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Court rejects bail of man in accident case
A court here today rejected the bail application of a man who claimed that he was falsely implicated in an accident case last year. District and Sessions Judge P K Srivastava rejected the bail application of Atiq Ahmad, Chaman Prakash Sharma, District Government Counsel (DGC), said. The complainant had alleged that Sukhpal Singh did not return home on November 3, 2017, and a day later, a search was launched following a complaint by the victim's brother, he said. Singh's motorcycle and body was found by a police team, the DGC said. The counsel of the accused had argued that Ahmad had been falsely implicated in the case as he was not named in the FIR nor arrested from the spot, and not familiar with the victim. The accused's vehicle was not involved in the accident on November 3 and there were no witnesses, Ahmad's lawyer had claimed. The DGC strongly opposed the bailpointing out that the facts of the case were seemingly horrifying and that hit the human conscience. "The ..
CBI arrests 3 for demanding bribe on behalf of SDM
The CBI has arrested three people for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.80 lakh purportedly on behalf of Saraswati Vihar SDM here, an agency official said today. The CBI acted on a complaint from the owner of a club in Pitampura area. "The complainant had alleged that the SDM, Saraswati Vihar, had sealed the said club. The accused had demanded a bribe of Rs three lakh on behalf of SDM, Saraswati Vihar, Delhi, for getting the complainant's said club desealed. After negotiation, the bribe was reduced," a CBI spokesperson said. He said the agency laid a trap and caught the two accused alongwith one more person while accepting the bribe of Rs 1.80 lakh from the complainant. "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," he said.
3 juveniles among 6 held for gangrape of woman
Six persons including three juveniles were today arrested from the southern part of Kolkata for their alleged involvement in the gangrape of a woman, police said today. The woman who was visiting a relative's place, was gangraped yesterday afternoon inside an abandoned staff quarter of Kolkata Port Trust in Taratala area. Sources in the Kolkata Police said medical tests confirmed gangrape of the woman. "The incident took place at around 12.30 pm when a 27-year-old woman, who went to fetch chicken from a local shop, was taken to an abandoned house by a boy working there," the officer said. Other accused persons reached there and some of them raped her while others clicked photos and videos on their mobile phones, he said. "They threatened her not to reveal the incident to anybody and left," he added. The woman lodged a complaint with Taratala police station on the basis of which the six accused were arrested. While three juveniles were sent to juvenile home, the other ...
Baby girl dies in stray dog attack in Raipur
A 14-month-old girl was mauled to death by stray dogs here today, police said. The horrific incident took place in Anupam Nagar area today morning when the girl was playing outside her house, a police official told PTI. CCTV footage of the spot showed the child, Riya Sahu, crawling on the street when two stray dogs attacked her, he said. The dogs bit her severely before other residents of the area rushed and drove them away, he said. Riya was taken to a local government hospital where she was declared dead. Horilal Sahu, her father, who works as a labouer, had come to Raipur with his wife and two children from Sarsinwa village in Balodabazar district a few months ago in search of work. The couple were away for some work while Riya and her five-year-old brother were at home, police said. Enraged local residents accused the municipal corporation of failing to control the stray dog menace in the area.
Azam Khan gets bail in defamation case
Former Samajwadi leader Azam Khan was granted bail on Saturday by a court in a Rs 101-crore defamation suit after he furnished a bond of Rs 15,000 here.The defamation suit has been filed by in-charge of Jharkhand Waqf board Syed Ejaz Abbas Naqvi, who sought the damages after Khan had allegedly accused the former of being an advocate of the terrorists.The Bandra court has set April 7 as the next date of hearing.The alleged incident had taken place during Naqvi's Uttar Pradesh visit.
Hearing adjourned until March 17 in National Herald Case
A Delhi court on Saturday adjourned the hearing in the National Herald case, involving Congress' frontrunners Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul Gandhi, among others.The court of metropolitan magistrate Ambika Singh has set March 17 as the next date of hearing and ordered the documents submitted by the petitioner in the case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy, to be kept in a sealed cover till next hearing.Swamy, in his plea, has alleged that the Congress granted an interest-free loan of Rs. 90.25 crore to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), owner of the National Herald newspaper.In November last year, the two Congress leaders filed their response to the application filed by Swamy.In the response, they stated that the application filed by Swamy was not bonafide and filled with the sole object of "delaying the proceedings in a lifeless case".
