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Hospital employee held for stealing chain from corpse
A woman employee of a government medical college hospital here was arrested Friday for allegedly stealing a gold chain from a corpse, police said. Based on a complaint from the kin of the deceased that the chain weighing 1.5 sovereigns was missing from the body, the grade 2 attender was held, the police said. The deceased, who had been admitted to the hospital on Thursday after she committed suicide, died this morning. The accused attender confessed to the crime after being questioned. Also, she admitted to have committed a similar theft earlier also, they said. Meanwhile, a statement from the state health minister K K Shylaja said her office has directed to suspend the woman attender from service. The State Human Rights Commission too has asked the Medical College Police to inquire into the incident and submit report.
Police constable shoots dead two step-sons
A 53-year-old police constable allegedly shot dead his two stepsons in a fit of anger here Friday. Sanjay Ambadas Bhoye, the accused, surrendered before police after the incident, an official said. Bhoye was attached to Upnagar police station in the city. According to the preliminary investigation, he had a quarrel over a domestic issue with his stepsons Sonu Chikhalkar (25) and Shubham Chikhalkar (22) at his house in Ashwamedhnagar around 4 pm, and fired four rounds at them from his service revolver. While Sonu died on the spot, Shubham died in hospital, said Nashik police commissioner Vishwas Nangare-Patil. Shubham worked in the Navy while his brother worked with a private company, another police official said. Further probe is on.
Minor rapes 3-yr-old in Dehradun
A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 11-year-old neighbour in Dalanwala area of the city, police said Friday. The incident took place on Wednesday when the girl's parents had gone out leaving her at home with her two elder siblings, an official said. According to the complaint registered by the girl's parents on Thursday, the accused took the victim to his house and raped her, Superintendent of Police (city) Shweta Choubey said. The boy was booked under the POCSO act and has been sent to a juvenile home, she said.
DRI seizes forex worth Rs 1.27 crore at Delhi airport, four arrested
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday arrested four men at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for allegedly trying to smuggle out forex worth Rs 1.27 crore, officials said Friday.The accused were apprehended shortly before they were to depart to Bangkok and seized Euros upon searching their baggage.They have been arrested under provisions of Customs Act, 1962.
One held in Jhalawar for raping minor
The police have registered a case against a man, who allegedly raped a minor here.A purported video went viral in which the duo can be seen thrashed by some miscreants while the accused was fleeing with the victim."We got a report on June 19 from the girl's family. They claimed a man from their village persuaded her to go with him. He raped her. We have registered a case under Section 363 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the POCSO Act," said Jasveer Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Aklera.The victim was allegedly lured by the accused, Mahesh, who persuaded her to escape with him. However, his plan was foiled when the locals caught hold of the duo and allegedly beat them.
Rape case: Maha court asks cops not to arrest CPI-M leader's son till Monday
A court here Friday restrained police from arresting the son of a Kerala CPI-M leader in a rape case till June 24 and reserved its order on the anticipatory bail plea. Binoy, son of Kerala CPI-M secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, is accused of raping a 33-year-old woman here. The woman, a former bar dancer, alleged in her complaint with suburban Oshiwara police that Binoy raped her after promising to marry her and he is the father of her five-year-old son. Fearing arrest, Binoy filed the anticipatory bail plea at Dindoshi court here. The application came up for hearing before Additional Sessions Judge M H Shaikh Friday. Binoy's lawyer Ashoke Gupte claimed that the delay in filing the complaint was "inordinate" and "inexplicable". The woman claimed be a spinster, but in a notice sent to Binoy six months ago she claimed to be his wife and demanded a maintenance of Rs 5 crore for her and her son, Gupte said. If the woman was in a relationship with him from 2009 to 2015 as she claimed, ...
'The Pack' found guilty of gang rape in Spanish shock case
Spain's Supreme Court on Friday found five men who called themselves "The Pack" guilty of gang rape, refuting previous convictions of the lesser offence of sexual abuse in a case that shook the country. The Madrid-based tribunal sentenced each defendant to 15 years in prison, overturning two previous rulings in the case that sparked mass protests in Spain. "The factual account describes a genuine scenario of intimidation in which the victim never consents to the sexual acts performed by the accused," the court ruled. The victim found herself in "a situation of intimidation that made her adopt an attitude of submission, doing what the perpetrators told her to do." The five men raped the drunk woman, then aged 18, at the entrance to an apartment building in Pamplona in July 2016 at the start of the popular San Fermin bull-running festival. Minutes after meeting her, they had unprotected sexual relations with her that included oral sex and left her half-naked in the doorway. One of them .
