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ED summons Vadra again in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday in connection with the probe into a money laundering case involving a London property worth 1.9 million pound.
Maldives court orders detention of ex-President Yameen
The Maldives Criminal Court on Monday ordered authorities to take into custody former President Abdulla Yameen until the end of his trial on money laundering charges, the media reported.
Chit Fund: WB Chief Secy, DGP, Kolkata Police chief refute CBI charge of obstruction in probe in SC
West Bengal government and its police refuted CBI allegations in the Supreme Court Monday that they obstructed investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam cases, with the state cops asserting the central agency forcefully tried to enter the Kolkata police commissioner's residence on February 3 without valid papers. Chief secretary Malay Kumar De, DGP Virendera Kumar and Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar filed separate affidavits in the apex court on the contempt petition moved by the CBI in connection with the scam and tendered "unconditional and unambiguous apology" for alleged disobedience of the court. The trio maintained however that the West Bengal government and the state police at no point of time obstructed investigation nor any official denied cooperation to CBI. The officers opposed the contempt petition against in which CBI alleged that they were tampering with evidence and not complying with the apex court's various orders relating to the probe by asserting that ..
Kodanad case: Court directs police to arrest absconding accused
A local court Monday directed police to arrest two key accused, who failed to appear before it for the second time in connection with the 2017 Kodanad heist and murder case. As the case came up before district court Judge P Vadamalai, only seven of the ten accused appeared. The judge posted the case for March 4 as the remaining accused did not appear. The government had moved the court for cancellation of bail to key accused, K V Sayan and V Manoj, contending that they were hampering the investigation by their public statements. It cited a video footage recently released by New Delhi-based journalist Mathew Samuel in which they had alleged involvement of Chief Minister K Palaniswami in the heist. Palaniswami rejected the charges and filed a defamation suit in the Madras High Court which had restrained Samuel and six others, including Sayan and Manoj, from making any statement linking Palaniswami to the Kodanad case. While Sayan and Manoj were absconding after the bail was cancelled, ..
India battles Pakistan in ICJ, says Jadhav's detention unlawful
Against the backdrop of the Pulwama terror attack, India battled Pakistan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by asserting that the trial of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan did not meet minimum standards of natural and human rights and urged the court to declare that his detention since 2016 for espionage was "unlawful" and order his release.
Court seeks ED reply on Kashmiri separatist leader's bail plea
A Delhi court has sought response from the Enforcement Directorate on the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, arrested in a decade-old money laundering case for alleged terror financing. The application was moved before Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora on the ground of parity after the Delhi High Court recently granted bail to co-accused and alleged hawala dealer Mohammad Aslam Wani in the case. The court has directed ED's Special Public Prosecutor N K Matta to file a reply to Shah's application by February 23, when the court will hear the matter. The application submitted that the accused was wrongly and falsely implicated in the case. Advocate M S Khan moved the bail application on behalf of Shah, saying that Wani has already been granted bail and that there was lack of evidence against Shah. The case was registered in 2007 for the alleged offence committed in 2005 and the accused was arrested on July 25, 2017. "The petitioner is a respectable person and
Aircel-Maxis case: Chidambaram seeks early hearing of his anticipatory bail plea
Former Union minister P Chidambaram Monday accused the CBI and the ED of "delaying" Aircel-Maxis cases in a Delhi court, which extended interim protection from arrest granted to him and his son Karti till March 8. The senior Congress leader, who was present in the courtroom, requested Special Judge O P Saini to grant an early hearing on his anticipatory bail applications as well as the charge sheet filed in the cases lodged by CBI and the Enforcement Directorate. Chidambaram's party colleague and senior advocate Kapil Sibal made the submission on his behalf after the ED sought adjournment in the matter. ED told the court that it has asked Karti Chidambaram, an accused along with his father, to appear before it on March 5, 6, 7 and 12 for questioning in the case. "Let the matter be fixed after March 12, since he has to appear before ED on March 5, 6, 7 and 12," senior advocate Sonia Mathur, appearing for ED and the CBI, told the court. Karti was not appearing before the ED which led ..
