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IPS officer booked for bribery; aide caught with Rs 1 lakh
An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer has been booked for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh through his aide, a senior ACB official said today. G Vijay Krishnan Yadav, posted as probationary Sub- Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) at Nanded, around 550km from here in Marathwada region, had allegedly demanded Rs 3 lakh from a man facing theft charges to dilute his case, he said. The man lodged a complaint with the ACB, which laid a trap yesterday and caught Yadav's aide Sunny Singh Bugai (34) while accepting Rs 1 lakh, the second instalment of the bribe amount, the official said. The total bribe was to be paid in three instalments, he said, adding Bugai has been placed under arrest. The 2015-batch IPS officer and his aide had earlier accepted the first instalments of Rs 1 lakh, he said. An offence of theft had been registered against the 34 -year-old complainant at the Tivasa Police Station, the official said. Yadav and Bugai allegedly demanded bribe from the ...
Court to consider chargesheet in terror funding case
A court here on Tuesday said that it will consider on Thursday a chargesheet against Pakistan-based terrorist leaders Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin, seven Kashmiri separatist leaders and three others in a case of terror funding in the Kashmir Valley.
States and UTs not concerned about the aged: SC
The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure that several states and union territories have not filed affidavits on a plea regarding old age homes in India and said it was "quite obvious" that the authorities were not concerned about the aged. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta was informed that 23 states and union territories (UTs) have filed their affidavits, while 11 others have not furnished the details yet. The apex court was unhappy that neither were affidavits filed by 11 states and UTs, nor were the advocates, appearing for states like Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh and UTs of Daman and Diu and Lakshdeep, present before it during the hearing. "It is quite obvious that these states/UTs are not concerned about old age persons. That is why, neither affidavits have been filed, nor is anyone present on their behalf," the bench said. It granted "last opportunity" to the defaulting states, which also ...
Cow vigilantism: Never defied SC's order, says Rajasthan HM
A day after the Supreme Court pulled up three states including Rajasthan for not following its order to prevent cow vigilantism, Rajasthan Home Ministry on Tuesday said that they never defied apex court's order.Speaking to media, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said, "We'll reply to whatever the court asked. It's our duty to follow its directions. Some criminal incidents had happened but government took action without any discrimination."Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Court issued notice to three state including Rajasthan for not following its order to prevent incidents of cow vigilantism.Besides Rajasthan, the notice was also issued to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on a plea seeking contempt proceedings against them.The apex court, who was hearing the plea filed by Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, also sought replies of three states by April 13.Earlier in September last year, the top court had asked the states to appoint senior police officers in every ...
Govind Pansare murder: Virendra Tawde granted bail
The Kolhapur Court on Tuesday granted bail to Virendra Tawde, the main accused in Govind Pansare murder case.Pansare, a Communist Party of India leader, was known for his rationalist views and was shot dead in Kolhapur on February 20, 2015. His wife too was injured in the attack.Tawde was also the key conspirator in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead on August 2013 while he was on a morning walk on the Omkareshwar bridge near the Balgandharva Rangamandir.
Nepalese national held with leopard skin
A Nepalese citizen was today arrested here for possessing a seven-feet long leopard skin worth Rs 2.5 lakh, the police said. Dammer Rana was arrested by the Special Operations Group (SOG) from near Maharajke Park on Jhoolaghat Road, Deputy Superintendent of Police Pithoragarh Shekhar Chandra Juyal said. During investigation, Rana said that he had smuggled the skin from Nepal and was planning to take it to Tanakpur (Uttarakhand) to sell it at a high price, they said. He has been booked under different sections of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, the DSP said.
NIA books 9 for forcible conversion of woman, bid to sell her
The NIA today said it has registered a case against nine people hailing from Kerala and Bangalore for allegedly being involved in forcible conversion of a Gujarat-based woman and attempting to sell her off to ISIS terrorists in Saudi Arabia. A spokesman of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said in a statement that the case was registered against the nine people following a complaint from the 25-year-old woman who alleged that Muhammed Riyas Rasheed had lured her and taken objectionable pictures of her, besides illegally confining her. According to the NIA spokesman, the complainant also mentioned that the accused had married her through deceit by forging documents and "forcibly converted her to Islam". Rasheed, according to the NIA, had illegally confined and threatened her in Kerala before taking her to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in August, 2017 for joining terror group ISIS. Besides Rasheed, Nahas Abdulkhader of Kannur (Kerala), Muhammed Nazish T K of Perigadi, Abdul ..
