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5 killings in last 24 hrs:Kejriwal asks LG, Home min to look into Delhi's law and order situation
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday urged Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to urgently look into the national capital's law and order situation as five people were shot dead in the "last 24 hours". The Delhi Police comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs. "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. Five people were killed in four different incidents since Thursday night. In the Bhalswa Dairy area, a 42-year-old property dealer and a 17-year-old boy were shot dead in separate incidents. Unidentified assailants shot dead a 35-year-old man in west Delhi's Vikaspuri area and two men were shot dead in Nand Nagari. Reacting to Kejriwal's tweet, the Delhi Police said all the murders were due to personal enmity. "The murders have all been confirmed to be personal enmity
UK court sets Assange US extradition hearing for 2020
The full extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US will begin in February 2020, a London court ruled on Friday.
Man drowns wife for refusing to have sex with tantrik
A 32-year-old woman was allegedly drowned in a river here by her husband for refusing to have sex with a tantrik (occultist), police said Friday. According to police, the incident took place Thursday. The woman's husband and the occultist have been nabbed by police. Police said the crime was witnessed by the victim's teenage son, who screamed for help when the woman's husband, Maanpal, was executing his plan. The victim's brother alleged that the accused had warned his son that he would meet the same fate if he tried to rescue his mother. SSP Akash Kulhari said victim's brother Rajesh Kumar, in a complaint to the Dadon police station, said his panic-stricken sister had called him two days ago, urging him to intervene. Initially, the matter appeared to have been resolved amicably but Thursday the events took another twist when Maanpal persuaded her wife to accompany him to a nearby river and pushed her into it, he told police. After executing the plan, Maanpal and the tantrik, ...
Delhi HC Bar Association condemns UP Bar Council chief's murder
The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) on Friday condemned the murder of Uttar Pradesh Bar Council President Darwesh Singh Yadav.
Minor rape victim's plea to end pregnancy: Delhi HC asks AIIMS to examine issue, file report
The Delhi High Court asked AIIMS on Friday to set up a medical board to examine whether it was necessary to end the pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape victim and to carry out the procedure expeditiously if required. Justice Anu Malhotra directed that a report be placed before the court on June 17 regarding the outcome of the medical board's decision. The court also ordered preservation of the foetus for DNA analysis in the rape case. The order came on the plea of the minor rape victim seeking permission for medical termination of her pregnancy which was over 22 weeks. The court asked AIIMS to take a decision after a doctor from there said each day's delay would increase the risk to the mother if the procedure is carried out and there was a possibility that the foetus could be delivered alive. Even the Delhi government, represented by its additional standing counsel (criminal) Rajesh Mahajan, did not oppose the victim's plea. According to the plea filed on behalf of the 14-year-old girl, .
Goa: Two arrested for raping woman inside car
Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping a woman friend inside a car near the Miramar beach here. Gautam Raikar (25) and Sarvesh Kauthankar (24) were arrested Thursday after the 40-year-old woman filed a complaint, said inspector Sudesh Naik. The accused hail from Curchorem village in South Goa district, he said. The two men and the woman came to Panaji Wednesday night for a long drive. The woman alleged that they raped her inside the car at an isolated spot near the beach, and later threw her out on a road. She was severely injured and admitted to a government hospital. The two men were booked under sections 376 (rape), 325 (grievous hurt) and other relevance offenses under the IPC.
SC refuses urgent hearing on PIL seeking re-polling with ballot papers
The Supreme Court on Friday refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking the top court's direction to conduct fresh Lok Sabha polls using ballot paper.A vacation bench of the apex court presided by Justices Ajay Rastogi and Surya Kant denied an urgent hearing on the PIL filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma and asked him to approach the registrar for redressal of his prayers.Sharma had on Thursday knocked the doors of the top court seeking its direction to conduct fresh Lok Sabha polls using ballot papers.In his petition, Sharma claimed that as per the Representation of Peoples (RP) Act, the elections can only be held using ballot papers, and it cannot use Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for conducting the polls.The petitioner sought a direction for cancellation of the recently held Lok Sabha polls saying the Election Commission did not have the power to hold elections using EVMs.In December last year, the top court had slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on Sharma for filing a frivolous ...
