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Dalit body criticises SC verdict on SC/ST Act
The Supreme Court's verdict diluting stringent provisions mandating immediate arrest under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities (POA) Act has drawn criticism from a Dalit organisation which said it would lead to "great miscarriage of justice". Expressing its concern over the top court's March 20 verdict, the National Executive Committee of the Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch(DSMM) has urged the Centre to file a review petition so that the Act remained effective. "The dilution in the stringency of the Act will lead to great miscarriage of justice. It must be remembered that in many cases the accused are government servants and officials. "Government offices and departments are sites of discrimination and injustice to SCs and STs (schedule castes and schedule tribes). The police also has a record of committing grave crimes against these sections of society," it said. "We, therefore, appeal to the Government of India to file a review petition to nullify the changes sought to be made by the apex .
CBI arrests Bhopal medical college chairman in Vyapam scam
The CBI has arrested Bhopal's L.N. Medical College Chairman J.N. Chouksey in connection with admission irregularities pertaining to the Pre-Medical Test 2012 conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or Vyapam, an official said on Thursday.
Soured lesbian relationship sparks acid attack, five held
A woman had acid thrown at a former friend after their lesbian relationship soured, injuring six people in an autorickshaw here. The guilty woman and four men have been arrested for the horrific crime, police said on Thursday.
5, including 4 children, killed after tractor-trolley hits motorbike in Rajasthan
Five people, including four children, were killed when a tractor-trolley hit their motorcycle in Rajasthan's Dausa district, the police said today. The incident occurred yesterday when the five people were returning home from a fair, SHO of Lalsot police station Rajinder Kumar said. Following the incident, the locals and family members of the deceased staged a protest alleging that the police did not take action against the tractor-trolley driver. BJP MP Kirori Lal Meena, along with officials of the district administration, spoke to the protesters and pacified them by assuring strict action against the driver and police officers if they are found guilty of dereliction of duty. Later Meena told reporters that financial assistance and a job to the bereaved family members. The MP said three policemen were suspended for being negligent in handling the case and further action will be taken after senior police officials submit a probe report within 10 days.
Man arrested with weapons
The Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) of Thane police has arrested a 23-year-old man, who had come out of prison two months ago, for illegal possession of arms. Six pistols and 15 cartridges were recovered from Semesh Shaikh, a resident of Virar, last evening, said assistant commissioner of police N T Kadam of Crime Branch. Shaikh was released from jail on January 11 this year after serving three and a half years in a case of cheating, he said. Police were now probing how he procured the weapons and who was he trying to sell them, Kadam said. Earlier, a case of robbery was registered against him at Ambarnath police station and another case under the Arms Act was registered at Kandivali police station, the ACP added. A fresh case was registered at the Kopri police station in Thane against him following his arrest last evening.
Maldivian President lifts emergency after 45 days
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Thursday lifted a 45-day state of emergency which had outlawed protests amid a political crisis in the country.A press release published by the Maldives Times stated that "The announcement of a State of Emergency was precipitated by a Constitutional Crisis created by two Justices of the Supreme Court who conspired with political actors to violate both the Constitution and standard legal norms and practices in order to illegally overthrow a lawful Government, and whose actions constituted an imminent threat to national security.""The Maldives Police Service, under the guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General, has been able to progress substantially into their investigation of corruption and other crimes relating to the Constitutional Crisis," it added.President Yameen imposed a state of emergency on February 5 for 15 days to annul a Supreme Court ruling that quashed convictions against nine opposition leaders and ordered his government to ...
Criminal held after encounter
A sub-inpector was injured in the Purwa area of this district during an encounter yesterday after which an alleged criminal carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 was arrested, police said today. Superintendent of Police Pushpanjali said after getting information about the presence of two bike-borne criminals, the police started a checking drive. "Police started intense checking of vehicles in the area. During this, the criminals fired at the police. In the counter-firing a criminal sustained bullet injury on foot, while his accomplice fled from the spot. The criminal who sustained injuries on foot has been identified as Dhanraj Lodh. He has been arrested. Sub-inspector Pradeep Singh sustained injuries," the SP said. The SP also informed that the arrested criminal was also carrying a cash reward of Rs 25,000 on information leading to his arrest. Efforts are on to arrest the second criminal, she said.
Two held in connection the murder of elderly couple
Two persons were arrested today in connection with the recent murder of an elderly couple at their home at Gudivada town of Krishna district, police said. Those arrested were Jillela Suresh and Selva Dorai, Superintendent of Police, Krishna District, Sarvasresth Tripathy told reporters here. The couple B Sai Chowdary (70) and his wife B Nagamani (65), who were staying alone in the house, were murdered on the night of March 16. Cash and other valuables were also stolen from their house. Police said Jillela Suresh, accused in four property offence cases, had hatched the plan along with Dorai. After gaining entry into the house, they killed the couple and decamped with the cash and valuables and escaped from there in the couple's car. The duo confessed that they have committed the offence due to their financial problems, Tripathy said. Cases were registered against them under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), he said.