'Pro-Pakistan social media post: Trio arrested on charges of
: Three people were Monday arrested in Nizamabad district of Telanganaunder sedition charges for allegedly posting a video with "anti-national and pro-Pakistan" slogans in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, police said. The three -- two from Uttar Pradesh and a local resident -- were arrested based on a complaint by a person who had noticed the video posted on the social media after the Jaish suicide bomb attack that left 40 CRPF men dead in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14, they said. The video purportedly showed the three dancing after two of them lip synching to a portion of dialogue from Bollywood film "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha" with the background voice raising anti-India and pro-Pakistan slogans, an investigating official told PTI over phone. A case under IPC sections 124A (sedition), 153 A (promoting enmity) and 505 (2) (public mischief) was registered and during the course of investigation the three were arrested, the police official said. Two of the ...
Two youths arrested in UP for posting 'anti-India' remarks
Two youths, one of them charged with sedition, were arrested in Shahjahanpur and Bhadohi districts of Uttar Pradesh on Monday for allegedly posting "anti-India" remarks on social media, police said. A youth, identified as Farhan, was arrested in Shahjahanpur for allegedly posting the picture of a burning tricolour with a slogan denouncing India on social networking site Facebook, SP (City) Dinesh Tripathi said. Members of a right-wing group lodged a complaint in this regard, following which Farhan was arrested, police said. In Bhaodhi, Zeeshan Khan was arrested for allegedly posting an objectionable Facebook comment on February 15. The post went viral after which a sedition case was lodged against Khan and he was arrested, police said.
Cal HC grants interim protection to MP who has joined BJP
The Calcutta High Court on Monday gave MP Soumitra Khan, who had recently joined the BJP after quitting Trinamool Congress, interim protection from arrest for four weeks in connection with cases of allegedly taking money on the promise of giving jobs. Hearing an application by the Bishnupur MP for anticipatory bail in connection with the cases, a division bench headed by Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed Khan not to enter the jurisdiction of Bankura district till further order. In complaints lodged with Barjora police station in Bankura district, three persons had alleged that Khan had taken money from them in 2018 on the promise of securing them government jobs. They claimed that they had not been given jobs despite having paid money to the MP. Praying for anticipatory bail to Khan, his lawyers Sandipan Ganguly and Suvasish Dasgupta submitted that the complaints were false and motivated and that the MP was a victim of political vendetta. They told the division bench, also comprising .
Madras HC issues instructions to prevent closure of FIRs for want of charge sheets
The Madras High Court Monday directed the police chiefs of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to instruct higher rank officials to check the FIR index every month and guide their subordinates in investigating and filing final reports as laid down in a 1984 government order. Justice M V Muralidharan gave the order in the backdrop of information furnished in the court earlier that 2.14 lakh FIRs had been closed by trial courts between 2009 and 2014 due to failure of police to file the final reports within the statutory time limit. The director generals of police (DGP) should instruct the concerned assistant and deputy commissioners to keep a tab on the status of FIRs every month. They should also guide their subordinates properly in investigation of cases and filing of final report after getting the approval from the public prosecutors and assistant public prosecutors as per the June 5, 1984 government order, he said in his detailed order. The judge also directed the magistrates in Tamil Nadu ...
Contraband worth Rs 3.5cr seized in Mizoram, 1 held
The Mizoram Excise and Narcotics department along with the Assam Rifles seized one lakh Methamphetamine tablets from a person here and arrested him, officials said Monday. The seized contraband is valued at Rs 3.5 crore in the local market, an official said. The man, a resident of Karimganj district in Assam was arrested on Sunday night and booked under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Also known as 'speed pills', 'party drugs' or 'crystal meth', Methamphetamine is illegally manufactured in Myanmar, the official added.
Chit Fund: WB Chief Secy, DGP, Kol Police chief refute CBI charge of obstruction in probe in SC
West Bengal government and its police refuted CBI allegations in the Supreme Court Monday that they obstructed investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam cases, with the state cops asserting the central agency forcefully tried to enter the Kolkata police commissioner's residence on February 3 without valid papers. Chief secretary Malay Kumar De, DGP Virendera Kumar and Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar filed separate affidavits in the apex court on the contempt petition moved by the CBI in connection with the scam and tendered "unconditional and unambiguous apology" alleged disobedience of the court. The trio maintained however that the West Bengal government and the state police at no point of time obstructed investigation nor any official denied cooperation to CBI. The officers opposed the contempt petition against them in which the CBI alleged that they were tampering with evidence and not complying with the apex court's various orders relating to the probe by asserting ..
SC stays trial against Dhinakaran in FERA violation case
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial of AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran relating to a 1996 alleged FERA (Foreign Exchange Regulation Act) violation case against him.
