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South Korean national held with smuggled gold worth Rs 4 crore
The air intelligence unit of the Mumbai Customs today arrested a South Korean national for allegedly smuggling 15 kilograms of gold worth Rs 4.15 crore. "We have seized 15 kg of gold from a South Korean passenger, who arrived from Hong Kong at the Mumbai International airport," said a customs official. The official said personal search of the passenger Kim Youngjin resulted in the discovery of gold. Kim smuggled the gold in pockets of a specially stitched white-coloured cloth jacket. The jacket had 18 pockets, the official said, adding 15 gold bars each weighing one kilogram were found inside the apparel.
27% drop in award of death penalty in 2017: NLU report
The year 2017 saw a significant drop of nearly 27 per cent in award of death penalty by sessions courts across the country, a report published by the National Law University (NLU) said. The report titled 'Death Penalty in India, Annual Statistics for the year 2017' said that in 2016, 149 persons were sentenced to death, while only 109 convicts were awarded capital punishment in 2017. Out of the 109 death punishments awarded by sessions courts last year, the high courts commuted 53 cases and acquitted 35 persons, it said. However, the report also showed an increase in number of convicts sent to gallows for murders involving sexual violence in the year 2017. It said 43 convicts were awarded death for murders involving sexual violence in 2017, which is 19 more than the year before. Among the states, Maharashtra tops the list with 67 prisoners in death row. The state had 47 death row prisoners in 2016, the report said. However, the death row population in Karnataka has ...
Punishments in '84 riots cases would have led to a different
If those responsible for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots had been punished back then, India would have been different now, the Delhi High Court today said, while asking the police to take action against those involved in the recent attacks on properties of lawyers. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar observed that the lack of punishment in such cases signifies the "beginning of the rot" in the system. "If those responsible for 1984 riots had been punished, India would have been different," the bench said and expressed concern over the safety of the common man on the street if senior lawyers were being attacked. When the bench was informed that the police was in the process of lodging FIRs in connection with the incidents, that occurred on January 4, 8 and 22, the bench questioned the response time and asked it to expedite the forensic analysis of the evidence gathered from the site of the attacks. The lawyers who have been at the receiving end .
Death of DSP being investigated: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday assured thorough probe into the death of a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) during a students' protest in Faridkot district.Talking to reporters here, Singh termed the incident very unfortunate."It's very unfortunate incident. Investigation is underway to find out the cause behind it," Captain Amarinder told reporters.DSP Baljinder Singh Sandhu on Monday allegedly shot himself while on duty.Faridkot, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Rajinder Singh confirmed the death of Sandhu. While another police personnel suffered bullet injuries.The incident took place in a protest at the Regional Campus of the Punjabi University at Jaitu, 35km from Faridkot.The deceased DSP had gone to the spot to control the situation between two groups of students during a demonstration where one group allegedly started levelling charges against the police for supporting the rival group.While the allegations were being hurled at the police, ...
McDonald's challenges HC order on NCLT show-cause notice
Fast-food major McDonald's today moved the Delhi High Court against its single judge's order dismissing the company's plea challenging a show-cause notice issued to it by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on a contempt plea filed by its estranged Indian partner Vikram Bakshi. The single judge had on January 9 rejected the fast-food major's plea, saying the grievances raised by it were a result of "unfounded apprehensions" that the NCLT had prejudged the issue and that it "reflects paranoia rather than substance". The appeal was listed for hearing before a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla, one of whom recused from the matter. The petition has been sent to the Acting Chief Justice who will now decide which bench should hear the matter. In its plea before the single judge, McDonald's had contended that in the absence of rules for conduct of contempt action under section 425 of the Companies Act read with the Contempt of Court Act, such proceedings ...
ACB registers case against three for petrol pump allotment
The Anti-Corruption Bureau today registered a case against three persons, including a town planner in the local civic body, for alleged irregularities in allotting a petrol pump. Inspector Anil Honrao of the Thane unit of the ACB said that a case under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code was taken against YS Reddy, former deputy director, town planning of the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation, petrol pump owner Girish Kamdar and architect Vipul Adia. The ACB official said that between June 2012 and July 2015, the three allegedly connived to get permission for Kamdar's petrol pump despite this not being in conformation with Development Control Rules. He said that the case was registered at Valiv police station in Palghar near here and further investigations were underway. He added that no arrests had been made in the case.
