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Hyderabad: Customs officials seize gold worth Rs 17 lakh, one arrested
Customs officials have seized 538 grams of gold worth Rs 17 lakhs approximately from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport."A passenger arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport from Dubai by flight number AI 952 carrying 720 grams of gold paste in his rectum. After melting the gold paste, 538.090 grams of 24-carat gold has been extracted," the customs officials said on Wednesday.The value of the gold is Rs 17,56,863 in the market. A case has been booked under relevant sections of the law.Further investigation in the matter is underway.
Sister of Saudi crown prince faces Paris trial: legal source
The sister of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to be put on trial in Paris next month for allegedly ordering her bodyguard to beat up a workman in the French capital, a legal source told AFP on Wednesday. The case against Princess Hassa bint Salman stems from an alleged assault in her apartment on the ultra-expensive Avenue Foch in west Paris in September 2016. The trial is due to be judged on July 9, the source said. The alleged victim has said he was hired to carry out refurbishment work at Princess Hassa's apartment and that she became angry after he took a photograph, accusing him of wanting to sell it to the media. He alleges the princess, said to be in her 40s, then ordered the bodyguard to beat him up. Le Point magazine reported that the princess shouted: "Kill him, the dog, he doesn't deserve to live". The workman says he was punched in the face, his hands were tied and he was forced to kiss the princess's feet during an hours-long ordeal. His tools were confiscated
Showroom robbed in Connaught Place, police clueless
Buzzing till late night, no one would have thought that shops in the posh Connaught Place area could be robbed, especially as the area lies in the heart of national capital.
3 held for killing welder, firing at techie in Delhi
Three men were arrested for allegedly killing a 42-year-old welder last month in outer Delhi's Bawana area, police said Wednesday. The police also recovered three pistols, six country-made pistols, 19 live cartridges and one motorcycle from their possession, they added. The accused have been identified as Lakshay Parashar (23) and Nitin Yadav (22), both residents of Bawana and Jatin (19), a resident of Sampla in Haryana, they said. The accused were involved in around a dozen criminal cases registered in Delhi and Haryana. "The police got a tip-off Tuesday evening that some persons involved in several cases of murder, robbery, extortion and arms act would come to Auchandi border near Dariyapur," said Outer-North Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police Gaurav Sharma. The police, accordingly, laid a trap near Auchandi Border and the accused persons were arrested as they came there on a motorcycle, the DCP added. During interrogation, it was revealed that they had killed a welder on May 31 in
Girl and boy travelling on scooty allegedly acid-attacked in West Delhi
A girl and a boy were allegedly acid-attacked by an unknown person while they were travelling on a Scooty in Vikaspuri area of West Delhi on Tuesday.
Allahabad HC orders state govt to ensure fool proof security in courts
Taking a stern view of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council Chairperson Darvesh Yadav's murder in Agra court premises, the Allahabad High Court Wednesday directed state government to ensure foolproof security in all court premises in the state. Darvesh Yadav, 38, the first woman chairperson of the UP Bar Council, was allegedly shot dead by her colleague Manish Sharma inside Agra district court premises on Wednesday. "Chief Justice (Govind Mathur of the high court) has taken serious view of the aforesaid incident," said the high court's registrar general in a statement. The chief justice has also assured all legal fraternity that the high court is taking all necessary steps to beef up the security of all court premises in the state, said the statement, while condoling Yadav's death and conveying condolences to her family members. "The state government has also been directed to take appropriate steps immediately regarding Zero Error Security in the High Court, Allahabad and Lucknow and the ...
Firearms recovered from murder accused in Delhi
The Delhi Police have arrested three persons accused in cases of murder and robbery from the Auchandi area in outer Delhi and recovered nine firearms, including three pistols and six country made pistols, from their possession, the police said on Wednesday.
Two companies, three persons booked for building unauthorized colony in Gurugram
The Gurugram police has registered an FIR against two private developers and three persons for allegedly developing a residential colony in Tikri village under Badshahpur Tahshil.