SC seeks ED's reply on Karti's plea agnst property attachment
The Supreme Court today sought the Enforcement Directorate's reply on a plea of Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, against provisional attachment of his properties in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. The top court asked the investigating agency to file a reply on the petitions of Karti and a firm against provisional attachment of their properties in connection with a money laundering probe in the Aircel-Maxis deal case. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy sought a detailed reply from the ED by March 8, after the agency said it needed time to file some additional documents in the case. Senior advocate Anand Grover, who was appointed by the apex court as special prosecutor in the 2G cases and was representing the ED, said although they have filed some documents, some additional papers need to be filed and hence some time should be granted. "You file reply to all the petitions of petitioner including the Interlocutory Applications by March
Taxi rider held for molesting US tourist in Goa
A middle-aged motorcycle taxi rider was arrested today for allegedly molesting a US woman tourist on January 27, police said. Isidore Fernandes was picked up from Anjuna village after the woman, who is in her 20s, took to social media and posted the picture of the accused, according to police. "Police then asked the woman to file a formal complaint of molestation with Pernem police station as she was staying in a hotel at Morjim village," said North Goa SP Chandan Chaudhury. Quoting the complaint, the officer said Fernandes waylaid the woman after she had hired his services at Arpora market for dropping her to her hotel on Saturday night. "The accused waylaid the woman into some dark bylanes on the way and tried to get physical. The woman resisted and ran away," the SP said. The woman later posted Fernandes' picture on her FB page and also narrated the incident on social media.
Man shot dead in Amethi clash, two others injured
A man was allegedly shot dead and two others seriously injured today in a clash between two groups in this district, police said. Ashfak, son of Ansar, was shot dead near a bank in the Jagdishpur market on the Lucknow-Varanasi national highway, they said. Heavy police deployment was made and traders downed shutters as panic gripped the area after the shootout. Police officials said they suspected there was old enmity between the two parties involved. District Magistrate Shakuntla Gautam and Superintendent of Police K K Gehlot rushed to the spot after the incident, officials said.
No place for lawlessness in UP, says Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that there was no place for lumpen elements and lawlessness in the state.
Bofors: BJP leader urges AG to ask CBI to make its stand clear
A BJP leader, who is pursuing the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay off case, today urged Attorney General K K Venugopal to direct the CBI to make its stand clear in the case as barely three days are left for the crucial hearing in the Supreme Court on February 2. In a letter to Venugopal, advocate Ajay Agrawal, who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Rai Bareli against then Congress President Sonia Gandhi, alleged that "a wrong and motivated decision has been taken not to file any reply in the matter". His letter assumes significance as the Attorney General, who has advised the CBI not to file an appeal, advocated that the agency should "canvass its stand as respondent" in the 12- year-old pending criminal appeal in which the notice was served to the probe agency on November 8, 2005. Venugopal had opined that CBI should not file a special leave petition (SLP) in the apex court as over 12 years have elapsed and any SLP filed before the court was likely .
Contractor fires at workers when asked for payment; arrested
A contractor, who allegedly tried to shoot workers when asked for their due wages, has been arrested today, the police said. The arrest was made after one of the workers, Dilip, registered an FIR against the contractor Ashish, the in-charge at Sector-39 police station, Avnish Dixit said. Dilip has alleged that when he along with other 40 workers yesterday approached the contractor for their due wages, he took out his pistol and started firing at them. However, no person was injured in the incident, the police said.
