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Two UP cops among 7 dead as jeep falls in pond due to fog
A jeep skidded off the road and fell into a pond this morning killing seven persons including two policemen, officials said here. According to Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh Pandey, Sub Inspector Pradeep Sharma (48) and Constable Devinder Yadav (27) were returning after a raid when due to the dense fog, their driver could not see a deep pond next to the road and the vehicle plunged into the water drowning all seven passengers. The driver of the jeep however had an escape, police said. "Among the deceased were a middle-aged woman and her child. A 13-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy were among the deceased," Pandey said adding that the identity of the victims was being ascertained.
Two cops among 7 killed in a accident due to fog
A police jeep skided off the road and fell into a pond this morning killing seven persons including two policemen, officials said here. According to Senior Superintendent of Police Rajesh Pandey, Sub Inspector Pradeep Sharma and Constable Devinder Yadav were returning after a raid when owing to dense fog, their driver could not see a deep pond adjoining the road and the vehicle plunged in the water drowning all seven passengers. "Among the deceased was a middle-aged woman and her child," Pandey said adding that the identity and age of the victims was yet to be ascertained.
Four arrested for assaulting elderly couple
Four persons, including two women, of a family were arrested for allegedly tying an elderly couple to a tree and assaulting them physically at a village in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said today. The incident happened at Ranpal village under the jurisdiction of Panikoili police station on January 25 when 73-year-old Bhagaban Das and his 67-year-old wife Premalata were tied a tree in front of their house and assaulted over a land dispute, the police said. The accused, all residents of the same village, were arrested yesterday, a police official said. On Thursday, a quarrel ensued between the old woman and one of the accused over a petty issue. Then accused four allegedly dragged the old woman and tied her to a tree and when her husband came to rescue her, he was also tied to the tree and both were assaulted by the accused persons, said Inspector-in-Charge of Panikoili police station Sarat Kumar Patra. Later, Panikoili police reached the spot after and rescued the ...
26/11 attack: HC refuses to order probe in Karkare's death
The Bombay High Court has refused to order a probe into the death of former state ATS chief Hemant Karkare and disposed of a petition alleging that his killing during the 26/11 terror attack was a conspiracy hatched by Right Wing extremists. A division bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and Bharti Dangri said nothing survives in the public interest litigation filed by one Radhakant Yadav, a former MLA from Bihar, seeking setting up of a special investigation team to probe this angle. "The PIL is pending since 2010...nothing survives in it...we cannot direct investigation. The petition is disposed of," the court said in a recent order. Yadav had approached the high court in August 2010 claiming that Karkare was not killed by Pakistani terrorists Ajmal Kasab and Abu Ismail. The petition claimed that Karkare was, in fact, killed by Right Wing extremists after the former Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief arrested several members of the Right Wing group Abhinav Bharat in the
Constable held for possessing illegal country pistol
A Chennai-based police constable was arrested for allegedly possessing an "illegal country pistol" at a hotel near the central bus stand here, police said. The arrested policeman is working at the Basin Bridge police station, they said. Two others were also arrested yesterday following his interrogation, police added. Five pistols and fake Indian currency notes with a total face value of around Rs four lakh were seized in Chennai on Friday and two persons arrested in this connection.
Cambodia arrests foreigners for 'pornographic dancing'
Cambodia has arrested 10 foreigners for "singing and dancing pornographically", police said today, as the kingdom cracks down on racy behaviour at popular tourist sites. The group, which could face up to a year in prison on pornography charges, was due in court this morning after police made the arrests on Thursday at a villa in Siem Reap, the town connected to Cambodia's famed ancient ruins of Angkor Wat. Duong Thavry, chief of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department in Siem Reap, told AFP that some of those arrested were expats and others were tourists who had been in the country for several months. "We cracked down on them because they committed activities that are against our culture," she said. Cambodia's national police said on its website that authorities had arrested six British nationals, two Canadians, one New Zealander and one defendant whose citizenship was not identified. All were arrested for "singing and dancing pornographically", ...
8 injured in clash over eve-teasing in Muzaffarnagar
A clash between members of two communities over an alleged eve-teasing incident in Sambhalheda village here left at least eight people injured, police said today. The clash took place last evening in an area under the Miranpur police station, following which a case was registered against six people, of whom two were arrested, Circle Officer (CO) S K S Partap Singh said. The officer said that a 17-year-old girl was allegedly harassed by a youth belonging to another community. Members of the girl's community confronted them and a clash ensued, he said. They threw stones at each other and at least eight people, including two women, were injured, he said. The injured were admitted to a hospital. Security at the village has also been tightened, the CO said.
