Page 20 - Law Crime
Statistics not parameter for crime control: UP CM
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday said "statistics are not a parameter for crime control" and faith of the people is the actual standard. Chairing a review meeting of the Home department here, he referred to recent incidents of crime in the state and said, "Statistics are not a parameter for crime control. The actual standard is the faith of people, and we have to prove ourselves on this front." "Incidents occur in the districts, but the SPs/SSPs are unaware about it. They have to be informed from the state capital, then they reach the spot. This type of formality will not work," the chief minister said. Adityanath said that he himself is going to undertake divisional review, and if any complaint is received, then action will be initiated on the spot, which will set an example. He also observed that despite meeting of the DMs and SPs/SSPs, there is no reduction in crime, and senior officials are not seen in foot-patrolling. Making another strong observation on the
One arrested for threats, extortion bid
Thane police have arresteda man for allegedly threatening a local leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and trying to extort money from a businessman. Sandesh Shetty, the accused, was arrested Wednesday night, said an official of anti-extortion cell of Crime Branch. A case had been registered with Naupada police on the complaint of Avinash Jadhav, a builder who is Thane and Palghar district chief of the MNS, said inspector Sanjay Shinde. Jadhav told police that one of his friends, a Navi Mumbai-based businessman, had received threats from Sandesh Shetty who was seeking money on behalf of the 'Pujari gang'. When Jadhav tried to intervene, he too was allegedly threatened on phone by one Prasad Pujari and asked to keep away from the matter, police said. Further probe is on.
Reinvestigate the role of Kamal Nath in 1984-anti Sikh riots: Sirsa
Majinder Singh Sirsa, president, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has requested SIT probing the 1984-anti Sikh riot case to reinvestigate the alleged role of Congress leader and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath in it.Sirsa met the Chairman of SIT on Thursday."We told him to register deposition of two of our witnesses and reopen the case against Kamal Nath. He assured us that they are reopening the case and the primary focus of probe will be the role of Kamal Nath," said Sirsa."This is a complaint in reference to the role of Kamalnath and his involvement in leading the mob to kill Sikhs in 1984 Anti-Sikh genocide which has been described by the way of appearance or deposition and affidavits before Mishra Commission and Nanawati Commission by Sanjay Suri and S.Mukhtiar Singh (eye-witness). The offence comprises of several crimes including leading hole to kill the Sikhs on 01.11.1984, rioting in/around the area of Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, arson and setting fire of ...
Have ensured registration of FIR in trafficking of infant from West Bengal: DCW
The Delhi Commission For Women Thursday said it has ensured registration of an FIR in the alleged trafficking of a two-month-old boy from Siliguri in West Bengal. However, police said they have received a complaint that the father of the child has taken him somewhere and are looking at places where they can them. The DCW said that upon receiving a complaint on its helpline number regarding the alleged trafficking of the baby, a team of the commission reached the complainant who introduced them to a 21-year-old woman who claimed to be the mother of the child. The woman claimed that she and her husband were approached by a man who promised to get them employment in Delhi and were brought to Taimur Nagar from Siliguri in West Bengal, the DCW said. "She said that the very night they reached Delhi, she was taken to a flat in Taimur Nagar and was convinced to leave her child with the placement agency owners as she was supposed to work for the next six months. When she refused to part with ..
Munger Arms Case: NIA conducts searches at 12 places in UP, Bihar
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted raids at 12 places in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in connection with the investigation of Munger Arms Case.The case pertains to recovery of three AK-47 rifles along with other weapons on the disclosure of accused Shamsher Alam from the house of his sister and accused Rizwana Begum. The Munger Police had registered the case on September 7 last year.On the basis of credible evidence collected during the investigation, searches were conducted in the houses of suspect Hulas Pandey and his close associates at different places at Buxar, Bhojpur, Rohtas, Varanasi, and Patna.The NIA re-registered this case under sections 380,414 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 25,26 and 35 of the Arms Act,1959 and Section 39 of the UA(P) Act, 1967 on October 5 last year.In this case, a large number of prohibited weapons including AK series weapons were stolen and smuggled out of Jabalpur to various Naxal organisations and criminal .