Mechanic held for bid to rape teenager
A 22-year-old man was arrested Friday for alleged trying to rape a teenage girl at nearby Mettupalayam, police said. Anish, a welding mechanic, entered the house of the girl, studying in ninth standard, when she was alone and attempted to sexually abuse her, the police said. When he made advances, the girl screamed and ran out of the house, and the man fled the scene. The girl narrated the incident to her parents, who lodged a complaint with the all-woman police and the mechanic was arrested. A case under POCSO Act has been registered against him.
NHRC seeks status report of CBI probe into case against Lawyers Collective
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought in four weeks a status report of the CBI probe into the case against NGO Lawyers Collective and senior advocate Anand Grover for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.The commission called for the report after rights activist Henri Tiphagne associated with Human Rights Defenders' Alert (HRDA) and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative's (CHRI) Maja Daruwala expressed "grave concern" over filing of the case under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the FCRA and the Prevention of Corruption Act.The FIR has been registered based on a complaint by the Ministry of Home Affairs.Lawyers' Collective describes itself as a group of lawyers with a mission to empower and change the status of marginalised groups through the effective use of law and engagement in human rights advocacy, legal aid and litigation.Senior counsel Indira Jaising, who was Additional Solicitor General between 2009 and 2014, is also part of the ..
DRI arrests 4 men with forex worth Rs 1.27 crore at Delhi airport
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested four men at the Delhi international airport for allegedly trying to smuggle out forex worth Rs 1.27 crore, officials said Friday. The accused were arrested when they were to depart for Bangkok on Thursday, they said. A detailed search of the passengers and their baggage resulted in recovery of euros 1,52,000, equivalent to Rs 1.27 crore, the officials said. All the passengers were arrested and the forex was seized, they added.
Ex-Barclays CEO cleared of fraud charges
Fraud charges against a former chief executive of British banking giant Barclays have been dropped, but three co-defendants will face a retrial following an appeal, a court heard Friday. Ex-CEO John Varley, along with former executives Richard Boath, Roger Jenkins and Thomas Kalaris, had been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with emergency fundraising from Qatar during the 2008 global financial crisis. Friday's announcement comes after the jury at their London trial was dismissed in April following a ruling by the judge that the evidence against them was insufficient. All four had pleaded not guilty. But following an appeal by Britain's Serious Fraud Office, Court of Appeal judges have now ruled that three of the four will face a retrial, while Varley has been cleared. Varley, who was chief executive from 2004 to 2010, had been the highest ranking UK banking official to face charges linked to the financial crisis. The charges concerned emergency funding secured ...
3 Maoists acquitted after spending 14 years in jail
The Calcutta High Court Friday acquitted three alleged Maoist activists, 14 years after they were sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court on sedition charges. One of the three died during pendency of their appeal which was filed in 2006. A division bench comprising Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Suvra Ghosh declared the three persons not guilty of sedition and other charges on which they were convicted. Sushil Roy, Patitpaban Haldar and Santosh Debnath were arrested from Jhargram in the then Maoist-affected Jangalmahal area of West Bengal in 2005 on the charge that they were inciting people to hold armed struggle to overthrow the elected government in the state, their lawyer Amartya Ghosh said. Though Maoist literature and some other materials were recovered from them, no arms were seized, he said. The petitioners' lawyer submitted before the division bench that they were falsely implicated on sedition charges and the Arms Act by the police who claimed to have seized ...
Jailor, dy jailor sacked in UP
The Uttar Pradesh government has dismissed a jailor and a deputy jailor, who were under suspension, from service on charges of dereliction of duty, a senior official said Friday. Jailor Uday Pratap Singh of Baghpat district jail was sacked for laxity in service as dreaded gangster Prem Prakash Singh alias Munna Bajrangi was gunned down by co-prisoner inside the jail on July 9, 2018, an order issued by DG (Prison) Arvind Kumar said. Singh was immediately suspended and superintendent of Kanpur district jail was asked to probe the matter and on the basis of his report, Singh was dismissed, Kumar said. Bajrangi was gunned down inside the Baghpat jail where he was brought from Jhansi jail to be produced in a court in a case for demanding extortion money from a former MLA. Bajrangi was also named in the killing of former BJP legislator Krishnanad Rai. While services of deputy jailor, Meerut, Dhirendra Kumar Singh was terminated on charges of corruption and extending unauthorised facilities .
Constable fires at stepsons; kills one, injures another
A police constable allegedly shot his two step-sons in a fit of anger here Friday, killing one of them and injuring the other. Sanjay Ambadas Bhoye, the accused, surrendered before police after the incident, an official said. Bhoye was attached to Upnagar police station in the city. According to the preliminary investigation, he had a quarrel with his stepsons Sonu Chikhalkar (25) and Shubham Chikhalkar (22) at his house in Ashwamedhnagar around 4 pm, and fired three rounds at them from his service revolver. While Sonu died, Shubham was seriously injured and was being treated at a private hospital, police said. Further probe is on.
