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Punjab: Two persons including a woman arrested with 1.60 kgs of heroin
A man and a woman were arrested by Punjab police from two different locations in Jalandhar and recovered 1.60 kilograms of heroin from their possession.Both accused were arrested on Monday.The police have also seized Rs 8,39,250 cash from them.A case has been registered in this regard and further investigation in the matter is underway.
8-yr-old girl raped in Bhopal: Shivraj Singh Chouhan demands termination of suspended police personnel
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan demanded termination of suspended police personnel who were probing the alleged rape of an eight-year-old girl, asserting that they showed negligence while carrying out the investigation.Speaking to reporters on Monday, BJP leader Chouhan said the suspension of police personnel in the case is not enough as a criminal case should also be filed against them."Suspension of police personnel who show insensitivity in such cases and waste time is not sufficient. They should be terminated from services and a criminal case should be filed against them," he asserted.Calling the attitude of police on duty "shameless" and "insensitive", Chouhan claimed that cops had asked the family of the minor victim for "guthka" (tobacco) instead of showing seriousness in the case."Police personnel responded late and refused to look for her, they said she will return on her own. Meanwhile, they asked for water and 'gutkha' from the family. This is ...
Ringleader of tech support scam gets 5 years in prison
The ringleader of a group of Indian college students doing hospitality industry internships in the US who cheated more than 20 people out of nearly USD 1 million in a tech support telemarketing fraud scheme has been sentenced to five years in prison. Federal authorities say 21-year-old Bishwajeet Kumar Jha was also sentenced Monday in Rhode Island to pay restitution in an amount to be determined. The victims believed they had purchased technology support. They were told that money had been erroneously refunded to their bank accounts by the tech support company and were asked to return the erroneous refund to Jha and others. The money generated by the Newport-based scheme was transferred to a California bank and from there to India, China, and Singapore. One victim lost more than USD 174,000.
BJP claims its party worker killed in Howrah for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram'
The BJP claimed on Monday that a supporter of the party was strangulated to death allegedly for chanting "Jai Shri Ram" by workers of the Trinamool Congress in the state's Howrah district. Though police confirmed the death of 43-year-old Samatul Doloi, whose body was found in a field at Sarpota village under Amta Police Station limits, officers were tight-lipped about the cause of the death. He had gone to attend a function on Sunday night but did not return home. His body with a noose around the neck was found on Monday morning, locals sources said. BJP's Howrah rural president Anupam Mullick claimed that Doloi was a party supporter and was killed by Trinamool Congress workers for chanting "Jai Shri Ram". Denying the charge, Trinamool Congress MLA Samir Panja said the truth will come out in an impartial probe. Mamata Banerjee had lost her cool twice last month over people chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' at her motorcade. On Saturday, at least three men were killed in North 24 Parganas ...
12 gold bars seized from bus passenger
Twelve gold bars, worth over Rs 70 lakh, have been seized from the passenger of a bus coming from Manipur at a remote village in Meghalaya's West Jaintia Hills district, police said Monday. Acting on tip off, the police stopped the Guwahati- bound bus at Phramer village and the gold bars were seized from a passenger on Sunday night. Each of the seized gold bars weighed around 166 grams. The passenger was arrested.
Youth shot at after argument in east Delhi
A courier boy was allegedly shot at by at least three persons after a quarrel in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri, the police said on Monday.
3 drug peddlers arrested, over 100 kg ganja seized in Ghaziabad
The Ghaziabad police have arrested three suspected drug peddlers and seized over 100 kg ganja in the past seven days, a senior officer said on Monday. The Masuri town police nabbed a drug peddler around 10.30 pm on Sunday and seized 103.5 kg ganja from him, the police officer said. The accused was identified as Meherban Qureshi (27), a resident of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, the Kotwali police arrested two drug peddlers and seized a packet containing 1.5 kg ganja from them. The duo have been identified as Rama and Shyama. The trio have been sent to jail, the police officer said.
SDRF constable held with heroin in Kupwara district
The police on Monday arrested a constable working with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) with heroin worth Rs 25 lakh in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.