Minor domestic help rescued from woman judge's house in
A teenaged domestic help was rescued from the house of a woman judge in Haridwar after a complaint was filed in court alleging she was forcibly kept under confinement and tortured by her employer for four years, police said today. The 14-year-old girl, who worked as as domestic help at the residence of civil judge (senior division) Dipali Sharma, was rescued from there yesterday, Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police Krishna Kumar V K said. The judge's house, located in the Roshnabad area, was raided by a police team following a complaint in the Uttarakhand High Court accusing her of keeping a minor under forced confinement and torturing her for four years, the official said. It appeared that the girl was frequently beaten up and denied food for days, he said. The girl, who was medically examined soon after being rescued, bore more than 20 burn and injury marks on her body, the SSP said, quoting the doctor who examined her. A case against the girl's employer will soon
SC asks Centre to file model rules on consumer fora in 4 weeks
The Supreme Court today granted four more weeks to the Centre to file comprehensive model rules to deal with various aspects of the functioning of consumer fora across the country. The top court, in its verdict on November 21, 2016, had taken serious note of infrastructural inadequacy and other problems faced by consumer courts across the country and passed a slew of directions for a "systemic overhaul" so that the Consumer Protection Act does not become a "dead letter". Referring to a report submitted by a top court-appointed committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Arijit Pasayat on the state of consumer courts, it had then asked the Centre to frame in four months the model rules for adoption by the state governments and submit them before it for approval. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud today considered the submission of Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Maninder Singh, appearing for the ...
Pakistani medico 'names her killer' before death
A day after a video of a Pakistani girl allegedly naming her killer surfaced, one suspect was arrested in the country's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, police said.
Customs seizes gold worth Rs 18 lakh from man at IGI airport
The customs department today seized over 500 grams of gold worth around Rs 18 lakh from a man at the international airport here, according to an official statement. The accused was intercepted by the customs department officials upon his arrival from Rome. A detailed baggage and personal search of the passenger resulted in recovery of about 523 grams of gold concealed in his hand baggage, it said. The value of the seized gold is around Rs 18 lakh, the statement said, adding the passenger has not been arrested.
Plea against Assembly session:HC slaps cost on Centre,AAP govt
The Delhi High Court today imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 each on the Centre and the Delhi government for not filing their responses on a petition alleging illegal convening of a two-day session of Delhi Legislative Assembly last year. Justice Rajiv Shakdher said despite several opportunities, the Centre and state government, Lieutenant Governor and the Secretary of Delhi Legislative Assembly have not filed their replies to the petition and granted them the last opportunity to place on record their response. During the hearing, Delhi government standing counsel Ramesh Singh and the counsel for the Ministry of Home Affairs sought one more opportunity to file their reply. The court allowed the plea, saying "Last opportunity is granted subject to payment of cost of Rs 5,000 each by the respondents. The cost shall be paid to the petitioner". The judge also made it clear that no further opportunity would be granted and listed the matter for May 17. Advocate R P Luthra, appearing ..
PIL in SC for removal of Assam minister from post of BAI Prez
A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court today seeking removal of Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from the post of President of Badminton Association of India (BAI), alleging that his appointment was in violation of the apex court order that a minister or a public servant cannot become an office bearer in a sports body. The PIL, which also alleged that Sarma was facing graft charges in the Saradha chit fund scam and had been summoned by CBI in the matter, sought direction to appoint a committee of administrators, as done by the top court in the case of BCCI in 2016, to ensure smooth functioning of BAI. The plea, filed by Delhi resident Kamlesh Verma, also sought the court's direction to supersede other office-bearers of BAI with immediate effect and call for relevant records pertaining to sports body's financial transactions ever since Sarma took charge as its President. The apex court had on July 18, 2016 accepted Justice Lodha committee recommendations on reforms in the
Cal HC directs WB police not to arrest Mukul Roy
The Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal police not to arrest BJP leader Mukul Roy in connection with a complaint over the death of a person in January, 2015. Roy, who was in the Trinamool Congress before joining the BJP, was directed by the court to cooperate with the investigation by the state police and to appear before the investigating officer as and when asked. A division bench comprising justices Joymalyo Bagchi and R Bharadwaj heard a petiton by Roy seeking anticipatory bail in the case and directed the police not to arrest him in connection with it. The bench directed the state to produce all medical records relating to the treatment of Mrinal Kanti Singha Roy and also his death certificate on February 14 when the matter will be taken up for hearing again. Singha Roy had allegedly suffered a road accident on June 8, 2011 at around midnight while returning home at Kanchrapara from Halisahar in North 24 Parganas district and was treated at a nursing