Will take all steps to get absconding businesswoman back: SC
The Supreme Court today said that absconding businesswoman Ritika Awasty, currently residing in London, will have to face the "wrath of law" and it will take "all possible steps" to get her back. Awasty, a promoter of Bush Foods Overseas Pvt Ltd, is facing trial in Uttar Pradesh on charges of cheating, forgery and criminal breach of trust, but she has been evading arrest after she was allowed to go to London. The top court said that it will leave no stone unturned to bring back the businesswoman, stressing she cannot be allowed to get away after breaching the court's order. "We will take all steps possible to get her back. This may be hell for her... There (in the UK) it may be heaven for her but we will not let her live in the heaven for long," a bench of justices Aruna Mishra and Amitava Roy said. It also denied any interim relief to the woman's mother- in-law, after her property was attached on the order of the apex court on December 15 last year to compel her return ..
Couple alleges newborn boy replaced with girl, launches dharna
A couple today launched a dharna at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here alleging that their newborn boy was replaced with a girl and demanding that their baby be returned to them, police said. One Madhusmita Mohapatra, wife of Prahallad of Jajpur district had yesterday alleged that her newborn baby boy child was replaced with a girl child by the hospital authorities, the police said. Refusing to accept the girl child as her own, Madhusmita lodged a written complaint at the Manglabg police station here demanding a DNA test to ascertain the truth. According to police, Madhusmita was admitted in the hospital a fortnight ago and on January 26, she delivered the baby. She claimed that she had delivered a boy but the hospital authorities handed her a girl child, the police said. "We will not leave the hospital till we get back our newborn child", the couple said.
Man, posing as plumber, robs and kills elderly woman; held
A man has been arrested for allegedly robbing and killing 75-year-old woman after entering her residence in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh posing as a plumber, the police said today. On January 26, the body of Raj Rani Grover was found at her home with her neck slit and certain jewellery missing, said. During investigation, it emerged that the woman had called two plumbers for repairing a water motor pump, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Aslam Khan said. The two plumbers were interrogated and it was revealed that another man, posing as a plumber and electrician, had joined them, the officer said. Following an investigation and scanning of CCTV footages, the accused was identified as Budhai (37), a rickshaw puller, Khan said, adding the accused was arrested from his house in Jahangirpuri this morning. During interrogation, he told the police that he was roaming in the area with an intention to commit theft when he saw the two men working and joined them, the ...
Court orders Asaram Bapu to appear via videoconferencing
A local court hearing a rape case against self-styled religious leader Asaram Bapu, lodged in a jail in Rajasthan, today ordered him to appear before via videoconferencing. Asaram, who is lodged in Jodhpur jail in connection with another rape case, had earlier declined to appear in the court via videoconferencing, despite the Gujarat High Court allowing the sessions court to conduct his trial through this facility. Additional Sessions Judge Rashida Vora today allowed the application moved by the prosecution to produce Asaram in the court via videoconferencing, as he cannot be produced in person due to security concerns. The rape victim today made her deposition before the court, and her further examination and cross-examination will be conducted between February 5 and 9 as decided by the court where Asaram will remain present via videoconferencing. The trial is being conducted in-camera and details of deposition cannot be released as per the court order. Twenty-six ...
Two foreign nationals arrested with 70 grams of cocaine
Two foreign nationals were today arrested from suburban Juhu with 70 grams of cocaine worth about Rs 3.5 lakh, police said. Officials said that the two are nationals of Cte d'Ivoire and were arrested from the Juhu Chowpatty area. The two have claimed that they got cocaine from a supplier in the area and were trying to sell it, officials informed. A probe was underway, said police, adding that they were looking out for the supplier.
INX Media case: ED issues fresh summons to Karti Chidambaram
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, in connection with the INX Media money laundering case. Official sources said Karti has been asked to depose before the investigating officer (IO) of the case on February 2. He was earlier grilled by the agency in the case on January 18. Talking to reporters, Karti said he told the investigators what he had earlier "clearly stated in his petitions in the court" (in the case). The former Union minister's son was referring to his moving various courts, including the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court, in response to the ED's action against him. The central probe agency had registered a case against him and others in May last year. It had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), the ED's equivalent of a police FIR, against an accused named in a CBI complaint, including Karti Chidambaram, INX Media and its directors--Peter and ...
Punjab DSP shoots self during students' protest, dies
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Punjab Police Baljinder Singh Sandhu on Monday shot himself while on duty.Faridkot, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Rajinder Singh confirmed the death of Sandhu. While another police personnel suffered bullet injuries.The incident took place in a protest at the Regional Campus of the Punjabi University in Patiala at Jaitu.According to media reports, the deceased DSP had gone to the spot to control the situation between two groups of students during a demonstration where one group allegedly started levelling charges against the police for supporting the rival group.Allegedly, while the allegations were being hurled at the police, the DSP shot himself in head.The reason for DSP's death is still unknown.The cops accompanying him rushed him to the Guru Gobind Singh Medical Hospital in Faridkot, where he succumbed to injuries.A case has been registered and further investigations are on.