SC refuses to interfere with NEET exam
The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea which sought quashing of the answer keys of some questions in the NEET(UG)-2019 examination saying that an expert body has duly applied its mind and revised answers were issued. The top court, however, allowed the four Hyderabad based students who have challenged the answer keys, to approach the high court for the relief. It said that courts are not experts in each and every subject and time has come when the interference in this arena should be stopped. A vacation bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Surya Kant allowed the four medical aspirants to withdraw their plea and granted them liberty to approach the high court with their grievances. At the outset, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the students, said that wrong answer key were given by the National Testing Agency which conducted the exam on May 5. He said the five questions having four marks each had more than one correct answers or had an answer which was .
17-yr-old apprehended for creating fake FB profiles, cheating people in Odisha
A 17-year-old boy has been apprehended here for allegedly creating fake Facebook profiles of political leaders and bureaucrats and using those to extract money and gifts from people, police said Friday. The minor boy, who has studied up to Class 10, was apprehended on Thursday in connection with an investigation into a complaint filed by former vice-chairman of Sambalpur Municipality Sidharth Shah, they said. The matter came to light after Shah lodged police complaint, alleging that some unknown persons had opened a fake Facebook account in his name by using his photographs. The complainant further said that by using his name, the unknown person had sent friend requests to many people of Sambalpur, and collected money and other gift items from them. A team was formed and the minor was apprehended after an investigation, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Sambalpur Sanjeev Arora said. Arora said the minor admitted that he had created hundreds of fake Facebook accounts in the name of ...
Assange supporters gather outside London court ahead of hearing
Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday gathered outside the Magistrates' Court in London ahead of his hearing on the possible extradition to the United States.The 47-year-old is facing charges by the US Justice Department of violating the Espionage Act and conspiring to hack into a classified government document. If the charges are proven, Assange could be imprisoned for upto 175 years in the US, reports Sputnik.The hearing has come a day after Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid signed an extradition request sent by the US Justice Department."Mr Assange was arrested in relation to a provisional extradition request from the United States of America. He is accused of offences including computer misuse and the unauthorised disclosure of national defence information," Javid had said after signing the extradition request.The US prosecutors initially charged Assange with a single count of computer intrusion, but last month added 17 new counts, including controversial ...
Some commonality in Dabholkar, Pansare killings: CBI, Maha CID to HC
The CBI and Maharashtra CID told the Bombay High Court on Friday that it had, to some extent, established commonality between the killings of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and activist Govind Pansare. A division bench of Justices S C Dharmadhikari and Gautam Patel was told that in the Dabholkar case all the accused have been arrested but the weapon used in the crime is yet to be recovered. The CBI informed the court that an operation will be carried out within a month to search and retrieve four country-made pistols, which were allegedly dismantled and thrown by the accused into a creek in adjoining Thane district. "We are awaiting necessary permissions from government agencies to undertake the operation," CBI counsel Anil Singh told the court. The bench then noted that the operation should not be delayed and should be carried out before onset of monsoon. CID counsel Ashok Mundargi told the court that in the Pansare case the main conspirators have been arrested and efforts are on to .
UK judge sets February 2020 for Assange extradition hearing
A British judge on Friday scheduled a full extradition hearing to begin in February next year for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted in the United States on espionage charges. Assange, 47, is accused of violating the Espionage Act by releasing a vast trove of classified military and diplomatic files in 2010 about US bombing campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is currently serving a 50-week prison sentence for violating British bail conditions in 2012.
2 shot dead in northeast Delhi
Two men were shot dead allegedly by unidentified persons on Friday in northeast Delhi, police said. The deceased have been identified as Khurvesh (40) and Kanchi (28), both residents of Nand Nagari, they said. Khurvesh was named in 41 cases in the national capital and marked as a "bad character" in police records, police said, adding that they are checking whether cases are registered against Kanchi. "Police received information at 12:12 pm on Friday regarding the incident near a signal at Nand Nagri," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Atul Kumar Thakur said. The victims were rushed to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital where they were declared brought dead, the DCP said. The accused had fired seven to eight rounds at the victims, a senior police officer said. Thakur said it seems like a case of personal enmity. Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and one of the accused has been identified. Several teams have been formed to nab the ...
UP Police attaches BSP MP's house in rape case
The Uttar Pradesh Police attached the house of BSP MP Atul Rai on Friday for not presenting himself before the court in an alleged rape case.
