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Punjab IGP arrested in 2015 firing case
The special investigation team (SIT) of the Punjab Police here on Monday arrested Inspector General (IG) of Police Parampal Singh Umaranangal in connection with the Behbal Kalan firing in the Faridkot district in October 2015.
HC dismisses plea of Manipur student activist booked for sedition
The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed a Manipur student activist's plea challenging his arrest and transit remand here in a sedition case lodged against him for making remarks over the Citizenship Bill on social media. Justice Sunil Gaur dismissed activist Veewon Thokchom's plea who was arrested by Manipur police in Delhi on February 15. The court had earlier reserved order on the plea. Thokchom had filed the petition through his brother seeking quashing of the transit remand claiming it to be defective. His counsel had argued that the transit remand order suffered from non-application of mind. Counsel for Manipur police had contended that misleading facts were being placed before the court by the activist's lawyer and he would be taken to Manipur to be produced before the concerned court tomorrow. The high court had earlier in the day, transferred the petition to another bench for hearing it today itself due to some technical issues. Thokchom's counsel had claimed that the ...
Chit Fund: WB Chief Secy, DGP, Kolkata Police Commissioner file affidavits in contempt case in SC
West Bengal Chief Secretary Malay Kumar De, DGP Virendera Kumar and Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar Monday filed separate affidavits in the Supreme Court on the contempt petition moved by the CBI in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. They responded to the notices issued on February 5 by the apex court which had asked them to clarify their stand on the allegation that evidence was tampered with and the state police was not cooperating with the Central Bureau of Investigation. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had said that after perusing the affidavits, a decision will be taken whether they would required to make personal appearance before it on February 20. It said the Secretary General of the apex court will inform the trio on Feb 19 whether they are required to be present on February 20.
Mumbai woman raped at her birthday party in Palghar, 2 booked
A woman was allegedly raped at her birthday party organised at a friend's house in Waliv in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said Monday. The host's boyfriend was also present at the party, which was held on February 13, and the two spiked the victim's drink, a Waliv police station official said. "The woman host pinned the victim down when she was drowsy and her boyfriend raped her. The duo also threatened the victim to not reveal the incident to anybody," he said. The 27-year-old victim, a resident of Kandivali in the northern part of Mumbai, later filed a complaint with Waliv police on Sunday. Following the complaint, the woman host and her boyfriend, both in their mid-twenties, were booked for rape and criminal intimidation, said Palghar police's public relations officer Hemant Katkar.
Prime accused in Trinamool MLA murder case held
The prime accused in the Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas murder case was arrested from West Midnapore district Monday, police said. Abhijit Pundari was picked up from Radhamohanpur railway station, Superintendent of Police of Nadia district Rupesh Kumar said. Biswas, the MLA of Krishnaganj, was shot dead in the evening of February 9 inside a Saraswati puja marquee at Phoolbari village in Nadia district, about 15 kilometres from the Bangladesh border. With the arrest of Pundari, a total of five persons have been into custody in the case. Police arrested Sujit Mondal and Kartik Mondal on the night of the murder. Kalipada Mondal and Nirmal Ghosh were picked up from Hanskhali and Chakdaha areas of Nadia, respectively, on February 14. BJP leader Mukul Roy was among those booked in connection with the killing of the MLA. The Calcutta High Court had on February 13 directed the West Bengal police to not arrest Roy, who had quit the Trinamool Congress to join the BJP, till March 7 in ...
Delhi: Ponty Chadha's nephew rams SUV into auto-rickshaw injuring 4
Four people suffered severe injuries after a speeding Bentley SUV allegedly rammed into an auto rickshaw at Vinay marg area in the national capital on Monday.Late liquor baron Ponty Chaddha's nephew, who was allegedly driving the vehicle, has been arrested.The injured have been rushed to the hospital.According to reports, the luxury car was being escorted by a Punjab Police vehicle.Also, it is reported that two Punjab Police officials were inside the SUV when it met with the accident.More details are awaited.
