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8-year-old raped in UP
An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an unknown person in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district on Wednesday.According to victim's uncle, the girl was playing in the field, when the accused allegedly abducted her and raped her."She was playing in the field, when the accused abducted her and raped her. When she gained her consciousness she came back home and narrated the ordeal," he said.Hardoi Superintendent of Police, Gyananjay Singh informed that an FIR has been lodged in the matter and the accused has been arrested."The accused has been arrested and an FIR has been lodged in the matter. The girl is critically injured and has been sent for medical examination," Singh said.
Cop held for duping four of Rs 88 lakh by posing as SPG chief
A constable of Mumbai police was arrested for allegedly cheating four persons to the tune of Rs 88 lakh by posing as the chief of the Special Protection Group (SPG) in CBI, police said today. The Kasarwadwali police arrested the constable Anant Prasad Pandey (54), a resident of Nalasopara in the district. According to police, Pandey, who was attached to the Yellow Gate police station, had not reported to work since December last year. "Posing as the SPG chief in CBI, he promised various things to different victims between March 2016 and December 2017 and took Rs 88 lakh from them," a police officer said. He promised to give a liquor licence, stalls at railway stations and jobs as raiway ticket checker to different victims, the officer added. "He neither carried out the promised tasks nor returned the money to the victims," he said. Based on a complaint, the Thane police arrested him from Nalasopara yesterday. He was produced before a local court, which remanded him in ...
CBI arrests sixth bank official in $1.8 billion PNB fraud case
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior official of state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB), the agency said on Wednesday, as an inquiry into a $1.8-billion fraud at the bank expands a week after it unveiled the size of the alleged scam.
CBI arrests PNB General Manager in $1.8 bn fraud case
The CBI on Wednesday said that it has arrested a General Manager rank officer of the Punjab National Bank in connection with the Rs 11,300 crore fraud case.
PNB fraud: CBI arrests General Manager of Brady House branch
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a General Manager (GM) rank officer of Punjab National Bank (PNB), Rajesh Jindal, who was the Branch Head at PNB Brady House branch in Mumbai during August 2009 to May 2011.The arrest was made on late Tuesday night.During Jindal's tenure at PNB Brady House branch, the practice of issuance of Letter of Undertakings (LOU) without sanctioned limits to Nirav Modi group firms had started.Jindal is presently posted as the General Manager Credit in New Delhi's PNB Head Office.Earlier on Tuesday, in connection with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) - Nirav Modi fraud case, the CBI arrested the president of Firestar International Pvt Ltd, Vipul Ambani.The law enforcement body also arrested Kavita Mankikar, executive assistant and authorised signatory of the three accused firms.Arjun Patil, senior executive, Firestar group; Kapil Khandelwal, CFO, Nakshatra group, and Niten Shahi, manager, Gitanjali were also detained.Mumbai's Special CBI court
Hyderabad advocate held for harassing woman
An advocate was arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly stalking and harassing a woman he befriended on Facebook after she refused sexual advances made by him.According to the Inspector at Langar Houz Police Station, on February 18 received a complaint from a 33-year-old woman stating that her Facebook friend, Mirza Mouzam Baig (accused), who is an advocate by profession and a youth Congress leader, is interfering in her personal life along with his friends and sending vulgar messages on the social media.The accused had collected all her information and was blaming her by putting false allegations.He also insisted her to have physical relationship with him, and when refused by the victim, he started sending wrong messages to her friends and husband through his friend Shaik Ahmed Parvez and others.A case has been registered under Section 354-D and 507 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the accused has been taken into custody effecting his arrest.
3 Indians jailed in Singapore for consensual sex with minor
Three Indians have been jailed in Singapore for their involvement in consensual sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl in 2016, a media report said today. Gill Gurjant Singh, 25, and Surjeet Singh, 29, were each sentenced to 15 months in prison for the crime, The Straits Times reported. Jugraj Singh, 33, was jailed for eight months for committing an indecent act on the Singaporean minor. Offenders convicted of having consensual sexual intercourse with a minor below 14 years old can be jailed for up to 20 years and fined or caned, according to the report. All the three men are Indian construction workers, the report said. They had met the girl in May 2016 in Little India, a precinct of shops, eateries, pubs, motels and hotels, where she was hanging out with her friends, Deputy Public Prosecutor Jesintha Veijayaratnam said. The girl's mother approached the police after which a complaint was registered.
