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One more arrested in the murder of bookie Vijay Batra
The Gurugram police arrested a youth who allegedly played a crucial role in the murder of Vijay Batra, the alleged bookie, at Sohna Road on February 22.
Gangster arrested for extortion
Akil Lakdawala, brother of fugitive gangster Ejaz Lakdawala, has been arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a builder here, a senior police official said Friday. Ejaz Lakdawala had been calling several builders in the western suburbs since December and demanding 'protection money', he said. On February 26, a builder approached the anti-extortion cell of Mumbai Police and lodged a complaint against the gangster. Ejaz had threatened him over phone and demanded Rs 50 lakh, the builder told the police. Probe revealed that Akil was also involved in the extortion racket, and following a tip-off, he was nabbed from Mira Road area on the outskirts of Mumbai Thursday, the officer said. Akil had a similar case registered against him in the past and was on bail. He was booked under IPC section 386 (extortion) and 120 (criminal conspiracy) and produced before a court which remanded him in police custody till March 8.
Interception order passed keeping terrorism, legitimate state interest in mind, Centre tells SC
The Centre Friday told the Supreme Court that its order allowing agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt computer systems of the citizens was passed keeping in mind "legitimate state interest" and threats like "terrorism" and it did not violate the right to privacy. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in its affidavit filed with the apex court registry, sought dismissal of the PILs challenging its December 20, 2018 notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt computer systems saying that these would be done by "an authorised agency". "The grave threats to the country from terrorism, radicalisation, cross border terrorism, cyber crime, organised crime, drug cartels cannot be understated or ignored and a strong and robust mechanism for timely and speedy collection of actionable intelligence including signal intelligence, is imperative to counter threats to national security. "This is undeniably legitimate state interest. It is therefore imperative ...
Man arrested for killing rival group's member
A man was arrested for allegedly being involved in killing a rival group member and dumping the body at an isolated place in Mathura after burning to destroy evidence, police said Friday. The accused identified as Pankaj Kumar, a resident of east Champaran district in Bihar, they added. According to police, both the Bihar-based gangs were involved in smuggling illicit liquor in the state. A case of kidnapping of Amit Kumar Singh was registered at the Saraiya police station in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Later, his burnt body was recovered from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, police said. Kumar was arrested on February 27 on a tip off that he would come to meet someone near a monastery opposite ISBT in Kashmere Gate, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rajesh Deo said. A car used in the commission of crime was recovered from his possession, Deo said. Kumar told police that Singh was a rival gang member. On the directions of Channu Thakur, on February 20, he, along with Ravi and Mannu, ..
5 held for bike robberies
Two gangs of alleged motorcycle thieves were busted and five people arrested in Rajasthan's Bundi district on Friday, police said. Acting on a tip-off about some suspected youths in search of customers to purchase motorbikes, the police carried out a raid in Dablana area. Three persons -- Harpreet alias Siddhu (24), Mahavir Mali (45) and Murlidhar Gujjar (35) -- were arrested and six motorbikes were recovered, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Samandar Champawat. In Bundi town, two youths -- Mahendra Meena alias Bhagirath (24) and Lekhraj Meena alias Sonu (20) -- were arrested and five motorcycles were recovered from their possession, the DSP added.
Young couple jumps into well along with baby, all three dead
A young husband-wife duo allegedly jumped into a well at a village in Wadhwan taluka of Surendranagar district along with their two-month-old child, following which all three died, police said on Friday. Although the incident came to light on Friday, police suspect that the couple had apparently jumped into the well a few days back. "The bodies of the couple and their baby were recovered from a well near Baldana village in Wadhwan taluka today. They were missing since February 24," Wadhwan police inspector H R Jethi said. The deceased were identified as Nanka Sapania (20), his wife Puniben (19) and their son Sahil, he said. Police investigation has revealed that the deceased were tribals and hailed from Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh. The couple had been working as farm labourers at Baldana village for some time. In his statement to police, Nanka's father Kaliyabhai claimed that the couple had left the farm on February 24 saying that they would return in some ...
Teenager 'beaten up' for teasing girl in Kerala dies
An 18-year-old boy, who was beaten up by his neighbour for allegedly teasing a girl, died at a hospital, police said Friday. The teenager had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in the state capital, where he died Thursday night, they said. Vineeth, a warden of a district jail here was taken into custody in connection with the death. The warden had slapped the boy alleging that he had made fun of his relative. The ITI student, who was attacked last week, had fallen unconscious and was under treatment since then. The relatives of the boy said when he regained consciousness for a brief while, he had told his mother that he had not made fun of the girl. Police said a case under section 302 of IPC was registered on the basis of the statement of an eyewitness.
