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Cab driver, who set himself ablaze after tiff with cops, dies
A 21-year-old cab driver, who had set himself ablaze in full public view here on Wednesday after a tiff with traffic policemen over spot fine, succumbed to his injuries today, a senior police official said. A police sub-inspector has been suspended in connection with the incident and the case will now be referred for a magisterial probe, the official added. However, the irate family members of Manikandan, a native of Tirunelveli district, demanded action against all the police officials allegedly involved in the incident and threatened to launch a stir if their demand was not met. On Wednesday, the youth was fined for allegedly not fastening his seat belt while driving his car on the busy Rajiv Gandhi Salai. Though he had paid the fine, he subsequently picked up an argument with the traffic police personnel and allegedly tried to click pictures with his mobile phone about "police harassment". He later recorded a video alleging that police treated him badly and beat him ..
NIA arrests self-styled 'Brigadier' in Nagaland
The NIA has arrested a self- styled 'Brigadier' from Nagaland for his alleged involvement in supplying government arms and ammunition to NSCN-U and NSCN-K cadres, the central probe agency said today. Aheto Chopey, a resident of Dimapur's Unity village, was arrested in a joint operation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with Assam Rifles, it said in a statement. He was intercepted near Zubza area in Kohima. A non-bailable arrest warrant was issued against him by an NIA court in Nagaland's Dimapur. The officials have recovered one AK-56 rifle, two 9mm pistols along with magazines, assorted ammunition and Rs 1,32,000 in cash from his possession, it said. He was produced before an NIA Court in Dimapur yesterday from where he was sent to judicial custody since the NIA had already submitted a charge sheet against him in April last year, the statement said. The case, registered in 2013, relates to the supply of government arms and ammunition to Naga underground factions
Assam govt remits sentences of 2,685 prisoners
The Assam government has decided to remit sentences of 2,685 prisoners on the occasion of Republic Day this year, an official release said here today. The state government has decided to remit sentences against certain categories of prisoners who have been convicted by the courts (other than court martial) having original jurisdiction in the state of Assam and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment, it said. There are 3,089 convicted prisoners in different jails of Assam. Of that, 2,685 are entitled to get the Republic Day remission. Altogether 2,650 convicted prisoners will get a remission of 30 days, 23 will get 15 days, six prisoners will get 10 days and six others will get five days each. The remaining 404 convicted prisoners are not entitled to Republic Day remission as they fall under non-admissible provisions, the release added.
Man killed by FBI agent in Houston raid was kidnap victim
An FBI agent has fatally shot the victim of a kidnapping during a raid at a Houston home, authorities said. FBI spokeswoman Christina Garza said the agent shot the man shortly before 4 AM yesterday during an "operation" at the home. The man, whose name wasn't immediately released, died later at a hospital. Police in Conroe, about 64 kilometres north of Houston, confirmed the man had been kidnapped and held for ransom. "The system failed. Whether it was accidental or not, the man is not going home to his family," Conroe Police Chief Philip Dupuis said. Two men and one woman are charged with aggravated kidnapping, police said. The men also are charged with aggravated robbery. Police said the men broke into a home in Conroe and abducted the man. His 12-year-old son called police, who called the FBI for assistance. The FBI followed cellphone signals to a motel near Houston, where two suspects, both of them men, were found. The suspects directed FBI agents and police officers .
Indian-American guilty in 'hawala' scheme of drug traffickers
An Indian-American has been convicted for his role in an international money laundering organisation that conspired to move millions of dollars in proceeds for narcotics traffickers, authorities said. Harinder Singh, 32, also known as "Sonu", was found guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, the Justice Department said. Singh will face a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the conspiracy count, and five years for each of the other two charges. The sentencing is scheduled for April 30. A federal grand jury deliberated for less than two hours on January 19 before finding Singh guilty of all three charges. With this, prosecutors have convicted 18 defendants who were named in a 2015 grand jury indictment that was the first major case in the US involving "hawala" transfers of drug money. The evidence presented during the ...
Lula da Silva accepts to be presidential candidate despite prison sentence
The roller-coaster week of former Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues, as he accepted on Thursday to become the presidential candidate for the Workers' Party (PT).
Brazil authorities prevent former leader Lula from leaving
Former Brazilian president Lula Inacio Lula da Silva, who was planning to travel to Ethiopia, was not allowed to leave the country, the justice ministry said today, one day after an appeals court upheld his conviction on corruption charges. Lula, once seen as the favorite ahead of October's presidential election in Brazil, was headed to Addis Ababa for a meeting organized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, but authorities rescinded his passport, the ministry said in a statement. "There is no legal restriction that would prevent former president Lula from traveling abroad. We already told the authorities that he would be participating in this event (in Ethiopia)," one of his attorneys, Cristiano Zanin Martins, told AFP earlier in the day. "Lula has the right to come and go." But a complaint was filed asking that his passport be rescinded, arguing he posed a flight risk and that he could ask for political asylum abroad. Yesterday, the appeals court in Porto ...
