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SC agrees to hear plea for CBI probe into Noida girl suicide case
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea seeking a CBI investigation into the reasons behind the suicide by a 16-year-old girl who, according to her father, took the extreme step as she was allegedly "sexually exploited, oppressed and harassed" by certain teachers and officials of her school. The petition by the girl's father was mentioned for urgent listing before a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud which agreed to hear it next week. The father in his plea for CBI probe filed through advocate Sushil Tekriwal, has alleged that the Uttar Pradesh police has "botched up and hushed up the entire investigation". He has also sought directions to the respondents -- the Centre, UP and Delhi governments, UP police and CBI -- to ensure security and safety of the family members of the girl who was found hanging at her Noida residence on March 20. According to her father, the Delhi-based school, where she was studying in class IX, had ...
102 kg poppy recovered by Police in Udhampur, 2 arrested
Two persons were arrested and 102 kgs of poppy allegedly recovered from them in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. A check-point was set up on a highway at Tikri area and during checking, the police party intercepted one oil tanker last evening, an officer said. During the search of the vehicle, 102 kg of poppy was recovered, he added. Two persons - Puran Chand and Sudesh Singh - were arrested, he said. A case was registered at Rehmbal police station and investigation is on, he said.
6-year-old force-fed cow dung in Nepal
A six-year-old girl was forcefully fed cow dung by her neighbour for breaking down the water pump in Nepal's Banke district.
MP to recommend CBI probe in scribe's death; truck driver held
A day after a television journalist, who had done a sting operation to report on an illicit sand mining case, was mowed down by a truck, the Madhya Pradesh government said it will recommend a CBI probe into his death. Meanwhile, the driver of the truck, which ran over the journalist, was arrested late last night, the police said. Sandeep Sharma, who worked for a news channel in Bhind, had complained to the district administration about threats to his life after he carried out a sting operation on the illicit sand mining. The 35-year-old journalist was talking on his phone by the side of Ater Road in front of a police station when the truck, used to ferry sand, ran over him yesterday, the police said. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today directed the relevant officials to recommend a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into Sharma's death, an official of the state Public Relations Department said. Meanwhile, the driver of the truck, which hit the journalist, was ...
CM recommends CBI probe into MP journalist killing
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of a Bhind-based television channel journalist who was run over by a truck.
Bank manager convicted for loan fraud after 24-year trial
After a nearly 24-year trial, a special court has convicted a former Punjab National Bank manager and three private persons in a loan fraud case and sentenced them to five years rigorous imprisonment, a CBI official said today. The Tis Hazari court in its recent order also imposed fines ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh on Charanjeet Arora, PNB manager in 1992 when the case was registered, as well as Sushil Kumar Gupta, Narendra Kumar Gupta and Manoj Kumar Gupta, CBI spokesperson R K Gaur said. He said the CBI had registered the case following allegations that Sushil Kumar Gupta, then director of Pankaj Finance and Leasing Limited (PFLL), and Arora and the other accused entered into a criminal conspiracy with each other. In 1994, the agency filed a charge sheet in the special CBI court where the case has been going on since. The CBI found during its investigation that the accused enjoyed a credit of Rs 2 crore from the New Bank of India (which later merged with PNB) branch in ...
41 children among Russia mall fire dead: RIA Novosti
Forty-one children were among the 64 people killed in a fire that ripped through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo at the weekend, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported today. "There are names of 41 children in the list of those who died," RIA Novosti quoted a source in the regional emergencies services as saying.
Police constable killed, 16 other officers injured in accident
A constable died and 16 other police officers sustained injuries early today when their bus overturned after colliding head-on with a truck on NH-31 in Bihar's Nawada district, the police said. The bus, with 25 policemen on board, was on its way to Nawada town from Rajauli sub-division area around 1.30am when the truck hit it near Chhapra Mor, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Upendra Prasad said. The truck driver, however, managed to flee the spot, he said. The injured officers were rushed to the Nawada Sadar Hospital, where constable Aakash Kumar (25) succumbed to his injuries. The other policemen, who were injured in the accident, have been referred to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), the SDPO said, adding that the condition of another constable, Mukesh Kumar, has been stated to be serious. "An investigation has been initiated into the incident and the police are making all efforts to trace the truck driver," Prasad asserted.
