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5-year-old girl kidnapped & raped in Thane
A five-year-old girl from Bhandup in Mumbai was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an unidentified man in Thane, police said today. The incident took place yesterday afternoon, they said. "The accused kidnapped the girl from her residence in Bhandup yesterday and brought her to a dilapidated structure at Khanna Compound of Azad Nagar in Thane, where he raped her," Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said. "After the sexual assault, the accused left her at the spot. A man, who heard the girl's cries, rescued her and took her to a police station," she added. A medical test conducted on the girl confirmed that she had been raped, police said. Inspector V G Darekar of the Kapurbawdi police station said the girl has been admitted to a hospital, where she is undergoing treatment. When asked, the girl told the police that she lived in Bhandup, police said adding that efforts were on to trace her parents. Police have booked the unidentified accused under IPC sections 376 ...
Vatican convicts ex-Guam archbishop accused of abuse
The Vatican has removed the suspended Guam archbishop from office and ordered him not to return to the Pacific island after convicting him of some charges in a sex abuse trial. The Vatican didn't say what exactly Archbishop Anthony Apuron had been convicted of, and the sentence was far lighter than those given high-profile elderly prelates found guilty of molesting minors. It amounts to an early retirement anywhere in the world but Guam, a remote US Pacific territory where nearly everyone is Roman Catholic. Apuron is 72, while the Vatican retirement age is 75. The Vatican spokesman declined to comment. Calls placed to the tribunal judge weren't answered. Apuron's whereabouts weren't immediately known. "While I am relieved that the tribunal dismissed the majority of the accusations against me, I have appealed the verdict," said a statement from Apuron distributed by his Guam attorney, Jacqueline Terlaje. "God is my witness; I am innocent and I look forward to proving my innocence in ..
HC grants bail to senior doctor in corruption case
The Orissa High Court has granted bail to the former head of the department of clinical hematology in the SCB Medical College here who was arrested by state vigilance sleuths in December last year on corruption charges. Justice Sangam K Sahoo granted bail to the senior doctor, Rabindra Kumar Jena, yesterday on a bail bond of Rs 50,000 each by two sureties. The high court has also asked the doctor to take prior permission of the trial court before visiting any destination outside the state. The vigilance sleuths have already impounded his passport. The state vigilance directorate booked the doctor after detecting properties worth over Rs 3.23 crore in his possession which was disproportionate to his known sources of income. He was also booked for alleged misappropriation of Odisha State Treatment Fund (OSTF) which he headed. He was accused of criminal conspiracy, misuse of official position and showing undue favour to different pharmaceutical companies. Although the case was registered
Bangladesh Supreme Court to hear Khaleda Zia's bail plea tomorrow
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh will on Sunday hear four separate petitions filed in connection with a high court order that granted bail to former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection with the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.Two of the petitions have challenged the high court's decision to grant bail, while the third and fourth petitions have been filed for vacating the Supreme Court order that stayed the bail.According to the website of the apex court, all four petitions have been included as items No 9 and 10 on Sunday's cause list placed before a four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain.On Thursday, according to the Daily Star, the government and the Anti-Corruption Commission had filed two separate leave-to-appeal petitions with the Supreme Court challenging the grant of bail to Khaleda Zia by the high court.On Wednesday, Khaleda had filed two separate petitions with the Supreme .
Darbhanga murder an 'old land dispute': Bihar Police
The Bihar Police on Saturday confirmed that the murder of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tej Naraya's father in Darbhanga district was a case of old land dispute and has no connection with the naming of chowk.The police further stated that there is no tension in the village."It was due to an old land dispute and has no connection with naming of chowk, they named their private land as Narendra Modi Chowk. Batons were used to injure the deceased's son. There is no tension in the village," said Satya Veer Singhal, Senior Superintendent of Police told ANI.The victim was allegedly killed in a dispute over naming a chowk after Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Naraya, who is a BJP chief from Behala Panchayat, alleged that some bike-borne assailants beheaded his father near Sadar Police Station area."Around 40-50 men came on 25-30 bikes with hockey sticks and swords. My father went to them to explain the situation over naming the chowk after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but was beheaded,"
Kidnapped minor girl rescued; man held
A four-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped from here three days back, was rescued from Ahmedabad and reunited with her family, police said today. The minor, who was kidnapped on Wednesday, was rescued yesterday and the accused identified as Harish alias Harito Vanzara (30), a resident of Anand, was arrested today, police said. "The accused had allegedly kidnapped the girl while she was asleep on a footpath on March 14," said S G Solanki, Inspector, Fatehgunj police station. Following a complaint by her kin, a probe was launched and police stations in Ahmedabad, Anand, Kaira and other towns were alerted, Solanki said. According to the officer, Vadodara police received information that the girl was spotted in an area that falls under Ranip police station in Ahmedabad. "We formed a team under Deputy Commissioner of Police Gautam Parmar, which went to Ahmedabad," Solanki said. The team yesterday traced the accused and the girl with the help of local police, after ...
