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Ponzi scam: SIT raids IMA Jewels head office in Bengaluru
A team of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police conducted a search at I Monetary Advisory (IMA) Jewels head office in Shivaji Nagar area here on Thursday in connection with the multi-crore ponzi scam.The IMA Jewels is embroiled in a case where the firm had allegedly cheated a large number of investors after promising them impressive returns on their deposits.IMA Jewels auditor Iqbal Khan was arrested by the SIT in connection with the Ponzi scam in Bengaluru on Thursday. Khan, a resident of Frazer town, has been the auditor of IMA for many years.An 11-member SIT headed by DIG BR Ravikanthe Gowda was formed by the Karnataka government to probe the alleged fraud by the firm, which has an estimated Rs 200 crore investment from Muslim women alone.The SIT on Wednesday had arrested seven directors of different entities linked to IMA founder Mansoor Khan, who is accused of allegedly perpetrating financial fraud in Bengaluru.The accused directors are - Nizamuddin, Nasir ...
Three held for attack on cast, crew of ALTBalaji show
Three persons have been arrested in connection with the attack on the cast and crew of ALTBalaji's under-production show "Fixer" in neighbouring Thane district, a senior police official said Thursday. Some team members of the web series on Thursday also met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who assured that strict action will be taken against the culprits. According to a police official, there was a dispute over selection of a spot for the shoot, following which some men attacked the show's crew members while they were shooting at a set located on Ghodbunder Road in Thane on Tuesday. Later, the show's assistant director lodged a complaint following which three men - Krishna Sonar, Sonu Das and Suraj Gupta - were arrested on Wednesday, Kasarwadavali police station's senior inspector K Khairnar said. The accused have been booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 326 (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 143 (unlawful assembly) as ..
Indian man, wife torture, starve mother to death in Dubai
An Indian couple has been charged at a Dubai court with physically assaulting the man's elderly mother, causing her bone and rib fractures, internal bleeding and starving her to death, according to a media report. According to the Gulf News, the 29-year-old man and his 28-year-old wife, whose identity have not been revealed, tortured the woman repeatedly and they even cut her right eye iris out and part of her other eye, the Court of First Instance heard. The torture is believed to have lasted from July 2018 till October 2018. A forensic doctor said that the woman weighed just 29 kg at the time of her death, the report said. "She was tortured repeatedly over a short span of time. Burns covered 10 per cent of her body. The bone and rib fractures, internal bleeding, beating with different tools, burns, negligence and starvation have all led to the deterioration of her health condition," the doctor said. According to a hospital certificate, the woman died on October 31, 2018. The couple .
Ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhat imprisoned for life in 1990 custodial death case
A Gujarat court on Thursday sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to life imprisonment in a custodial death case dating back to 1990.The Jamnagar Sessions Court charged Bhatt under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code which deals with punishment for murder."After the complete trial in 1990 Jam Jodhpur custodial death case, Jamnagar Sessions Court today booked accused Sanjeev Bhatt and Pravinsinh Jhala under section 302 while the others are booked for torturing. For IPC 302 minimum punishment is life imprisonment and the maximum is death," public prosecutor Tushar Gokani told media after the hearing.The case pertains to the death of a man named Prabhudas Madhavji Vaishnani who died on 11 November 1990, allegedly due to torture in police custody.He was among the 133 people detained after communal riots plagued the Jam Jodhpur village ahead of BJP veteran LK Advani's rath yatra.Bhatt was posted as the Additional Superintendent of Police in Gujarat's Jamnagar when the incident took ...
Mumbai police serve notice on Ker CPI(M) chief's son in rape case
The Mumbai Police Thursday served a notice on Binoy Kodiyeri, elder son of Kerala CPI(M) state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, asking him to appear before the investigating officers within 72 hours in a rape and cheating case against him, police said. Two Mumbai police officials along with two local police personnel went to Binoy's ancestral home in Kannur district's Thiruvangad this morning to serve him the notice, but he was not at home, they said. The notice was handed over to his relatives there, police sources said. The Mumbai police team had arrived in Kannur on Wednesday as part of the investigation into the complaint lodged against Binoy by a 33-year-old woman from Bihar. The Mumbai police personnel, Sub-Inspector Vinayak Jadav and Dayanand Pawar, had met Kannur Superintendent of Police Prateesh Kumar here. Jadav had later told media personnel that they had not been able to get in touch with Binoy as his phone was switched off. The complainant has alleged she had got ...