Gujarat: Eight held for killing Dalit sarpanch's husband
Eight persons were arrested in Botad district of Gujarat Thursday for allegedly killing the husband of a Dalit sarpanch. Manjibhai Solanki (51), resident of Jalia village, was beaten to death on Ranpur-Barvala road in the district Wednesday. His wife Geeta Solanki is the sarpanch of Jalia. Manjibhai himself was a member of the gram panchayat and served as deputy sarpanch. Though eight out of the nine accused named in the first information report (FIR) were arrested, Solanki's family refused to claim his body, kept at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital since Wednesday evening. Those who were arrested were identified as Ashok Khachar (51), Pratap Khachar (38), Ruturaj Khachar (22), Raviraj Khachar (25), Hardip Khachar (21), Kishor Khachar (30), Bhagirath Khachar (24) and Vanraj Khachar(42). Police have formed teams to nab Jilu Khachar who is on the run, said Inspector General of Police Ashok Kumar Yadav. Solanki's son Tushar said the accused killed his father when he was returning ...
ED conduct searches at various places in Maharashtra against VAPL, VACL in money laundering
Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at various places at Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli and Nagpur in Letter of Credit (LCs) fraud case of Bank of India involving Varron Aluminum Pvt. Ltd and Varron Auto Comp Pvt. Ltd. The searches were conducted at factory premises, residential premises of the Varron group and its directors.A case of registered by CBI against VAPL and VACL and others on the basis of the complaint received by Bank of India, Pune Zonal Office. Taking cognizance of the complaints against the group, the ED initiated their own investigation under the provisions of the PMLA, 2002."During the investigation, it was revealed that Shrikant Pandhurang Sawaikar along with bank officials of Canara Bank and other private individuals entered into a criminal conspiracy to cheat bank of India," read the ED release."In pursuance to the said criminal conspiracy non-genuine Letter of Credit, commercial invoices, and lorry receipts were used for the release of Rs 293 crores in the ..
HC declines to quash proceedings in defamation case against Vaiko, sets aside another
The Madras High Court Thursday declined to quash proceedings in a defamation case filed against MDMK chief Vaiko but set aside another. Justice P N Prakash dismissed the criminal revision petition of the MDMK founder challenging the lower court's order refusing to discharge him in the defamation case filed in 2006 on a complaint by then chief minister M Karunanidhi. The judge, however, allowed another petition filed by Vaiko seeking to quash a defamation case filed by the DMK in connection with his speech on the alleged attack on film director Bharathiraja's office in 2009. In the first case, according to prosecution, Vaiko had made defamatory remarks against Karunanidhi in connection with an MDMK party meeting. Declining to discharge him in the case, Justice Prakash said from the evidence of the five witnesses who had deposed before the trial court, the high court cannot conclude that no case against the accused has been made out. "As laid down in Section 246 CrPC, when there are ...
UP government is acting like one of particular community only: Babri Masjid Action Committee
The Babri Masjid Action Committee has alleged that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led state government is "not acting as per the written statement submitted by Uttar Pradesh government in 1950 in the case pertaining to Babri Masjid, and is rather acting like government belonging to a certain community only."The meeting of the committee chaired by Maulana Yasin Ali Usmani to deliberate upon the Babri Masjid Title suit also expressed its "concern over the statements given by various leaders including that of VHP regarding the construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya.""The concern is expressed that the present State government is acting contrary to the written statement submitted by the Uttar Pradesh government and magistrate in the case in 1950, because in the statement they have accepted that Muslims are offering Namaz in Babri Masjid since centuries and Hindus have never prayed there," said the statement by Babri Masjid Action Committee."The present government is acting assuming that it .
IMA Jewels case: ED issues summon to Mansoor Khan, asks him to appear before it on June 24
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday issued first summon to I Monetary Advisory (IMA) jewels founder Mansoor Khan who is an accused perpetrating financial fraud.The agency has asked Khan to appear before it on June 24 at 11 am. The summon was issued by Assistant Director Basavaraj R Magdum.Earlier in the day, a team of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police conducted a search at IMA Jewel's head office on Lady Curzon Road in Shivaji Nagar area here.Deputy Commissioner of Police, Girish S said, "30 kilogram of gold, approximately 2600 carat diamond and 450 kilograms of silver were seized. The SIT is also assessing certain property documents recovered during the raid. The estimated value is approximately 20 crore."The IMA Jewels is embroiled in a case where the firm had allegedly cheated a large number of investors after promising them impressive returns on their deposits.IMA Jewel's auditor Iqbal Khan was arrested by the SIT in connection with the Ponzi scam ..
