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Indian couple sentenced for human trafficking in US
An Indian couple in the US has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment on charges of human trafficking and labour exploitation of an illegal immigrant from India. The couple Vishnubhai Chaudhari, 50, and Leelabahen Chaudhari, 44, of Kimball, Nebraska, have also been asked to pay USD 40,000 to the victim. They face deportation after completion their sentence followed by two years of supervised release. The Indian couple had previously pleading guilty on December 18, 2017, to alien harbouring for financial gain and conspiracy to harbour an alien, the Department of Justice said. According to documents filed in court, the Indian couple admitted to conspiring to harbour the victim who was an undocumented Indian national, at a Super 8 Motel in Kimball between October 2011 and February 2013. During that time, the couple required the victim to work long hours, seven days a week at the motel, performing manual labour, including cleaning rooms, shovelling snow, and doing laundry. Although they .
Pak court upholds death sentence of convict in minor's murder
A Pakistani court has upheld the death sentence of a man convicted in the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl that shook the entire nation and sparked outrage. In the first ever trial in the country's history that concluded in shortest period of four days, an anti-terrorism court last month sentenced to death 23-year-old Imran Ali on four grounds -- murdering a child, kidnapping a child, rape of a minor, and committing an unnatural act with a minor. The Lahore High Court (LHC) yesterday upheld the verdict of the anti-terrorism court that awarded death sentence to Ali. Ali was arrested in January, two weeks after he raped and killed the 7-year-old girl and threw her body into a garbage dump in Kasur city, some 50 kilometres from Lahore. The brutal rape and murder of the child had sparked outrage and protests across the country. Her case was the twelfth such incident to occur within a 10 kilometre radius in Kasur city over a 12-month period. The arrest brought to light seven
SC asks Jaiprakash Associates Ltd to deposit Rs 200 cr by May 10
The Supreme Court today asked the embattled realty firm Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) to deposit Rs 200 crore in two installments by May 10. The bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked the real-estate major to deposit Rs 100 crore by April 6 and the rest by May 10. The bench, comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, also asked the firm not to send any notices for default in payment of EMIs to home buyers who have opted for refund. The top court asked JAL to submit a project-wise chart of home buyers seeking refund so that the amount can be dispersed on pro-rata basis. "At present we are concerned with the refund and will take later the issue raised by home buyers who want delivery of flats," the top court said. Meanwhile, JAL informed the apex court that only eight per cent of 31,000 home buyers have opted for refund and the rest want possession of flats. The firm also told the court that it has received/sought occupation certificate with regard to 13,500 .
Shami's wife Hasin Jahan to meet Mamta Banerjee on March 23
Amid the ongoing tiff with her cricketer husband Mohammed Shami, Hasin Jahan will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on March 23.Jahan had earlier sought an appointment from the chief minister to meet her in person and listen to her side of the story in regards to her allegations against her husband."I only appeal that you just keep your eye on my fight for truth, meet me and listen to what I have to say and then judge what needs to be done," she had told media, and added, "I want to meet you and share my pain with you. This is all I request of you."Jahan has accused her husband of abusing her physically and mentally, and of having extra-marital affairs. A case was also registered against Shami on the basis of a written complaint filed by her.In a bid to expose the pacer's extra-marital affair, Shami's wife had earlier posted several screenshots of Messenger and Whatsapp messages on her Facebook wall.In recent developments on the case, Shami told a media outlet that his ..
FERA case: ED tells HC cannot share documents with Dhinakaran
The Enforcement Directorate has informed the Madras High Court it cannot share copies of official documents, including the case diary, to Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader TTV Dhinakaran in connection with the 1996 FERA case filed against him. When the criminal revision petition by Dhinakaran came up yesterday before Justice M V Muralidaran, the ED filed a counter affidavit stating that the documents sought by the accused to defend himself in the two-decade-old case cannot be provided to him as doing so is barred under the CrPC. Dhinakaran had filed the petition challenging the order of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Economic Offences-II), here declining to issue copies of certain documents, including the case diary, sought by him. The ED submitted that Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA), 1973, prohibits disclosure of any document, information, or intelligence of the department which were kept highly confidential and protected. Hence, such documents also cannot ..
2G: Delhi HC issues notice to Raja, Kanimozhi
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to former Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in the 2G spectrum money laundering case.
