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Pak minor girl's suspected murderer remanded to police custody
An Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan today granted investigators a 14-day physical remand of a 23-year-old man who was arrested in the brutal rape and murder case of a minor girl in Kasur city in Punjab province. Imran Ali, who was arrested by police yesterday, was produced before Judge Sajjad Ahmed today. The suspect, whose face was covered when he arrived at the court, was surrounded by officials of Punjab Elite Police Force, Dawn reported. State prosecutor Abdul Rauf Wattoo had requested the court for a 15-day physical remand so that investigators could interrogate the suspect, believed to be a serial murderer and rapist, about his alleged involvement in other similar cases. Briefing the court, Wattoo said that police had learned that the suspect used to lure children by promising to buy them sweets, the paper said. When the judge asked if he had any proof, Wattoo said that the suspect had been given a polygraph test that confirmed this claim. When the court asked why ..
Zainab murder accused placed in 14-day police remand
A special anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday placed Imran Ali Naqshbandi, the accused in the rape and murder case of Zainab, in 14-day police remand. Imran will be presented again before the court again on February 8.Judge Sajjad Ali allowed 14-day long physical remand to allow time police to match Imran's DNA with seven other victims, GEo TV reports.Imran has pleaded guilty in the case.Zainab was kidnapped from near her aunt's house in Kasur on January 4. Her body was discovered in a garbage heap five days later.Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed earlier this week that Imran had murdered seven-year-old Zainab.
French court to hear 1st trial linked to 2015 Paris attacks
The first trial related to the 2015 deadly Islamic State attacks on Paris was going ahead as planned Wednesday after one of the suspects was successful transferred to a Paris court amid a national protest by prison guards. Jawad Bendaoud was scheduled to appear in court later Wednesday for the much-awaited trial. He's accused of helping two of the attackers, including the suspected ringleader, hide from police when they were the most wanted men in France. There were fears Bendaoud could not attend the trial after guards protesting over prison working conditions blocked the entrance of the Fresnes prison, south of Paris, earlier today. But a spokesman for the penitentiary administration said he was able to leave after police forces cleared the main access to the jail. The November 13, 2015, attacks on Paris cafes, the national stadium and the Bataclan concert hall left 130 people dead in the country's deadliest extremist violence since World War II. The Islamic State ...
Municipal contractor shot dead
Unknown assailants today shot dead a civic body contractor here for allegedly refusing to pay an extortion of Rs five lakh they had demanded earlier, police said. Jagvir, the 47-year-old contractor working with the Municipal Board of Sikandrabad, was on his way to Sikandrabad town from his village Prangarh under Sikandrabad police station when the incident took place. According to the uncle of the deceased, the assailants allegedly fired six shots on Jagvir, killing him on the spot, barely 100 meters from his house. The deceased had received an extortion call for Rs five lakh and the matter was reported to the police. Bulandshahr SSP Muniraj G, who reached the spot, claimed that the matter is being probed and will be solved soon.
Two Maoists awarded life sentence for massacre of six
A court here today awarded life sentence to two Maoists in connection with the killing of six persons at a village in the district seven years ago. Additional District Judge Purushottam Mishra convicted Ravindra Yadav and Musharu Yadav for the massacre that took place in Kareli village on July 02, 2011. The court, however, acquitted three other accused in the case - Dhirendra Yadav, Rakesh Yadav and Rajram Yadav - on account of lack of evidence. Kareli village was attacked by a group of around 80 armed members of Communist Party of India (Maoist) who shot dead six villagers and abducted nearly a dozen others. The abductees were, later, released by the Maoists following a police operation. An FIR was lodged at the Dharhara police station against 80 persons, out of whom five were arrested while the remaining are yet to be traced.
SC no to SIT probe into attack on JNU's Kanhaiya Kumar
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a 2016 petition seeking a SIT probe into an assault on then JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar when he was produced at a court here.
