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Sherin's parents give up custody fight for biological daughter
The foster parents of Sherin Mathews, the three-year-old Indian girl who was found dead in a culvert in Dallas, today relinquished custody and parental rights to their biological child. In a custody hearing this morning, Wesley and Sini Mathews stood in shackles before a judge and agreed to relinquish their parental rights an irrevocable decision, Dallas News reported. Sherin went missing on October 7 and her body was found on October 22 in a culvert in suburban Dallas by a cadaver dog after an intense search. Her body was identified days later. Wesley has been charged with capital murder in Sherin's death. Sini was arrested on a charge of child abandonment or endangerment based on her husband's admission to investigators that they went out to dinner and left Sherin alone the night before she died. Sini "made the extremely difficult decision to give up her parental rights because, given the circumstances and the pending criminal cases, this is in the best interests of ..
US fines BNP Paribas USD 90 mn for price fixing in forex
BNP Paribas pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix the foreign exchange market and agreed to pay a USD 90 million criminal fine to settle the case, the US Justice Department announced Friday. The big French bank worked to fix prices of the currencies of Central and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and African countries, coordinating bids and offers and agreeing to quote rates to specific customers, the government said. "The antitrust division is committed to uncovering and prosecuting wrongdoing in all corners of the foreign currency exchange market," US assistant attorney general Makan Delrahim said. "The division's investigation aims to root out and eradicate the manipulation that has plagued this industry." BNP Paribas agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department's ongoing probe of the foreign exchange market as part of a guilty plea, according to information filed in US District Court. BNP Paribas' admission follows a succession of indictments and pleas from a ...
Elderly woman stabbed to death in Delhi
A 75-year-old woman was today stabbed to death at her house in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area, police said. Rani Tami's body was found by her grandson at around 4pm with stab wounds in her neck, officials said, adding that Rani's husband had died a few years back and she lived alone in the house. The victim had two sons and a daughter. The sons lived with their families in the same area. Her grandson came to visit her today and found the body, police said. The house was ransacked, and her bangles and cash were missing, they said. Footage from a CCTV camera installed near her home showed a suspicious man lurking around, they added. The accused might have entered the house on the pretext of carrying out plumbing or electrical work, officials said, adding that further investigation was underway.
Indian-origin jeweller found dead in UK
An Indian-origin jeweller has been found dead in the UK after being reported missing, prompting police to launch a murder investigation. Ramniklal Jogiya had gone missing as he walked home from work and was forced into a vehicle by masked men. The 74- year-old ran the jewellery store Vama on Leicester's Belgrave Road, known as the Golden Mile due to its row of jewellery shops mostly run by Indian-origin merchants. "He was heading home to his family for the evening, before he was taken," said Detective Chief Inspector David Swift-Rollinson, from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit, as he released CCTV footage today of Jogiya's last seen movements. "Did you see anything unusual? No matter how small it may seem, it may be key in this investigation,"he said in his appeal. Jogiya was reported missing on Wednesday evening following his failure to return home from work, and a missing person inquiry was launched by Leicestershire Police. Initial enquiries established that
Couple booked for handing over infant to childless couple for
A couple from Bihar have been booked for allegedly giving away their infant to a childless couple in return for money at Bhongir in Telangana, police said today. The couple already have two girls and gave away their third child, also a girl born on December 27, to the childless couple on January 3 for a sum of Rs 25,000, police said. The matter came to light yesterday after which the infant was handed over to officials of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme, police added. "The husband works in a factory making plastic chairs while the wife works in a hotel. We have booked them as well as the childless couple that received the baby and a mediator under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act," the official informed.
Belgium hands Paris attacks suspect Bakkali over to France
Belgium today handed Mohamed Bakkali, a key suspect in the deadly 2015 attacks in Paris, over to French authorities, the federal prosecutor's office in Brussels. "Mohamed B was handed over to the French judicial authorities today," a statement said. Bakkali was arrested in Belgium after the Paris attacks on November 13, 2015, which left 130 people dead.