Body of Pakistani prisoner sent to Attari border: Raj police
The body of a Pakistani prisoner who died following a scuffle with fellow inmates in Jaipur Central Jail on February 20 was Friday sent to the Attari border to hand it over to the Pakistani authorities, police said. Shakar Ullah (50), a member of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba succumbed to injuries on February 20. He was lodged in the Jaipur Central Jail since 2011 and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 by a court under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The body of the Pakistani prisoner was sent to Attari border at 5 pm Friday, Raj Kumar Sharma, SHO, Lal Kothi police station said. The body was kept at the SMS Hospital mortuary till February 28 after postmortem by a medical board, he said. Medical jurist N L Dasania said the body was handed over to the Lal Kothi police as per the directions of the court. IG (Jail) Rupinder Singh said the body will be handed over to the authorities at the border in the presence of Pakistan's high commission officers.
Death for repeat offence not knee-jerk reaction to Delhi gang-rape case: Maha govt to HC
The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court Friday that the criminal law amendment introducing death penalty for a repeat offence of rape was not a "knee-jerk" reaction to the Delhi gang-rape incident. Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni stated this in response to the defence's argument in the Shakti Mills rape case challenging the validity of IPC section 376(E). Kumbhakoni said the amendment was "well thought out" and not a "knee-jerk reaction". Advocate Yug Chaudhry, who represents three convicts in the case who have been awarded death sentence, had argued that section 376 (E) is arbitrary and does not prescribe a punishment proportional to the crime. The amendment was passed in haste following the December 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, he had said. Kumbhakoni told a bench of Justices B P Dharmadhikari and Revati Mohite-Dere that the amendment was brought following the recommendations of an experts committee in the aftermath of the Delhi gang-rape, and passed by Parliament ..
Youth gored to death, 3 others hurt in 'jallikattu' in TN
A 23-year old man was gored to death while three others were injured in bull taming sport 'jallikattu' near Lalgudi in the district Friday, police said. Manikandan suffered serious injuries in his stomach area as a bull attacked him and flung him at the sport organised in connection with a temple festival. He died while being taken to hospital. The bull also injured a 22-year old man while two others were hurt later. All have been hospitalised, police added.
Delhi High Court Judge Valmiki Mehta dies of heart attack
Justice Valmiki Mehta, judge of Delhi High Court, passed away Friday morning after suffering a heart attack. He was cremated in the evening at the electric crematorium in Nigam Bodh Ghat here. Born on June 6, 1959 in Mumbai, Justice Mehta had completed his schooling in Vishakhapatnam and did graduation in B.Com (H) from Sri Venkateshwara College, Delhi University (DU) and LLB from Campus Law Centre in DU. He enrolled with the Delhi Bar Council in 1982 and started practising. Justice Mehta is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters-in-law. Justice Mehta's son Tanmay Mehta is married to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi's daughter. Justice Mehta had practised in Delhi High Court, district courts and various tribunals in civil matters and was designated as a senior advocate in 2001 at the age of 42 years. He had assumed office as Additional Judge, Delhi High Court on April 15, 2009. Bar Council Chairman K C Mittal conveyed condolences and said the news of sudden demise of ...
Families of murdered Youth Congress workers demand CBI probe
The families of the two murdered Youth Congress workers in Kerala's Kasargode district, on Friday approached the police chief and the state home secretary seeking a CBI probe into the killings.
Ujjain's Mahakal temple bars priest after molestation video goes viral
The management of Ujjain's Mahakal temple on Friday barred a priest from entering the temple premises after a video allegedly showing the priest molesting a minor girl went viral in social media.
Sharif moves SC against rejection of bail plea in corruption case
Pakistan's former premier Nawaz Sharif, who is currently serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore for corruption, Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the dismissal of his bail plea by a high court. In the petition filed through his counsel Khawaja Haris in the apex court, Sharif said the Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejected the application despite the fact that he needed immediate medical attention due to his deteriorating health conditions. A two-member bench of the IHC comprising Justices Aamer Farooq and Mohsin Akhtar Kayani rejected his bail plea on medical grounds on February 25. In its decision, the court said that Sharif, 69, could not be given bail on health grounds as he was already being treated at a hospital. Sharif asked the court to declare the high court's dismissal orders as null and void. The high court bench in a nine-page judgment had said: "In fact the reports of Board of Doctors and various Teams constituted, are indicative of the fact that the ...
