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Wanted gangster injured in shoot-out with police in Odisha
A gangster wanted in at least 26 criminal cases including murder was injured in a shoot-out with police in Kendrapara district on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, a police tean raided gangster Litu Das's hideout near Boud Chowk on Paradip-Daitary Expressway. Das opened fire at the police team which returned the fire. The gun battle lasted for about 5 minutes, said Inspector, Marshaghai police station, Kalindi Behera. Das received gunshot injuries on his right leg and has been shifted to Kendrapara district headquarters hospital. He is stated to be out of danger, police said. An improvised Mauser pistol and live cartridges were seized from his possession, Behera said Das was wanted in at least 26 criminal cases including murder, extortion, highway robbery, tender-fixing, illegal arms possession, police said.
SC agrees to hear plea seeking protection of human rights of security forces
The Supreme Court Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking protection of human rights of security force personnel, who are being attacked by mobs while performing duties. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna also issued notices to the Union of India, Ministry of Defence, Jammu and Kashmir and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a plea, filed by 19-year-old Preeti Kedar Gokhale and 20-year-old Kajal Mishra. The plea sought formulation of a policy to curb human rights violations of security force personnel, who are being attacked by mobs while performing duties.
Delhi court directs ED to provide copies of seized documents to Robert Vadra
A Delhi court Monday directed the Enforcement Directorate to provide Robert Vadra soft and hard copies of documents seized by it during raids conducted at his offices last year in a money laundering case. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar said it will take up at 2 pm Vadra's separate application seeking directions to the ED to stay interrogation until documents are given to him. 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 at 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 wans to expedite the investigation as elections are approaching and they are losing their ...
SC dismisses PIL seeking probe into alleged conspiracy behind Pulwama terror attack
The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea seeking probe into alleged larger conspiracy behind the February 14 Pulwama terror attack. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda, seeking probe into alleged larger conspiracy in the attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed The PIL submitted that nearly 370 kgs of RDX was used in the terror attack and it required a through probe.
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Justice Sanjiv Khanna recuses from hearing Sajjan Kumar's appeal
Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing the appeal of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar challenging the Delhi High Court verdict sentencing him to life term in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The matter came up for hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The 73-year-old Kumar had surrendered before a trial court here on December 31, 2018 to serve the sentence in pursuance of the high court's December 17 judgment awarding him life imprisonment for the "remainder of his natural life". The case in which Kumar was convicted and sentenced relates to the killing of five Sikhs in Delhi Cantonment's Raj Nagar Part-I area of southwest Delhi on November 1-2, 1984 and burning down of a gurudwara in Raj Nagar Part-II.
US man awarded $21 mn for 4 decades of wrongful incarceration
A 71-year-old US man will be awarded $21 million for his almost four decades of wrongful incarceration for two murders that took place in 1978, the media reported.
Subramanian Swamy moves SC for urgent listing of plea seeking fundamental right to pray at Ayodhya
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Monday moved the Supreme Court for urgent listing of his plea seeking enforcement of his fundamental right to worship at the disputed Ram Temple site at Ayodhya. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked Swamy to remain present in the court on Tuesday when the main Ayodhya matter will be taken up for hearing. Swamy, while mentioning the matter for urgent listing, told the bench that his plea should be heard separately. However, the CJI said, "You be present here tomorrow. We will see".
2 arrested for printing fake currency notes in UP
Two people have been arrested for allegedly printing fake Indian currency notes in a village in Shamli district during a raid by Delhi Police, officials said Monday. Mehtab and Jabbar were arrested in Bhasani village under the Thana Bhawan police station limits on Sunday, SHO Sandeep Balyan said, adding that a printer was also seized. According to the SHO, a team of Delhi Police conducted the raid following the arrest of accused Javed in the national capital that led to the seizure of fake notes with a face value of Rs 5 lakh.
AP: Couple attacked in Bouda Aramala caves; woman succumbs
A woman died while her male friend suffered serious injuries after unknown miscreants attacked them in Bouda Aramala caves here. According to the police, the woman died on the spot while her friend, identified as Naveen, was grievously injured.On receiving information of the incident, the police reached the spot immediately and recovered bus tickets from the deceased's purse.The body of the woman has been taken to Eluru government hospital for post mortem while Naveen is undergoing treatment.The police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and a probe has been initiated into the matter.
R Kelly has not posted bail, still jailed: Lawyer
Singer R Kelly remained in detention over sexual abuse charges Sunday, his lawyer said, having still not posted bail. A Chicago judge set bail at USD 1 million at a hearing Saturday -- of which 10 per cent needs to be paid, in this case USD 100,000. But local media reported that Kelly had failed to do so, and remained in detention. "Correct," Steve Greenberg, the musician's lawyer, responded to an AFP question over whether his client was still jailed. R Kelly has already spent two nights in detention. Greenberg explained Saturday that his client was not as rich as his fame would suggest. "This is someone who should be wealthy at this stage of his career, and through mismanagement, through hangers-on and bad contracts and bad deals and bad leases like he had in his studio, he really doesn't have any money at this point," Greenberg said. R Kelly was jailed on Friday on charges of sexually abusing four victims, including three minors, between 1998 and 2010.
Bengaluru: IndiGo bus hits Air India employee; latter demands compensation
Air India has demanded adequate compensation from IndiGo as its employee was hit by a bus belonging to the private airline at Bengaluru Airport on February 23. According to Air India, Shiv Shankar, a young contractual employee of AI Engineering Services Ltd, was returning to the terminal after dispatching the national carrier's Bangalore-Male flight AI 265 when the unfortunate incident took place.Confirming the incident, IndiGo said in a press statement, "The staff escaped unhurt with minor injuries. Concerned authorities have been notified and an investigation is currently in progress with full cooperation from IndiGo."Meanwhile, a senior Air India official said: "The IndiGo bus hit him (Shiv Shankar) and he was dragged for some distance before the bus stopped. He has suffered serious injuries, including lumbar (vertebrae of the spine) fracture. He is in the hospital and we are all praying for his recovery. IndiGo must pay adequate compensation to this young contractual employee, ...
