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Drunk ex-Army man held for shooting at teen daughter in MP
A retired Army man has been arrested for allegedly shooting at his teenage daughter after trying to outrage her modesty, Madhya Pradesh police said Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday night in the state's Gwalior city, an official said. The 19-year-old girl received a bullet injury to the head and is currently hospitalised and the man, a retired Naib Subedar in the Army identified as Rajesh Rajawat (46), has been arrested, said City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Ravi Bhadauriya. He said Rajawat, in an inebriated condition, went to his daughter's room and tried to assault her. "She rushed to her mother's room. The accused followed her and tried to force her into another room. When his wife resisted, he opened fire, leaving the teenage girl with a bullet injury in the head," he said. Neighbours on hearing gunshots alerted police who reached the site, nabbed Rajawat and seized the gun from which he fired two rounds, the CSP said. He has been charged under sections ..
Two children killed in explosion in UP toilet
Two children were killed and one seriously injured in an explosion in a toilet here on Tuesday, police said.
IMA ponzi scam: K'taka Cong demands withdrawal of Roshan Baig's primary membership
The office bearers of Congress on Tuesday asked the party chief of state unit Dinesh Gundu Rao to annul the primary membership of MLA R Roshan Baig over his alleged connection with IMA Ponzi scam's main accused Mohammed Mansoor Khan.In the letter written to Karnataka Congress chief, the office bearers have particularly mentioned the name of Baig and urged Rao to take stringent action against those people who have helped Mansoor Khan in the financial fraud case.The letter comes days after Mansoor Khan, who is the founder of the IMA Jewels, accused Congress MLA R Roshan Baig of taking Rs 400 crore from him and not returning the money.Karnataka legislator Baig, however, has refuted the allegation and termed it as a "total conspiracy.""This is a total conspiracy against me. My heart is clean," he had said.Baig also urged Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to refer the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a speedy probe.Karnataka government had constituted an
Mukherjee Nagar incident : Delhi Police submits report to MHA
Delhi Police on Tuesday submitted a report to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in connection with the incident at Mukherjee Nagar where an autorickshaw driver was allegedly assaulted by police personnel following an altercation.The MHA had sought a report from Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik on Monday after a purported video showing the police personnel thrashing the auto driver on Sunday went viral on social media.Two assistant sub-inspectors and a constable were suspended for misconduct by the police following a preliminary investigation into the case.The incident took place after an altercation erupted over an accident.The autorickshaw driver had allegedly attacked and injured one of the police personnel with a 'kirpan'.The police personnel overpowered the driver and took him to the police station. At the police station, excesses were allegedly committed on the driver, according to a police official.
Kerala CPI(M) leader's son booked in rape case in Mumbai,
In an embarrassment to the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala, the Mumbai police has registered a case of rape and cheating against the son of the party's state secretary, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. The case was filed on the basis of a complaint from a 33-year-old woman from Bihar, a former bar dancer, who has alleged that Binoy Vinodini Balakrishnan sexually assaulted her promising marriage and that she has an eight year old son from him. Admitting that he knew the woman, Binoy, however, said the allegation was "baseless". Six months ago, the woman had sent a letter to him demanding Rs five crore and alleging that he had married her and had a child from her, Binoy told television channels in Thiruvananthapuram. "I got married in 2008. There is no need for me to keep it under wraps. This is a blackmailing ploy from the complainant," he said. Binoy said he filed a complaint in May against the woman with the Inspector General of Police, Kannur range. The complaint was forwarded to then .
Its Kerala leader's son accused of rape, CPI-M says won't interfere
The CPI-M national leadership has washed its hands off Binoy Kodiyeri, son of its Kerala secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, against whom a rape case was filed last week.
Confidential data of US firm stolen; Thane BPO files complaint
In a case of suspected corporate espionage, a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm has approached police claiming that confidential data of its US- based client was illegally accessed. Bhaynder police in Maharashtra's Thane district have registered a case after Epicentre Technology, a BPO, filed a complaint, a police official said Tuesday. A New York-based debt-recovery company, which signed an agreement with Epicentre Technology in 2018, had entrusted to it confidential data including email IDs and passwords, said Atul Kulkarni, Sub-Divisional Police Officer. Some employees of the BPO who had access to this data left recently and one of them did not return his company- issued laptop, Epicentre Technology said in the complaint. "Two months ago, officials of the BPO found that four email addresses were accessed from outside and some passwords had been changed," the officer said. One of the email IDs was being accessed by another Thane-based rival BPO, the company ...
