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A case of rape with minor comes to light in Nawada district
A minor was allegedly raped in Bihar's Nawada district today and a man was arrested in connection with the incident and sent to jail, the police said. An FIR was today lodged against the man by the victim's family. According to the FIR the man had raped the youngster when her family members had gone to harvest crops in the field. The accused had fled when the locals gathered after the girl raised an alarm, the police said adding he was later caught. The victim was sent to the sadar hospital for medical examination, the police added.
Scandal-hit Weinstein Co. files for bankruptcy protection
The Weinstein Co filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday with a buyout offer in hand from a private equity firm, the latest twist in its efforts to survive the sexual misconduct scandal that brought down co-founder Harvey Weinstein, shook Hollywood and triggered a movement that spread out to convulse other industries. The company also announced it was releasing any victims of or witnesses to Weinstein's alleged misconduct from non-disclosure agreements preventing them from speaking out. That step had long been sought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who filed a lawsuit against the company last month on behalf of its employees. "Since October, it has been reported that Harvey Weinstein used non-disclosure agreements as a secret weapon to silence his accusers. Effective immediately, those 'agreements' end," the company said in a statement. "No one should be afraid to speak out or coerced to stay quiet." In a statement, Schneiderman praised the decision as "a watershed ..
Delhi HC to hear appeal on 2G spectrum case tomorrow
The Delhi High Court will on Wednesday hear Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) appeals against the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in the 2G spectrum case.While CBI filed an appeal on Tuesday, the ED had moved the Court on Monday.In a surprising judgment, a special CBI court had last year acquitted all key accused, including A Raja, in the Rs 30,000 crore 2G spectrum allocation case.Special CBI judge O.P. Saini had cleared the 19 accused of all charges, rejecting the case presented by the agency, citing lack of "prosecutable evidence".Earlier on March 12, the Supreme Court directed the CBI and ED to complete probes and close all cases related to the 2G scam within six months.
HC grants parole to accused to attend father's funeral
The Madras High Court today granted parole for three days to an undertrial prisoner, arrested in connection with the killing of BJP and Hindu Munnani leaders, to attend the funeral of his father. A bench comprising Justice C T Selvam and Justice N Sathish Kumar granted the parole to Banna Ismail and directed the Superintendent of the Puzhal Central Prison, where the accused is lodged, to provide a strong escort. It was passing the order on a petition by Ismail's friend Khader Mydeen stating that former's father Mohamed Abdullah died yesterday in Palayamkottai. The petitioner submitted that Ismail's presence was absolutely necessary for performing the last rites of his father. Ismail has been arrested in connection with the killings of BJP functionary "Auditor" Ramesh in Salem and Hindu Munnani leader Vellaiyappan in Vellore in 2013.
JNU professor arrested in sexual harassment case, gets bail
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) professor Atul Johri was today arrested over allegations of sexual harassment of some women students of the premier institution and granted bail shortly afterwards by a city court. Students and professors of the university as well as women's rights organisations had been staging protests demanding Johri's arrest, after some students accused him of sexual harassment. Dependra Pathak, Chief Spokesperson, Delhi Police said Johri was arrested after three hours of questioning at the Vasant Kunj police station. Johri, who is from the Department of Life Sciences, was produced before duty magistrate Ritu Singh. The magistrate granted bail to Johri and directed him to furnish a bail bond of Rs 30,000 for each of the eight FIRs registered against him. Johri had moved a bail plea saying sending him to jail would spoil his career. Yesterday, 54 JNU professors had demanded registration of separate FIRs on all eight sexual harassment complaints against Johri. They .
MSRTC controller booked for molesting conductor
A controller with the state-run Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) from Vasai has been booked for allegedly repeatedly molesting a female conductor, police said today. As per the complaint, the accused rejected the leave of the victim and repeatedly molested her while she was on the job, a senior police officer said. A case under section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage modesty) was registered last night, he said, adding a probe was on. Police have withheld the name of the accused.
"I am a victim of politics": JNU Prof Atul Johri
Following Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) Professor Atul Johri's arrest on Tuesday in connection with allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by students, he was produced before a Delhi court and was granted bail."I have been working in JNU since 2004. I'm a victim of politics," said Johri on the numerous allegations he was faced with.He further stated that sending him to jail would ruin his career."Allegations of molestation against my client are baseless and totally wrong," said Atul Johri's counsel.The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested Atul Johri, a Professor at the School of Life Sciences at JNU, and was produced before metropolitan magistrate Ritu Singh at the Patiala House Court.Johri was accused of sexual harassment by as many as nine female students at the University.Earlier today, All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA) also staged protests outside Vasant Kunj police station on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum in connection with the alleged ...
