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Six-member gang held
Six persons, including a woman, who allegedly cheated several women to the tune of Rs 50 lakh in different cases, have been arrested here, police said here today. They arrested the gang members following a complaint from a city-based woman running a beauty parlour at Erode. Police said the complainant, a 35-year-old woman, was approached by one Poongodi, who told her that she had to pay Rs 1.20 crore to the RBI for transferring Rs 40,000 crore from Russia, reportedly obtained after the family sold Iridium. She promised the complainant half the amount if she helped in advancing some money. Believing her, the woman paid Rs three lakh to her, police said. She became suspicious when Poongodi sought another Rs 65 lakh and introduced her to five men. She promised to pay the money in Coimbatore and complained to police. The gang stayed in a hotel in the city awaiting the woman's arrival but were arrested by police around mid-night yesterday. Besides, Poongodi, her husband ...
Chit fund owner and grandson held
A 72-year-old man, along with his grandson, were arrested on charges of cheating over 500 people of Rs 9 crore in the name of chit funds, police said today. Velusamy of Bodipalayam on the city outskirts, was running a chit fund company by name Thulasiyammal Chits (P) Ltd since 2008, with wife, son, daughter-in-law, daughter, son-in-law and grandson as directors, they said. About 500 persons in nearby areas had joined the chit fund and deposited Rs 9 crore, police said. Just a week ago they came to know that the family had absconded from the area and lodged a complaint. Investigations led to the arrest of Velusamy and his grandson late last night, they said. They were produced before 'The Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act 1997' (TANPID) court which remanded them to judicial custody. Preliminary investigations revealed that the family purchased apartments, agricultural land, house sites and gold ornaments with the chit money,
Criminals nabbed soon after committing robbery
Moving swiftly, Ghaziabad police on Wednesday arrested two criminals soon after they robbed a man of his motorcycle and other belongings in the city.
Farmer commits suicide after hailstorm destroys wheat crop
A 40-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide today at his farm in Nanded district due to the loss of his wheat crop in the recent hailstorms, police said. Ramesh Shete, who had served as a councillor of the Loha Municipal Council, owed Rs 35,000 to a nationalised bank and ended his life by consuming posion, officials said. Shete had planted wheat on his 4-acre farm which was destroyed during the hailstorm, police said, adding that it was the third consecutive year that Shete was facing farm reverses. Shete's elder brother spotted him in the farm at 11 am today following which he was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. He is survived by a daughter and a son. The daughter, officials said, appeared for her school exams despite the death of her father. Officials added that Loha tehsil in the state's Marathwada region had been facing farm distress for several years now.
Bizman arrested for secretly filming J'khand girl changing clothes
A Chennai-based businessman was arrested today for allegedly filming secretly a woman student from Jharkhand changing clothes in her hotel room, police said. The incident took place at Jagir Hotel in Kirti Nagar in west Delhi. The 23-year-old college student from Ranchi lodged a complaint on the basis of which the man was arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West, Vijay Kumar, said. The student was on an education tour in Delhi along with her classmates. She was staying in the same hotel as the businessman, the officer said. "The complainant in her statement alleged voyeurism by Deepak Bora, 29, a resident of Perambur in Chennai," Kumar said. The man was arrested and his mobile phone, which is a case property, was seized, he said. The complainant had checked into the hotel along with her classmates and teachers on Tuesday. She was in the bathroom changing clothes when she suspected someone watching her from a ventilation, police said. She noticed that someone was filming ..
Man killed in relationship dispute, 3 held
Three people, including a juvenile, have been caught for allegedly killing a man in southwest Delhi over suspicion that he was in a relationship with the girlfriend of one of the accused, police said today. On February 13, a partially burnt body was found at a vacant plot in Dwarka. A case was registered and investigation was launched to identify the dead and his killers, said Atul Kumar Thakur, DCP (Dwarka). Policemen tried to establish its identity by showing photographs to people in the area. A police team met a vegetable vendor Brij Pal at JJ Colony in Palam village, and he identified the body as that of his 21-year-old son Sandeep on February 20. He told the police that Sandeep had been missing since February 13. During investigation, police found that Sandeep was last seen with a person, identified as Vikas alias Nakli. Vikas was apprehended, and at his instance, his associates Deepak and another person, a juvenile, were apprehended, DCP Thakur said. Vikas told the police that ..
PNB scam: IT dept attaches Rs 145.74 cr.
The Income Tax (IT) department on Wednesday attached Rs. 145.74 crore belonging to jeweller Nirav Modi.The above amount is found in several bank accounts, which the IT department had attached.Till date, the IT department has attached a total of 141 bank accounts / Fixed Deposits of the group.Meanwhile, Nirav Modi's lawyer alleged that the Punjab National Bank (PNB) has termed commercial transactions as a fraud.PNB had lodged two financial fraud complaints of Rs. 11400 crore and Rs 280 crore against Nirav Modi, his family members and Mehul Choksi, owner of Gitanjali Gems.Vijay Aggarwal, the lawyer of Nirav Modi, told media, "The entire matter was in knowledge of the bank (PNB). The bank took commission of crores of rupees but now it is not accepting it. It was a commercial transaction of the bank which is now being termed as a fraud".Aggarwal refuted the reports that Nirav Modi was absconding after the case came to light and questioned that why would he run away from the country ...
