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PMLA case: ED quizzes Praful Patel for over 9 hours on second day

On Monday, the former aviation minister and NCP leader was questioned by the agency for about eight hours

Woman shot for refusing to sell beer in northwest Delhi, three arrested

A 40-year-old woman, who was earlier a bootlegger, was shot by a man for not selling beer to him and his two associates in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri, following which the trio have been arrested, police said Tuesday. The victim was taken to Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital by her family and doctors stated that she was out of danger, they said. The accused, identified as Vikas Mishra (24), Pankaj (23) and Mintoo (22), were nabbed from Bhalswa village, the police said. The incident occurred on June 7 when the three men went to the house of the woman and asked for beer. The woman told them that she did not have beer. However, a quarrel broke out as they thought that she was lying. Mishra, who was in an inebriated state, opened fire at the woman and fled, Bhisham Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest), said. The woman was a bootlegger earlier, but since the last one year she had stopped her activities. The accused assumed that she was still running her ...

Hearing underway for Nirav Modi's bail plea in UK

The UK High Court on Tuesday began hearing the bail plea of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who was arrested on March 19 in connection with the USD two-billion Punjab National Bank fraud case.Clare Montgomery, who is representing Modi in the case, submitted before the Royal Court of Justice here that if Nirav was granted bail, he would be willing to be tagged through an electronic device so that his movements could be tracked."He moved here to raise capital, to explore where in the world he needed to be immigration wise. If he is given bail, he is willing to be tagged through an electronic device, have a phone that can be tracked," Montgomery said."Since he has an extradition case starting, there is no way he will run away. His daughter and son will be moving here, they are starting university," she addedModi's bail plea has been rejected thrice already in London's Westminster Magistrates' Court.Modi was arrested by Scotland Yard in connection with the PNB loan default case on ..

Karna to strengthen existing panel to check financial frauds

The Karnataka government Tuesday decided to strengthen the existing panel to check financial frauds by including some more officials from other government bodies in the wake of recurring incidents in the state. "There already exists a high-level committee. We will include a few more in it after discussons with the chief secretary. We will take steps to ensure financial frauds don't recur," home minister M B Patil said. He said the committee should have representatives from the Reserve Bank of India, Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax department. Patil said there were many challenges to tackle cases of financial fraud, which relate to law, the cooperative and revenue departments, municipal corporations shops and business establishment department and registrars of companies. The home minister said he would request the chief secretary to fix responsibilities on the officials concerned when such incidents occur. A representation would be submitted to the Chief Justice of

BJP's woman MP booked for threatening, assaulting constable: police

BJP's Dhaurahra MP Rekha Verma has been booked for allegedly threatening a police constable, who broke away from her convoy after escorting it till his police station's limits. An FIR was registered against the MP on Constable Shyam Singh's complaint, which alleged that she "humiliated" him and threatened him with "dire consequences" Sunday night. The complaint was lodged at the Mohammadi police station Monday. "The unexpected incident has terrified me," said the constable, who also accused the MP in his complaint of assaulting him. Superintendent of Police Poonam said, "On the complaint of the aggrieved constable, an FIR has been lodged and the investigation into the allegations are on." MP Rekha Verma, however, termed the constable's allegations as "baseless" and "concocted." "I had pulled up the cop for his conduct but never raised my hand," she told reporters. She described the allegations as an outcome of her complaints against various irregularities at the Mohammadi police ...

Madras HC judge recuses from Vedanta's plea to reopen Sterlite plant

A judge, who is heading a division bench of the Madras High Court, Tuesday recused himself from hearing a plea moved by Sterlite company challenging a state government order closing its copper unit in Tuticorin district. The hearing into the petition by the Vedanta group firm Sterlite Copper challenging the closure order was stalled, as Justice K K Sasidharan, the seniormost judge in the bench also comprising justices Sasidharan and P T Asha, recused himself. When the plea came up before the bench, Justice Sasidharan said he had decided to recuse from hearing the case since he had passed an order in a connected matter while sitting at the Madurai bench of the high court restraining Sterlite from reopening the plant. The matter was then mentioned before Chief Justice V K Tahilramani by counsel for Sterlite, for listing it before another division bench. However, the Chief Justice informed them that such an order could not be passed in open court and that an order will be passed on the ..