No evidence of leakage of question paper: Kerala DGP
There is "no prima facie evidence" of any leakage of the Physics question paper for the March 21 Kerala State Higher Secondary examination for the plus two students, the police said today. The Cyber crime police had registered a case following the reports of the leakage of the Physics question paper through WhatsApp. The investigation by the Cyber police wing of the state crime branch revealed that there was no prima facie evidence of the leakage of the question paper, State Police chief Loknath Behara said. The investigation would continue, DGP Behara said in a statement here. Kerala Education Minister C Raveendranath had on March 23 stated in the state assembly that there was no confirmation that the question paper had been leaked. The Thrissur district coordinator of the examination had received a set of questions, "similar to the ones that appeared in the exam," on WhatsApp. A complaint had been lodged with the police to ascertain if the WhatsApp message had begun to circulate ...
Minor among nine jailed over Bahrain petrol bomb attack
Bahrain has jailed nine Shiites, including a minor and a relative of a prominent London-based activist, on charges of throwing petrol bombs at police, a judicial source and activists said today. The kingdom's Sunni rulers have cracked down heavily on all displays of dissent ever since they bloodily suppressed mass protests led by the Shiite majority in 2011 for a constitutional minority with an elected prime minister. The court sentenced eight defendants to seven years in prison on Monday after convicting them of attacking a police patrol with Molotov cocktails in the southern village of Aley, the judicial source said. The ninth, a minor, was sentenced to three years. The court transcript did not give the names of any of the defendants. But the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy named one of them as Sayed Nizar Alwadaei, 19, a relative of its London-based head of advocacy, Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei. Sayed Ahmed said lawyers had confirmed to him that his young relative, who is ...
Minor kids' testimony gets man life term for killing wife
A Thane court has sentenced a 33-year-old man to life in jail for killing his wife, relying on the deposition by the couple's two minor children and other witnesses. While awarding the life-long jail term to convict Sadaphal Hariram Yadav, Additional Sessions Judge S C Khalipe also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him. During the trial, Additional Public Prosecutor Vandana Jadav told the court that Yadav, a resident of Vartak Nagar in Thane city, had married Usha about 15 years ago and had two children from the marriage. Yadav and his family members, however, later started ill-treating and harassing Usha for dowry. In 2007, the victim had lodged a complaint with an NGO against her husband and in-laws for ill treating her, prompting them to assure the victim against harassment. The family members, however, soon re-started harassing her. She was often beaten up by her husband, denied meals and prevented from contacting her parents and going out, the prosecutor told the court. The woman ...
Ahlcon school student suicide: Father moves SC for CBI probe
The father of a 15-year-old student of Delhi's Ahlcon Public School on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) probe into his daughter's suicide.The teenage girl, who reportedly failed in her Class 9 examinations, committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Noida on March 20. The deceased's father alleged that the girl had earlier accused her teacher of sexually harassing her.The victim's family alleged that the girl was under "too much pressure" and that her teachers allegedly failed the 15-year-old in her exams "intentionally."Earlier, a case was registered under Sections 306 (Abetment of suicide) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) and an investigation was also launched into the incident.
Shivraj Chouhan orders CBI probe into journalist death
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of a Bhind-based journalist.Earlier, Chouhan had assured strict action against the culprit and said, "Security of journalists is our priority and strict action will be taken against the culprit."Sandeep Sharma, a journalist with a national news channel, who was probing a possible nexus between the police and sand mafia, was mowed down by a speeding truck in Bhind district on Sunday.In a chilling CCTV footage that surfaced on Monday morning, Sharma was seen riding a motorcycle when a truck mowed him down.Sharma had reportedly informed the police in the past about a threat to his life.Meanwhile, the driver of the truck which ran over the journalist was arrested by the police on Monday night from Bhind.As per the driver, the TV journalist was mowed down while he was trying to save a woman's life.The police are investigating the matter and interrogating the ..