Criminal proceeds generated in Aircel-Maxis case involving Karti: PMLA authority
A designated PMLA authority has held that there is "considerable evidence" that criminal proceeds were generated in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case involving Karti Chidambaram, the son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, and a firm allegedly linked to him. The quasi-judicial authority had made these written observations and confirmed an ED order for attachment of Rs 1.16 crore assets in the name of Karti Chidambaram and the firm. The Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), in its 171-page order issued recently, said the defendants -- Karti Chidambaram, a firm allegedly linked to him (advantage Strategic Consulting Pvt Ltd) and others -- have "failed" to prove that these assets were not proceeds of crime of the offence of money laundering. The central probe agency had provisionally attached fixed deposits and bank balances in the name of Karti Chidamabarm and the firm "indirectly controlled" by him in September last year and the ...
Pak cop guilty of extra-judicial killing arrested
Former senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Malir's district in Pakistan Rao Anwar, who is accused in the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, was arrested on Thursday when he appeared before the Supreme Court.According to the Dawn, Anwar, who was eluding law enforcement agencies for over a month, appeared before the court today.His appearance came after the court had warned on Monday that stringent action would be taken against those providing shelter to Anwar.Yesterday, a three-judge bench hearing the suo motu case against Mehsud's murder, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar ordered police to arrest Anwar."Take Rao Anwar into custody," Nisar said after rejecting his request for protective bail.Earlier on February 1, Nisar had questioned Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) A.D. Khowaja for not being able to arrest Anwar.An inquiry committee found Anwar guilty of committing the crime.The team, in its report, cited eyewitness' accounts and said Naqeebullah was 'picked up', ..
Govt should seek immediate review of SC order on SC/ST Act: CPI
The CPI today asked the government to seek an immediate review of the recent Supreme Court judgement diluting the stringent provisions mandating immediate arrest under the SC/ST Act. It also asked the government to urge the top court to refer the matter to a larger Constitution bench "so that the rights given under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, passed by Parliament, can be restored in the true spirit". In a ruling two days ago, the Supreme Court diluted the provisions of the Act mandating immediate arrest for violations, saying on "several occasions", innocent citizens were being termed as accused and public servants deterred from performing their duties, which was never the intention of the legislature while enacting the law. CPI National Secretary D Raja said the apex court ruling has "come as a big blow to all the efforts made to empower the SCs and STs. The Constitution provides certain rights to them which are protected by certain ..
SC asks UP govt to submit draft for protection of Taj Mahal
Supreme Court on Thursday asked Uttar Pradesh government to submit a draft in connection with the vision document on the protection of Taj Mahal within four weeks.Earlier on February 8, the apex court pulled up both the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh Government and expressed dissatisfaction over the procedures of the Centre and the state government in dealing with the situation.The Uttar Pradesh Government was asked to submit a protection and preservation plan for the Taj Mahal, after the Supreme Court sought a report on the same.Hearing a plea of an environmentalist, seeking protection of the historical monument from the pollution around, the top court had ordered demolition of a multi-level car parking that was built near the Taj Mahal.Though the court stayed its order in November, it asked Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) authority to come up with a comprehensive action plan to protect the Mughal mausoleum.
Vyapam case: CBI arrests chairman of Bhopal based medical college
The CBI has arrested chairman of Bhopal-based LN Medical College J N Chouksey in connection with a Vyapam related case pertaining to Madhya Pradesh Pre-Medical Test-2012, officials said here today. The agency had filed a supplementary chargesheet in the case on November 23, 2017 in a special court in Bhopal. The court had issued non-bailable arrest warrants against the absconding chargesheeted persons. "In pursuance to such arrest warrants, the CBI arrested the accused from his residence at Bhopal. The arrested accused was produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody upto March 24, 2018," CBI spokesperson said here. It was alleged in the chargesheet that the LN medical college, as part to the criminal conspiracy, dishonestly provided wrong information to the Director of Medical Education, Bhopal (DME) regarding the admission of a co-accused candidate who was already a student of MBBS 2011 batch in Patna. "The medical college had reported to DME only 5 vacant seats for ...
Toll in Kurangani forest fire rises to 18
The toll in the devastating fire at Kurangani forests in Theni district rose to 18 with the death of a woman at a hospital here today, police said. The 32-year-old woman, identified as Jayashree, a resident of Chennai, was airlifted from Madurai and admitted to the private hospital here on March 12. Jayashree was brought to the hospital with more than 60 per cent burns. She died today without responding to treatment, hospital sources said. A total of 39 persons - 12 from Erode and Tirupur and 27 from Chennai had embarked on a trip on March 10. Three among the Chennai group went to Kerala and the rest proceeded for trekking. Of the 36 people caught in the forest fire, 18 died, 10 were rescued without any injuries and the rest are undergoing treatment. On March 19, Chief Minister K Palaniswami told the state Assembly that a forester was suspended and a case registered against a local man, G Ranjithkumar, for leading the trekkers through the reserve forest. For violations, police were ...
