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Court to record Atishi Marlena's statement in her plea against Gautam Gambhir
A Delhi court Monday directed AAP leader Atishi Marlena to record her statement in her complaint against BJP rival Gautam Gambhir alleging that he was enrolled as a voter in two Assembly constituencies in Delhi. Metropolitan Magistrate Viplav Dabas directed Marlena to appear before the court on May 31, the next date of hearing. The court had earlier asked Marlena to prove her locus standi for filing the petition against Gambhir. The plea, filed by advocate Mohd Irshad, alleged that Gambhir has enrolled "deliberately" and "illegally" as a voter in Karol Bagh and Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituencies. Marlena is pitted against Gambhir in the East Delhi parliamentary constituency, where polling was held on Sunday.
Swedish probe would give Julian Assange chance to 'clear his name', says Wikileaks Editor-in Chief
Swedish prosecutor's decision to re-open the rape investigation against Julian Assange would give him a chance to "clear his name," said Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson on Monday."Since Julian Assange was arrested on 11 April 2019 there has been considerable political pressure on Sweden to reopen their investigation, but there has always been political pressure surrounding this case," The Washington Post quoted Hrafnsson as saying."This investigation has been dropped before and its reopening will give Julian a chance to clear his name," he added.Hrafnsson alleged that he has received reports of Swedish and British authorities destroying documents related to the case. The statement, however, was not backed by any evidence, reported Russia Today.He also slammed media reports that Assange had eluded questioning throughout his time in London. "Assange was always willing to answer any questions from the Swedish authorities and repeatedly offered to do so over six years," he ...
Probe DAE staff's caste discrimination claim, Mumbai court to cops
A magistrate court in Mumbai Monday directed the Colaba Police to probe a complaint filed by an employee of the central government's Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) alleging discrimination at work place as she belonged to a Scheduled Caste. The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court sought a probe report from the police at the earliest. The court was hearing a complaint filed by Neelima Kadam (52) on May 10, alleging, among other things, that she had been denied a role fit for her at the DAE, and that she had been "demoted" at her job. In her complaint, Kadam said she joined the DAE in 1988 as a junior stenographer under the SC quota and was dealing, for the last 10-12 years, with work on press releases, public hearings, exhibitions conducted by the department. In September 2016, she was promoted to the post of Personal Assistant, but since she had a degree in mass communication, she had requested the department to give her some "media related" post, she said, adding that .
Preliminary tests show Bandipora rape accused is not minor
Preliminary medical examination of the Bandipora rape accused in Jammu and Kashmir has proved that he is not a minor.
German police find two more bodies linked to crossbow killings
German police said Monday two more bodies have been found during investigations into the deaths of three people discovered in a Bavarian hotel room and killed by crossbow bolts. The two female corpses were found near the northern city of Hanover while detectives probed the mysterious deaths of a man and two women discovered over the weekend in the Bavarian town of Passau, close to the Austrian border. The two crime scenes are 645 kilometres (400 miles) apart at opposite ends of Germany. Police said they found the two female bodies while searching the home of one of the women found dead in Passau. No details were given as to whether the latest two corpses in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, had also been killed by crossbow bolts. On Saturday, hotel staff in Passau discovered the three dead Germans in their room around noon alongside two crossbows. A third crossbow was later found packed inside a bag, police said. The three were a 33-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man from ...
SC collegium recommends four chief justices for HCs
The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has recommended appointment of chief justices in four high courts -- Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana.
How is compensation for victims of acid attacks determined: HC asks DSLSA
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the state legal services authority here, DSLSA, how it determines the compensation to be awarded to victims of acid attacks. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani posed the query to the Delhi State Legal Services Authority while hearing a plea by a woman, who claimed to be an acid attack victim, seeking enhancement of the compensation awarded to her. "How is the compensation determined? Tell us what is the scheme," the court said, while issuing notice to DSLSA and directing it to place on record "the entire policy of compensation in such cases". The court also issued notice to the Delhi government seeking its stand on the matter and listed the petition for further hearing on September 3. The woman's petition was first listed before a single judge bench of the high court which declined her plea for enhancement of interim compensation of Rs 25,000, awarded by DSLSA, to Rs 3 lakh. The single judge in his order of February ..