Five-day-old boy rescued within hours of abduction, woman held
A five-day-old boy abducted from the civic-run Nair Hospital in central Mumbai on Thursday, was rescued within seven hours, and a woman was arrested in this connection, police said on Friday. The woman, identified as Hazel Corriea, was nabbed around 12.30 am from a hospital in suburban Vakola around, where she had gone for treatment, police said. According to police, the incident of abduction had taken place at around 5.30 pm in ward number 7 of the hospital when the baby's mother, Shital Salvi (34) was sleeping. On waking up, she did not find her baby on the bed and informed the hospital staff about it. When staffers checked the video footage of CCTVs installed in the hospital, they spotted a woman rushing out of the medical facility with a baby in her bag, they said. In a tweet posted on Friday, Mumbai police said, "Agripada police station didn't take long to trace the five day old child of Sheetal Ramesh Salvi from the accused, who abducted him from Nair hospital. ...
MP: Man held for raping, blackmailing 16-year-old girl
A 40-year old man has been arrested in Morena in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly raping, blackmailing and threatening a minor girl, a senior police official said Friday. The accused, Murari Das, a resident of Barsana near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, recites scriptures at functions, the official said. "Das came in contact with the 16-year-old victim when her father called him here for a Bhagwad katha function. Das stayed with the victim's family for three days during which time he ensnared her and raped her repeatedly," said Sub Divisional Officer of Police Mahendra Sharma. He said the accused continued to keep in touch with the victim over phone after going back to Barsana. "A couple of days ago, Das asked the girl to come to Barsana with Rs 1 lakh and her mother's jewellery, threatening to defame her if she failed to do so. The family approached police after the girl went missing," he said. Das was arrested on Wednesday and the girl rescued, the SDOP said, adding that he was
Shamli journalist incident: PCI seeks reply from UP govt, sets up fact-finding panel
Taking suo motu cognisance of an incident in which a journalist was allegedly beaten up by police in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, the Press Council of India has set up a fact-finding committee and sought a reply from the state government, among others. The fact-finding committee, comprising Jaishankar Gupta and Uttam Chandra Sharma, Members, Press Council of India, will visit Shamli on Saturday to ascertain the details of the incident. The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged attack on Amit Sharma of News 24 channel, at Shamli, a PCI statement said. It has sought reply from the chief secretary, director general of police, the Uttar Pradesh government, and the Senior Superintendent of Police, GRP, Shamli. The council expresses concern over such incident, which tends to undermine the freedom of press, the statement said. In a purported video of the incident, which went viral on social media late Tuesday night, the accused Government Railway ...
Mobile phone found from Om Prakash Chautala's prison cell in Tihar
A mobile phone was found from the prison cell of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala during a surprise inspection by Tihar jail authorities, officials said Friday. According to Additional Inspector General, Tihar, Rajkumar, a surprise inspection was conducted on Thursday and a mobile phone, a charger, tobacco pouch, and a wire were recovered from the prison cell. Chautala's co-inmate Ramesh claimed that the items belonged to him, the officials said. The mobile phone was handed over to the Delhi Police's Special Cell and it will find out about the calls that were made from the phone, they said. Chautala is serving a 10-year sentence in Delhi's Tihar jail. He was convicted in a teachers' recruitment scam case. He had returned to Tihar on Wednesday after a 21-day furlough.
1 killed, 3 injured as robbers open fire in gold finance firm
An employee of a leading gold finance firm was killed and three others were injured after a gang of five armed robbers Friday stormed into their office here and opened fire, a police official said. The incident occurred around 11.30 am. However, the robbers failed to loot any valuables, he said. "A gang of five masked robbers, wielding pistols and an axe, stormed into the office of Muthoot Finance located near City Centre Mall in Untwadi locality of the city. At that time, five employees of the firm and eight customers were present there. The robbers snatched mobile phones of the employees and customers," Nashik Commissioner of Police Vishwas Nangre-Patil said. "They wanted to loot the cash from the office. However, they panicked after one of the employees switched on the siren. After that, the robbers fired five rounds, in which computer engineer of the firm, Sajju Samuel (32), a resident of of Kerala, died on the spot," he said. Branch manager C B Deshpande (64), ...
Man shot dead in west Delhi's Vikaspuri
A 35-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by unidentified assailants in west Delhi's Vikaspuri area, police said Friday. The deceased has been identified as Amit Kochar, they said. "The incident took place on Thursday night at around 10.50 pm when Kochar, along with four of his friends, was at his house," Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Monika Bhardwaj said. According to the complaint, someone rang the doorbell and Kochar went to answer the door. Ten minutes later, his friends heard multiple gunshots and ran outside to find the victim's body inside his car, the DCP said. They rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was declared brought dead, she said. A case under relevant sections has been registered and police are analysing footage from nearby CCTV cameras, officials said, adding that further details are awaited.