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6 arrested for copper wire theft at All India Radio's facility in Delhi
Six persons were arrested on Friday in north Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area for allegedly stealing copper wire from a government-owned facility, police said. Three persons -- Shan Mohamad (24), Shahzad (26) and Abhishek (22) -- were arrested while attempting to steal copper wire at All India Radio High Power Transmission Aerial Field, which is spread over 300 acres, they said. Total 200 kilogram of copper wire was recovered from their possession, police said. Aas Mohamadd (26), a scrap dealer who allegedly bought the stolen wires, was also arrested from east Delhi's GTB Enclave and bundles of copper wires were recovered from him. Two others -- Umed (33) and Akshay (22) -- were later arrested from Hapur after police conducted several raids. Interrogation revealed Umed, a scrap hawker, had found potential in stealing huge amount of copper wires from the facility and earn money, a senior police officer said. They used to steal copper wire from the area and sold it to scrap dealers at cheap
JeI ban: UAPT to hold sittings from June 19
The Unlawful Activities Prevention Tribunal (UAPT), constituted by the Centre to decide whether there is sufficient evidence for declaring Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) as an unlawful association, will hold sittings here for three days from June 19. The UAPT will hold sittings at the High Court Complex in Srinagar on June 19, 20 and 21, an official spokesman said here. He said the tribunal is being presided over by Justice Chander Shekhar of the Delhi High Court. Accordingly, all those interested in giving evidence may file their affidavit (in duplicate) with the registrar of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, Delhi High Court building in New Delhi and shall remain present in person on the aforementioned dates for cross-examination, if any, before the tribunal, the spokesman said. The Centre had constituted a tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court judge to decide whether there is sufficient cause for declaring JeI as an unlawful association. On March 23, the Ministry of Home Affairs ...
5 shot dead in Delhi; Kejriwal urges LG, Home Min to look into law and order situation
Five people were shot dead in four different incidents here since Thursday evening, following which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal raised concern over the city's law and order situation, and urged Lt Governor Anil Baijal and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to look into the issue. The Delhi Police, which comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs, claimed that all the attacks were over personal enmity. "Five murders in Delhi in last 24 hours is an extremely serious situation. I appeal to @LtGovDelhi & @HMOIndia to urgently look into the law and order situation of the national capital," Kejriwal tweeted Friday. The chief minister has been demanding that the Delhi Police be brought under the control of the city government The Delhi Police said in all four cases personal enmity was the reason behind the attacks. "The murders have all been confirmed to be personal enmity related. Accused previously known to victim & already arrested in some cases. Overall heinous ...
Sarpanch arrested taking bribe
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here Friday arrested the sarpanch of Kela Ka Bas gram panchayat in Jamwa Ramgarh for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 20,000, an official said. The accused, Rohitash Kumar, had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the complainant to recommend his name for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, an ACB spokesperson said. After verification, a trap was laid and the sarpanch was arrested while taking a bribe of Rs 20,000, the spokesperson said.
Septuagenarian held on molestation charge
A septuagenarian was here arrested for allegedly molesting a five-year-old girl, police said Friday. On the complaint of the girl's father, a case has been registered against accused Netrapal (76) under Section 354 of the IPC and the POCSO Act. SP (City) Shlok Kumar said the accused lured the girl on the pretext of giving her a toffee and allegedly molested her. In the meantime, the girl's father saw it and freed the child from his grip, police said.
NHRC notice to UP police chief on journalist's thrashing
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Uttar Pradesh's Director General of Police demanding a detailed report of the incident of the thrashing of a journalist by railway police personnel in the state's Shamli earlier this week.
NHRC issues notice to UP DGP over 'brutal assault' of Shamli scribe
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the DGP of Uttar Pradesh, OP Singh, taking suo motu cognisance over the reported brutal assault of a TV journalist covering derailment of a goods train in Shamli by GRP personnel on Tuesday night."The Commission has issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh calling for a detailed report in the matter including action taken against the guilty public servants and status of the FIR Registered against them. The response is expected within four weeks," a statement from the NHRC said."NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that just a few hours after the Supreme Court ordered the release of a journalist, another TV journalist in the West Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district was brutally assaulted by the SHO of the Government Railway Police, GRP on Tuesday, 11th June 2019 night," stated the release."He, along with and a constable was booked and suspended after videos of the attack went ...
