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Naming of square after PM not the cause of killing: police,
Three persons have been arrested in connection with beheading of the father of a BJP worker in Darbhanga, even as police asserted that the killing was the fall-out of a land dispute and "not in any way related to naming of a square after Prime Minister Narendra Modi". Ramchandra Yadav (65), was hacked to death inside his residence at Bhadava village in Sadar police station area of the north Bihar district late Thursday night by unidentified persons, said to be over 20 in number, who also attacked and wounded his son Kamlesh - a BJP worker. Kamlesh had yesterday alleged before reporters at a hospital in Darbhanga that the attack took place a couple of hours after he had a tiff with local RJD activists who tried to remove a plaque from a square carrying PM Modi's name and replace it with another one carrying the name of Lalu Prasad. "We have arrested three persons in connection with Ramchandra Yadav's murder. All of them are relatives of the deceased and the two have been .
Verdict in fodder scam involving Lalu again deferred
The judgment in a fodder scam case involving former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad was again deferred on Saturday and is now likely to be delivered on Monday.
Two arrested for robbing diamonds worth Rs 17 crore
Two persons were today arrested for robbing semi-processed diamonds worth around Rs 17 crore here at gunpoint, police said. The incident happened on March 14. Police identified the arrested accused as Arjun Pandey and Manvendra Thakur, both hailing from Uttar Pradesh, and added that a third man, Mohit Singh Rana, was still at large. Surat Police Commissioner Satish Sharma said that the looted diamonds belonged to a polishing firm called Glow Star Manufacturing Company, and were robbed at gun point from its manager and another employee when the two were on their way to deposit it in a vault in Katargam locality here. "On the way to the safe deposit vault, the employees were attacked by a group of robbers who fired a round in the air and snatched the bag containing the diamonds. The employees were also injured in the process," Sharma said. He said the diamonds were roughly valued at around Rs 17 crore, adding that an exact valuation was not possible because they were ...
Elderly couple murdered, cash & valuables stolen
, Mar 17 PTI) An elderly couple were murdered at their home at Gudivada town of Krishna district and cash and other valuables stolen, police said. The deceased have been identified as B Sai Chowdary (72) and his wife B Nagamani (67) and were staying alone in the house, they said. Police said that the robbers gained entry into their house last night, killed them and decamped with the cash and valuables in the couple's car. The murders came to light this morning when neigbours found them lying in a pool of blood and informed police. Police said they are ascertaining the exact amount of cash and valuables stolen.
Five arrested in J&K for killing policeman, stealing weapon
Five persons were arrested on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district for killing a policeman and snatching his weapon in Chrar-e-Sharief town in January, police said.
Neeraj Bawana demands better facilities for Tihar high-risk ward inmates
Alleged gangster Neeraj Bawana today threatened to go on a hunger strike if better facilities of food and medicines were not provided to Tihar jail inmates. In a letter to a Delhi court, Bawana, arrested in connection with several cases, talked about the poor condition of the inmates lodged in high-risk ward of the country's largest prison. In the application moved before Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sherawat, the gangster said if his demands were not met by March 19, he would go on hunger strike along with other prisoners of the high-risk ward. The application, moved through advocate M S Khan, has also been sent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court and the Director General, Prisons. Bawana had also in October last moved a city court, seeking directions to the Tihar Jail authorities to provide better hygienic conditions to the inmates. The gangster has been charge sheeted in various cases including the offences under the Maharashtra Control of ...
Teenager gangraped in Odisha, four arrested
A teenager was allegedly gangraped in Odisha's Ganjam district on Friday and four persons were arrested for it today, police said. The girl was allegedly gangraped inside a cashew forest near Tamanada, about 90 km from here, Bhanjanagara sub-divisional police officer Utkal Keshari Das said. The girl was rescued by villagers, who informed the police and an FIR was filed afterwards. The arrested, who were aged between 22 and 32 years, have been identified, Das said. Medical examinations of the accused and the victim were conducted at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here. Inspector in-charge of Jagannath Prasad police station, Anirudha Mallick said the statement of the rape survivor was also recorded before the designated court here as per the provisions of the POCSO Act.
