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Shooting kills 2 priests, wounds 4 people in southern Mexico

Mexican authorities say two priests were shot dead and four people were wounded when their vehicle was attacked overnight in the southern state of Guerrero. Guerrero security spokesman Roberto Alvarez says in a statement that authorities received a report in the pre-dawn hours of a white pickup with bullet holes on a highway. The statement says the truck was traveling from the town of Juliantla, near the colonial city of Taxco, when it was suddenly blocked by another vehicle and unknown attackers opened fire before fleeing. It said "two priests' lives were taken" in the attack. One of the wounded was said to be in serious condition, while the other three were not in danger. Guerrero is a hotbed of drug trafficking and organized crime.

Samsung heir walks free after South Korea court suspends 5-year jail term

However, Jay Y Lee has been found guilty of some lesser charges and is prohibited from travelling outside South Korea without a judge's approval

J-K girl alleges sex racket involving influential persons

A girl here has alleged that she was exploited after being pushed into flesh trade and that several influential people were part of the racket. In an over-a-minute-long video, which has gone viral on the social media, the girl has said she believes many high- profile people, including politicians and police officers, are involved in the scandal. The girl has identified one Shabir Ahmad and a woman, both residents of Kulgam, as the main players of the racket. She said the woman's daughter befriended her and stayed at her place. "One day, she took me to her home as she too had stayed at my home earlier. At night, they gave me some pills and a man, who was also staying there, did whatever he wanted as I fell unconscious. "Later, I came to know that they had filmed the whole act," the girl claimed. She said the accused woman used to blackmail her saying she would upload the video on the social media. "I travelled to Jammu six times. We stayed in a hotel there. Every time, the

Delhi: Man held in metro station for carrying firearm

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday arrested a man for carrying a country-made pistol and 12 live rounds at Dwarka Mor Metro Station in Delhi.The accused has been identified as Neeraj Kumar Patel, a resident of Patna, according to officials sources.During the baggage screening of the passenger, a CISF official noticed pistol and ammunition on the monitor.Immediately, he stopped the conveyer belt as well as the passenger and informed the matter to his senior.The bag was physically checked in the presence of the passenger and the firearm and live rounds were recovered.

Criminal with Rs 20k reward on him held after encounter in UP

A criminal, carrying a cash reward of 20,000, and a constable were today injured in an encounter near Bandi village, a police official said. The criminal was arrested following the encounter, senior superintendent of police Swapnil Mamgai said. Mamgai said that the injured have been hospitalised.

Businessman shot at during robbery bid

A businessman was today shot at when he allegedly tried to resist a robbery bid in Vasundhara, police said. The man, a vegetable wholesaler, was shot at around 5 am while he was going to the market along with his father in his car, they said. Senior superintendent of police H N Singh said that the victim was carrying Rs 3 lakh. When their car reached at the Vasundhara-Indirapuram intersection, a swift overtook their car and allegedly forced them to stop. Two of the five assailants smashed the window pane of the car and took them on gun point, the official said. The victim tried to resist their robbery bid when the robbers allegedly shot at him in his mouth and snatched their bag, he said. The man was admitted to a hospital, where he is recovering, he said. Preliminary investigation revealed that the robbers were chasing them from their house of Chiranjiv Vihar of the Kavinagar police station area, the official added.

Waymo lawyer tells U.S. jury Uber 'cheating' on autonomous car secrets

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber was so driven to "win at all costs" in the race to develop self-driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade-secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

Accused in 2002 temple blast deported, brought to Hyderabad

The Crime Investigation Department of the Telangana Police today arrested a person wanted in connection with the 2002 bomb blast in front of a Sai Baba temple in Dilsukhnagar here, officials said. Shafiq M, was deported from Doha in Qatar to Delhi, and a police team brought him from the national capital to here, they said. Police officials said that he was produced before a court here which remanded him into judicial custody. Two persons were killed and over 20 others were injured when terrorists had detonated an improvised explosive device near the temple on November 21, 2002. Police said that Shafiq had been charged with conspiracy in the case.

