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Another Trinamool leader killed in Bengal, party blames BJP
Two days after a Trinamool Congress MLA was shot dead, the body of another leader of West Bengal's ruling party was found in Hooghly district on Monday, police said.
Minor raped by sanitation worker at public toilet in west Delhi
A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old sanitation worker when she had gone to relieve herself at a public toilet in west Delhi's Naraina area, police said Monday. The incident took place on February 6 and was reported to the Naraina police station on Monday, they added. Investigations revealed that the girl, who lived nearby, had gone to the public toilet when its cleaner allegedly grabbed her and raped her. The girl narrated the ordeal to her parents following which they approached the police, they said. The victim was taken for medical examination. A case was registered and the accused arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Monika Bhardwaj said. The minor's condition is now stable, she said. Police said the victim's father works as a driver and her mother is a housewife. Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal went to the hospital to meet the victim and her family. She also took to twitter to express her anguish over the incident. "Now, 5 year old ..
Chinese man held with gold bars at IGI airport
A Chinese man was apprehended at the Delhi airport Monday for allegedly carrying gold bars worth Rs 12 lakh in his baggage in violation of rules, officials said. They identified the man as Jian Zhang and said he was intercepted by the CISF personnel at about 3 am at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) when he arrived at the facility to take a flight to Paro in Bhutan. Four gold bars, each weighing 100gm, were recovered from his hand bag and he was handed over to Customs department officials as he could not produce required valid documents for carrying the yellow metal, they said. The estimated value of the gold bars is about Rs 12 lakh, they added.
Troopers: Teen arrested for taking control of Alaska flight
A 16-year-old boy was arrested after he briefly took control of a small plane during a short commercial flight over western Alaska, authorities said. The teen was in the front passenger seat of the Piper Cherokee Six on a recent Yute Commuter Service flight from Napakiak to Bethel, KYUK-AM reported last week. The flight between the two remote communities usually takes about four minutes. The teen grabbed the aircraft controls shortly after takeoff, causing the "plane to enter a steep climb and then a dive toward the ground," Alaska State Troopers said. A woman sitting behind the teen grabbed him around the neck, pulling him away from the controls, authorities said. The pilot stabilised the aircraft and returned to Napakiak. An agent for the regional airline contacted the village public safety officer to detain the teen. He slipped away before the officer could take him into custody, but was arrested the next day in Bethel. Authorities have not released the teen's name because he is a .
WB Guv condoles MLA's death
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi Monday expressed his "deep grief" over the killing of Krishnaganj Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biswas inside a Sarswati Puja marquee. Tripathi conveyed condolences to the bereaved family, Biswas' friends and supporters, a statement released from the Raj Bhawan, here said. Biswas was killed on Saturday at Phoolbari area, about 15 km from the Bangladesh border. BJP leader Mukul Roy and four others have been named in the FIR in connection with the killing of the TMC MLA. Two persons have been arrested in connection with the killing while the revolver that was allegdly used in the murder was sent for forensic tests. While the TMC has held the BJP responsible for the murder of their MLA, the saffron party has blamed the internal feud in TMC for it.
Manual scavenging deaths: Tough steps being taken against
The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) Monday said it has taken note of the deaths of manual scavengers belonging to the SC community and tough steps were being taken, including filing of cases against employers under the SC/ST Atrocities Act. Vice Chairman of the commission, L Murugan said in at least 11 incidents of manual scavenging, more than 20 people belonging to SC and other castes died in the national capital last year. "Tough steps are being taken, including filing of cases under the provisions of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act 2015 in cases where the deceased belonged to the SC community," he told reporters here. Citing deaths of two manual scavengers in Coimbatore last month, Murugan said he ordered the police officials to invoke the SC/ST Atrocities Act in the case. Offences under the Act are non-bailable and facilitate compensation for victims, he noted. "Last year in Delhi, in at least 11 occurences of manual scavenging over 20 .
Absconder held after five years in J-K's Rajouri
A man, who was being pursued by police for five years in connection with several charges against him including criminal intimidation, was arrested on Monday in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The accused, Mohammad Latief of Manwa-Teryath village, was arrested from Kalakote market, the police spokesman said. He said a case under various sections of the Ranbir Penal Code, including wrongful restraint, act endangering life or personal safety of others, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace and criminal intimidation, was registered against Latief in 2014. However, he was evading arrest, the spokesman said.
