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Delhi man arrested after person he stood as surety for jumped bail: Police
A person has been arrested here after another man for whom he stood as surety jumped his bail, police said Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Omprakash Giri, a resident of KG Marg who used work as a driver at the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), they said. "Mohammad Sohail Khan (42), a resident of Harkesh Nagar, Okhla, was earlier arrested. Khan was granted bail and Giri stood as his surety. However, once the accused was granted bail, he did not appear in the court," Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), said. Later, when Giri was summoned, he went missing. The court got the bail documents verified and found that the pay slip submitted by Giri was forged, the officer said. During investigation, it was learnt that he was earlier working as a driver in TRAI and had mentioned his Ranchi's address in the documents, police said. However, Giri was apprehended and during interrogation, he revealed that he was involved in legal battle with his wife at ...
Two dead with single shot in Gr Noida: police
In what could be a scene from a blockbuster movie, albeit tragic, two men died of one gunshot when the bullet fired pierced through the body one of the victims and hit the other in Greater Noida, police said Wednesday. Ratan Singh, an elderly man, was shot dead by his nephew, Rohit, and his two accomplices in Khurshaidpura village late on April 21. The bullet Rohit fired punctured his uncle's chest and came out of his back to find its second target in Jai Prakash, one of Rohit's accomplices, said Vaibhav Krishna, Senior Superintendent of Police in Gautam Buddh Nagar after a detailed probe over 10 days. After the freak incident, Krishna said, locals had claimed that the killings were done by cattle lifters and it had panicked villagers. Police identified the other accomplice of Rohit as Vishal. Both are in their 20s. "Rohit was a nephew of Ratan Singh. He would often quarrel with his father and Ratan Singh's younger brother Indrapal Singh. Upset with his son, Indrapal had disowned ...
J-K: Police personnel shot at by terrorists in Srinagar
A police personnel was shot at by terrorists in the Khanyar area in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar area on Wednesday.The police personnel was later shifted to a hospital.More details are currently awaited in this regard.This comes days after three terrorists linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were arrested from Wathora area of Budgam district for allegedly attacking a police post in Srinagar.
Saradha chit fund case: SC to continue hearing matter on Thursday
The Supreme Court will continue hearing on Thursday plea of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking permission to arrest and custodial interrogation of former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for his alleged role in destructing evidence in Saradha chit fund case.A Bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi heard the arguments of the CBI and Kumar's counsel. As arguments remain inconclusive, the matter will again come up for hearing on Thursday.On Tuesday, the Bench had asked the CBI to show materials and satisfy the court on its plea for the custodial interrogation of Kumar.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the CBI on Thursday submitted few documents to the court on the issue.During the hearing, Mehta said that if there is a case of destruction of evidence, then let the law take its own course.Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing for Rajeev Kumar and state of West Bengal opposed the CBI's plea for Kumar's custodial interrogation.CBI has filed the plea .
Punjab: Three men nabbed with 600-gram heroin
The Ludhiana unit of Special Task Force (STF) has arrested three persons with 600 gram of heroin on Wednesday, police said."Police seized heroin from the car with Delhi's nameplate. The accused were used to supply heroin from the car only," said police.The accused have been identified as Harsimrat Singh (37) and Rakesh Kumar (30) residents of Machhiwara, Gurmukh Singh (31) resident of Ludhiana.A case has been registered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.Further action is being taken.
MCD staffer commits suicide by jumping on to Metro track
A man working as a Sanitary Inspector with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi committed suicide on Wednesday by jumping in front of a Metro train in Dwarka, said the police.
Four drug peddlers arrested in J-K: Police
Four alleged drug peddlers were held in Srinagar and Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. In Srinagar, two alleged drug peddlers were arrested from a police checkpoint following recovery of heroin and nearly Rs 2 lakh in cash from their car, officials said. "Police in its action targeting drug dealings in Srinagar has arrested two notorious drug peddlers at a checkpoint at Ram Munshi Bagh," a police spokesman said. He said the arrested persons were identified as Bashir Ahmad Gatoo of Pulwama and Numan Farooq Bhat of Channapora area of the city. "Officers at the checkpoint seized heroin and Rs1,99,400 in cash from them. A car has also been seized," he said. In Doda district, another two alleged drug peddlers were arrested and lodged in a jail for a month under preventive detention, police said. Mohammad Saleem and Asim Bhat, both residents of Kotli village, were arrested from Bhaderwah town of the district for their involvement in drug peddling and providing ...
