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Four arrested for smuggling heroin in Jammu
Four members of an inter-state gang of narcotic smugglers were arrested and heroin was seized from them in Jammu city, officials said Thursday. A police team intercepted a vehicle at Kunjwani area in the city and seized 175 grams of heroin, they said. Nisar Ahmed of Shopian in Kashmir,Sandeep Kumar of Jalandhar in Punjab, Sandeep Kumar of Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh and Raghbir Singh of Jalandhar were arrested and a case was registered against them, they said.
SC agrees to hear Dhananjay Munde's plea seeking stay on HC order
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday a plea of Maharashtra Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde seeking a stay on Bombay High Court order directing registration of FIR against him in connection with alleged illegal purchase of government land in the state's Beed district.A Bench comprising of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Ajay Rastogi said it will hear the plea of Munde tomorrow after his lawyer mentioned the matter for urgent hearing.Munde, a member of NCP, is the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council.
Man arrested along with woman accomplice after encounter in Delhi
A 34 year-old man was arrested along with a woman following an encounter with police in northwest Delhi's Netaji Subhash Place on Thursday morning, an official said. The accused, Shrikant Reddy, a "dreaded criminal", suffered two bullet injuries during the encounter and doctors have stated that he is out of danger, police said. Reddy and his accomplice Pooja were intercepted by police personnel at Netaji Subhash Place following a tip-off, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Northwest, Vijayanta Arya, said. But, when they refused to surrender and shot at the personnel, police opened fired at Reddy, she said, adding that he was injured and rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors said he is out of danger. Reddy, who is named in 12 cases including murder, had allegedly stolen a motorcycle along with his accomplice from Netaji Subhash Place on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, the officer said. After stealing the motorcycle, the duo allegedly snatched gold chains at ...
Not much difference between jungle rule & UP law and order: Cong
The Congress hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday over the killing of the state Bar Council president, saying there was not much difference between "jungle rule" and law and order in the BJP-ruled state. Darvesh Singh, the first woman president of the state Bar Council who was elected to the post three days ago, was shot dead at a court premises in Agra on Wednesday allegedly by a lawyer who then tried to kill himself. "Right under the nose of Ajay Singh Bisht's (Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) government in UP, the bar council's first woman president was shot dead. There is not much difference left between jungle rule and the law and order system in BJP-ruled UP," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted. Agra City Additional Superintendent of Police Praveen Verma had said Singh was shot thrice by lawyer Manish Sharma, who had been her long-time acquaintance.
Wave Group VC arrested in 100 cr fraud case
Manpreet Singh Chadha, the Vice Chairman of the Wave Group, has been arrested in connection to a Rs 100 crore fraud case, a police officer said here on Thursday.
Illegal purchase of govt land: SC to hear Friday Maha MLC's plea against Bombay HC order
The Supreme Court Thursday agreed to hear on June 14 a plea of Maharashtra MLC Dhananjay Munde against the Bombay High Court order directing registration of a case against him in an alleged illegal purchase of government land case. A vacation bench of justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi said it will hear Munde's plea on Friday in which the NCP leader has sought stay of the high court order which directed police to file a case against him for allegedly purchasing a land at Pus village in Ambajogai tehsil of Beed district. The high court's order was passed on Tuesday by a division bench on a plea filed by one Rajabhau Phad, who alleged that the said land which belonged to the government was purchased and given to the Belkhandi Math in Beed as gift. As per law, the land cannot be transferred without the government's permission, the initial petition had said.
Nigerian arrested for duping people
The Delhi police has arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly duping dozens of people under a fraudulent scheme, officials said on Thursday. The matter came to light after two persons, who have been collectively duped of more than Rs 1.5 crore, approached the police, the officials said. The police's cybercrime cell -- Cyber Prevention, Awareness and Detection Centre (CyPAD) -- arrested the accused. According to the police, the Nigerian has been staying illegally in India and has duped a number of people, mainly from the southern states, the police said. Further details are awaited.
Gold worth Rs 17 lakh seized at Hyd airport, one held
: Smuggled gold weighing over 500 grams worth over Rs 17 lakh was seizedat the international airport here from a passenger, who allegedly hid the yellow metal in his rectum, Customs officials said. According to the officials, the passenger who arrived from Dubai here Wednesday was intercepted and after verification was found to be carrying 720 grams gold paste in his rectum. After melting the gold paste 538.090 grams of 24 carat gold was extracted and it was valued at Rs 17,56,863, they said.