Two men arrested for killing their neighbour in Delhi's Dwarka: Police
Two men, who had allegedly killed their neighbour over a trivial issue at Dwarka's Issapur village on January 19, have been arrested, police said Monday. The two accused -- Sunny (27) and Vikas (23) -- were arrested by police on Saturday. Two sophisticated pistols and three live cartridges were recovered from them. On January 19, police received information that a person had been shot at in Issapur. The victim was rushed to Rao Tularam Memorial Hospital where he was declared brought dead. The deceased was identified as Satbir. His brother Chattar Pal informed police that he was allegedly shot dead by Sunny and Vikas, police said. On Saturday, police got a tip-off that Sunny and Vikas would come near DDA Flats in Bindapur and when they showed up, they were nabbed, Anto Alphonse, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka), said. During interrogation, the accused duo said they were neighbours of Satbir and some time back a quarrel had taken place between them over some petty issue. Since ...
Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC extends Teltumbde's interim protection from arrest till Feb 22
The Bombay High Court on Monday extended Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde's interim protection from arrest till February 22 and directed the Pune Police to release him on a personal bond and surety in case he is arrested before the next hearing. Teltumbde, who is facing arrest by the Pune Police in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case, was granted time till February 11 to exhaust all his legal remedies seeking protection from arrest. He had approached the high court earlier this year, seeking anticipatory bail. While his bail plea was opposed by the Pune Police, who urged that Teltumbde be denied any relief, the court accepted the scholar's request for an adjournment of the hearing, and protected him from arrest until the next hearing on February 22. On February 5, the Pune Police was directed by Justice N W Sambre to file an affidavit listing down the grounds on which it was opposing Teltumbde's anticipatory bail plea. Justice Sambre had also directed the police to give a copy of its .
SC seeks UP govt's response on plea to bring CM office under Lokayukta
The Supreme Court Monday sought response of the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea seeking direction to the state to amend law to bring the office of chief minister under the purview of state ombudsman, Lokayukta. The apex court agreed to examine the plea that has sought a direction to the state government for amending the 43-year-old state law -- the Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta and UpLokayukta Act, 1975 -- to bring the Chief Minister under purview of the ombudsman to ensure effective control over corrupt activities. "Issue notice returnable in six weeks," said a bench of Chief Justice Ranan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna. The PIL, filed by advocate Shiv Kumar Tripathi, said that the existing status of the Lokayukta Act does not make the ombudsman "powerful enough to serve the purpose and object for which it was enacted". "The Lokayukta of the state of Uttar Pradesh is not competent to proceed against the Chief Minister for any corrupt action in which he has been found guilty ...
Guj riots: Zakia Jafri seeks hearing after polls on plea against clean chit to Modi, SC agrees
Zakia Jafri, wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri, told the Supreme Court Monday that her plea challenging SIT's clean chit to Narendra Modi, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, in the 2002 post-Godhra riots be heard after the Lok Sabha polls. There is "no urgency in the matter" and it can be heard in July after the general election, she told the top court. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi considered the submission for deferment by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Jafri and listed the matter for hearing in July. "At the request of senior advocate Kapil Sibal, for the petitioners, hearing is deferred. List on a non-miscellaneous day in July, 2019, as requested," the bench said. At the outset, senior advocate Sibal said, "There is no urgency in the matter. It can be heard any time. Let it be heard after the elections". The bench said it is up to the petitioner. Jafri who filed the petition in 2018, challenging the Gujarat High Court's October 5, 2017 order rejecting
BSES Lok Adalats settle over 3,000 power theft cases
Delhi's electricity distribution company (discom) BSES has settled a large number of power theft cases through special Lok Adalats.
Repeat offender gets 10 years in jail for raping minor
A repeat offender was Monday sentenced to 10 years in jail by a POCSO court here for raping an eight-year-old girl in suburban Vakola area here in 2013. Aiyaz Ansari (38) was found guilty under section 376 (rape), 363 (kidnapping) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code as well as relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act by Additional Sessions Judge B V Kale. The judge also fined him Rs 65,000, additional public prosecutor Rakesh Tiwari said. As per the prosecution, the incident took place on October 14, 2013, in Vakola when the girl was returning her home from school. Ansari introduced himself to the victim as her father's friend and took her to a secluded place where he raped her. During the course of trial, the prosecution examined six witnesses, Tiwari said. Ansari is a serial offender and has targeted several schoolgirls using the same modus operandi and has about seven POCSO cases registered against his name in police ..
Delhi HC notice to Moin Qureshi on CBI's plea to enhance security amount to travel abroad
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to meat exporter Moin Qureshi in CBI's application seeking enhancement of his additional security amount from Rs 2 crore to Rs 6 crore in response to his travel to Pakistan and UAE.Earlier this month, a trial court had allowed Qureshi to travel to the two countries. He had sought permission to travel to the UAE for the Gulf Food Festival from February 15 to 23, and to Pakistan from March 16 to 20 to attend his niece's wedding, according to reports.Qureshi was ordered by the court to furnish Rs 2 crore in the form of bank guarantee.The meat exporter, who was arrested in August 2017 after a case was filed against him under the money laundering Act for illegal forex dealings and tax evasion, was granted bail by a Delhi court on December 12 last year.Opposing Qureshi's plea in an earlier hearing, the ED contested that "questioning of his arrest was an abuse of the legal process" and told the court that there were serious charges of hawala ...
