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Rajasthan cop among three held on bribery charges
Three people, including a reader of Jhotwara police station's SHO and a public prosecutor, were arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a man here, officials said. After the arrests, Station House Officer Pradeep Charan and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jhotwara, Aas Mohammand have come under the radar of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Reader Battu Khan of the head constable rank had demanded the bribe from one Rajveer Singh Ganganagri for arresting a man named in an FIR lodged in a land-related fraud. The demand was of Rs 3.6 lakh but it was settled at Rs 2.5 lakh and Khan was caught accepting some bribe money Wednesday night, a senior official of the ACB said. A middleman, identified as Sumant, and the public prosecutor linked to the police station, Chandrabhan Joshi, were also arrested due to their involvement in the case, he said. "After the arrest of the trio, we summoned SHO of Jhotwara police station Pradeep Charan and ACP, Jhotwara, Aas Mohammad but they
Kulbhushan Jadhav hearing to resume in ICJ from Monday: MEA
The public hearing in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case will commence from Monday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
Elgar Parishad: Teltumbde quizzed by Pune police for 6 hours
Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde on Thursday appeared before the Pune police, which questioned him for over six hours in connection with the Elgar Parishad case. While granting interim protection from arrest till February 22, the Bombay High Court had directed Teltumbde to appear before the investigating officer on February 14 and 18. "Teltumbde appeared before us, where he was questioned for over six hours. We will question him again on February 19," said Shivaji Pawar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, who is the investigating officer in the case. Pawar, however, refused to elaborate the details about the questioning. Teltumbde is an accused in the case, which was filed following violent clashes at Koregaon Bhima village near Pune on January 1, 2018. He was booked on several charges, including sections under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Teltumbde was arrested from the Mumbai airport on February 2. However, his arrest was deemed illegal by a sessions ...
Nearly 800 vehicles impounded for flouting norms in Noida, Gr Noida
Nearly 800 vehicles, including 741 auto-rickshaws, allegedly plying in violation of rules were impounded under a concerted action against them in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Thursday, the police said. "Operation Checkmate" was launched at 1.30 pm and continued till 5 pm during which 741 auto-rickshaws, 21 cars, 10 e-rickshaws, 18 motorcycles, and five buses were impounded in Noida and Greater Noida, they said. Also, 1,867 e-challans and 357 normal challans were issued to drivers of vehicles found flouting traffic rules, without requisite documents of the vehicle, or with tampered number plates, a senior official said. "The operation was launched to curb plying of illegal vehicles including auto rickshaws, buses, tempos and taxis to further check crime," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vaibhav Krishna said. He said the action was also aimed at raising awareness among the citizens about traffic rules and road safety. Officials from across Gautam Buddh Nagar were deployed at 80 check ...
Nirbhaya's parents move Delhi court seeking execution of death sentence
Parents of Nirbhaya, who was gang raped and murdered in 2012, have moved a Delhi court seeking death warrant of four convicts without any delay. Seeking expeditious directions, the plea said that it is the need of the hour and law that the death sentence be executed as early as possible and not delayed any further. "Not only the entire nation is awaiting the execution of the sentence awarded to the convicts, but the entire world is curiously looking at the Indian judicial system," said the plea, filed through lawyer Jitendra Kumar Jha. On July 9, the apex court dismissed the pleas of three convicts -- Mukesh (31), Pawan Gupta (24) and Vinay Sharma (25) -- seeking review of its 2017 verdict which upheld the capital punishment awarded to them by the Delhi High Court and the trial court in the case. The fourth death row convict, Akshay Kumar Singh (33), has not filed a review plea in the apex court. It put up the matter for hearing on March 2. The apex court had in December last year ...
Money transfers from Venezuela did not breach regulations: Bulgarian bank
SOFIA (Reuters) - Money transfers from Venezuela to accounts at Bulgarian bank Investbank did not breach any regulations or international sanctions, the small local lender said on Thursday.
