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Owner of fire-ravaged Bawana firecracker storage unit arrested
Police have arrested the owner of the firecracker storage unit in Bawana where 17 people were killed in a massive blaze yesterday. Manoj Jain, who ran the factory, has been arrested. A probe revealed it was a factory of "cold firecrackers" used in stage shows and Holi celebrations, said Rajneesh Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini). Firecracker packages found at the site suggest the same, he said. Jain had rented the factory from January 1, the DCP said. Seven of those killed have been identified as Baby Devi (40), Afshana (35), Sonam (23), Reeta (18), Nadeen (55), Rakho (65) and Dharma Devi (45), he said. The fire had started in the storage unit on the ground floor of the two-storey building and ripped through the structure. Of the 17 killed, ten were women. A man and woman were injured. Police said an FIR had been registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and negligent conduct with respect to fire .
Thai woman held for running sex racket in spa
A woman from Thailand has been arrested for allegedly running a sex racket, police said today. Acting on a tip-off, a team of officials raided a spa in Virar area of the district and arrested the 43-year-old Thai woman yesterday, Assistant Police Inspector S A Ingole said. Two women, one of them from Thailand, were rescued during the raid, he said. The accused woman was operating the flesh trade racket from the spa for the last one year, the police said. The police sent a decoy to the spa and trapped the accused, they added. The rescued women, aged 23 and 25, were sent to a shelter home in Boisar, the police said. The accused woman was booked under the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act. She was produced before a local magistrate who remanded her to police custody till January 23, they added.
Former Balochistan home minister acquitted in terror case
Former Balochistan home minister Gazain Marri has been acquitted by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) here in a terrorism case related to the killing of two paramilitary personnel and recovery of explosive materials from his possession.According to the Dawn, the court acquitted him after the prosecution failed to prove charges against him.Speaking to media outside the courtroom, Marri said, "We will compensate for the mistakes we have committed in the past. I acted earlier on the advice of my father, but now I will take all decisions on my own and with the consultation of friends and supporters"."I want to play my role in the larger interest of Balochistan and my people so that the sense of deprivation among the Marri tribe which they have been experiencing for a long time should be removed", he added.On October 10, 2017, the Balochistan High Court (BHC) ordered to release Marri, who was detained under Section 3 of Maintenance of Public Order.Gazeen Marri, Son of the late Baloch ...
Special courts for trying lawmakers to cost Rs 8 cr yearly:
It will cost the government nearly Rs 8 crore annually to run 12 special courts to try the over 1,500 cases related to lawmakers, the law ministry has informed the cabinet secretariat. The proportion of the amount for the states, where the 12 special courts will come up, is being worked out. "An estimated expenditure of Rs 7.8 crore to make 12 courts operational for one year has been prepared. The proportionate allocation to the states where such courts would be set up is being worked out," Secretary (Justice) in the law ministry wrote to Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha earlier this month. Last November, the Supreme Court had directed the government to come up with a scheme to set up 12 special courts to try 1,581 criminal cases pending against elected MPs and MLAs. The apex court had approved the scheme and had directed the Centre to allocate grants to the governments of the states where such special courts are proposed to be set up. The courts are to commence operation ...
No one can touch a woman without her consent: Delhi court
No one can touch a woman without her consent, a Delhi court said and termed it unfortunate that women continue to be victimised by "lecherous and sexually- pervert" men. The court's observation came while awarding five years jail term to Ram for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl. Additional Sessions Judge Seema Maini awarded rigorous imprisonment to Uttar Pradesh resident Chavi Ram, who had inappropriately touched the minor at a crowded market in north Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar in 2014. The court said a woman's body is her own and it is she who has an exclusive right over it and all others are prohibited to touch her body, without her consent, for any purpose whatsoever. It also said that right to privacy of women does not seem to be recognised by men and they do not think twice, before making untoward advances or satisfying their lust by sexually assaulting helpless girls. "Such perverts, get a sexual kick by assaulting the women, oblivious to the rights of privacy
89-yr-old man gets SC relief in 1988 case
Coming to a rescue of an 89-year- old man from West Bengal, the Supreme Court has set aside the three months jail awarded to him for possessing 187 litres of kerosene oil in excess at his ration shop in 1988. The top court said that it is not interfering with the conviction of Madan Mohan Kabiraj but looking at his age, he can be accorded benefit of provisions of Probation of Offenders Act. "Though we are not interfering with the conviction recorded against the appellant herein, having regard to the circumstances of this case and particularly the fact that the appellant is 89 years of age and that there is no other blemish against the appellant, we are of the opinion that the benefit of provisions of Probation of Offenders Act, 1958, be extended in the present case," a bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said. It said that the three months sentence awarded to him by the Calcutta High Court is set aside and Kabiraj is released under the provisions of the ...