Four held for robbing couple in east Delhi: Police
Four men were arrested on Monday for allegedly robbing a couple in east Delhi, police said. The accused have been identified as Shahnawaj (26), Shabab (28), Mohsin (22) and Firoz(19), all residents of east Delhi. Shahnawaj and Shabab were previously arrested in a robbery case, they said. "Sonu Kumar (27), a resident of Vijay Vihar, lodged a complaint on Monday where he alleged that on Friday at around 8.30 pm, he along with his wife, took an auto-rickshaw from Anand Vihar ISBT to Kondli," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Jasmeet Singh. Three persons were already present in the auto-rickshaw when they boarded it, the officer said. After a certain distance, those present in the auto robbed the couple of Rs 5,000, some documents and jewelleries at the point of a knife and then pushed them out of the vehicle, he said. The complainant, along with his relative, reached Patparganj Industrial Area Police Station on Monday around 1.30 pm to file the case. Later, they saw the accused .
Andhra: YSRCP, TDP workers clash; 10 injured
Ten workers of the ruling YSR Congress and Telugu Desam Party were injured in a post-poll clash at a village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday.The injured were admitted to a hospital here."Situation in B Kothuru village is tense after the Assembly election results. Workers of TDP and YSRCP came face to face on Sunday evening. A total of ten people were injured in the clash belonging to both parties," Pithapuram Rural Police Station Sub Inspector PVR Murty said.Two separate complaints have been filed by the groups against each other.In the first case, a case was registered under Sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons) and 307 (attempt to murder) read with Section 34 (criminal act is done by several persons) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against eight members of the opponent group.In the second case, an FIR under Section 99 (no right of private defence) read with Section 19 of the IPC was registered ...
One dead, several injured in Bengal violence
A 50-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker's body was recovered in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Monday, amid suspicion that he was murdered, police said.
Neymar wants Barca transfer trial to be held in Barcelona
Brazil forward Neymar Jr. and his parents on Monday requested that his trial for alleged fraud and corruption over his 2013 Santos-Barcelona transfer deal be moved to the Spanish city.
Wanted gangster arrested in Punjab
The police Monday claimed to have arrested wanted gangster Akshay Pehalwan after a brief exchange of fire in the Nurpurbedi area of Punjab's Rupnagar district. Pehalwan (19), along with his gang members, had allegedly committed 20 murders, 15 highway robberies in three states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, they said. Some states had announced monetary rewards on information leading to his arrest. Rupnagar Senior Superintendent of Police Swapan Sharma said that gangster was nabbed as he ran out of bullets during the gunfight. He said that Pehalwan, then a juvenile, had served a 18-month sentence in 2015 in three murder cases in Sonipat in Haryana. Later, he formed a gang along with his associates.
Kathua rape-murder case: Convict Sanji Ram's family demands CBI inquiry
The family of convicted mastermind Sanji Ram on Monday demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter of rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua, claiming that he has been "falsely" convicted."We had repeatedly requested the government to launch a CBI inquiry into the matter, but no one paid heed to us. We will now file an appeal in the court against the conviction and investigation carried out by the Crime Branch," a family member of Sanji Ram told ANI.Another family member said: "We want a CBI inquiry into the matter and nothing else."Earlier today, Sanji Ram, along with Special Police Officer Deepak Khajuria and civilian Parvesh Kumar were sentenced to life imprisonment, while three police officials were found guilty of destroying evidence and given five-year jail terms by a Pathankot court.District and Sessions judge pronounced the three main accused--Sanji Ram, Parvesh Kumar and Deepak Khajuria--guilty and convicted them under Sections 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy), ..
Man stabbed to death in Gorakhpur
Tension prevailed in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district after a man was allegedly stabbed to death on Monday evening, police said. The incident occurred at Badaouli Khurd village under Barhalganj police station area around 6 pm, the police said. Shashikant Gaur, 28, and his brother were sitting in a mango orchard when their neighbour, Afroz Ansari, and some other youths allegedly attacked them with a knife, an officer said. They stabbed Gaur on his chest, hit him with a iron rod and escaped. The two were rushed to a community health centre, where doctors declared Gaur dead, the police said. According to locals, there was a dispute between the fathers of the accused and the deceased. A case is pending in a local court since 2004, the officer said. The deceased's family have filed a complaint and a case will be registered. The body has been sent for a post-mortem, Barhalganj station officer Chandrabhan Singh said.
