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Police probe fake passport, travel papers fraud
The Delhi Police and the intelligence agencies are investigating the suspected passport fraud as several cases of people travelling on fake documents from Jordan to India have surfaced.
Madras HC suggestion on consensual sex between minors hailed
The Madras High Court's suggestion to exclude consensual sex with girls above 16 from rigours of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been welcomed by legal experts.
Deb decries social media post claiming wife filed divorce suit
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has described as "deep rooted conspiracy" to tarnish his image a social media post claiming that his wife had filed a divorce suit in a Delhi court. Tripura Police on Friday registered a case against one person for allegedly writing the post which has gone viral. "This is a deep rooted conspiracy to tarnish my image. It is a baseless and motivated post which is in bad taste," a press statement issued late Friday night quoted Deb as saying. The chief minister's wife Niti Deb on Friday denied that she had filed any divorce suit and said "Rumours have no mouth, only dirty, filthy and sick minds...." Claiming that the post was aimed at "tarnishing" her image, she had urged people to "boycott" rumour mongers if they loved her and had faith on her. BJP spokesperson Dr Ashok Sinha demanded that the administration take strictest action against those involved in it. An Agartala resident has filed a case against the writer of the post ...
Bihar court summons Rahul Gandhi in defamation case
A Bihar court, here on Saturday, issued a summon to Congress President Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation case filed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi.
Assange lawyers file 'extortion' complaint in Spain court
Julian Assange's lawyers have filed a court complaint in Spain against a group of Spaniards they allege extorted the WikiLeaks founder and Ecuador's foreign ministry, a source in his defence team said Saturday. Assange, who for seven years lived holed up in London's Ecuadoran embassy where he had taken refuge to avoid extradition to Sweden on rape accusations, was arrested on April 11 after Quito terminated his asylum. The 47-year-old founder of WikiLeaks, which exposed everything from US military secrets to the wealthy's tax evasion, is now awaiting sentencing for breaching his British bail conditions in 2012. The source, who wished to remain anonymous, said the complaint was against "a group of Spaniards who allegedly engaged in extortion and the embassy's employees and Ecuador's foreign ministry." The source added an investigation was ongoing and alleged "espionage" in the embassy against Assange, refusing to give further details. According to Spanish media reports, four Spaniards .
Jet Airways employee commits suicide in Maha's Palghar
A senior technician with Jet Airways allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Palghar district due to depression as he was suffering from cancer, police said Saturday. Shailesh Singh (45) jumped off the terrace of his four-storeyed building in Nalasopara East on Friday afternoon, an official said. As per functionaries of Jet Airways Staff and Employees Association, however, Singh was facing "financial constraints" as employees of the grounded airline have not got salaries for a long time. "He was suffering from cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. Prime facie, it seems he was suffering from depression due to the ailment," the police official added. It was the first suicide of an employee since the airline suspended operations, these functionaries claimed. The deceased's son is also working in the operations department of the airline, they added. Singh is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. An accidental death case has been registered and a probe was .
Woman and her 'lover' accused of killing husband
Police in Maharashtra's Palghar district have registered a case against a woman and her lover for allegedly killing her husband and making it look like a suicide. Raoji Digha and Tara Vinod Pawar (22), the accused, are absconding, said district police spokesman Hemant Kumar Katkar Saturday. Raoji and Tara allegedly strangled Vinod at Mokhada village on the night of April 25 and 26 and afterwards hanged his body from a tree to make it appear like a suicide, he said. A case of murder under IPC section 302 has been registered against the duo at Mokhada police station, Katkar added.
Bank guard arrested for voyeurism by Goa Police
A security guard working at a nationalised bank was arrested on Saturday for using a mobile phone to record women using the toilet in the bank premises, police said.
Man held for killing uncle
A man was arrested for allegedly killing his uncle over the property issue in Sonipat district of Haryana, police said Saturday. Sanjay, 40, a resident of Sonipat, was arrested on Friday from Garhi Brahman village, they said. According to Gaurav Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North), "Police found a body of a man in the Munak canal, Haiderpur Water Treatment Plant, Rohini, on Monday". An electric cable was found wrapped around his neck and the post-mortem of the body was conducted at Baba Sahib Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini, he said. During investigation, the deceased was identified as Sunder, a resident of Sonipat, the DCP said. The investigations lead to the involvement of Sunder's nephew, Sanjay, for his murder, Sharma said. During interrogation, Sanjay disclosed that he ran a shop and Sunder used to harass his customers as he was alcoholic, the DCP said, adding he was "disturbed" due to the uncle's quarrelsome behaviour. It was also found that Sunder was living ...
