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Five arrested for leaking MCA, BCA question papers
Five men, including an employee of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), were arrested for allegedly leaking MCA and BCA third semester question papers from its study centre in Jharkhand's Bokaro, police said Sunday. The accused were identified as Dev Shankar (31), Vivek Kumar Sharma (27), Johanson Hans (30), residents of Jharkhand, Ankit Saxena (23), a resident of Uttar Pradesh and Mohammad Iqbal (24), a resident of Delhi, they said. According to police, on December 8, 2018, S G Swami, the registrar of IGNOU, Maidan Garhi in New Delhi had filed a complaint regarding question paper leak. The MCA third semester exam was scheduled to be held on December 8, 2018, at 10 am at centres across the country and also in Nepal. Swami complained that he received two e-mails from different addresses with images of the question paper attached. In the e-mails it was claimed that the question papers had been leaked a day before the exam, police said. The same day, Swami filed another ...
Delhi: Passenger caught with live cartridges
A passenger was caught with 5 live rounds of .22mm calibre at Delhi airport on Sunday.The passenger was apprehended during routine security check. He was scheduled to board an IndiGo flight.The accused was handed over to Delhi police after he failed to provide valid documents.The Delhi Police has registered a case under section 25 of the Indian Arms Act in this regard.In a similar incident, SpiceJet had found 22 live cartridges of .22 calibre from the baggage of a Bengaluru-bound passenger on January 10. The cartridges were found at Pune airport by the airline staff.
Hostel warden, husband arrested for molesting girls
The warden of a government-run girls hostel and her husband were arrested on Sunday for allegedly molesting and harassing girls of the hostel in Alwar district of Rajasthan. The action was taken after two girls complained to the police that the couple used to molest them and pressured them to befriend others allegedly participating in the "dastardly acts". "The accused used to call the girls to their house and harassed and molested them. They had been doing this for the last several days. Two girls gave a written complaint to the police following which an FIR was lodged on Saturday," Additional SP Alwar Mahesh Tripathi said. Officiating Circle Officer (Kishangarh Bas) Neha Agrawal recorded the statements of the victims on Sunday and later in the day the accused hostel warden Neelkamal Yadav (39) and her husband Naresh Yadav (40) were arrested under 354-A (sexual harassment), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and other relevant sections of POCSO Act and SC/ST Act. Naresh Yadav is .
Six cops suspended in Jalna district
Two police officers and six constables were suspended for alleged corruption and dereliction of duty in Jalna district Sunday. District Superintendent of Police S Chaitanya also shunted out a police inspector attached to Mantha police station for failure to curb crime in the area, official sources said. The suspended policemen included an assistant inspector, a sub-inspector and four constables. They were suspected to have nexus with criminals in their areas.
Man dies of asphyxiation in HP's Chamba district
A man died of asphyxiation and five of his family members, including four children, fell unconscious after they inhaled smoke emanating from an 'angithi', which they had forgotten to remove from their room, police said Sunday. The incident took place in Chamba district's Kuther village on Saturday night. Jagia Ram (62) died of asphyxiation while his wife Peenji and their grandchildren Ranjit, Rakhi, Sheelu and Kamal fell unconscious after inhaling carbon monoxide, Chamba SP Monica Bhutunguru said. Their neighbours took them to the Jawahar Lal Nehru Government Medical College and Hospital. Jagia Ram died while undergoing treatment, whereas the condition of his family members was stated to be stable, Bhutunguru said. Inquest proceedings were initiated after a case was registered under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) at Bharmour police station, the SP said, adding that a team was also sent to their home to ascertain the exact situation.
Egypt court upholds prison term for former anti-graft chief
An Egyptian court on Sunday upheld a five-year prison sentence for the country's former anti-corruption chief, found guilty of insulting the military, legal sources said. A military court rejected Hisham Geneina's appeal and confirmed his sentence, a judicial source said, over comments made in an interview with the news website HuffPost Arabi. Geneina was head of Egypt's Central Auditing Organisation until he was sacked by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in 2016 for allegedly exaggerating the cost of corruption. He subsequently became a top aide to former military chief of staff Sami Anan, who planned to challenge Sisi in presidential polls but was arrested. Geneina claimed Anan held documents on "political events and crises that Egyptian society has passed through" since the 2011 uprising. He said the documents could be released if Anan -- who remains in jail -- was harmed. Following the interview, Geneina was detained in February 2018 and sentenced last April to five years in prison .
Woman arrested for mowing down mechanic by car in Delhi
A 21-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly mowing down a man and injuring two others by her speeding car near Moolchand underpass in southeast Delhi, police said Sunday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Afaq (24), a resident of Jakir Nagar, they said. According to Chinmoy Bisawal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast), the incident occurred on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday when three friends Rudra Aashish Pandey, Nitish and Gaurav were returning home after attending a wedding function at Moti Bagh. When they crossed the Moolchand underpass, a tyre of the car burst following which they called a mechanic. At around 1.40 am, when the mechanic was replacing the tyre, a speeding car hit them, Biswal said. The car was being driven by a girl who fled the spot leaving her car behind. She was later identified as Ananya Khurana, a resident of Lajpat Nagar area, the DCP said, adding the mechanic died due to the injuries sustained in the accident. Khurana was ...
