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Fifth suspect arrested in foiled French attack plot
French police arrested a 16-year-old in the eastern city of Strasbourg on Tuesday as part of an investigation into a suspected plot to attack security forces and possibly the presidential Elysee Palace, a judicial source told AFP. His arrest comes after three adults and another teenager were arrested on April 26 over plans to carry out what Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said would have been an "extremely violent terror attack". The attack was allegedly planned to coincide with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began in France on Monday, with officials saying the suspects had scouted out areas near the Elysee and a police station in the Parisian suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois. France's TF1 television said the fifth suspect was a high school student of Chechen origin who was arrested at his parents' home. "Intelligence services suspect he was supposed to publish a video claiming allegiance to Daesh on the group's behalf," TF1 reported, using an Arabic acronym for .
US returns USD 57m in 1MDB Hollywood money to Malaysia
Millions of dollars forfeited by the company behind the Leonardo DiCaprio film "Wolf of Wall Street" have been sent to a Malaysian account set up to recover money looted in a massive state fraud, officials said Tuesday. Billions of dollars were stolen from sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, allegedly by ex-prime minister Najib Razak and his cronies in a crime that stretched around the world. The US Department of Justice is in the process of seizing assets it says are linked to the scandal. It has now transferred funds that were handed over by Red Granite Pictures, the Hollywood production company behind the 2013 film about a massive stock market scam that netted its perpetrator millions of dollars. Malaysia's attorney-general Tommy Thomas said the money represented "the first instalment of funds recovered from asset seizures related to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)". The funds, totalling USD 57.04 million, were sent to an account specially set up to receive recovered 1MDB funds, he ...
SC in-house committee report clearing CJI should be made public: Ex-Information Commissioner
Former Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu has advocated making public the report of the Supreme Court's in-house inquiry committee which looked into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against the Chief Justice of India by a former woman employee of the apex court, saying the decision to withhold the finding "appears to have no reason or legal base". "The people of this country are informed that the in-house committee of Supreme Court consisting of three judges has cleared Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment allegations raised by a former employee claiming 'no substance' in the complaint," he said. According to the CJI and other dignitaries, there is a "larger conspiracy" behind this allegation, Acharyulu said. "...public interest gives rise to a right of public to know and hence the report should have been made public after redacting the details if need not be disclosed, especially in complaints like sexual harassment," he said. The three-member
ED attaches 'bribe' cash seized from former rail min Pawan Bansal's nephew
The Enforcement Directorate has attached cash worth Rs 89.68 lakh in a money laundering case involving the nephew of Congress leader and former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The ED said, in a statement, that it has issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to freeze the "bribe" money, which according to it was "proceeds of crime". The cash was allegedly seized by the CBI from the office of Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla in 2013 in a bribery and corruption case related to appointments at top positions in the railways. The ED filed a separate criminal case based on CBI's FIR and charge sheet against Railway Board Member (Staff) Mahesh Kumar, Vijay Singla, Sandeep Goyal and seven others. The agency said CBI's probe found that Mahesh Kumar, a 1975 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE), was posted as General Manager, Western Railways and he wanted to get himself appointed as Member (Electrical), Railway Board instead ..
Maha BJP member, kin surrender after assaulting, killing man
Three persons, including a BJP functionary, Tuesday surrendered in connection with the killing of an office-bearer of an educational institute in Maharashtra's Akola district, over 500 kilometres from here, police said. According to police, BJP youth wing state vice president Vikram alias Chhotu Gawande and his kin had attacked Kisanrao Hundiwale (50) over the issue of changing and adding names of some functionaries of the institute where the latter was a secretary. The incident happened on Monday at the public trust registration office at Nehru Park road in Akola, an official said. "Hundiwale was hit with a fire extinguisher on the head resulting in grievous injuries. Gawande, his father Shriram and brother Dhiraj fled after the incident. Hundiwale died on Monday after which we registered a murder case at Civil Line police station," he said. "All three accused surrendered on Tuesday morning," he added.