Karol Bagh fire: Police to recreate incident using 3D laser tech
In a first, the Delhi Police will employ 3D laser imaging technology to simulate the blaze at the Karol Bagh hotel which claimed 17 lives, a senior police officer said Thursday. Apart from enuring that there is no loss of evidence, the high-tech method will allow the police to zero in on how, why, where and when the fire started, Rajesh Deo, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) said. On Thursday, a Crime Branch team visited the Arpit Palace hotel along with its arrested general manager Rajender and manager Vikas to help recreate the fire that broke out early Tuesday. The duo was interrogated as well, Deo said. "We will be using cutting-edge technology for our investigation. This is the first time we are using a 3D laser technology to simulate the crime scene," Deo said. According to the officer, Look Out Circulars have been issued against the property owner, Rakesh who was in Doha at the time of incident, and Shardendu Goel, the licensee of the hotel. The mobile phones of the accused
SC reserves verdict on PIL seeking framing of law to prevent custodial torture
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a PIL by former Union law minister Ashwini Kumar seeking a direction to the Centre to frame a law to prevent custodial torture and inhuman treatment as India was a signatory to the United Nations' convention in this regard. The apex court, which on Wednesday had accorded a day-long hearing on the PIL after Kumar had submitted that he has not been heard, Thursday reserved the judgement after the senior Congress leader, Attorney General K K Venugopal, amicus curiae and senior lawyer Colin Gonsalves and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) concluded their submissions. The former law minister and senior advocate, in his PIL, has said the India has been signatory of the United Nations' Convention Against Torture since 1997 and has not ratified it so it has not made the law on custodial torture so far. While Gonsalves, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae, and the counsel for NHRC supported the plea of Kumar, the Centre .
Kept in dark about Vishnu Wagh's death, allege his siblings
The siblings of eminent writer and former Deputy Speaker of Goa Assembly Vishnu Wagh, who died in South Africa last week, Thursday alleged that they were kept in the dark about his death. Wagh's wife, in an audio message released on Wednesday evening, had announced that he died on February 8 during his tour of South Africa. Wagh's brother Ramrao, a professor in Goa University, and his two sisters - Smita Somnath Naik and Jyotsna Praveen Chumbalkar - issued a joint press statement on Thursday saying they were kept in the dark about his death as well as his whereabouts. "...It is with deep sadness that we wish to inform you that we have been kept in dark about the news of his death and whereabouts ofVishnu Wagh," the statement says. They said they did not have any information that he was being taken to South Africa when his health was deteriorating. "Apart from grappling with the loss, we are also trying to gather facts about his death and would like to express our ...
Noida: Labourer found hanging from tree; unidentified body found on roadside
Two dead bodies, one of a labourer and the other of an unidentified man, were found in separate instances here on Thursday, police said. The body of 23-year-old Manzar Ali was found hanging from a tree in the morning in Barola village, under Sector 49 police station, the police said. Ali was a native of Cooch Behar in West Bengal and had been working as a labourer here for some time, a police official said. "It appears to be a case of suicide. Legal proceedings are underway and the body has been sent for post mortem, the official said, adding no formal complaint has been made in the case by anyone so far. In another case, the body of an unidentified man, apparently around 50-year-old, was found along the Gijhor Service Road, under Sector 24 police station, in the morning, the police said. The body was found on the road side and there was no mark of injury on it. It appears that he may have died due to the cold weather. The body has been sent for post mortem after which the cause of ...
NCLAT quashes NCLT order against ECL
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has set aside the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Kolkata bench's order to start insolvency proceedings against Eastern Coalfields (ECL), a subsidiary of Coal India, said an official on Thursday.
Naval police tried suppressing molestation case against commander: Goa Police
The naval police, posted at the INS Hansa naval base in South Goa, had tried to scuttle a molestation complaint against Commander Manikandan Nambiar by his maid on February 12, police told a trial court in Goa, which granted anticipatory bail to the accused on Thursday.
Main accused in Kushinagar hooch tragedy arrested
The main accused in the hooch tragedy in neighbouring Kushinagar district, which left nine people dead, has been arrested in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, police said. The accused, Harendra Yadav, is a native of Bihar and was arrested Wednesday evening. He is likely to be brought to Kushinagar on Friday, Kushinagar SP RN Mishra said. As many as nine people died last week after consuming spurious liquor in an area under the Tarya Sujan police station limits. After registering a case against unidentified people on February 8, police had arrested two people, Rajendra Jaiswal and Hari Nishadand, the SP said. During interrogation of the duo, it surfaced that one Harendra Yadav of Gopalganj, Bihar who is the main accused has escaped soon after the incident. Police traced Yadav's location using his mobile phone. He was arrested in Rajasthan's Bhilwara, the SP said. During preliminary investigation, Yadav's connections with a political party in Bihar was found. Around 12 criminal cases are .
Ludhiana gang rape: Punjab Police arrests all six accused
The Punjab Police on Thursday said that all six accused in the gang rape of a 21-year-old woman in Ludhiana district have been arrested.