Delhi HC notice to Raja, Kanimozhi on ED, CBI appeal in 2G case
The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others on a plea of the Enforcement Directorate challenging their acquittal in a money laundering case arising out of the 2G scam. Justice S P Garg also issued another notice to Raja, Kanimozhi and others on a CBI plea challenging the special court order acquitting them in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. The court said status quo would be maintained with regard to properties attached by the ED in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case. On March 19, the ED moved the high court challenging a special court order acquitting all the accused in the money laundering case arising out of the 2G scam. Yesterday, the CBI too challenged in the high court the acquittal of the accused in the case. The special court on December 21 last year acquitted Raja, Kanimozhi and others in the cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the ED. Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, the ...
Woman raped at former village head's residence in UP
A woman was allegedly raped by a youth for several days at the residence of a former village head in Muzaffarnagar district, police said today. According to Senior Sub-Inspector K C Tomar, police rescued the woman yesterday from the house in Charthawal village after they received information about the woman being confined in the house. Police have arrested the former village head, Rajbir Singh, and the main accused in the case, Vipin, is on the run. Police said Vipin raped the woman on the pretext of proving her employment.
Woman killed in UP over illegal relationship suspicion
A 35-year-old woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband and her brother over suspicion of her having an illicit relationship in Shamli district, a police official said today. Following the killing last evening in Khera Kurtan village, the woman's body was thrown into the residence of her alleged lover, according to circle officer Rajesh Kumar Tiwari. Police have arrested the woman's husband and her brother. They said the accused have confessed to their crime. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination. In another incident, a 30-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in Garhi Noabad area in Muzaffarnagar district, police said. She was rushed to an area hospital but doctors declared her brought dead. The reason behind her step was not immediately clear. A probe was on.
Delhi HC to hear appeal against acquittal of A Raja in 2G case
The Delhi High Court will on Wednesday hear an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the acquittal of former telecom minister A. Raja and others in the 2G spectrum case.The probe agency on Tuesday filed the appeal in the high court after a special CBI court in a shocking judgment in December last year acquitted all the 19 accused, including A. Raja, in the Rs 30,984 crore scam.The CBI had back then said it would file a petition challenging the trial court order.The high court after examination found strong grounds for an appeal and listed the matter for hearing on March 21.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on Monday filed a plea in the Delhi High Court against the trial court's acquittal of the accused persons.
US officer charged with murder of unarmed Aus woman
A police officer in the US state of Minnesota who shot dead an unarmed Australian woman last July was charged with murder, in a case that sparked an international outcry. Mohamed Noor shot Justine Damond, a 40-year-old resident of the city of Minneapolis, after she called to report a possible rape in the evening hours, and approached the police car that had arrived to investigate. "From the short time between when Ms Damond Ruszczyk approached the squad car, to the time that Officer Noor fired the fatal shot, there is no evidence that Officer Noor encountered a threat... that justified his decision to use deadly force," Hennepin County prosecutor Mike Freeman said yesterday. "Instead, Officer Noor recklessly and intentionally fired his handgun from the passenger seat, in disregard for human life." Noor was charged with counts of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, which respectively carry sentences of up to 25 years, and up to 10 years. The shooting caused outrage in ..
Swiss review criminal complaint filed by figure in 1MDB case
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors are reviewing a criminal complaint filed against two former colleagues and an alleged accomplice by Xavier Justo, a former director of energy group PetroSaudi International Ltd and a key figure in the 1MDB affair.
Ex-Playboy model wants to discuss alleged Trump relationship
A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with President Donald Trump is seeking to invalidate an agreement that prohibited her from discussing the relationship. The woman, Karen McDougal, filed a lawsuit today in Los Angeles against the company that owns supermarket tabloid National Enquirer. The lawsuit alleges that McDougal was paid USD 150,000 during the 2016 presidential campaign for the rights to her story of an affair, but the story never ran. McDougal's lawsuit alleges that Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, was secretly involved in her discussions with the tabloid's parent company, American Media, Inc. American Media has said it didn't find McDougal's account of an affair with Trump credible and paid her to write fitness columns. The White House has said Trump denies having an affair with McDougal.