Two held for stealing vehicles after hiring them from online car rental portal

A national-level player of martial arts and another man were arrested for allegedly stealing vehicles of an online car renting portal after hiring them in Connaught Place area, police said Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Sahil Shokken (22), a resident of Bahardurgarh in Haryana and Sachin Parasar (20) a resident of Rohini Sector-17, they said. According to a senior police officer, a representative of Zoomcar India Private Limited lodged a complaint at Connaught Place police station where he alleged that one Dushyant Chauhan (fake id) had booked an XUV 500 car from their website Zoomcar.com. The accused had paid Rs 6,744 through online transaction and their booking was scheduled from May 16 to 17. However, they did not return the vehicle and also removed GPS. During investigation, the last location of the GPS was found at Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, police said. "Police scanned several CCTV cameras and after receiving a tip-off, they arrested Shokken from Bahadurgarh in ...

Woman falls off moving car, husband booked: CCTV visual go

A woman fell down from a moving car after she was allegedly pushed out by her husband here with the CCTV visual of the incident going viral Tuesday. Police said the woman, however, escaped with minor injuries in the May 9 incident while a case has been registered against her husband. In the video of the incident that occurred on a road in a residential area in Thudiyalur, the woman is seen falling off the car even as some bystanders look at her. A case has been registered against the man under various sections of Indian Penal Code, including 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt and 506(1) (punishment for criminal intimidation), the police said. Police said they were searching for the man. The case was registered after police came to know about the incident while taking up periodic review of the CCTV footage from the area some days later. According to the police, the couple, married for 11 years, has not been getting on well and had earlier applied for divorce. ...

HC quashes charge memo against IPS officer

The Madras High Court Tuesday quashed the charge memo issued to IPS officer G Sampath Kumar for his alleged involvement in the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) betting and match-fixing scam. The Home Secretary, the Government of Tamil Nadu, had issued the memo on September 11, 2015. A division bench of justices K K Sasidharan and P T Asha allowed Kumar's petition seeking quashing of the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), upholding the charge memo, primarily on the ground that the competent authorities had failed to obtain prior sanction from the state home ministry, which is mandatory. The bench, however, gave liberty to the government to proceed afresh after obtaining appropriate sanction from the home ministry. In his affidavit, the petitioner said he was appointed the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) through the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) on December 16, 1991, and got conferred IPS in 2009. It was during his stint as the Superintendent of ...

JK advocate among 3 arrested for fraud

Three persons, including an advocate, were arrested for allegedly duping people of crores of rupees on the pretext of providing household products at cheaper rates in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Tuesday. While main accused Tariq Mehmood was arrested on May 22, two others including his wife and the advocate were arrested Tuesday, they said. A complaint was lodged at the Mendhar police station by some of the victimised people after which an FIR was was registered. The case was later transferred to the crime branch, the officials said. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Bushan Kumar Ganjoo, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Jammu, arrested Mehmood, a pharmacist who was working at a health sub centre in Bathoi.

Russian police drop charges against journalist

Russian police said Tuesday they would drop drug charges against a journalist and free him from house arrest in a rare climbdown for law enforcement amid a public outcry. Ivan Golunov, a 36-year-old reporter with independent media outlet Meduza, was arrested last week on charges his lawyers and supporters said were trumped up to punish him for his investigative work. "Today he will be released from house arrest and charges lifted," Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said in a statement. The minister said the officers who arrested Golunov last week were suspended pending an investigation. Golunov had been charged with attempting to deal a "large amount" of drugs and was placed under house arrest at the weekend, facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted. The reporter said he was beaten in detention while his lawyers insisted drugs had been planted on him. Moscow police admitted that photographs published on its website describing drug paraphernalia found at a crime scene were not

Life imprisonment for Mumbai man who created hijack scare on Jet plane

A special NIA court here Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a Mumbai-based businessman and imposed a fine of Rs 5 crore on him for leaving a hijack threat note on a Jet Airways plane in October 2017. The court of special NIA judge K M Dave said the fine amount submitted by the convict, businessman Birju Salla, will be distributed among the crew members and passengers on board the affected plane. Salla was accused of creating a hijack scare by planting a threat note written in English and Urdu in the tissue paper box of the aircraft's toilet on October 30. The pilot and co-pilot of the flight will be given Rs 1 lakh each, the air hostesses will be given Rs 50,000 each, and 116 passengers on the flight will be given Rs 25,000 each from the fine collected from Salla, the court said. After the incident, Salla become the first person to be put under the "national no fly list", and was also the first to be booked under the stringent Anti Hijacking Act, which had replaced a vintage law of .

