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Peru probes murders at world's highest gold mine
Police in the world's highest town are investigating the mysterious killing of seven men whose bodies were found with gunshot wounds inside a Peruvian gold mine. The prosecutors' office said in a statement Wednesday that they were "directing the first steps in the investigation to clarify the alleged murder of seven miners" at La Rinconada gold mine. Seven bodies with gunshot wounds to the head were discovered Monday by security guards inside a tunnel, located more than 5,000 meters (16,000 feet) above sea level. The mine's manager Policarpio Calla said none of the dead men were employed at the mine, where work had been suspended for the Easter holidays. Calla said the seven men could have entered the tunnel during the four-day holiday period to steal gold and clashed with another group. La Rinconada is the world's highest permanent settlement, perched atop Mount Ananea in the Peruvian Andes close to the Bolivian border. The population snowballed to around 50,000 during the 2000s when
El Salvador seizes properties in case against ex-president
Prosecutors in El Salvador have seized 61 properties linked to a massive corruption case against exiled former president Mauricio Funes, accused of embezzling USD 351 million from state coffers. State prosecutors Wednesday said they seized real estate worth over USD 24 million, including shops, offices, luxury homes and a ranch. "The properties are passing provisionally under the control of the state," the attorney general's office said in a statement. Nicaragua granted Funes and his family asylum in 2016, and this month refused a Salvadoran Supreme Court request to extradite the former president. Funes -- president of the Central American country from 2009 until 2014 -- had argued that he was the victim of political persecution. The real estate seized on Wednesday was held in the name of relatives, friends and former employees of the former president, including his girlfriend Ada Mitchell Guzman and business magnate Miguel Menendez. Prosecutors seized 24 other properties last year. ..
Seven, including 4 women arrested for kidnapping, selling children; 3 babies rescued
Seven members of a gang allegedly involved in kidnapping of children and selling them were arrested and three babies including a month-old girl were rescued from the buyers, police said Wednesday. Prime accused V Gangadhar Reddy along with six others, including four women, were nabbed from different parts of Andhra Pradesh by special teams of Hyderabad Police and based on their information three babies were rescued, they said. Apart from the infant girl, the two children were boys between two and two-and-a-half-years-old, police said. The accused kidnapped the three babies from different parts of Hyderabad and Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh between October 2018 and March this year and the babies were sold in the range of Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3.10 lakh, police said. According to Chandrayangutta Police Station Inspector G Koteshwar Rao, the accused were kidnapping the minor children and selling them to needy childless couples. The hunt is on to nab the other absconding accused, police ..
3 booked under POCSO at Bodh Gaya for molesting minor girl
Bihar Police has filed a case against three members of the Buddhist-Thai Bharat Society for allegedly sexually molesting a minor girl multiple times since January this year.A case has been registered under relevant section of IPC, POCSO Act and SC/ST Act on April 18 against the three persons."The case is being investigated. All three accused live in Bodh Gaya. The minor girl has been sent for a medical examination," said SSP Gaya Rajeev Mishra.The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) was established to protect children against offences like sexual abuse, sexual harassment and pornography.It was formed to provide a child-friendly system for trial underneath which the perpetrators could be punished. The Act defines a child as any person below 18 years of age.
5 arrested for duping 3 tribal youths by promising jobs
The Krishna Police Wednesday said it has arrested five journalists, working with a regional news channel, for allegedly cheating a group of tribal youths by promising them jobs in the Office of Capital Region Development Authority. Mylavaram Circle Inspector K Nageswara Rao said the five accused, who allegedly collected Rs 21 lakh from three tribal youths in 2014, were arrested Wednesday from a hotel under A Konduru police station limits. The accused allegedly promised them employment as Village Assistant and Land Executive in the CRDA. They also handed over a purported appointment letter to one of the victims, Bukhya Swamy of Deeplanagar in A Konduru Mandal, Krishna district, the CI said. Cheating cases have been registered against the accused earlier under the police limits of Nandigama and Kanchikacharla for similar offences, police said. The police have registered fresh cases against them and investigation is going on.
Persons seeking alms in Srinagar to be arrested
People found soliciting alms at public places in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital will be immediately arrested, it was ordered on Wednesday.