HC appoints new arbitrator in realtor-NRI dispute
Allegations of misconduct and collusion against an arbitrator -- a retired judge -- came to the fore before the Delhi High Court which set aside his interim award on a dispute between a real estate firm and its estranged NRI director. Justice Navin Chawla also replaced the arbitrator, a retired judge of the Delhi High Court, with a judge who superannuated from the Supreme Court to decide the dispute involving Rs 37 crore between a real estate firm Concept Horizon Infra Pvt Ltd and NRI director Suninder Sandha. The dispute between the two parties arose out of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), entered between Sandha and other directors Jeevesh Sabharwal and Naresh Sabharwal, according to which the realtor had to pay Rs 37 crore to the NRI on his exit from the company. The first arbitrator was also appointed by the High Court but after the award was passed, allegations of misconduct and collusion allegedly surfaced against him. Though, the allegations against the first ..
SC to scrutinise change in rules allowing single bench at NGT
The change in rules enabling even a single member bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to discharge judicial function has come under the scanner of the Supreme Court. The NGT Bar Association has moved the apex court challenging the validity of the National Green Tribunal (Practices and Procedures) Amendment Rules, 2017 that allows even a single member bench to perform judicial function. Earlier, the rules mandated that the NGT benches must have two members to hear and decide cases, the bar body said. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud has agreed to hear on January 29 the plea of the bar body challenging the amended rules. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the NGT Bar Association, alleged the change in rules was unconstitutional and deserved to be struck down. The functioning of the green panel, which is being headed by Acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi after Justice Swatanter Kumar demitted ...
SC grants divorce, restrains sharing of snaps on Internet
The Supreme Court has dissolved the marriage of a couple and restrained the man and the woman from putting photographs of each other in any mode at any place, including Internet and social media. While granting divorce, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the man, an engineering and managment graduate from Maharashtra, to pay Rs 37 lakh to the woman towards permanent alimony within two months. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, passed the order after both the parties said they would like to put the controversy to rest and their marriage should be annulled. "Neither the husband nor the wife shall put the photographs of each other in any mode at any place which would also include social media or online," the bench said in its order. The woman, who was represented through advocate Dushyant Parashar, told the court that the man should be asked to pay a substantial sum of alimony towards her maintenance. The apex court ...
Cyberabad police apprehends chain snatcher
A chain snatcher, wanted in 18 cases, was apprehended by Cyberabad police on Saturday.Amol Bala Saheb Shinde, a native of Maharashtra, was nabbed by Hyderabad and Cyberabad police said the officials.The police recovered 47 tulas of gold and one bike worth Rs. 15 lakh from his possession.He has also been arrested earlier as well, while a shoot order was issued against him two years ago.
Four killed in attack on Colombia police station
Four police officers were killed and 42 others injured on Saturday when a bomb exploded outside a police station in Colombian city of Barranquilla, police said.
'8 cases registered, 38 arrested over Gurugram bus attack'
The Haryana Police on Saturday said a total of eight cases have been registered and 38 miscreants have been arrested in connection with the recent violent attack on a school bus carrying nursery students and torching of a state roadways bus here."A total of eight cases have been registered and 38 miscreants have been arrested. SIT has also been formed to probe the cases where a school bus was attacked and another bus was torched. The remaining miscreants will soon be arrested," Gurugram police Public Relation Officer (PRO) Ravinder Kumar told ANI.Earlier in the day, Gurugram Karni Sena chief Thakur Kushalpal was detained by the Haryana police in connection with the incidents of violence during the release of movie 'Padmaavat'.A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to investigate the matter, read an official statement.So far, 38 hooligans have been arrested and sent to the judicial custody in connection with the matter."24 miscreants were arrested in eight criminal ...
Ex-MP Narendra Kashyap gets three-and-half years in jail
A local court today sentenced former BSP MP Narendra Kashyap and his wife Devendri Devi to three-and-a-half years in jail each for abetting the suicide of their daughter-in-law in 2016. Kashyap, a former Rajya Sabha member, his wife Devendri and son Sagar were convicted by additional district judge (I) Shashi Bhushan Pandey in the dowry death case earlier this week, government counsel Lokesh Kumar said. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the former MP and his wife. The court had earlier sentenced Sagar to seven years' imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him. Defence lawyers sought lighter sentence for Narendra Kashyap and his wife. They argued that the former MP had a "spotless carrier without any criminal record" and that his wife was a cancer patient. On April 6, 2016, Himanshi Kashyap (29) was found dead inside the bathroom of their Sanjay Nagar Sector-23 residence. Sagar was married to Himanshi in 2014. Narendra Kashyap joined the BJP in ...