Disproportionate assets case: I-T commissioner gets 7-yr jail term; mother, 90, also jailed
A special CBI court here has sentenced a serving Income Tax Commissioner to seven years' rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 3.50 crore on him in a 14-year-old disproportionate assets case. CBI Special Judge Sujata Singh on Wednesday also awarded one year jail term to the officer Shwetabh Suman's 90-year-old mother Gulab Devi besides sentencing his brother-in-law Arun Kumar Singh and his close aide Rajendra Vikram Singh to four years in prison after convicting them under IPC. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 3.50 crore on the IT Commissioner in the DA case after convicting him under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The CBI had registered an FIR against the official in 2005 for acquiring assets beyond his known sources of income in Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Bihar and Jharkhand during the period from April, 1997 to March, 2004. "Investigation established that the accused abused his official position as a public servant to acquire immovable and movable ...
Absconding Sterling Biotech promoters move Delhi court against NBWs
Four absconding Sterling Biotech Ltd (SBL) promoters moved a Delhi court on Thursday seeking cancellation of open-ended Non-Bailable Warrants issued against them in the Rs 8,100 crore bank fraud case, saying the NBWs were "illegal", "arbitrary" and "malicious". Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and directed them -- Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara, Chetankumar Jayantilal Sandesara, Dipti Chetan Sandesara and Hiteshkumar Narendrabhai Patel -- to furnish their address to the agency within 15 days. The court put up the matter for hearing on April 2. The ED, through Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana, opposed their plea saying extradition proceedings from Italy and Nigeria are being carried out against the Sandesaras as they have been absconding and an open ended NBW was obtained from the court for this purpose. Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the promoters, said that the very fact they have adopted and taken recourse of
Parents of 2012 gang rape victim move court for speedy hanging of convicts
The parents of the December 16, 2012 gang rape victim on Thursday moved a Delhi court seeking to expedite the hanging of all the four death row convicts in the case.
Inquiry into properties of Cong MLA Nagra, Akali MLA N K Sharma
The Punjab Assembly will hold an inquiry into the properties of Congress MLA Kuljeet Singh Nagra and Akali legislator N K Sharma after both agreed for a probe after sparring with each other on Thursday. On the third day of the Punjab Assembly Budget session here, Nagra and Sharma sparred when the discussion was taking place during the non-official resolution moved by BJP legislator Som Parkash on the issue of "growing superstitions and beliefs" in the state. Participating in the discussion, Nagra, an MLA from Fatehgarh Sahib, said people flocked to 'Pandits', and took potshots at Sharma for wearing a religious thread on his wrist, triggering angry reaction from the opposition legislator who accused him of launching a personal attack. "I can see the thread in the hands of Sharma," Nagra said while pointing towards Sharma, a legislator from Zirakpur. The Akali MLA strongly objected to Nagra's remark, accusing him of insulting in the House. "Whether a Pandit does not have the right to ...
Absconding Imam facing charges under POCSO Act moves High Court
A Muslim cleric, who is absconding as he faces charges of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, Thursday moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail and claimed that the case against him was "false" and "politically motivated." A case has been registered against Shafeeq Al Qasimi, the former chief Imam (cleric) of a rural mosque at Tholicode near Thiruvananthapuram, under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for luring the girl to an isolated forest area and allegedly sexually assaulting her last week, police said. The incident came to light after a group of local women had confronted the cleric after seeing him with the school-going girl in the forest, they said, adding that the cleric was absconding since then. In his bail plea, Qasimi, who was removed as Imam of the mosque soon after the issue surfaced, claimed that the entire allegations were "false" and "politically motivated." He said the girl and the family used to travel with him. "The ...
PML-N chief Shehbaz granted bail in Ashiana scandal, Ramzan Sugar Mills case
The Lahore High Court granted bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday in Ashiana Housing Scheme scandal and Ramzan Sugar Mills case.According to Geo TV, a two-judge bench heard bail petitions of Shehbaz and Fawad Hasan Fawad, the former principal secretary to then prime minister Nawaz Sharif.The bench rejected Fawad's bail petition in a case pertaining to holding assets beyond his means. However, his request for bail in the Ashiana Housing case was accepted.On October 5, Sharif, the leader of Opposition in National Assembly and brother of Nawaz Sharif, was arrested by the NAB on charges of misusing authority and corruption in the Rs 14 billion Ashiana Housing Scheme during his tenure as the Punjab Chief Minister (2013 to 2018).Sharif, however, had denied the allegations and termed them as "baseless".