Journalists protest arrest of Kanojia, two others; call it attack on freedom of expression
A group of journalists and activists held a protest here on Monday over the arrest of scribe Prashant Kanojia and the editor and the head of a Noida-based TV channel by the Uttar Pradesh police, alleging that it is an attack on the freedom of expression. They demanded the immediate release of Kanojia, Anuj Shukla, who is the editor of Noida-based TV channel Nation Live, and its head Ishika Singh, who have faced police action over the release of alleged objectionable content against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The journalists, many wearing black arm bands and holding placards, held a symbolic march from the Press Club of India in central Delhi towards the Rail Bhawan circle and back in the scorching heat and raised slogans against the Yogi government. Kanojia's wife Jageesha Arora, who also joined the protest, said, "My husband's arrest is absolutely illegal and unconstitutional. So, now, people can get arrested for writing something on social media and using humour." The protest ..
2 arrested in Gorakhpur for 'objectionable' social media post
Two persons have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district for allegedly posting objectionable comments on social media, police said Monday. Peer Mohammad, a scrap dealer and a resident of Gola area, had shared an "objectionable post" on social media and made it viral. The post was initially posted by Dharamveer Bharti, who currently works in Muscat, Oman, the police said. A complaint was made by a person named Umesh Kumar Yadav through his Twitter account regarding the post on Sunday, an officer said. Mohammad has been sent to the district jail on Monday and was not able to arrest Bharti as he is out of the country, the officer said. Another person, Ram Prasad, who is a manager of a nursing home and lives in Shahpur, was also sent to jail on Monday for allegedly posting "objectionable" post on social media. Cases have been registered in both the incidents under Sections 503(criminal intimidation), 505 (public mischief) of the IPC and Sections 65/66 of the IT Act, Gorakhpur .
Payal Tadvi Suicide: Court directs proceedings to be videographed
A Mumbai court invoked Article 15 of the Constitution and directed in-camera proceeding of the suicide case of 26-year-old doctor, Payal Tadvi, the lawyer of the deceased said on Monday.Speaking to ANI outside the Bombay Civil and Sessions Court, Lawyer Gunaratna Sadavarte said: "Our appeal to the court to invoke Article 15 of the Constitution and to allow in-camera proceeding of the case was approved today. The judge also approved our request to take the victim's mother's testimony in the court. The court has said that that the bail plea of the three accused will be heard only after the in-camera proceedings commence and also directed the court authorities to accommodate a camera to record the proceedings on the next date of hearing."The doctor trio - Hema Ahuja, Ankita Khandelwal and Bhakti Mehre - who were booked under charges of abetment of suicide and various provisions of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, opposed the court's direction and created ruckus in the courtroom to
Cleric arrested over 'rape' of 12-year-old
A madrasa cleric was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, police said. The accused, Shahid, was beaten up by people of the village in Sarurpur area after the alleged incident came to light, but somehow he escaped, an officer said. Shahid was later arrested when he was waiting to board a bus on the Meerut-Karnal highway. A case has been registered against the accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the officer added.
Police may challenge sole acquittal in Kathua case: IGP
The Jammu and Kashmir police Monday said it may challenge the acquittal of the seventh accused in the Kathua gang rape-cum-murder case, in which three persons were sentenced to jail till their last breath and three others for five years each. IGP Ahfadul Mujtaba of the state police Crime Branch, which investigated the horrific gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl of a nomadic tribe in J&K's Kathua in January 2018, said the police will challenge the acquittal of the seventh accused "if needed". The IGP talked of challenging the acquittal of one accused while welcoming the conviction of six others. Six of the seven accused in the case, including the caretaker of a temple where the crime took place and a special police officer, were convicted by a Pathankot court on Monday. The court acquitted seventh accused Vishal, the son of main accused Sanji Ram, giving him the 'benefit of doubt', said Farooqi Khan, who represented the victim's family in the court. "We welcome this ...