Hyderabad Traffic Police starts initiative to control minor drivers
Hyderabad Traffic Police is starting an initiative to control minor driving in the city.Minor driving has become a menace in the city. To curb minor from driving in the city, Hyderabad Traffic Police has caught many minor drivers between the age of 14 to 17.More than 30 minors are being caught by the traffic police every month. In fact, according to the data, last year more than 130 minor riders were killed in accidents.Speaking to ANI, Hyderabad Traffic Joint Commissioner of Police Dr V. Ravinder said the department is launching an initiative to control minor driving in the city.He said, "We are launching special drives in number of places in the city to curb minor driving. Nobody is supposed to drive the vehicle without driving license."Dr. Ravinder also stated that the traffic police department is also lodging cases against the owner of the vehicles who allow minor to drive."The cases are not only filed against the minor drivers but also against the owners of the vehicles and also .
Policeman found with bullet wound dies
A Delhi Police Head Constable who was found with bullet wound at a Delhi hospital died on Tuesday.Head Constable Rajender was found with gunshot wound on Tuesday afternoon inside a ward at Rajan Babu T.B Hospital in north Delhi's G.T.B. Nagar.He was immediately shifted to Trauma Centre, where he lost his life.Rajender was deployed on duty with an under trial prisoner admitted for tuberculosis treatment.Police are investigating as to how the deceased had received the gunshot injury.
5 get 7-year jail in police exam scam
Five people have been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court in connection with the 2012 Police recruitment examination scam.The charge-sheet filed by the CBI on September 13, last year had said that a candidate who was to appear in the constable recruitment exam from Jawaharlal Nehru College of Technology in Rewa skipped the exam and an imposter had appeared on his behalf.The imposter was arranged by the candidate's family through a middleman.The Special Task Force (STF), which had earlier investigated the case, had made the candidate, his father and uncle accused in the matter, but, after the CBI took over probe, middleman and impersonator were also made accused.The court held all the accused guilty under sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120 (b) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 3 (4) of MP Recognised Examination Act.
AAP questions: Why has Delhi chief secretary not been arrested?
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday questionedAAP's question came after Delhi Police detained its Deoli MLA Prakash Jarwal in connection with an alleged altercation between him and Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash.Talking to ANI, AAP Councillor Prem Chauhan said, "He (Prakash Jarwal) went to police station earlier in the day and met Station House Officer (SHO). What was the need of detaining him in a hurried manner in the night?"He questioned why police did not arrest the chief secretary as the same complaint was also lodged against him."We lodged the same complaint against the chief secretary. Has he been arrested? Is he above the democracy? He also comes under the ambit of law. When action was not taken on our complaint then why such swift action has been taken on his complaint," the AAP councillor questioned.He said that when Jarwal along with a colleague was going to attend a marriage, the police stopped his vehicle near Khanpur traffic signal and detained him at around 11 ..
Delhi Chief Secretary row: AAP MLA arrested
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Prakash Jarwal was arrested by police on Tuesday night in connection with an alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by two AAP MLAs, an AAP leader said.
Delhi CS assault case: Police detains AAP MLA Jarwal
AAP legislator Prakash Jarwal was detained tonight in connection with the alleged assault on the Delhi chief secretary at the chief minister's residence, police said. He was picked up from his house at Deoli and detained. There is a possibility he will be arrested later, sources said. Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash has alleged that he was assaulted by AAP MLAs Amantullah Khan and others during a meeting at the Chief Minister's residence last night. The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Khan and others on the basis of Prakash's complaint. Earlier, Jarwal and Ajay Dutt, AAP MLAs from Deoli and Ambedkar Nagar respectively, had claimed the bureaucrat made casteist remarks. They have lodged a complaint against him with the Delhi Police and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes. AAP Delhi unit's chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that Jarwal was "arrested" based on a "frivolous" complaint. "Delhi Police arrested elected MLA without any evidence. What about ...
18-month-old girl falls into chutney cauldron, dies
In a tragic incident, an 18-month-old girl died after she accidentally fell into a cauldron containing hot chutney in her house in Shastri Nagar area in Ambernath today, police said. The toddler's father sells idlis and had prepared tomato chutney, they said. The incident occurred in the early hours today when the girl, identified as Tanushka, fell into the cauldron, an official said. She was rushed to hospital in Ulhas Nagar where she succumbed to her burn injuries. It is not yet clear how she reached near the cauldron in the early hours, he said.