French mother gets 20 years jail for murdering 5 of her children
A French court on Thursday jailed for 20 years a woman who killed five of her children right after they were born, a crime that was only solved over a decade after the corpses were discovered. The jury in Colmar in eastern France followed the recommendations of prosecutors in giving 55-year-old Sylvie Horning a 20-year prison term. Horning was found guilty of murdering the five children between 1990 and 2005. The mother of three adult children hid her pregnancies from her partner, giving birth in secret and then strangling the newborns at her house in the eastern town of Wittelsheim. Nothing untoward was suspected until the discovery in 2003 of the bodies of four babies in rubbish bags in the nearby Galfingue forest. But the initial investigation was closed in 2009 after it failed to yield any clues over who was behind the infants' deaths. The probe was reopened in 2016 to take advantage of advances in DNA testing, and a year later investigators made a link between Horning and the ...
Noida hospital penalised for flouting norms on smoking in public places
Jaypee Hospital here was penalised by the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration Thursday for flouting norms on smoking in public place, officials said. A team of experts from the district Tobacco Regulation Committee had carried out a surprise inspection at the hospital in Sector 128 when the violations surfaced, the officials said. The action has been taken in compliance with the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003. According to a statement by the administration, the law prohibits smoking in a public place and calls for compulsory anti-tobacco advertisements in hospitals. "But during the inspection, it came to light that no anti-tobacco advertisements were in place in the hospital while several people were smoking in its parking area," the statement read. "For the violation of Section 4 of COTPA, a notice was issued to the hospital for a total of 150 violations and a penalty of Rs 30,000 imposed on them," it said. The notice was sent to the chief executive office of ...
Municipal secretary of NDMC dies of cardiac arrest: Official
The municipal secretary of north corporation has died of cardiac arrest, following which the proceedings of the BJP-led House were on Thursday postponed, officials said. NDMC Municipal Secretary Jagdeep Chiller died on Wednesday night, a senior official said. He was 58. "The NDMC's meeting of the House scheduled for today (Thursday) was postponed due to the sudden demise of the municipal secretary," the official said. Chiller, a Delhi resident, had complained of chest pain Wednesday night when he was travelling. He then went to a hospital, where doctors advised his driver to take him to a bigger hospital as "his condition was serious". "However, at that hospital, he collapsed in the wheelchair and died. His cremation was performed later at Punjabi Bagh cremation grounds," the official said.
NIA raids former Bihar MLC's residence in assault rifle smuggling case
The National Investigation Agency has carried out searches at 12 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar including the residence of a former MLC of Bihar in a case of alleged smuggling of Kalashnikov assault rifles from Central Ordnance Depot and supplied to Naxals and criminal gangs, officials said Thursday. The agency had taken over the case after Bihar Police allegedly recovered three AK-47 rifles along with other weapons from the house of main accused Shamsher Alam's sister Rizwana Begum who is also an accomplice, they said. A total of 22 AK rifles, smuggled from COD, Jabalpur have already been recovered by the agency since taking over this case last year, they said. "In this case, a large number of prohibited weapons including AK-series weapons were stolen and smuggled out of the COD, Jabalpur to various Naxal organisations and criminal gangs," NIA's spokesperson said. He said on the basis of credible evidence collected during investigation, searches were conducted in the houses of .
Former S.African president called to graft inquiry
Former South African president Jacob Zuma was on Thursday called to give evidence next month at a judicial inquiry into alleged corruption during his nine years in office. The commission headed by Judge Ray Zondo is investigating a web of deals involving government officials, the wealthy Gupta family and state-owned companies during Zuma's presidency. Zuma has been scheduled to appear at the inquiry between July 15 to 19 "to enable him to give his side of the story", the commission said, after he was implicated by other witnesses in alleged corruption. It added in a statement that Zuma had not confirmed whether he would appear on the scheduled dates, despite six weeks of discussions with his lawyers. It said it had refused his request to be given questions in advance. Zuma, who was forced to resign last year under a cloud of corruption scandals, allegedly accepted monthly bribes from a security firm, according to one witness at the Zondo commission. Zuma, 77, has also been charged ...
