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Shooting injures 6 foreigners in Italy, 1 arrested
A shooting incident on Saturday injured six foreign nationals in the central Italian city of Macerata and led to the arrest of one man, the police said.
Three arrested for cheating gold merchants of Rs 2.8 cr
Three persons were arrested today for allegedly cheating gold merchants to the tune of nearly Rs 3 crore, police said. Officials said that the accused had bought gold on credit over a period of time from some merchants and then gave post-dated cheques when the merchants started pressurising them for payments. The cheques bounced, police said, adding that the accused now owed these merchants Rs 2.8 crores. Further investigations were underway and the accused will be produced before court, police informed.
Bangladesh appoints new chief justice
Bangladesh today appointed Syed Mahmud Hossain as the new chief justice, three months after his predecessor and the country's first Hindu chief justice was virtually forced to resign amid "grave" graft allegations. The president's office said yesterday that Justice Hossain had been appointed as the 22nd chief justice of the country. President Abdul Hamid administered the oath of office to Hossain, said a senior judge of the apex Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with her cabinet colleagues and Supreme Court judges witnessed the swearing in ceremony at the presidential palace. Hossain's appointment prompted acting chief justice Abdul Wahab Mian to immediately tender his resignation on an "unavoidable personal reason", but sources familiar with the situation said he preferred to quit as his seniority was violated. Mian was appointed as the acting chief justice after the country's first Hindu chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha ...
Gang involved in human trafficking busted in Haryana
A gang involved in human trafficking was busted and three minor girls released following the arrest of two of its members during a raid here, police said today. A police team, led by Inspector Sandeep Mor, nabbed Surinder from Faridabad yesterday and handed him over to the team of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Child Welfare Council (CWC), Puja Dabla, they said. During questioning, Surinder confessed he used to purchase girls from his neighbouring villages and sell them to Mani Mishra, and members of his family for Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000. They used to take the girls to the National Capital Region and the Faridabad area and get them to work as domestic helps, police said. Based on the information provided by Surinder, a police team, under the supervision of ACP Dabla, raided the house of Mishra and rescued three girls. Surinder admitted that he and Mani Mishra had sexually harassed their victims, officials said. The spokesman said the rescued minor girls were ...
Order on ex-IPS officer Pandey's discharge plea on Feb 16
A special CBI court here today concluded the hearing on a discharge application filed by former Gujarat director general of police P P Pandey in the Ishrat Jahan "fake" encounter case with Judge J K Pandya reserving the order for February 16. Pandey, currently out on bail, had contended that the statements of two witnesses against him were contradictory and that none of the other 105 witnesses examined by the court had named him. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had named him as an accused in its chargesheet, without obtaining the mandatory sanction from the Centre, Pandey's lawyer told the court. He also referred to Pandey's elevation as the in-charge DGP (even when the case was pending against him) as one of the grounds for discharging his client from the case. Pandey had resigned in April last year after his appointment as the in-charge DGP was challenged in the Supreme Court. The CBI had opposed his discharge plea, saying it had enough evidence to prove ...
Ensure each district has a family court: SC judge to state CJs
: Supreme Court Judge Justice Kurian Joseph today urged Chief Justices of High Courts to take immediate steps to ensure that every district in a state has at least one family court, to help easy access to justice and speedy disposal of matrimonial disputes. He was delivering the inaugural address at the fourth regional conference on "Sensitisation of Family Court Matters" organised here for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Justice Joseph also said that judges in family courts should possess a sixth sense to find the epicentre of family disputes and take appropriate action. "Family court judges should possess a sixth sense, to find out the epicentre of matrimonial disputes. They are like homoeopathy doctors, who unlike allopathy doctors, prescribe treatment based on the constitution and special features of the patients," he added. "The primary objective of family courts is not to decide disputes, but to promote .
Kasganj killing: 1 more accused held
One more person was today arrested in connection with the killing of Chandan Gupta in a mob attack on a motorcycle rally taken out to celebrate Republic Day in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj. Gupta's had died of a gunshot. The killing had led to a spiral of violence in the town in which at least three shops, two buses and a car were torched. Police had on Wednesday arrested Saleem Javaid, the main accused in the killing of Gupta. Another accused, Rahat Qureshi, was nabbed from Kanshi Ram Colony here today, Superintendent of Police Piyush Srivastva said. Queshi is accused of instigating a riot, the SP said. Police have intensified patrolling in sensitive areas to instill confidence among the people shaken by the recent violence.