Madras HC for extending abortion window to 24 weeks
The Madras High court on Wednesday felt that an amendment is necessary in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, for extending the abortion window period from 20 weeks to 24 weeks. Justices N Kirubakaran and S S Sundar of the Madurai bench gave the observation while dealing with a PIL on the issue and posted the case for hearing on Jun 24. The judges said in case of rape victims, there was a chance for getting conceived and those unwanted foetus can be terminated only if the abortion window period is extended for 24 weeks. "By this the birth of unwanted children with stigma which are the result of rape and forced relationships against the wishes of the victims can be avoided. In the interest of the children, women and future generation," the amendment is necessary the judges said. The Doctors are also finding it very difficult to diagnose the abnormalities in the fetus within 20 weeks as the cases are reported very late, especially, in the rural areas, the Court said For ...
US diplomat pleads guilty in China spying case
A former US diplomat pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to investigators about money she received from Chinese intelligence agents in exchange for US documents, the Justice Department said. Candace Marie Claiborne, 63, was a Department of State office management specialist based in Beijing and Shanghai who became involved beginning in 2007 with two men the Justice Department said she knew were agents of China's Ministry of State Security. They gave her "tens of thousands" of dollars in cash and gifts in exchange for documents and information on State Department activities, it said. Claiborne was arrested two years ago following an investigation but was not charged with espionage. She admitted conspiracy to defraud the United States, lying to investigators and, as a government official with a high security clearance, illegally hiding her contacts with foreign agents. The conspiracy charge could carry up to five years in prison. "Candace Marie Claiborne traded her integrity and ...
CJI case: AG questions advocate over conspiracy claims
Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, during a hearing in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, queried advocate Utsav Bains on the authenticity of his claims in a Facebook post with regard to an alleged conspiracy against the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Ranjan Gogoi.
Four get life sentence in honour killing case
A local court Wednesday sentenced four people to life imprisonment for killing a Dalit man over a love affair in 2011. Special Judge V K Dwivedi convicted Amit (27), Hitesh (27), Kapil (26) and Prem Prakash (27) under Section 302 (murder) and other relevant sections of the IPC and awarded the sentence. Public Prosecutor Vishal Anand Shrivastava told reporters that the four men were found guilty of killing Rohit Sonkar (30), who belonged to the Scheduled Caste community, with knives near Ushaganj on May 28, 2011. According to the prosecutor, Sonkar was in love with Amit's sister. However, her family members were against it. Ultimately, Amit and his three friends hatched a conspiracy to kill the Dalit man. The prosecution had presented 22 witnesses before the court in the case.
Andhra student arrested for making derogatory video of KCR
The Telangana Police on Wednesday arrested a student from Andhra Pradesh for making and sharing online a "derogatory" video about Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao.
Ghaziabad techie who killed wife & kids arrested
Software engineer Sumit Kumar, who allegedly killed his wife and three children here last week, has been arrested from Karnataka, police said Wednesday. The Ghaziabad Police arrested Kumar with the help of the Udipi Police on Tuesday night. Three teams were deputed to nab him. On the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, Kumar had allegedly served sedative-laced drinks to his wife Anshu Bala (32), son Prathimesh (5), daughter Akriti and son Arav (twins aged 4 years) and then slit their throats, police had said. The bodies were found 22 hours after the incident, following a video posted by Kumar on his family WhatsApp group in which he admitted to the killings. Kumar had said in the video that he will commit suicide and had purchased poison. Kumar has confessed to the killings, DIG Upendra Agarwal said, adding the accused also told the police that he had purchased knife from a local market. He said the accused spilled the beans during interrogation after his arrest. "After killing .
Man gets 20-yr jail term for raping 3-yr-old
A special court Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years in jail here for raping a three-year-old girl after abducting her from home last September. The special court, set up under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences [POCSO] Act also imposed a fine of Rs 2.10 lakh on convict Ajay Rai alias Taxi, 25. Rai, a resident of Bangali Basti under Dadabari police station area of Kota city had on September 18 abducted the girl, sleeping in her home, when her parents were busy attending a navratri kirtan in a nearby temple, said Special Public Prosecutor Ritesh Mewara.
Sachin, Laxman served notice for conflict of interest
Mumbai Indians (MI) mentor Sachin Tendulkar and his Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) counterpart V.V.S. Laxman have been issued notices by BCCI Ombudsman D.K. Jain for alleged 'conflict of interest' in their involvement with the Indian Premier League teams as well as being a part of the still existing Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of the BCCI.