2005 Ayodhya terror attack: Four get life imprisonment, one acquitted
A special court here on Tuesday sentenced four convicts to life imprisonment, while acquitted one person for want of evidence in Ayodhya terror attack case of 2005.Special judge Dinesh Chandra pronounced the quantum of punishment."Among those convicted are Irfan, Mohammad Shakeel, Mohammad Naseem, Asif Iqbal, and Farookh. Mohammad Aziz is acquitted," said the public prosecutor Gulab Chandra Agrahari."I have to study the full judgment after which I will decide whether to approach the upper court against the acquittal of Mohammad Aziz or not," he said.Due to security reasons, the verdict was announced at Naini Central jail, where all the accused are imprisoned.The incident dates back to July 5, 2005, when six armed terrorists made an attempt to storm the high-security makeshift Ram temple in Ayodhya but were killed by the security forces before they could strike at the holy shrine.The attackers came in the guise of devotees, in a vehicle and blasted the explosive-laden vehicle in which .
HC refuses to advance hearing in Kumar's prayer for quashing
The Calcutta High Court Tuesday refused to advance hearing of former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar's prayer for quashing CBI's notice in connection with its probe in the Saradha chitfund scam. The CBI moved the court of Justice Shivakant Prasad seeking that the hearing, scheduled to be held on July 2, be advanced. Its counsel submitted that early disposal of Kumar's application would help in expediting investigation into the multi-crore scam. Justice Prasad, however, refused to advance hearing in the case and said that it would be held on July 2 as fixed earlier. The high court had on June 12 scheduled the hearing of the petition filed by Kumar, now the West Bengal CID Additional Director General, after the CBI lawyer raised the matter before it. A vacation bench of the high court had, on May 30, granted protection from arrest and any coercive action to Kumar till July 10 in the case. The court had granted the police officer a month's protection from June 10, the day of ...
Sexagenarian woman beaten to death with iron rod by son-in-law
A 60-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by her son-in-law with an iron rod in Rohini area of Delhi following a heated argument, police said on Tuesday.
Thousands join final journey of slain Army major in Meerut
Thousands turned up to pay their last respects to Major Ketan Sharma, who was killed in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag, as his mortal remains were brought to his hometown Meerut in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The 29-year-old officer was killed in an encounter in Achabal area of the south Kashmir district on Monday. A militant was also killed in the gun fight which broke out after the security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the area. Sharma's mortal remains were flown from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Army Chief General Bipin Rawat paid tributes to the slain officer at the Palam airport in the national capital before his mortal remains were taken to Meerut. The slain Armyman, who will be cremated in Surajkund later, was accorded a gun salute by his colleagues here. A pall of gloom descended on the slain officer's residence in Kanker Kher area. Senior Army officers consoled Sharma's family. State minister ...