Woman, her minor daughter die after drinking poison
A woman and her six-year-old daughter died today after consuming poison following an argument with her husband over a family issue at Salkhan village in Janjgir Champa district, police said. The woman's 12-year-old daughter, who also consumed poison, has been admitted to a hospital, they said. According to police, the woman had an argument with her husband last night related to the study of their son. Following the argument, the woman left their place in Varbhata village along with her daughters and went to her relative's house in Salkhan, where they consumed poison. When her relatives got to know about the incident, they rushed them to a hospital, where the woman and one of her daughters were declared brought dead. The other daughter is in a critical condition and she has been shifted to Bilaspur for further treatment. Police are investigation the case.
Government asks judge to toss suit by ex-Trump campaign head
The Justice Department is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Donald Trump's former presidential campaign chairman. Paul Manafort was indicted in October in special counsel Robert Mueller's (MUHL'-urs) Russia investigation. A suit Manafort filed last month challenges the scope of Mueller's appointment and authority. The government says in a court filing yesterday that a judge should throw out that suit. Justice Department lawyers say federal courts are prohibited from interfering with ongoing criminal prosecutions, and that Mueller's been operating properly and not exceeded his authority. The department says if Manafort believes he's being unfairly prosecuted, then he can file a motion in his criminal case to seek to have it dismissed. Manafort is one of four people charged so far in Mueller's investigation.
Cops bust gang of robbers in Ganjam district
Police today arrested six persons and claimed to have busted a gang of robbers in Odisha's Ganjam district. A gun, two bombs, a sword, four motorcycles, nine mobile phones and around Rs 20,000 cash were seized from the gang members. They were arrested from Jagadalapur in Aska-Bhanjanagara road, said Inspector In-Charge of Aska police station, Santosh Kumar Jena. Three of the arrested persons were involved in at least 10 dacoity cases in Aska, Digaphandi, Sheragada, Patapur, Rambha and Buguda areas, he said.
Oops: City loses insurance policy in wrongful imprisonment
Hartford officials say they cannot find a 30-year-old insurance policy that could play a key role in any damages or settlement the city would have to pay in a lawsuit filed by a man wrongly imprisoned for murder for two decades. The inability to locate the policy prompted federal Magistrate Judge Joan Margolis in New Haven on Monday to order the city to subpoena insurance companies in an effort to find it. Miguel Roman, of Manchester, filed the federal lawsuit against the city and police officials in March 2011, alleging malicious prosecution, suppression of evidence and violation of his civil rights. City officials deny the allegations. His lawyers have been seeking information on the city's insurance policies since the lawsuit was filed nearly seven years ago. "Mr Roman is satisfied that the court granted him the relief that he sought," said his lawyer, Rosemarie Paine. "The court's ruling provides a timeline for taking the necessary steps to locate the missing policy
Devananda case: Bailable warrant against investigating officer
Taking a serious view of the prosecution's submissions that the police were not cooperating in the trial on an over-three-decade-old murder case, in which a former Sri Lankan minister was an accused, a sessions court here today issued a bailable warrant against the investigating officer. The police have named former Sri Lankan minister Douglas Devananda as the third accused in the chargesheet in the case relating to a shootout at Choolaimedu here on November 1, 1986, in which a person was killed. Nine others have also been named as accused in the chargesheet. All the accused in the case were arrested, but they absconded after being released on bail. A non-bailable warrant was subsequently issued against Douglas, who later became a minister in the Mahinda Rajapaksa government and moved courts for cancellation of the warrant. The prosecution later obtained the court's permission to split the case and proceed against Douglas as the other accused remained absconding. As per .
Two arrested for firing at RJD MLA's residence
Police here today claimed to have arrested the two persons who had opened fire at the residence of a sitting RJD MLA last night, leaving one person injured. The motorcycle-borne assailants had fired three bullets at the residence of Upendra Paswan, the MLA from Bakhri, in Kumharso village under Gadhpura police station area. While the legislator had escaped unhurt, one Naval Kishore who was seated beside Paswan, sustained injuries in the attack. Superintendent of Police Aditya Kumar said the accused, Suraj Kumar and Raju Singh, were arrested and the motorcycle used in yesterday's attack was recovered from their possession along with two country made pistols, four live catridges and a mobile phone. During interrogation, Suraj revealed that he worked at a parking lot near a railway station and had been nursing a grouse against Paswan ever since the latter had asked his employer to sack him, the SP said. The SP said that Suraj had brawled with owners of some shops in the ...
