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Man arrested after he shot at woman over money dispute
A man, who allegedly shot at a 25-year-old woman in southwest Delhi after she asked him to return the money he borrowed, has been arrested, police said on Sunday. The accused, Rahul Singhal, was arrested near Aggarwal Dharamshala in Chattarpur Enclave after a tip-off. His associates who provided him vehicles, money and place to hide have also been arrested, the police said. Singhal shot at the woman, Sonali Singh, inside his car at Vasant Kunj area on Friday night after a quarrel when she asked him to repay over Rs 2.5 lakh, police said. Singh suffered injuries and where her condition is out of danger, the police said. Multiple raids were conducted at places like Kishangarh, Devli, Ranikhera, Harevli and Rohtak. Subsequently, the accused Rahul was arrested from Chattarpur Enclave, the officer said. The accused used three different vehicles to hoodwink the police and constantly changed his hideouts, the police said. Singh had lent the accused more than 2.5 lakh two-three years ago. ...
5 arrested for shooting at woman in Delhi
Five men were arrested for their alleged involvement in shooting at a woman over business rivalry in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar area, police said Sunday. The incident took place in April, the police said, adding the woman was injured due to the firing when she was returning home along with her nephew in a car. The accused two who opened fire at the woman were identified as Saurabh Rana (19), Prince Khasa (19) and Danish Bali (19). Two more accused who hatched the conspiracy were identified as Raj Kumar Verma (46) and Ravi Goel (28), the police said. Interrogation of the arrested revealed that business rivalry between Raj Kumar Verma and the woman led to the attack. They owned separate spas in the same locality, a senior police officer said.
TV channel crew fired at in robbery bid in Delhi
In a suspected case of attempt to robbery, two bike-borne men allegedly opened fire at a news channel crew when they were going to an assignment in south Delhi early on Sunday, police said. A TV journalist, Siddharth Purohit, accused the police of not helping them despite reporting the incident to some officials near the INA metro station. The personnel, he alleged, removed the barricades instead and left the spot. Around 1.30 am, Purohit was passing through the Barapullah flyover in his office cab with a camera person and the driver when two bike-borne men intercepted their vehicle, the police said. The driver tried to speed away when the two brandished a pistol. But one of them shot three rounds at the vehicle, but they had a narrow escape, a senior officer said. As the accused were chasing the vehicle, the driver continued driving with a hope of spotting PCR vans for help. He then dialled the 100 helpline number, but got a call from the PCR van only after 30 minutes, according to ..
TMC MP gets threat letter wanting to see Mamata Banerjee dead
Trinamool Congress MP from Arambagh, Aparupa Poddar on Sunday claimed to have got a letter which allegedly says Rs 1 crore will be given to see Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dead.Poddar has filed a complaint at the Sreerampur Police Station.The letter also has a morphed picture of Banerjee, in which she is labelled as a witch.The letter has been signed in the name of Rajveer Killa and a mobile number has also been mentioned in it.A person by the same name, who is a resident of Bidhannagar, approached the state police and complained that his name has been wrongly used in the letter.
UP minister questions 'nature' of some rape cases
At a time incidents of rape were reported from different parts of Uttar Pradesh, a state minister sought to question the authenticity of some such cases saying there is a "nature of rape". Speaking to reporters in Gonda, Water Supply, Land Development and Water Resources Minister Upendra Tiwari said, "There is a nature of rape. Now if a minor is raped, it will be considered as rape. But at times we hear that a married woman in the age-group of 30-35 years too has been a victim of a similar incident...for 7-8 years there would be an affair, then complaint of rape comes...Such matters should have been raised then." A video clip of the minister's controversial comment has gone viral on social media. Tiwari also said that whenever an incident of rape takes place, "the chief minister himself takes cognizance and strict action is initiated against the guilty." A 12-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by six men in Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh on Friday evening.
Mob tries to force woman dancers to strip at cultural event in Assam, 2 held
A mob of over 500 men allegedly tried to force woman dancers of a troupe to strip during a cultural programme in Assam's Kamrup district, following which police arrested two persons involved in the incident, officials said Sunday. The two men, Shahrukh Khan and Subahan Khan, were arrested on Sunday after a case was filed on the basis of a complaint registered by the cultural troupe against the organisers of the programme, which was held at a village under Chaygaon Police Station limits. The dancers of the group were heckled by the spectators who demanded that they strip and dance, according to the FIR. The dancers managed to escape from the programme at Asolpara and their vehicles were also pelted with stones, it added. It was alleged that the organisers had sold tickets to people at very high rates claiming that the troupe was coming from Coochbehar in West Bengal to perform strip dances on Friday. Police said further investigations are underway and a hunt is on to nab others ...
Youth held for firing at girl over money dispute
A youth was arrested for firing at a girl in his SUV and later throwing her at a deserted place here after she demanded over Rs 2 lakh that he had borrowed from her, Delhi Police said on Sunday.
