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Man trying to smuggle cannabis to Doha held in Bengaluru
A 31-year-old passenger was today arrested at Kempegowda International Airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle 4.7 kg of cannabis from Bengaluru to Doha via Mumbai, the Narcotics Control Bureau said. The NCB said the consignment was packed in plastic packets and concealed between "chow chow" mixture food packets. The passenger had kept it in the trolley bag, the NCB said in a release. On detection, the Central Industrial Security Force personnel alerted NCB's Bengaluru zone and customs officials at the airport who seized the consignment. The release said the man, who hailed from Kochi, was later remanded to judicial custody. He has been lodged in the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, it added.
Delhi BJP leader claims Twitter account hacked, files complaint
A Delhi BJP leader has filed a complaint with the police, claiming his Twitter account has been hacked and was being misused to send out anti-party tweets. Ravinder Gupta, general secretary of the Delhi unit of the BJP, said in the complaint that his Twitter account was hacked last night. He said the account was being misused to send out anti-party tweets. Gupta, a former mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation, filed the complaint at Desh Bandhu Gupta Road police station. "We have received the complaint and looking into it," a senior police officer said.
Jharkhand man kills wife, daughter, commits suicide
A man committed suicide after slitting the throats of his wife and daughter in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police said on Thursday.
Six Vietnam activists jailed for attempt 'to overthrow state'
Six activists were jailed for between seven and 15 years today for "attempting to overthrow the state", the harshest sentences in years as the communist country tightens its grip on critics. The one-party state routinely locks up lawyers, bloggers and dissidents, but critics say a conservative leadership in charge since 2016 is a waging a crackdown that has sent a chill throughout the dissident community. The six defendants convicted today, including prominent lawyer Nguyen Van Dai who got 15 years in jail, were sentenced after a one-day trial held under heavy security in the Vietnamese capital, lawyers told AFP. The defendants were all charged under Article 79 for attempting to overthrow the state, the lawyers said. The case has drawn international scorn and gained widespread attention in the country, where independent civil society groups, political parties and media are all barred by the communist state. Article 79 carries the maximum penalty of death, but the accused were spared ..
'Popular actor whose deeds followed by people': What judge said while sentencing Salman
While sentencing Salman Khan to five years in jail, the Judge pointed out the fan following of the superstar, saying he is a "popular actor whose deeds are followed by people". Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri sentenced the Bollywood superstar to five years in prison for killing two blackbucks, capping a 20-year case that began with a late night safari outside this tourist city on the sidelines of a film shoot in 1998. "The accused is a popular actor whose deeds are followed by people. Despite this, the accused hunted two blackbucks," Khatri said in his written judgment. The defence had argued that Salman has not been convicted in any case earlier and that he has always appeared before the court on given date. The defence counsel also said Salman was under the custody of forest department for five days and he should be given the benefit of the Probation of Offenders Act. But the court refused to give Salman the benefit citing the circumstances of the case and gravity of the .
DDA official, 3 others remanded to CBI custody in bribery case
Principal Commissioner of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) J P Aggarwal and three others, allegedly involved in a bribery case, were remanded to four days of CBI custody today. A special judge of CBI cases today remanded the Principal Commissioner of DDA and three private persons to four days of CBI custody in the bribery case, a CBI spokesman said here. Besides Aggarwal, the others arrested in the case are -- Sunil Gupta, Anil Gupta and J P Sharma. The CBI had yesterday arrested Aggarwal, Sunil Gupta and Anil Gupta for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs four lakh. The money was handed over inside a file. The file related to the allotment of a flat to Sharma, who too was subsequently arrested by the police. A case under various sections of Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against all four persons and searches conducted at their official and residential premises, the CBI had said.
Salman gets number 106, ward no. 2 in Jodhpur jail
Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who has been sentenced to five-year jail term in Blackbuck poaching case, has been lodged in ward number 2 and given number 106 in Jodhpur Central jail.As per the Jodhpur DIG (Jail) Vikram Singh, multiple layers of security have been put in place for the actor in the jail, and he has been lodged in a separate barrack."Salman Khan has been given number 106 and is lodged in ward number 2. He was made to undergo a medical test and has no medical issues. He has not made any demands. We will give him jail uniform tomorrow. Multiple-layer security has been put up for his ward," the DIG said on Thursday, hours after he was taken to jail following his conviction in the case.The DIG said the actor was served with chana dal (split chickpeas), cabbage, and chapati (flat bread) for the meal.The 'Sultan' of Bollywood will have to sleep on the floor of the jail like other prisoners.But there is a little relief for the 'Dabangg' star, as he will not have to share his ...
