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Malegaon victim's father asks court to ban Sadhvi from contesting poll

The father of one of the victims of the 2008 Malegaon blast moved the special NIA court here Thursday, urging it to bar prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from contesting the Lok Sabha election. The application was filed by Nisar Sayeed, who lost his son in the blast, a day after the BJP fielded Thakur from the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat against Congress veteran Digvijay Singh. Special National Investigation Agency cases judge V S Padalkar sought replies from both the NIA and Thakur and posted the matter for Monday. The applicant sought 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. It further mentioned that Thakur got bail on health grounds. If she was "healthy enough to fight elections in the crippling summers heat", then she has misled the court, the complainant alleged. A petition seeking cancellation of her bail was pending before the Supreme Court, it said. Six people were ..

NCW asks DGP to act against cops for not taking complaint of Mohali rape survivor

Taking suo motu cognizance of a rape survivor whose complaint was not registered by the Mohali Police, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has written to Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta to act against the guilty police officials.Taking note of a media report which stated that the 22-year-old 'rape survivor had knocked on the doors of two police stations" to lodge her complaint against the accused, but in vain.The NCW has expressed concern over the "apathy of police officials" who bickered over their respective jurisdiction to register the case."The Commission is seriously concerned about the reported police apathy in the matter and negligence shown by the police despite the provision of zero FIR in the law," states the NCW in the letter.NCW has also sought a detailed report from the DGP into the matter at the earliest.According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 38,947 rape cases were reported from across the country in 2016 out of which Madhya ...

Canadian model harassment case: Police arrest accused

Islamabad police on Thursday arrested two men accused of harassing a Canadian-based model and humanitarian worker, Assma Galuta, during her visit to Pakistan.The Express Tribune reported that the accused, Hamza Sohail and Anas Kamran, were arrested by police and were identified by the complainant.Galuta on Tuesday had registered a case against the two accused regarding the alleged sexual harassment.The Canadian-based model shared that she was in Bahria Town Phase 7 when two men in a car began "harassing me, telling me to get into the car", reported Dawn."When I told them to leave me alone, they started laughing. They blocked me for getting into my Uber and then followed by Uber from Bahria Town to Islamabad, trying to block the driver and even asking the driver for my drop-off location," the woman stated.A video made by her showing the two men intercepting her car and asking the driver for her destination went viral on the Internet.Following this, Galuta on Wednesday shared another ...

Former Religare chief alleges Singh brothers conspired against him

Last year, promoters Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh had blamed him for the troubles faced by the group

Delhi court dismisses Christian Michel's interim bail plea to celebrate Easter, says he may abscond

A Delhi Court Thursday dismissed the plea of Christian Michel, alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland chopper scam who sought 7-day interim bail to celebrate Easter with family, noting that he may tamper with evidence and abscond if released. Special Judge Arvind Kumar refused to grant the relief to Michel and said there are serious allegations against him of grave economic offence. "As per Enforcement Directorate, investigation on certain crucial aspects is still going on and the accused has close link to many influential persons and accused may tamper with evidence and may abscond. "Thus, considering the overall facts and circumstances, I do not find new ground for admitting the accused to interim bail. The application is dismissed," the judge said. The court also noted the submission of the counsel appearing for Michel who told the court that there is no medical emergency and he is seeking interim bail for general medical check up of accused. "There is dispensary inside ..

Rajputs protest in Rajasthan over bride's abduction

The members of Rajput community staged a dharna in front of Sikar District Collector (DC)'s residence in Rajasthan on Thursday to protest against the abduction of a bride by armed men in the small hours of Wednesday.

Bride abducted by jilted lover minutes after wedding in Rajasthan's Sikar

A bride on the way to her in-laws' place after the wedding was allegedly abducted at gun point by her jilted lover in Rajasthan's Sikar district, police said Thursday. The incident occurred near Rambakshpura in the Dhod police station area here on Wednesday, merely 15 minutes after the wedding procession left the bride's home, they said. Five people have been detained in this connection, Superintendent of Police, Sikar, Amandeep Singh Kapoor said. Hansa Kanwar and her elder sister Sonu got married Tuesday to two brothers from Nagwa village. On Wednesday, moments after the couples set out from the brides' house in a four-wheeler, accused Ankit Sevda, accompanied by few other men, allegedly attacked the car and abducted Hansa, police said. They also assaulted Sonu when she resisted, officials added. Hundreds of people, led by BSP MLA Rajendra Singh Gudha, staged a protest in Dhod following the incident. "We are holding a protest outside the collector's residence and this will be an ...