Telangana: One arrested with 100 kg cannabis
One person was arrested by Telangana police and 100 kg cannabis seized from his possession.The police acting on credible tip-off arrested Vonapuram Rajender (35) on Wednesday.According to Assistant Commissioner Police (ACP) of Miyapur Division, S Ravi Kumar, the accused was nabbed while transporting the seized cannabis to Hyderabad from Andhra Pradesh's Tuni in a car.The accused had bought the seized cannabis from a person named Chennaiah based in Andhra Pradesh and was on his way to hand it over to another person named Pradeep in Hyderabad for selling to customers, the senior police officer added.The police have taken Rajender into custody while efforts are being made to nab Chennaiah and Pradeep.A case has been registered against him under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Witness: Navy SEAL called dead prisoner an 'ISIS dirtbag'
A decorated Navy SEAL suddenly plunged a knife into the neck of a wounded young Islamic State prisoner, killing him, and later scoffed that he was "just an ISIS dirtbag," former comrades testified at a war crimes trial. Dylan Dille and Craig Miller took the stand Wednesday at the San Diego court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, who has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder stemming from his 2017 tour of duty in Iraq. More former SEALs were expected to testify on Thursday in a case that has drawn the attention of President Donald Trump and revealed a rare rift in the typically tightknit elite special forces. Testifying on the second day of trial, Dille said when a radio call announced the prisoner was wounded on May 3, 2017, Gallagher replied: "Don't touch him, he's all mine." The captive was on the hood of a Humvee fading in an out of consciousness with only a minor leg wound visible when Iraqi forces delivered him to a SEAL compound in Mosul. Dille ...
BJP worker's killing: Cong leader gets anticipatory bail
A Maharashtra court has granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Hidayat Patel in connection with the killing of a BJP worker in Akola district last month. Akot sessions court judge Manish Ganorkar on Wednesday granted protection from arrest to Patel, who was absconding since the incident took place on May 24. The Congress leader contested the Lok Sabha polls held this year from Akola seat but lost to BJP's Sanjay Dhotre. Mateen Patel (48), a BJP minority cell worker, was killed and his brother injured at Mohalla village in Akola on May 24 after allegedly being beaten up by a group of persons following an argument over the Lok Sabha polls. The victim had a dispute with a group of people from his community but belonging to a rival political party. Following the incident, 10 people, including Hidayat Patel were booked under various Indian Penal Code sections, including 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 452 (house- trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or ...
Indian man, wife tortures, starves mother to death in Dubai
A 29-year-old Indian man and his wife have been charged in a court here with physically assaulting his mother, causing her bone and rib fractures, internal bleeding as well as severe burns and unintentionally causing her death, according to a media report. The man and his 28-year-old wife, whose identity have not been revealed, tortured the elderly woman repeatedly and they even cut her right eye iris out and part of her other eye, the Court of First Instance heard. The torture is believed to have lasted from July 2018 till October 2018. A forensic doctor said that the elderly woman weighed just 29 kg at the time of her death, the report added. The couple has been detained but they denied the charge. A case was registered at Al Qusais police station. The case was exposed by the couple's 54-year-old neighbour, who is a hospital employee, the report said. The Indian witness recounted how the man's wife visited her at her apartment in the same building. "She was then holding her ...