J-K revenue official among 2 arrested for accepting bribe in Udhampur
A revenue official was among two persons arrested by sleuths of the state vigilance organisation (SVO) for accepting bribe for issuance of land documents to a person in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district. On the basis of a written complaint lodged by the complainant Sudesh Sharma of Udhampur, a case was registered against the revenue officials -- Lochan Singh, Girdwar and Aneem Sharma, patwari, a SVO official said. The complainant has alleged that he hails from Kashirah village of Udhampaur and has landed property measuring nearly one acre. He further alleged that he had submitted an application to the said revenue officials to issue him the map of land, but the said officials demanded Rs 1.2 lakh as illegal gratification from him for issuance of the map of the land, the official said. The complainant mentioned in his complaint that he was surprised when the said revenue officials stated that this is their "past practice". Accordingly, on the basis of the complaint, a successful ...
7-year-old boy killed for resisting sexual assault, accused held
A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly abducting and killing a seven-year-old boy who had resisted the accused's attempt to sexually assault him in south east Delhi's Harkesh Nagar area, the police said today. A senior police officer said a complaint that the boy had gone missing was received at Okhla Phase III police outpost on April 2, following which a case was registered. During investigation, it was revealed that the missing child was last seen with Sandeep Singh, a local of Harkesh Nagar, on the day he was reported missing, the police officer said. Sandip was absconding and later traced at his brother in law's house in Noida. "During interrogation, Sandip confessed to kidnapping and murdering the boy when he resisted his attempt to sexually assault him," the officer said. The accused led the police to Ganda Nala in Okhla Phase III, from where body of the boy was recovered, he said, adding charges of murder under the IPC and relevant sections of the POCSO Act were added to .
Police tend to 'over charge' in sexual offence cases: panel to HC
The police tend to "over charge" by adding extra penal provisions, when registering an FIR, especially in relation to sexual offences, and this often gets carried over into the charge sheet and is relied upon by magistrates to deny bail during trial, a two-member panel told the Delhi High Court today. The panel said that the police while registering FIRs in sexual offence cases often also adds charges relating to trafficking and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Set up by the high court in November last year to examine the issue of undertrials languishing in prisons here for several years without bail, the panel gave its report after examining the records of several women lodged in the Tihar jail during their trial in connection with rape and other cases. The report, placed before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar, said that the trial courts routinely deny bail based on seriousness of offences alleged against the ...
How police officers can act as executive magistrates, asks SC
The Supreme Court today expressed surprise and asked as to how police officers can be allowed to perform the job of executive magistrates under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to deal with bail bonds from persons for ensuring law and order. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission of Delhi Police that Section 21 of CrPC expresses intention of the legislature that the police may be bestowed with the magisterial power. "How can police officers act like executive magistrates," the bench, which also comprised justices A M Khanwilar and D Y Chandrachud, asked. The bench then asked the counsel for the Delhi government to take instructions and file its response to the PIL filed by lawyer Aldanish Rein. The PIL alleged that police officers, whose role is to investigate, are being appointed as special executive magistrates and they act as judges in certain cases. It was alleged that these executive magistrates are entrusted with the task to ensure peace and ..
8 held in BJD youth leader's killing case
Eight persons were arrested today in connection with the killing of a youth leader of the ruling BJD in Odisha's Dhenkanal district 11 days ago, police today said. While two of the accused were picked up from West Bengal, the rest were nabbed from Talcher and Begunia areas of Odisha, Dhenkanal Superintendent of Police Santosh Nayak said. Efforts are on to nab four others in connection with the gunning down of Jasobanta Parida, who was Biju Yuva Janata Dals Dhenkanal district unit president, on March 26, he said. Business rivalry was suspected to have led to the killing, the SP said. Parida was travelling in a car when the accused intercepted his vehicle and mounted an attack at Kamakhyana in the district, police said. The attackers, who came in an SUV, first hurled bombs at the car in which Parida was travelling near Gandhi Mandir on Hospital Road. They fired several rounds after the youth leader alighted from the vehicle in a bid to escape, causing serious injuries to ..
CHRONOLOGY OF THE SALMAN KHAN CASE IN WHICH HE WAS SENTENCED TODAY
Here is a chronology of events in the case in which Bollywood star Salman Khan was sentenced today: October 1-2, 1998: Poaching of two blackbucks in Kankani October 2, 1998: Complaint registered by the forest department Total accused in the case: 7 (Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelma, Tabu, Dushyant Singh and Dinesh Gawre) Eye witnesses in the case: 4 (Chhogaram, Poonam Chand, Sheraram and Mangilal) November 9, 2000: Cognisance and registration of the case at the CJM February 19, 2006: Followed by the charge arguments, charges are framed against the accused Repeated revision petitions, first by the defence in the session court and then by the prosecution in the high court, held up the trial for 7 years. March 23, 2013: Revised charges are framed against all the accused by the trial court. May 23, 2013: Trial of the case begins in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. Total prosecution witnesses deposed before the court during trial: 28 January 13, 2017: The ...