MQM chief Altaf Hussain released on bail
A day after being arrested by London Police, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain was released on bail on Wednesday."A man in his 60s arrested in connection with an investigation into a number of speeches made by an individual associated with the MQM in Pakistan has today, Wednesday, 12 June been bailed," Express Tribune quoted an official police statement.The leader has been arrested in connection with a 2016 hate speech, where he had allegedly asked his supporters to take the law into their own hands.The lawyer for the Government of Pakistan, Toby Cadman, told Geo News that there is sufficient evidence to charge Hussain.I have seen the evidence, I have reviewed all the evidence from Pakistani authorities and I can say that it presents a compelling case. It is my assessment that there is sufficient evidence to charge Altaf Hussain for a number charges," Cadman was quoted as saying.According to the lawyer, the likelihood of Hussain being charged was extremely high. "I .
Kidney racket: Arrested kingpin was held earlier too
The kingpin arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police in connection with an international kidney racket had been nabbed earlier by Delhi Police in 2016 in a similar scandal, according to police officers involved in the investigation.
Woman, her male friend attacked with 'chemical substance' in Vikaspuri
A 19-year-old woman and her male friend were attacked with some "chemical substance" allegedly by unidentified persons when they were on a motorcycle in west Delhi's Vikaspuri area, police said Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday, they said. The victims refused to give any statement after the incident, police said. The man suffered 10 to 15 per cent burn injuries, while the woman discharged after providing first aid, the officer said. The two approached Vikaspuri police station on Wednesday, following which a case under relevant sections of the IPC was registered, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Monika Bhardwaj said. According to the doctor, the woman was attacked with acid, however, they are awaiting forensic reports for final confirmation on the nature of injury, the officer added. The man is currently unemployed and worked as a courier boy earlier, she said. Police are also questioning a suspect in connection with the incident, they said, adding that further ...
Accused in cow slaughter case nabbed
A man with a Rs 25,000 reward on his head in a cow slaughter case was arrested by the special cell of Delhi Police on Wednesday.The arrested, named Imran was an accused in cow slaughter case that took place in March this year in North-East Delhi's Harsh Vihar, police said.On Holi this year, March 21, locals of Harsh Vihar found body parts of a cow and an animal fetus in the region. People of the majority community were outraged and held a protest on the roads, but police managed to prevent the situation from escalating.Three persons - Parvej, Lukman and Insallaham were arrested in connection with the case, but Imran evaded arrest by going underground, police said adding that they announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for information leading to his arrest.The four accused allegedly intended to provoke communal riots, police officials said.Police filed a case against the accused under the following sections -Section 429 (Mischief by killing or maiming cattle), section 432 (Obstruction to ...
4 arrested for killing man in Karol Bagh
Four men were arrested for allegedly killing a person in central Delhi's Karol Bagh area, police said Wednesday. The accused were identified as Akash Kumar (26), Akash (25), Dev Arjun (24) and Mahesh Kumar, they said. Interrogation revealed that the accused were inspired by local criminal Mahesh Kumar who used to extort money from businessmen and other persons, police said. Mahesh Kumar asked his aide Dinesh Kumar to find some people who can help him in his nefarious activities, following which he introduced him to Akash Kumar, Akash and Dev Arjun, they said. Dinesh Kumar also provided illegal weapons to Akash Kumar. On June 2, Akash Kumar and Akash came to Karol Bagh at around 11 pm on a scooter and fired at one Bharat who was with his friends, Mandeep Singh Randhawa, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central), said. In the incident, the victim sustained three gun shot injuries and later succumbed in the RML Hospital Sunday, they said, adding that police were trying to nab Dinesh ...
Acid attacker's conviction upheld by HC, but spared the noose
The Bombay High Court Wednesday upheld the conviction of a 25-year-old man in the 2013 Preeti Rathi acid attack and murder case here, but commuted his death penalty to life imprisonment saying the trial court erred as he was a young boy and there was no past criminal record. A division bench of justices B P Dharmadhikari and P D Naik partly allowed the appeal filed by the convict, Ankur Panwar, challenging the death penalty awarded to him in 2016 by a special court in the sensational case which was an outcome of jealously and rejection. It was the first instance of death penalty being awarded by a court in the country in a case of acid attack. "The conviction under section 302 (murder) and 326 (b) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by use of acid) is upheld. The death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment," the bench said. Rathi, a 23-year-old nurse and Delhi resident, who was to join an Indian Navy hospital in Mumbai, died after an acid attack here in May 2013 by her stalker ...