Autorickshaw driver held for fleeing with passenger's bag containing foreign currency
An autorickshaw driver was arrested from the New Delhi railway station area for allegedly stealing a passenger's bag containing foreign currency, police said today. The accused, Imtiaz Mia, was arrested yesterday, they said. On February 19, he had stolen the bag belonging to Ajam Kamal Sheikh, who works in Indonesia but had come here for some visa-related work, the police said. He boarded Mia's three-wheeler but while de-boarding the vehicle, he forgot his bag behind. The accused then fled with the bag containing USD 3,881 and 5.76 Lac Indonesian Rupiah, some Malaysian Ringgit and a cell phone, the police said. A case was registered. Subsequently, the accused was arrested yesterday, the police added.
Biker allegedly hit by car in Delhi's Chanakyapuri succumbs to injuries
A 22-year-old motorcyclist, who was allegedly hit by a car in Lutyens' Delhi's Chanakyapuri on Sunday, today succumbed to the injuries, police said. The incident took place on the Mother Crescent road in the morning of March 18. Palwinder, who was riding the motorcycle, was hit by Akash Yadav(25), who was driving his friend's car, the police said. Palwinder was rushed to a hospital where he died today during treatment following which the accused was arrested, the police said.
Miscreants throw acid on 24-yr-old woman
Two bike-borne miscreants threw acid on a 24-year-old woman at the Mohan Nagar trisection here today, the police said. Besides the woman, who is an employee of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in its Shastri Nagar Colony branch, five others also sustained burn injuries in the acid attack and all of them were rushed to a nearby hospital, they added. The victims were waiting for buses and autorickshaws to reach their respective destinations when the incident took place in the morning, the police said. The woman, a resident of the Lajpat Nagar colony in the Sahibabad area, received burn injuries on the neck and arms in the attack, SHO, Sahibabad, Rakesh Singh said, adding that her brother, in his complaint, named a woman from the Kondli area of Delhi, who used to be the victim's roommate. Both the women were good friends and talked to each other over phone for hours late in the night, the complaint stated. When the victim decided to leave Delhi, the other woman had an altercation with her .
Four killed in tractor-motorcycle accident
Four people were killed and as many others were injured today when a tractor overturned and fell on a motorcycle in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district, police said. The incident occurred around 7 PM when the tractor, carrying wooden longs, was headed towards a timber depot in Chirchari village under the Baghnadi police station limits, an official said. The driver of the tractor lost his control over the vehicle near the depot, following which it skidded and fell on a motorcycle, he said. The deceased included tractor driver Shobhit Netam (36), labourer Lakhet Kanwar (40) and two persons who were riding the two-wheeler, he said, adding that four labourers who were travelling on the tractor sustained injuries in the incident. A police team shifted the injured to a nearby hospital while bodies were sent for postmortem, the official said, adding that a case has been registered.
Actor Jackie Shroff's wife summoned by cops in Thane CDR scam
Thane police said that it had summoned Ayesha Shroff, wife of actor Jackie Shroff, in connection with the Call Detail Record scam that it is investigating. Abhishek Trimukhe, deputy commissioner of police, Thane (Crime) told reporters that her name cropped up after they checked the mobile phone of arrested advocate Rizwan Siddiqui. He said that she had apparently sourced a CDR from an unidentified person and had given it to Siddiqui. She had been summoned, he informed. He said that several other facts that had come up during the interrogation of Siddiqui were also being probed.
AP gold heist: Runaway accused held in Thane
An Uttar Pradesh native was arrested today for his alleged involvement in the Rs 2 crore gold heist in Vijayawada of Andhra Pradesh last year, police said. The accused, identified as Kshtrapal alias Avinash Kailash Prasad, was arrested on a tip-off that he was coming to Thane from Balia to sell some arms, a police official said. On July 11, 2017, a gang of 13 robbed 5 kg gold from a workshop. Subsequently, police arrested ten persons while three were absconding, including Kailash Prasad. On a tip-off, the crime branch arrested Kailash Prasad here, an official said. He is allegedly involved in a string of crimes in Mumbai, Thane and surrounding regions, police said.
Mortal remains of Sasikala's husband brought to Thanjavur
The mortal remains of convicted All India Anna Dravida Munerta Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala's husband, Natarajan Maruthappa were brought to Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur on Tuesday.Natarajan Maruthappa passed away at the age of 76 due to multiple organ failures at the Gleneagles Global hospital in Chennai on the wee hours of Tuesday.Meanwhile, Sasikala has been granted an emergency parole of 15-days to attend her husband's last rites.Sasikala is currently serving a four-year imprisonment and is lodged in central prison in Bengaluru in a disproportionate assets case.