Pak anti-graft court extends Zardari's remand till July 2
Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's remand was extended by 11 days on Friday by an accountability court in the money laundering case. Zardari, 63, who is Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), will now remain in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) till July 2, the Dawn reported. He was arrested on June 10 by the anti-corruption body after the Islamabad High Court rejected his bail plea in the case. Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur are two of the main accused in the money laundering scandal which utilised fake bank accounts to channel illegally gained funds out of Pakistan. A day after his arrest, accountability court judge Mohammad Arshad Malik granted NAB his physical remand and ordered that Zardari be presented before the court again on June 21. Earlier on Friday, a NAB team produced the former president before Judge Malik and sought a two-week extension in Zardari's remand, the report said. But the judge extended Zardari's remand by 11 ...
Four drug peddler arrested in J-K's Kupwara
The local police have arrested four drug peddlers here under the Public Safety Act."They were involved in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) case of Kralpora Police station pertaining to the recovery of huge quantity of brown sugar from their possession," a police statement read on Friday.The four arrested, namely, Reyaz Ahmad Badana, Mudasir Ahmad Piswal, Tanveer Ahmad Raina and Zameer Ahmad Raina, are all residents of Amrohie Karnah. They have been lodged into different jails.While Badana and Raina have been lodged in Anantnag district jail, Piswal and Raina have been lodged in Baramulla district jail.
NGT directs north corporation to take action against encroachments in Rohini
The National Green Tribunal has directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to take action against encroachments and illegal car workshops in Rohini here. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel ordered the municipal corporation to keep vigil in the area and ensure that there are no encroachments. The tribunal had earlier sought a report from the NDMC which informed it that necessary action has been taken for removing the encroachments and impounding the vehicles, and letter has been written to the concerned SHO to keep vigil and not to allow re-encroachment in the area. The green panel asked the corporation to continue further action of maintaining vigil against encroachments and illegal activities in accordance with the law. The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by city resident Shivani alleging that illegal workshops are being run for car repairing and other activities at Naharpur Village, Pocket E-2, Sector-7 in Rohini. It alleged that though the ...
Man arrested for raping 14-year-old girl
A 40-year-old man was arrested in Goa Thursday for allegedly raping a minor girl. Imtiaz Hakim, the accused, allegedly raped the14- year-old girl in his car after offering her lift when she was on her way to tuition two months ago. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Porvorim) Edwin Colaco said the girl did not disclose the incident to anyone for a long time. "The accused tried to rape her again on Wednesday after which she told her mother about it. Her mother filed the complaint with Porvorim police," Colaco said. A local court has remanded Hakim in police custody for four days and further probe was on, he added.
Powerloom owner gets 2-year jail, hefty fine for power theft
A court sentenced a powerloom owner in Bhiwandi to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2006 power theft case here in Maharashtra. District Judge P P Jadhav, who convicted the powerloom owner, Hayat Mohammad Najir Khan, in the case, also imposed a fine of Rs 8.75 lakh on him in an order pronounced last week. Besides Hayat Khan (52), two others Rajiuddin Anwarali Khan, 46, and Aashir Ahmad Mohammad Khalil Khan, 40, were also tried in the case, but were acquitted by the court for want of sufficient evidence. According to the prosecution, Hayat Khan operated his powerloom factory at Nagaon in Bhiwandi. On September 26, 2006, a team of MSEB (Maharashtra State Electricity Board) conducted an inspection of the unit and found it was illegally drawing electricity from a nearby transformer, Assistant Public Prosecutor Vivek Kadu had told the court during the trial. After assessment it was found that the unit had illegally drawn power worth Rs 2.75 lakh, he had said. Hayat Khan .
UP: Minor girl abducted while sleeping, killed
A 12-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and later killed while she was sleeping with her family members outside their house in a village here, police said Friday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday at a village under Safipur Police Station limits, they said. Police said whether the girl, belonging to the Dalit community, was raped or not will be clear only after the post-mortem examination. According to the police, the gir's family members could not find her when they woke up on Friday morning. In a complaint, the girl's father said she was sleeping along with other family members outside the house and was with them till 3 am. He said they found the girl missing when they woke up in the morning. They started a search for the girl in the morning and found her blood-stained body outside the village, police said. Lucknow Range Inspector General SK Bhagat, who reached the spot, said that four teams have been formed, and the case will be solved soon. "The