Passenger arrested with two live rounds at Delhi Airport
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) detected two live rounds from a passenger at the domestic terminal of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.The passenger has been identified as Anubhav Yadav, a resident of Ghaziabad, who was bound to Mumbai by flight."During pre-embarkation security check (PESC) through X-BIS machine at domestic security hold area, sub-inspector H L Bhartia detected two live rounds of .32 and 7.65 caliber from the wallet of a passenger. On enquiry, he could not produce any valid license or document," CISF personnel said.Delhi Police registered a case with FIR No. 36/18 under section 25 of Arms Act in this regard.
Delhi: Minor arrested for murder in Rohini
The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested one juvenile for killing a post office security guard in Delhi's Rohini Sector 7.According to the police, "60-year-old Sushil Kumar was brutally assassinated. The police have also recovered a part of the broken bat, which was used as a weapon for murder. Two hard disks, one mobile and Rs. 20,000 were stolen from the site."Media reports say, Sushil Kumar's retirement was to be held in February.A case has been registered and further investigations are on.
Hyderabad Police arrests four with demonetised currency
The South Hyderabad Police arrested four people with demonetised currency worth Rs 2.53 crores, while conducting vehicle checking at Bahadurpura X Road here.The police on Saturday also took the Maruti van in their possession, in which the accused - Amit Bagadi, Murarialal, Kataram Raju and Vishnu Bati, were travelling.Hyderabad South Zone DCP V Satyanarayana said that the all the accused were travelling from Bengaluru to Hyderabad.All the accused were arrested under Section 5 and 7 of the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017, said DCP Satyanarayana."Now we are consulting with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Income tax officials for further actions," he added.
Karni Sena leader Thakur Kushalpal detained in Gurgaon
The Gurgaon Police today detained Karni Sena chief Thakur Kushalpal in connection with the attack on a school bus and torching of a state roadways bus here during anti-'Padmaavat' protests earlier this week. At least 24 people have been arrested in the wake of the violence by fringe Rajput groups in the city, a police official said. A special investigation team set up by the police detained Kushalpal for questioning him for his suspected role in the violence, Gurgaon Police PRO Ravinder Kumar told PTI. Kumar said the police arrested 24 people for their alleged involvement in the incidents after having registered eight cases. The police official dismissed social media reports that Muslim youths were detained or arrested, and urged people to not pay attention to rumours but follow the district administration guidelines. Kumar said the people arrested have been sent to judicial custody by a court. On Wednesday, a school bus carrying 20-25 students was targeted in Gurgaon ...
Co-owner of fire-ravaged Bawana firecracker unit arrested
Police have arrested the alleged co-owner of a firecracker storage unit in Bawana where 17 people were killed in a massive blaze on January 20. Police arrested Lalit Goyal yesterday and handed him over to the Crime Branch, which is probing the case. Police suspected that Goyal was a business partner of Manoj Jain, who is already in police custody. Goyal had applied for an anticipatory bail on January 25 but his plea was dismissed by a city court that called the allegations against him "serious". Goyal, in his plea before the court, had claimed that he was just a servant in the factory and was neither named in the FIR nor was he present in the factory at the time of the fire. However, the two injured people, Roop Prakash and Sunita Devi, who had saved themselves from the blaze by jumping off the building, in their statement before the magistrate had said that Goyal was a partner in the factory. Jain had been claiming that he was the one who was running the factory. With ...
IPS officer injured after being attacked by colleagues in UP
An IPS officer was injured after he was attacked by colleagues for resisting illegal "recovery" from trucks carrying sand in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh today, police said. Superintendent of Police Shalini, who goes by her first name, said two policemen have been suspended in connection with the incident in Girwa police station area. "Senior IPS officers Himanshu Kumar and Mohit Gupta had reached Girwa police station this morning following complaints of illegal recovery from trucks carrying sand," Shalini said. "They caught station in-charge and a constable red-handed taking recovery (money) from the trucks. The cops attacked the police officers," the SP said. In the attack, Kumar was injured. The SP said a case has been registered against four persons, including police station in-charge of Girwa, Vivek Pratap Singh, and a constable.