Murder accused, sub-inspector injured in encounter in UP
A man, involved in the murder of a Uttar Pradesh minister's relative, and a sub-inspector were injured in an encounter near Akbarpur here early today, police said. Radha Charan, who hails from Gohari village here and at present lives in Haryana's Palwal, was avoiding arrest in connection with the murder case, SP City Aditya Kumar Shukla said. He is allegedly involved in the killing of former village head of Gohari Sarman Chaudhary, a relative of Minister for Minorities Welfare, Culture and Haj Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary. The former village head was shot dead on January 14. Acting on a tip-off, a SWAT team tried to nab Charan near Akbarpur, but fired at the police, resulting in injury toSub Inspector Rohit Kumar, Shukla said. Charan got injured in a retaliatory firing by police, he said. Both the injured police officer and the accused have been hospitalised, the SP said. One motorcycle, one pistol and cartridges were recovered from the possession of accused, he said. The police have so ..
Ryan murder case: CBI summons 3 Gurugram Police officials
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday summoned three Gurugram Police officials in connection with the Ryan International School murder case.The three officials were part of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that was formed for questioning.Pradyuman, a student of Ryan International School was found in a pool of blood, with his throat slit, inside the school premises on September 8 last year.Following his death, Gurugram Police arrested the bus conductor on the charges of murder of the child.The case was later handed over to the CBI, who gave a clean chit to Ashok and held a class 11 student responsible for the murder.Last month a Child Special Court also acquitted bus conductor Ashok Kumar in the murder case.
Indian man jailed for 33 months in US
An Indian man has been sentenced to 33-month imprisonment for money laundering and smuggling misbranded drugs from India into the US. Ramesh Buchirajam Akkela aka Ramesh Bhai, 44, of Mumbai was arrested in Panama earlier this year and extradited to the US on Thursday. Senior judge Donetta W Ambrose sentenced Ramesh to a 33-month jail term yesterday after his conviction of mail fraud and money laundering, a court statement said. According to information presented in the court, Ramesh shipped misbranded drugs from India to re-shippers in the US for distribution - without prescription - to American consumers. Assistant United States Attorney Shardul S Desai prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. Ramesh operated an online website that offered prescription drugs, without a prescription, to American consumers. He was indicted on two counts of money laundering, 10 counts of mail fraud, a report said.
Bangladeshi woman missing for a fortnight
An 18-year-old Bangladeshi woman, who came to India for treatment, has been missing for a fortnight, police said today. The woman came to Duttafulia, close to India-Bangladesh border in Nadia district, on February 18 with her father and had gone missing on March 2. A missing complaint was lodged with Dhantala police station on March 15. Police said investigation has started into the case. The missing woman and her father were staying at their relative's place in Duttafulia and she was undergoing treatment for her neurological problem. After she had gone missing, her father Pintu Shikdar searched for her in all probable places without success and returned to their Magura district home in Bangladesh, thinking that she might have gone back there, police said. However, Shikdar came back to Nadia after a few days as she had not returned home, and lodged a missing diary with the police.
Porn star violated confidentiality agreement 20 times: Trump's lawyers
Donald Trump's lawyers have claimed that Stormy Daniels, a porn star who alleges of having an affair with the US President, has violated a confidentiality agreement at least 20 times, exposing her to damages of some $20 million, the media reported.
Vijay Mallya appears before UK Court in extradition case
Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya was produced before London's Westminster Magistrates Court for hearing in connection with extradition case against him, on Friday.Mallya is facing a trail in a UK Court, to rule if he can be extradited to India to face charges for financial irregularities involving a total amount of Rs 9,000 crores, as well as money laundering cases.Earlier in January, the Court extended the bail of liquor baron Vijay Mallya to April 2 in connection with the case.In April last year, Mallya was arrested by Scotland Yard on an extradition warrant. He is out on bail on a bond worth 650,000 pounds.Apart from this case, the High Court of London on February 12 ordered Mallya to pay an estimated USD 90 million to a Singapore-based aircraft leasing company in claims.The case involves a number of aircraft leased by Vijay Mallya's now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines from BOC Aviation in 2014.