Drug peddler held in Punjab
A man was arrested on charges of drug peddling here today and 100 gram intoxicating powder, 90 capsules and 70 intoxicating tablets were seized from his possession, a police officer said. The accused was identified as Vishal alias Shaili, a resident of local Mehligate, said Sadar SHO Lakhvir Singh. Shaili was arrested yesterday during a checkpost ('naka') on national highway 1 where police had laid a trap based on a tip off, the SHO said. Singh said the accused was arrested under relevant sections of the NDPS Act.
HC seeks govt's reply on plea for women entry in Navy branches
A plea seeking entry of women candidates in certain branches of the Indian Navy University, where admission of females is barred, today led the Delhi High Court to seek the responses of the Centre and the Defence Ministry. The PIL alleged institutional discrimination by the government and sought a direction to it to elaborate the steps taken to permit the entry of women on par with male candidates. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Centre and Ministry of Defence (Navy) on the plea and asked them to file their responses by May 15, the next date of hearing. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain said the government was not averse to this petition, not treating it as an adversarial litigation and was working on it. Petitioner Kush Kalra, a lawyer, has sought a direction permitting the entry of women candidates under the Indian Navy University Entry Scheme in the executive branch's general ...
Court asks ED to provide documents to Qureshi in PMLA case
A special court today asked the Enforcement Directorate to hand over certain documents to controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi, accused in a money laundering case. Special judge Arun Bharadwaj directed the agency to hand over various papers it has filed along with the charge sheet to Qureshi, who granted bail in the case on December 12 last year. Special public prosecutor N K Matta, appearing for the ED, informed the court that all documents will be handed over as per law. However, he said that certain papers, whose supply to the accused might hamper the ongoing investigation, should not be given to Qureshi. The court posted the matter for further hearing on January 27. Qureshi was arrested on August 25 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED had earlier alleged in the court that "the witnesses have confirmed in their statements that they have delivered crores of rupees for Qureshi and his associates through his ...
JNU violence: SC rejects plea for SIT probe, contempt action
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking an SIT probe into the February 2016 violence inside a trial court here during which former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and others were assaulted, saying it would not "flog a dead horse back to life". A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi did not accept the contentions advocating contempt action against the police officials and others for the incident which was described as "ghastly action" by the petitioner. "What ghastly action," the bench asked advocate Prashant Bhushan, who appeared for petitioner and advocate Kamini Jaiswal. Bhushan referred to the February 15 and 17, 2016 incidents of attacks on Kanhaiya, scribes, students, JNU teachers and defence lawyers inside the Patiala House district court premises here. "We do not think of proceeding further. There is no need for an SIT (special investigation team)," the bench said. To this, the lawyer said if no action is taken, then it might encourage ...
Fodder scam: Nitish distances himself from Lalu's conviction
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday distanced himself from the conviction of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad in the third fodder scam case, saying that he has nothing to do with it.Referring to Lalu's conviction as a judicial matter, Nitish, while addressing a gathering here, said that there's no room for compromise on such issues."We don't have anything to do with this. It is a judicial decision. We will not react to it. But we will not compromise on our justice and development agenda", Nitish said.Commenting on the growing trends of the social media, the Bihar Chief Minister called the discussion on the matter "unsocial'."Normally, unsocial discussions happen on social media, people who do not know ABCD of politics act as political experts on social media", he said.Earlier in the day, Lalu Prasad and former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra were sentenced to five-year imprisonment by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ranchi, in ...
3 injured after ATM guard's gun goes off accidentally in J&K
Three civilians were injured on Wednesday when the gun of an ATM guard went off accidentally in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.
Lalu Prasad, Jagannath Mishra get 5 years jail in fodder scam case
A special CBI court on Wednesday sentenced former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra to five years in prison in a fodder scam case and slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh on the former and Rs 5 lakh on the latter.