Two minors Dalits 'raped' in UP

A police complaint has been filed about two Dalit girls, aged five and seven, allegedly having been raped in a deserted school building in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, officials said today. Superintendent of Police Pravin Ranjan Singh said a medical examination, however, did not confirm rape. According to the complaint, the incident took place late last night at Malagarh village when the alleged victims had gone to attend a wedding. It is suspected that someone who attended the wedding could be behind the alleged incident, police said, adding that the video footage of the ceremony was being scanned to identify the accused.

Corrected: Waymo lawyer tells U.S. jury Uber 'cheating' on autonomous car secrets

(Corrects first name of ex-Uber CEO to Travis from 'Trevor' paragraph 3)

Suspected criminal carrying cash reward of Rs 70K nabbed

A 24-year-old suspected criminal, carrying a cash reward of Rs 70,000 on his head, was today nabbed by police following an exchange of fire near Okhla Mandi in south east Delhi, police said. The accused, Munnawar, was arrested by a team of special staff around 4.30 AM, Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner Of Police (south east), said. Munnawar, who was wanted in three cases, including murder registered in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, is a close aide of gangster Chenu Pehalwan and allegedly worked as his sharp shooter, the official said. He was also wanted in connection with the firing at a police party near Pul Prahladpur in 2016, he said. The police recovered a swift car and a pistol and cartridges from him, the official said. It was also found that the accused was wearing a bulletproof jacket inside his pullover, Biswal said. He was accompanied by an associate who managed to escape, but has been identified, the official added. The cash reward on him was announced in ...

Schoolboy's murder: Victim's father expresses disappointment

The father of a seven-year-old boy, who was allegedly killed inside a private school in the Bhondsi area here, today expressed disappointment over the contents of the chargesheet filed by the CBI at a sessions court here. Barun Thakur, the victim's father, said the central probe agency had failed to file a strong chargesheet and that it was yet to conclude its probe in the case. "We are very disappointed. We expected the CBI to file a strong chargesheet," he said. Thakur's lawyer Sushil Tekriwal said the CBI, being a mature and premier investigating agency of the country, should have concluded its probe in the case. "It (the CBI) has not named the school management and others for negligence. The CBI should not be influenced by the high and mighty and conclude the probe expeditiously by bringing to book all those responsible," he said. The lawyer also said the CBI should have named the owners of the school and the officials of the Gurgaon police's Special Investigation ...

Scribe killing case: Brother demands CBI probe

The Brother of Kanpur-based journalist Navin Gupta, who was killed in November last year, has demanded a CBI probe into the case. Navin, who was working for a Hindi daily, was shot dead on November 30, 2017 by unidentified assailants near the Nagar Palika market in Billhaur, 60 km from Kanpur. He was sprayed with bullets when he came out of a public toilet. "Police has failed to crack the case so far," the slain journalist's brother Nitin Gupta said, adding the case should be handed over to the CBI. He also alleged that the perpetrators were "roaming freely". Nitin Gupta also demanded a government job for a family member.

Naroda Gam riot case: Court issues notice to ex-IPS officer

An SIT court, hearing the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case here, today issued a notice to former IPS officer Rahul Sharma for allegedly misplacing the CDs containing the crucial call details related to the riots. The court of Special Judge M K Dave also issued notice to former investigating officer in the case P L Mal on an application moved in April 2015 by a group of accused in the case. They had sought that Sharma and Mal be also made accused under CrPC section 319 (for trial of a person along with the accused of the case). The court has posted the next hearing for February 9. While Sharma is accused of destroying evidence by misplacing the CDs, Mal with abetting Sharma's criminal act by not making him an accused for his act. Defence lawyer Chetan Shah had moved the application alleging that Sharma had misplaced the original CDs containing important call details of state functionaries during the riots and instead submitted a duplicate CD before the Nanavati Commission, which

Defiant Paris attacks suspect 'trusts in Allah'

The only surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris attacks accused a Belgian court today of bias against Muslims, saying he put his "trust in Allah" as he went on trial for a deadly shootout with police. Salah Abdeslam, 28, cut a defiant figure at the court while refusing to stand for the judge or to answer questions about the bloody gunbattle in Brussels that led to his capture in 2016. The Belgian-born French national of Moroccan descent was transferred to Brussels under police escort from a jail near Paris to answer charges of attempted terrorist murder of police officers. "My silence does not make me a criminal, it's my defence," Abdeslam, who has grown long hair and a beard during nearly two years behind bars, told judges at the Palais de Justice in the Belgian capital. "Muslims are judged and treated in the worst of ways, mercilessly. There is no presumption of innocence." Abdeslam has refused to speak to investigators since his arrest in Brussels three days after the ...