Kasur rape-murder case: Accused is a potential serial killer
Pakistani authorities on Thursday have termed the accused of rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Kasur as a potential serial killer.A special anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Wednesday placed Imran in 14-day police remand. He will be presented again before the court on February 8.During the hearing, Imran admitted to killing and raping eight more girls in Kasur.The Geo TV reported that Judge Sajjad Ali allowed a 14-day long physical remand to give time to the police to match Imran's DNA with seven other victims.The minor, who was a resident of the Kasur district of Pakistan's Punjab province, was kidnapped on her way to a tuition centre on January 4.Five days after her disappearance, she was found raped, dead and buried in a garbage dump on January 9 near Kashmir Chowk.According to the initial post-mortem report, the minor was strangled to death after being raped multiple times.As per the autopsy, the girl had marks of torture on nose, neck, and other parts of the ...
Texas man sentenced for smuggling circuits to China, Russia
A suburban Dallas man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for smuggling circuits out of the US for use by space programmes in China and Russia. Sixty-two-year-old Peter Zuccarelli of Plano was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in August to charges that include conspiring to smuggle and illegally export from the US. Prosecutors say that starting in 2015, Zuccarelli used his company to place orders with U.S. suppliers for the circuits, known as radiation hardened integrated circuits. He repackaged them as "touch screen parts" and shipped them out of the U.S. The circuits have space and military applications so their export is strictly controlled by federal law. Authorities say he created fake paperwork and made false statements to regulators in an attempt to conceal the smuggling.
Money laundering case: Delhi HC grants bail to two accused businessmen
The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted bail to two accused businessmen Surendra Jain and Virender Jain in connection with the Rs 8,000 crore money laundering case.The court has also asked them to furnish personal bonds of Rs 2 lakh each.Both businessmen brothers Surendra and Virendra have allegedly been involved in the black money racket being run by shell companies.Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar are also co-accused in the case.On January 6, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed another supplementary charge-sheet against Misa, her husband and others in Delhi's Patiala House Court in connection with the case.The agency had filed this supplementary charge-sheet before the court on January 4.Earlier on July 21 last year, the ED had filed a charge-sheet against Bharti's Chartered Accountant (CA) Rajesh Agarwal in connection with the same case.On July 11, Bharti was questioned for around eight hours by the ED ...
Bhansali behind Gurgaon school bus attack: Karni Sena
The Shri Rajput Karni Sena on Thursday linked the attack on a school bus in Gurgaon to 'Padmaavat' film-maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali."I am laying direct charge against Bhansali and his network for the incident in Gurgaon. If they are not found guilty, then I'm ready to accept any punishment," Karni Sena chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi told the press here.Denying the group's involvement in the attack which was carried out by an unruly mob, reportedly protesting over the controversial movie, Kalvi further called for an inquiry into the incident.Kalvi also accused Bhansali and "his team" of conspiring to create disharmony in the nation over religious and caste lines.On Wednesday afternoon, a mob carrying lathis and stones attacked a bus carrying 30 students and three teachers of a Gurgaon school.A school staff told ANI that "as soon as we came out of the school, the bus was attacked. Even the police could not control them. The children somehow took cover inside the bus".Earlier in the day, 18 .
Child abducted from school bus, driver shot at in east Delhi
A child was brazenly abducted this morning from his school bus by unidentified bike-borne persons who also shot at the driver when he tried to stop them, police said. The incident took place at a time when there is an unprecedented security cover in place in the national capital in view of the India-ASEAN commemorative summit and the Republic Day celebrations. The incident took place around 8 am in east Delhi when the boy was in the school bus along with 20 other students, including his elder sibling, officials said. The bike-borne accused overtook the bus and then barged inside brandishing weapons. When the bus driver protested they fired at him. They then took the child with them and sped off on their motorcycle, they said. The police are searching for the child and have alerted their counterparts in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. They are probing various angles, including personal enmity, they said, adding that the family has not received any call demanding ransom ...
Himachal govt to engage 37 law officers including additional
The Himachal Pradesh government has proposed to engage 37 law officers, including 21 additional advocate generals, 13 deputy advocate generals and three assistant advocate generals to plead the cases in different courts. One additional AG would be for the Supreme Court, while 20 AAGs, 13 DAGs and three assistant AGs would be for High Courts. The government has already appointed senior advocate Ashok as advocate general and the office of the AG has invited applications from desirous eligible candidates on prescribed for by or before February 1, 2018. The BJP government had decided to constitute a committee for appointing competent and eligible lawyers to these posts and inviting applications is the first step in this direction.
2 Maoists held in Khunti district
Two Maoists of the Peoples Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were arrested with firearms by the security personnel from Banabira-Udikel Jungle of Khunti district, police today said. A raid team comprising district armed police and CRPF was constituted after the Superintendent of Police Ashwini Kumar Singh was tipped off that a group of PLFI gathered in the jungle to commit a crime late last night. Accordingly, the team rushed to the spot and arrested Ruben Topno and Kamal Lohra, both residents under Rania police station limit of the district, Sinha said adding that a double barrel gun and two live cartridges have been recovered from their possession. Two cases against them have been registered including murder, Sinha added.
