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Maken, Sewa Dal worker's family meet Delhi Police commissioner
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken and the family members of the party's Sewa Dal worker Vinod Mehra today met the police commissioner here and demanded the arrest of the people behind shooting dead Mehra in a suspected road rage incident. Mehra, 43, was on his way home in Geeta Colony from a wedding on GT Karnal Road on Monday, when he was fatally shot by one of the occupants of the other vehicle which scratched his car, after he cautioned them to drive carefully. Mehra was accompanied by his minor son when the incident happened. During the meeting with Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik, Maken demanded police protection for Mehra's son. He urged Patnaik to not call the minor boy, a witness to the incident, to police station for questioning as he was still in fear. Mehra's father Mangat Ram, brother Pramod, and the minor boy also met police commissioner Patnaik, along with Maken. The Congress leader expressed concern over the increasing road rage incidents in ...
Red Fort attack case: LeT suspect granted bail by Delhi court
A Delhi court today granted bail to Bilal Ahmed Kawa, a suspected LeT operative arrested recently in connection with the 2000 Red Fort attack case, saying other accused having more serious charges against them have been either acquitted or discharged in the case. Kawa was arrested from Terminal-3 of the Delhi airport on January 10 during a joint operation by the Delhi Police and the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma also took on record the Income Tax Returns filed by Kawa, which, according to the accused, showed that he was not absconding. While seeking bail, his advocate claimed that while many in the "troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir" say they are not a part of this country, the accused openly says he was an Indian. Granting the relief, the court asked Kawa to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of the like amount. It directed him not to hamper the investigation and join the probe whenever asked by the Delhi ...
Woman, her brother held for husband's murder
Days after a man was found brutally killed, his wife and her brother were arrested for the crime, police said today. Ravindra Shigwan (30) was found killed in Titwala and his body was initially without the head and legs. The missing parts were found on January 30 in a gunny dumped near a creek, Senior Inspector Venkat Andale of the Crime Branch, Thane rural police. After a painstaking investigation, police established the victim's identify and launched a search for the killers, he said. The accused were finally tracked down and arrested last night, they said. The duo was identified as Sushma Shigwan (30) and her brother Gautam Mohite (29), police said. Investigation revealed Sushma Shigwan and her brother brutally thrashed Ravindra Shigwan, who was drunk, on January 25. The duo then chopped the body into three pieces and dumped them at different places near the creek, they said. The victim used to doubt his wife's character. He would often come home drunk and pick up ...
Jat stir violence: Khattar govt to withdraw 70 FIRs
The Haryana government has given its nod to the withdrawal of 70 FIRs registered in connection with the February 2016 Jat quota stir violence. "The orders to withdraw the 70 cases from courts were issued yesterday. As many as 822 people are accused in these cases," Additional Chief Secretary (Home) S S Prasad said. The All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti (AIJASS), however, demanded that all such cases should be withdrawn. AIJASS chief Yashpal Malik even threatened to disrupt the motorcycle rally of BJP chief Amit Shah in Jind on February 15 over their demands. The move also attracted criticism with Kurukshetra MP Raj Kumar Saini saying those who suffered hugely during the violence should be asked before the cases are withdrawn. However, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Prasad said the approval to withdraw 70 FIRs against 822 protesters from 11 districts had been given. "A total of 822 people were accused in the 70 FIRs. Prior to this in December, a similar direction
Man Utd player Sanchez handed prison sentence for tax fraud
Manchester United's latest recruit Alexis Sanchez was on Wednesday handed a 16-month prison sentence for tax fraud during his time at Barcelona.
Police arrests two accused in double murder case
Police has arrested two persons accused in a double murder case after a brief shootout here on Wednesday.
