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7 drug peddlers arrested in Jammu region
Seven suspected drug peddlers were arrested and narcotics seized from them in Poonch and Jammu districts Monday, officials said. A police party conducted raids following which four drug peddlers, identified as Shakeel Ahmed, Shafaat Ali, Musharraf Parvaiz and Waseem sakinder, who were involved in drug trafficking business, were kept under preventive detention, they said, adding that all the accused belong to Mendhar. In another such incident, a police team in Surankote seized 4 grams of heroin from a checking point and arrested two drug peddlers, they said. The accused, Shakeel Ahmed and Ashaq Khan, were arrested and a case was registered. The driver of the car was identified as Davinder Pal Singh and upon searching, 5 gram of heroin was recovered from his possession. A case was filed at Gandhinagar Police Station and investigation is underway, they said. In another case, a police party in Digiana intercepted two pedestrians who were moving suspiciously. They were stopped for checking
Man wanted for Rs 25 lakh robbery held after gunfight with police
A man, wanted in connection with a robbery of Rs 25 lakh, was arrested in Greater Noida following a gunfight with the police Monday night, officials said. The accused, Robin, was carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on his arrest since the robbery on June 5 in Gautam Buddh Nagar's Dadri area, the police said. "He was arrested following a gunfight with the police. Robin has suffered a bullet injury during the encounter. Rs 1.60 lakh cash and a country-made pistol along with some ammunition were recovered from him," Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna said. He said the police have also recovered a motorcycle that was used in the robbery. The accused was being treated for the injuries at a hospital and further proceedings were underway, he added.
Nigerian arrested after trying to buy 450 kgs of 'ghee' with cloned debit card
A Nigerian national was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday after he tried to use a cloned debit card to purchase 450 kgs of 'ghee' worth Rs 2.25 lakh.
Man held for supplying illegal guns in Delhi
A 36-year-old man was arrested for allegedly supplying illegal guns in the national capital after procuring them from Rajasthan, police said Monday. The accused was identified as Sunny, a resident of Sagarpur, they said. According to a senior police officer, they received information that Sunny would come at Sector-16 in Dwarka on Saturday with a consignment of illegal arms. "A trap was laid and the accused was arrested while he was trying to flee the spot," AK Singla, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime), said. During interrogation, it was revealed that Sunny was a "bad character" of Sagarpur Police Station. He used to purchase sophisticated or country-made pistols from Mewat region of Rajasthan for supplying in Delhi, they said. Three country-made pistols and one car were recovered from his possession, they added.
Man hacked to death in Ulhasnagar
A 37-year-old man from Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra's Thane district was Monday allegedly hacked to death by three persons, police said. The victim, Vashisht Yadav, was attacked with a sword near the Jhulelal temple around 7:30 pm by the trio, including two brothers, a police official said. On the motive behind the crime, he said the accused wanted to avenge the killing of their brother Sundaram Nishad who they suspected was killed at the behest of Yadav. The brother duo are identified as Sandeep Nishad and Shravan Nishad while identity of another accused is not known, the official said, adding that a case of murder has been registered. No arrest is made so far.
Man dies in freak mishap in Akola
A water storage tank mounted on a tractor slipped and fell on a man sitting on his two-wheeler parked on the roadside here Monday, killing him, police said. The freak mishap took place at around 2 pm in the Mothi Umri area here in Akola city of eastern Maharashtra. The deceased was identified as Ajay Dadarao Arkharao, Civil Line police station Inspector Vinod Thakre said, adding the truck driver is absconding. The 31-year-old had parked his two-wheeler on the roadside, where construction of a drainage line was going on, and was sitting on it when the tractor approached, he said. All of a sudden the water storage tank mounted on the tractor slipped and fell on Arkharao, he said. He was taken to a private hospital, where he died during treatment, the police official said. The tractor driver has been booked under IPC section 304A (causing death by negligence) and a search is on for him, Thakre said.
Frenchman 'admits burning body' of murdered jogger wife
A Frenchman charged with murdering his wife in a case that gripped France on Monday admitted to partially burning her body after brutally beating her, following a meticulous police reconstruction of the events, the prosecutor said. Jonathann Daval, 35, had in January 2018 confessed to killing his wife Alexia in October 2017 after initially posing as a distraught husband and even organising events in her memory. The charred body of Alexia Daval, a 29-year-old bank employee, had been found hidden under tree branches near their town of Gray-la-Ville in eastern France. But the husband had until now not admitted to burning her body after the crime -- an omission that had continued to distress Alexia's parents -- and had shown inconsistencies in other aspects of his version. "Faced with the urgent demand of his parents-in-law, who had implored him to tell the whole truth, he finally admitted not only killing her but then partially burning her body," said the prosecutor for the eastern ...
Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi dies in courtroom
Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi breathed his last on Monday after fainting in a courtroom during a trial session, state media reported.The 67-year-old was at the session over accusations of espionage, according to BBC."He was speaking before the judge for 20 minutes then became very animated and fainted. He was quickly rushed to the hospital where he later died," a judicial source was quoted as saying.Morsi became Egypt's first democratically elected president in 2012 after the 2011 Arab Spring saw the end of former President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. He was then deposed following mass protests and a military coup in July 2013.The ousted leader had remained in custody since then, while the movement to which he belonged, the Muslim Brotherhood, has since been outlawed, Al Jazeera reported.The Cairo Criminal Court had adjourned the trial of Morsi and 23 others in the case of "collaborating with Hamas" for tomorrow.In November 2016, the Court of Cassation scrapped the life ...
Sources: US to question Assange pal jailed in Ecuador
US investigators have received permission from Ecuador to question a Swedish programmer close to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has been held in jail for more than two months on suspicion of hacking, The Associated Press has learned. The interview with Ola Bini is set for June 27, according to an Ecuadorian prosecutor's order provided to AP by someone closely following the case. Spokespeople at the US Justice Department declined to comment, but a person familiar with the case in the United States confirmed that US authorities want to hear from Bini, who was arrested the same day that Ecuador evicted Assange from its embassy in London. Both people spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly discuss an investigation that is in progress. It's not clear why American authorities asked to speak with Bini. But the request suggests for the first time that the Swedish programmer, who has not been charged with any crimes by Ecuador, is a potential witness ..
Noida: 4 held for illegal mining near Yamuna, flouting NGT norms
An illegal mining gang was busted in the flood-prone area of Yamuna here and four people arrested for violating the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) guidelines on pollution control, officials said on Monday. Around a dozen machines, including tractors with mounted stone crushers and a JCB, were also seized from the spot by the district administration, they said. The action was taken by the administration when the city magistrate reached the crushing site on Yamuna river bank near Sector 126 around 12 pm, the officials said. "At least 12 tractors and one JCB were seized from the site. The tractors had stone crushers attached to them. The entire business was illegal and being done in blatant violation of the NGT guidelines. This was spread in an area of over 50 to 60 acres," City Magistrate Shailendra Mishra told PTI. "Four people -- two managers and two workers -- were arrested from the spot and booked under section 151 of the CrPC besides the Mines Act," he said. Mishra said an inquiry
Madras HC directs matrimonial sites, founders to be impleaded as respondents
The Madras High Court Monday directed that private matrimonial websites and their founders be impleaded as respondents to a PIL filed by an NGO which sought directions to control and monitor such sites. Justices M Sathayanarayanan and B Pugalendi of the Madurai bench gave the direction on a Public Interest Litigation filed by the managing trustee of a Tiruchirappali based NGO, Parents Trust. The NGO submitted that such matrimonial sites were being misused and there was a need to control and monitor them. It sought directions to frame suitable guidelines to include their verification and identification. The NGO quoted an incident in Tiruchirapalli, where a man had allegedly cheated a widow, who was a medical practitioner and the mother of a girl, after promising to marry her. On the advice of her friends and relatives, the woman had uploaded her profile on a matrimonial site. The man, who was already married, had posted matrimonial ads on different websites without his photograph or ...
DCW seeks status report from Delhi Police on girl's murder
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has sought details of investigation from police into the killing of an eight-year-old girl in Narela. The body of the minor, who had gone missing on Friday, was found near her residence in outer-north Delhi's Narela on two days later, police said. The girl was found dead in the area behind her house on Sunday evening, a senior police officer said. DCW member Promila Gupta met the girl's parents. It is learnt that while the parents reported the girl missing on June 15, the police failed to conduct any searches on that day or the next day, the DCW said. "It has been stated by the parents that a man named Guddu, suspected by them to be the culprit, had earlier attempted to take the girl away, but was seen by the mother who caught hold of the man and let him go after he profusely apologised. The same man had on past occasions misbehaved with other girls and was a known miscreant," it said. The DCW has sought a copy of the post-mortem report, copy of ...
Police inspector placed under suspension
A police inspector in Odisha's Nabarangpur district was placed under suspension on charge of not following formalities while conducting gambling raid and detaining two persons, an officer said on Monday. Inspector Puspendu Sagar, ex-IIC of Kosagumunda Police Station with additional charge of Kodinga Police Station of Nawarangapur district has been placed under suspension with immediate effect by the Director General of Police, R P Sharma, the officer said. The DGP's action came a day after a large number of people staged a protest and vandalised Kodinga police station on Sunday alleging custodial death of a detained person. During the period of suspension, inspector Sagar will remain under the disciplinary control of DIG of Police, South Western Range, Koraput. The inspector was accused of not following any legal formalities and procedures while conducting gambling raid and detaining two persons thereof. One of the detained person died while being shifted to a hospital .
Nair hospital suicide: Police oppose bail of accused doctors
The Mumbai Police Monday opposed the bail plea of three women doctors, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a junior colleague, saying recording of statements of eye witnesses was underway. The Mumbai crime branch, probing the suicide of Payal Tadvi, filed its reply to the bail plea before special Judge P B Jadhav on Monday. The police said that since Tadvi belonged to a Scheduled Tribe, the three accused doctors tortured her mentally, ragged her and forced her to commit suicide. The accused were absconding for about five days after the incident and during this period, they planned on how to tackle police interrogation, they said. Stressing that they were awaiting the forensic report of the mobile phones of the accused as well as the victim, the police said that if the accused were released on bail, they will hamper the probe. The accused-- Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal, attached to the B Y L Nair hospital here, were arrested on May 29 and are currently in ..