Woman arrested for pick-pocketing in Delhi metro
A 50-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly robbing female passe ngers in Delhi metro trains and railway stations in the city, police said Wednesday. The woman, a resident of Jahangirpuri, was nabbed from the Karol Bagh metro station on June 10, they said. She used keep a close watch on women passengers at platforms and queues in metro stations. The woman would follow them and steel wallets and jewellery pouches from their bags, police said. The matter came to light after a passenger, Radhey Shyam Singh, filed a complaint with police. According to the complaint, on June 2 when Singh along with his family was waiting in a queue near the baggage scanning machine at the Karol Bagh metro station, a woman stole jewellery pouch from the bag of his brother's wife. A case was registered and a probe was launched, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Metro) Mohammed Ali said. The accused woman was identified through a CCTV footage, he said. She used to commit robbery in Delhi metro trains, ...
MP minor's rape,murder: Accused sent to judicial custody for another day
A special court here Wednesday extended by a day the judicial custody of a man arrested on the charges of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl. Vishnu Bamora, 35, was produced before special POCSO court judge Kumudini Patel, special public prosecutor Sudha Vijay Singh Bhadoriya said. After the prosecution filed a charge sheet against him in the court Wednesday, Bamora admitted that he had raped and killed the girl living next door last week. He also told the court that he had committed the crime under the influence of liquor. "Bamora told the special court judge to hang him while admitting his crime of raping and smothering the minor on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday when we presented the charge sheet against him," Bhadoriya told PTI. The charge sheet filed against Bamora runs into 108 pages and contains statements of 40 witnesses and also carries the report of the regional forensic science laboratory. Bamora was charged under section 302 (murder), 376 (AB), under .
Violence continues in Bengal, BJP worker's body found
A person died and several were injured as violent incidents were reported across districts in West Bengal on Wednesday, police said.
AP HC gets two new judges
Two judges were Wednesday appointed to the Andhra Pradesh High Court, the Law Ministry has said. The notification said Cheekati Manavendranath Roy and Matam Venkata Ramana will be judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in that order of seniority. The AP High Court has an approved strength of 37 judges, but is functioning with only 11 -- a shortfall of 26 as on June 1.
Homesexual chops genitals of two men, arrested
A 36-year-old homosexual has been arrested for allegedly chopping off the genitals of two men, one of whom died, police said here Wednesday. Munusamy, a native of Manamadurai, was arrested following the release of video clips by police which had visuals of him walking under a flyover near Retteri in north Chennai. Additional commissioner of police R Dhinakaran told reporters here that the man was arrested Tuesday night after the police sifted through footage of 40 CCTV cameras. When a man, who was found with serious cut injuries to his genitals near the Retteri flyover, died recently, it baffled the public and the police. Whie police were looking for clues in the case, another man was found in an unconscious state with a similar injury at the same spot here. He was taken to a hospital and was being treated. Police, hence, felt that the same assailant could have been involved in both the cases. "Munusamy had recently come to Chennai and he was working in a fish outlet. He .
HC directive to TN govt on traffic violations
The Madras High Court Wednesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to issue orders for empowering police officers above sub-inspector rank to impose spot fines and compound offences committed by motorists. A division bench comprising justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad issued the directive while hearing a petition filed by K K Rajendran, seeking to implement the compulsory helmet rule both for rider and pillion. It recorded the steps taken by the police and the transport department for violation of the motor vehicle rules. In view of the increase of traffic by 150 per cent, the government within a week should exercise the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of section 200 of the Motor Vehicles Act and issue appropriate orders empowering all officers not below the rank of SIs to discharge the duties of the sub-inspector of Traffic Police. Additional advocate general Arvind Pandiyan submitted that at least two weeks were needed for carrying out the court order as the machines