Sodomy case: Delhi court refuses to quash man's 3-yr jail term
A Delhi court has refused to set aside a three-year jail term awarded to a man for sodomising a 20-year-old boy, saying no lenient view should be taken in such incidents which leave an "indelible mark" on the victim and affect his psychology. Additional Sessions Judge Suresh Kumar Gupta upheld the magisterial court order holding Kuldeep guilty under section 377 (unnatural offences/sodomy) of the IPC while dismissing his appeal. "The appellant (convict) has done carnal intercourse with the victim/complainant. He has satisfied his lust. Such kind of incidents leave indelible mark for life in the mind of the victim. Such incidents even affect the psychological behaviour of the victim. "The appellant cannot take shelter under premise that he is the sole bread earner of his family and his father is suffering from TB. To my mind, there is no ground to take lenient view. Trial court has rightly imposed the sentence on appellant. I do not find any merit in the appeal filed by ..
Rape victim consumes poison outside MP CM's residence
A rape victim consumed poison outside the residence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday.The woman, who is in a critical condition, is undergoing treatment at Hamidia Hospital.The woman took the extreme step as she was unhappy with police inaction against the accused, who is currently out on bail.The condition of the victim deteriorated on Saturday evening.
Bawana fire: Apprehended man says he was running factory alone
A man who was apprehended by the police in connection with the Bawana fire accident that killed seventeen people and injured two, has said that he took the factory premises on rent and was running it alone. Ten women and seven men were killed while a man and woman were injured in a massive blaze at a firecracker storage unit in outer Delhi's Bawana industrial area yesterday evening. The fire, which started at the storage unit on the ground floor of a two-storey building, ripped through the structure, a Delhi Fire Services official said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Rajneesh Gupta said a person named Manoj Jain has been apprehended. Jain told police that he was running the factory alone and had taken it on rent. Earlier, the police had said that Jain was running the unit in partnership with one Lalit Goel. The police had said that an FIR has been registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and negligent .
CBI arrests three for accepting bribe of Rs.1.80 lakh
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three private persons, residents of Delhi, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 1.80 lakh from the complainant, an owner of a club in Delhi's Pitampura.The probe agency CBI has registered a case against two accused under section 120-B and Section 8 of PC Act, 1988 on a complaint received from the owner of the club.The complainant had alleged that the SDM, Saraswati Vihar had sealed the said club.The accused had demanded a bribe on behalf of SDM, Saraswati Vihar, Delhi for getting the complainant's said club desealed.The CBI laid a trap and caught the two accused along with one more person while demanding and accepting the bribe.Searches were conducted at the residence of all the three accused persons at Delhi, which led to the recovery of incriminating documents.The relevant documents have also been collected from the office of SDM, Saraswati Vihar, Delhi. The alleged involvement of said SDM is being looked into..
Cardinal rebukes pope over Chile 'slander' comments on abuse
Pope Francis' top adviser on clerical sex abuse implicitly rebuked the pontiff over his accusations of slander against Chilean abuse victims, saying today that his words were "a source of great pain for survivors of sexual abuse." Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the archbishop of Boston, said he couldn't explain why Francis "chose the particular words he used" and that such expressions had the effect of abandoning victims and relegating them to "discredited exile." In an extraordinary effort at damage control, O'Malley insisted in a statement that Francis "fully recognizes the egregious failures of the church and its clergy who abused children and the devastating impact those crimes have had on survivors and their loved ones." Francis set off a national uproar upon leaving Chile on Thursday when he accused victims of the country's most notorious pedophile priest of having slandered another bishop, Juan Barros. The victims say Barros knew of the abuse by the Rev. Fernando ...
Man dies after falling from hospital bed
A 55-year-old man, who was admitted to a hospital here, died allegedly after falling from a bed at the health facility, police said today. Ram Phal died on Thursday and his family members today lodged a complaint, alleging negligence by doctors and hospital staff, they said. He was admitted to the Metro Hospital for fever, Phal's son Sukendra Kumar said. Kumar alleged that doctors admitted his father in the emergency ward and asked him to stay outside, despite he informing them that he was the only relative present at that moment. "Three hours later, doctors informed me that my father's condition was very serious and he had to be shifted to the ICU. I went inside the ICU with my brother-in-law Sandeep. He was lying on the bed with head injuries and blood on his sweater," he claimed. The complainant alleged that when he inquired about the injuries, doctors did not have a satisfactory reply and said that he was on ventilator, police said. "There was no movement. Moreover, .
