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Four of family die in road accident in UP
Four of a family including a woman and her two children were crushed to death by a vehicle here Thursday, the police said. The deceased were on a motorcycle when they were hit near Mirpur village under Shahpur Police Station in the district, Circle Officer Harish Bhadoria said. The victims are yet to be identified and the bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, he added. The police is searching for the driver of the vehicle who fled the spot, Bhadoria said.
Toddler in coma after being beaten up; Mother arrested
A three-year old boy has slipped into coma after being allegedly subjected to torture by his mother near here for being 'disobedient', police said Thursday. The toddler, who suffered severe brain injury, underwent a surgery at a private hospital in Aluva near here where his condition was stated to be critical, they said. The woman, who hails from Jharkhand, has been arrested under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder) and Section 75 of Juvenile Justice Act (punishment for cruelty to child). Police said the woman had allegedly beaten up the child and tortured him as he was disobedient, adding investigations were on. The shocking incident came to light when the father of the boy brought him to the hospital Wednesday night saying he had injured himself by falling off a desk. Suspecting foul play, doctors informed police. It was found the boy was beaten with a wooden object and there were burn injuries on several parts of his body, police said. "The kid has suffered serious ...
Sadhvi breaks down at BJP meet; recalls "torture" in custody
BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, facing trial in the Malegaon bomb blast case, Thursday broke down while narrating how she was "tortured" while in custody of the police. Thakur (48) also set the tone for her high-profile poll battle in Bhopal againt Congress candidate Digvijay Singh, whom she accused of using words like "Hindu" and "saffron" terror". Out on bail, the saffron activist has been discharged by a court on charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the 2008 case, but is still facing trial under other criminal provisions, including the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Addressing a gathering of BJP workers at Manas Bhawan auditorium here, Thakur, who spent several years in jail after being arrested in the case, alleged she was illegally detained and beaten up by police personnel. "Jab Mujhe Lekar Gaye, Gair Kanooni Taur Par, 13 Din Tak Rakkha, Pahle Hi Din Bina Kuchh Poochhe, Unhone Mujhe
'Ticket for Sadhvi shows BJP's attitude to national security'
The Congress said Thursday that by fielding Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, the BJP has shown that it is not serious about national security. The BJP Wednesday announced candidature of Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, from Bhopal. Her main rival in the election is Congress veteran Digvijay Singh. "Though the court has dropped charges against her under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, she still faces trial under other anti-terrorism laws (in the blast case)," Congress spokesperson Ratnakar Mahajan said here. "The BJP, which levels baseless allegations against the Congress that it is not serious about national security, itself has shown it is not being serious about national security by fielding Pragya Singh who toyed with national security," Mahajan said in a statement.
Three held in connection with train robbery in Kota
The Government Railway Police (GRP) has arrested three persons after a businessman travelling from Delhi to Mumbai was allegedly robbed of Rs 1.70 crore cash on a moving train here, officials said Thursday. Two of the arrested accused, identified as Ganpat Singh and Uttam Kumar, are the gang members who were involved in executing the robbery while the third one is the father of another gang member and had prevented police from conducting check at his house, where the looted cash was hidden, they said. Taar Singh and Uttam Kumar looted a bag from the businessman, Gautam Kumar, in a running train near the Kota railway station on April 14. While Taar Singh managed to jump off the train, Uttam Kumar was overpowered and handed over to the GRP by the passengers, Circle Officer GRP Kota, Humayu Kabir Khan, said Thursday. "The conspiracy was hatched by a person, Jhabar Singh, known to Kumar. He was aware of the fact that the businessman, who has a shop in Delhi, travels with huge sum of cash.
Traders upset over deletion of names from electoral roll,
The Marwadi trader community of Bengaluru was in for a rude shock when many of them found their names deleted from the electoral roll, which several of them felt was a "conspiracy." They were those who had exercised their franchise in the 2018 assembly election in Karnataka, according to several from the community who were upset about not having been able to vote in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka Thursday. "I am living in Nagarathpet for the past 20 years and cast my vote in the 2018 assembly election but today when I went tovote, I found my name missing," Jogaram told PTI. He noticed that in his area at least 400 to 500 people fromhis community complained of the same thing. Another trader, Mahendra Jain said his name too was missing from the electoral roll. "My voter ID itself is 15-year-old which I got the day I shifted to this place but today it does not exist," said Jain. Most of the people from my community foundtheir names deleted from the ...
Cases registered for shooting mobile videos at polling centres
The police in Maharashtra's Osmanabad district registered cases against four persons Thursday for allegedly uploading videos from polling centres on social media. Polling was held in Osmanabad in central Maharashtra Thursday along with nine other Lok Sabha seats in the state. Poll officials suspected that some persons were uploading videos on social media from inside polling centres. Cases were registered at Osmanabad city, Tuljapur and Murum police stations under the Information Technology Act and IPC, said Superintendent of Police A Raja, adding that nobody had been arrested yet.