India seeks immediate release of Jhadav
India on Monday contended before the International Court of Justice here the continued custody of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan jail was unlawful and demanded his release saying Islamabad has seriously violated various provisions of the 1963 Vienna Convention and other protocols.
Six charged in Bangladesh over atheist blogger's murder
Six persons, including a sacked army major, were charged in Bangladesh on Monday with the gruesome murder of a controversial atheist blogger four years ago. Avijit Roy, a Bangladesh-born US national, was hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants in February 2015 while returning home with his wife from a Dhaka book fair. His wife, Rafida Ahmed, was seriously injured. Police Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit chief Monirul Islam said at a press conference that the charge sheet has to be approved by the Ministry of Home Affairs before it is sent to the court, bdnews reported. Among the six accused in the murder are alleged Ansarullah Bangla Team leader and sacked military officer Major Syed Ziaul Haq and militant blogger' Safiur Rahman Farabi. Of the accused, Ziaul Haq and Akram Hossain aka Abir are absconding. The remaining four are currently in prison. Investigators say all of the suspects, aside from Farabi, were members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team. "Through ...
Opposition demands Nitish Kumar's resignation over Bihar shelter home rape case
The Opposition on Monday created a ruckus in the Bihar Assembly demanding Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's resignation, two days after a special POCSO court in Muzaffarpur directed the CBI to investigate the involvement of Kumar and two IAS officers in the infamous shelter home rape case.
HC reserves order on plea of Manipur student activist booked for sedition
The Delhi High Court Monday reserved order on a plea by a Manipur student activist challenging his arrest and transit remand here in a sedition case lodged against him for making remarks over the citizenship bill on social media. The order is expected later in the day. Justice Sunil Gaur heard the submissions of the counsel for activist Veewon Thokchom, Manipur and Delhi police during which his advocate argued that the transit remand order suffered from non-application of mind. Thokchom, who was arrested by Manipur police in Delhi on February 15, had filed the petition through his brother seeking quashing of the transit remand claiming it to be defective. Counsel for Manipur police contended that misleading facts were being placed before the court by the activist's lawyer and he would be taken to Manipur to be produced before the concerned court tomorrow. The high court had earlier in the day, transferred the petition to another bench for hearing it today itself due to some technical .
HC reserves verdict in National Herald eviction case
The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved verdict on a plea by National Herald publisher Associated Journals Ltd's (AJL) challenging a single judge direction to vacate its premises here. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao reserved the decision after AJL concluded its arguments. The court also asked AJL and the Centre's lawyers to file their written submissions in three days.
Delhi: 27-year-old man arrested for raping 10-year-old neighbour
A 27-year-old man has been arrested for raping a minor in Delhi's New Ashok Nagar.Police has registered a case under appropriate sections of India Penal Code (IPC) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.On February 17, a police station in New Ashok Nagar received a call regarding rape of a 10-year-old girl. On inquiry, police reached the spot where the victim along with her mother informed that accused, one Rohit Shrivastava, who lives nearby raped the minor and also threatened her.
Shehbaz Sharif indicted in housing scam case
An accountability court on Monday indicted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif along with nine others in a housing scandal.
Noida cop killed in road accident
A police sub-inspector died from injuries after an unidentified vehicle allegedly rammed into his car in Greater Noida, officials said Monday. The incident took place late on Sunday night in which the 50-year-old SI, Hariraj Singh, suffered grievous injuries and died, police said. Singh, in-charge of the Atta Police Post under Sector 20 police station in Noida, was on his way from Gautam Buddh Nagar to Ghaziabad, they said. "An unidentified vehicle allegedly rammed into Singh's personal vehicle on the Chaar Moorti to Tigri road," a police spokesperson said. "Singh's vehicle was badly damaged and he was critically injured. He was taken to the Vrindavan hospital for treatment where he succumbed to the injuries," the spokesperson said. A case has been registered at the Bisrakh police station under Indian Penal Code sections 279 (rash driving), 304A (causing death by negligence) and related offences, the police said. No arrest could be made or the erring vehicle identified till late in ...
