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Kerala CPI(M) leader's son booked in rape case in Mumbai, denies charge

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 a child 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 the 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 Kannur Superintendent of .

Indian-American IT professional committed suicide, 3 family members shot dead: US police

An Indian-American IT professional committed suicide by shooting himself while his wife and two minor sons were shot dead inside their home in the US State of Iowa, police said Monday after authorities conducted autopsies to unravel the mysterious death of all four members of the family. The West Des Moines Police Department, which is probing the case, came to this conclusion after forensic autopsies were conducted on Sunday. The family of four, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, was found dead under mysterious circumstances with gunshot wounds. The bodies of Chandrasekhar Sunkara, 44, Lavanya Sunkara, 41, their 14-year-old son Prabhas Sunkara and 11-year-old son Suhas Sunkara were found in their home on Saturday morning. West Des Moines police said that Chandrasekhar killed himself inside his family's home. His wife, Lavanya, and the couple's sons were fatally shot, authorities said. However, police declined to identify their killer, but they have said there is no danger to the public in ..

Man held for killing paramour after relationship turns sour

A 50-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing a woman with whom he was having an extra-marital affair in Akola district of Maharashtra, a police official said on Tuesday. The accused, Anil Raghunath Wankhede, told the police that he killed Chhaya Dilip Gawai (45), who was already married, after their relationship turned sour following her demand for a share in his property, he said. Gawai's body was recovered from her house in Vyala village on Saturday after the police broke open its door following complaints from her relatives of foul smell emanating from there, police inspector Gajanan Shelke said. The police were initially puzzled as there was no injury mark on the body and the postmortem report also did not clearly state the reason of death, he said. Later, the police quizzed some family members of the deceased and based on leads provided by them, they zeroed-in on Wankhede, who was also married but having an affair with the woman, he said. The official ..

IMA Jewels case: CCB raids at Mansoor Khan's wives in Bengaluru

Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Monday conducted raids at three different locations at the residences of wives of I Monetary Advisory (IMA) jewels founder Mansoor Khan who is an accused perpetrating financial fraud in Bengaluru.Raids were conducted in Shivajinagar, the residence of Khan's first wife and two different residences in Tilak Nagar related to his second and third wife.CCB collected some important documents of investments and details of Khan's financial issues, 1.5-kilogram gold and Rs 2.7 lakh cash.Karnataka government had constituted an 11-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged fraud by the IMA, which has an estimated Rs 200 crore investment of Muslim women alone. Over 38 thousands of complaints have been filed by people who had invested in IMA.18 complaints filed in high court to direct the state government to handover the IMA case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Several investors also hail from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.Police ..

As strikes end, SC defers hearing on security of doctors, keeps open 'larger issue' of their safety

The Supreme Court Tuesday deferred the hearing on a plea seeking protection of doctors in government hospitals, saying since doctors have called off their strike in West Bengal and other states, there is no urgency to hear the matter. A bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant said it will not issue notice (to the Centre) but is keeping the larger issue of protection of doctors open. "We agreed to hear the plea today as there was a strike by doctors and medical fraternity in West Bengal and other states. The strike has been called off and there appears no urgency to hear the petition. List (the matter) before an appropriate bench," it said. Meanwhile, the Indian Medical Association also filed an impleadment application seeking the court's intervention into the plea already filed, saying protection needs to be provided to doctors across the country. The bench said it needs to take a holistic view in providing security to doctors. "We can't protect doctors at the cost of other ...

Separate bypolls for two RS seats? SC to hear Congress' plea tomorrow

The Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant following the election of BJP chief Amit Shah and party leader Smriti Irani to Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar and Amethi

Kerala CPM leader's son booked for rape, cheating

A Kerala CPM leader's son has been booked on charges of rape and cheating following a complaint filed by a woman in Mumbai, police said on Tuesday. The 33-year-old woman in her complaint alleged that Binoy Vinodini Balakrishnan (37), the son of CPM's Kerala unit secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, sexually assaulted her on the pretext of marriage, he said. The complainant also said that she had a child from the relationship, he said. Based on her complaint, the accused has been booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 (cheating) and 376 (rape), Oshiwara police station's senior inspector Shailesh Pasalwad said. The woman came in touch with the accused some years ago when she worked as a bar dancer in Dubai, another police official said, quoting the complaint. The accused used to frequently visit the dance bar following which the woman got into a relationship with him, he said. The accused later asked her to leave her job and promised to marry her, the official said. The ..

CPI-M Kerala secretary's son accused of rape

Fresh trouble has broken out for the ruling CPI-M in Kerala, after the Mumbai Police registered an FIR against state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's eldest son Binoy Kodiyeri.

Man sentenced to jail for sharing Christchurch attack video

A new Zealand court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 21 months in prison for sharing the livestream video of the March 15 attacks at the two Christchurch mosques in which 51 people were killed.

UP man stoned to death for demanding repayment

A man was allegedly stoned to death by some people for demanding repayment of the money he had lent, police said Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday when Aman Shekher, a resident of Khedu Sudiyan village, went to Ram Kumar's home to ask for repayment of his money, they said. Following an argument between the two, the accused and his family allegedly attacked Shekher with stones, police said. Shekher was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was declared brought dead by doctors, they said. Efforts were underway to nab the accused, they added.