Malegaon victim's father, activist ask court and EC to bar Sadhvi from contesting poll
A Malegaon blast victim's father and a political activist Thursday moved the special NIA court and the Election Commission respectively seeking barring of prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from contesting the Lok Sabha polls, a day after the BJP fielded her from Bhopal. The BJP, meanwhile, said it will contest the polls in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh as a fight against the alleged "conspiracy" by the Congress to defame Hindu religion by linking it to terrorism. The application before the National Investigation Agency(NIA) court in Mumbai was filed by Nisar Sayeed, who lost his son in the blast in 2008. Special judge V S Padalkar sought replies from both the NIA and Thakur and posted the matter for Monday. The applicant pleaded that Thakur, who is out on bail, be asked to attend court proceedings in Mumbai and be barred from contesting the election as the trial is in progress. Thakur has spent nine years in jail and is out on bail since 2017 on health grounds. If Thakur was ...
ED seizes 146 kgs gold worth Rs 82 crore from Hyderabad jeweller
The Enforcement Directorate seized approximately 146 kilograms of gold jewellery worth Rs. 82.11 from a Hyderabad based jeweller here on Thursday."ED seized 145.89 KG of gold jewellery worth Rs. 82.11 crores as a result of searches conducted at multiple locations namely, registered office cum residence of Kailash Gupta, jewellery showroom of M/s Musaddilal Jewellers Pvt Ltd (MJPL) at Hyderabad....in ongoing investigation under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) in a demonetisation case," ED said in a statement.During the course of the investigation it was established that after the announcement of demonetisation, the accused had illegally deposited Rs. 110.85 crores in their bank accounts within a few hours they had received advances of less than Rs. 2 lakhs each from more than 5200 customers on November 8, 2016."Further, analysis of CCTV footages of their offices and that of the neighbourhood revealed that no such activity of purchase of gold was ...
Plea in SC seeks disqualification of management of Bihar Cricket Association
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking disqualification of the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) management, alleging that it has not been complying with the apex court's directions. The application filed by BCA's rival, Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), on whose petition large scale reforms have been ordered and monitored by the apex court in the BCCI, submitted that BCA secretary Rabi Shankar Prasad Singh has been holding the office for over 10 years in violation of the apex court's 2018 order. The top court had on August 9, 2018 held that the office bearers in state associations and the BCCI can only hold office for six consecutive years. The CAB plea, filed through its secretary Aditya Kumar Varma, has sought punishing the BCA's management committee under provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act saying that holding office for 12 years was not only contemptuous but also violative of the apex court's judgment. Singh was holding the post of treasurer from 2008 to 2015 ...
ED seizes Rs 82 crore gold from Hyderabad jeweller
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday announced seizure of 145.89 kg of gold (worth Rs 82.11 crore) from a Hyderabad-based jeweller in a money laundering case.
Man held with 6 bullets in bag at IGI
A Dehradun-bound passenger has been apprehended at the Delhi airport for allegedly carrying six live bullet rounds in his baggage, an official said Thursday. A Central Industrial Security Force officer, deputed at terminal-1D of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) to scan baggages, detected bullet-like objects while checking the bag of passenger R K Baid on Wednesday, he said. "Six live bullet rounds of 7.65 mm calibre gun were recovered from the passenger who was supposed to take a flight to Dehradun," the official said. The traveller was not allowed to board the flight and was handed over to the Delhi Police as he could not produce any document for the ammunition, he added. Carrying arms and ammunition inside an airport terminal area or an aircraft is banned under the aviation laws.
DMK member hacked to death in Madurai
A DMK member was hacked to death allegedly by supporters of an AIADMK functionary in full public view here Thursday, police said. M S Pandian, in his late 30s, was attacked by the group with sickles on the busy Keezhavali road in the morning. He was rushed to a hospital where he died without responding to treatment, they said. He was nephew of former DMK zonal chairman V K Gurusamy and the attack by supporters of local AIADMK leader Rajapandian was due to previous enmity, police said adding it was not related to election.
Mental illness of death row convicts ground to spare them from gallows: SC
In a historic verdict, the Supreme Court has given a ray of hope to people on death row who develop "severe mental illness" post-conviction, saying their health condition would now be a "mitigating" factor for appellate courts for sparing them from the gallows. An accused could till now take the plea of "legal insanity" under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to avoid criminal prosecution and the defence was "made relatable to the moment when the crime is committed". A three-judge bench headed by Justice N V Ramana spared a condemned prisoner, who has not been identified in the verdict owing to his mental condition. He was given death penalty in a barbaric rape and murder of two minor cousins in Maharashtra in 1999. It, however, took note of "barbaric and brutal manner of commission of the crime" and awarded the jail term to the convict for "remainder of his life" with the direction to the government to ensure proper mental health care to him. The bench, also comprising Justices M M ...
