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Body of woman found in Shahdara
The body of a woman was found near Jhilmil underpass in Shahdara on Monday, police said. The woman's body is yet to be identified, they said. She must be around 40 and the cause of the death will be known after post-mortem, Meghna Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara), said. It seems like the woman was a beggar, a senior police officer said.
Futile robbery bid at post office
: The safety locker at a post office at nearby Suseendram was allegedly found broken open in a futile robbery bid, police said Monday. As the officials had kept the cash in some other place, no cash was lost, the police added. Post office staff, who found the gate and the locker allegedly prised open using welding equipment, informed the police. Further investigations are on.
Delhi Court allows Christian Michel to meet lawyer
Delhi's Patiala House Court on Monday approved AgustaWestland case accused middleman Christian Michel's application to seek a meeting with his counsel.The court approving Michel's application seeking a meeting with his counsel for the handover of summer clothes, directed the Tihar Jail authorities to facilitate for the same as per the jail manual.On February 16, the Patiala House Court had dismissed the bail plea filed by him. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar had contended that the court found no strong ground to grant him bail in this case.In its reply to the bail plea filed by Michel, the Central Bureau of Investigation had said, " This court has taken cognizance of both ED and CBI chargesheet. Once the cognizance has taken then accused cannot ask for statutory bail."It was stated before Delhi's Patiala House Court that since the chargesheet was not filed against Michel within the stipulated 60-day period under Section 167(2), there is no basis keeping him in judicial custodyMichel ...
'Hang the culprits, shoot them publicly': BJP MLA on Chitrakoot twins' murder case
BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma on Monday threw an open challenge to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, asking him to "hang" and "shoot in full public view" the culprits connected with the case of abduction and murder of twins in Chitrakoot."Kamal Nath, catch the culprits and hang them. Shoot them in full public view. The BJP is with you, we cannot see the killings of these innocent children," Sharma told reporters.Hitting out at Nath for accusing the BJP for being behind the incident, Sharma accused the state government of saving the culprits.Earlier, former state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan called for a CBI probe into the abduction and murder of twins in Chitrakoot. He accused the Kamal Nath-led Congress government of its sheer laxity in rescuing the children."I would like to tell the chief minister (Kamal Nath) to give this case to CBI. Attempts are being made to twist the incident. Why didn't the investigating team find success in the case? Culprits must be hanged," ...
Swaminarayan sect priest booked for rape
A married woman was allegedly raped by a Swaminarayan sect priest in a moving car at knife point in Junagadh in Gujarat, police said Monday. The accused Swami Anandswarup Dasji allegedly called the woman to meet him under the pretext of helping her to resolve a dispute with her husband, and raped her at knife point in the car on February 18, said a police official from Junagadh, around 320 kms from here. Dasji allegedly threatened the woman, who is in her 30s, to abduct her daughter if she approached police, he said. The driver of the car, Shyam Sundar Swami, allegedly helped the priest in committing the crime, the official said, adding that the driver was also named in the FIR lodged Sunday evening. "In her complaint, the woman said she was separated from her husband and had approached the priest to seek his help in resolving her differences with her husband. "Dasji called her on his mobile phone and messaged her regularly asking her to meet him. On February 18, he asked
HC outraged over illegal arrest, remand of billiards player
Slamming the illegal arrest and mechanical remand of a state-level billiards player who is also an engineering student, the Madras High Court has granted him bail. The court also warned of action against the police and magistrates if the law and Supreme Court guidelines governing arrest and remand were violated. Granting bail to the student, in a case of theft of red sanders logs, Justice Anand Venkatesh said it was really unfortunate that the magistrate mechanically remanded him to judicial custody. "An illegal arrest is the worst form of violation of the liberty of a person," the Judge said. The police arrest memo showed as if all the four accused persons were arrested at the scene of occurrence in Chennai contrary to records, the Judge noted. "The respondent (police) did not even bother to prima facie satisfy himself as to whether this petitioner had anything to do with the alleged offence," the Judge said. Also, the requirements of the Forest Act were not satisfied, he ...