Revenue official held for taking Rs 5,000 bribe
A patwari (revenue official) was today arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 in Bemetara district in Chhattisgarh, an official said. Kanhaiya Singh Thakur, posted at village panchayat Mahidahi in Saja tehsil of the district, was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe from Meenaram Sahu for transferring ownership of a piece of land, the ACB official told PTI. The complainant, a native of Bhainsamuda village, had contacted Thakur to transfer a land measuring 0.91 acre in the name of three heirs, including him, in the land records after the death of his father, who was the owner of the property, he said. "The official took a bribe of Rs 25,000 from the complainant. But later, he again demanded Rs 5,000 for completing the process and issuing 'Rin Pustika' (land record book) to him," he said. Meanwhile, Sahu lodged a complaint to the anti-graft agency in this connection, following which it was verified and Thakur agreed
Man commits suicide over 'blackmail' by woman
A 28-year-old man has committed suicide in the district here over alleged blackmailing by a married woman he was in relatioship with, police said today. Dev Kumar, also married, hanged himself from a ceiling in his house in Dehchand village under Charthawal Police Station area in the district last evening, they said. According to the suicide note, the woman was blackmailing Kumar and demanding that he tranfer his house in her name, SHO Girish Chand Sharma said. A case has been registered against four persons, including the woman and her husband, who were absconding, Sharma said. The body has been sent for postmortem and further investigations are on, he added.
Cops probing rape charges against Nt'l table tennis player
The West Bengal police is probing a complaint by an 18-year-old-girl, who has accused National table tennis player and Olympian Soumyajit Ghosh of raping her after promising to marry her, an official said today. The complaint has been lodged at the Barasat women's police station in North 24 Parganas district, which has booked 24-year-old Arjuna awardee under the IPC sections for rape, criminal conspiracy, causing miscarriage without the woman's consent and cheating, the police said. "We have received a complaint against table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh yesterday and started a probe into the case. The investigation is at a nascent stage and nothing much can be said about it as of now," Barasat Additional Superintendent of Police Abhijit Banerjee said. The teenager, a resident of Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, has alleged in her complaint that Ghosh raped her several times over the past three years on the pretext of marriage, another senior officer of the West Bengal police ..
JNU students protest against 2 other professors alleging sexual harassment
Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) staged a protest against professors Mahendra P Lama, and Rajesh Kharat leveling allegations of sexual harassment against them. The students demanded that they should be arrested.Recently, JNU's another professor Atul Johri was arrested in a sexual harassment case and was later granted bail.A student of JNU filed a case against Lama and Kharat, who work in the Centre of South Asian Studies of JNU. The professors allegedly took the student to China for work and tried to harass her sexually.She asked the Internal Complaint Committee of JNU to suspend the professor. However, no step been taken against him as yet.Both the professors were arrested by the Police on the basis of the complaint registered by the victim but were later granted bail. The varsity authority has not taken an action against them since then.
Taiwan samurai sword attacker jailed for seven years
A man who used a stolen samurai sword to attack a guard outside Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's office last year -- carrying notes threatening to behead her -- was sentenced today to seven years in prison for attempted murder. Carrying the flag of China, Lu Chun-yi slashed the military police guard, who was trying to prevent him from entering the complex, in the neck, face, and hands with the sword before being arrested. Lu -- in detention since the August 18 attack -- has said he wanted to fly the Chinese flag in the presidential office, and was carrying hand-written notes threatening to "behead" Tsai. In the notes, prosecutors said, Lu also expressed the hope that Beijing will make Taiwan a part of China again. Beijing still sees self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory awaiting reunification even though they split in 1949 after a civil war. The island's relations with China have deteriorated since Tsai took power in 2016 as she has refused to agree to Beijing's stance that ...
Protest outside Ahlcon school over student's suicide, kin demand CBI probe
The family of 15-year-old student of Mayur Vihar-Phase-I's Ahlcon Public School on Thursday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into their daughter's death.The teenage girl, who reportedly failed in her Class 9 examinations, committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Noida on Tuesday. The deceased's father alleged that the girl had earlier accused her teacher of sexually harassing her.The family member of the girl along with some people also staged a protest outside the school and blocked NH-24."No arrests have been made yet. Do they think my daughter lied about harassment by teachers? Is the Police under pressure or did they take bribes? I want justice and a CBI probe," said father of the deceased.The girl had earlier allegedly told his father that her SST teacher touched her inappropriately."She told me her SST teachers touched her inappropriately. I said since I am also a teacher I can say they cannot do it, might be a mistake but she said, 'I am .