Assam amends law to tackle public drinking
Here is a piece of bad news for tipplers in Assam: Public consumption of alcohol and creation of nuisance in an inebriated condition may land a Bacchus worshipper in jail for six months along with a fine of up to Rs 50,000.
Rotomac bank fraud: I-T attaches assets in Kanpur, Ahmedabad
The Income Tax Department today said it has attached four immovable assets of the Rotomac group and its promoters in connection with an alleged tax evasion probe against them. They said the properties, three in Kanpur and one in Ahmedabad, were provisionally attached yesterday. The department, earlier this week, had attached 14 bank accounts that were in various bank branches in Uttar Pradesh. These attachment of assets, they said, has been carried out to "recover outstanding tax demands" from the group, understood to be about Rs 85 crore. The Kanpur-based group is being probed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an alleged bank loan fraud of Rs 3,695 crore, given by a consortium of seven banks. The CBI had registered a criminal case against Rotomac Global Pvt Limited, its director Vikram Kothari, his wife Sadhana Kothari and son Rahul Kothari and unidentified bank officials on a complaint received from Bank of Baroda and conducted raids against them ...
Class XII student held for threatening advocate by posing as BJP MLA in UP
A Class XII student was detained here today for attempting to intimidate an advocate by posing as an MLA in Aligarh district, police said. The teenager, studying in a school in Atrauli town of Aligarh, told the police that advocate Trivendra Sharma, who was contesting a dowry case on behalf of his (accused) maternal sister, had charged a hefty fee and he wanted to teach the advocate a lesson, SP (City) Pravin Ranjan said. The teen threatened the advocate by posing as BJP MLA from Shikarpur constituency Anil Sharma, Ranjan said. Trivendra Sharma recorded the conversation he had with the accused teen and uploaded the clip on social media, following which MLA Sharma came to know about it and lodged an FIR here on February 10, the SP said.
HC displeased with misuse of PILs by litigants and lawyers
Irked over instances of "misuse" of PILs by litigants and lawyers alike "to ventilate private grievances", the Delhi High Court today said it "will not tolerate" such practice. Taking strong exception to advocates "facilitating" litigants to settle their personal scores, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said such practice puts the credibility of the legal profession and the respect enjoyed by the bar associations at stake. "We are extremely saddened and pained by what is happening. Credibility of the (legal) profession is at stake, so is the respect enjoyed by the Bar. Do we need to issue practice directions because of what is happening in this court? We will not let PILs be misused to ventilate private grievances. "We take strong exception to advocates getting into private disputes of individuals and facilitating ventilation of private grievances. We will not tolerate such practice by counsels. This is reprehensible," the bench said. The strong ..
A Delhi Court extends ED custody of Karti Chidambaram's CA by two days
A Delhi Court on Wednesday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) remand of S. Bhaskaran, Karti Chidambaram's Chartered Accountant (CA) by two days, in connection with INX Media money laundering case.ED sought the remands for more days as Bhaskaran needs to be confronted with some evidence."Bhaskaran is still not cooperating with the agency properly," ED's counsel said.Heated argument took place between ED counsel and defence counsel during hearing.ED counsel advocate Rajeev Awasthi clearly stated that "Karti Chidambaram is cooperating with investigating agency that's why he is not arrested".The ED had registered a money laundering case against Karti, son of former finance minister P. Chidambaram, in May 2017.Karti is facing a probe for his alleged role in facilitating Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance for INX Media Ltd and its directors, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea - both accused in the murder of Sheena Bora -and others.Chidambaram is alleged to have received Rs. .
Law may cure defect Aadhaar data was collected without authorisation: SC
The Supreme Court today said the alleged defect that citizens' biometric details under the Aadhaar scheme were being collected without any law, could be cured by subsequently bringing a statute. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, however, asked what the position will be with regard to breach, if any, that could have taken place between 2009, when the Aadhaar scheme was launched, and 2016 when the enabling law came into force. The bench said the Centre came out with the law in 2016 to negate the objection that it was collecting data since 2009 without any authorisation, but the issue which needed consideration was what will happen if the data collected earlier, have been compromised. "Our (Privacy) judgement said that there has to be a law. They enacted a law to take away the basis of the argument. The absence of a law can be cured, but there may be other issues like whether the data collected (earlier) had the same statutory safeguards. What will ...