MP: Three held for robbery, gangrape
Three men were arrested Monday in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly committing a series of crimes, including rape, over the last eight days in Jabalpur and Katni districts, police said. The trio, identified as Mahendra Patel (23), Suraj Dumar (21) and Raju Thapa (25) were picked up from Khamaria area of Jabalpur, said district superintendent of police Amit Singh. He said the trio are habitual offenders. "On the night of February 14, they burgled into a locked house of a retired Army officer in Priyadarshani Colony in Jabalpur and decamped with an LCD television set, three cooking gas cylinders and jewellery," he said, adding that they fled in the car of the officer. The car was found abandoned in Pan Umaria in Katni in a forest area on February 21. On February 20, they abducted and gangraped a woman at knife point in Barela area, after waylaying a motorcycle on which the woman was riding pillion with a villager, the SP said. On the same day, they stole a truck jack, a mobile
New Gurugram Police Commissioner takes charge amid protests
Newly appointed Gurugram Police Commissioner Mohammad Akil took charge on Monday amid protests over rising fear of gangster Kaushal in the city.
SC judge recuses himself from hearing Sajjan Kumar's plea in anti-Sikh riot case
The hearing in the Supreme Court on former Congress leader and 1984 anti-Sikh riot case convict Sajjan Kumar's plea for bail and suspension of sentence on Monday was adjourned as Justice Sanjiv Khanna recused himself.
4 arrested for choking landlord to death in Greater Noida
Four men, who allegedly abducted their landlord and smothered him with a pillow after soliciting a ransom of Rs 10 lakh from his family, have been arrested in Greater Noida, police said Monday. They were held on Sunday evening near Jalpura village in Greater Noida, they said. The main accused was peeved over repeated demands from his landlord for a pending rent of Rs 50,000 and had therefore planned the killing with his aides - all of them living as tenants in Aimnabad village, according to the police. On February 22, Vijaypal Singh, 45, had left home for a wedding but did not return till late in the night when his family approached the Bisrakh police and a missing complaint was lodged. The family got a ransom call of Rs 10 lakh the next day and they again reached out to the police after which an FIR was registered on February 24. The call was made from the mobile phone of Singh, a senior official said. The complaint was made by Singh's elder brother Udayveer, who had named the ...
Mumbai serial blasts: Charges framed against 2 Dawood aides
A special court here on Monday framed charges against two alleged associates of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case. The two accused, Yasin Mansoor Mohammed Farooq alias Farooq Takla, and Ahmed Kamal Sheikh alias Lambu, have been charged under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, also known as TADA, as well as various sections of the Indian Penal Code for criminal conspiracy and murder. According to the prosecution, the duo were close aides of prime accused Dawood Ibrahim and had attended meetings where the conspiracy to carry out the blasts was hatched. The special TADA court has posted the matter for further hearing next Thursday. Farooq was arrested in Dubai last March and deported, while Sheikh was arrested in Ahmedabad last June. On March 12, 1993, 12 bombs went off at different locations in Mumbai, killing 257 persons and injuring over 700. Charge sheets were filed against 123 people, of which 100 were .
Phone tapping: HC asks Centre for records on YSR Cong's charges
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Centre to submit records, if any, in connection with the alleged phone tapping of some Yuvajana Sramika Rythu (YSR) Congress Party leaders.
Delhi court refuses to stay interrogation of Robert Vadra, to hear plea on Mar 2
A Delhi court Monday refused to stay interrogation of Robert Vadra in a money laundering case, directing him to join the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) investigation on Tuesday. The court has posted Vadra's plea, seeking directions to stay the ED interrogation, for hearing on March 2. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar also directed the agency to supply within five days the hard copies of the documents seized from Vadra during raids conducted at his offices last year. Vadra, who is the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, had said in the application moved by him on Saturday that the ED has been interrogating him based on seized documents and, therefore, their copies should be provided to him. Senior advocate K T S Tulsi, appearing for Vadra, alleged that the agency wants to speed up the investigation and they are losing their patience as elections are approaching. "ED is only interested in political campaign. They have given us documents in electronic form which is not ...