SC seeks NIA's response on Purohit's plea
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a plea by 2008 Malegaon bomb blast accused Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit challenging the proceedings against him under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in the absence of valid sanction from the competent authority.
Techie from AP falls to death from ramp at Chennai airport
Mystery shrouds the death of a 29-year old software engineer from Andhra Pradesh who fell from an elevated ramp at the domestic airport here today. Chaitanya, hailing from Vijayawada, fell from the ramp near gate no.4 of the domestic departure terminal and rushed to a government hospital where he was declared brought dead, police said. The elevated ramp is used especially by vehicles to reach the departure lounge situated at the second floor level to the ground area. The victim was said to have an e-booking for his travel to Bengaluru this morning and police were verifying it. The man was employed with a software company in Bengaluru and he had spoken to someone over phone before he fell from the ramp, they said. To a question whether suicide was suspected, a senior police officer told PTI "investigation is on," adding the man sustained grievous injuries in the incident as he fell from an height of approximately 50 feet. Asked if the CCTV footages gave any clue to the ...
Thane building collapse: Illegal constructions were rampant,
A prosecution witness in the 2013 Shil-Daighar building collapse case today told a local court that illegal constructions were rampant in the premises and officials of the civic body were informed about it. The witness Sharad Patil deposed before District Judge V V Bambarde, who is hearing the case. In the Shil-Daighar building collapse in April 2013, 74 people were killed while over 60 injured. Patil informed the court that he had repeatedly brought to the notice of the senior officials of the Thane Municipal Corporation about the rampant illegal constructions in the Lucky Compound premise located in the Shil-Daighar area. The officials, however, did not respond, Patil told the judge. The main witness in the case told the court last week that he had warned the civic authorities about the impending danger due to the construction of substandard and unauthorised structure.
Ten killed in northeast Brazil prison clash: official
Fighting between gangs at a prison in Brazil's northeastern Ceara state left 10 dead early today, state law enforcement authorities said. "A fight began between rival groups of inmates, resulting in fatalities," a spokesman for the justice secretary said. Guards had retaken control of the facility, he said. The bloodshed took place in the Itapaje Public Prison, about 78 miles (125 km) from the state capital Fortaleza. On Saturday, at least 14 people were gunned down at a nightclub in Fortaleza. Local media reported that the massacre, conducted by armed men who arrived in three cars, was related to disputes between rival drug traffickers. Officials did not say whether there was any link between that and Monday's incident. Last year there were a record 5,114 murders in the state of Ceara, a 50 percent rise from 2016. Brazilian prisons are notoriously overcrowded, with 726,712 inmates as of June 2016 and capacity for only 368,000, according to the most recent official ...
Man kills father, buries body in house
A man allegedly killed his father and buried the body in their house at Badgundri village in Kalahandi district, police said today. Though the incident took place 28 days ago, the police today recovered the decomposed body of the father identified as Jagannath Bag (65). The matter came to light when the neighbours drew attention of the police about Jagannath not seen for many days. The deceased man's son Navidutta (35) was absconding, police said adding that the motive of the crime was not yet ascertained. On the night of January 2 there was altercation between them and being reprimanded by his father the furious son allegedly murdered his father by a sharp edged weapon, police said. A manhunt has been launched by the police to trace the accused son who fled the spot after getting information of arrival of the police.
Four sentenced to life imprisonment in dowry death case
A court here today sentenced four members of a family to life imprisonment in a dowry death case. Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) (II) Kuashalesh Kumar passed the order convicting the four persons, to life imprisonment after finding them guilty of murdering one Manju Devi for dowry. The four sentenced to life imprisonment included the victim's husband Ganesh Sao, father-in-law Baleshwar Sao, mother-in-law Bachi Devi and brother-in-law Dineshwar Sao. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of them for destruction of evidence in the case, Public Prosecutor Devanand Prasad said. As per the FIR, Manju Devi, who got married in 2013 to Ganesh Sao of Narhat Bazar area under the Narhat police station of Nawada district, was constantly tortured and was burnt to death for her failure to meet her in-laws' demand for Rs 1 lakh as dowry on November 21, 2014. The victim's maternal uncle Babban Sao had lodged an FIR with the Narhat police station of the district .
HC Division Bench to hear AAP MLAs' disqualification
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court will now hear the plea of eight Delhi MLAs of the AAP who challenged their disqualification for holding office of profit as Parliamentary Secretaries.