If discipline not maintained, institution will go forever: SC
The Supreme Court today warned that if judicial discipline and propriety were not maintained, then the institution will "go forever", as it virtually stayed the operation of its own verdict of February 8 relating to land acquisition. A top court bench of Justices M B Lokur, Kurian Joseph and Deepak Gupta, was critical of the February 8 verdict passed by another three-judge bench holding that compensation not availed within a stipulated five year period would not be a ground for cancellation of land acquisition. The bench said perhaps there have been a tinkering with judicial discipline in arriving at a conclusion as the issue should have been to referred to a larger bench in case of difference of opinion, as a 2014 verdict had held that non-payment of compensation would be a ground to cancel the land acquisition. "The system exists but if you start tinkering with it then it won't stop. This institution will go forever. There has to be wisdom and a proper method has to be followed. ...
Morocco busts IS-linked terror cell
Rabat, Feb 21 (IANS/MAP) Morocco busted a terror cell with suspected links to the Islamic State (IS) group on Wednesday, the interior ministry said.
15 entities settle Pressman Advertising case with Sebi, pay Rs 84L
As many as 15 entities settled a case related to alleged fraudulent trading in the shares of Pressman Advertising with markets regulator Sebi after paying over Rs 84 lakh towards settlement charges. The entities are Anil Kumar Gupta, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Adarsh Kumar Sehgal, Ajay Kumar Gupta & Sons HUF, Mamta Sehgal, Ankit Jain, Atin Dawer, Jawahar Lal Havelia, Manav Dawer, Om Prakash Dawer, Rakesh Kumar Jain, Siddhartha Havelia, Neelam Gupta, Nisha Jain and Priyanka Havelia. Sebi had initiated adjudication proceedings against the 15 entities for allegedly violating PFUTP (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Securities Market) Regulations while dealing in the shares of Pressman Advertising. While the proceedings were in progress, the entities had submitted applications to settle the same, according to 15 separate Sebi orders. The settlement terms, as proposed by the entities, were placed before Sebi's High Powered Advisory Committee (HPAC). The committee .
Spain court orders arrest of self-exiled Catalan separatist
A Spanish court today issued an arrest warrant valid only in Spain for a former Catalan MP who is in self-imposed exile in Switzerland to avoid jail while she is investigated over her role in the region's secession drive. The Supreme Court "ordered the arrest" of Anna Gabriel, who failed to turn up today before a judge for questioning, it said in its ruling. The arrest warrant applies only "nationally", a court spokesman told AFP. Public prosecutors had asked the court to issue an arrest warrant for Gabriel and ask Swiss authorities to extradite her. Asked earlier today if extradition was a possibility, Swiss justice ministry spokesman Folco Galli said: "Switzerland does not grant, like most other states, extradition and any other form of mutual legal assistance for political offences. "If there is a request, we have to look at it thoroughly, and from what the media say, it seems to be a political offence, so there is no extradition," he added. Gabriel, a top member of the far-left ...
CS assault:Court rejects cops' plea for custody, sends 2 AAP MLAs to jail
The Delhi Police today got a jolt after a city court rejected its plea for custodial interrogation of AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal, arrested in connection with the "highly sensitive" case of alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. The two MLAs were sent to judicial custody in Tihar Jail till tomorrow when the court would hear their bail pleas, after the police sought time to reply. Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali Barnala Tondon refused the plea of the Delhi Police to quiz them in custody for two days, saying that the legislators were ready to cooperate in the investigation and no case property was to be recovered from them, which was the basic purpose of police custody. "The basic purpose of granting police custody (PC) remand is recovery of case property which is to the exclusion of others, except the accused. In the present matter, the only ground which remains for seeking PC is to establish the motive and confrontation inter-se which is not the ...
Journalist attacked in local train by group blocking entry
A senior television journalist was attacked by around eight passengers inside a suburban train here this morning, a railway police official said. Sudhir Shukla, who works for a Hindi news channel, sustained injuries in the attack that took place between Mira Road and Andheri railway stations on Western Railway, the official said. "A group of seven to eight passengers standing on the footboard of the train tried to stop Shukla from boarding it at Mira Road, saying that there was no space inside," a senior railway police official said. "However, Shukla managed to get inside the train, following which there was an altercation between him and the group," the official said. Later, the group assaulted him and tried to snatch his phone when he started clicking their pictures, police said. Shukla, who sustained injuries in the incident, got down at Andheri station and alerted the police before being taken to a hospital. "We have initiated the process of identifying the accused. .
Kidnapped Delhi girl rescued within 24 hrs from Rajasthan
A 14-year-old girl, who was kidnapped on Monday, was rescued within a day from Rajasthan and her abductor arrested, police said today. The girl went missing on February 19 from Prasad Nagar in central Delhi and a case of kidnapping was registered on a complaint by her family members, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Central, Mandeep Singh Randhawa said. The DCP said that a police team was constituted to trace the girl. The team examined footage of CCTV cameras and identified a suspect, a man who had gone missing the day the girl was kidnapped, the officer said. Randhawa said that the team was sent to the man's native place in Jaipur. Ajay, 20, was detained, but there was no clue of the girl, he said During interrogation, he tried to mislead the police, but later revealed the location of the girl. She was found yesterday in a rented accommodation near the man's native place, the DCP said. The man has been arrested, the officer said.