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Hemant Karkare died because I cursed him: Sadhvi Pragya
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case and the BJP candidate against Congress's Digvijaya Singh in Bhopal, said that former Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Hemant Karkare lost his life because she had cursed him."I called Hemant Karkare and asked him to let me go if there is no evidence (against me). He (Karkare) said that he will bring evidence but will not leave me. I told him -- You will be ruined," she said.Karkare was killed along with two other senior police officers while fighting terrorists during the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in November 2008.Pragya Thakur is among the seven accused facing trial in Malegaon blast case. Six people were killed and a dozen others were injured after a bomb placed on a motorcycle exploded in Maharashtra's Malegaon on September 29, 2008.She was arrested in 2008 but was given a clean chit by the National Investigation Agency in 2015 for lack of evidence. However, the trial court refused to let her off, saying it was .
Fake notes of Rs 2.5 lakh face value seized in Kolkata
Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of face value Rs 2,50,000 were seized here in the West Bengal capital and one person was arrested, police said on Friday.
Toddler beaten up by mother dies
A three-year-old boy who suffered severe head injury after being allegedly subjected to torture by his mother died at a private hospital near here Friday morning, doctors said. Doctors at the hospital in Aluva where the boy was being treated said the brain injury allegedly caused after being hit with a wooden object could be the reason for the child's death. The real cause of death could be ascertained only after the post mortem, they said. The boy had slipped into coma after being allegedly subjected to torture by his mother for being 'disobedient', police had said Thursday. The toddler, who suffered severe brain injury, had undergone a surgery at the private hospital. The woman, who hails from Jharkhand, was arrested Thursday in connection with the incident. Police said she would be charged under IPC Section 302 (murder). Earlier, she was charged under IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder) and Section 75 of Juvenile Justice Act (punishment for cruelty to child). Police said the woman .
Indian citizen sentenced in US for call centre-linked fraud
A federal judge in Florida has sentenced an Indian citizen to eight years and six months in prison for his involvement in an India-based call centre scam, according to the US Justice Department.
Woman gang-raped on pretext of offering lift in Shamli village
A 22-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and raped by three youths on the pretext of giving her lift in neighbouring Shamli district, police said. The victim was given a lift by the accused who drove her on a bike to an isolated area in Khandarwali village under Kotwali police station area in the district on Thursday and took chances to rape her at pistol point, police said. According to a complaint lodged by the survivor's mother, the woman has stepped out of her home to withdraw money from a bank for purchasing medicines when the accused offered her lift. A case has been registered and the hunt is on to nab the absconding accused, they added.
Khashoggi murder perpetrators should be tried, says UN investigator
A UN investigator on Thursday urged United Nations to provide justice to slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, recommending that the "perpetrators" and the "masterminds" behind the murder should be "tried".Agnes Callamard, an academic who leads an international probe into the killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, is expected to release her findings to the United Nations Rights Council before its next session in June."My report is ... going to spend a lot of time and pages on the next steps and the recommendations and how we provide accountability to Mr Khashoggi, to his family, friends and colleagues," Callamard told Al Jazeera on Thursday.It will examine how "we ensure that the killing, and the vacuum the killing generated in terms of accountability, [so] that we take steps to address the vacuum", she added."I am not a court of law. I cannot try the perpetrators. I can provide the information, I can recommend that the perpetrators and the masterminds be tried, but I ...
Thousands of Peruvians bid farewell to Alan Garcia
Thousands of Peruvians gathered to say last goodbye to former President Alan Garcia, dead at 69 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, at the headquarters of his party, a site chosen by his family for his wake in lieu of any official honours.
Police say treating killing of woman in N.Ireland as 'terrorist incident'
A woman has been shot dead in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and the killing is being treated as a terrorist incident, police said Friday. "Sadly I can confirm that following shots being fired tonight in Creggan, a 29-year-old woman has been killed. We are treating this as a terrorist incident and we have launched a murder enquiry," Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said in a statement on Twitter.