PNB fraud: 107 companies, 7 LLPs under scanner
As many as 107 companies and seven limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are under the scanner following the billion dollar scam unearthed by Punjab National Bank (PNB).Furthermore, investigation of the select companies, as per the provisions of Section 212(1)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Section 43(3)(c)(i) of Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, will be carried out by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), Minister of State (MoS) for Corporate and Law and Justice, P.P. Chaudhary, said in Lok Sabha on Friday.The minister further noted that investigation of these companies belonging to billionaire businessman Nirav Modi (Firestar Diamond group) and Mehul Choksi (Gitanjali Group) is underway.For the unversed, PNB had detected a USD 1.77 billion fraud, wherein noted jewellery designer Nirav Modi had acquired multiple letters of undertaking to avail overseas credit from a number of banks on February 14.The billionaire businessman, who owns Firestarter Diamond ...
Reinstatement of charges against Jacob Zuma welcomed
South African political parties, former presidents and civil society have welcomed the reinstatement of corruption charges against former President Jacob Zuma.
Merrill Lynch keeps approach despite U.S. fiduciary rule changes - memo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of Bank of America's Merrill Lynch wealth management said the firm remains committed to its approach in light of an appeals court's decision to overturn an Obama-era regulation, according to an internal memo viewed by Reuters on Friday.
Microsoft hits back at claims it ignored sexual harassment
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A senior executive said Microsoft Corp thoroughly investigates issues raised by women in the workplace and fired about 20 employees last year over complaints of sexual harassment as the company seeks to counter claims that it treats female workers unfairly.
4 held for killing their brother in Assam
In a shocking incident, a mentally unstable man was killed by his four brothers and a sister-in-law in Assam's Kokrajhar district.After killing the victim, the family had buried his body in the septic tank in their backyard.The incident came to light on Friday after the neighbours got suspicious and informed the police.The police has recovered the body and arrested four of the accused, while another is still absconding.According to the arrested family members, the deceased, Uttam Sutradhar, was mentally unsound, did not work but always quarrelled with others at home.An investigation is underway.
National Herald case hearing to continue
A Delhi court will on Saturday continue the hearing in the National Herald case, involving Congress' frontrunners Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul Gandhi among others.In the last hearing, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy had produced an income tax order in court against the company.On January 20, the court of metropolitan magistrate Ambika Singh had ordered the documents submitted by the petitioner in the case, Swamy, to be kept in a sealed cover till next hearing.Swamy, in his plea, alleged that the Congress party granted an interest-free loan of Rs. 90.25 crore to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), owner of the National Herald newspaper.In November last year, the two Congress leaders filed their response to the application filed by Swamy.In the response, they stated that the application filed by Swamy was not bonafide and filled with the sole object of "delaying the proceedings in a lifeless case".
Nawazuddin's advocate held in call data records case
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's advocate Rizwan Siddiqui has been arrested by the Thane Crime Branch in connection with a Call Data Records (CDR) racket that was unearthed in January.Rizwan had allegedly obtained the CDR of the Nawazuddin Siddiqui's wife Anjali Siddiqui from private detectives.He will be produced before the Thane court on Saturday.On March 10, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his wife were summoned by Thane's crime branch in connection with the CDR racket.The duo was summoned after some of the arrested accused had told the police that an advocate named Rizwan Siddiqui had obtained the CDR of the actor's wife from private detectives.The matter is part of the larger CDR leakage racket that involved private detectives illegally sourcing CDR of people for their clients. Thane's crime branch has arrested 11 in this connection, so far.India's first woman private detective, Rajani Pandit, was also arrested in this connection, in February, in addition to four more detectives.
3 men who helped an undertrial prisoner to escape arrested
Three men, who helped an undertrial prisoner to escape from the police custody were arrested today, the police said. The three accused Salman (25), Rohit (25) and Deepak Garg (21) were arrested by a joint team of Special Cell and Crime Branch, they said. On February 19, an undertrial prisoner Sandeep alias Sanjay alias Dhillu, who was lodged in a high risk cell at Mandoli Jail was brought to Maulana Azad Dental Hospital for treatment, the police said. His gang members succeeded in facilitating his escape by throwing chilli powder in policemen's eyes and firing at the escort party. On March 14, Salman was nabbed from Dwarka area during a tip-off. A pistol and three live cartridges were recovered from him. On the next day, Rohit and Garg were nabbed from Rohini Sector 17. During the interrogation, the accused revealed that Sandeep alias Dhillu was running an extortion racket from the jail and three of his accomplices used to collect money from the businessmen of Delhi and Haryana. Since