Indian-American IT professional killed family before committing suicide: Police

A 44-year-old Indian-American IT professional killed his wife and two minor sons before committing suicide with a gun inside their home in the US state of Iowa, according to the police. The West Des Moines Police Department, which is probing the case, came to this conclusion after forensic autopsies were conducted on Sunday. The family of four was found dead under mysterious circumstances with gunshot wounds, shocking the community. The bodies of Chandrasekhar Sunkara, Lavanya Sunkara, 41, their 15-year-old and a 10-year-old sons were found in their home on Saturday morning. "The manners of death for Lavanya Sunkara and the two boys are homicide. The manner of death for Chandrasekhar Sunkara is suicide," the police said in a statement. "The State Medical Examiner's Office has determined the causes of death for all four family members to be gunshot wounds," they said. The State Medical Examiner's Office has determined the causes of death for all four family members to be gunshot ...

3 members of family killed in road accident in UP

Three members of a family were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a car here, police said Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday near Mirna village in the district. The deceased were identified as Afsana Begum (30), her seven-year-old daughter Shiba and nephew Irfan (22), police said, adding that bodies were sent for postmortem. The driver of the car was arrested, they added.

New Zealander jailed for sharing mosque shooting video

A New Zealand man was jailed for 21 months on Tuesday for distributing gruesome livestream video of the Christchurch mosque attacks that killed 51 Muslim worshippers, local media reported. Philip Arps, 44, was arrested in Christchurch four days after alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant's March 15 rampage at two mosques in the South Island city resulted in the worst massacre in modern New Zealand history. Arps pleaded guilty to two charges of distributing objectionable material for sharing footage that was livestreamed to social media during the attack. Christchurch District Court heard Arps distributed the raw footage to about 30 people and had another version that was modified to include crosshairs and a "kill count", the New Zealand Herald reported. "This was in effect a hate crime against the Muslim community," judge Stephen O'Driscoll said. He said it was "particularly cruel" to share the video in the days after the attacks, when relatives were still waiting to hear news of their loved

Telangana: 2 'chaddi gang' members detained

Cyberabad Police has detained two members of the notorious 'Chaddi Gang', who were involved in several house burglaries.The duo has been identified as Raju Savsingh Baria and Hasan Narsingh, both residents of Gujarat, used to visit Hyderabad to commit the offence of "house burglaries".They used to move on foot in the streets in the late night hours and targeted locked houses /flats.The accused were detained on Monday after Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar issued orders invoking the Preventive Detention Act.A series of house burglaries were committed by the gang of Gujarat in December 2017, April 2018 and January 2019, said VC Sajjanar. They have carried out four property offences during 2019 so far, while two in 2018 and one in 2017.They were earlier arrested on January 18 by the KPHB Police on 18 January 2019 at their native place in Gujarat State and remanded to judicial custody.Later they were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Mahisagar at Lunawada. On ...

Auto driver assault: SAD MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa manhandled by protesters

Hours after beating a police ACP, mob manhandled Akali Dal MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa early on Tuesday during a protest, which was called in solidarity with an auto driver and his son, who were thrashed by cops in Mukherjee Nagar area of the national capital.Sirsa was roughed up by the protesters outside Mukherjee Nagar police station after he told them, that he held a detailed conversation with the police officials and was satisfied with the action taken against the cop who thrashed the victim on Monday.The Akali leader was at the spot to enquire about the case. The situation got out of control, when he came out of the police station and urged the angry protestors to calm down. The agitators instead lost their cool and got furious at Sirsa, some even tried to hit him.The angry mob blocked Sirsa's way. Later, he was rescued and brought inside the police station.Speaking to ANI, one of the protesters Amarjeet Singh alleged that Sirsa was roped in by the "high authorities" to resolve ...

World leaders condole Morsi's death

Condolences poured in from across the world after the death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi on Monday.Morsi breathed his last after fainting in a courtroom during a trial session, state media reported.The 67-year-old was undergoing trial over accusations of espionage.People around the world issued statements on his sudden death.The first one to react was Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, who called Morsi a "martyr""May Allah rest our Morsi brother, our martyr's soul in peace," said Erdogan, who is known for having good relations with the former president.Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani offered his condolences to Morsi's family and Egyptian people."We received with great sorrow the news of the sudden death of former president Dr Mohamed Morsi. I offer my deepest condolences to his family and Egyptian people. We belong to God and to him we shall return," Sheikh Tamim said in a Twitter post.United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric offered condolences

J-K: Crime Branch arrests man impersonating as official in Chief Secretary's office

A man impersonating as an official of the office of Chief Secretary and duping several officers of lakhs of rupees was Monday arrested here, police said. A raid was conducted by the Crime Branch at Talab Tillo area of Jammu and arrested Ashwani Bhardwaj, they said. The matter came to light after director of the Tourism Department filed a complaint against a person who claimed to be an officer of the personal section of Chief Secretary's office. The accused asked the complainant to direct the assistant director Tourism, Leh to contact him, police said. When the assistant director called on the number, the accused asked him to deposit Rs 10,000 in his account on the plea that some of his relatives were stuck in Leh and in dire need of money, they said. The official subsequently transferred the money. But it was later found that there was no such officer working in the office of Chief Secretary. A case was registered by the Crime Branch Jammu and the accused was arrested by a special ...

SPO commits suicide after killing wife

A special police officer (SPO) committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle after killing his wife in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, the police said.

New police commissioner for Bengaluru in IPS officers' shake-up

In a major shake-up of IPS officers in Karnataka, the state government appointed Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar as the new Bengaluru Police Commissioner, an official notification said on Monday.

4 booked for causing nuisance after liquor consumption in J-K's Kathua

Four persons were booked for allegedly creating nuisance in public place after consuming liquor in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir Monday night, officials said. The accused were identified as Harpal Singh, Shanker Sharma, Balram and Raj Kumar, they said. They were medically examined and booked under section 36 of the Police Act, the officials added.