4 Afghan nationals held at IGI airport for smuggling heroin into India
Four Afghan nationals have been arrested for allegedly smuggling heroin into India by hiding the contraband in their abdomen, police said Sunday. The accused had come to Delhi on a medical visa from Afghanistan, they said. Abdul Haq Noorzai, Mohammad Naeim Noorzai, Mohammad Esmael Noorzai and Mohammad Nasim Noorzai, all from Farah province in western Afghanistan, were found trafficking heroin concealed in their abdomen for sale in Delhi-NCR and other states, police said. The accused have been admitted in Safdarjung Hospital and 122 capsules totalling 920 grams heroin have been extracted from their body by doctors. It may take a few days to extract all heroin capsules from their abdomen, Pramod Singh Kushwah, deputy commissioner of police (special cell), said. The officer said they received information about an international gang and laid a trap at Indira Gandhi International Airport on February 23 and the four suspects were detained. The accused appeared dizzy after landing at the ...
Constable parses acquittals while doing LLM, makes suggestions
A police head constable has come out with several suggestions for improving conviction rate in Maharashtra after studying over 200 court rulings as part of his Master of Laws (LLM) studies. The thesis submitted by constable Dwarkadas Bhange has prompted the police authorities to direct district-level officials to study trial court judgements. Bhange presented a thesis on 'Critical analysis of cases decided by the sessions court in 2017 in Police Commissionerate, Aurangabad' while earning his LLM degree last year. He analysed as many as 215 cases. Additional Director General of Police (Training) Sanjay Saxena Saturday directed all Superintendents of Police and Commissioners of Police that sessions court judgements in their areas should be studied in the similar way. Bhange's findings are valuable and they have been circulated among investigating officers, Saxena said in the order. Bhange said in his thesis that there should be a better co-ordination between investigating .
Man shot dead by 2 men in Dwarka
A 30-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by two men in Bindapur area of Dwarka district on Friday, police said. The deceased, Imran, was a street vendor, they said. The incident was a fallout of an old dispute between the victim and the accused persons, police said. On Friday, at 6.08 pm, officials were informed about an incident of firing at Shukar Bazar road, they said. On reaching the spot, it was found that the injured was shifted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital where he died during the course of treatment, a senior police officer said. Imran suffered three gun shot injuries, he said. Witness told police that Imran was shot by two young persons and one of them was Sumit, who had enmity with the victim, the officer said. Investigations revealed that the in 2013, Imran had attacked a relative of the accused Sumit. The two parties were also fighting a court case in connection with the incident, he said. The five-year court battle came to an end in September 2018 when Imran was ...
Seven arrested for cheating candidates on pretext of providing 'leaked' papers
Special Operations Group of the Rajasthan police on Sunday busted a gang involved in cheating candidates on the pretext of providing 'leaked' paper of a competitive examination, police said. The SOG arrested seven members of the gang and recovered Rs 5.48 lakh in cash, cheques taken from 30 people with an amount of Rs 7 lakh each, original documents of the candidates, Bluetooth devices and admit cards of the Agriculture Supervisor examination held on Sunday, Additional SP (SOG) Karan Sharma said. The accused were arrested before the commencement of the exam conducted by the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board (RSMSSB) at different centres in Jaipur and Kota, Sharma said. Following a tip off received on Saturday, the teams of SOG nabbed the accused here and recovered the documents. They had promised to leak the question paper and had demanded Rs 7 lakh from each candidate, he said. Those arrested were identified as Surendra Chaudhary, Ramprasad Chaupra, ...
DCW chief requests prez to streamline process to ensure hanging of convicts in Nirbhaya rape case
Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal requested President Ram Nath Kovind to streamline the judicial process to ensure hanging of the four convicts in the 2012 gang rape-and-murder case. Three of the four convicts in the case, who were sentenced to death, are likely to file a curative petition challenging the death penalty soon. A 23-year-old paramedic student, who later came to be known as Nirbhaya (fearless), was raped on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012 inside a running bus in South Delhi by six persons and severely assaulted before being thrown out on the road. She died on December 29, 2012 at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore. One of the accused, Ram Singh, had hanged himself in the jail and another, a juvenile, was convicted of rape and murder and given the maximum sentence of three years' imprisonment in a reform facility. In a letter addressed to President Kovind, Maliwal said there should be a fixed timeline within which the entire judicial ...
Mechanic mowed down by car in Delhi
A 24-year-old man was killed and two others were injured after a speeding car hit them near the Moolchand underpass in southeast Delhi on Saturday night, police said. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Afaq, a resident of Jakir Nagar, they said. According to Chinmoy Bisawal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast), the incident occurred on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday when three friends Rudra Aashish Pandey, Nitish and Gaurav were returning home after attending a wedding function at Moti Bagh. When they crossed the Moolchand underpass, a tyre of the car burst following which they called a mechanic. At around 1.40 am, when the mechanic was replacing the tyre, a speeding car hit them, Biswal said. The car was being driven by a girl who fled the spot leaving her car behind. She was later identified as Ananya Khurana, a resident of Lajpat Nagar-II, the DCP said. The mechanic died due to the injuries sustained in the accident. A case has been registered at Lajpat ...