Law panel issues fresh appeal seeking views on common code
In a fresh appeal, the Law Commission today sought people's views on the issue of common civil code, but said triple talaq is no longer a subject for consideration as a bill to criminalise the practice is pending in Parliament. The commission said that it has received an overwhelming response by the people and it is appropriate to elicit detailed submissions on the issue from the stakeholders again. The submissions can be in the form of working papers or consultation and can touch any issue related to the uniform civil code, except (instant) triple talaq, it said. Suggestions from government and non-government bodies and the other stakeholders can be submitted till April 6. A uniform civil code will mean a set of common personal laws for all citizens. Personal law, among other issues, covers marriage and divorce. The BJP is yet to respond to a law commission questionnaire on the contentious uniform civil code floated in October 2016, while most of the opposition parties which replied .
Man strangles wife, children
A man allegedly killed his wife and two children by throttling them at his father-in-law's house here today, police said. Surender, who had taken his family to the residence yesterday, is being questioned, they said. When his father-in-law left this morning, he allegedly killed his wife, son and daughter (both aged under five years),Meerpet police station Inspector A Man Mohan said. "The exact motive is being ascertained," Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat told PTI. The bodies were shifted to a state-run hospital for post-mortem, the Inspector said, adding, they were verifying whether the murders were committed due to some "family issue.
SC protects public servants from automatic arrest in false SC/ ST cases
In a bid to protect honest public servants discharging bonafide duties from being blackmailed with false cases under the SC/ST Act, the Supreme Court today diluted its stringent provisions mandating immediate arrest under the law. The top court said that 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 Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. A bench of Justices Adarsh Goel and U U Lalit said unless the exclusion of anticipatory bail is limited to "genuine cases and inapplicable to cases where there is no prima facie case was made out, there will be no protection available to innocent citizens". "There is no absolute bar against grant of anticipatory bail in cases under the Atrocities Act if no prima facie case is made out or where, on judicial scrutiny, the complaint is found to be prima facie mala fide,"
TN man held on charges of murdering four women
A 42-year-old man has been arrested on charges of killing four women in villages bordering Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, police said today. Munuswamy, hailing from Manthangal village in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu, targetted lone women and killed them by hitting them with boulders and bricks, Superintendent of Police S V Rajasekhar Babu told reporters at Chittoor, 70 km from here. The SP said Munuswamy, suspected to be a pscycho, had killed two women at different villages in Chittoor district in February and March this year. During interrogation, he confessed to killing two other women, Babu said, adding, he also admitted to attacking four other women in Tamil Nadu, who, however, survived. A special police team from Andhra Pradesh arrested him from Vellore yesterday. Munuswamy did not make any attempt to rape or steal gold from his victims, the SP added.
Court sentences man to death for murdering 9-yr-old boy
A court today sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty in the murder of a nine-year-old boy about two years ago. Chief Judicial Magistrate Abdul Kadher also imposed a fine of Rs 5.10 lakh on the convict Arumugam for attacking the boy's mother and injuring her seriously. According to the prosecution, Arumugam got married to a woman with the help of the boy's mother. As he ill-treated his wife, she had left him and was living with her mother. Arumugam held the boy's mother responsible for his wife's estrangement. On September 8, 2016, he attacked the boy and his mother with a sickle while they were returning from school. While the boy died, the woman was seriously injured. Arumugam was overpowered by passers-by and handed over to police. The judge said the fine should be given to the boy's mother who had lost her son and also underwent treatment at hospital.
Seven arrested for gun running, 26 firearms seized in MP
Seven persons of a gang allegedly involved in gun running were arrested today and 26 firearms, along with eight live cartridges, were recovered from them, police said. Deputy Inspector General Harinarayanachari Mishra said that Malkhan Singh Sikligar, who manufactures arms illegally in neighbouring Dhar district and sells them in Indore, was arrested from Pandrinath area here on a tip off. Sikligar's interrogation led to the arrest of six more persons, police said. They have been identified as Ashish Saini, Dharmendra Maliwad, Gajendra Singh Chouhan, Dilip Patel, Vinay Yadav and Rahul Chourasia, the official said. "The gang was involved in illegal arms deals in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh apart from Madhya Pradesh," Mishra said. Those arrested are residents of neighbouring Dhar, Badwani and Khargone districts of west Madhya Pradesh, he said.
Kathua rape-and-murder case: Ex-revenue official surrenders
A former revenue official, wanted by the police in connection with the rape and killing of a minor girl in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, today surrendered before the crime branch here, a senior police official said. Sanji Ram (60), believed to be the mastermind behind the rape and killing of the 8-year-old Bakharwal girl in January, surrendered after his son was arrested from Uttar Pradesh, the official said requesting anonymity. Earlier, an official had said investigation has revealed that it was a pre-planned killing carried out with the intention of instilling fear among the Bakharwal nomads residing in the area and driving them out. He had said the girl was drugged and raped before being killed. The minor's body was recovered from Rasana forest in Kathua on January 17, a week after she went missing while grazing horses in the area. The incident sparked widespread protest in the state. On January 23, the state government handed over the case to the state police's crime ...
