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'TMC blaming BJP for Satyajit Biswas' death on directions of Mamata'
BJP leader Mukul Roy on Sunday claimed that allegations were being levelled on his party over TMC legislator Satyajit Biswas's death based on directions issued by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee."In the entire state of West Bengal, when anybody is killed by their own people or by other miscreants, the TMC government tries to implicate that it is by leaders and workers of BJP. I demand a probe by an independent agency (over Biswas' death). Mamata Banerjee is scared of us. It is on orders of Mamata that allegations are being levelled against the BJP for this murder," Roy, who quit TMC in 2017 and joined the BJP, told ANI.Two persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of Biswas, police said on Sunday.A Trinamool legislator from Krishnagunj in Nadia district, Biswas was shot dead by unidentified assailants last evening at Phulbari in Jalpaiguri. The incident happened when Biswas was attending Saraswati Puja celebrations at Phulbari.According to reports, the ...
Woman kills self, her son in Guj; daughter critical
A 35-year-old woman and her four-year-old son died Sunday after allegedly drinking poison in Gujarat's Junagad district, police said. The daughter of the woman, identified as Arunaben Savaliya, who was also made to consume the substance, is in a critical condition. A police official said a domestic dispute seems to be the cause behind the suicide by Savaliya. As per police, Savaliya made her son Lakshya and daughter Rashi consume poison at their home in Piyava village in Visavadar taluka, around 320 kms from here. While Lakshya died on the spot, Savaliya and Rashi were rushed to Visavadar referral hospital, a local police station official said, adding that the woman died during treatment. Rashi is battling for her life, he said. "The woman consumed poison along with her son and daughter, apparently after a domestic dispute. However, the exact trigger behind the extreme step is not known," the police official said, adding that further investigation is on.
DCW helps woman recover money she was duped of by placement agency
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has helped a woman recover money that she had paid to a placement agency in north Delhi's Mangolpuri area with had falsely promised her a lucrative job in a school. The commission on Sunday said a 26-year-old woman applied for a job after seeing an advertisement in a newspaper put in by the placement agency. "The woman realised that she had been duped when even after many days no job offer had come, and the agency also did not reply to her phone calls. She then called the Delhi Commission for Women at its 181 Women's Helpline, seeking help in the matter," a DCW statement said. The commission said it immediately set up a team and a counsellor was sent to meet the woman. She was then taken to the police station to file a complaint. The counsellor then accompanied the woman to the placement agency and dialled 100, it said. "The owner denied having taken any money on which the woman produced the signed receipt that she had received. When the counsellor
Delhi: 7 year old missing girl found dead in park
A seven-year-old girl was found dead in a Delhi park on Sunday morning.The girl had gone missing on Saturday late evening and a missing person complaint was registered by her parents at the local police station.However, the dead body of the child was recovered from the Nihal Vihar park this morning.The body was sent for postmortem and police said an investigation is underway.
BJP's Mukul Roy, 3 others booked for TMC MLA's killing; blame game on
BJP leader Mukul Roy was among the four people booked on Sunday in connection with the killing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Satyajit Biswas in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said. Roy, on his part, said the decision to name him in the FIR was "politically motivated". A West Bengal Police officer told PTI that two of the four people named in the FIR have been arrested. "So far, we have arrested two persons in this case and detained another three. A country-made revolver used to shoot the MLA has also been recovered. "As per our primary findings, it seems that the victim was fired from behind and the act was the result of a well-planned plot," he said. Asked about the chances of the assailants fleeing the area, the officer said the state police has been put on a high alert. "Nadia shares border with Bangladesh and there could be a possibility of them (assailants) trying to escape to the neighbouring country. Police have been put on high alert to check the movements along the ...