Police lodges complaint against Gambhir for holding public meeting without permission
Police Saturday lodged a formal complaint against Gautam Gambhir, BJP's East Delhi Lok Sabha seat candidate, for allegedly holding a public meeting in Jangpura without prior permission from authorities, officials said. The complaint was lodged after East Delhi Returning Officer K Mahesh asked police to take action against the cricketer-turned politician for allegedly violating rules. "We have initiated action against Gautam Gambhir under sections 28/110 of the Delhi Police Act," Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast), said. Police have registered a "kalandra", which is a formal complaint lodged by police in a non-cognisable offence under the act which gives special power to the force, another officer said. Gambhir did not seek prior permission to hold a public meeting in Janpura on April 25, officials said. However, Delhi BJP spokesperson Harish Khurana claimed that permission was taken for Gambhir's event and it continued somewhat longer than the scheduled ...
Girl falls into neighbour's bathroom, survives on water for 4
A seven-year old girl at Makthal in Telangana survived on water for four days after accidentally falling into the bathroom of her neighbours locked house, police said Saturday. The girl was playing on the terrace of a house adjacent to her residence on April 20 and accidentally fell through a plastic net and landed inside the bathroom of their neighbour's house, they said. The girl's parents complained to the police that their daughter was missing. On April 24, the residents of the locked house returned and were shocked to find the girl lying unconscious in the bathroom and informed the police. She was taken to a hospital and was discharged after being given medical aid, the police said. The girl survived only on water available in the bathroom, they said. She did not sustain any injury in the fall as she fell on clothes hung on a rope, they added.
Complaint filed against Rahul Gandhi in Bihar court over 'Chowkidar chor hai' slogan
A complaint was filed against Rahul Gandhi in a local court on Saturday alleging that the Congress president's slogan 'chowkidar chor hai', which he made people chant at a rally in Samastipur district the previous day, was tantamount to sedition. The complainant Satyavrat, a local advocate, also named RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who shared the stage with Gandhi at the rally, as a co-accused in the complaint wherein he has named a couple of news channels and the District Magistrate concerned as witnesses. The complainant has sought registration of case under sections 124(A) and 505(1) of IPC which pertain to sedition and causing fear and alarm among public whereby any person may be induced to commit an offence against the state. The complaint was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magsitrate Shailendra Kumar Sharma and will be heard on April 29, the advocate said adding that he was deeply hurt when he watched Gandhi asking the crowd to chant the slogan. Gandhi has been using ...
Protestors demanding arrest of RSS leader's killers damage Kishtwar DC office
Protesters demanding the arrest of the killers of RSS leader Chandrakant Sharma on Saturday damaged the office of Deputy Commissioner Angrez Singh Rana.They also burnt the effigy of Governor Satya Pal Malik, expressing their angst against alleged police apathy in arresting those behind the killing of Sharma.They also demanded the immediate arrest of the killers of Anil Parihar, BJP leader, and his brother Ajit Parihar.Hundreds of people marched from the Police Chowk to the Mini Secretariat to register their protest against the alleged failure of the administration in nabbing the killers, said the eyewitnesses.RSS leader Chandrakant Sharma succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in the district on Tuesday. Chandrakant Sharma's personal security officer was shot dead in the incident.Security forces have carried out a flag march in the area and are monitoring the situation.
Mumbai woman tourist drowns in Himachal
A woman tourist from Mumbai drowned in the Beas river while four others were rescued after their raft capsized at a rapid in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu town on Saturday, police said.
Woman stabbed after foiling rape bid in Deoria
A 30-year-old woman was stabbed after foiling an alleged rape bid by a youth here, police said Saturday. A youth had barged into her house on Gorakhpur Road, where she lives with her two children, and tried to rape her on Thursday night, local police station incharge Yadvendra Pal said. When the woman resisted, the youth attacked her with a knife before fleeing. On hearing the woman's cries, the neighbours took her to a hospital, the officer said. "A case has been registered and an investigation is on," the officer added.