Case against Tripura Cong vice-prez for sharing defamatory
The police in BJP-ruled Tripura on Wednesday registered a case against Congress vice-president Tapas Dey for sharing an alleged defamatory social media post related to Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and his wife. Two persons were already arrested for sharing the post and a local court on Wednesday extended police custody of one of them, freelance journalist Saikat Talapatra who was charged with criminal conspiracy and defamation. "We have registered a case against Tapas Dey in connection with a previous case against one Saikat Talapatra. Dey allegedly shared some fake news items about the CM. He has admitted having shared the news items," Deputy Inspector General Arindam Nath said. The DIG said police has not arrested Tapas Dey. "We are not in a hurry to arrest him. Our investigation officer will talk to him soon," Nath said. Dey said he had shared the 'news' and asked his friends to confirm it. "I have not passed any comment (on the post). If it is illegal, let the law .
24-year-old man was stabbed to death by father-in-law in south Delhi's Tigri
A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his father-in-law when the victim intervened in a fight between the accused and his wife in South Delhi's Tigri area, police said Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday night and the accused Narender Kumar has been arrested, they said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Vijay Kumar said they received information from Safdarjung Hospital regarding an injured man. It was later revealed that the victim Dev Kumar, a resident of Sukhdev Vihar, has succumbed to his injuries during treatment around 8 am Wednesday, the police officer said. During investigation, the victim's wife Bhagyashree said her father was drunk when he was fighting with her mother. When Dev Kumar intervened, the accused attacked him with a knife, the police officer said. Dev Kumar got married to Bhagyashree in December, 2018. They were on a visit to Bhagyashree's parents when the incident happened, police said.
Dy SP shot dead at his house
A deputy superintendent of police (DySP) was shot dead by an acquaintance at his house in Bhopal, police said late Wednesday evening. Goralal Ahirwar (61) was shot at his residence in Awadhpuri area, said Inspector General of Police Jaideep Prasad. Ahirwar was posted with the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID), he said. The accused was identified and efforts were on to arrest him, he said. A police source said the killing was the fall-out of an illicit relationship the deceased allegedly had with a woman, and further probe was on.
Sexual harassment allegations: CJI meets inquiry committee
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Wednesday met the three-member in-house committee looking into allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a former woman employee of the Supreme Court, an official source said. "A letter of request was issued to the Chief Justice of India asking him to meet the committee and he responded to it and he met the committee on this issue," the source said. The in-house inquiry committee is headed by Justice S A Bobde, who is the senior-most judge in the Supreme Court after the CJI, and its two other members are women judges of the apex court -- justices Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee. The woman, who levelled the allegations, walked out of the inquiry committee on Tuesday, raising objections over various issues, including denial of her lawyer's presence.
CBI charge sheets Abc Indya Networks, ex-Directors
The CBI has filed a charge sheet against private firm Abcindya Netrvorks Pvt Ltd and two of its former directors in a Rs 47.88 crore chit fund case in Odisha, the agency said on Wednesday.
Two African nationals arrested for drug smuggling
Two African nationals were arrested for allegedly smuggling cocaine, police said Wednesday. The accused were identified as Tine Mustafa (29) and Innocent Aghadiobi (40), both residing at Tilak Nagar, they said. The arrests were made following a tip-off that two African nationals, alleged to be members of an illegal drugs syndicate, would come to Dwarka with a consignment of cocaine, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) A K Singla said. Ninety gram cocaine was recovered from their possession, he said. Mustafa who belongs to Senegal in West Africa arrived in India two years ago. He wanted to start his garment business but failed, the police officer said. In the meantime, he met some Nigerian nationals and began peddling drugs, the senior officer said. Aghadiobi belongs to Ghana in West Africa and arrived in India about a year ago. He met Mustafa at a get-together and joined him in peddling drugs, he added. Police said they are verifying their passports, visa documents, source of ...
Shimla 'rape victim' retracts statement before magistrate
A 19-year-old girl who was allegedly raped inside a moving car here has retracted her allegations against the unidentified assailant, a police officer said on Wednesday. The "rape victim's" statement was recorded before the judicial magistrate on Tuesday under section 164 (5A) (a) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) 1973 in which she backtracked on her charges of kidnapping and rape levelled in the FIR registered at Dhalli Police Station on Sunday, the official said on the condition of anonymity. Shimla Superintendent of Police Omapati Jamwal told PTI that the probe by the 8-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Additional Superintendent of Police Parveer Thakur would continue. "We will take the case to the logical conclusion," he said. In her complaint, the woman had alleged that she was kidnapped by three persons on Sunday at around 10 pm and raped inside a moving vehicle on a 1.5 km stretch between Dhalli tunnel and Bhattakufer. However, in a press-note issued here ...