CBI arrests fifth accused in Pollachi sex scandal
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested one more person in connection with the alleged sexual assault case in Pollachi town of Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district in February this year.The arrested, identified as Manivanan alias Mani has been sent to judicial custody till May 20.Mani surrendered before the CBI, the investigating agency said today.Mani is the fifth arrest in the case, in the sex scandal in which more than 50 women were allegedly lured and sexually harassed by a gang of four men and the acts were videographed.Four accused identified as Sabarirajan, Sathish, Thirunavukarasu and Vasan Kumar were previusly arrested in the case.On April 27, the agency registered two cases and initiated an investigation into the case.The case was transferred to the Crime Branch-CID (CB-CID), a special wing of the CID, which initiated an inquiry into the matter on March 13 after receiving requisite documents from the local police.
Expelled AIMIM leader booked in second rape case
An expelled All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) municipal corporator, Syed Mateen Sayed Rasheed, has been booked in a second rape case within four months, officials said on Monday.
Once 'leave India' notice issued against foreigners, they must leave country: Centre
The Centre told the Delhi High Court on Monday that once a 'leave India notice' had been issued against a foreigner, the person should leave the country irrespective of having a valid visa to stay. The submission by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani came at a hearing of a plea by the husband of a Pakistani woman who has been asked by the government to leave the country in view of adverse security reports against her. The 37-year-old woman had come to India in 2005 after marrying the man. She has been residing in Delhi with her husband and two sons, aged 11 and five. The lawyers for the woman's husband argued that she should not be deported as her application for Indian citizenship was pending before the authorities. Appearing for the MHA, the Centre's standing counsel, Anurag Ahluwalia, told the bench that the woman has to leave the country as there is a 'leave India notice' against her. He contented that she ...
6 held for kidnapping school boy in J-K's Samba
Six members of a gang allegedly involved in the kidnap of an Army school student have been arrested, officials said Monday. Anirudh Sharma (11) was kidnapped from outside his house in Samba district's Bari Brahmana last Monday shortly after he was dropped off by his school van, they said. The boy, who is a class five student of Army School, Kaluchak, was rescued by police from Chowadi area of Jammu city last Wednesday, officials said, adding six accused have been arrested and two vehicles seized. Those arrested have been identified as Amrit, Vilayat Singh, Sachin, Angrez Singh, Dheeraj Singh and Balbir Singh, officials said. However, main accused Sanjay Kumar, involved in several criminal cases in the past, is still absconding, they said. "No ransom was paid to kidnappers by the boy's family and some arrests are still in the offing," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Samba, Koshal Sharma said. Police have set up 15 teams to investigate into the case and picked up suspects from ...
British Council staffer sentenced to 10 years for 'spying': Iran
An Iranian woman employee of the British Council has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for "spying", the judiciary's news website Mizan Online reported Monday, sparking concern in London. "An Iranian citizen in charge of the Iran desk at the... British Council was cooperating with English spying agencies," Mizan reported, quoting judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili. He did not identify the suspect but said she had been sentenced recently after she "made a straightforward confession". Esmaili added that the suspect, who had been tasked with drawing up and managing cultural "infiltration" projects, had been arrested by Iranian intelligence and security agencies "more than a year ago". Britain's foreign ministry voiced concern over the case. "We are very concerned by reports that an Iranian British Council employee has been sentenced to jail on charges of espionage," a spokesperson for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office told AFP. "British Embassy officials in Tehran are in ...
HUDCO approaches NCLAT to recover dues from Bakshi
State-owned HUDCO Monday approached the NCLAT to recover its Rs 60 crore loan plus interest from Vikram Bakshi, who has agreed for an out-of-court settlement with McDonald's ending their six-year long dispute. Counsel for HUDCO filed an intervention application before a two-member bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), headed by Chairperson S J Mukhopadhyay, pleading that its dues should be cleared first from the amount that Bakshi was to receive from the US fast food chain. The state-owned firm pleaded before the bench that it has the first right over the amount to be received by Bakshi under the settlement agreement with McDonald's. Balance amount, if any, after clearing its dues could be transferred to him. HUDCO claims that it had given Rs 60 crore loan to Bakshi for his hospitality company, Ascot Hotels Pvt Ltd and the loan account turned into NPA (non performing asset). Bakshi's counsel declined to comment. In 2013, Housing and Development Corporation Ltd .
