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Second man dies after shooting outside Australian nightclub
A second victim of a drive-by shooting outside a popular nightclub in Melbourne has died, as police look at the possible involvement of motorbike or crime groups in the attack, media report. The nightclub patron -- named in local reports as 28-year-old Richard Arow -- died on Friday, police said. Six people -- five men and a woman -- were injured in the shooting that occurred outside the Love Machine club in the trendy inner-city suburb of Prahran last Sunday morning, investigators said. A 37-year-old security guard, named by local media as Aaron Khalid Osmani, died on the same day in hospital. Police added in a statement Saturday that they were continuing to investigate the incident. Melbourne's The Age newspaper said police were looking into whether motorcycle or other crime groups were behind the killings, adding that patrons and staff had been threatened by gang members in recent months. "Clearly tensions are escalating. We think this is a specific, targeted attack but we do not ..
One dead after consuming spurious liquor in UP
One person died and another fell ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Miranpur town here, police said Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday evening. Police have registered a case against two liquor shop owners -- Tillu and Gullu, SP (Rural) Alok Sharma said, adding that efforts were underway to nab them. Meanwhile, the deceased's family and neighbours staged a dharna here demanding immediate arrest of the two liquor shop owners.
Woman kidnapped, raped by 4 men in UP's Muzaffarnagar
A 23-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped by four men here, police said Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday in Jhaberpur village which comes under the jurisdiction of Purkazi police station. According to a complaint lodged by the woman's family, she was kidnapped by the four men in a car who took her to a nearby sugarcane field and raped her, said SSP Virender Singh. The accused had also recorded the act, he said, adding that a probe into the matter was underway.
Peruvian court orders jail for former President Kuczynski
Peru's former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was handed a 36-month-long preventive prison sentence by a judge for his alleged involvement in a corruption case.Kuczynski, who served as Peru's President from 2016 to 2018, was detained on April 10, as part of an ongoing investigation into bribery charges against Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.The company allegedly bribed government officials in exchange for favours, according to Xinhua.According to Peru's judicial authority, the former Peruvian President "is being investigated for money laundering...being a part of a criminal organisation."The sentencing comes in the wake of two-time former President Alan Garcia committing suicide as police sought to arrest him on similar charges related to Odebrecht bribery case.Since 2017, Kuczynski is being investigated for accepting payments from Odebrecht, during his tenure as the minister of economy and finance under former President Alejandro Toledo, for his services as a ...
Man shot following argument in Rohini
A 25-year-old money collection agent was shot at thrice by a customer's son following an argument in Rohini's Aman Vihar area on Saturday, police said. The incident occurred on Saturday when the man had gone to collect monthly installment of Rs 1,400 from the customer whose two sons got into an argument with him, they said. During the argument, one of the sons shot the man three times. He was rushed to Baba Saheb Ambedkar hospital where he is under treatment and said to be critical, police said. A case was registered and efforts are being made to nab the accused who are on the run, a senior police officer said. The victim, Shubham, works for a private insurance company based in Delhi's Shadipur, a senior police officer said. Police are trying to trace the suspects who are currently absconding. A crime and forensics team was also rushed to the spot, they said, adding they are also checking CCTV footage to establish the sequence of events.
Boy critically injured in celebratory firing
In a case of suspected celebratory firing, a 12-year-old boy was critically injured after allegedly being hit by a bullet during a wedding procession in Rohini Saturday night, police said. The incident took place around 9 pm in Rithala when the boy was standing in the balcony of his third-floor house to watch the wedding procession that was passing by on the street outside, they said. Someone from the groom's side opened fire and a bullet hit the boy in his head, police said. He was rushed to Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital by his family members, where from he was referred to a private hospital, a senior police officer said. He is said to be critical, he added. Police officials visited the spot and identified the suspect who fired the gun, he said. Efforts are on to nab the man, police said, adding a case has been registered.
Man wanted in murder case arrested
A man wanted in a murder case and evading arrest since last year was held, police said Saturday. Rajender, a resident of Sangam Vihar, was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest, they said. He was accused of killing Sanjay Chawla (47), a resident of Malviya Nagar, in February 8 last year, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ram Gopal Naik said. During investigation, it was revealed that the deceased was a financer and used to provide loan against interest on monthly basis, Naik said Thereafter, three men -- Manjot Singh, Dinesh, Vickey and Rohit Thakur -- were arrested while one juvenile was apprehended on March 14, 2018, the DCP said. However, the main accused, Rajender, was absconding, police said. He was arrested following a tip-off on Friday from near Tuglakabad Fort, the DCP said. During interrogation, it was revealed that Manjot Singh took a loan of Rs 52 lakh from Chawla. When he was unable to pay the interest, Chawla repeatedly insulted him and he decided to take ...