Teenage girl raped in MP's Sagar; 3 held, one absconding
Three persons were arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, a senior police official said Sunday. A fourth accused is still at large and efforts were underway to nab him, the official added. Sagar Superintendent of Police Amit Sanghi said the girl and her grandfather were on their way to a temple on a hillock on the outskirts of the city when the four accused obstructed their way, assaulted the elderly man and raped the victim. "The incident happened on Friday. Narendra Ahirwar (26), Pradip Sour (35) and Motilal Sour (28) have been arrested for rape under relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act. Noni Sour (26) is on the run," Sanghi informed.
Bulandshahr violence: 5 held for killing UP police inspector
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) filed a charge sheet against 38 people in the Bulandshahr district court on Sunday in connection with the death of police inspector SubhodhKumar. Out of the 38, five people named in the charge sheet have been arrested under 302 (Punishment for murder) and other sections of the Indian Penal Code, while 33 have been held under 307 (attempt to murder) and other relevant sections of IPC. Speaking to ANI, Superintendent of Police (SP) Atul Srivastav said: "SIT filed a charge sheet against 38 people in a local court, out of the 38 people five have been charged with murder."A discussion on the charge sheet will take place on March 5, the court said.On December 3, police inspector Subodh Kumar was killed in the violence which took place after carcasses of 25 cattle were found in the forests close to a police station.Locals alleged that the carcasses were of cows which were slaughtered illegally.A youth was also killed in the violence that ensued.
Man arrested at Guwahati Railway Station with gold bars
A man has been arrested and six gold bars worth over Rs 16 lakh recovered from him at the Guwahati railway station here.The Guwahati Railway Police Station (GRPS) apprehended Amzad Ali, 35, hailing from Bhattapur in West Bengal on Saturday evening, police official said.Customs Department was informed about the matter as the gold bars recovered by the police are suspected to have been smuggled by him across the border.Ali, along with the seized item has been handed over by police station authorities to the Customs department as per the norms.
Mechanic dies after being hit by speeding car
A 24-year-old mechanic was killed after being hit by a speeding car on the intervening night of March 2-3.The victim identified as Mohammad Afaq, 24, was hit by a speeding Chevrolet Cruze, police said.The incident took place near Moolchand underpass where the mechanic was called to fix the tyre of the punctured car belonging to Rudra Ashish Panday, who was returning home after a marriage ceremony along with his friends Nitish and Gaurav.As the mechanic was fixing the tyre, a car driven by a woman allegedly hit him killing him on the spot while Nitish and Gaurav were injured in the impact.The woman fled the scene, leaving her car at the spot of the accident, police said."A case has been registered based on the statement of the eye witness Rudra Aashish Pandey," said Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-East Delhi.The accused has been identified as Ananya Khurana from Lajpat Nagar. The police are now on the lookout and is assessing the CCTV footage to find the accused.Afaq lived in ...
3 arrested for stealing vehicle
Five persons were arrested here on Sunday for stealing a taxi service vehicle, officials said. During routine checks near Roadways Bus Depot in Sahibabad Industrial area, a police team signalled a car to stop, however the driver resisted and made a bid to escape. To stop the vehicle, the police fired at the rear-end of it and punctured the car's bumper. The driver lost control over the car and rammed the road divider, SP (city) Shlok Kumar. The driver and two others in the car fired shots at the personnel and tried to escape. In the police's retaliatory fire, one of the accused sustained an injury in his leg. Police rushed the injured accused to a nearby hospital. They have been identified as Sheesh pal (injured), Govind and Pankaj singh. They confessed to their crime of robbing an Ola taxi cab (Swift Dzire) on February 19, officials said. Police recovered one country-made pistol, live cartridges, two knives and the stolen car from their possession.
SSB constable among 2 found dead in J-K's Ramban
Bodies of two people, including a constable of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), were recovered Sunday in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. SSB constable Dinesh Kumar Thakur, a resident of Chhattisgarh, was found dead with head injuries near TCP Banihal along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, SHO of the Banihal Police Station Ajaz Wani said. According to preliminary investigation, the jawan had left Srinagar for his home on February 25. Police have registered a case and further investigation is on to ascertain the cause of his death, the SHO said. Another deceased was identified as Surinder Paul, an employee of the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF). His body was recovered from a stream in nearby Digdole area. Paul, a resident of Pathankot in Punjab, was posted in Ramban, police said, adding that inquest proceedings have been started.
Guj man gets 20 years in jail for raping teen step daughters
A Gujarat court has sentenced a man to 20 years imprisonment for raping his two teenage step daughters. Additional Session Judge J M Sojitra on Saturday sentenced the 45-year-old man under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Public prosecutor H R Joshi said. Joshi told PTI that police had registered a case in December 2013 on the basis of a complaint filed by the 13-year-old and 14-year-old girls. The girls told police they were raped for over two months ever since their mother was forced to go out to work and they were alone in home.