Nepali national held for allegedly killing fellow countryman
The Rabale MIDC police in Navi Mumbai today arrested a Nepali national within hours after he allegedly killed another man who hailed from his hometown. Prem Bahadhur Ramkhadka (52), who hailed from Nepal and worked as a security guard in Sathenagar area, was stoned to death late last night, police said. Police probe zeroed in on Rudrabahadur Sherbahadur Gurang (42), who was tracked down and arrested from a hotel in Manmad while he was on his way to his home country, said an officer. Gurung, who worked as a sweeper at a hotel, and Ramkhadka often quarrelled, and yesterday they had another spat, police said. In a fit of rage, Gurung hit Ramkhadka with a stone, they added. Further probe is on.
Three more arrested in Mumbai pub fire case
Police today arrested three more persons in connection with the deadly fire at two pubs in Kamla Mills compound here which claimed 14 lives last month. Ravi Bhandari, a partner in Kamla Mills, station fire officer Rajendra Patil, and Utkarsh Pandey, owner of Nirvana Hookah, were arrested today evening, a senior police official said. He didn't divulge their alleged roles in the tragedy. Owners of the 1 Above pub Jigar Sanghvi, Kripesh Sanghvi and Abhijit Mankar, as well as owners of the adjoining Mojo's Bistro, Yug Pathak and Yug Tulli, are already arrested. According to the fire brigade as well as an enquiry report submitted by the Mumbai municipal commissioner, the fire on December 29 started because of flying charcoal embers from hookah which was illegally served at Mojo's Bistro. It then spread to 1 Above. Most of the deceased were visiting 1 Above. Owners of both the pubs were booked for 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder' and other offences under the Indian ..
3 booked for making extortion call
Three people have been booked for allegedly demanding Rs 20 lakh as extortion from a doctor who runs a nursing home in Sahibabad area, police said today. Udaiveer Singh has filed a police complaint and named his son's in-laws, and named his father-in-law and his two sons in connection with the extortion call. "It appears to be a matrimonial dispute of the doctor's son as his wife is not living with him for five years," Assistant Superintendent of Police Anoop Singh said. He said the matter was being probed. According to police, Singh was fired upon by unidentified assailants on the night of Jan 7-8. On Jan 10, he received the extortion call.
CBI registers 22 cases against PNB officials
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday registered 22 cases against Punjab National Bank (PNB) officials, including the chief managers of four branches of the bank in Bhopal and Ujjain.The cases were registered on the basis of a complaint about fraudulent activities being conducted in the bank.Following the complaint, raids had been conducted in six states- Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Maharastra and Punjab.Yesterday, the CBI conducted simultaneous raids in Bhopal and Ujjain branches of the PNB for alleged fraudulent disbursement of loans and credit limits to different private parties, dealing in coal business between 2011 and 2016.
Iranian man held for sexually harassing fellow JNU student
An Iranian man studying in Jawaharlal Nehru University here has been arrested on charges of beating and sexually harassing a fellow woman student from his native country, police said on Saturday.
Two arrested for murderous attack on senior journalist in Lucknow
Two persons, including a manager of a private telecom major, were arrested on Saturday for alleged involvement in a murderous attack on a senior journalist in the state capital, police said.
Man beaten to death during row over parking outside house
A 39-year-old IT professional was allegedly beaten to death by three people after he objected to parking vehicles in front of his bungalow in Kondhwa area here, said police. The incident took place last night. Sriganesh Raskar (31), Yogesh Kadwe (22) and Vikram Bhombe (31) were arrested today, police said. The victim was identified as N B Battiwala. A senior police officer of Kondhwa police station said that Raskar runs a transport business, and his driver used to park the vehicles in front of the gate of Battiwala's bungalow. "Battiwala often objected to it. On Friday night, the deceased had another argument with Raskar over the issue that led to the scuffle," said the officer. Raskar and the other two attacked Battiwala with rods and left him injured. "Battiwala was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to injuries," he said.
Congress welcomes CJI's decision to hear Justice Loya case
Congress on Saturday welcomed Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra's decision to hear the case about the death of CBI judge Justice B.H. Loya.The bench led by Justice Misra will hear the pleas seeking an investigation into the allegedly suspicious death of the CBI judge on January 22.Speaking to ANI, All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev said, "If this decision has been taken then we welcome it. There are a lot of controversies associated with it."The development comes days after the four senior-most SC judges in a presser alleged that the CJI, who is the master of the roster, was arbitrarily assigning important cases to select benches headed by junior judges.The case was earlier assigned to Justice Arun Mishra, the 10th most-senior judge of the Supreme Court.Justice Loya, who had been hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh Encounter case, wherein BJP chief Amit Shah was a prime accused, died in alleged suspicious circumstances in 2014.The Supreme Court on January 5 sought the .