Custodial death in Kotkhai rape case: SC transfers case from Shimla to Chandigarh
The Supreme Court Tuesday transferred a case related to alleged custodial death of an accused in gang-rape and murder of a minor school girl in Himachal Pradesh's Kotkhai in 2017, from Shimla to Chandigarh. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi transferred the case to Chandigarh after the CBI and the accused said they have no objection if the case was transferred from Shimla. "We order transfer of the case to a competent CBI court in Chandigarh," the bench, which also comprised Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, said. The counsel appearing for the CBI informed the bench that charge sheet has been filed in the case against several police officials ranging from constable to former Inspector General of Police (IGP). The apex court had last month granted bail to former Himachal Pradesh IGP Zahur Haider Zaidi, an accused in the case, and said that it would later deal with the aspect of transferring the trial from a court in Himachal Pradesh. The top court had in November last
CBI books GST, Customs officials for facilitating gold smuggling in paste form
The CBI has booked three Customs and GST officials based in Bengaluru for allegedly helping smugglers bring gold from Dubai in the form of paste, officials said Tuesday. The agency had received information that DRI officials had intercepted six international passengers who were handing over smuggled gold to some receivers. During investigation, it was found that the gold was being smuggled in the form of paste, which was hidden in the waist belt by the couriers, the agency said. The CBI alleged that on October 14, 2018, six carriers brought 11 kilogram gold costing Rs 3.67 crore which was seized by the DRI officials. "It is learnt that the smugglers convert gold into powdered form and thereafter mix the gold with some substances and make it into a compound which physically will be in the form of a paste. The paste is hidden in the waist belt worn by the carriers," the agency alleged. It is alleged that Rajnish Kumar Saroh, Superintendent of Central Taxes, GST; Sudarshan Kumar, the ...
NAB summons Zardari on May 9 in fake accounts case
Pakistan's anti-corruption body on Tuesday summoned former President Asif Ali Zardari in the fake accounts case on May 9.
Noida: Six detained for misuse of red beacon
Six men who had placed a red beacon on their car to wield influence at a wedding were detained by police in Greater Noida on Tuesday, officials said. Red beacons, once seen as a symbol of VIPs, were banned across India in May 2017. "The six had parked their car with an illegal red beacon atop it. They were taking selfies when officials from the Badalpur police station detained them," Rajeev Kumar, circle officer, Greater Noida 3rd, said. Badalpur SHO Vijay Kumar said the six men were identified as Harsh, Shubham, Aazaad, Indraraj, Yatendra and Harendra. All of them are in the age group of 18 to 21 years. They were arrested from National Highway 91 around 1 pm, he said. Five of them hail from Delhi, while one is from Loni in Ghaziabad. They had come to attend a wedding in Dadri area of the district, the police said. "They claimed that they are students. Their claims are being verified. They told police that they had come for a wedding and wanted to wield influence over the guests and ..
2 including Sena corporator held for bribery in Maha
A Shiv Sena corporator was among two persons arrested in Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly demanding bribe from a man for allowing construction without due permissions at his home, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Tuesday. Corporator Kamlesh Bhoir (50), from the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation here, and private labour contractor Gorakh Thakur Sharma (48) allegedly demanded Rs 25,000 from the man, who was doing some construction work at his residence here without civic permissions, the ACB said in a release. The accused allegedly told the man that if he did not pay the money, they would lodge a complaint against him and get his construction razed, the ACB said. The man subsequently lodged a complaint with the ACB which laid a trap and caught Sharma while allegedly taking Rs 10,000 as first instalment of the bribe from him on behalf of the corporator on Monday, the anti-graft agency said. The ACB later also nabbed the corporator late in the night, ...
ED attaches properties worth Rs 89.68 lakh of Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday provisionally attached Rs 89.68 lakh under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a money laundering case involving nephew of Congress leader and former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.Bansal is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat.Further probe in the matter is underway.
SC adjourns till tomorrow hearing in 2017 SSC paper leak case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the 2017 SSC paper leak case till tomorrow as Prashant Bhushan, the lawyer for the petitioner, was absent.The matter had come up before a bench comprising Justices SA Bobde and N V Ramana.The examination papers of the Combined Graduate Level (CGL) held last year were allegedly leaked, leading to huge protests.The apex court had last month asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a detailed status report on the investigation into the caseOn March 14 last year, the CBI had registered a preliminary enquiry into the alleged irregularities in the test.The Staff Selection Commission had on February 24 last year issued a notice saying that due to "technical reasons", the exams held on February 21 would be re-conducted on March 9.
Nawaz Sharif to go back to jail as bail expires
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will return to jail later on Tuesday following the expiry of his six-week bail in a corruption case.