Bride lodges dowry case as groom demands Rs 1 crore
A woman in Odisha's Dhenkanal district has filed a dowry case against a man whom she was supposed to get married to, police said today. She was supposed to get married yesterday, the police said. The woman, a software professional, a resident of Odapada village in Dhenkanal took the step on her wedding day after the groom, a resident of Angul district demanded Rs 1 crore in dowry, a police officer said. The marriage was fixed on Wednesday, January 24 and the US-based groom's father demanded Rs 1 crore as dowry on Wednesday morning, the police officer said. The groom did not turn up in the evening since their demand was not fulfilled, he said. "I lodged the complaint because he made a demand of Rs 1 crore. They have betrayed our trust and humiliated me and my family," the woman told reporters. The groom works as a software engineer in the US, she said. The woman, in her bridal attire, went to Angul police station along with her relatives and lodged a complaint against the
2 minor sisters from Jharkhand rescued in Delhi, 3 held
Two minor sisters trafficked from Jharkhand and illegally confined in a north Delhi house were rescued in a joint operation by police and Delhi Commission for Women, police said on Thursday. A businessman and his parents have been arrested.
Bail for GNLA chief, to stay in jail in another case
Jailed chairman of the proscribed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) Champion R Sangma was granted bail by a court here but will continue to be behind the bars as he is wanted in another case. The bail was granted by executive magistrate P K Boro. His bail bond of Rs 1 lakh was executed by his wife Enrita N Marak during the day in connection with a case filed at Baghmara police station in South Garo Hills district in 2011. He was arrested by Meghalaya Police on July 12 in 2012 after he was pushed back from Bangladesh and the case was transferred to the local court. The sessions court here had on January 24 issued the order to release the policeman-turned-militant leader, who is lodged at the Shillong district jail on charges of waging war against the nation by co-founding the armed militant group. Thereafter an order was communicated to the Shillong jail the next day directing it not to release him since he is wanted in a case registered with Mendipathar police station .
Runaway chain-snatcher held
A 36-year-old man, wanted in connection with a number of chain snatching cases and for allegedly killing his 80-year-old aunt, was arrested today in the city, police said. Interestingly, the police identified the accused, Gandreddy Appalaraju, on the only clue that he has six fingers on one of his hands. "Appalaraju has taken the crime route to meet his vices. He had even stolen from his relatives. He has been wanted for at least 15 chain snatchings since the year 2013," said DCP (Crime) Shemushi Bajpayee. During investigation, the accused revealed that he and his younger brother Gandreddy Sattibabu had killed their aunt for gold and money in April 2014, the DCP said. Police have launched a hunt for Sattibabu. The officer said the chain snatching victims had described that the man who targetted them had six fingers on one of his hands. "Based on this information, plain-clothed police waited outside a temple in the city thinking that the accused will strike at the crowded
Bihar court awards life sentences to nine people in two
A court here today awarded life imprisonment to nine people in two separate cases of murder. Six people were sentenced to life by Special Judge (SC/ST Court) Dharmsheel Srivastava for killing two Dalits at a village in Begusarai district two years ago. The convicted Devendra Chaudhary, Surendra Chaudhary, Himmat Chaudhary, Ghootar Chaudhary, Chhotelal Chaudhary and Jitendra Chaudhary, all residents of Madhusudanpur village, have also been slapped a fine of Rs 45,000 each. They had shot dead Mahesh Ram and Ram Pravesh Ram, residents of the same village, on March 21, 2016. In another judgement, Additional District and Sessions Judge Piyush Kamal Dixit awarded life sentences to two people for killing a nine-year-old boy whom they had kidnapped for ransom. The accused Kripashankar Kumar and Kanhaiya Kumar were convicted on January 8 for the murder of Piyush Kumar, who was kidnapped from the vicinity of his home, here on March 5, 2014, and killed a few days later. The court ..
No bail for pub owners in Kamala Mills fire case
A magistrate's court here today rejected the bail applications of owners of the two pubs in Kamala Mills compound here where a massive fire claimed 14 lives last month. Magistrate V B Bohra rejected the bail applications of owners of the '1 Above' pub Kripesh Sanghvi, Jigar Sanghvi and Abhijeet Mankar, and those of the adjoining 'Mojo's Bistro' Yug Pathak and Yug Tulli. The lawyers of the accused contended that section 304 of the IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) was not applicable in the case, and the police should have instead invoked the less stringent section 304(A) (death due to negligence). Police had interrogated the accused thoroughly and now all five are in judicial custody, hence they should be set free on bail, the lawyers argued. The prosecution opposed their pleas, insisting they were individually and jointly responsible for the death of 14 people. They did not take any precaution to prevent the incident, it said. After hearing the arguments, .