Woman arrested for trying to extort Rs 2 crore from MLA
A 21-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a Congress MLA by threatening to file a rape case against him, police said today. The woman, a journalism student, was arrested on Wednesday by the Crime Branch here and has been remanded in 14-day police custody, a senior official said. "The 21-year-old journalism student was arrested on January 24 while accepting an amount of Rs five lakh from the Congress MLA from Ater (Bhind) Hemant Katare," Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rashmi Mishra said. Mishra said the MLA had complained to the police that the accused was calling him regularly since January 17, threatening to frame him in a rape case unless he paid Rs two crore to settle the matter. Later, a video also surfaced on social media platforms in which the accused was seen making allegations that the MLA was exploiting her, the officer said. Soon police laid a trap with the MLA "promising" to pay Rs 25 lakh to the woman, who was ...
French national held for possessing drugs worth Rs 12.50 lakh
A 51-year-old French national was arrested for allegedly possessing drugs worth Rs 12.50 lakh from Anjuna beach village, police said today. Sleuths of the Anti-Narcotics Cell yesterday arrested Regis Olmeta from the village, a senior police official said. Olmeta, who was holidaying in the coastal state, had rented a room in the village. Police found LSD weighing 4.515 grams approximately worth Rs 12.50 lakh from the room, the officer said. A case under relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered and a probe was on, he added.
HC upholds TNSTC order dismissing employee from service
The Madras High Court has upheld an order of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, dismissing an employee from service for his frequent unauthorised absence from duty. Allowing a petition filed by the corporation, Justice R Suresh Kumar recently set aside an order of the labour court, Salem, which modified the TNSTC order and directed it to reinstate him. The judge pointed out that it was an essential service and if the corporation's employees were in the habit of being unauthorisedly absent, it was very difficult to render it for the benefit of the public. Ramalingam was an employee of the TNSTC. As he was unauthorisedly absent starting May 28, 1998 for several days, a charge memo was issued and after examining his explanation, an inquiry was conducted and he was dismissed. He moved the Labour Court which found the punishment disproportionate and directed the corporation to reinstate him in continuation of service with all other benefits but without back ...
Punjab gangster Gounder, accomplice Lahoriya killed in shootout
Notorious Punjab gangster Vicky Gounder and accomplice Prem Lahoriya were killed in a shootout along the Punjab-Rajasthan border in south-west Punjab, police sources said on Friday.
24 gold biscuits seized from bag handles of train passengers
Central intelligence officials today seized 24 gold biscuits from inside the hollow metal handles of trolley bags of two passengers of Kamrup Express at the New Jalpaiguri station. The biscuits were valued at over Rs 1.26 crore, the police said adding that the two passengers were arrested. Acting on a tip off, the intelligence officials started searching the Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express after it reached the NJP station. Police said they picked up two passengers hailing from Uttar Pradesh and searched their trolley bags that yielded only clothes. The parts of the bags were then dismantled and it was found that gold biscuits were stuffed inside the hollow metal handles, police said.
Six killed as overloaded truck overturns
Six persons, including three women, died and five others were injured after an overloaded truck overturned and fell on two cars near Khander on Bah-Etawah road in the district today, police said. The injured have been shifted to the emergency ward of SN Medical College, they said, adding that two of the injured were in critical condition. "The deceased includes two women and four men," a police official said. Eye witnesses told the police that the driver of overloaded truck lost balance due to dense fog and then fell over two cars. "One car was overtaking the overloaded truck while another rammed it from the back. A large number of villagers gathered and managed to extricate the bodies," a bystander told the police. According to police, passengers in one car were going to attend engagement ceremony of a girl and the other car was headed towards Muzaffarnagar. A case has been registered and police is investigating the matter for further details, the official added.
Assange lawyers go to court in bid to drop arrest warrant
Lawyers for Julian Assange were asking a British court today to drop a UK arrest warrant for the WikiLeaks founder, a move that would free him to leave the Ecuadorean embassy after more than five years. Assange's attorney says the warrant serves no purpose because he is no longer wanted for questioning in Sweden over alleged sex offenses. Swedish prosecutors dropped the case last year, saying there was no prospect of bringing Assange to Sweden in the foreseeable future. But Assange still faces arrest if he leaves the embassy of Ecuador in London, where he has been holed up since 2012. He is wanted for jumping bail and taking refuge in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden. Lawyer Mark Summers told Westminster Magistrates' Court that the arrest warrant had "lost its purpose and its function." The hearing is scheduled to last one day and judge Emma Arbuthnot is expected to give her ruling today. If she rules in Assange's favor he will be free to leave the embassy ...