Apologise for son's assault on youth, Congress MLA tells Karnataka Assembly
Ruling Congress legislator N.A. Haris on Tuesday apologised in the Karnataka Assembly for an assault by his son Mohammed Nalapad on a youth at a city cafe.
Another Delhi minister alleges assault
The Delhi Police on Tuesday said another Delhi Minister has filed a complaint alleging that he was assaulted at the Delhi Secretariat."Another complaint has been filed by a Delhi Minister, wherein he has said that he was assaulted while he was taking the lift in Delhi Secretariat. We have registered the case and investigation has been initiated," Delhi Police Spokesperson Deependra Pathak told press.Earlier in the day, the Aam Admi Party (AAP) alleged that its leaders, Imran Hussain and Ashish Khetan, were assaulted at the Delhi Secretariat late Monday night.The allegation came after Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash had accused two AAP MLAs of beating him at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in his presence on Monday.Pathak informed that an investigation has also begun into the Delhi Chief Secretary's assault case.
FIR filed in alleged assault of Delhi chief secretary
The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed a First Information Report (FIR) on a complaint from Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash in connection with the alleged assault case.The FIR has been filed under sections 186 (obstructing a public servant from performing the duty), 353 (assaulting a public servant), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 342, 504, 506(2) and 120b and 34.Delhi Police Spokesperson Deependra Pathak said, "We have registered a case where it is said that yesterday late night Chief Secretary was called at the Chief Minister's residence where some MLAs were also present and Chief Secretary was assaulted. An investigation has begun".For those unversed, the Delhi Chief Secretary was allegedly manhandled by a few Aam Aadmi Party MLAs at the Chief Minister's residence in presence of Arvind Kejriwal and his Deputy Manish Sisodia.Earlier in the day, Prakash said that the incident was premeditated and conspired by them. He, in a statement, requested the Delhi police to take action as per .
Kalanithi Maran moves HC against I-T order on SpiceJet 'tax dues'
Media conglomerate Sun Group chairman Kalanithi Maran has moved the Madras High Court, assailing an Income Tax department order declaring him as the principal officer of low-cost carrier SpiceJet and making him liable for the alleged tax dues of the company when it was owned by him. Maran, who sold the then sick SpiceJet to Ajay Singh in 2015, sought to quash the order related to various financial years when the company was under his ownership. When the matter came up before Justice M Duraiswamy, senior counsel P S Raman, appearing for Maran, said his client was only the non-executive chairman of the company then and that he had no say in its day-to-day activities. Such affairs, including issues pertaining to taxes were managed by a full-time managing director of the company, who had written to the I-T department stating this, he submitted. Raman also contended that Maran had not signed any document filed with the IT department on the company's behalf. Opposing the contentions, the ...
Nine held for stealing aluminium wires worth over Rs 24L
Nine persons have been arrested for allegedly stealing aluminium wires worth over Rs 24 lakh, police said today. The wires were to be used for the works of the Parli Warora 765 KV High Voltage Transmission Line and the accused had stolen them on February 6, a senior police official said. Acting on a tip-off, police personnel arrested one Amol Rathod (25), who had helped four members of a gang to steal the wires, he said. Rathod them gave names of the four gang-members following which they were apprehended, the officer said, adding four others who aided the gang members were also arrested. Police said a case was registered and a probe was on.
Real culprits in Goa desecration cases roaming free: Congress
Citing acquittal of one Francis Pereira, the Congress today said the real culprits behind a series of desecration of idols and religious structures in Goa are roaming free by evading arrest. "Pereira was acquitted in 11 out of the total 19 cases in which he was chargesheeted. What does this indicate? There is someone else behind this entire scene," Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar told the Legislative Assembly during Zero Hour. The Goa Police had last July arrested Perira (50) in connection with a series of cases of alleged desecration of Christian religious symbols in South Goa district. He was chargesheeted in 19 cases out of which he was discharged in 11 cases before framing of charges by local court. Kavlekar demanded that state government investigate these cases properly. In his reply, Sudin Dhavalikar, who is heading the ruling benches in absence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, said the accused was discharged for the want of evidence in these ...