Pave way for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya: VHP to Centre
The VHP Thursday passed a resolution here asking the Centre to pave the way for the construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya in accordance with the aspirations of crores of devotees. The resolution also stated that the judiciary should not turn away from its responsibility regarding the case which is pending before the Supreme Court for long despite being a matter of national importance. Saints and seers of the country call upon the government to remove all the hurdles in the path of the construction of a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya as per the aspirations of crores of devotees, it said. "The case has not just been hanging fire in the apex court since 2011 but has also not been among its priorities," the resolution passed by Acharya Avichal Das at a meeting chaired by Paramananda Ji Maharaj stated. "Sixty years after the case was first filed in 1950, a verdict came from the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court in 2010 but Hindus could not get justice," VHP vice president ...
Odisha: Hearing on BJD MLAs anticipatory bail deferred to July 9
The Orissa High Court Thursday deferred to next month the hearing into bail plea of newly elected BJD MLA Saroj Kumar Meher in a case of forcing a government junior engineer to do sit ups in public. Police had on June 7 registered a case against Meher, the first time legislator from Patnagarh in Bolangir district, on charge of forcing Public Works Department junior engineer Jayakant Sabar to do sit-ups in public, the video of which had gone viral on social media. While the engineers wife had lodged the police complaint in Patnagarh, the MLAs wife had moved the High Court seeking advance bail for her husband. Taking up the bail application, Justice Shatrughna Pujahari Thursday called for the case diary (CD) and sought a detailed status report of the police investigations into the case made so far. The matter will now come for hearing in the High Court again on July 9. Meanwhile, Odisha unit of the BJP mounted attack on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over the episode accusing him of ...
Former minister gets one year in jail for attacking cop
A court here Thursday sentenced BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh minister Harendrajit Singh Babbu to one year's rigorous imprisonment in a two- decade old case of assault on a police constable. Judge Suresh Singh found Babbu guilty under IPC section 353 (assault to deter public servant from discharge of his duty). The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on him. He was, however, granted bail after the ruling. Babbu, then MLA from Jabalpur (West), was accused of abusing and throwing a chair at constable R S Pendre at Gohalpur police station in Jabalpur on June 28, 2000. The MLA was angry as his vehicle had been seized by the police, the prosecution said. He was also charged under IPC sections 294 (obscene act) and 147 (rioting), but was acquitted for want of evidence. Babbu later became a minister in the Uma Bharti-led BJP government. He will appeal against the ruling, he told reporters.
Crime has gone global due to technological breakthroughs: Home Secy
With crime becoming globalised due to technological breakthroughs, there is an urgent need for real-time sharing of information and coordination among law enforcement agencies, Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba said Thursday. Inaugurating the sixth Interpol Liaison Officers' Conference at the CBI headquarters, Gauba said the digital revolution "allowed criminals to move funds across borders". "Thus, there is a dangerous confluence of financial globalisation and digital technology facilitating cyber crime, narcotics trade and financing of terror," he added. Gauba said though the term "globalisation" was normally used in the context of economics-- trade liberalisation and allowing foreign investments etc-crime had gone global due to technological breakthroughs. The conference is being held at a time when the CBI is trying to get Interpol red corner notices issued against wanted accused like Mehul Choksi besides a protracted legal battle for the extradition of businessmen Vijay Mallya and Nirav
Jeweller robbed, shot dead in UP's Pratapgarh
A jeweller was shot dead and robbed of his cash and ornaments by some motorcycle-borne assailants here Thursday, police said. Lallu Soni (50) was shot at by some men on the canal bridge while he was going to Babuganj market in the city, Station House Officer (SHO) Baghrai police station Nanhelal Yadav said. The miscreants fled from the spot with the cash and gold and silver jewellery that Soni was carrying with him, the SHO said. Soni was taken to a local hospital but was referred to another hospital in Allahabad, Yadav said, adding that the business man succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment.