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Noida: Gang extorting money from car drivers threatening 'rape charge' busted, 4 cops among 15 held
With the arrest of 15 people, including four policemen and two women, the Noida Police Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang that allegedly extorted money from car drivers after threatening them with rape charges, senior officials said. A police nexus has also emerged in the case and a sub-inspector, who was in charge of a police outpost, three constables and three private drivers of a police control room (PCR) van were also held, they said. Two women, who were also partners in the crime, were caught red-handed while "settling a matter" with a victim for Rs 50,000 late Monday night near Sector 44 police outpost, the officials said. A few days ago, the Noida Police were alerted about a gang that extorted money from car drivers near Sector 44 police outpost, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna, said. "A woman member of the gang would hitchhike a car ride on some pretext and ask the driver to stop the vehicle near the Sector 44 police outpost. She would ..
Stampede outside TN temple: SC waives priest's bail condition of Rs 70L
In a relief to the priest arrested following the death of seven pilgrims in a stampede outside a Tamil Nadu temple, the Supreme Court Tuesday waived the condition of paying Rs 70 lakh for grant of bail to him. The chief priest of the temple in Tiruchirappalli had moved the top court against the order of the Madras High Court which had imposed a bail condition on him that he would pay Rs 10 lakh each by bank drafts in the name of one family member of each of the seven deceased. On April 21, seven pilgrims were killed and 10 injured in a stampede outside the temple on the occasion of the 'Chitra Pournami' festival. A vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi was told that the state government and the Centre have already paid a compensation of Rs one lakh and Rs two lakh respectively to "the victims". "Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and the allegations in the FIR, we deem it appropriate to waive the condition of payment to the family ...
NAB gets 11-day physical remand of former Pak President Zardari in money laundering case
An accountability court on Tuesday granted National Accountability Bureau (NAB) 11-day physical remand of former President Asif Ali Zardari, a day after he was arrested in connection with a money laundering case.Zardari was presented before accountability court Judge Mohammad Arshad Malik earlier today, which ordered that the PPP co-chairman be presented before him again on June 21, reports Dawn.The NAB had sought 14-day physical remand of Zardari, which was opposed by his counsel Farooq H Naek.The former President was arrested on Monday, hours after the Islamabad High Court rejected his application seeking an extension of the pre-arrest bail.A 15-member team of the country's top anti-corruption body, accompanied by police personnel, arrested the PPP co-chairman from his residence here.During Tuesday's court proceedings, the accountability bureau said that there were eight solid grounds for Zardari's arrest.NAB prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi informed the court that Zardari was ...
Man arrested for duping people in the name of medical admission
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly duping people on the pretext of getting their wards admitted to medical colleges, police said Tuesday. The accused Anubhav Marwah, a resident of Malka Ganj here, was arrested on June 8, they said. According to the police, the accused, in a bid to make quick money, tried to capitalise on the growing demand of medical admissions. He cheated unsuspecting guardians on the pretext of getting their wards admitted to MBBS courses in their desired colleges. The accused obtained the data of people preparing for medical examination through Google. The matter came to light on May 27 after a complaint was filed by one Virender Singh at Malviya Nagar police station, Parvinder Singh, Additional Commissioner of Police (South), said. The complainant met the duo- Simranjeet Singh Gill and Karandeep Singh- who claimed to be brothers. They assured the victim that his ward would get admission to a Rajasthan-based medical college for which he was asked to .
Three held with cannabis
Three persons have been arrested for alleged possession of 4 kg cannabis worth Rs 8 lakh at Kalva near here in Maharashtra, police said Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, crime branch officials nabbed Samir Alam Mohammad Ismail Shaikh and and Venkat Kale on June 8, said DCP, Crime, Deepak Deoraj. Police also seized a two-wheeler and Rs 53,000 cash from their possession. Based on interrogation, police arrested Aslam Ansari, the alleged supplier of the contraband, from Navi Mumbai, the DCP said. The trio have been booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Ankit Saxena murder case: Family awaits compensation from Delhi govt
New Delhi [India], Jun 11 (ANI): An old man and his wife sat in a daze in a West Delhi colony as a garlanded photo of their son hanged on a wall.The boy's smile in the picture is in stark contrast to the look on the face of his father- sombre, dejected and neglected.Yashpal Saxena, who became a symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity when his son was bludgeoned to death by a Muslim family, is now a figure of lack of apathy.Twenty-three-year-old Ankit Saxena, Yashpal's only son, was lynched to death in broad daylight in the national capital by his Muslim girlfriend's family in February last year.The murder took a communal angle but the grief-stricken father put his foot down.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government had promised the family a Rs. 5 lakh compensation but they have not received a penny."We have yet not received any compensation. We repeatedly reminded the Delhi government, but they did not pay heed to it. The government has not fulfilled its promise," Saxena told ANI.Four ...