Police turn away rape victim, NCW seeks action

The National Commission of Women (NCW) on Thursday issued a notice to the Punjab Police demanding action in a case when a Mohali rape victim had to travel between two police stations as the station house officers (SHOs) bickered over jurisdiction.

Delhi court dismisses interim bail plea of Christian Michel to celebrate Easter

A Delhi Court Thursday dismissed plea of Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, who had sought seven-day interim bail to celebrate Easter with family. Special Judge Arvind Kumar refused to grant the relief to Michel. Special Public Prosecutor DP Singh, appearing for the CBI and the ED, opposed Michel's plea saying that India is a country of many festivals and thousands of prisoners have faith in various religions. The accused, therefore, can't be allowed to go out of jail to celebrate festivals. Singh said Michel can participate in Easter in the custody. He further argued that if Michel comes out on interim bail and makes some statement relating to the case, it would derail investigation. Michel's lawyer argued that since the charge sheet has been filed, there is no point of tampering evidence. He said the accused is cooperating in the case. "Being a Christian, he was not even allowed to offer a holy mass even during Christmas...," said ..

3-year old boy in coma after torture by mother: Cops

: A three-year-old boy was allegedly tortured by his mother and underwent a surgery with his condition stated to be critical, police said here Thursday. The father took the boy to the hospital Wednesday saying he had injured himself by falling off a desk, but it looked liked he was beaten by a wooden object, besides there were burn injuries on the body, they added. The parents have been taken into custody and charged under various sections of the IPC and Juvenile Justice Act, they said. The police here have contacted Jharkhand police to get details about the child's family and also to find out whether his father and mother were his biological parents, the police said. The child's right side of the brain has been fully damaged and a surgery performed, a hospital source said. There was internal bleeding which has been stopped, and the child was in a comatose state and currently on ventilator support, the source said. Meanwhile, Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja said the

Take action against officials who refused to register complaint of rape victim: NCW to Punjab DGP

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a show cause notice to Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta and asked him to take action against police officers who reportedly refused to register a complaint of a rape survivor. Citing a media report, NCW member Soso Shaiza said the commission is seriously concerned about the "reported police apathy in the matter and negligence shown by the police despite the provision of zero FIR in the law". The media report said the SHO bickered with the victim over jurisdiction of where the complaint must be registered. "Considering the gravity of the matter, it is requested that strict action be taken against erring officials and a detailed action taken report be sent to the Commission at an early date," Shaiza said.

Sushil Modi files defamation case against Rahul Gandhi

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday filed defamation case against Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his comment that "all thieves shared the Modi surname" in Patna Civil Court.Speaking to ANI, Modi said, "I have filed a defamation case against Congress president Rahul Gandhi. In an affidavit, I have stated that Rahul had said all people having surname Modi are thieves. His statement has hurt the sentiments of people. Besides, it has also hurt the watchmen in Bihar."While addressing an election rally at Kolar on April 13, the Gandhi scion had said, "I have a question. Why all the thieves have Modi in their names whether be it Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi and Narendra Modi? We don't know how many more such Modis will come out."In the wake of this comment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Rahul maligned the "backward community" he hails from."The Congress and its allies say that all Modis in the society are thieves. The Congress and its allies have not kept any ...