Ragpicker kills lover over suspicion of new affair
A ragpicker murdered his lover after calling her for a drink at a graveyard on the outskirts of Hyderabad, police said on Friday.
Seven arrested for suspected cattle smuggling in J-K; 48 animals rescued
Seven suspected bovine smugglers were arrested and 48 animals rescued from Rajouri and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said. Three trucks and a pickup vehicle were intercepted at Daber-Nowshera, Thanamandi and Kote behrote areas of Rajouri district and 21 bovines were rescued, they said. Cases were registered against three men, identified as Mohmmad Shabir, Arslan Mustafa and Mohmmad Junaid, in this connection, the officials added. In Udhampur district, a police team intercepted two trucks at the Jakhani area and rescued 27 bovines from these, they said. Four people, identified as Mohmmad Mushtaq, Jamal Din, Hamid Miyan and Mohmmad Haroon, were arrested and separate cases registered against them, the officials said. Further investigation is underway, they added.
Body of minor girl, believed to be Indian, found near US-Mexico border
The body of a seven-year-old girl, believed to be Indian, has been found near a remote and deserted US-Mexico border area with authorities in Arizona saying she was a victim of human smuggling. The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials said on Thursday the girl was part of a group trying to get into the US after human smugglers dropped them off near the Mexico border. Temperatures in the rugged wilderness where agents found her remains Wednesday hovered around 108 degrees. The girl was found dead 27 kilometres west of Lukeville in Arizona state by the US border patrol agents. "Our sympathies are with this little girl and her family. This is a senseless death driven by cartels who are profiting from putting lives at risk," said Roy Villareal, Tucson Chief Patrol Agent. The girl was travelling with four other persons and dropped near the border by human smugglers who ordered the group to cross in the dangerous and austere location. The patrol agents got the information after ...
CM orders probe into blackmailing charges against former PCC chief's brother
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has ordered a probe into a complaint that state's senior Congress leader Kishore Upadhaya's younger brother Sachin has duped and threatened his business partner. Rawat ordered the probe by a special investigative team after Sachin's business partner Mukesh Joshi, owning joint venture firm SM Hospitality Pvt Ltd, lodged a complaint with the chief minister. In his complaint, Joshi alleged that the Congress leader's brother has transferred his 50 per cent share in the firm to himself and his wife by forging his signature. Joshi also accused Sachin of blackmailing him and cited a threat to his life as his brother Kishore had political clout. Kishore Upadhaya was earlier president of the Pradesh Congress Committee. The chief minister sent Joshi's complaint the state home secretary asking him to have the matter probed by the SIT as the allegations were of a serious nature. "The charges are of a serious nature. Direct the officials concerned ..
Indian arrested in Nepal for possessing narcotic drugs
An Indian national was arrested and 54 kg narcotic drugs recovered from his possession in central Nepal on Friday, police said here. The incident took place at Hetauda city. The 44-year-old man was identified as Sanjaya Mahato, a resident of Bihar's Raxaul district. He was arrested along with his Nepalese accomplice, identified as 28-year-old Rohit Shrestha, police said, adding that 54 kg hemp was recovered from their possession. In a similar incident, police arrested a US national from Tribhuvan International Airport for carrying hashish. The man identified as 46-year-old William Heron was arrested during a security check while he was boarding a Bangkok-bound flight of the Nepal Airlines. Police recovered 5 kg hashish from his luggage.
Two sisters commit suicide in Odisha's Ganjam district
Two sisters, aged 16 and 12, have allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in Ganjam district, a police officer said. The girls, Deepa (16) and Lija (12), were daughters of Padmanav Bhuyan, a labourer at Gudiali village in Kabisurya Nagar police station of the district, he said. Lija died on her way to hospital, while Deepa breathed her last at MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur, Inspector in-Charge Tapan Kumar Pati said. "The police did not find any poisonous substance from the Bhuyan household, but the doctors who conducted a post- mortem suspect that the death was due to consumption of poison," he said. According to Pati, one of the two girls told the father that she, along with her sister, has taken poison, following which they were rushed to hospital. "We suspect that the girls took the step due to a family dispute. Their mother died three years ago and the father remarried. He has another two-year-old son," Pati said, adding that a case of ...
