies in the Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) issued by the PNB while giving credit facilities to the companies of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, the main accused in the PNB scam.A Lou is a guarantee given by an issuing bank to Indian banks having branches abroad to grant short-term credit to the applicant.The PNB in February detected the multi-crore scam, wherein Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi had allegedly cheated the bank to the tune of Rs. 114 billion, with the purported involvement of a few employees of the bank.The scam, which reportedly began in 2011, was detected in the third week of January this year, after which the PNB officials reported it to the concerned agencies.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) ...
'Criminals have no religion', Nirmal Singh urges to not politicise Kathu rape case
Jammu and Kashmir Deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh on Friday requested to not politicise the Kathua rape case.Singh slammed disgruntled elements trying to spread the wrong message and asserted that criminals don't have any religion."Justice should be done to her. There shouldn't be politics on that. Criminals who did it have no religion like terrorists have no religion. All communities, Hindu and Muslims have fought for that girl and only disgruntled elements are trying to give a wrong message," Singh told ANI.An eight-year-old Muslim nomadic girl was allegedly abducted, drugged, raped, tortured and killed in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. After being missing for a week, her body was found on January 17.A special team of Jammu and Kashmir crime branch has made a case of conspiracy, kidnapping, wrongful confinement, gang rape, murder and destruction of evidence against eight accused, which include four policemen.However, the lawyers of Jammu Bar Association have demanded a ...
Suspended cop gets 10 years in jail for sodomising boy
A suspended police official was today sentenced to ten years in jail by a local court here for sodomising a 16-year-old in 2014. Vilas Kaldhone was convicted and sentenced by Additional Session Judge MA Baraliya under section 377 (unnatural offences) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. Public prosecutor Geeta Sharma said the victim, who had left home after an altercation, was standing by the road in King's Circle area when Kaldhone, who was under suspension from the police at the time, approached him. Introducing himself as a police official, Kaldhone promised to take him home but instead took him to the terrace of a building in the vicinity and sodomised him, Sharma said. A case was registered at Sion police station and 11 witnesses were examined by the court during the four-year long trial.
UP: Youth clings to BDO's vehicle for 4 Km
A video has surfaced purportedly showing a youth clinging to the bonnet of the vehicle of Ramnagar block development officer (BDO) for about four kilometers. The incident occurred yesterday when villagers went to BDO Pankaj Kumar Gautam demanding second instalment for construction of toilets. A youth identified as Brij Pal tried to stop the BDO but as the official did not stop his vehicle, the youth held the bonnet and kept hanging on it. The BDO stopped the car only after driving for four kilometers Cross FIRs have been registered in the incident by both the parties at Aonla Police Station, the police said. District Magistrate Virendra Kumar Singh said that he has come to know about the incident and has constituted a three-member committee headed by Chief Development Officer (CDO) to probe the incident.
HC rejects plea of Chidambaram's kin against sanction of I-T prosecution under BMA
The Madras High Court today dismissed prayers of three family members of former Union Minister P Chidambaram seeking to prohibit the Income Tax department from sanctioning any prosecution against them under the Black Money Act (BMA). When the petitions filed by Nalini, wife of Chidambaram; Karti Chidambaram and his wife Srinidhi came up, Justice T S Sivagnanam refused to accede to their prayers to prohibit the sanctioning of prosecution by the I-T department for alleged economic offences, against them. Two petitions were filed separately by Nalini and Srinidhi seeking a direction to the I-T officials not to sanction any prosecution under the Act. While another petition by Karti sought a direction to the I-T authorities to pass orders pursuant to the notices issued on various dates under the Act and the replies furnished by him thereon. In his order, the judge said, "The Income Tax department is directed to pass orders in accordance with the provisions of Black Money (Undisclosed ...
4 arrested in connection with burglaries in Nehru Place
Four men were arrested in connection with burglaries in computer shops in southeast Delhi's Nehru Place, the police said today. On April 9, a man informed police that computer parts were burgled from his shop in Nehru Place. The next morning, a police patrol found Ramesh Kumar Mishra (37) roaming suspiciously in the area, they said. He was inquired about the reason behind his presence in the area and subsequently he confessed to his involvement in the burglary. On further interrogation, he led the police to his accomplices Shiv Kumar (37), Rashid (25) and Neeraj Tyagi (45), an official said. Mishra and Kumar revealed that they had been working in Nehru Place for almost 18 years and used to sell, and purchase software and CDs. In order to earn quick money, they started stealing laptops and computer parts, and accessories, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said. Rashid and Tyagi used to buy the stolen articles from the duo, he said, adding with their arrest, ...
Legal experts divided over issues raised by senior SC judges
Legal experts have a divided opinion on the issues raised by senior Supreme Court judges J Chelameswar and Kurian Joseph over its functioning, with a section criticising the judges and the other coming out in their support. While former Delhi High Court judge Justice S N Dhingra reacted sharply, saying the two senior judges were "venting their anger" for not being in the race to become Chief Justice of India (CJI), former Chief Justice R M Lodha said the recent happenings have dented the image of the Supreme Court badly. Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who had yesterday said the CJI is the "master of the roster" and it was improper to make allegations against any of the CJIs, today refused to comment on the issue. The reactions came against the backdrop of the recent developments, including a letter written by Justice Joseph to Chief Justice Dipak Misra over delay by the government in clearing the names recommended by the collegium, and Justice Chelameswar refusing to list a ...
Kathua rape: Failed Asifa as humans, says V.K. Singh
Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday assured justice to an eight-year-old girl who was brutally gang raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua and said "we have failed Asifa as humans".
J&K govt appoints two Sikh prosecutors in Kathua rape and murder case
The Jammu and Kashmir government today appointed two special public prosecutors, both Sikhs, for the trial in the sensitive Kathua rape and murder case to ensure focussed attention and speedy conduct in the matter, a senior official said. The state police crime branch which probed the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl belonging to the nomadic Muslim Bakerwal community had filed a main charge sheet against seven accused persons and a separate charge sheet against a juvenile in a court in Kathua district earlier this week. The government hereby appoint S Bhopinder Singh, Chief Prosecuting Officer, Crime Branch, Jammu and Harinder Singh, Chief Prosecuting Officer, Samba as Special Public Prosecutors to conduct the case titles State Verus Sanji Ram and others and another title (involving the juvenile) in the case pending disposal before principal sessions judge/ court of chief judicial magistrate, Kathua, Law Department Secretary Abdul Majid Bhat said in an order issued ...
Unnao, Kathua Rape cases warrant stringent action: NCW Chief
Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) Rekha Sharma on Thursday urged the nation to not make Unnao and Kathua rape case a political issue while calling for a strict punishment against the culprits."No one should see this as a religious or a political issue, this is a crime and culprits should be apprehended and dealt with severely," she said.She further slammed the Uttar Pradesh police for not arresting the Unnao rape case accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar despite an FIR against him."I believe the Police should have made the arrest by now, they do not wait for the CBI's orders to make each and every arrest, so why to wait now, especially if an FIR has been registered, and as it falls under POSCO Act, it warrants an immediate arrest," she added.In Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua an eight-year-old Muslim nomadic girl was allegedly abducted, drugged, raped, tortured and killed. After being missing for a week, her body was found on January 17.In Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, an ...
J&K to make death penalty must for raping minors
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Thursday that the state will bring in a law that would make death penalty mandatory for those who rape minors.