Court admits defamation case against Manoj Tiwari for calling attack on Kejriwal staged
A Delhi court Monday admitted a criminal defamation complaint against Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and spokesperson Harish Khurana for "defaming" an AAP volunteer by allegedly accusing him of assaulting chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a poll rally. In his complaint, Sushil Kumar also sought the prosecution of the BJP leaders for an alleged criminal conspiracy to defame the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi by terming the incident as "staged" by Kejriwal. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal directed the complainant to file certain evidence in the case and posted the matter for further hearing on May 30. The complainant's advocate Mohd Irsad accused Tiwari of making "false" and "frivolous" statements with the intention to "malign the image of the complainant and the AAP amongst the electorate of Delhi". "Accused number 1 (Tiwari) made an oral statement and accused number 2 (Khurana) made a written imputation on his Twitter account concerning the complainant and the
ED attaches property worth over Rs 2 crore in Axis Bank demonetisation case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said to have issued a 'provisional attachment order' under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) attaching movable and immovable properties worth Rs 2,95,92,351 Puneet Jain, Hemraj Singh, Vinod Deshmukh, Rajeev Singh Kushwaha, Mehfooz Khan, Pravesh Kumar Gandhi and others in Axis Bank demonetised currency conversion case."ED initiated an investigation under PMLA against Mohit Garg, Raj Kumar Sharma and Devendra Kumar Jha on the basis of FIR by Delhi Police on the seizure of Rs 3.70 crore in the form of denomination currency note of Rs 1000," said the ED in a statement."Investigation revealed that on the announcement of demonetisation policy accused Mohit Garg, Nitin Gupta, Vineet Gupta, Shobhit Sinha, and Axis Bank officials have used shell companies/firms, namely, M/s Beagle Marketing, M/s Sunrise Trading Co, M/s RD Traders, M/s Himalayan Traders of Rajeev Singh Kushwaha for illegal exchange of demonetised currency of Vinod ...
Saket Court gang war: Delhi Police arrests 3 for killing gangster Prince
Just a week after the alleged murder of a local gangster during a gang war near the Saket court, the Delhi Police on Monday nabbed three persons in connection with the case.The accused persons have been identified as Badal, Satender and Asfak Ahmad for allegedly hatching and executing the conspiracy of murder of local gangster Prince alias Bihari. Four mobile phones and one motorcycle used in the alleged crime were recovered from their possession."During the interrogation, it was revealed that victim Prince had rivalry with Rohit Choudhary as Prince had in recent past threatened and abused him publicly, following which Choudhary was trying to eliminate him," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Crime, Dr G Ram Gopal Naik.In the first two attempts, Prince had escaped their clutches but the third time Rohit and his associates made a full-proof plan to eliminate him."On the fateful day (May 6), Prince, who had come to Saket Court, was being closely monitored and followed by Badal, ...
3 held for killing rival gangster near Saket court
Three men have been arrested for allegedly killing a rival gang member near Saket court on May 6, police said. The arrested accused are Badal (27), a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, Satender (26), from Govindpuri, and Asfak Ahmed (24), a resident of Dakshinpuri, they said. Acting on a tip-off, police apprehended Badal on Sunday from Khanpur village, where he had arrived to cast his vote, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ram Gopal Naik said. On his instance, Satender and Asfak Ahmed were also arrested, the police officer said. During interrogation, it was revealed that the victim, Prince, had threatened his rival gang member Rohit Choudhary publicly. Following this, Badal, Ahmed and Satender shot dead Prince near Saket court on May 6. Before that, there were two unsuccessful attempts on Prince's life, Naik said. Four mobile phones and one motorcycle were seized from the accused, the DCP said.
5-yr-old girl found murdered in Haryana's Panchkula, rape suspected
A five-year-old girl was found murdered in a vacant plot in Haryana's Panchkula district on Monday, with police suspecting that she might have been raped before being killed, a senior police official said. The parents of the girl lodged a complaint with the police that their daughter had gone missing from her home on Monday. Later, her body was found lying in a vacant plot near a private school, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Panchkula, Nupur Bishnoi said. "Investigations into the case are on. We are not ruling out sexual assault in the case. Prima facie, it appears that she was raped," she said. Bishnoi said a case has been registered in this regard. Asked if police had got any clue in the case, she replied, "We will nab the accused soon.
ED attaches Rs 2.95 cr properties in Axis Bank currency case
In connection with its ongoing probe into the Axis Bank demonetised currency case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said that it has attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 2.95 crore belonging to Puneet Jain, Hemraj Singh, Vinod Deshmukh, Rajeev Singh Kushwaha, Mehfooz Khan, Pravesh Kumar Gandhi and others.
JeM militant arrested in J&K's Anantnag
A Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant was Monday arrested in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Hilal Ahmad was arrested from Dooru area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district, a police officer said, adding that arms and ammunition were recovered from him. Police have registered a case and investigation is going on to probe his complicity in terror crimes, the officer said.