80-year-old woman allegedly raped at home by unidentified man
An octogenarian woman was raped by an unidentified man when she was alone at home near Talwade village, 25 km from Pune, the district police said today. The alleged incident took place on the intervening night of January 12 and 13. The case was registered yesterday after the 80-year-old woman narrated the incident to her son, who is a driver, Dehu Road police said. According to the woman, an unidentified man sneaked into her house and raped her when her son was away. "The woman narrated the incident to her son when he returned. He took her to Sassoon Hospital. Hospital authorities informed us about the case," said a police officer. Police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC (rape) and probe is on, he added.
Political leaders should persuade cadres to choose path of
A day after an ABVP worker was hacked to death in Kannur, Kerala Governor P Sathasivam wanted the political leadership in the state to sit together and persuade their cadres to choose the path of peace. He also wanted exemplary punishment to law breakers in a speedy manner. "The various wings of law enforcing agencies such as police and intelligence need to work a little extra with better coordination and work in tandem with prosecution department and courts to ensure exemplary punishment for law breakers in a speedy manner," the governor said at a function here tonight. "I also urge the political leadership in the state to sit together to persuade their cadre to choose the path of peace," he said. Yesterday, a 24 year-old ABVP worker, Shyam Prasad, a student of government Industrial Training Institute at Kannur, was hacked to death allegedly by activists of SDPI. Four persons were arrested in connection with the incident. BJP today observed a hartal in Kannur ...
Six gold biscuits seized from passenger
Gold biscuits worth Rs 18.17 lakh were seized from a passenger who arrived at Thiruvananthapuram airport, Customs officials said here today. Officers of Air Intelligence Unit, Air Customs, International Airport Thiruvananthapuram, intercepted the passenger, Jubin Thomas Mathew, when he arrived by Silk Air Flight No MI 492 at 9:46 pm yesterday, they said. Six gold biscuits, totally weighing 600 grams, were found concealed in the inner tube of the trolley handles in his two checked-in baggages, Customs Commissioner Sumit Kumar said. The officials also seized high valued cameras and their lenses (4 camera lenses each) and one full camera, totally valued at Rs 16.73 lakh. The total value of the items seized is Rs 39.40 lakh, Kumar said. The man was arrested today under the Customs Act, 1962, he added.
There is a 'pattern' in allocation of cases in SC, says Dushyant Dave
There is a "pattern" in the allocation of cases in the Supreme Court, senior counsel Dushyant Dave has said, terming it as "very unfortunate", where despite computerisation successive Chief Justices were "still able to allocate matters selectively".
Pak SC is an independent institution: CJP Saqib Nisar
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar said on Saturday that the Supreme Court of Pakistan was an "independent institution", which is completely free from external influences."Everyone should be proud of an independent judiciary. The judiciary is completely independent and all citizens should be proud of this," CJP Nisar told lawyers of Lahore Bar Association (LBA), as reported by the Express Tribune.The comments by the CJP come at a time when former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif criticised the country's judiciary for colluding with vested interests.He blamed the country's highest court for his removal from the office and stated that the evidence found against him in the Panama Paper leaks case were "false and imaginary".
MP: Bank robbery in court premises
Unknown persons managed to rob the Bank of India branch in the district court premises here on Saturday.Thieves also broke locks of the storeroom located at the court premises in the Civil Lines police station area.Police is investigating the matter and more details are awaited.
Man held with drug worth Rs 1 lakh
The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the city police today arrested a 32-year-ol man and seized drug worth over Rs 1 lakh from his possession. Acting on a tip-off about banned substance being sold in Chunabhatti in the eastern part of the city, sleuths from the ANC's Bandra unit laid a trap and arrested a man, a police official said. The man was found in possession of 60gm of mephedrone, or meow meow, worth Rs 1.20 lakh, the official said. The accused, Sarfaraj Sabirali Khan, is a resident of Kurla. He has been booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he added.
UP: Assistant BDO found dead under 'mysterious circumstances'
An assistant Block Development Officer, posted at the Kamasin block in this district of Uttar Pradesh, was today found dead at his residence under mysterious circumstances . According to Banda SP Shalini, the officer, Lalmani Yadav (52) was posted for the past one-and-half years at the Kamasin block development office. His body was found hanging. The SP said it will only be clear after the post mortem whether Yadav committed suicide or he was murdered. The district panchayati raj officer, KK Singh Chauhan, said the deceased was a resident of Allahabad, and used to live alone at his government residence.