Diesel thieves escape after ramming vehicle into C'garh cops
Two policemen were injured after they were hit by a vehicle driven by suspected diesel thieves in Chhattisgarhs Korba district, police said today. The incident took place yesterday night in the Dipka coal mine project area of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Korba Additional Superintendent of Police Kirtan Rathore said. He said that a police team, acting on a tip-off, raided the Dipka mines area to apprehend diesel thieves. "While trying to stop the SUV in which the suspected diesel thieves were travelling, the two constables, Vipin Nayak and Kalesh Byar, were injured. The SUV hit them and the thieves managed to escape," he said. "The injured policemen were immediately rushed to the SECL hospital from where they were shifted to a private hospital. Their condition is now normal," the ASP said. The SUV was later found abandoned in Pali area here, he informed. A case has been registered in this connection and efforts are on to trace the absconding accused, he said.
Beant Singh assassination: Jagtar Tara gets life imprisonment
Additional district and sessions court on Saturday has issued a 'life imprisonment' against Jagtar Singh Tara, convicted in the murder of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh."Jagtar Singh Tara murdered Beant Singh out of emotions and not due to land or property dispute. Murdering someone is bad but he has been given punishment after 22 yrs. It's painful for family as well as Sikh community," Roop Singh, Chief Secretary, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) told ANI after the verdict was pronounced on the same.Earlier today, Jagtar Singh Tara's lawyer Simarjeet Singh said that the former defended himself by saying, "If by killing a cruel person I can save thousands of innocent people then it is not wrong."Amidst this, pro-Khalistan slogans were raised by Tara's supporters.A court here on Friday held Tara guilty of assassinating Singh in a bomb explosion that left 17 persons dead.Tara had earlier confessed to the court three times that he has no regret for killing the ...
Former Goa minister gets anticipatory bail in row on beach
A local court today granted anticipatory bail to former state tourism minister Francisco Miccky Pacheco after he was booked for threatening and endangering the life of a watersports operator here. On March 12, a complaint was filed at Verna police station alleging that Pacheco drove his car onto the beach at Consua-Utorda and damaged watersports infrastructure of operator Melro D'Souza. The complaint, filed by Melroy's mother Fanny, also alleged that Pacheco had threatened Melroy, officials said. A video of Pacheco purportedly abusing the watersports operator had gone viral on social media platforms. Judge Sayonara Lad of the additional district and sessions court in Margao granted anticipatory bail to Pacheco on a bond of Rs 20,000 and a surety of the same amount. He has also been asked to report at the police station daily for the next five days. "He has also been barred from visiting his hometown of Betalbhatim in South Goa for 15 days and Utorda village for 60 days," advocate ...
MSEB staff booked for boy's death due to electrocution
Over two-and-a-half months after the death of an 11-year-old Bhandup boy due to electrocution, police have registered a case against the Maharshatra State Electricity Board (MSEB) officials and other staff, a police officer said today. The incident had occurred outside Bhandup railway station in the afternoon of December 26 last year. Ankush Subhash Thakur, a resident of Shyamanagar in Bhandup East, who was going home with his father, had died on the spot after coming in contact with a live wire of an open transformer, a senior official of Kanjurmarg Police Station said. His father had lodged a complaint against MSEB officials and staff, holding them responsible for his son's death, he said. "Earlier, a case of accidental death was registered. However, following a probe, the MSEB officials and other staff have been booked under IPC section 304 (A) (causing death by negligence)," Gajanan Tapale, senior police inspector of Kanjurmarg Police said. "We will first have to ...
Tara given life imprisonment in Beant Singh assassination case
A special court here today awarded life imprisonment to Jagtar Singh Tara in connection with assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. The court of Additional District and Session Judge J S Sidhu pronounced the sentence in the high security Burail jail here where Tara is currently lodged, Tara's counsel Simranjit Singh said. A fine of Rs 35,000 was also imposed on Tara by the court, he said. The lawyer said his client would not challenge the order in the higher court. He said the CBI counsel had pressed for capital punishment for Tara. Tara (43) had been booked under various sections of IPC, including section 302 (murder), section 307 (attempt to murder) and section 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and other relevant sections of the Explosive Act. He had confessed to his involvement in the assassination of Beant Singh in 1995, in a confession letter which he had submitted to the court in January this year. On August 31, 1995, then chief minister Beant Singh was killed in
Life imprisonment till death for Punjab CM's killer
A local court on Saturday sentenced, to life imprisonment till death, Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Jagtar Singh Tara, who was held guilty a day earlier for involvement in the assassination of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995.