K'tka: EC flying squad inspects luggage of Yeddyurappa, KS Eshwarappa
The flying squad of the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday checked the luggage of former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa at a helipad in Shivamogga.Apart from Yeddyurappa, luggage of BJP's senior leader KS Eshwarappa was also inspected by the squad.Earlier on Tuesday too the EC had checked Yeddyurappa's luggage.The details regarding whether the EC made any seizure are awaited.Earlier, the Income Tax department had seized Rs 1.66 crore in cash during raids conducted across Karnataka. On March 28, a total of 24 premises were searched by the IT Department.
Bengal BJP member's son found hanging; murder alleged
The son of a Bharatiya Janata Party gram panchayat member was on Thursday found hanging from a tree in West Bengal's Purulia district, police said.
Sohrabuddin Shiekh encounter case: Kin approaches Bombay HC challenging acquittal of accused
Rubabuddin Sheikh on Thursday approached the Bombay High Court challenging the Special CBI court's order acquitting all 22 accused in the killing of his brother Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an alleged fake encounter.Rubabuddin in his plea stated that it is filed 51 days beyond the stipulated time granted for the appeal as per Special CBI court orders."The Applicant reiterates that the delay in filing the present Appeal is unintentional and beyond its control and the same was caused since CBI, who was the prosecutor in the Session Court which passed the Impugned Order failed to take steps to file any appeal before this Hon'ble Court," the plea said."The Applicant states he has an excellent case on merits and if the delay is not condoned, grave prejudice and irreparable harm will be caused to him," the petitioner said adding that the evidence on record has not been considered properly."....It took a considerable amount as there is one main Chargesheet and three Supplementary Chargesheets - all
Gas agency manager held for illegally selling LPG cylinders
The manager of a gas agency has been arrested for allegedly illegally selling LPG cylinders in Sion area, a senior police official said Thursday. The accused, who runs a gas agency in Sion, allegedly used to get Hindustan Petroleum's LPG cylinders in the name of different people and sell them illegally, he said. Acting on specific information, the police raided the gas agency Wednesday and nabbed its manager, Keol Das Nadar, the official said. During interrogation, the accused admitted to his crime, the official said, adding further investigation was underway.
Months after release from jail, man arrested in murder case
A man, who was released from jail earlier this year, was arrested in connection with last month's killing of a man hailing from Haryana over a property dispute, police said Thursday. The accused, Narendra Koli, has involvements in several murder cases and was arrested on April 16 following a tip-off that he would be visiting near Ritz Cinema, they said. The deceased, identified as Harish, also has a criminal background. He allegedly encroached on one of the properties belonging to Koli in Haryana's Bhiwani when he was in judicial custody in another murder case, G Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) said. When Koli came out of Jail in January, he asked Harish to abandon the property but when he did not pay any heed to him, he, along with his associates Monu, Sonu, Sooraj, Raju and Manoj, hatched a conspiracy to eliminate Harish, the officer said. Raju arranged the arms and ammunition and Manoj the vehicle used in the offence, he said. Harish was killed on March 29 by
MP: Three held for kidnapping boy for ransom & killing him
Three persons were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a ten-year-old boy in Sagda village near here, police said Thursday. According to police, had executed the kidnapping to extort money from the boy's family. "Some of the villagers had last seen the boy, Badal Giri Goswami, going with the trio, which led to their arrest," Jabalpur superintendent of Police (SP) Nimesh Agrawal said. During the interrogation, one of the accused, Mukesh Sripal, revealed that they wanted ransom from the boy's family, he said. "The accused told that they had lost huge money in gambling. They were in dire need of money to compensate the loss. Therefore, they hatched a plan and kidnapped the boy," he said. The boy was kidnapped on April 8. On the same day, the boy's uncle lodged a missing person's report with the police. However, the trio killed the minor when they saw their plan failing, he said. A couple of days later, the residents of Sagda village complained of bad odour ...