Man arrested in Dwarka for killing friend
A 22-year-old man was arrested from Dwarka's Najafgarh area for allegedly killing his friend over an old enmity, police said Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Neeraj alias Bandiya, a resident of Jhajjar district in Haryana, they said. According to a senior police officer, they received information on April 13 that one man had been shot near Ganda Nala Road towards Siddhipur Loha village. The deceased was identified as Tarun, a resident of Bahadurgarh in Haryana, who sustained gunshot injury on his chest and was brought dead at a hospital, police said. During investigation, police got a tip-off on Tuesday and arrested the accused from near Ganda Nala Road, Najafgarh, Anto Alphonse, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka), said. During interrogation, it was revealed that Neeraj, Tarun and other four accomplices had committed a robbery dacoity in 2017, wherein Neeraj was arrested, but he did not disclose Tarun's name to ensure that he would take care of his family during his .
3-year-old succumbs to injuries at AIIMS
A three-year-old child, who was run over and dragged by a car for almost 20 metres in northwest Delhi's Bharat Nagar on Monday, succumbed to injuries on Wednesday, police said. According to a senior police official, the accused driver, identified as Aas Mohammed (37), is the uncle of the deceased child Gulam. Police had earlier arrested the boy's uncle on charges of rash and negligent driving but he was granted bail. The incident occurred at 5.17 pm on Monday when Mohammed, who is a paint contractor, dropped Gulam to his home. After dropping off Gulam, Mohammed received a phone call. Mohammed thought Gulam had crossed the road and started driving however the boy came under the car, police said. Gulam was dragged for at least 20 metres, before passersby signalled Mohammed to stop. The child was rushed to a nearby hospital where his condition was said to be critical and later shifted to AIIMS. A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at Bharat Nagar ...
Rohit had an unhappy life, wanted divorce from his wife: Lawyer who fought his paternity suit
Vedanta Verma, the lawyer who fought the long battle of Rohit Shekar Tiwari's paternity suit, said he was contemplating divorce from his wife and rued that he did not find happiness even after his legal worries were over. Rohit Shekhar, who was allegedly strangulated and smothered to death by his wife Apoorva, had approached Verma to seek his advice for filing a divorce case. The lawyer expressed sadness at the fact that Rohit Shekhar had a difficult life and his worries continued even after he was accepted by former Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand chief minister N D Tiwari as his son. "Rohit had a difficult life. He faced the stigma of being called an illegitimate son. His legal journey was path-breaking. The judgement he had will forever be a testimony to his journey. However, this had impacted his life. Once his legal worries were over, I had hoped that he would lead a happy life. Unfortunately, today he is dead and was allegedly killed by his wife," Verma told PTI. The couple had a .
Woman, lover held for abusing police
A 35-year-old woman and her lover were arrested here in Maharashtra for allegedly abusing police personnel, an official said Wednesday. According to police, the woman, who was heavily drunk, had created a ruckus at a housing society in the wee hours, and a police team was sent to the spot. After seeing the police personnel, the woman argued with them and also abused them, the official said. When the duo were taken to Kapurbawdi police station, the woman once again abused the police personnel, he said. She also threatened to harm herself and blame it on police personnel, he said. The duo were booked under various sections of the IPC and arrested.
Woman's torso in drum: Police arrest her husband from Kolkata
Police have cracked the brutal murder of a woman whose torso was found dumped in a drum in Bhiwandi in Thane district of Maharashtra by arresting her powerloom worker husband from Kolkata, an official said Wednesday. The highly decomposed torso was found on April 13 in a plastic drum. According to the official, the accused, identified as Hamid Sardar killed his wife Sabina Bibi Sardar because he disapproved her working in a bar. Both are residents of Bhiwandi. A release stated that police traced the origin of the drum to Palghar and tracked its buyer, a scrap dealer, with the help of its batch number. "Police then secured CCTV footage of the buyer of the drum at the scrap dealer's workshop, and subsequently traced him in West Bengal," it stated. The buyer was identified as Hamid, it said. The accused was planning to flee to Nepal from Kolkata where he was arrested. According to police, Hamid killed his wife on the intervening night of April 10 and April 11, when she was ..
Over 1 kg gold seized in 3 separate cases at Chennai airport
More than one kg of gold worth Rs 44.4 lakh was seized in three separate cases at the International airport here and one person arrested, the customs department said Wednesday. Two persons, who arrived by separate flights from Dubai and Colombo, were caught carrying 190 grams of gold and 202 grams respectively. One of them had concealed 130 grams in his rectum, while the other also adopted the same mode, a customs release said. In the other case, one person who arrived from Muscat was found carrying 972 grams of gold. The man concealed the gold in a specially designed cotton belt that was tied over his innerwear, the release said.