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Shooter involved in Sandeep Gadoli encounter case arrested
A man allegedly involved in shooting dead gangster Sandeep Gadoli and various other killings was arrested from near Bristol hotel here, a police officer said Wednesday. Aakash (22), a resident of Sadhrana village, was also involved in the murder of Manish Gujjar, brother of dreaded gangster Bindar Gujjar, on October 18, 2016, they said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of crime branch arrested Aakash from Bristol Chowk after a brief scuffle on Tuesday night. A countrymade pistol and a live cartridge were found in his possession, police said. "Aakash revealed that he was involved in at least half a dozen murder and attempt to murder cases. He works for various gangs and has close connections with Kaushal gang as well," Subhash Bokan, PRO, Gurgaon police, said. "The accused was also involved in attacking municipal councilor Sandeep Gahlawat last year. Gahlawat, however, had a narrow escape," he said.
Employee who robbed gas agency of Rs 6.56 lakh held with 2 aides
With the arrest of three men, Noida Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked a Rs 6.56-lakh robbery case involving a gas agency here. It has also emerged that one of the arrested persons worked in Chitra Gas Agency, whose employees were robbed at the firm's godown on Feb 19 by armed assailants, police said. A case was registered at Sector 24 police station and probe launched, a senior official said. Three accused have been arrested and Rs 2.60 lakh that was robbed has been recovered. Two more accused in the case are absconding," Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishan said. He said police officials have also recovered a receipt of Rs 63,080 for jewellery made from the ill-gotten money by accused Ashish Verma, who worked in the gas agency and hatched the robbery. Search is on to trace the rest of money, he added. Others arrested have been identified as Chaahat Upadhyay and Bhura Yadav, the SSP said, adding those absconding include Pramod and Rakesh. Two firearms and ...
Gr Noida liquor seizure: Transport firm's link emerges, 7 more held
Seven more people were arrested on Wednesday from Greater Noida for their alleged link to an illicit liquor business that has been tracked to a transport company based in Noida, officials said. Around 70 litres of rectified spirit (ethanol) and Rs 10-lakh cash were recovered from them during the arrest in Chhapraula under Badalpur police station area, a senior official said. The Gautam Buddh Nagar police had on February 23 seized 25,500 litres of illicit liquor worth Rs 1 crore and arrested 10 people during the raid at a godown in Greater Noida, in one of the biggest such seizures in UttarPradesh. A total of 17 people have been arrested so far in the case, the police said. During probe, the police found out involvement of a Noida Sector 63-based transport company, which would carry liquor from distilleries but smuggle it and store it in their godown and then supply it further in Uttar Pradesh, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vaibhav Krishna said. "The seven people, including the
TN woman SP seeks court-monitored probe into sexual harassment case against IG
A woman police superintendent, who had accused an Inspector General rank officer of sexual harassment, Wednesday filed a fresh petition in the Madras High Court seeking a court-monitored probe by an agency not under the control of the Tamil Nadu government. She alleged that since IG S Murugan of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption had submitted closure reports on corruption charges against Chief Minister K Palaniswami and was also looking into graft complaints against Deputy CM O Panneerselvam, they would certainly help the senior officer in the sexual harassment case. The petitioner sought to implead Palaniswami and Pannerselvam as respondents. "The chief minister and deputy chief minister are obviously interested in safeguarding the interest of Joint Director Murugan as he has filed a favourable closure report on the complaint against the CM, and he is investigating the complaint against the deputy CM," she alleged. Meanwhile, a division bench comprising Justice K K
Pankaj Nauhar who died in J&K chopper crash belonged to Mathura, says his father
Family members of Pankaj Nauhar, the IAF personnel killed in a chopper crash in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on Wednesday, were grieving after news of his death reached them. Nauhar's father, retired Subedar Nobhat Singh, said he was informed about the crash and the death of his elder son on phone this evening. Singh said his son belonged to whole of Mathura. A resident of Sarang Vihar in the city, Nauhar got married in 2015. The couple has an 18-month-old son, Rudra. Nauhar joined joined the Air Force in 2012, his father said adding his younger son, Ajai, is a student. Singh said Nauhar visited them in Mathura a month ago. Proud of his son's sacrifice, Singh said he still favoured teaching Pakistan a lesson. Mourners, well-wishers and district administration officials have been visiting the family home.