HC suggests amendments to POCSO Act over consensual sex after 16 years of age
Observing that relationship between a girl under 18 years of age and a teenage boy or little over the teenage years cannot be construed as "alien" or "unnatural", the Madras High Court suggested exclusion of consensual sex after 16 years of age from the purview of POCSO Act. Justice V Pathiban gave the suggestion on Friday during the hearing of a petition by Sabari who challenged his conviction and 10-year sentence by a Mahila court in Namakkal under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The petitioner was accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 17-year old girl. Suggesting amendments to the Act, the judge said, "Any consensual sex after the age of 16 or bodily contact or allied acts can be excluded from the rigorous provisions of the POCSO Act and such sexual assault, if it is so defined can be tried under more liberal provision, which can be introduced in the Act itself..." "The Act can be amended to the effect that the age of the offender ought ..
Woman found dead in Delhi's Dwarka; police suspect murder
Dead body of a 52-year-old-woman was recovered from her residence in Delhi's Dwarka on Friday, said Dwarka Police.The woman identified as Neenu Jain was the wife of a former Wing Commander, who is presently working as a commercial pilot in a private airline company.Neenu's son who works at a multi-national company lives in Noida, while her daughter stays in Goa.According to police, the woman was alone at the time of the incident.The family members of the deceased have claimed some cash and mobile phone is missing from the house.As per the preliminary investigation, the police have suspected this a case of murder.Police registered a murder case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and initiated the probe.More details are awaited.
Ex-IAF wing commander's wife found dead at her house in Dwarka
A 52-year-old wife of a former IAF wing commander was found dead at her house in Dwarka, police said Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Neenu Jain, they said. According to a senior police officer, the father of the deceased called her Thursday night and asked about her health as she was not well. He wanted to visit her but she refused, he said. On Friday morning, he again called her but she did not pick up the phone. Thereafter, her father and brother came to see her but noticed that the gate of the house was locked from outside, police said. They entered the house from her neighbour's side and saw Jain lying on floor unconscious, they said. They called police and rushed the woman to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead, police said, adding the call was received at around 9 am. A mobile phone, some cash and jewellery was found missing from the house, following which a case under sections 302 (murder) and 392 (robbery) of the Indian Penal Code has been ...
Nipsey Hussle death: Kerry Lathan breaks his silence over the shooting incident
Kerry Lathan, who got wounded during the shooting that led to the death of rapper Nipsey Hussle, finally broke his silence over the incident that took place earlier this month.According to CNN affiliate KCAL, the 56-year-old, is seeking medical aid after being one of the two men wounded in the shooting during which the 33-year-old music artist was killed.On Wednesday, Lathan appeared at a news conference in Los Angeles in a wheelchair.He revealed that he was at Hussle's 'The Marathon Clothing' store in Los Angeles to pick up an item of clothing when he heard sounds of bullet firing and how the bullets flew in the parking lot next to the shop."Nipsey told me that he would have the shirt that I needed next week and I said okay," Lathan said. "And as I turned it was all bad."Giving an update on his condition post the shooting, Lathan said, "I have a bullet in my back. Fragment in it broke off near my spine. They say if we take it out, there's a possibility you could be paralyzed."Lathan .
Pakistani national held for entering India illegally
A Pakistani national was apprehended from Kutch district of Gujarat for illegally entering India, the Border Security Force (BSF) has said. A BSF team held the man at 3.30 am on Friday, as soon as he sneaked into India, it said. "The man, identified as Tajgi Meghwal (28), a Pakistani Hindu, was apprehended from the Indo-Pak border near the border out post (BOP) called 'Jairaj' in Kutch district," the BSF said in a statement issued on Friday night. During his initial questioning, it came to light that Meghwal was from Kasba village in Nagarparkar taluka of Tharparkar district in Sindh province of Pakistan. He was found carrying a comb, a forceps clip and clothes, it said. After the questioning, he was handed over to Balasar police station in Rapar taluka in the district, the BSF said.