Stripped and beaten up, says woman bar dancer
: A woman dancer has alleged that she was stripped and beaten up publicly by five people, including four women 'colleagues', for refusing sexual favours to customers in a bar, a charge dismissed by police Monday. Police said the woman was not a bar dancer as claimed by her and the five people were friends and frequent customers at the pub in Begumpet area. The woman, aged around 30, had alleged she was stripped and physically assaulted on a road by the women and and a man on Friday night for refusing sexual favours to customers. However, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) A R Srinivas dismissed the charge. "Her allegation that she was stripped is false. She was beaten up by five of her friends over some dispute", he told PTI. He said that after the incident, the woman filed a complaint, an FIR was registered and the women were arrested. Efforts were on to nab the man, who also beat up the woman, he said The DCP brushed aside the woman's charges that police had not
Guj man booked for giving triple talaq to wife on WhatsApp
A man in Gujarat's Valsad district has been booked for allegedly giving triple talaq, prohibited by law, to his wife through a WhatsApp message, police said Monday. An official identified the accused as Jailun Javed Kalia (27) and said he has sent the divorce message to his father Javed Kalia a few days ago. "The victim, a 25-year-old woman now residing with her parents in Umargam town in Valsad, filed a complaint on Sunday. Jailun, a resident of Sanjan, works in a shipping firm and is currently abroad," said Inspector P M Parmar of Umargam police station. "Upon getting the divorce message from his son, Javed Kalia took a print-out and approached a cleric to formalise the separation," he said. The cleric informed the victim's parents, who, along with their daughter, approached the police. The couple were married four years ago and have a three-year-old son, he said, adding that the victim has complained that she was tortured in her marital house. "The woman has alleged ..
Dabholkar case: CBI opposes lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar's bail
The CBI Monday opposed the bail plea of lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar, arrested in the murder case of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar, claiming he would tamper with evidence if granted bail. Punalekar's bail plea is being heard in the court of Additional Sessions Judge R M Pande. Special prosecutor for the CBI, Prakash Suryawanshi, disputed the defense's argument that Punalekar's advice to Sharad Kalaskar, one of the shooters arrested in the case, to destroy the firearm used in the murder was "legal communication" between a client and a lawyer. "He (Punalekar) crossed all the limits by giving advice to Kalaskar to destroy the firearms (used in Dabholkar and Gauri Lankesh murders), thus it was not legal advice," Suryawanshi argued. Punalekar gave the advice as a "sadhak" (follower) of the Sanatan Sanstha and not as a lawyer, he added. Defense counsel Subhash Jha told the court that even if it is assumed that Punalekar had advised Kalaskar to destroy the firearm, as claimed by .
Delhi: Commissioner of Police assures action against policemen accused of beating auto driver, son
The Commissioner of Police in Delhi, Amulya Patnaik on Monday met a delegation led by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjinder Singh Sirsa and assured him that a case will be registered against all the police personnel involved in beating the Sikh auto driver Sarbjit Singh."The Commissioner of Police has assured us no guilty policeman will be spared, the enquiry in the incident will be conducted by the Joint Commissioner of Police and will be entrusted to someone outside the district. We were also assured that no case has been registered against Sarbjit and his son in the matter," Sirsa told ANI after the meeting.The victim Sarbjit Singh was also part of the delegation which included DSGMC general secretary Harmeet Singh Kalka, senior vice president Bibi Ranjit Kaur, junior vice president Kulwant Singh Bath and other members.The DSGMC president added that Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal is also monitoring the case and they had ...
Sessions court to hear Muzaffarnagar riots eyewitness killing case on July 1
A court here Monday sent the murder case of an eyewitness in a Muzaffarnagar riots case to the sessions case for hearing on July 1. Chief Judicial Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Gautam sent the murder case against six accused to the sessions court for hearing and asked them to appear before it on July 1. Ashfaq, who was an eyewitness in the murder case of his two brothers, was shot dead in Khatauli town of Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district in March this year. Ashfaq's brothers, Nawab and Shahid, were shot dead during the 2013 riots, in which more than 60 lives were lost and over 40,000 people were displaced. Police registered a case and arrested all the six accused, including gangster Sushil Munch's son.
SPO shoots wife dead, commits suicide in J-K's Doda district
A special police officer (SPO) allegedly killed his wife before committing suicide with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district Monday, officials said. Village Defence Committee SPO Dheeraj Raj (45) killed his wife, Urmila Devi(42) with his service rifle and then trained the gun at himself, they said. The SSP of Doda, Shabir Ahmed Malik, said, "According to preliminary report, the SPO brought out his service weapon and shot dead his wife and himself. As of now, we are investigating the case and the reason behind the step taken by Dheeraj Raj." "We have seized the service rifle used in the incident and registered a case," the SSP said.