SC allows Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Congress leader Karti Chidambaram to travel to the UK and the US between May 9 and 21 and to Germany and Spain in June. The Enforcement Directorate is investigating Karti Chidambaram in criminal cases.
Women among 55 protesters detained for staging protest outside SC
Fifty-five protesters, mostly women lawyers and activists, were detained outside the Supreme Court here while they were agitating against the procedure adopted to deal with a sexual harassment case against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. Gogoi on Monday got a clean chit from the apex court's In-House Inquiry Committee which "has found no substance" in the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a former woman employee of the Supreme Court. Carrying banners which read - "No clean chit", "Supremacy of Rule of law must be maintained", "Be you ever so high, the law is above you", several women lawyers and activists staged a protest outside the Supreme Court raising objection to the clean chit given to Gogoi. Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Madhur Verma said, "There was heavy deployment of police around the area. Three men, including, fifty-two women protesters, were detained and taken to Mandir Marg police station," a senior police official said. The ...
Delhi court quashes FIR against Somnath Bharti in domestic violence case
A Delhi court on Tuesday quashed an FIR against AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in a domestic violence case filed by his wife Lipika Mitra.The Court accepted Somnath Bharti's plea to clear the criminal case after noting that Bharti and his wife are living happily together. The court also said that the woman has no objection if Bharti is cleared of the charges.Mitra had on June 10, 2015, filed a complaint against Bharti with Delhi Commission for Women following which an FIR was lodged by the police on September 9, 2015.The AAP MLA from Malviya Nagar Assembly faces allegations of trying to kill his wife and endangering the life of an unborn child which his wife was carrying by unleashing his dog on her.
Woman gangraped in Rajasthan, accused upload video on social media
A woman was allegedly raped by five persons in front of her husband in Rajasthan's Alwar district, police said Tuesday. The suspects also filmed the crime and uploaded the video on social media, they added. The incident took place on April 26 when the woman was travelling on a bike with her husband when the suspects stopped them on the Thanagazi-Alwar bypass and dragged the couple to an isolated area, where they allegedly raped the woman and threatened her husband with dire consequences, police said. "Two of the suspects were identified as Chotelal and Ashok. None of them could be arrested," they said. An FIR was lodged on May 2 under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and SC/ST Act against five accused and efforts are underway to nab them, police said.
Over 3 kg smuggled gold worth over Rs 1 cr seized in
Smuggled gold weighing over 3 kgs and valued at over Rs 1 crore has been seized at the international airport here in two separate cases, customs official said Tuesday. The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) had on May 5 intercepted a passenger, who arrived in the city from Singapore and found 33 gold biscuits weighing 3.3 kgs worth Rs 1.04 crore concealed in a tailor-made pouch wrapped around his waist and shoes. The man was arrested, they said. In another case, customs sleuths recovered 430.16 grams of smuggled gold worth Rs 13.57 lakh, which was concealed in the form of inner support frame of a trolley bag by a passenger who had arrived here from Dubai, they added.
Man held with heroin worth Rs 1.5 crore on Indo-Nepal border in Maharajganj
A man was arrested allegedly with 105 gram heroin, worth Rs 1.5 crore in grey market, on the Indo-Nepal border in Maharajganj district, an official said Tuesday. The Sashstra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel arrested the accused Bihari Lodhi at Sonauli check post here on Monday, SSB Company Commander Amit Kumar said. Lodhi is a resident of the district's Pharenda area, he said. A case has been registered against the accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS), the officer added.
Protect woman threatened for ties with man belonging to another caste: HC
The Bombay High Court directed the Pune Police on Tuesday to ensure safety of a 19-year-old law student and look into her allegations of facing threat to life due to her relationship with a man belonging to another caste. The petitioner, Priyanka Shete, approached the high court last week through her counsel Nitin Satpute. A vacation bench of Justices M S Karnik and R I Chagla directed the Talegaon MIDC police in Pune to look into Shete's complaint and take appropriate steps to ensure her safety. Shete, a second year law student, said in her petition that while she belonged to the Maratha community, she was in love with her coursemate Viraj Aghwade, who hailed from the Matang community, considered a "lower caste" in the state. As per Shete's plea, the man was from a "poor family" and her parents were against the inter-caste relationship and were threatening her that if she continued meeting Awghade, they will "kill both of them". Shete alleged that her parents had been ...