PCB member Numan Bhatt reported for misconduct

Ehsan Mani, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman on Wednesday received a complaint from members of its Board of Governors (BoG) against the fellow member Numan Bhatt for misconduct.According to Article 10(6) of the PCB constitution, Ehsan Mani has referred the complaint to an independent adjudicator, Justice Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan (retd).This means that as per Article 10(7) and pending the outcome of the proceedings, Numan Bhatt will not be allowed to attend any BoG and Committee meetings."Any member, against whom a complaint is referred by the Chairman to the adjudicator, shall not be allowed to attend any meeting of the Board of Governors or any committee during the pendency of proceedings before the adjudicator," Article 10(7) of the PCB Consitution reads.BoG members alleged that Numan Bhatt shared confidential meeting documents with the media, using inappropriate and highly objectionable language against PCB Chairman.He has also been accused of criticising the PCB and their ...

Man arrested for killing woman in UP

A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing the mother of a woman he was in a relationship with, police said Thursday. Aman allegedly killed Huma on April 10 at the Amba Vihar Colony area here as she was opposed to her daughter's relationship with him, Superintendent of Police Satpal Ankit said. The accused was arrested Wednesday, Ankit said. During interrogation, the accused confessed to strangling the victim and looting her jewellery, the SP added.

2 held for demanding ransom from Cong's Amritsar candidate

Two men have been arrested for allegedly demanding Rs 35 lakh ransom from Congress's Amritsar candidate Gurjit Singh Aujla, police said Thursday. The accused, Vijay Sharma and Deepak, were nabbed on Wednesday, police said, adding that one countrymade pistol, a mobile phone and a scooter were seized from them. Aujla, who is the sitting MP from Amritsar, had lodged a complaint about ransom calls and a trap was laid to nab the accused, they said. The accused have been calling Aujla on his mobile and threatening him of dire consequences if Rs 35 lakh was not paid to them, police said.

Plea against BCCI CEO Johri for sexual harassment

Citing sexual harassment charges, a lawyer has moved the Supreme Court challenging the continuation of Rahul Johri in the capacity of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) CEO.

DeMo: ED seizes 146 kg gold jewellery worth over Rs 82 cr of Hyderabad group

About 146 kg of gold jewellery worth over Rs 82 crore has been seized by the ED after searches at the premises of a Hyderabad-based jeweller and his associates in connection with a post demonetisation money laundering case, the agency said Thursday. It said the raids were conducted at the showrooms of Musaddilal Jewellers at Hyderabad and Vijaywada, its promoter Kailash Gupta, a company named Balaji Gold and its partner Pavan Agarwal, another company Ashta Laxmi Gold, its proprietor Neel Sunder Tharad and chartered accountant Sanjay Sarda over the last few days. A total of 145.89 kg gold worth Rs 82.11 crore has been seized, it said. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a criminal case of money laundering against these people based on an FIR of the Telangana Police and a complaint of the Income Tax Department for "blatantly misusing the scheme of demonetisation by illegally depositing huge amounts of unaccounted demonetised cash in their accounts." "For this purpose, they ...

HC quashes suicide abetment case against scribe, retired soldier

The Bombay High Court Thursday quashed a case lodged against a senior journalist and a retired soldier for allegedly abetting the suicide of an Army jawan and carrying out a sting operation in a prohibited area. While quashing the case, a division bench of justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre observed that accused journalist Poonam Agarwal had not done anything that affected the national interest. The court also noted that the Army was being "vindictive" in the present case. On March 27, 2017, the Deolali Camp police in Nashik registered a case against Agarwal and Deepchand Singh, a retired soldier and war veteran, under various IPC sections for abetment of suicide of jawan Roy Mathew and trespassing, and also under provisions of the Official Secrets Act for allegedly carrying out a sting operation in a prohibited area. The case was registered after Mathew, a sahayak with the Army, allegedly committed suicide on February 7, 2017. According to police, Mathew featured in the sting ...

Woman found hanging from tree in UP

The body of a woman was found hanging from a tree at Harsauli village in the district, police said Thursday. The deceased was identified as Rakhi, SHO of the Budhana police station Yashpal Singh said. According to a complaint lodged by Rakhi's parents, she was allegedly killed by her in-laws and then hanged from the tree, the SHO said. The body was sent for postmortem, he said, adding that a probe into matter was underway.

NZ ex-official guilty in embassy toilet camera case

New Zealand's former top attache in the US was found guilty on Thursday of planting a hidden camera in a bathroom at the country's embassy in Washington.