Shillong: CBI grilling Kolkata Police chief, former TMC MP in Saradha chit fund case
Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar and former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh are being questioned at the CBI office here in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam. The questioning of Kumar, as per the directions of the Supreme Court, continued for the second day on Sunday. The Kolkata Police chief was quizzed for nearly nine hours on Saturday by three senior CBI officers about his alleged role in tampering of crucial evidence in the case, officials said. Kumar had led the special investigation team (SIT) formed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to probe the Saradha scam before the case was handed over to the CBI by the apex court. Ghosh, who arrived here shortly after 10 am, sought blessings of goddess Saraswati at a pandal, barely 100 meters from the CBI office, before entering the highly secured office of the investigating agency at Oakland. "I have no comments (to make). I have been asked to attend a hearing at this office. All along I have been cooperating with the ...
Indian man in Dubai charged with sexually harassing British tourist
An Indian man in Dubai has been charged with sexually harassing a British tourist inside a lift at a residential tower. The 24-year-old Indian worker was charged at the Dubai Court of First Instance after the prosecutors accused him of exposing himself to the 35-year-old tourist and inappropriately touching her. "Around 4.40 pm on the day of the incident, I was going to practise yoga at the gym on the 37th floor. An Asian man took the lift with me. It was just the two of us. He stood so close to me in a way to touch me. I was moving away but he would not step away from my left side. I could hear him moaning," the victim was quoted as saying by the Khaleej Times. "He walked out at 34th floor and when I reached the 37th floor, I found his semen traces on my clothes," she told the public prosecution investigator. The victim reported him to the hotel security and the surveillance cameras were checked. The lift did not have any camera but the defendant was captured on camera right before ..
Three officials booked for executing sub-standard works under PMGSY in Doda
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against three government officials and a contractor for allegedly executing sub-standard works under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. An FIR under various sections of prevention of corruption act and Ranbir Penal Code was registered against the officials of PMGSY division Thathri and the contractor on the basis of joint surprise check conducted into the allegations that sub-standard material was used for the construction of 4.5 km of road from Barry to Gandoh, a spokesman of the ACB said Sunday. He said the case was registered against Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) Akhter Hussain Shah, Junior Engineers irshad Ahmad and Sonu Sharma, and director,Messrs Cube Construction Engineering Limited,Sanjay C Shah. The joint surprise check revealed that the construction work on 4.5 km of road was allotted for an amount of Rs 242.42 lakh by the contract committee in favour of a ..
Indian man charged with harassing tourist inside elevator in Dubai
A Dubai court charged an Indian man with sexually harassing a tourist inside an elevator at a residential tower.
Police probe two policemen seen misbehaving with woman
Police said on Sunday they are probing the conduct of two policemen seen in a video clip misbehaving with a woman in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.
Two arrested for TMC MLA's murder
Two people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of Trinamool Congress legislator Satyajit Biswas from West Bengal's Nadia district, police said.
Probe ordered into 'manhandling' of woman by cops in Shopian: Police
Police Sunday ordered a probe into alleged manhandling of woman by cops in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. The inquiry was ordered after a 15-second video clip, showing two cops manhandling a woman in a village in Shopian on Saturday night, went viral on social media. "The video is being probed and an inquiry is ordered to examine the conduct of the policemen," a police spokesman said. The spokesman said the cops had gone to the house of one Rameez Khan while investigating a case of kidnapping of a minor girl. Police received a complaint from a man that his 15-year-old daughter was abducted by three persons -- Rameez Khan, Mohsin Khan and Saleem Khan, of Shadab Karewa in Shopian, he said. The spokesman said as the police party raided the house of the accused to recover the victim, they found two of the accused -- Mohsin Khan and Saleem Khan -- in the house. "The family members of the accused, especially women around the house, tried to block the policemen on duty. The accused ..