BJD MP, kin booked for attacking woman scribe
The Odisha police on Friday booked a newly elected BJD MP and his family members on the charge of assaulting and sexually harassing a woman journalist who had gone to his residence to complaint against his brother for passing lewd remarks at her. The case was registered against Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty, his younger brother Anuprash and the MP's filmstar wife Barsha Priyadarshini after the journalist, Sashmita Acharya, lodged a written complaint against them, police said. The BJD leader rejected the allegations against him and his family members, though he admitted that the woman had come to his residence to make a complaint. "A case under Sections 294 (obscene acts), 354-A (sexual harassment), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC has been registered against the three persons, including the MP, named in the FIR," said Purighat police station IIC Rashmi Ranjan Sahu. In her complaint, Acharya said Anubhav's younger brother had been passing lewd comments at her for
Cellphone, charger seized from OP Chautala's cell in Tihar jail
A cellphone, mobile charger, wire and few tobacco packets were recovered from former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's prison cell during a surprise check, the Tihar jail authorities said on Friday.The cell houses two more inmates - Surender alias Kaira and Ramesh Sharma alias Dudhiya."In a surprise inspection yesterday at Tihar jail, a cellphone, mobile charger, wire and few tobacco packets were recovered from Chautala's cell," jail officials said.The prison authorities have initiated a probe to ascertain whether the phone was being used by Chautala."During the preliminary enquiry, Ramesh Sharma has stated that the phone and other articles belonged to him. However, further enquiry is being conducted by Prison Headquarter to ascertain the use and ownership of the cellphone," the jail said in a statement.In January 2013, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader O P Chautala along with his son Ajay Chautala were sentenced by a Delhi court to 10 years in prison after being found .
Five policemen shot dead by Maoists in Jharkhand
Five police personnel were shot dead by Maoists on Friday while they were patrolling the area here, officials said. According to Sub-Divisional Police Officer Avinash Kumar, the five police personnel -- two assistant sub-inspectors and three constables -- came under attack while patrolling the Tiruldih police station area of the district along the Jharkhand-Bengal border. Additional Director General of Police Murari Lal Meena said the Maoists gheraoed the policemen and shot them dead.
Body of 7-year-old Indian girl found in Arizona desert
The body of a 7-year-old Indian girl was found in a remote desert area in the US state of Arizona earlier this week, according to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
NEET(UG) 2019: Four students withdraw petition from SC
After the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the results of NEET (UG)-2019 examination, four medical aspirants, who claimed that the answer key of five questions asked in the exam was wrong and the paper needs to be quashed, withdrew their plea on Friday.A division bench of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Surya Kant allowed petitioners to withdraw the plea with the liberty to approach High Court.The apex court refused to intervene in the matter under the grounds of the fact that they cannot become "subject experts". "Of late interference from courts in such issues is too much... We sometimes think if we should consider ourselves as experts," the bench stated."Somewhere down the line, we have to stop. We cannot go on scrutinising every multiple choice question in the competitive exams." said the bench.The petition, filed by four Hyderabad-based students through advocate Mahfooz Nazki, claimed that five questions in the NEET(UG) 2019 were wrongly set and were out of the National
Pak lawyers hold nationwide protests as proceedings against senior judges begin in SC
Pakistan's Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Friday began examining a government request for the removal of two senior judges for concealing assets abroad amid a nationwide protest by lawyers, who say the duo were being victimised for being "independent-minded". Pakistan President Arif Alvi moved the SJC last month, asking it to take action against Supreme Court Judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Karim Khan Agha of the Sindh High Court for allegedly hiding information of their properties in the UK. The SJC is a constitutional body and deals with cases of misconduct against judges of higher courts. Only the SJC can remove a Supreme Court or a High Court judge. The five-member SJC is headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The other members are four seniormost judges -- two from the apex court and as many from the high courts. The court proceedings, which were held in-camera, lasted for about one-and-a-half hour. However, there was no formal announcement. Attorney General
RPF nab 387 touts in pan India operation
As part of its "Operation Thunder", the Railway Protection Force (RPF) have arrested 387 touts from 141 cities across the country, recovering over 22,000 tickets worth around Rs 33 lakh, the RPF said on Friday.