British cyber expert pleads guilty to creating malware
A British cybersecurity researcher credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus has pleaded guilty to developing malware to steal banking information. Federal prosecutors in Wisconsin and Marcus Hutchins' attorneys said in a joint court filing Friday that the 24-year-old agreed to plead guilty to developing malware called Kronos and conspiring to distribute it from 2012 to 2015. In exchange for his plea to those charges, prosecutors dismissed eight more. "As you may be aware, I've pleaded guilty to two charges related to writing malware in the years prior to my career in security," Hutchins said in a statement on his website. "I regret these actions and accept full responsibility for my mistakes. Having grown up, I've since been using the same skills that I misused several years ago for constructive purposes. I will continue to devote my time to keeping people safe from malware attacks." Hutchins faces up 10 years in prison but could receive a more lenient sentence for accepting .
NIA searches 3 locations in Hyderabad, Wardha, nabs 4
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday carried out searches at three places here and at one place in Maharashtra's Wardha district in connection with an ISIS module case.In 2016, NIA had filed a charge-sheet in the case and had named three persons as accused in the case.The agency nabbed four accused and recovered 13 mobile phones, 11 SIM cards, one iPad, two laptops, one external hard disk, six pen drives, 6 SD cards, three Kenwood Walkie Talkie sets and other incriminating material from their possession."Questioning of the four suspects and the further investigation in the case are underway," the agency said in a statement.In 2016, NIA had filed a charge-sheet in the case and had named three persons as accused in the case.The arrested accused included Sheikh Azhar ul Islam, Adnan Hassan, and Mohammed Farhan Shaikh.The charge-sheet said: "The investigation has disclosed that in furtherance of larger criminal conspiracy by the accused persons in connivance with others, ...
Court for probe into branding of 'OM' on Tihar inmate
A Delhi court has issued notice to DGP Prisons after an inmate at Tihar Jail was forcibly branded with 'OM' symbol on his back and was also allegedly deprived of food for two days.
Sexual harassment charges against CJI must be probed from perspective of both sides: Cong MP
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Gowda said the sexual harassment allegations levelled against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi needs to be investigated from the perspective of both the sides. It is imperative that justice is done to all parties concerned, appropriate procedures are followed and investigation conducted into the CJI's concern that there is some bigger force involved, he told reporters here. A former Supreme Court staffer has alleged that she was removed from service after she rebuffed Gogoi's "sexual advances". The chief justice convened an extraordinary hearing at the Supreme Court Saturday during which he asserted that the charges by a former apex court staffer were "unbelievable" and part of a conspiracy by some "bigger force" to "deactivate" the CJI's office. Gowda said this is a very serious development and the issue of sexual harassment is of very serious concern.There is a need to better understand what exactly has happened, he said. It should be ensured that ..
Crime branch officials question wife, family members of Rohit Shekar
The Delhi Police Crime Branch Saturday questioned the wife and family members of Rohit Shekar into his unnatural death case. Crime Branch officials questioned Shekar's wife Apoorva for over eight hours, sources said. She was questioned about her entry in their Defence colony residence, her schedule -- what she did during the day and why she did not find it odd when Shekar was sleeping throughout the day, they said. Shekar's brother Siddharth and househelps -- Martha and Golu -- were also questioned since they, too, were present at his residence at the time of his death, the sources said. The officials suspect that an insider was involved in the murder, they said. The Delhi Police had Thursday registered a case of murder into the death of Shekhar, 40, hours after his autopsy report stated that he died of asphyxia due to strangulation. Shekhar, son of late Uttarakhand chief minister ND Tiwari, was brought to Max Hospital in south Delhi around 5 pm on Tuesday in an ambulance and doctors .
Man shot dead by unidentified bike-borne men in outer Delhi
A 45-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by unidentified bike-borne men in outer Delhi's Bawana area, police said Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Narender, a resident of Bajitpur village in outer Delhi. He was previously wanted in two cases of robbery and lodged in jail for a brief time, they said. The incident took place late Friday night when unidentified bike-borne men called Narender on the pretext of asking directions and then gave him a mobile phone to talk to someone, the police said. Narender exchanged heated arguments with the caller and as soon as he cut the call and returned the mobile phone to bikers, they opened fire at him before fleeing from the spot. It is suspected that he was shot five times, they said. Police reached the spot and rushed him to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, they added. The body has been sent for post-mortem and the autopsy report will ascertain the number of bullets shot leading to his death, the officer said. Police .