Annul Jadhav's death sentence by Pak military court, set him free: India urges ICJ
India on Monday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to annul Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence by a Pakistani military court and order his immediate release, saying the verdict based on a "farcical case" hopelessly fails to satisfy even the minimum standards of due process. Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by the military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" after a closed trial in April 2017. His sentencing evoked a sharp reaction in India. India moved the ICJ in May the same year for the "egregious violation" of the provisions of the Vienna Convention by Pakistan by repeatedly denying New Delhi consular access to the 48-year-old Indian national. "Military courts of Pakistan cannot command the confidence of this court and should not be sanctify by a direction to them to review and re-consider the case. India seeks annulment of Jadhav's conviction, and directions that he be released forthwith," said Harish Salve, the lawyer ...
MP man arrested for hateful Facebook posts on Pulwama attack
A 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly making objectionable comments about the CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama attack and uploading an image of the Pakistan flag on his Facebook account in Madhya Pradesh, police said Monday. Monti Khan, a resident of Birsinghpur in Pali town of Umaria district, was arrested on Sunday after a complaint was received and a probe was initiated by the police's cyber squad, said Superintendent of Police Asit Yadav. Yadav said the man was produced before a local court and had been remanded in judicial custody. Pali police station in charge Ashok Kumar Jha said a resident named Sonu Vishwakarma filed a complaint against Khan following which the action was initiated. "Khan made objectionable comments about the CRPF martyrs of the Pulwama attack and also uploaded a picture of the Pakistan flag on his Facebook account," Jha said. Monti was arrested under section 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot), 153 (A) (promoting enmity between .
HC rejects plea challenging arrest of student leader in sedition case
The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a plea challenging arrest and transit remand of Veewon Thokchom, advisor to the Manipur Students' Association Delhi (MSAD), in connection with a sedition case.
244 complaints received by Assam Police Accountability
A total of 244 complaints were received by the Assam Police Accountability Commission in the year 2017. A report of the Commission laid in the Assembly on Monday said 166 out of the 244 complaints were registered as regular cases and the rest were treated miscellaneous cases. The report was laid by was laid in the Assembly by Industry, Parliamentary Affairs, Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on behalf of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who holds charge of the the Home portfolio. The serious misconduct complaints included one death in police custody, three persons grievously hurt, eight persons arrested without due process of law, etc. Regarding misconduct cases, the report said there were 49 complaints about police inaction and negligence, 52 cases of harassment/misbehaviour, 10 misuse of power, 13 perfunctory investigation, one each of forgery of records and subjudice case and 18 miscellaneous matters. The Commission also took up nine suo-moto proceedings but did not ..
Rajsamand hate crime: Raj govt tells SC it has asked Google to remove videos uploaded by accused
The Rajasthan government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it has written to online search engine Google to take down hate videos uploaded by a man accused of hacking and burning alive a Muslim labourer in the state in December 2017. In the videos, Shambhu Lal Raigar was purportedly seen ranting that he killed Afrajul Khan, the labourer from West Bengal, to stop "Love Jihad", a term used to refer Muslim men marrying Hindu women. Khan's killing was recorded on camera by the minor nephew of Raigar in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district. The state government told the apex court that the hate videos uploaded by Raigar are hosted by multiple websites and it would take them some time to remove the videos. A bench of justices A M Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi asked the government to file an affidavit about the steps taken by it to remove the videos, including those uploaded by Raigar from inside Jodhpur jail, and adjourned the matter for further hearing. Senior advocate Indira Jaising, ...
10-yr-old raped multiple times by neighbour in east Delhi
A 10-year-old girl was raped multiple times allegedly by her neighbour in east Delhi's New Ashok Vihar area, police said Monday. Officials at the New Ashok Nagar police station said they were on Sunday informed about a girl being raped allegedly by her neighbour, following which they rushed to the spot. The victim told the investigating officer that one Rohit Shriwastav, who lives nearby, raped her and also threatened her, police said. She has been raped by the accused on multiple occasions, a senior officer said. He would take her to a secluded spot in the building, where the victim and the accused's families resided, to rape her, the officer added. The accused threatened her that he would kill her if she reported the matter to anyone. However, the victim finally mustered the courage and narrated her ordeal to her mother following which they approached the police, he said. Confirming the incident, Jasmeet Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (east) said a case under relevant sections