Fourteen dacoits arrested in Vizag, gold, firearms seized
Fourteen persons were today arrested and three country-made revolvers were recovered from them, with police claiming that the gang was planning to carry out dacoities in the city. Police said that five of the arrested were from Bihar while nine were from areas around Visakhapatnam. Officials added that 120 gms of gold, 1.2 kgs of silver, one car, one autorickshaw, two motorcycles and 3.5 kgs of dry ganja were also confiscated from the gang. The gang, during interrogation, confessed to having carried out dacoities in Darapalem under Arilova police station limits as well as at MVP Colony and at Anakapalle. Police said that the gang looted 240 grams of gold in the Darapalem incident and 360 grams of gold and Rs 1 lakh in cash in the MVP colony robbery. In the Darapalem incident, the gang had barged into the house of government school teacher K Satyanarayana while in the MVP incident, they had held 74-year-old M Sarojini hostage, police informed. Deputy Commissioner of ...
Indian-origin physio jailed for arms dealing in UK
An Indian-origin physiotherapist, who supplied guns and ammunition to criminal gangs in the UK using a legal firearms license, has been jailed for 14 years. Mohinder Surdhar, 58, who had worked with the English Karate team and the UK's state-funded National Health Service, was described by investigators as an "ammunition freak" who acted as a middleman. He was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday after he had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to a single count of conspiracy to transfer prohibited weapons and ammunition. "You were a physiotherapist with a PhD, well-educated and well-respected in your field. In short, over a period of several years you acted as the fulcrum in the supply of prohibited weapons and ammunition to criminal gangs," Judge Richard Bond told Surdhar. "It is impossible to say how many weapons you supplied over the years but it would now appear that you supplied hundreds of guns to the gang. Even to this day, weapons sold by you are ...
Another accused held for murder of youth in UP clashes
Rahat Qureshi, an accused in the killing of a youth in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj after which communal violence started, was arrested on Saturday, Uttar Pradesh Police said.
DCW writes to Prime Minister over women's safety
The Delhi Commission for Women on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to implement strict laws and sentence death to those who commit rape on girls younger than six months old."A system should be created where an accused who has raped a girl child below six months, should be given a death sentence," said the letter, written by DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal.The letter was written in wake of the rape of an eight-month-old girl in Delhi."I want to divert your (PM Modi) mind towards the incident where an eight-month-old girl was raped. This little girl is suffering and fighting for her life at AIIMS," she said mentioning the incident in the letter.The DCW chairperson also said that in the past two years she has written numerous letters to Prime Minister Modi, all of which have gone unanswered."In the past two years I have written you numerous letters, and it makes me sad that you have not even replied to one of my letters. Rape cases are increasing ...
Police bust 3 inter-district gangs
Police today claimed to have busted three inter-district gangs of thieves, snatchers, drug peddlers and bootleggers by arresting their seven members separately and seizing from them stolen valuables, narcotics and illicit liquor. Phagwara superintendent of police Parminder Singh Bhandal identified those arrested as Manga, Rahul, Sonu, Majeed Ahmed alias Chand Babu, all of them from Phagwara, Mandip Singh, Manjit Singh of Hoshiarpur district and Ashok Kumar alias Sonu of local Tibbi. Stolen valuables, including 9 mobile phones, 2 cameras, 3 motorcycles, 1 TV set, 5 batteries, 240 gram intoxicating powder, 39 bottles of liquor, 1 knife, Rs 35,200 cash were seized from them, he said. Over half a dozen criminal cases were traced, he said. The arrests were made under relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code related to thefts, house-trespass under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Excise Act and Arms Act, Bhandal said.
Khyala muder case: four accused sent to judicial custody
Four accused, including a juvenile, were sent to judicial custody on Saturday in Khyala Murder Case.A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death by the family members of his girlfriend, who was against their relationship, in west Delhi's Khyala on Thursday over his relations with a 20-year-old woman.Police arrested woman's father Akbar Ali, mother Shahnaaz, a juvenile younger brother and uncle Mohd. Salim on Friday. They were produced before a court which sent them to judicial custody.A case has been registered under sections 302/323/34 on the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Gold worth Rs 47 lakh seized from air passengers
In continuing anti-smuggling operations, Air Intelligence officials of the Customs at the International airport here today seized over 1.5 kg of gold valued at Rs 47.35 lakh in two separate cases. In the first case, 20 gold bar cut pieces totally weighing 756 grams valued at Rs 23.66 lakh were found concealed inside two hand mixers brought in the check-in baggage by a native of Kozhikode, who arrived from Jeddah, Customs Commissioner Sumit Kumar said. In the second incident, 16 gold bar cut pieces totally weighing 757 grams valued at Rs 23.69 lakh were found concealed inside hand mixers kept in the check-in baggage of a passenger, who arrived from Abu Dhabi by a private airliner. Both the passengers were arrested, he said.