Minor's gang-rape to be probed by SIT under court supervision:
The Odisha government will set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe into cases related to the alleged gang-rape and suicide of a girl at Kunduli in Koraput district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said today. He said the probe would be carried out under the supervision of a court and asserted that the state government wants that justice was delivered at the earliest and in the most transparent manner. However, the opposition BJP and the Congress demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter. The chief minister said in addition to transferring the case from the police to Odisha Crime Branch, the state government has also ordered an independent judicial inquiry by a sitting judge nominated by the High Court. "Because of the extraordinary circumstances of the case, my strong faith and conviction in the principle of natural justice and commitment to safety and dignity of women", the state government will hand over the probe to the SIT to be monitored by a court, Patnaik ..
Rajasthan BJP MLA demands probe against SP, questions govt on
Rajasthan's ruling BJP legislator Gyan Dev Ahuja today asked the home minister to initiate a probe against the Alwar superintendent of police for alleged corruption and took up the issue of law and order in the state. Ahuja, the legislator from Ramgarh in Alwar, raised the issue during Question Hour in the Assembly. Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said he had himself seen that the law and order situation in Alwar had improved. Ahuja said he had already apprised the home minister and the state's top police officials of the SP's misconduct but nothing was done. The legislator did not mention the police officer by name in the House. Questioning the government on the law and order situation, he referred to an incident in Bharatpur district where an assistant sub inspector allegedly beat a woman. I am not saying that the entire department is corrupt but there are some officials who need to be checked because corruption is not possible without the patronage of senior ...
Pakistan court announces student lynching verdict
A Pakistan court on Wednesday announce its verdict in the case of the lynching of a student, Mashal Khan, who was accused of blasphemy.
50-year-old rape accused dies in jail in Jammu; probe ordered
A 50-year-old man, who was arrested last week on the charges of rape, died here today, prompting the government to order a magisterial probe after his relatives protested his death, officials said. Subash Chander Mahasha alias 'Kaka', a resident of Shivalik Puram Janipur, was arrested on February 2 allegedly on charges of trespassing and rape, a police official said. According to the official, the accused complained of uneasiness around3 amin the lockup at Janipur police station and was subsequently taken to Government Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. A medical board of doctors has been constituted for conduct of his postmortem and his body was handed over to his family for last rites, the official said. Earlier, the relatives of the deceased took to streets in Janipur and blocked the road by burning tyres as they demanded an inquiry into his death. District Magistrate (Jammu) Kumar Rajeev Ranjan has ordered a magisterial probe into the death of .
1 gets death, 5 life term in student lynching case
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today sentenced one person to death and life imprisonment to five others for lynching a 23-year-old university student who was falsely accused of blasphemy. Of the total 57 accused in the case, the court sentenced 25 others to four-year jail term and acquitted 26 others, officials said. Last April, Mashal Khan, a student of journalism at the Abdul Wali Khan University in the northwestern city of Mardan, was dragged out of his university accommodation by a mob of hundreds of his fellow students over rumours, which later proved to be unfounded, that he had posted some blasphemous content on social media. He was stripped and badly beaten before being shot and his body mutilated. Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) judge Fazal-e-Subhan announced the verdict in a jail in Haripur, due to security reasons. While one of the accused Mian Saeed was arrested on January 4, three more suspects, including a tehsil councillor from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, ..
Vermont man insists he didn't kill mother, grandfather
A Vermont man accused by family members of killing his millionaire grandfather and possibly his mother says several of his relatives are being driven by greed and are spreading lies about him. Nathan Carman has been called a suspect in the 2013 shooting death of 87-year-old real estate developer John Chakalos in Connecticut. No arrests have been made. He also has been questioned about the day his boat sank with his mother aboard near Rhode Island in 2016. She's presumed dead. Carman has denied any involvement in either case. In July, his mother's three sisters filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire accusing Carman of killing Chakalos and possibly his mother. They've asked a judge to block Carman from collecting money from his grandfather's estate.
Mumbai gold dealer attacked, looted in Kolhapur
A gang of armed robbers attacked a gold trader from Mumbai and decamped with 1.30 kg of gold ornaments worth around Rs 35 lakhs, here early on Wednesday, an official said.