Rs 6.58 lakh looted from accountant in Ghaziabad
Three unidentified bike borne robbers looted Rs 6.58 lakh from an accountant of a real estate company here on Monday.
Minor raped by sanitation worker at public toilet
A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old sanitation worker at a public toilet in west Delhi's Naraina area, police said Monday. The incident took place on February 6 and the Naraina police station were informed regarding the incident on Monday, they added. The victim was taken for a medical examination. A case was registered and the accused has been arrested, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Monika Bhardwaj said. The minor's condition is now stable, she said. The accused works as a sanitation worker in the 'sulabh sauchalaya', she added. Delhi Commission for Women Swati Maliwal took to twitter to express her anguish over the incident. "Now, 5 year old girl raped in Naraina by a 40 year old man. The child has suffered terribly and has bled a lot. On my way to the Hospital to see her. Delhi is truly the RAPE CAPITAL of the world. God help us all!!! (sic)", she said in a tweet.
800 kg cannabis seized in Odisha
Police on Monday seized 800 kg cannabis from a truck in Odisha's Ganjam district and arrested three persons, a senior police officer said. The seizure was made at Singipur in Aska-Bhanjanagara road, about 60 km from here and three persons were arrested, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Bhanganagar, Utkal Keshari Das. The three persons were arrested under the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act. Besides ganja, three cell phones and Rs 3.24 lakh in cash were seized from the accused persons, the SDPO said. Das said the preliminary investigation revealed that the contraband was being transported illegally from Mohana in Gajapati district to New Delhi, when the police seized the narcotic substances. "We got a tip off about the consignment of ganja headed to New Delhi via Gangapur. The truck was intercepted and seized near Singipur," said SDPO. As many as 25 packets of ganja, packed in the plastic bags were hidden inside drivers cabin of the vehicle. .
CBI slaps murder, conspiracy charges against CPI(M) leader
In a setback to the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala, the CBI Monday slapped murder and conspiracy charges against party strongman P Jayarajan in a case relating to the murder of a 22-year-old Muslim Students Federation activist in 2012. The supplementary charge sheet, filed in a sessions court here, has also charged party MLA T V Rajesh in the conspiracy related to the killing. The CBI has charged Jayarajan with murder and conspiracy under Sections 302 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code, court sources said. According to the prosecution, Shukoor, a worker of the youth wing of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), was killed on February 20, 2012, for attacking a convoy in which Jayarajan and Rajesh were travelling. The prosecution also alleged that Shukoor was caught and interrogated for over two hours by a mob and his photo was circulated via mobile to confirm his presence in the crowd which attacked the CPI(M) convoy. The CPI(M) Kannur district committee, however, said that the charge against
IRCTC scam: Delhi court asks CBI, ED to provide documents to accused
A Delhi court on Monday asked the CBI and the ED to provide documents to the accused including former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son Tejahswi and wife Rabri Devi in IRCTC scam cases on February 14 and 25 respectively. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj fixed February 14 as the date for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to provide the documents to the accused, while the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will have to submit them for scrutiny on February 25 at 2 pm. "On the request of learned senior public prosecutor for CBI, list for supply of deficient documents if any, now on February 14. Since the next date of hearing is only for supply of deficient documents, the personal appearance of the accused is exempted on the request of learned defence counsel for the next date of hearing," the court said in its order. While passing an order on the furnishing of documents by the ED, the court said, "List on February 25 at 2 pm for scrutiny of documents. Since the next date is for
Ex-IPS officer moves SC for protection from WB cops after joining BJP
Former IPS Officer Bharati Ghosh, who joined BJP last week, has moved the Supreme Court seeking protection from any coercive action by the West Bengal police in new corruption cases registered against her. Ghosh, once considered close to Mamata Banerjee, claimed police has registered seven FIRs against her including one lodged last week. The apex court had on October 1, last year granted her protection from arrest in a case of alleged extortion and illegal exchange of banned notes for gold. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer said that it will hear her application on February 19. At the outset, senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, appearing for Ghosh said that seven FIRs have been lodged against her in an incident which dates back to 2016 in which allegedly gold was taken for currency. He said police has been acting against her at different places and they should be restrained from taking any coercive action. Kumar said that protection from arrest should be granted to her like ..