Salem jail staff arrested on bribery charge
A clerical staff in the Central Jail in Salem was today arrested on the charge of taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 for arranging transfer of a life convict to Chennai prison, police said. Acting on a complaint from the friend of the convict that Clerk M Vijayakumar demanded the bribe, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption police laid a trap and arrested the staff while allegedly receiving the money at a hotel in Salem, about 170 km from here. According to police, convict Saravanan, who has been lodged in the prison for the last 17 years, wanted to shift to the Puzhal Jail in Chennai since his daughter was working in a firm there. Vijayakumar offered to arrange for the transfer and sought Rs 10,000 as bribe.
Six persons arrested for sex determination tests
Six persons allegedly involved in conducting sex determination tests in violation of relevant laws were arrested in Ranga Reddy district here, police said today. A police release said that a joint team of the police and the district medical and health department yesterday raided an unauthorised clinic after getting information that scanning was going on there in violation of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. Six persons were arrested and efforts were on to apprehend two others, police added.
Four arrested in Punjab for driving in a car stolen from Jammu
Four people, all residents of Jammu, were arrested after they overran two police check-posts in a stolen vehicle, a top official said today. Addressing a press conference here, Senior Superintendent of Police J Elanchezhian said the car, bearing a Jammu and Kashmir registration number, kept the police on toes for several hours on the intervening night of January 24 and 25. The occupants allegedly refuelled the car at a petrol station at Chabbewal and sped away without paying, he said, adding that they overran two check-posts in Mahilpur area. The accused rammed the vehicle into a tree near Dohlron village due to rash driving, SSP Elanchezhian said. A police team chased them but they managed to flee after abandoning the car, he said. Acting on specific intel, a police team reached Jammu, where they were able to arrest the accused with help from the J-K police, the officer said. During investigation, it emerged that the car was stolen by the accused from Jammu and a case was
Weinstein sued by former assistant for harassment
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sued by his former personal assistant for discrimination and harassment.
Guj-based pharma firm's director arrested, sent to ED custody
A Director of Gujarat-based pharma firm was today sent to one day custody of Enforcement Directorate, which arrested him last night in a money laundering case related to an alleged Rs 5,000 crore bank fraud case. Metropolitan Magistrate Sumeet Anand sent Rajbhushan Omprakash Dixit to custody after special public prosecutor Nitesh Rana, appearing for the ED, said his custodial interrogation was required. The ED had sought 14 days custody for the accused. The magistrate, who was on special duty today, directed the agency to produced the accused before the court concerned tomorrow. This is the third arrest in the case. The agency had earlier this month arrested a former Director of Andhra Bank, Anup Prakash Garg, and a Delhi-based businessman Gagan Dhawan in November last year. While Garg is currently in judicial custody, Dhawan was granted bail in January 4. All three were arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). They were named as accused in the cases
NIA arrests NSCN-U 'Brigadier' Chopey
The NIA has arrested self-styled 'Brigadier' of NSCN-Unification Aheto Chopey in connection with his involvement in a six-year-old case of supplying robbed government arms and ammunition to the Naga underground.
Karni Sena national secy arrested: Police
The national secretary of the Shree Karni Sena, Suraj Pal Amu, was today arrested by the Gurgaon police for the anti-Padmaavat violence here, a police official said. The outfit's leader was detained yesterday for questioning and placed under arrest this morning on charges of breaching peace in the city. He has been sent to a four-day judicial custody, Gurgaon Police Public Relations Officer Ravinder Kumar said. On Wednesday, a mob attacked a school bus with 20 to 25 children onboard in Gurgaon, where hundreds of violent protesters took to roads torching vehicles and destroying public property to oppose the film's release. The protests were led by the Karni Sena which has alleged that history had been distorted in the Sanjal Leela Bhansali- directed period drama. However, the police have not named the Karni Sena in the FIR registered in connection with the attack on the school bus and the torching of a Haryana Roadways bus on Sohna road. "Suraj Pal Amu was detained on ...