Maharashtra Police nabs suspect in Pansare, Lankesh killings

The Maharashtra Police on Tuesday arrested right-wing activist Sharad B. Kalaksar in connection with the killings of Communist leader Govind Pansare and journalist Gauri Lankesh, officials said.

Jet hijack scare: Mumbai businessman gets lifer, Rs 5 cr fine

In the first conviction under the amended anti-hijacking law, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday sentenced a Mumbai-based businessman with a life term and a fine of Rs 5 crore for creating a hijack scare on a Mumbai-Delhi bound Jet Airways flight on October 30, 2017.

US delivers formal request to UK for Julian Assange's extradition

The United States Justice Department has delivered a formal request to the UK authorities for the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on the charges of violating the Espionage Act and conspiring to hack into a classified government computer.A US official who spoke to the Washinton Post on the condition of anonymity over the matter, disclosed that the said request was sent to the UK on June 6 (Thursday).It should be noted that according to a US-UK treaty, the extradition request must be made within 60 days of an arrest. Assange was arrested on April 11 at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London. The treaty further bars the US from prosecuting Assange for any other crime beyond those outlined in the extradition request.Assange is currently serving 50 weeks imprisonment sentence in UK's Belmarsh prison for skipping bail to avoid being sent to Sweden over sexual assault allegations. The Australian whistleblower has denied the allegations against him, asserting that they were ...

Sale of newborns case: HC rejects bail to male nurse

The Madras High Court Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of a male nurse arrested in connection with a racket allegedly involved in sale of newborns from a government hospital in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan held that the petitioner was charged with a serious offence and the investigation was in the initial stage. He said the prosecution case was that petitioner Arulsamy, along with the other accused, working as nurses in the government hospital were allegedly involved in sale of newborns. They had also forged birth certificates of the babies. The matter related to a case filed against two persons, including another nurse of the government hospital in Rasipuram in Namakkal district, for their alleged involvement in sale of infants. Arulsamy of Mallamoopampatti of Salem district was on April 27 arrested following investigations. The case has been transferred to the CB-CID police as the issue triggered public outrage in the state. The alleged racket came .

Pakistani lawyer trying to prove Bhagat Singh's 'innocence' in Saunders murder

Eighty-eight years after freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged in the Lahore conspiracy case at Lahore on March 23, 1931, efforts are on across the border to prove that the martyrs did not get a fair trial.

SC orders release of journalist Prashant Kanojia

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release on bail of journalist Prashant Kanojia who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for publishing an "objectionable" tweet on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

1989 custodial death case: Sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt moves SC

Sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Gujarat High Court order which had denied his request to summon certain additional witnesses for examination during the trial in a three-decade-old custodial death case. Bhatt's plea was mentioned for urgent listing before a vacation bench of justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi, which agreed to hear it on Wednesday. However, Advocate Rajat Nair, appearing for the Gujarat government, termed it as delaying tactic by the former officer. Senior advocate Salman Khurshid, appearing for Bhatt, sought urgent listing of the plea saying the trial was on and examination of these witnesses was necessary. Nair said that the apex court has already passed an order on a similar plea challenging the high court's same order of April 16. He said that another bench of the apex court had on May 24 directed the trial court not to delay the case any more in any manner whatsoever and not to entertain unnecessary ...

Delhi Police bust gang involved in car theft; 2 arrested

The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two members of a gang involved in car theft and recovered an XUV 500 Mahindra car from them.Those arrested have been identified as Sahil Shooken, 22, and Sachin Parasar, 20.Prashant Sharma, authorised representative of Zoomcar India, in a written complaint alleged that one person called Dushyant Chauhan booked an XUV 500 car from Zoomcar.com on May 16 by paying an initial amount of Rs 6,744 online."The vehicle was supposed to be returned on May 17 but he did not return the vehicle. Apart from that, the Global Positioning System (GPS) of the vehicle was removed and the last location of the GPS was found at Mandi, Himachal Pradesh," the complaint read.According to police, the gang used to hire XUV 500 cars from Zoomcar.com on fake IDs and take away the car by disabling its GPS."Based on a tipoff, the police nabbed Shooken from Rohtak, Haryana. During the interrogation, the accused revealed the involvement of Sachin, ...