Several actors, celebrities asked to appear before police in QNet scam
Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff and cricketer Yuvaraj Singh were among several celebrities who have been served notice by the Cyberabad Police in its investigation of the QNet multi-level marketing cases.
AgustaWestland Case: Delhi Court seeks detailed reply from Tihar Jail authorities over Christian Michel's plea
The Patiala House Court on Wednesday sought a detailed reply from Tihar Jail authorities on a plea filed by AgustaWestland deal accused middlemen Christian Michel raising questions about putting him in solitary confinement.During the course of the hearing, Michel's counsel contended that for the last four days, Michel was being made to stay with dreaded criminals like Chhota Rajan.Michel's counsel Alio K Joseph told the court, "Jail authorities are alleging that he is using laptop inside the jail but when searches were made nothing was found. These are pressure tactics."A junior jail official who was present in the court denied the allegations made by Joseph but failed to answer the question put before him during the hearing.Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar directed the Jail Superintendent or a competent authority to be present before it on the next hearing and file a detailed report in the same. He then posted the matter for hearing on Thursday (February 28).On Monday, the court ...
Muzaffarnagar: Wanted criminals injured in police encounter
Two criminals carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 each on their heads were injured in an encounter with police in Muzaffarnagar on Wednesday.The injured criminals were sent for treatment to the hospital and will be produced in court for custody, police said.Earlier on January 25, the Uttar Pradesh government had said that Uttar Pradesh police and special task force (STF) have killed 78 criminals during the first 16 months of Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government.As many as "3028 encounters took place between police and criminals until July 2018. During these encounters 69 criminals were killed, 838 were wounded and 7043 were arrested. During the same period, 11981 criminals also canceled their bail and surrendered in the court," said the government.The government also stated that STF also killed nine wanted criminals during an encounter and arrested 139.
6 'robbers' held in Ghaziabad
Six suspected robbers have been arrested in Ghaziabad district, police said Wednesday. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Neeraj said the six accused were arrested during a routine checking in Modinagar town on Tuesday night. The six men had allegedly robbed a family at gunpoint in November and another in January, the SP said. They have been identified Naushad, Javed, Shakeel, Abid, Rashid and Yameen, the officer said. Police have recovered looted cash, gold and silver ornaments, four countrymade pistols and two knives from their possession, the officer added.
3 men, wanted in Delhi-NCR for robberies, held after gunfight
Three robbers, wanted in a dozen criminal cases in Gautam Buddh Nagar and Delhi-NCR, were arrested after a gunfight with police here Wednesday, officials said. The encounter happened in the evening during checking at Chilla-Delhi border road in Sector 14A when the policemen tried to stop a vehicle without registration number, they said. "Instead of stopping, the occupants opened fire at the police team, drawing retaliatory fire in which two occupants were injured," Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said. While two of them were injured, one was arrested and another managed to give police the slip, he said, adding the wounded were taken to hospital for treatment. Those arrested have been identified as Farhan Ahmed, from Delhi, Furqaan Qureshi and Rizwan Qureshi, from Bulandshahr, and also the injured, the SSP said. Their fourth accomplice, who managed to escape, has been identified as Shahzaad Qureshi, also from Bulandshahr, he said. A reward of Rs 25,000 has been ...
Life sentence for four cops in custodial death case
A court in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district has awarded life imprisonment to four policemen, including a then station house officer (SHO), in connection with a case of custodial death. Special judge for SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act court Neeta Yadav Tuesday convicted Jitendra Singh Rajput (30), SHO, Mulmula police station and constables Sunil Kumar Dhruv (28), Dilharan Miri (26), and Home Guard Rajesh Kumar (49). They were held guilty under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) and sentenced to life imprisonment, special public prosecutor Dhiraj Kumar Shukla said Wednesday. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on each of them. If the fine is not paid, the convicts will have to undergo additional imprisonment of one month, Shukla said. On September 17, 2016, Satish Norge (35), a native of Nariyara village in the district, had a scuffle with the operator of a power sub-station after a power outage in Norge's area, Sagarpara. Devendra Kumar Sahu, ...
New air passenger charter gives more rights to flyers
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday released a "passenger charter" that lays out the rights of air travellers in the country.