Former SC judges J Chelameswar, M B Lokur refuse to comment on controversy surrounding CJI Gogoi
Former Supreme Court judge J Chelameswar, who along with three senior-most judges held the unprecedented January 12, 2018 press conference, on Saturday refused to be drawn into the controversy surrounding allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The four judges, including Justice Gogoi, had virtually revolted against the then CJI Dipak Misra by levelling litany of allegations. "I do not have any comment to make. Why should I (make comment)," Justice (retd) Chelameswar told PTI over phone. When contacted, the retired judge said many people are asking for his reaction on the development but he has refused to express his views. Justice (retd) Madan B Lokur, who was also the part of the controversial presser long with Justice (retd) Kurian Joseph, too refrained from making any comments on the issue saying he was away from the national capital. "I am in Bombay and I will not speak to you now," Justice (retd) Lokur said. An attempt was also made to contact ...
Three arrested for killing man in outer Delhi over enmity with his brother
Three men were arrested for allegedly killing a 28-year-old man over enmity with his brother in outer Delhi's Narela area, police said Saturday. The accused were identified as Sandeep Rana (22), Sankit (25) and Ravi (22) all residents of Khera Kalan, they said, adding efforts are being made to trace the hideouts of other accused involved in the case. On April 16, Ravinder was shot dead by some unidentified assailants near Khera Kalan canal following which he was rushed to Maharaja Agarsen hospital where he was declared brought dead, police said. The arrested trio disclosed that they along with one of their associate who is absconding opened fire on Ravinder when he was going towards Khera canal, Gaurav Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (outer north) said. During investigation, three pistols along with 11 live cartridges have been recovered from the accused, he said. It was also revealed that deceased had also been arrested by Delhi police in various offences in different police ..
Two arrested for robbing ATM kiosks in Delhi-NCR
Two Mewat-based men were arrested for allegedly robbing ATM kiosks in Delhi-NCR, police said Saturday. With the arrest, police claimed to have solved almost a dozen cases, they said, adding the accused had recently fled away with an entire ATM machine in Delhi. Ajeez (25) and Saddam (23), both natives of Mewat's Nuh district in Haryana, were arrested following a tip-off on Friday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Vijay Kumar said. During interrogation, the two disclosed that they, along with their associates, used to cut ATMs in Delhi and Haryana by using gas cutter and other tools and took away cash. They also confessed to fleeing with an ATM by using a thick long rope, he said. Within two months, the gang have robbed several ATMs from Haryana's Sonipat, Badli, Kalanaur and Charkhi Dadri areas, he added. On their instance, Rs 1 lakh 37 thousand was recovered in cash, the police said, adding the accused have been involved in many cases previously.
Indira Jaising questions AG's appearance in hearing on CJI's sexual harassment allegations
Senior advocate Indira Jaising on Saturday questioned why Attorney General K K Venugopal appeared in the Supreme Court during the hearing on the sexual harassment allegation against the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. Jaising, founder of The Leaflet that was among the four portals which reported the allegation against the CJI prompting the extraordinary hearing, suggested that Justice Gogoi should withdraw from hearing any matter related to the government. In a series of tweets, Jaising, who was additional solicitor general during the UPA-II regime, asked since the "government has so vociferously defended the Chief Justice of India, should he not recuse from hearing any cases relating to the government?" "What have the allegations of sexual harassment by a dismissed woman employee of the SC got to do with the Government of India ? Why should the Attorney General for India appear is such a case?" she tweeted. She said, "It is not for us to say whether the allegations against the ..
Police seek cancellation of bail of woman in CJI case
The woman, who has leveled sexual harassment allegation against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, is undergoing trial in a bribery and criminal conspiracy case, officials said on Saturday.
3 drug peddlers held with30 kg ganja in Ghaziabad
Three drug peddler were arrested on Saturday and over 30 kg of ganja was seized from them, police said. During patrolling on Saturday morning, a police party frisked four men who were exchanging bags near Dabur tri-section, one of the them dropped his bag and fled from the spot while the other three were arrested, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Aparna Gautam said. Ganja was recovered from the confiscated bag, she added. During preliminary investigation, it was found that the ganja was bought from Odisha to be sold here and weighted 30.1 kg, they said. The arrested accused were identified as Aman Nayak, Jai Kumar alias Jai Odisha, both suppliers and native of Odisha and one buyer identified as Abhishek from Ghazipur area of Delhi, the ASP added.
Jurists differ on CJI sitting on bench to hear allegations against him
Should Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi have been part of the bench that heard the matter related to allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a woman. The question is being discussed by jurists even though the CJI opted out midway in the hearing and left it to the other two judges, who were nominated to be part of the bench, to take a call on passing the judicial order. While noted jurist Rakesh Dwivedi preferred to speak on record on the issue, other senior advocates agreed to express their views, but wished not to reveal their names. Dwivedi termed as "unusual, extraordinary and unlawful" the hearing on allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi by a bench headed by the CJI himself. "My firm view is that the CJI should not have presided over the bench. It is a settled principle that no one should be a judge of his own cause," Dwivedi told PTI. He said that if the CJI wanted to clarify his position, he should have called a press ...