Two teenagers confined, raped over 15 days by 9 men in C'garh
Two teenage girls from Chhattisgarh's Koriya district were allegedly confined and raped by nine men for over a fortnight, police said today. The girls, aged 17 and 15 years, were rescued by the police yesterday from a spot near Bijuri railway station in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, they said. The victims belong to Jhagrakhand area in Koriya located on the border of Chhattisgarh and MP, they added. Koriya Additional Superintendent of Police Nivedita Sharma said, "On March 4, the main accused Abhijeet Pal alias Pinku (20) took one of victims, with whom he was having an affair, on the pretext of marrying her. A friend of the victim accompanied them." Sharma said Pal, a native of Khongapani village of Jhagrakhand, took the two minor girls to a place in Khongapani and raped them. "Later, Pal and eight of his friends repeatedly raped the two after confining them in Ledri and Bijuri villages," she said. Officials said a complaint was filed by the victims' families on the morning of March ...
Army jawan commits suicide by shooting self in Kulgam
An Army jawan today allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said. Sepoy Kulvinder Singh of 10 Sikh Regiment allegedly shot himself with his service rifle inside an Army camp at Mughal Gund in the Qazigund area of Kulgam, a police official said. He said the jawan was taken to a military hospital, but succumbed to his injuries.
Maha govt to keep 'regular tab' on pvt detective agencies: Min
The Maharashtra government will issue directions to the Director General of Police to keep regular tab on private detective agencies to ensure they do not use illegal means to gather information, Minister of State for Home (Urban) Ranjit Patil said today. Patil was replying in the Legislative Council to a calling attention motion moved by Congress' Anant Gadgil over the February 2 arrest of private detective Rajani Pandit in connection with the Call Detail Record (CDR) scam being investigated by the Thane police. Gadgil said that as per the Telegraph Act, detective agencies were not allowed to tap calls or use bugging devices, adding that even police had to take permission from the state's Home Secretary. "I have brought (in the House) representational bugging devices that are easily available in the market. Using these, one can hear from a distance what two persons are speaking as the device deciphers their lip movements. Another device allows a person to hear talks in
HC allows Somnath Bharti, his wife to settle matrimonial dispute
The Delhi High Court today allowed AAP leader Somnath Bharti to settle the matrimonial dispute with his wife through mediation. Justice Anu Malhotra sent the couple to mediation after they expressed willingness to settle their differences. Bharti has been facing a domestic violence case. The couple has to appear before the mediator on April 9. The court's direction came on Bharti's plea for allowing him to mediate the issue with his wife -- Lipika Mitra. The AAP MLA submitted that he was willing to settle the domestic dispute with his wife and hence they should be allowed to sit together in mediation. Advocate Rahul Kumar, representing Mitra, said they have no difficulty in mediation and can explore the possibility of arriving at an amicable settlement. Bharti, former Delhi law minister, had moved the application in a pending plea filed by his wife against the trial court's October 7, 2015 order granting him bail in the domestic violence case lodged by her. The investigators had on ...
Produce records of advocate's arrest in CDR case: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court today directed the state government to produce all records of the arrest of advocate Rizwan Siddiqui, accused of illegally possessing the Call Detail Records (CDR) of actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife. Advocate Rizwan Siddiqui's wife Tasneem has filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court challenging the manner of his arrest. Rizwan Siddiqui was arrested by the Thane police last week for having ordered the illegal procurement of the CDR of actor Nawazuddin's Siddiqui's wife. In the plea, Tasneem has claimed that Riwan Siddiqui had received a Witness Summon from the Thane Crime Branch Unit 1 on February 14. However, on March 16, the Thane crime branch officials came to his office and, while recording the statement, arrested him without giving him any notice under Section 41(A) of the CrPC, the plea said. The state, which is the prosecution in the case, however, told thehigh court that the Thane crime branch had attempted to serve a notice under section 41(A) ..
CBI files appeal in Delhi HC regarding 2G spectrum case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed an appeal in the Delhi High Court against the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others in the 2G spectrum case.On examination, it has been found that there are strong grounds against the acquittals for an appeal.Earlier on Monday, Enforcement Directorate (ED) also moved the Delhi High Court against the acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum case.In a surprising judgment, a special CBI court had last year acquitted all key accused, including A Raja, in the Rs 30,000 crore 2G spectrum allocation case.Special CBI judge O.P. Saini had cleared the 19 accused of all charges, rejecting the case presented by the agency, citing lack of "prosecutable evidence".Earlier on March 12, the Supreme Court directed the CBI and ED to complete probes and close all cases related to the 2G scam within six months.