Sedition case against 11 youths over Pak flag 'photo'
A sedition case has been registered against 11 youths in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district after a photo emerged on social media purportedly showing them wearing shirts of the Pakistan flag, police said Wednesday. Superintendent of Police (Dhanbad-Rural) Aman Kumar said five of the youths, suspected to have figured in the group photo, had been arrested on Wednesday. The police refused to share details of those arrested. The district administration imposed Section 144 at Baidpur village on Tuesday evening after tension prevailed over the photo on social media purportedly showing the youths wearing the shirts of the Pakistan flag, Kumar said. The SP said the situation was under control now. The residents of Nirsa block, who were celebrating Indian airstrikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Pakistan on Tuesday, saw the group photo of some local youths on social media, Kumar said. They surrounded the houses of the 11 youths and vandalised them on Tuesday evening, the officer said, ...
Playschool booked for defacing public property with admission posters
A playschool here was booked for damaging public property with its admission posters after a complaint was made against it by the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC), officials said Wednesday. The NMRC, which operates the Noida-Greater Noida Metro rail, had alleged that the playschool had pasted the posters on its premises despite signage warning action against such acts. "Posters have been pasted illegally by the playschool on pillars between Sector 51 and Sector 76 metro stations of the Aqua Line and public property has been defaced," the NMRC said in its complaint. A case was registered at the Sector 49 police station and the Sector 76-located playschool was charged under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, officials said. "The posters were immediately removed from the pillars after we registered the FIR," Station House Officer Ajay Kumar Agrawal said. He said there have been at least two dozen similar complaints about NMRC's public property being defaced and the ...
Official gets 4 yr jail term for forcing junior to pay hotel bill
A court here on Wednesday sentenced a retired prison department official to four years' rigorous imprisonment for forcing a subordinate woman officer to pay his hotel bill of Rs 3,762. Special judge J P Singh convicted former deputy secretary of the prison department Dashrat Kumar, who retired last year, under the Prevention of Corruption Act for misusing his official position and taking an "undue favour". Dashrat Kumar had stayed at a hotel here on August 8 and 9 in 2014. Local officials of the prison department had booked the suite for him. He left the hotel without paying the bill. Then district jail superintendent Saifali Tiwari had to pay the bill, special prosecutor J P Ghaatia Kumar said. Tiwari lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta police against Dashrat Kumar who booked him under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Man held for raping handicapped woman
A 29-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raping a handicapped woman on several occasions in South Goa district. Mohiddin Saab Shaikh, the accused, was held at Fatorda after a chase by a police team, said inspector Filomeno Costa of Colva police station. After the victim lodged the police complaint, the accused fled from the coastal Colva village but was arrested Wednesday afternoon. Shaikh was booked under under IPC section 376 (rape). Further probe was on.
Had 'stubbornly' refused to get involved in match-fixing: Sreesanth to SC
Former cricketer S. Sreesanth on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that he had "stubbornly" refused to be involved in match-fixing during 2013 IPL and referred to the transcript of the recorded conversation to back his assertion.
All girls from Mokama shelter home found: police
Police Wednesday said that the sole missing girl from the shelter home at Mokama town in the district, who had escaped along with six other inmates a few days ago, has been found. The girl was found near the Madhubani station on Tuesday night by a police team. She was subsequently brought here and handed over to the Childrens Welfare Committee after medical examination," Additional Superintendent of Police Lipi Singh, who was heading the Special Investigation Team set up for recovering the seven girls, told PTI. The seven inmates of the shelter home at Mokama, located about 100 kms from here, had gone missing in the early hours of Saturday. Six of them were traced in Darbhanga within 24 hours. Five of the inmates, including the one recovered from Madhubani, are said to be witnesses in the infamous Muzaffarpur sex scandal. Initially, it was claimed that the girls had "escaped" after cutting through the window grille of the shelter home run by Nazareth Hospital ...
Two policemen held while taking bribe
Two police officers attached to the Boisar police station in Palghar district were arrested Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe, the Thane Anti Corruption Bureau said. The duo were identified as Prashant Pasalkar (32) and Nazeeb Inamdar (38), both sub-inspectors of police. Superintendent of Police (ACB) Dr Mahesh Patil said they had allegedly demanded Rs 3 lakh for not arresting a person in a case registered at the Boisar police station. After he lodged a complaint, both were arrested while allegedly taking the money, an ACB release said.
Shooter of Gadoli gang arrested
After three back-to-back murders in the millennium city, the crime branch on Wednesday arrested a shooter of slain gangster Sandeep Gadoli.