Rigorous jail term for Gujarat Cong MLA in illegal mining case
A Gujarat court on Friday awarded two year and nine months rigorous imprisonment to local Congress MLA Bhagvan Barad in an illegal mining case registered in 1995. Judicial Magistrate of Sutrapada taluka court S L Mehta pronounced the MLA guilty under section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with punishment for theft, said public prosecutor D J Trivedi. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 2,500 on Barad, he said. Barad, 60, is the sitting MLA from Talala in Gir-Somnath district. "The magistrate awarded rigorous imprisonment of two years and nine months to Barad, who was accused of stealing limestone worth Rs 2.83 crore through illegal mining on a government land in Sutrapada. "The FIR (in the case) was registered against Barad in 1995," Trivedi told PTI. According to the FIR, Barad had extracted limestone worth Rs 2.83 crore from a government land and sold the mineral to a local chemical factory. The FIR was lodged by the Sutrapada police following a complaint by a mining ...
SC asks woman lawyer to approach DCP with complaint against Delhi cops
The Supreme Court Friday asked a woman lawyer, who was allegedly assaulted by some cops outside the Delhi High Court premises last night, to approach a senior officer of Delhi Police for lodging FIR on the incident. A bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and Deepak Gupta took note of the submissions of the woman advocate, who has also filed a sexual harassment case against an eminent jurist, that she was brutally assaulted by two policemen near the high court. She also alleged that her mobile phone, by which she was filming the cops, was snatched by them. "You go to the police station. This is not the police station," the bench said. Later, the bench asked the woman lawyer to approach the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, under whose jurisdiction the Tilak Marg police station falls, with her complaint for registration of the FIR and seeking protection. "Advocate, who is appearing as the petitioner-in-person in these writ petitions, has mentioned before this court today that .
2 arrested in UP's Barabanki with morphine worth Rs 3.5 crore
Two persons were arrested in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday with morphine worth Rs 3.5 crore in the international market, police said here. The accused were arrested from Harak crossing under Zaidpur police station area with the contraband weighing 1.1 kg worth Rs 3.5 crore in the international market, police said. Both the arrested are being questioned, officials said.
Telangana: 7-year-old killed after water tanker rams into two-wheeler
A 7-year-old girl was killed on Friday after a collision between a water tanker and a two-wheeler near Abids, the police said. K Laxmaih, Sub-Inspector at Abids police station, said, "The deceased girl Dia Jain was a third standard student at Rosary Convent School. Her father Naresh Jain was on the way to drop her to school in the morning."Laxmaih further said the girl died on the spot while her father was admitted to a local hospital for treatment. The driver of the water tanker fled from the spot after the incident.A case has been registered under Section 306-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
HC seeks authorities' reply on guidelines in sexual assault cases relating to foreign victims
The Delhi High Court has observed there is a lack of guidelines by which the court can seek intervention of the Home Ministry or the embassy concerned in sexual assault cases where victims or witnesses are foreign nationals. The high court, which initiated a criminal reference in relation to absence of guidelines on the issue, sought response of the Centre and the Delhi government on it. "In view of the circumstance that, the reference is in relation to absence of the guidelines by which the court can seek intervention/ involvement of the Ministry of Home Affairs and/or concerned embassy/high commission/consulate for making necessary arrangements in this behalf, it is considered necessary to issue notice to the Ministry of External Affairs, through the central government standing counsel...," a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said. In an earlier hearing, the Delhi government's standing counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra said he would place on record the ...
HC issues notices to Cong, BSP, Sena for putting up illegal hoardings, banners
The Bombay High Court Friday issued show cause notices to the Congress, the BSP and the Shiv Sena, asking why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for putting up illegal hoardings and banners across Maharashtra. A division bench, headed by Justice A S Oka, said it was of the prima facie opinion that these political parties had committed a breach of previous court orders that prohibited display of hoarding or banner without requisite permission. "There is material to show that these political parties have indulged in display of illegal hoardings, banners and so on. "We issue notices to these parties asking them to show cause as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them," the court said. The bench sought the parties' responses by March 27. The bench warned that if the parties fail to take appropriate action on the matter, it will issue notices to their leaders. "Today, we are issuing notices to the political parties, but if we feel that proper