Disproportionate assets case against former corporator
Thane city police today registered a case for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets against former MNS corporator Sudhakar Chavan. Police registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Chavan and others while probing the builder Suraj Parmar suicide case in which he is an accused. Assistant Commissioner of Police Avinash Mohite, who is investigating the Parmar suicide case, said that it was found that Sudhakar Chavan and his wife had amassed property worth Rs 10.96 crore when he was a corporator between April 1992 to October 2015. The value of his assets was 40 per cent more than his known sources of income, the ACP said. The case was registered at the Vartak Nagar police station against 33 persons including Sudhakar Chavan, his associates, some family members and some officials of the Thane Municipal Corporation, a police release added. Nobody has been arrested yet. Sudhakar Chavan was one of the four corporators from the city who were booked by .
Time ripe to introduce videography in investigations: SC
Investigating agencies in India are not fully equipped and prepared for the use of videography but time was "ripe" that steps are taken to introduce videography in probe, particularly for crime scene, to strengthen the rule of law, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court said this while approving the 'centrally driven plan of action' prepared by a committee, constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on use of videography in police investigation, and the timeline given by the panel. A bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and R F Nariman, while noting that law and order was a state subject, directed the MHA to forthwith set up a central oversight body (COB) to implement the plan of action prepared by the committee. "Thus, we are of the considered view that notwithstanding the fact that as of now investigating agencies in India are not fully equipped and prepared for the use of videography, the time is ripe that steps are taken to introduce videography in investigation, ...
Man repeatedly rapes minor step daughter in Ambala
A middle-aged man allegedly raped his 12-year-old step daughter repeatedly for the past one year in the Ambala cantonment area, police said today. The accused had threatened his wife and step daughter not to disclose the matter to anyone, they said. The girl and her mother escaped from the house today when the accused had gone somewhere, police said. "The mother and the daughter reached the Maheshnagar Police station and narrated the entire episode," a police official said. Sub-Inspector Satwinder Kaur took the girl to a civil hospital for medical examination. Police said the accused absconded as soon as he got the information that the matter was reported to the police. Raids were being conducted at several places in search of the accused, police said, adding that further investigations were underway.
SRS Group chairman, four others sent to judicial custody
A court here on Thursday sent SRS Group Chairman and four others in one-day judicial custody.Acting on a tip-off, a team of Faridabad police had arrested SRS Group Chairman Anil Jindal along with Nanak Chand Tayal, Bishan Bansal, Devendra Adhana and Vinod Mama from a hotel in New Delhi's Mahipalpur area on Wednesday night on charges of duping people of crores of rupees on the pretext of giving homes.All the accused will be presented before a special court on Friday.According to police, 22 cases had been registered against the accused on March 4, at the Sector 31 police station in Faridabad, under Sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 406 (criminal breach of trust), and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and Section 3 of the Haryana Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishment) Act, 2013.Vikram Kapoor (DCP, Headquarters), said, "After the cases were registered, the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) cell began ...
Mayawati slams media and BJP for distorting facts
Responding to reports about the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) orders issued in May and October 2007 that were similar to the recent Supreme Court's amends to the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, BSP supremo Mayawati blamed the media for distorting truths."Some sections of media are distorting the truth and presenting it before the people to show BSP in a bad light. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not been able to come to terms with its loss in Uttar Pradesh by-elections. An anti-BJP environment is slowly building up in the nation," said Mayawati.During Mayawati's reign as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, the then state secretary, Shambhu Nath, issued a letter on May 20, 2007, suggesting only serious crimes should be dealt with under the Act.In another letter on October 29 issued by the then Chief Secretary Prashant Kumar, it was suggested that frivolous complaints that see an innocent booked under the provisions of the Act should see the complainant booked under section ...
PNB scam: CBI questions four RBI officials
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday questioned four Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials in connection with the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, wherein noted diamantaire Nirav Modi and his maternal uncle and partner Mehul Choksi are prime accused.Three chief general managers and one general manager of the central bank have been questioned regarding the case, according to sources.PNB in February detected the scam, wherein Modi and Choksi had acquired letters of undertaking (LoUs) separately to avail credit from various sources and did not repay the loan.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 CBI received the complaint from the PNB on January 28 and a case was registered in the case on January 31.
ASI arrested for accepting bribe in Punjab
An assistant sub inspector, posted at police station Mamdot in this border district, was today arrested by sleuths of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 10,000. Complainant Kirpal Singh of Village Lakha Singh Wala alleged that ASI Balwinder Singh was allegedly demanding money to favour his family members in some police case, officials said. Vigilance Bureau officials said a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against him at Vigilance Bureau police station Ferozepur and further investigation was underway.