Army personnel shot at in UP, probe initiated
An Indian Army personnel was shot at by unidentified assailants in Ganga Nagar area on Sunday.Police said the Army personnel was immediately admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment."An Army personnel was shot at by unidentified miscreants in Ganganagar area yesterday and was taken to the hospital. FIR has been registered," Meerut SSP Nitin Tiwari told media here.Further investigation in the case is underway.
Woman attacked by man with blade in outer Delhi
A 23-year-old woman was injured after she was allegedly attacked by a man with a blade on her face while she was returning home from a nearby shop in her locality in outer Delhi's Mangolpuri area, police said Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday evening, they said. The victim was returning home after buying articles from the nearby shop in her locality when the man attacked her from behind with a blade, following which she sustained injuries on her face, police said. The accused fled after the incident. The victim was later rushed to a nearby hospital, a senior police officer said. The victim told police that a few years ago she was harassed by a man in her locality who liked her and wanted to marry her. Fed up of his constant trouble, the woman complained about him to her family, who then informed to the man's family. However, the matter was settled after his family apologised. Both the parties did not approached police in this regard, the officer said. The victim suspects ...
Arms seized from bus in Bengal, one arrested
A man was arrested in West Bengal's Murshidabad district with a large haul of arms and ammunition including 20 semi-finished pistols on Sunday, police said.
Dreaded criminal held
A dreaded criminal, carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000 and wanted in 21 cases of murder and dacoity, was arrested near Defense Colony trisection, police said on Sunday. Superintendent of Police City Shlok Kumar said following a tip-off, Sahibabad police and special task force unit of Noida arrested the criminal on Saturday at 10.30 pm. He has been identified as Raj Kishore Baheliya alias Kala Pradhan native of Farukhabad district and was hiding in Deepak Vihar colony of Najafgarh Delhi. Police recovered five kg ganja, one country made pistol, six live cartridges and one motorcycle from his possession. He has been sent to jail under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and Arms Act, they said.
3 die, 11 in hospital after mistakenly taking spirit
Three people, including a woman, died and 11 others were hospitalised after they consumed suspected industrial spirit which they mistook for alcohol here, police said Sunday. The victims, reportedly rag-pickers, Saturday found a plastic can with some liquid at a dumping yard and consumed the contents thinking it to be liquor, a police inspector K Rama Rao said. A case of suspicious death has been registered and the actual cause of the death would be known only after the postmortem, he said. The death toll is likely to rise, he added. District Collector K Bhaskar, along with the police and excise officials, visited the hospital where the 11 people have been under treatment and directed the medical officers to provide the best treatment to the victims.
Liquor worth Rs 16 lakh seized in Mathura
A suspected smuggler has been arrested after liquor worth Rs 16 lakh was recovered from a truck in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the truck was intercepted on NH2 near Chhata town and around 200 boxes of liquor were seized. It was being smuggled from Haryana's Rohtak district to Agra, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Satyarth Pankaj said. A person has been arrested, but the suspected kingpin of the racket managed to free, the officer added.
Four arrested for robbing man
Four persons were arrested for allegedly robbing a 45-year-old man after attacking him multiple times with a knife in Sahadara area, police said Sunday. The accused were identified as Gulshan, Nikhil (22), Rahul Bisht (26) and Amit (24), they said. Police have recovered the stolen mobile phone, a knife and a scooty used in the crime has also been recovered. On the intervening night of February 21-22 at around 12:40 the complainant alleged that he was waylaid by four persons while he was on his way to home from the GTB hospital, a senior police officer said. When he resisted, the accused attacked him multiple times with knife following which he sustained injuries at head, neck and mouth, he said. The police team scanned footage from the CCTV cameras installed in vicinity of the area, the officer said. During the investigation, the team narrowed down Gulshan and Vishal Saini who were previously arrested in another case of mobile snatching, he said. The accused disclosed that they were ..
Maha: IIT student from Thane held for filming people bathing
A 34-year-old man pursuing higher education from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay was Saturday arrested for allegedly filming people bathing, police said. Thane-resident Avinash Kumar Yadav has been charged under section 354 (any man who watches, or captures the image of a woman engaging in a private act in circumstances where she would usually have the expectation of not being observed) of the Indian Penal Code. "A woman filed a complain that she found a mobile phone on the bathroom window while she was bathing on Friday night. She alerted her husband who confiscated the phone. The couple saw the accused fleeing from the place," a Kapurbawdi police station official said. "The accused was nabbed by other residents. The mobile phone had clips of men and women, mostly residents of the same building, bathing," he added.
Egypt rejects UN criticism of trials for hanged convicts
Egypt has rejected criticism from a U.N. human rights body about a recent spike in executions allegedly involving confessions made under torture, saying Cairo categorically rejects any infringement into the affairs of its judiciary. In a Sunday statement, the foreign affairs ministry said the nine death sentences carried out Wednesday of alleged Islamists followed "fair and transparent trials." The nine were found guilty of taking part in a 2015 bombing that killed the country's top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat. U.N. Human Rights Office spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters Friday that Egyptian authorities should take all measures needed to guarantee due process and investigate allegations of torture. Colville said that judges had ignored accounts of torture to extract confessions. A total of 15 people have been executed in Egypt this year.