Three held for blackmail in Mathura
Three persons were arrested Wednesday for allegedly blackmailing a man in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, a police official said. The accused sent morphed, nude pictures of the victims to them along with a note demanding Rs 2 lakh or the photos would be uploaded online, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Singh. A mobile number would be mentioned in the note for further instructions on when, where and how to transfer the money, he said. While Harish and Sonu were nabbed from Jugal Ghat when they were waiting to receive the money, third accused Sohail was nabbed from Krishna Studio Guranagar in Vrindaban, Singh said. A pistol with two live cartridges, a knife, mobile, computer and colour printer were recovered from the accused, the officer added.
Maharashtra official gets three-year jail for accepting bribe
A Maharashtra government official has been sentenced to three years in jail by a special court here for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 in 2013 on behalf of his senior for extending an official favour to an employee of the Pune civic body. In his order, pronounced on April 30, the special Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court judge S J Biyani convicted Udaysingh Chouhan (48), who was posted as Desk Officer with the Urban Development Department (UDD) in Mumbai under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court, however, acquitted the then UDD deputy secretary Anandrao Jiwane and department clerk Subhash More of the bribery charges under the act. As per the prosecution, Chouhan had accepted Rs 50,000-bribe from the complainant, Laxman Damse, an employee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), in October 2013, on the behalf of Jiwane at Mantralaya (state secretariat) in Mumbai. Damse and others were suspended in 2012 for some irregularities, but were given a clean chit .
Man arrested for rape and killing of 12-year-old girl
A young man was arrested here Wednesday for allegedly raping and killing a 12-year-old girl. Avinash Sahu (18) was arrested for offences of rape and murder under the IPC and under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, police said. The girl was visiting a Jain temple with her 16-year-old aunt Tuesday evening when Sahu, who knew the latter, took the girl away to a secluded spot when the aunt was not around, police said. He allegedly raped the girl and then crushed her head with stones. After the girl's family filed a complaint, police nabbed Sahu Wednesday. Meanwhile, the BJP's candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency Pragya Singh Thakur lashed out at the Congress government in the state over the incident. She also took the victim's mother, who needed medical attention due to the trauma, to a hospital. "Beti (girl), we will take revenge," Thakur tweeted. "Law and order situation in the state is in disarray....Kamal Nath has become the ...
Laws should be caste neutral, says SC; reserves verdict on Centre's review plea
Laws in the country should be caste neutral and uniform, the Supreme Court said Wednesday. "Laws in the country should be uniform and cannot be for general category or SC/ST category," the top court said while reserving its verdict on the Centre's petition seeking review of its March 20, 2018 judgement which had virtually diluted provisions of arrest under the SC/ST Act. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit, after hearing the submissions of Attorney General K K Venugopal appearing for Centre, said it is reserving the verdict. At the outset, Venugopal said the whole March verdict was "problematic" and it should be reviewed by the court. Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the parties supporting the last year verdict, said that the Centre's review has become infructuous as Parliament has already passed the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 to neutralize the effects of the judgement. He sought stay of the Amendment ...
Mayapuri violence: Maken seeks NHRC action against erring officials who 'beat up' traders
Congress leader and party candidate from New Delhi constituency Ajay Maken Wednesday submitted a complaint to the NHRC, seeking action against erring officials for allegedly "beating up" local scrap dealers during a sealing drive in Mayapuri on April 13. In his compliant to NHRC Secretary General Jaideep Govind, the Congress leader alleged the agencies that conducted the sealing drive used excessive force against local traders, resulting in serious injuries to a number of people. "Workshop owners and workers were beaten up with shoes, slippers and rifle butts. This is a case of human rights violation. We have demanded an inquiry into the incident and action against the erring officials," he told reporters. "We have submitted video and pictorial evidence to buttress our claim," Maken said. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation, the Delhi Police, and Delhi Pollution Control Committee carried out the drive without any prior intimation, at a time when the traders were offering prayers on .
Man tries to kill self after girl rejects romantic advances
A 32-year-old man tried to commit suicide by slitting his throat with a knife on Wednesday after a girl whom he befriended on Facebook rebuffed his romantic advances, police said. Anil Sharma, from Haryana, became friends with a girl from Badkot and fell in love with her, Badkot Police Station SHO D S Kohli said. The man came to Badkot and asked the girl to meet him, but she refused to, police said. When Sharma insisted to meet, the girl reported the matter to the police, they said. Depressed, Sharma slit his throat with a knife, police said. The police found Sharma bleeding on the road and rushed him to a hospital where his condition was said to be "out of danger". A case was registered against Sharma under different sections of the Indian Penal Code, action will be initiated against him after he recovers, Uttarkashi SP Pankaj Bhatt said.