CPM leader's son Binoy Kodiyeri booked for rape
CPM Kerala Chief Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's son, Binoy Kodiyeri, has been booked here on charges of rape, criminal intimidation and cheating after a 33-year-old woman accused him of raping her repeatedly over a decade on the pretext of marriage.A case has been registered against Binoy Kodiyeri at Oshiwara police station in Mumbai which he described as a case of blackmail.Refuting the allegations, Benoy Kodiyeri told media persons in Kerala, "The woman is trying to blackmail me and had asked for Rs 5 crore about six months ago." He acknowledged knowing the woman.According to the complaint filed by the victim, she had met Benoy for the first time in 2008 in Dubai at a dance bar, where she used to work as a dancer. He used to visit the dance bar regularly and their friendship later transformed into a love affair.The police said that Binoy, who runs a construction firm in Dubai, asked the woman to leave her job and move with him to Mumbai. He also rented a home for her in Mumbai and promised
Bulandshahr trio who hatched Rs 25 L robbery on fellow trader arrested
Three persons have been arrested in connection with a Rs 25.12 lakh loot from a wholesale trader in Greater Noida earlier this month, police said Tuesday. The three men -- Sunil Singh, Umesh Kumar Singh and Pramod -- also traders from Bulandshahr, had allegedly hatched the robbery plan out of personal enmity against Irfan, they said. On Monday night, one more accused in the case, Robin, was arrested following a gunfight with police in Dadri area of Gautam Buddh Nagar, officials said. "On June 5, Irfan was returning from Bulandshahr and was robbed off Rs 25.12 lakh in Dadri and his hatchback car was also stolen," Additional Director General of the Police, Meerut Zone, Prashant Kumar told reporters here. Later, a case was registered against unidentified persons at the Dadri police station, he said. "About Rs 12.10 lakh cash of the looted money has been recovered and a brand new car worth Rs 5 lakh that was purchased from the robbed amount has also been impounded," the ADG said. Besides
Four Ayodhya terror attack conspirators get life sentences (2nd Lead)
Fourteen years after a terror attack on Ayodhya by Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives, a special court here on Tuesday convicted four of the accused in the conspiracy behind the attack and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
Depressed Delhi man commits suicide by jumping in front of metro train, body severed
A 23-year-old man, who was undergoing treatment for depression for the last two years, allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving Delhi Metro train at the Civil Lines station here Tuesday, officials said. Police said the victim's body, identified as Nitin, was severed into two after being run over by the train. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation confirmed the incident that took place around 2 pm at the station that falls on the busy Yellow Line. The metro service on the Yellow Line was delayed for 15-20 minutes following the incident. "The train bound for Huda City Centre station was approaching a platform at the Civil Lines station when the man jumped in front of it and was run over by it. We informed police immediately," a senior DMRC official said. The body has been removed from the tracks and sent to a mortuary in Sabzi Mandi area, a senior police official said. The victim was a resident of Jagatpur in Delhi, he said. His father said Nitin was undergoing treatment ..
CBI books Lawyers Collective, Anand Grover for FCRA violations
The CBI on Tuesday said it had registered a case against Mumbai-based NGO 'Lawyers Collective' and its President Anand Grover for alleged violation of the FCRA rules.
Man shot at & injured by rowdy, delays treatment due to threat
A history-sheeter allegedly shot at and injured a man here recently and threatened him not to reveal about it, forcing the victim to delay approaching hospital till the bullet wound got aggravated. After the incident came to light Monday when 39-year old Senthil sought treatment at a government hospital, ten days after the attack at Ennore here, history-sheeter Ramesh and his accomplice Alexander were arrested. Ramesh (33) is facing around 25 cases, including murder, and had been detained under the stringent Goondas Act thrice in the past, police said adding a pistol and two bullets were recovered from him. He had shot at and injured Senthil on June 8 after the latter tried to intervene in a quarrel involving the two arrested persons and a man from the locality over some issue, a police release said. Ramesh then had warned Senthil of dire consequences if he revealed about the incident, prompting the victim to undergo medical treatment at home. However, as the injury ...
Man killed after altercation
One person was allegedly killed after an altercation over the grazing of goats at Fatehpur in Maniyar area Tuesday, police said. The victim has been identified as Ajay Singh (45). Singh was attacked by Kanahiya Rajbhar and Ram Kishun with a stick after one of their goats entered his fields, SP Devendra Nath said. Ajay Singh died on the spot. The SP said an FIR had been registered and attempts were on to nab the accused.
Man kills neighbour who objects dumping of garbage
A 22-year-old man was killed and his friend was critically injured Tuesday when they were attacked by their neighbour during an argument over dumping of garbage in Mahagaon village in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, police said. The accused, identified as Gajanan Rathod, has been arrested within hours of the incident, a police officer said. Explaining the sequence of events, he said the deceased, Omkar alias Rishabh Narwade, and his friend Manoj Bharwade took objection to Rathod dumping garbage on the road, which infuriated the latter who attacked them with a sharp-edged weapon. While Narwade died during treatment at a private hospital, Bharwade is in critical condition, said Mahagaon police station inspector Damodar Rathod. The village remained tense following the incident, the officer said.
Four get life terms for Ayodhya terror attack conspiracy
Fourteen years after a terror attack on Ayodhya by Jaish-e-Mohammad operatives, a special court here on Tuesday convicted four of the accused in the conspiracy behind the attack and sentenced them to life imprisonment.