1.24 lakh litres of expired beer worth Rs 3 cr destroyed in Noida
Over 1.24 lakh litres of beer worth Rs 3 crore kept at a government godown in Gautam Buddh Nagar was destroyed Thursday after it reached its expiry date, officials said. The beer worth an estimate Rs 3 crore belonged to three companies United Breweries, IndoSpirit and Jasmeet Chaddha-Rohit Anand, an excise department official said. "There were 45,000 bottles and 1.92 lakh cans of beer that had reached expiry date. Altogether, 1.24 lakh litres of such expired beer was destroyed," District Excise Officer Rakesh Singh said. "The total cost of the beer would have been around Rs 3 crore if not expired," he said. Singh said beer becomes unfit for drinking after six months. The action was taken on directions from the district magistrate by sub-divisional magistrate, Dadri, Rajeev Rai in presence of deputy excise commissioner, Meerut.
Assange friend jailed by Ecuador says case will collapse
A Swedish programmer friendly with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he's confident the allegations that have him jailed in Ecuador lack substance and "will collapse." Privacy activist Ola Bini also says in a statement provided by his attorney that he's being held under "the best of circumstances," but that prison conditions are "despicable." "He's sleeping on the floor without a mattress" in Quito's overcrowded Inca Provisional Detention Center, attorney Carlos Soria said Thursday, and has not yet received a visit from a Swedish consular official a week after being arrested boarding a fight for Japan. A judge ordered Bini held for 90 days while prosecutors prepare a case. Soria said they have presented no evidence of any wrongdoing. Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, said Tuesday in Washington that Bini hacked cellphones and online accounts belonging to private citizens and the government. Interior Minister Paula Romo originally said Bini was involved with two unnamed Russian ...
Sohrabuddin's brother challenges acquittals in encounter case
The brother of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter along with his wife and an associate, has filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court, challenging the acquittal of all 22 accused in the case. Sohrabuddin's brother, Rubabuddin, Thursday said he had wanted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file appeal against the acquittals, but since the agency made no move, he filed the appeal himself. In December 2018, a special CBI court acquitted the 22 accused, observing that the prosecution had failed to establish a cogent case to suggest that there was a conspiracy to kill the three persons. While there is no denying that Shaikh and the other two had been killed, "going by the evidence on record, the court could not conclude that the present accused persons could be questioned, or, held accountable for those deaths," the court had said. The accused in the case were mainly police officers, present and former, from Gujarat and Rajasthan. Rubabuddin ..
Mother, brother kill girl over tiff, held attempting to conceal body
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly strangled Thursday by her mother and brother who then stuffed her body in a gunny bag but were spotted before they could get rid of it, police said here. The girl was allegedly killed over a tiff and the accused were arrested while they were carrying the body they had stuffed in a gunny bag to conceal it in Sangam Vihar, they said. DIG Upendra Agarwal said that the woman, Anita, and her minor son were arrested. Anita told police that her daughter used to disobey her. She said her daughter also used to quarrel with his son. She said they had to change their rented accommodation thrice because the landlords complained about the noisy arguments. An FIR has been lodged under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code after which the girl's mother and brother were arrested, police said. In a separate incident, the body of a 32-year-old man stuffed in a trolley bag in Sihani gate area was recovered. The body carries injury marks and prima facie, it seems .
Canadian sentenced to life in prison for US airport attack
A Canadian man convicted of terrorism for nearly killing an airport police officer in Michigan was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. U.S. prosecutors said Amor Ftouhi drove 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) from Montreal to the airport in Flint, Michigan, where he yelled "God is great" in Arabic and repeatedly stabbed Lt. Jeff Neville in 2017. Investigators said Ftouhi wanted to stab Neville, take his gun and start shooting people in the airport. He legally drove into the U.S. at Champlain, New York, and arrived in Flint five days later. He tried but failed to buy a gun at a gun show and instead bought a large knife. Prosecutors have said he told investigators his "mission was to kill and be killed." His defense lawyer, Joan Morgan, said Ftouhi wasn't attempting to create mass casualties and wanted to be killed so his family could collect life insurance and so he could become a martyr. Before sentencing, Ftouhi told the judge he had no regrets and only wished he could have acquired a
Poonawalla asks EC to bar Sadhvi Pragya from polls
Political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla on Thursday moved the Election Commission to debar Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, BJP's candidate from Bhopal, from contesting elections, as she is facing terror charges.