Complainant arrested for faking robbery in Odisha
A complainant in a robbery case in Kendrapara district has turned out to be the perpetrator of the crime, with the police arresting him for allegedly hatching the plot to swindle cash. Prakash Das (26), who had lodged a complaint on Monday that bike-borne miscreants had snatched Rs seven lakh from him near Tarando on Cuttack-Chandaballi state highway, was found to have faked the robbery, police said. The accused, an employee of a private e-commerce company in Kendrapara district, had allegedly authored the plot to swindle the cash, officers at Nikirai Police Station here said Das, a native of Sabalanga village, was arrested on Wednesday and he confessed to the crime, they said. "He had hatched the conspiracy to embezzle the cash and scripted the drama to tide over the financial crisis that he was going through. "There were loose ends in the FIR lodged by Das and the statement recorded before the police during the investigation. His statements on the purported robbery ...
Two senior citizens found dead in Delhi home
Bodies of two senior citizens were recovered from their house in Bharat Nagar area of the national capital on Wednesday, the police said.During the investigation, the police found that the deceased were siblings.The police is suspecting that the cause of death could be heart attack.However, the actual cause of death will be ascertained after the postmortem.
4 railway policemen booked for thrashing scribe in UP
Four railway policemen, including a station house officer, were booked for allegedly beating up a journalist in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, an official said Thursday. In a purported video of the incident, which went viral on social media late Tuesday night, the accused Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel, dressed in plain clothes, can be seen repeatedly slapping and punching television journalist Amit Sharma. Subsequently, the scribe was detained by the railway policemen. Police registered a case against the four personnel, including Station House Officer Rakesh Kumar, on Wednesday under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) pertaining to causing hurt, insult, robbery and wrongful confinement, GRP Superintendent of Police Subhash Chand Dubey said. Of the four GRP officers, Kumar and Constable Sanjay Pawar were suspended on Wednesday. A case has been registered under the IPC sections 323 (causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation), 364 ...
6 suspects, including gunman, arrested in Ortiz shooting
An alleged gunman and five accomplices have been detained in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz, Dominican officials said Wednesday, while providing no information about why a group of young men would try to kill their country's most beloved sports hero. Four other suspects were also being pursued in the shooting, which witnesses said was carried out by two men on a motorcycle, assisted by two other groups of people in cars. "At this moment, they are being interrogated and we will continue deepening the investigation to get to the truth about what happened," Chief Prosecutor Jean Alain Rodrguez said. "Nobody involved in this unfortunate episode will escape justice, neither those who carried it out nor the mastermind," he said. The national police director, Maj. Gen. Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte, said the coordinator of the attack was offered 400,000 Dominican pesos, or about $7,800, to orchestrate the shooting. He said the alleged coordinator was also among those in ..
FIR against 3 in UP Bar Council chief's murder
Sunny Yadav, the nephew of slain Uttar Pradesh Bar Council president Darwesh Yadav has named Manish Sharma, his wife Vandana and another lawyer Vineet Gulecha as the accused in the murder of the first woman chief of the council, who was shot dead in a lawyers chamber.
Work in west UP courts stall after killing of state Bar Council prez
Work in courts across western Uttar Pradesh came to a standstill on Thursday as lawyers protested against the killing of the state bar council chairman a day ago. Muzaffarnagar district bar association president Syed Naseer Haider said the incident was condemned by lawyers in a condolence meeting. The call for the boycott was given by the state bar council. Judicial work was affected in Baghpat, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Saharanpur and Shamli districts. Darvesh Singh, the first woman chairman of the state bar council, was shot dead in the court premises in Agra on Wednesday allegedly by a lawyer who then tried to kill himself, police had said.