Three held for possessing MD drugs
Three men were Thursday arrested for allegedly possessing mephedrone drug, also known as MD or meow-meow, worth over Rs 61 lakh in suburban Khar, a senior police official said. Police had received a tip-off that three persons were coming to Khar area to sell drugs. Swinging into action, a team of police led by inspector Daya Nayak laid a trap near the National College bus stop in suburban Khar and nabbed the trio travelling in an auto, the official said. They were found possessing 1.526 kg of MD drugs, worth Rs 61.04 lakh, the official added. The accused trio, identified as Sanjay Pandey (42), Sachin Mudiyar(42) and Roshan Kumar Pandey (32), was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. During their interrogation, it came to light that Sanjay Pandey was out on bail in a similar case registered against him in Delhi in 2012, police said. Further investigation is underway.
Man arrested in connection with 8-yr-old robbery case in Dwarka
A 34-year-old man was arrested in connection with a 2012 case in Dwarka in which he allegedly robbed a taxi driver and fled the scene in the same vehicle in Dwarka, police said Thursday. The accused, Mohit Kapoor, is a resident of Faridabad. He was absconding in the robbery case registered at Dwarka South police station, they said. In February 2012, Kapoor, along with his associate, robbed the taxi driver of his belongings, including his mobile phone and purse containing driving licence and Rs 1,500 in cash and later fled in the same vehicle, G Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) said. Kapoor was arrested on April 16 after police were tipped-off that he would be coming near the Dwarka Court to meet someone following which a trap was laid, he said. He was also involved in a case of attempt to murder and robbery, in which the accused along with his accomplices robbed a jeweller after firing at him in Palam village, police said.
AgustaWestland case: CBI court dismisses Christian Michel's interim bail plea
A Special CBI court here on Thursday dismissed the plea filed by Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland deal, seeking interim bail for seven days to celebrate Easter."Plea dismissed," said Special CBI judge Arvind Kumar while disposing of the application. He said that the plea was devoid of merits.Earlier in the day, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and CBI conveyed to the court that Christian Michel should celebrate Easter in custody because he might make statements outside which can lead to derailment in investigations."Michel can participate in Easter while in custody. He might make statements outside, which could derail the investigation," ED and CBI told the court.The two agencies, ED and CBI, are being represented by Special Public Prosecutor DP Singh while advocate Vishnu Shankar appeared on the behalf of Michel today.During the course of hearing, DP Singh said: "India is a country of various festivals and every prisoner has faith in religion. We cannot allow
EC verifying complaint on alleged code violation against Naidu
The Election Commission is verifying a complaint by the opposition YSR Congress against Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on alleged violation of the model code of conduct. "We are verifying all facts related to the issue. The MCC is very clear and it will remain in force till May 27 when the entire election process gets over. If there is any violation, we will take appropriate action, including against officials concerned," state Chief Electoral Officer Gopal Krishna Dwivedi told reporters here, a day after the YSR Congress lodged a complaint against Naidu on alleged violation of the model code of conduct (MCC). According to official sources, the Chief Minister cancelled a scheduled review meeting on law and order situation Thursday afternoon. He conducted a review meeting with officials of AP Capital Region Development Authority in the forenoon at the Secretariat, the sources said. Provision 19.5 of the Model Code of Conduct for Elections strictly bars officials from .
Rajasthan: Additional district magistrate arrested for taking bribe
An additional district magistrate here was arrested Thursday by Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10,000, officials said. Vijay Singh Nahta, a Rajasthan Administrative Service officer, was caught red-handed while accepting bribe in his office from Pappu Das Vaishnav of Chirdhani village in Pipar tehsil for issuing orders for marking the boundaries of his land, they said. DIG (ACB) Sawai Singh Godara said Vaishnav had agriculture land in his village and a portion of it was illegally encroached on by his neighbour Chimnaram Jat in 2015. When Vaishnav approached Nahta for help, the ADM demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 from him, following which he lodged a complaint, the DIG said. The allegations against Nahta were confirmed upon verification of the complaint during which the ADM called Vaishnav to his office with the bribe money where an ACB team nabbed him, he said. After the necessary documentary formalities, Nahta was arrested and an ...
In plea to EC, Tehseen Poonwalla asks it to debar Sadhvi Pragya from contesting polls
Political activist Tehseen Poonawalla Thursday urged the Election Commission to debar BJP's Bhopal candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from contesting the Lok Sabha polls as she was facing terror charges. In a letter to the poll body, Poonawalla said the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had found Thakur to be the "principal conspirator" in the 2008 Malegaon blast in which six people were killed. Her name has also cropped up in the Ajmer Dargah blast case, he said. "I would humbly request the Election Commission of India to take further necessary steps to uphold the Model Code of Conduct 2019 and take appropriate action against Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and debar her from contesting elections," the letter read. He said in his letter that "a candidate accused with terror links must not be permitted to contest elections." Thakur has spent nine years in jail and is out on bail since 2017 on health grounds and she is currently facing charges under the Unlawful Activities ...