Khashoggi's killers will pay the price, says Turkish President
Shortly upon the release of a UN report regarding Jamal Khashoggi's killing, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that late journalist's killers "will pay the price.""(They will) pay the price and be held accountable," Anadolu Agency quoted Erdogan as saying during an event in Istanbul.Khashoggi, who worked as a journalist for The Washington Post, was killed after entering Saudi Arabia's consulate here in October last year.Even though Riyadh has outrightly rejected all allegations against it, Erdogan added that the Kingdom was guilty and had prior knowledge of the murder, as per the Turkish news agency.An independent investigation led by the UN extrajudicial executions investigator, Agnes Callamard, held Saudi Arabia responsible for the scribe's "extrajudicial killing."The report released on Wednesday revealed that the late Saudi Arabian journalist was the victim of a "deliberate, premeditated execution," according to CNN.The Kingdom has dismissed the report.While .
Police remand for Union Minister Prahlad Patel's son
Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel's son Prabal Patel on Wednesday was remanded to police custody for a day by a local court here on charges of attempt to murder and injuring five people in Madhya Pradesh.Prabal Singh Patel and his associates have been charged with abducting two youths, beating them up and firing shots following an altercation in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday."While Durgesh and Hamendra were taken into judicial remand till 1 July, Prabal Patel was taken into police remand for 24 hours," District official Pradeep Kumar Bhatele told media persons here.All the seven accused were presented before the magistrate court yesterday.The police on Tuesday arrested Prabal Patel and his cousin on charges of attempt to murder in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh."A clash took place between two groups on Monday night near Behli bazaar. After the fracas, a bullet was fired in which a man sustained injuries. They also beat a policeman. According ..
Bawana rape case: DCW issues notice to Maharshi Valmiki Hospital, Delhi Police
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday issued notices to the Medical Superintendent of Maharshi Valmiki Hospital and the city police in connection with the alleged sexual assault on a seven-year-old girl in Bawana.The girl was allegedly raped by a man in outer Delhi on Tuesday and was later shifted to Maharshi Valmiki Hospital in Rohini where doctors refused to treat her and referred her to another facility saying emergency services were closed. Following this, the crowd present in the hospital ransacked the premises. The situation turned so violent that the staff had to run to escape the angry mob.In the notice, the DCW said it has been brought to their notice that the Crisis Intervention Centre or Rape Crisis Cell Counselor of the Commission was not informed when the victim's statements were recorded by the police on June 18.Calling it a very serious matter, the Commission said it has learned that the victim was taken for medical examination where the facility of One-Stop
USA: Prosecutors find 'cult' leader guilty on multiple charges, including sex trafficking
Prosecutors in New York on Wednesday found the leader of an alleged "sex cult," Keith Raniere, guilty on seven charges including sex trafficking.The founder of an American self-help company called NXIVM, Raniere had pleaded not guilty to all the charges which are racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, forced labour conspiracy, sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and attempted sex trafficking, according to CNN.Prosecutors believe that NXIVM secretly housed a sex cult, which women were lured into. During a six-week long testimony at Brooklyn federal court, witnesses told a 16-person jury that they were pressured into having sex with Raniere and were "ceremonially" branded with the founder's initials in their lower bodies.Raniere's attorney, Marc Agnifilo, called their relationship with him as "consensual" during the proceedings. The secret group in the company was called "DOS" or "The Vow".Witnesses have also claimed that they were blackmailed into silence
Gurugram: 25-year-old man held for masturbating on woman at metro station
Haryana Police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly flashing and masturbating on a woman at Huda City Centre Metro Station.A case in this regard was registered on a complaint filed by a woman, who alleged that a man masturbated on her on the escalator leading out of the HUDA City Centre metro station on June 14.The accused has been identified as Dinesh (25), a resident of Gurugram.A case under 354-A and 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against the accused.The woman had approached the police through social media platforms Facebook Messenger and Twitter.In her message to police, the 29-year-old woman said: "I identified the culprit in the CCTV footage. I am yet to decide whether to file an FIR as I fear for my safety and fear the consequences."On Monday, the woman narrated the incident through a series of tweets and questioning the lax security for women at Metro stations. Later, she was asked by police to come to a police station to file a written ...