ED custody of Guj-based firm's director extended till Feb 9
A Delhi court today extended till February 7 the Enforcement Directorate custody of a director of a Gujarat-based pharma firm in a money laundering case related to a Rs 5,000-crore bank fraud case. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma extended the custody of Rajbhushan Omprakash Dixit, a director of Sterling Biotech, after Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana, appearing for the ED, said his further custodial interrogation was required by the agency. Rana told the court that the accused, arrested on January 25, was to be confronted with various documents and co-accused to unearth the larger conspiracy. This is the third arrest in the case. The agency arrested a former director of Andhra Bank, Anup Prakash Garg earlier this month, and a Delhi-based businessman Gagan Dhawan in November last year. While Garg is currently in judicial custody, Dhawan was granted bail in January 4. All three were arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). They were ...
Man held for killing wife, two children
A 35-year-old man was arrested today for allegedly killing his wife and two children at their house in Meerpet area here on February 5, police said. Malle Harinder Goud, a dental technician, has been on the run since he allegedly throttled his wife M Jyothi (35), son Abhitej (6) and daughter Sahastra (4) on Monday, a senior official said. He said financial troubles and resultant quarrels between Goud and his wife was the trigger behind the killings. Goud has been facing financial hardships since the last two years as his dental lab in Malakpet area was not running well. "Goud has been facing financial crisis since the last two years. His wife's father was supporting him financially and his wife had also been telling him to do some other work. Around three months ago, the lab was closed down due to which Goud and his wife were quarrelling over financial matters," Meerpet police station Inspector A Manmohan said, adding that Goud had been married since 2009. The inspector .
Old interview of Tarantino defending Roman Polanski resurfaces
Quentin Tarantino, who has faced a lot of heat for his role in Uma Thurman's "Kill Bill" car accident, is under fire again for defending Roman Polanski over charges of raping a 13-year-old girl in an old interview that has resurfaced. In the 2003 interview with Howard Stern, Tarantino said Polanski's 13-year-old rape victim "wanted to have it". Polanski was arrested in 1977 for five offences following the alleged assault. He fled the US after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor. "He didn't rape a 13-year-old," Tarantino said in the interview when asked by Stern why Hollywood continued to embrace Polanski. "It was statutory rape. That's not quite the same thing... He had sex with a minor. That's not rape. To me, when you use the word 'rape', you're talking about violent, throwing them down; it's like one of the most violent crimes in the world. Throwing the word 'rape' around is like throwing the word 'racist' around. It doesn't apply to everything that people ..
Oppn to write to prez demanding SC-monitored SIT on Justice
The opposition parties have decided to write to the president demanding a Supreme Court- monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) to enquire into the alleged mysterious death of special CBI judge B H Loya. More than 100 opposition members of Parliament have signed the letter which will be sent to President Ram Nath Kovind tomorrow. "The opposition parties have decided to write to the president demanding a Supreme Court-monitored SIT to look into the death of Justice Loya. More than 100 members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have signed a letter," Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien told reporters. The opposition said that there is a need to know how Justice Loya died as there are "many theories" going around and only a Supreme Court-monitored SIT can "solve the issue". Loya, who was hearing the sensitive Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, had died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014, when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's ...
Notorious sharpshooter Vikas Jat killed in encounter in UP
A notorious sharpshooter, carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, was killed in an encounter with the police near Rohana in the district, police said today. Vikas Jat was killed in an encounter last evening after the police received a tip-off about his location. "During the encounter, Jat was gunned down while his associate managed to escape. Two policemen, sub-inspector Vinay Sharma and constable Amit Kumar, received bullet injuries," Superintendent of Police (city) Ombir Singh said. Police recovered two pistols, one bike and cartridges from the location. Jat was wanted in connection with the murder of a man and his mother in Meerut.
Jindal University rape case: SC asks accused to share password
The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that it would not tolerate the possibility of "continuous blackmail" of the gang rape victim of O.P. Jindal Global University by the convict students, and asked them to share the password of their laptops containing her photos.
South Africa gold miners seen close to silicosis lawsuit settlement
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A class action suit brought against gold producers in South Africa is likely to be settled "within months" with 9 billion rand ($755 million) going to miners suffering from fatal lung disease, the chair of an industry group said on Wednesday.