Two charged with anti-Semitic murder of elderly French Jewish woman: judicial source
Two people have been charged with the murder of an 85-year-old French Jewish woman, who was repeatedly stabbed and whose body was then set alight in a crime being treated as anti-Semitic, a judicial source said today. Mireille Knoll, who escaped a mass roundup of Jews in Paris during World War II, was found dead in her apartment in eastern Paris on Friday by firefighters called to extinguish a blaze.
Boy dies, mother survives after fall into well in Erode
A 7-year-old boy and his mother accidentally slipped and fell into a well in their garden at Gobichettipalayam in the district, police said today. On hearing the cries of the boy Niboth, and his mother Ambika (35), last evening, people in the vicinity came to the spot and rescued them. However, the boy died in the hospital, they said adding the mother is undergoing treatment.
Three kids charred to death in house fire
Three young children were charred to death in a fire that engulfed their house in Tendu village under Robertsganj Kotwali here, the police said today. The victims were sleeping in the house with their mother when the house suddenly caught fire last night, the police said. Though the mother was able to save one of her daughters, three other children identified as Parvin, 5, Rukhsar, 6, and Shahid, 4, died, the police said, adding that bodies have been sent for post mortem examination. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, the police added.
Man axed to death by wife, four others in Bahraich
A 35 year-old man was killed allegedly by his wife and four others in Murawanpurva village under Visheshwarganj police station area here. The victim, Ramdev Maurya who was suspicious of his wife Devi having extra-marital relations and had planned to give his property to his brother, had a fight with his wife yesterday after which she, along with four others, axed him to death, SP Jugal Kishore said today. The brother of the deceased has lodged a case against five persons of which one has been arrested while the efforts are on to nab the victim's wife, the SP said, adding that the body has been sent for post-mortem examination.
Tableau to honor Rajasthan killer
Tableau of the Rajasthan murderer, who is accused of killing a Muslim labourer from West Bengal, was taken out in Jodhpur to honour him on the occasion of Ram Navami.The killer, Shambhu Lal allegedly hacked the victim to death and set his body on fire in Rajsamand district last year in a suspected case of 'love jihad'.He had also recorded the act on video and uploaded it to social media, in December which invited a nationwide outrage.Shambhu has been serving jail term since December 2017 after a case was registered against him.
SC snubs Khap Panchayat's interference in marriage
Sending out a stern message to Khap Panchayats, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that an assembly intended to scuttle the marriage of two consenting adults will be deemed illegal.The ruling was pronounced while hearing the matter related to Khap Panchayats in connection with cases pertaining to so-called honour killing.A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud stated that punitive measures to deal with such an unlawful assembly would be in force until legislation is implemented.The top court also disposed off a petition filed by the NGO, Shakti Vahini, against Khap Panchayats seeking directions to the Centre and state governments for preventing honour killings.The Supreme Court in February had cracked a whip against Khap Panchayats and told it to "not become conscience keepers" as the "law will take its own course".The apex court had further stated that it is in the jurisdiction of the ...
Michigan State official who oversaw Nassar faces charges
A Michigan State University official who oversaw Larry Nassar is facing criminal charges amid an investigation into the handling of complaints against the former sport doctor, who is in prison for sexually assaulting patients under the guise of treatment. William Strampel was in jail pending an arraignment today, Ingham County Sheriff Scott Wriggelsworth told The Associated Press. He declined to say what charges Strampel faces because the probe is being led by the Michigan attorney general's office. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Bill Schuette declined to comment. A news conference was scheduled for Tuesday, two months after Schuette appointed a special assistant attorney general to investigate. Strampel, 70, is the first person besides Nassar to be charged in connection with the worst sexual abuse case in sports history. Nassar pleaded guilty to molesting patients and possessing child pornography. Strampel's arrest Monday was first reported by the Detroit Free Press, and WILX-TV .