UK: 64-year-old man arrested in Emiliano Sala's death case
Authorities in the UK on Wednesday arrested a 64-year-old man in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, who lost his life after the plane he was travelling in crashed over the English Channel earlier this year.The elderly man was arrested "on suspicion of manslaughter by an unlawful act," according to CNN.Apart from Sala, 59-year-old David Ibbotson -- who was the single-turbine plane's pilot -- also lost his life in the crash which took place in January this year.The rising footballer was travelling from France's Nantes to Cardiff when the incident occurred. He had just signed with English Premier League club Cardiff City and was due to start practice after bidding farewell to his former FC Nantes teammates.His body was identified by British authorities in February after the submerged wreckage was retrieved. Local detectives launched investigations after his body was brought to Portland Port in Dorset on February 7.Quoting Detective Inspector Simon Huxter of .
White House area on lockdown, one held by Secret Services
The US Secret Services have put the White House area on lockdown after an individual "dropped a backpack" and "attempted to jump a bike rack" near the estate on Wednesday."At approximately 2:45 pm an individual dropped a backpack and attempted to jump a bike rack along the sidewalk on Pennsylvania Ave. The individual was immediately taken into custody by Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers," the service tweeted."Law enforcement officials are responding to the incident on the sidewalk of Pennsylvania Ave. Pedestrian traffic is closed along Pennsylvania Ave. between 15th and 17th streets to include Lafayette Park," they added.Several reports in US media suggest that a suspicious package was found near the White House, triggering the lockdown.US President Donald Trump was not at the White House when the incident occurred on Wednesday. He was travelling back from Florida, where he launched his reelection bid on Tuesday.
Nine-month-old raped, murdered in Telangana's Warangal
A 25-year-old man was held for allegedly raping and murdering nine-month-old girl here in Hanamkonda area of Warangal district on Tuesday."A 25-year-old man K Praveen kidnapped a nine-month-old girl while she was sleeping with her parents on the terrace on their residence. The accused took the toddler to an ideal place. Meanwhile, the victim's parents noticed that their daughter was missing and started searching for her in nearby places. Later, they saw the accused sexually assaulting their daughter," Sampath Rao, Circle Inspector of Hanmakonda Police Station, told ANI.The parents of the victim handed over the accused to the police. Soon after this, the girl was rushed to a local hospital where she was declared brought dead.While the accused is being sent to judicial remand, the deceased body has been shifted to a government hospital for post-mortem.A case has been registered under IPC sections of 376 and 366 and 5 r/w 6 of POCSO Act. Further investigation is underway.
Man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over Emiliano Sala death: police
A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, British police confirmed on Wednesday. The forward, 28, died when a plane carrying him and pilot David Ibbotson came down in the Channel on January 21, just days after he had joined Cardiff City from Nantes. "As a result of our enquiries we have today, Wednesday 19 June 2019, arrested a 64-year-old man from the North Yorkshire area on suspicion of manslaughter by an unlawful act," Detective Inspector Simon Huxter, of Dorset Police said in a statement. "He is assisting with our enquiries and has been released from custody under investigation." After a crowd-funded specialised search, Sala's body was recovered from the wreckage in February but Ibbotson's body has not been found.
PMLA case: Court orders Zakir Naik to appear before it on July 31
A special PMLA court here Wednesday ordered controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, accused of laundering money to the tune of Rs 193 crore, to personally appear before it on July 31. The court warned that if Naik fails to appear before it by July 31, a non-bailable warrant will be issued against him. PMLA court judge Prashant P Rajvaidya gave the order after taking cognisance of the supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against one of the accused in the case - Abul Sathak. Naik himself is absconding and is said to be in Malaysia. He was booked by the ED in 2016 based on a National Investigation Agency (NIA) FIR that was registered under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Minor raped inside Army's Eastern Command hq, accused held
A minor girl was raped inside the Fort William, Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarter here, and the accused was arrested, police said on Wednesday. The accused, a Group D staff of the Army, was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The alleged incident took place in the evening of Saturday inside the residence of the girl, the daughter of another employee of the Army, when her parents were not at home, police said. Their residence was located at Old Bapu Lane inside the Fort William. The accused fled after committing the crime and he was arrested on Tuesday night, police said. When produced before a local court, the accused was sent to police custody till June 24.