West Bengal: Two arrested in TMC MLA Satyajit Biswas murder case
Two persons have been arrested in connection with the killing of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Satyajit Biswas in Nadia in West Bengal, police said on Sunday.Biswas, who was elected from Krishnaganj in Nadia district, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at a Saraswati puja on Saturday.Those arrested have been identified as Sujit Mondal and Kartik Mondal.The police have also suspended the officer-in-charge (OC) of Hanskhali Police Station. However, the reason for his suspension is yet to be known.An FIR in the case was registered on Saturday. According to police sources, the lawmaker was shot multiple times from a close range when he was coming down from the stage after attending the event.The TMC has alleged that the BJP got Biswas eliminated, a charge denied by the BJP.Gauri Shankar Dutta, TMC's district president, alleged on Saturday that BJP leaders conspired to kill Biswas as he defeated the BJP candidate by a huge margin."Satyajit Biswas was BJP's target for a very long time.
CBI grills Kolkata Police chief for second day
Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a second day here on Sunday in connection with the chit fund scams, an official said.
1 killed in police firing after weapon-laden car intercepted
An unidentified person was killed in retaliatory firing by police when he and his associates allegedly attacked the security men for intercepting their car laden with weapons in Solapur district of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Sunday, an official said. Three policemen also received injuries in the attack by occupants of the four-wheeler, he said. Solapur taluka police station in-charge Vijay Patil and three other policemen were on night patrolling duty when they intercepted the vehicle, in which four to five people were travelling, on suspicion around 3.30 am in Ulegaon area, located around 400 km from here, he said. The police team found some inflammable material and weapons inside the vehicle, the official said. When they enquired about the weapons and other things, the car occupants allegedly hurled stones at the policemanand also manhandled them, he said. During the scuffle, one of the policemen allegedly fired in retaliation, killing one of the vehicle occupants,
Gas tanker catches fire in West Bengal
A chemical gas tanker caught fire on NH-31 near Bidhannagar in West Bengal's Siliguri district on Sunday morning, officials said.Soon after receiving information, two fire engines rushed to the spot to douse the blaze.No causalities have been reported so far but traffic has slowed down in the area due to the incident.Police said it is investigating the matter.
Death toll in UP-Uttarakhand hooch tragedies reach 97
The death toll in the twin hooch tragedies in Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring Uttarakhand has increased to 97, with over 200 people arrested in a police crackdown, officials said on Sunday.
HC dismisses medical negligence plea against doctor
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea alleging medical negligence by a neurosurgeon leading to death of a woman, who was suffering from brain tumour. Justice Vibhu Bakhru said the issue of whether there was any negligence on the doctor's part is to be assessed by the medical practitioner and unless it is shown that there was any flaw in the decision making process or there was malafide, no interference by the court would be warranted. "... this court finds no merit in the present petition and the same is dismissed," the court said. The court was hearing a plea by a man, whose wife was being treated by Dr S K Sogani, a neurosurgeon, for meningioma/ brain tumour and she died in May 2011, after her third operation. The man had alleged in the plea that the doctor was negligent in treating his wife and he had operated upon her thrice from November 2003 to May 2011. It was alleged that the doctor conducted the operation on May 7,2011, without a prior MRI scan and it was an act of ...
Death toll in UP-Uttarakhand hooch tragedies reaches 104
The death toll in the twin hooch tragedies in Uttar Pradesh and neighbouring Uttarakhand has increased to 104, with over 200 people arrested in a police crackdown, officials said on Sunday.
Mexico: Radio journalist shot dead, second media person killed this year
The Latin American country has become one of the world's deadliest countries for reporters, after a Mexican radio journalist was shot dead Saturday at a restaurant in Tabasco, in the east of the capital city, the local media reported.The victim, named Jesus Ramos Rodriguez, killed in the town of Emiliano Zapata, had hosted news bulletins on radio for over a decade.Chennel NewsAsia quoted the Mexican newspaper El Universal daily as stating that eyewitnesses had seen the alleged attacker stepping out of a car and started shooting at Rodriguez from a point-blank range more than eight times.The drug war and political corruption in the country have fuelled up violence and crime lately. More than 100 journalists have been reportedly assassinated in Mexico since 2000, with 10 killed last year alone.International non-profit organisation 'Reporters Without Borders' in 2018 had ranked the Latin American country as the third-most-dangerous country for journalists, after Afghanistan and ...