10 booked for harassing Chiranjeevi's son-in-law on Instagram
Hyderabad police have booked ten people for allegedly harassing actor Chiranjeevi's son-in-law Kalyan Dev on social media.According to the police, a case has been registered under section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, against the accused of using objectionable language against Dev on photo-sharing app Instagram."We received a complaint three days ago from Kalyan Dev stating that he was being harassed by ten users on Instagram. He also mentioned that they were also posting objectionable text against him and requested to take necessary action," Hyderabad Cyber Crimes Additional DSP Raghuveer told ANI over the phone.He said that the police have written a letter to Instagram requesting the Facebook-owned platform to provide the details of the accused.Further action will be taken against the accused upon receiving the information about Instagram account details of the accused, the police said.Kalyan Dev, an industrialist, had married superstar Chiranjeevi's youngest daughter .
Bhima Koregaon case: Pune Police raids accused Stan Swamy's home
A Pune police team has conducted searches at human right activist Father Stan Swamy's residence here in connection with Elgaar Parishad (Bhima Koregaon) case.The search was conducted on Wednesday morning around 10:30 am and police have recovered some electronic materials from his house.On January 1, violence erupted at an event to mark 100 years of the Bhima-Koregaon battle, leaving one dead and several injured, including 10 policemen. The police had filed 58 cases against 162 people during a state-wide shutdown in January following clashes in Bhima-Koregaon."One of the accused Stan Swamy, who is the resident of Ranchi, his home was searched. Police have recovered some documents and electronic materials," said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Suhas Bawche.This is the second time the police raided his home.The police had arrested nine accused in Bhima Koregaon case till now while two others namely Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde are availing legal relief from arrest provided by the ..
Prakash Javadekar to seek report on journalist assault in Shamli
A day after a journalist was allegedly beaten up by a group of General Railway Police personnel in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said he will seek a report on the incident."I will seek a report on the incident," Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday while responding to a question at the media briefing on the decisions taken by the Union cabinet on the incident.On Wednesday, a journalist in Shamli was beaten up on camera by a group of GRP personnel for covering the derailment of a goods train.Hours after the incident DGP Uttar Pradesh OP Singh ordered the immediate suspension of Station House Officer (SHO), GRP Shamli, Rakesh Kumar and constable Sanjay Pawar."We have come across a video where a journalist has been beaten up & put up in a lock up. DGP UP OP Singh has ordered for immediate suspension of SHO GRP Shamli Rakesh Kumar & Const. Sanjay Pawar. Strict punishment shall be accorded to policemen misbehaving .
Tollywood star Sonakshi duped by online fraudster
A Tollywood actress was allegedly duped by an online fraudster to the tune of Rs 1 lakh, the police said."Two days ago we received a complaint from Sonakshi Verma, who is Tollywood actress, stating that she received a call from an unknown person asking her to claim the gift she would be receiving from some unknown company," Raghuveer, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Adl. DCP), CCS, Hyderabad said.She believed him and paid around Rs 1 lakh which he demanded to clear the tax levied on the gift she would be receiving. After paying the amount the unknown person stopped responding following which the victim realised that she was duped."A case has been registered for impersonation and cheating and we are investigating the matter," the senior official said.
Delhi: Crime Branch seizes 500 kg cannabis worth Rs 1 crore, 3 arrested
The Delhi Police on Wednesday seized 500 kgs of cannabis worth approx Rs 1 crore and arrested three suspected drug dealers in connection with the seizure.The Crime Branch of Delhi police seized the large consignment of cannabis (ganja) which was being transported to Delhi for further distribution. Three people including two relatives were apprehended."The Cannabis was being brought in a mini truck from Odisha for supply in the national capital," a senior Crime Branch official said.The Delhi Police has so far seized more than 16 quintal cannabis, 4 quintal poppy husk and more than 190 kg smack and heroin and around 27 kg chars this year.
Teenager, male friend attacked with chemical in Vikaspuri, 1 detained
A teenager and her male friend were allegedly attacked with chemical by an unidentified person while they were on a motorcycle in the Vikaspuri area of the national capital, the police said."One boy aged 24 years along with his female friend aged 19 years were going together on a motorcycle when some chemical was thrown on them by some unknown person. We have detained one person in connection with the case," the police said on Wednesday adding that the incident occurred on Tuesday.Both the victims refused to give any statement on the day of the incident but approached the Vikaspuri police station the next day. They have been released from the hospital. "It's not a burn injury but there is a stain on the face due to the chemical," the police said.Prima facie, it seems that the victim was in a relationship with the girl and the suspect was asking her not to meet him.The doctor has opined 'chemical' in the MLC while the exact nature is not known so far.Further investigation in the matter