FERA case: SC to hear ED plea against T T V Dhinakaran
The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear an appeal filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against the Madras High Court ruling allowing a petition by Amma Makkal Munetra Kazhagam (AMMK) leader T T V Dhinakaran seeking copies of official documents relating to the 1996 FERA case against him.The ED had submitted that the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA), 1973, prohibits the disclosure of any document, information, or intelligence of the department, which is highly confidential.The case against Dhinakaran pertains to the allegation that he acquired USD 10 million in foreign exchange without obtaining permission from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and deposited the money in the current account of Dipper Investments Ltd, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, which has an account with Barclays Bank in the UK.
Vaishno Devi pilgrim from Gujarat dies in J-K's Reasi
A 55-year-old woman pilgrim died of suspected cardiac arrest after paying obeisance at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Monday. Pregna Behen, a resident of Khedbrahma-Kantha in Gujarat, collapsed soon after reaching her hotel room in the base camp Katra from the cave shrine Sunday, a police official said. He said she was rushed to a nearby community health centre by her relatives but died while undergoing treatment. The body of the deceased was later handed over to her legal heirs for last rites after completion of legal formalities, the official said.
Assam man in Pakistan jail
The Assam government is aware that a person from Golaghat district in the state was taken into custody by Pakistan authorities along with some other Indians while they were working on a ship at the Indo-Pakistan border, state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary told the Assembly on Monday. "On being contacted the father of the victim Pradip Saikia disclosed that Simanta Saikia aged about 33 years of village Nabagram, District Golaghat, Assam, was arrested on 28/10/2018 by Pakistani authorities," said Patowary in reply to a starred question of BJP MLA Mrinal Saikia in the House. On Saikia's whereabouts, he said, "As per information available Simanta Saikia has been lodged in Landhi jail of Pakistan." Landhi jail is in Pakistan's Karachi. The Assam police has taken up the matter with the central agencies for consular access and release of the prisoner, Patowary added.
Gujarat: Man's nose chopped off by lover's kin, 5 arrested
A man's nose was chopped off allegedly by the kin of his lover in Gujarat's Amreli district, leading to the arrest of five persons, police said Monday. Prakash Koli (23) had gone on Saturday night to meet the woman he was in a relationship with, both residents of Jivapur village, around 250 kilometres from here, when the incident happened, Babra police inspector J D Ahir said. "When he reached there at night, family members of the woman pinned him down and her uncle chopped off his nose. Koli was rushed to a nearby hospital where he is undergoing treatment," Ahir informed. He said the woman's parents, her brother and uncle were arrested on Monday under section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons) and 146 (rioting) of the Indian Penal Code. The official identified them as Jagdish Pipaliya, Sardaben Pipaliya, Suresh Pipaliya, Atul Pipaliya and Kalu Pipaliya.
Manipur student arrest: Delhi HC asks investigating officer to submit case file
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Investigating officer probing the case of Veewon Thokchom, a student activist from Manipur who was arrested and charged with sedition for a Facebook post critical of the citizenship amendment bill, to present the file of the case by later today.The direction from judicature came after Thokchom challenged his arrest.Veewon, who was the Former president of Manipur Students Association Delhi, was arrested by the police on Saturday and was later produced in the special cell in Saket Court. He was given three days transit remand.
Authorities need to ensure action against violators, says NGT
Merely passing an order that laws should be complied with is not enough for authorities as they also need to take action violators, the National Green Tribunal has said in a case against the use of loudspeaker to curb noise pollution. The NGT's observation came while dealing with a plea alleging that illegal use of loudspeakers at mosques was adversely affecting the health of the residents living in their vicinity in East Delhi. "Mere passing an order that law should be complied is not the only job of the executing authority. When violation of law is established, need is to take remedial action by way of prosecution and recovery of damages, which has not been done," the NGT said. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also directed the DCPs of the East and West district to submit action plan to check noise pollution in their area. It also directed them to appear before it on March 14. "It may also be considered whether instruments having potential of higher noise .