NHRC notice to UP govt, DGP over Noida sub-inspector case

The NHRC has sent a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and the state's police chief over reports that a man was allegedly shot at in Noida by a police staff, who told his colleague that the 'encounter' would earn him an "out-of-turn promotion". "However, reportedly, Noida Police has denied receiving any message of an encounter," the National Human Rights Commission said in a statement today. "The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that a 25-year-old man was shot at in Noida by a sub-inspector of Uttar Pradesh Police on the night of February 3, and told his colleague that the encounter would earn him an out-of-turn promotion," the NHRC said. Accordingly, the commission has issued a notice to the chief secretary and the director general of police of the state to look into the emerging scenario personally and to take appropriate action to sensitise the police personnel not to "abuse their power to harass innocent citizens". A detailed report in the ...

Schoolboy's murder: CBI names bus conductor as prime witness

The CBI today arrayed Ashok Kumar, a bus conductor of a private school in the Bhondsi area, as one of the prime witnesses in its chargesheet in the alleged murder case of a seven-year-old student. Kumar was arrested by the Gurgaon police as the main accused in the case. However, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today gave him a clean chit and sought his discharge from the case. The central probe agency has named 127 people as witnesses in the case, of whom 19 have been arrayed as prime witnesses, including two judicial officers. A prime witness is one who is directly associated with the case and his version substantially helps to corroborate the prosecution's arguments. The statements of these 19 witnesses have been recorded under section 164, CrPC, under which any metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate may, whether he has jurisdiction over the case or not, record any confession or statement made to him in the course of the investigation. Some of the ...

SC refuses to block bids for completing Jaypee Infratech's home projects

The Supreme Court on Monday did not stall the Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) inviting bids expressing interest in investing to complete the Jaypee Infratech's residential projects involving apartments, plots and villas.

Schoolboy's murder: No mention of Pintos in CBI charge sheet

The CBI today filed a charge sheet against a teenager for the murder of a seven- year-old boy at a Gurgaon private school but remained silent about the allegations against two top officials of the institutions arrested by the police. The charge sheet also had no mention of Ryan Pinto, Augustine Francis Pinto and Grace Pinto, promoters and top management executives of the private school who were granted anticipatory bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on October 7 last year. Francis Thomas, regional head of the group of schools, and HR head Jeyus Thomas were arrested on September 11 last year for alleged negligence in ensuring the safety and security of children in school. In the charge sheet, however, the agency made a reference to their arrest but was silent about the allegations against them. They were also released on bail on October 7 last year. Advocate Sushil Tekriwal, appearing for the victim, said the investigation was still under progress.

Red Fort attack: LeT suspect seeks bail

A Delhi court has directed the Delhi Police to file its response by February 7 on the bail plea of Bilal Ahmed Kawa, a suspect in the 2000 Red Fort attack case. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma issued notice to the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on the application moved by Kawa, currently in judicial custody, in which he has claimed that no purpose will be served by keeping him in further custody. Kawa was arrested on January 10 in the national capital in a joint operation by the Delhi Police and the Gujarat Anti- Terrorism Squad (ATS). Police alleged that Kawa had received Rs 29.5 lakh from Pakistan to fund the terror attack on the historic Red Fort on December 22, 2000. The police told the trial court that Kawa, one of the conspirators in the attack, had been absconding for 17 years and was declared a proclaimed offender by the court. Three people, including two Army jawans, were killed in the December 22, 2000 Red Fort attack. While Kawa was on the run, a ..