Verdict against Lalu, Mishra in a fodder scam case deferred till Mar 19
A special CBI court has deferred till March 19 the judgement against former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra in the fourth fodder scam case pertaining to alleged withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury over two decades ago, a lawyer said today. This is the second time that the verdict in the case has been postponed, RJD chief Prasad's counsel Prabhat Kumar said The court of special judge Shiv Pal Singh had yesterday fixed today as the date for the pronouncement of the order, he said. The special CBI judge is on a training programme. The judgement will be pronounced on March 19, the lawyer said. The court had postponed the verdict on March 15 till the next day in view of a petition being filed on behalf of Prasad seeking three officials in the office of the accountant general in the 1990s be made a party to the case, according to Kumar. Besides Prasad and Mishra, 29 others are accused, including former IAS and animal husbandry department officials, in
Man gets life imprisonment for raping 90-year-old woman
The district court today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a 90-year-old woman in 2015. Vishnu Krishna Nalawade (53), a resident of Naganwadi in Bhudargad tehsil, allegedly raped the bed-ridden woman, who lived in his neighbourhood, on March 4, 2015. The court examined nine witnesses during the trial and their testimonies proved crucial, public prosecutor Amruta Patole said. Judge Aditi Kadam sentenced Nalawade to life imprisonment while terming his act as "inhuman", the prosecutor said.
HC winds up Sagayam-led panel on illegal mining
The Madras High Court has wound up the one-man commission appointed by it to probe into illegal granite mining activities in Madurai. A division bench of Justices T S Sivagnanam and G Jayachandran passed an order yesterday winding up the commission headed by IAS officer U Sagayam. The commission has already submitted its report to the high court. The Madras High Court had on September 11, 2014 ordered the appointment of former Madurai District Collector Sagayam as Special Officer/Legal Commissioner to conduct probe into all granite mining contracts and licences given to various private companies in Tamil Nadu and to find if there was any misuse. The high court also dismissed a plea moved by private mining firm PRP Granites, seeking to allow them to carry out mining in locations other than Madurai and to export granites. However, the court granted liberty to the petitioner to approach the authority concerned to prove their case and seek permission. The petitioner submitted that the ...
3 Bangladeshi nationals held for helping suspected terrorists
At least three Bangladeshi nationals were today arrested from Pune by the state ATS for allegedly providing shelter to suspected terrorists of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an Islamic extremist group in Bangladesh, officials said. The arrested accused, who themselves were illegally staying in India, had provided shelter to the ABT members. "The three Bangladeshi nationals had been staying illegally, without any authorised travel documents for the past five years in Wanavadi and Akurdi areas," a senior official of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) said. The ABT is an al-Qaeda inspired Islamic extremist group in Bangladesh, he said. "The three accused are aged between 25 and 31 years and hail either from Khulna or Shariyatpur in Bangladesh," he said. During their interrogation, they revealed that they had provided shelter and other help to the members of ABT during their stay in Pune, the official added. Acting on specific inputs, the Pune unit of Maharashtra ATS carried out a .
Sorcerer held for raping mentally unstable woman
A sorcerer has been arrested for allegedly raping a married woman here on the pretext of helping her get rid of evil power, police said today. "A 25-year-old mentally unstable woman approached sorcerer Dayaram yesterday. The accused reportedly raped her. The woman later narrated the incident to her husband," Shiv Prasad, police station in-charge of Pailani, said. The angry villagers trashed the sorcerer and handed him over to the police, he said. The victim has been sent for medical examination, the officer added.
Raghunath Mohanty back in BJD, made is VP
Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik has reappointed Raghunath Mohanty, a former minister who was arrested in connection with a torture for dowry case, as the party's vice-president, a BJD release sad. Mohanty was also appointed the party observer for Dhenakanal district yesterday, the release said. He had been arrested in 2013 after his daughter-in-law, Barsha Swony Choudhury filed complaints with the police alleging she was tortured for dowry by him. Mohanty and his wife Pritilata were arrested from Kolkata by crime branch of Odisha Police and later walked out of jail on bail. His family got embroiled in a bitter battle in the court which ended when Mohanty's son and his daughter-in-law ended their dispute and accepted each other though a compromise deal. Mohanty had to resign from the ministry following his arrest and he was suspended from the primary membership of the BJD. he was denied the party ticket in the 2014 assembly polls though he had ...
Woman dies after fall from highrise
A woman today died after falling from the fifth floor of a highrise in south Kolkata, police said. The woman, aged around 45 years, fell from the fifth floor of the highrise on Prince Anwar Shah Road at around 11:30 pm. She was taken to M R Bangur Hospital where she was declared dead on arrival, police said. The woman had a flat on the 17th floor of the highrise, South City Residency, and lived alone with a maid. The circumstances behind the death, why she had come down from the 17th floor of the same block to the fifth, and how she fell down were being investigated, police said.