Social media posts: SC distinguishes between arrests of BJP youth wing leader and scribe Kanojia
The Supreme Court Tuesday made a distinction between the cases pertaining to the arrests of BJP youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma and journalist Prashant Kanojia for making allegedly objectionable comments on social media. Sharma was arrested last month by West Bengal police on a defamation complaint filed by a local Trinamool Congress leader for making allegedly objectionable meme of Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee. The top court had on May 14 granted bail to Sharma but had asked her to tender a written apology at the time of her release from jail for sharing the meme, saying that the freedom of speech of an individual ends when it infringes upon others' rights. While hearing Kanojia's case on Tuesday, a vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi said, "In case of Priyanka Sharma, we have seen the post (meme) made on social media which was derogatory in nature and that's why we had asked her to apologise." The bench, which granted bail to Kanojia, said fundamental ...
Kathua case: Failure to verify alibi of Vishal led to his acquittal, says court
The prosecution's failure to verify accused Vishal Jangotra's alibi during the probe in the Kathua rape and murder case led to his acquittal, the special court said as it blamed the Jammu Crime Branch for withholding the best evidence against him. "This court is of the opinion that all this goes to show there is a big lacuna in the prosecution case against Vishal Jangotra in this regard as prosecution failed to verify genuinely the plea of alibi raised by accused Vishal Jangotra at the first instance during the investigation of the case," it said in the detailed order passed on Monday. Jangotra was the only one among the seven accused to be acquitted by the court. Three, including his father Sanji Ram who was the key conspirator, were given life sentences. The court also raised the issue of the prosecution failing to question Inspector Kewal Kishore who had done most of the investigation regarding Jangotra's alleged role in the crime. "Almost all investigating officers had deposed ...
SC orders immediate release of journalist arrested for 'objectionable' post on UP CM
Observing that right to liberty is sacrosanct and "non-negotiable", the Supreme Court Tuesday ordered that journalist Prashant Kanojia, arrested for allegedly sharing objectionable posts on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, be immediately released on bail. Making it clear that granting bail to Kanojia cannot be construed as approval of the posts or tweets, the court also slammed the UP government for the "excessiveness" of its action and questioned his nearly two-week judicial custody, asking, "Is this a case of murder?" Asserting fundamental right guaranteed under the Constitution cannot be infringed upon by the state and that it was not inclined to sit back on technical grounds to deny justice, the court, however, said proceedings against the journalist will go on as per law. A vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi gave the order while hearing a habeas corpus petition (a writ for producing a person who is under arrest or in unlawful detention before
Jail sought for ex-UN official convicted of child abuse in Nepal
Nepali prosecutors said Tuesday they will seek a 13-year jail term for a former United Nations official from Canada found guilty of sexually abusing two boys. Peter John Dalglish, a 62-year-old former high-profile humanitarian worker, was found guilty by a court on Monday and is due to be sentenced next month. Dalglish was arrested in April last year in Kavrepalanchowk district, near Kathmandu, by Nepal's Central Bureau of Investigation. Two boys aged under 14 were at the house where police detained Dalglish, investigators said. "He was found guilty of paedophilia by the district court on Monday and remanded into custody until his sentence is fixed," Sharmila KC, a Kavrepalanchowk district court official, told AFP. Dalglish denied the charges. Lok Bahadur Katwal, government attorney in the case, said prosecutors presented statements by the victims, their medical reports, and photos to the hearing. "We have sought a maximum jail sentence of 13 years and necessary compensation for the ..
Agencies desperate to stick some charge on me, claims Naik
Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, booked by the Enforcement Directorate for money laundering, Tuesday claimed investigating agencies were "desperately" trying to get "something to stick on him" on the instructions of their "political bosses". Naik levelled the allegation in response to the ED trying to get a Red Corner Notice issued against him. In a statement issued here, Naik asked "why are the Indian agencies getting so desperate? Desperate to comply with the instructions of their political bosses?" "It surely cannot be a desperation to serve justice because theyre not sure of the charges themselves. But this desperation is shameful, and it shows in the way they keep shifting focus from one angle to another, from terror to money laundering, just to make something stick on me," his statement added. "If the Supreme Court of India gives me in writing that I will not be arrested and jailed until I am convicted, I will return to India, and I will return today," he
Even judges have to face brunt of social media, says SC
Even judges have to face the brunt of social media, the Supreme Court said Tuesday while hearing the case of journalist Prashant Kanojia, arrested for allegedly making objectionable comments on Twitter and Facebook against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. "Sometimes even we have to suffer the brunt of social media. Sometimes it is just and sometimes it is unjust but we have to exercise our powers," a vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi said while ordering immediate release of the scribe on bail. "Show your magnanimity," the bench told Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Vikramjit Banerjee who was appearing for the Uttar Pradesh government, adding that "the question is only about deprivation of citizen's liberty". The bench made these observations while hearing a habeas corpus petition (a writ for producing a person who is under arrest or in unlawful detention before a court) filed by Kanojia's wife, Jagisha Arora, challenging his arrest. Kanojia had
Right-wing activist Kalaskar held in Pansare murder case
A special team of the Maharashtra police Tuesday arrested right-wing activist Sharad Kalaskar in connection with the killing of veteran Communist leader Govind Pansare, an official said. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested Kalaskar (25) from Mumbai and produced him before a court in Kolhapur which sent him in police custody till June 18, he said. Kalaskar, whose name has figured in a series of high profile crimes, was arrested by the Maharashtra ATS in the Palghar arms haul case in August last year. According to the CBI, he was one of two shooters who gunned down rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune in August 2013. Last year, his statement was recorded in the 2015 Pansare murder case by the SIT as a witness. Kalaskar had stayed in Kolhapur for more than a week before Pansare's murder in that city, around 400km from Mumbai, in February 2015, he said. Kalaskar's name had also figured in the September 2017 murder ..
11 booked in Aligarh for alleged inflammatory posts after toddler's murder; Internet restored
Police have booked 11 persons here for allegedly posting inflammatory content, and were maintaining tight security on Tuesday to prevent any flare-up in the aftermath of the brutal murder of a toddler, even as internet services were restored late evening in Khair tehsil. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) banning assembly of five or more people remained clamped in Tappal, where the incident had occurred. In a statement issued on Tuesday, District Magistrate Chandra Bhushan Singh said that the situation in Tappal town in Khair tehsil remained peaceful. Earlier in the day, the DM said the ban on internet services in tehseel Khair imposed on Monday has been extended by another day. But in the evening, he announced that the Internet services were being restored. "This ban was imposed yesterday to prevent misuse of social media by some mischievous elements, who were deliberately spreading fake and inflammatory posts ever since the horrific murder
Lawyers refuse to plead Bhopal rape accused's case
Lawyers here have refused to plead the case of Vishnu Prasad who is accused of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal.
France smashes neo-Nazi cell over plot against Jews, Muslims
French police have smashed a neo-Nazi cell accused of plotting attacks on Jewish or Muslim places of worship, legal sources said Tuesday. Five members of the group, who were "close in ideology to the neo-Nazi movement" were charged between September and May over the alleged plot, a source close to the investigation said. "The investigation suggested they were developing an ill-defined plot to carry out an attack, likely to target a place of worship," the judicial source said. The sources gave no details of specific targets or motives. Police in the southeastern city of Grenoble first arrested a man on weapons charges in September 2018. The investigation led them to the four other suspects, two of them minors. Anti-terrorism investigators took over the investigation in January and charged the suspects with terror offences, including making and transporting explosive devices and being part of a terrorist conspiracy. While France has repeatedly been targeted by jihadists since 2015, a ...
149 cases filed against posts targeting Kerala CM: Congress leader
Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday said on the floor of the Kerala Assembly that 149 cases were registered against various people for posting remarks against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on social media, while nothing happened to the complaints lodged by other political leaders.
Capital punishment not a deterrent: Javed Akhtar on Kathua verdict
Veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar has said while he understands the disappointment with the verdict in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, he believes capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime. Akhtar admitted that he did not have "clear cut" ideas about the merits and demerits of capital punishment. "I have heard that some people are disappointed with the verdict because they thought these people deserved capital punishment. I, in all honesty, must accept that I don't know have very clear cut ideas about capital punishment - whether it's right or wrong... "One thing I am sure about is that capital punishment is not a deterrent of crime because where they have banned capital punishment, crime hasn't increased, and where they have kept it, crime hasn't reduced. So, I have no idea that whether they should have been given capital punishment or a life term is good enough. I am not sure," Akhtar said at a book launch here on Monday when
Hundreds of N. Korean public execution sites identified: Report
A South Korean NGO said on Tuesday that it had identified hundreds of public execution and state-sanctioned killing sites in North Korea after four years of research and 610 interviews with defectors.
Canadian cricketer among four arrested for gold smuggling at Delhi airport
A Canadian cricketer is among four people arrested by Customs Department sleuths at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold worth Rs 1.7 crore, officials said Tuesday. The accused were intercepted upon their arrival from Bangkok on Saturday, they said. A detailed personal and baggage search of the passengers resulted in the recovery of five gold pieces, collectively weighing 5.2 kg and having a market value of Rs 1.71 crore, they said. All the four accused, two men and as many women, are relatives, they added. They went to Bangkok on Wednesday and returned on Saturday on a combined ticket booked by one of the passengers, identified as Rakesh Luthra, the Customs Department said in a statement issued on Tuesday. The two male passengers, including the cricketer, have reportedly confessed to smuggling in gold valuing Rs 1.72 crore in the past, it said. The accused cricketer is a Canadian national. He has represented Canada in the ICC under-19 World Cup held