Teenage boy held for raping eight-year-old girl
A 16-year-old boy was taken into custody today for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl near here, police said. The victim and the accused were residents of the same village in Sahapur taluka of Thane district, Inspector Mahesh Shete of the Sahapur police station said. The girl, a Class 3 student, was on way to a nearby market last evening when the boy met her. He lured the girl with a chocolate and then took her to a desolate place and raped her, the officer said. The girl narrated the incident to her parents last night after which they approached the police and registered a complaint, he said. The police registered a case under IPC section 376 (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection Of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The boy was taken into police custody, Shete said. The teenager, a Class 10 student, was presented before a juvenile court, which sent him to a remand home, he added.
One dead in stabbing spree by hubby suspecting wife's fidelity
A man allegedly went on a stabbing spree killing one person and injuring three others when they tried to intervene during a quarrel betwee him and his wife, the police said here today. The incident occurred at Siruvathur last night. They said the 45-year-old man suspected his wife's fidelity and allegedly started stabbing her. Hearing her screams, his three neighbours, including a woman, tried to separate the couple. However, this made the man more angry and he allegedly stabbed all of them, the police said. While one person died on the spot, the other three, including his wife, were rushed to a government hospital. The man is absconding, police said.
UP govt mulls withdrawing Muzaffarnagar riots cases against
The Uttar Pradesh government has sought information on the possibility of withdrawing nine criminal cases pending in a court here against BJP leaders in connection with the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, according to a letter to the district magistrate by a senior state official. The cases were filed against UP minister Suresh Rana, former Union minister Sanjiv Balyan, MP Bhartendu Singh, MLA Umesh Malik and party leader Sadhvi Prachi. In the January 5 letter to the district magistrate, Special Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Department of Justice, Raj Singh has sought information on 13 points, including whether the cases could be withdrawn in public interest. The letter also sought the opinion of the Muzaffarnagar senior superintendent of police. Though the leaders have not been named in the letter, the file numbers pertaining to the cases against them have been mentioned in it. The accused are facing charges under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for violating prohibitory .
ABVP member death: BJP hartal in Kannur district peaceful
The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the BJP today to protest the murder of an ABVP activist in the district passed off peacefully, police said. The hartalwas incident free, they said adding tight security arrangements were made, with police personnel from other districts being deployed in strength in vulnerable pockets. Four Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) workers involved in the murder of 24-year-old Shyam Prasad were arrested under sections 302 (read with 34) and 341 of IPC and produced before a Judicial Magistrate courtwhich remanded them to 14 days judicial custody, police said. Police suspected that the killing could be a sequel to a clashbetween workers of the SDPI and BJP-RSS combine last week in the area. Meanwhile, the funeral of the deceased took place in his native village near Koothuparamba this evening amidst police bandhobust. Shyam Prasad, an ITI student and member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad was hacked to death by a three-member gang .
Kamala Mills fire: Yug Tuli's police custody extended
The police custody of Yug Tuli, one of the owners of Mojo's Bistro, has been extended till January 22 by the Bhoiwada Court in connection with the Kamala Mills fire.Tuli, who was arrested by the Mumbai police on January 16, was sent to police custody until today by the Bhoiwada Court.After evading arrest in the case for days, Tuli had surrendered before the Mumbai Police, saying that he surrendered as his bail plea got rejected.The Mumbai Police had earlier said that Tuli, who was allegedly absconding, was seen in Hyderabad, while his four-wheeler was seized from his grandfather's place.Yug Pathak, another owner of the restaurant and the son of former Pune police commissioner K K Pathak, was also arrested in connection with the case.Around 14 people were killed and 12 suffered critical injuries in the massive fire that broke out at the Kamala Mills compound in Lower Parel locality in Mumbai in the wee hours of December 29.
Bajrang Dal activist held on charge of kidnapping girl
A Bajrang Dal activist here has been arrested on the charge of kidnapping a girl from Mumbai, who had allegedly eloped from here with a Muslim man and married him last year. The girls husband Mohammed Iqbal Choudhary had filed a habeas corpus petition in the Bombay High Court a few days after she was allegedly abducted from Mumbai. Police said Bajranj Dal activist Sunil Pumpwell was arrested by Mumbai police on January 18. He allegedly brought the girl along with her parents from Mumbai to Mangaluru in a car in the second week of last month. Sangh Parivar outfits alleged that the girls elopement was part of Love Jihad.' They had submitted a memorandum to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seeking her intervention on the issue when she visited the city on December 29. The girl, daughter of a Sangh outfit leader, had been staying in a rented house within Mangaluru East police stationlimits. Chaudhary had befriended her on social media three years back. They fell in love ...