NGT asks GDA 4to pay Rs 32.42L for water pipeline maintenance
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) to pay Rs 32.42 lakh to the municipal corporation for maintenance of drinking water pipeline in village Maharajpur in Ghaziabad. A bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi also directed the municipal corporation to take over the drinking water pipeline laid by Ghaziabad Development Authority in the village within two weeks. "We direct the Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam to take over drinking water pipeline laid by Ghaziabad Development Authority in the village Maharajpur within two weeks, and the payment of Rs 32,42,162 shall be made by the Ghaziabad Development Authority to Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam within one week thereafter," the bench said. The counsel appearing for the UP government told the tribunal that Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam has submitted a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for laying of sewer line network in Maharajpur village in Ghaziabad. A decision to finalise the DPR will be taken on
HC asks police to inquire into Mankhurd 'custodial death'
The Bombay High Court directed the Mumbai commissioner of police today to initiate an inquiry into the alleged custodial death of a 29-year-old man here. The body of Deepak Jadhav was found hanging inside the Mankhurd police station in August 2015. Claiming that it was a case of suicide, police neither registered an FIR nor got a judicial magistrate to inquire into the case, though the same is mandatory under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). A bench of Justices B R Gavai and B P Colabawalla, however, took a strong exception to these "lapses in law", and directed that the police inquiry be conducted by an officer not below the ranks of inspector general of police (IGP). As per the plea filed by Deepa Jadhav, the wife of the deceased, the incident had occurred in August 2015. Deepak was brought to Mankhurd police station by some local residents, who claimed that he wa trying to steal bikes from near a residential society. However, a few hours later, his body was found ...
SP leader booked for objectionable remark about UP CM
A case has been filed against senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Kamla Prasad Rawat for making an objectionable comment about Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said on Wednesday.
Judgment in NDMC councilor death case deferred
A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred its judgment in a case pertaining to the murder of sitting woman Councillor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), Satyam Yadav and her daughter.Yadav and her 18-month-old daughter were found dead under suspicious circumstances at their residence in Nangloi in November 2012.The victim's family accused her in-laws and husband of harassing her for dowry and also blamed them for the two deaths.Yadav was a Councillor from Nangloi East of the Municipal Corporation.A case was registered under the relevant Sections of dowry death and murder.
UP: Guards at DM office beat up woman complainant
Police guards at the district magistrate's office allegedly misbehaved and beat up a woman complainant. The woman, Anarkali, aged around 50, had visited the district magistrate's office yesterday to complain against her husband, saying that he used to torture her. As she reached office to meet district magistrate Sarika Mohan, the guards on duty, including some female constables, allegedly asked her to leave but when Anarkali resisted, she was allegedly thrashed and forcefully dumped in police jeep. A purported video clip of the entire episode has gone viral on social media. When contacted, the district magistrate said she was not aware of the incident, but promised action against the police guards after investigation.
Rajiv case: SC seeks CBI's view on plea for recalling 1999 verdict
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the CBI's response on a plea seeking the recall of its 1999 judgement upholding the conviction of seven accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Cops thrash truck driver, helper in full public glare
Two UP policemen allegedly beat up a truck driver and his helper in full public glare near Virahna crossing in Sikandra, prompting the district police chief to suspend one of the officials. Superintendent of Police (Kanpur Dehat) Ratankant Pandey said on the basis of prima facie inquiry, two policemen, a constable and a homeguard, were found guilty of thrashing truck driver Sunil Singh of Sikandara and helper Sunil Kumar of Ghatampur. Constable Rajveer Singh was placed under suspension, the Pandey said. Sikandra station house officer Bhupendra Singh Rathi said the truck was on its way to Sikandara when it collided with a bike. The truck driver and helper had an argument with two youngsters riding the bike and soon some policemen, including constable Rajveer Singh and homeguard Afsar Singh reached the spot and nabbed the truck driver and his helper. The truck involved in the incident was seized, but no action was taken against the driver and helper and they were let off .