Man arrested in UP over 'anti-national' post
A man was arrested here Monday for allegedly insulting the national flag in a post on social media, police said. The accused, identified as Monis Khan, was arrested from near Ismailpur village here, they said. The police action followed after one Ajay Pratap lodged a complaint alleging that Khan had posted a content, showing disrespect to the tricolour, through his WhatsApp account, they added. Khan was arrested, his phone has been seized and further investigations are on, police said.
Delhi court refuses to stay interrogation of Robert Vadra, asks him to join probe tomorrow
A Delhi court Monday refused to stay interrogation of Robert Vadra in a money laundering case, and directed him to join investigation before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar directed the agency to supply within five days hard copies of the documents seized from Vadra during raids conducted at his offices last year. The court has now posted for March 2 the hearing of Vadra's plea seeking directions to stay the ED interrogation. Vadra, who is the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, had said in the application moved by him on Saturday that the ED has been interrogating him based on seized documents and, therefore, their copies should be provided to him. On December 7 last year, the agency had carried out raids at Vadra's offices in Delhi. The court said Vadra will join investigation before the ED after it took up his plea for hearing. During the hearing, senior advocate KTS Tulsi, appearing for Vadra, alleged that the agency wants
Man held with unaccounted cash of Rs 5.5 lakh in Ajmer
A currency trader in possession of Rs 5.5 lakh unaccounted cash was arrested at a railway platform in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, an official said Monday. The trader, Prem Kumar Totlani (45), was arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) on Sunday with Rs 5.5 lakh in cash before he could board a train to Bhopal, SHO, Ajmer GRP station, Ramavtar said. Totlani could not produce any document related to the cash and was held under section 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) which allows an arrest to prevent a cognizable offence, the SHO added.
VVIP Chopper case: Delhi court grants bail to Rajeev Saxena on medical grounds
Rajeev Saxena, who was arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case, was on Monday granted bail by a Delhi court on medical grounds. Special Judge Arvind Kumar said that it was clear from the medical record submitted by AIIMS that Saxena is suffering from a number of serious ailments including blood cancer and needs constant medical checkups. "Considering the overall facts and circumstances and the serious medical condition of accused, the applicant/accused is admitted to bail on his furnishing personal bond in the sum of Rs 5 lakh with two sureties of the like amount", the court said. The court also imposed certain conditions on Saxena and said he will not tamper with evidence and join investigation as and when called. The court said Saxena should not leave the country without its permission. While granting the bail, the court also noted that the other co-accused in the case, including SP Tyagi and Gautam Khaitan, have already been released on bail. Saxena, who
SC to hear Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case on Tuesday
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the politically sensitive Ayodhya's Ram-Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid land dispute matter. It will be heard by a five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer. The apex court had on January 27 cancelled the scheduled hearing for January 29 as Justice Bobde was not available that day. Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. The five-judge bench was re-constituted on January 25 as Justice U U Lalit, who was a member of the earlier bench, had recused himself from hearing the matter. When the new bench was constituted, Justice N V Ramana was excluded from the re-constituted bench. Justices Bhushan and Nazeer, who were ...
Delhi Court directs Robert Vadra to appear before ED tomorrow
A Delhi court on Monday directed businessman and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, Robert Vadra to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case. The Patiala House court here, gave the directive after it turned down Vadra's second application which sought a stay on the interrogation by ED until the required documents are supplied to him and his legal team.The Delhi court on Monday also directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to provide hard copies of documents to the legal team of Robert Vadra, within five days in connection with a money laundering case.The court clearly stated that it cannot put the stay at this stage on investigation and interrogation, as it has already allowed Robert Vadra's first application and had directed the ED to supply the documents to Vadra and his legal team.Earlier in the day, the court directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to provide hard copies of documents to the legal team of Robert Vadra, within five days in
Didn't murder Youth Congress workers, CPI-M leader tells court
CPI-M leader A. Peethamabaran, who is accused of murdering two Youth Congress workers in Kerala's Kasargode district last week, on Monday denied committing the crime when he was produced in a court here.