Kanpur: Cleric rapes 16-year-old at madrassa, arrested
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a Muslim cleric inside the premises of a madrassa in the city.Sharing details of the incident, RK Chaturvedi, Circle Officer, Govindnagar, said: "Today afternoon we have received the information that a female student of madrassa had accused a Muslim cleric of rape.""The cleric is a teacher at the madrassa. Based on her complaint, a case was registered under Sections 376, 506 of IPC and POSCO Act. The victim has been sent for medical."The incident comes at a time when Uttar Pradesh is reeling under a spate of crime against minor girls including the killing of two and a half years old girl - Twinkle Sharma - in Aligarh over some financial dispute with her father. The main accused, Zahid, has been arrested by the police.
UP: Minor girl allegedly gang-raped by 6 men in Kushinagar
A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by six men here on Saturday.Speaking to ANI, Ramdas Prasad, Circle Officer (CO) City, said: "Six people have been arrested. A case has been registered against them."The officer further said that the minor has been sent for a medical check-up."Further investigation is underway," Prasad added.
Aligarh murder case: Father of victim refuses to meet CM Yogi Adityanath
Banwari Lal Sharma, the father of the two-and-a-half-year-old girl who was brutally murdered has refused to meet Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath."For now, I have refused the SDM's proposal to meet the Chief Minister. When the entire country was mourning the incident and the people were coming to our home to express their condolences, then the Chief Minister too should have come to our home. Anyway, my wife is unwell. That is why I refused," he said.He was supposed to meet the Chief Minister on Monday.Meanwhile, five persons were detained on Sunday for flouting prohibitory orders imposed in view of escalating tension over the brutal murder of the minor in Tappal area of the city.Earlier in the day, a flag march was conducted by the security forces to build confidence among the people amid fears of violence. Ten companies of the PAC and the RAF along with the police have been deployed in the city, an official said.Four persons including the main accused Zahid, his wife, and associate ...
Body of minor girl found in bushes in UP; FIR registered
Body of a 7-year-old girl was found in the bushes outside Bijbaha village in Uttar Pradesh Sunday, police said. The incident comes close on the heels of the brutal murder of a toddler at Aligarh in the state. Superintendent of Police Swami Prasad said the minor had gone missing on Saturday. "The girl's body was spotted by the locals Sunday morning," he said. A case has been registered against two persons following a complaint by the victim's father, Laakhan Singh, Prasad said. The body has been sent for postmortem, he said. "Whether the child was raped or not will be clear only after the postmortem," the SP added.
Woman saves Muslim family from mob in Aligarh
Days after the killing of a two-year-old girl fuelled tension in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district, a 24-year-old woman saved a Muslim family from getting attacked by a mob on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred in Jattari area, over 40 km from here, when the family from Balabgarh, Haryana, was travelling in a van to attend an engagement. They were accompanied by a woman named Puja Chauhan, who was a close family friend, the police said. One of the travellers, Shafi Mohammad Abbasi, said the goons on motorcycles attacked the van with iron rods. "They would have killed us had not Puja Chauhan, who is like my daughter, stepped out of the van and came between us and the attackers," a visibly-shocked Abbasi told the media here. The mob identified the travellers since some of the women were wearing veils, according to a complaint filed at the Civil Lines police station here. "She boldly confronted the attackers who were all wearing saffron scarfs," Abbasi said. "Why are you venting ..
NIA arrests Sabiruddin from Malda for conspiring to circulate fake currency in Bengaluru
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a person, identified as Sabiruddin from Malda, West Bengal, for allegedly conspiring to procure Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) from Bangladesh and supply it to Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka.He was produced before the CJM Court, Malda, West Bengal on Sunday which granted the investigation agency four days transit remand of the accused.The accused is being taken to Bengaluru where he will be produced before the special NIA Court, the investigative agency said in a statement.One mobile handset and personal documents were recovered from him.During the investigation, it was revealed that accused along with his associates had conspired to procure FICN from Bangladesh and supply it from Malda in West Bengal to Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka for circulation using couriers.The case relates to the seizure of FICN worth Rs 6,84,000 from four persons -- MG Raju, Gangadhar Kolkar, Sajjad Ali, and Vanitha.NIA Hyderabad had ...
Ruling in Kathua rape case expected on Monday
The District and Session Court here is likely to pronounce its order on Monday in a case pertaining to the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua.The eight-year-old girl, belonging to a nomadic Muslim tribe, was abducted, drugged, gang-raped, tortured and killed on January 10 last year.The trial, which had begun in April 2018 against seven accused out of eight, concluded on June 3 last week.The trial of a juvenile is yet to begin as the petition on his age is yet to be heard by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.The Crime Branch has arrested village head Sanji Ram, his son Vishal, juvenile nephew and his friend Anand Dutta, and two special police officers Deepak Khajuria and Surender Verma.Head Constable Tilak Raj and Sub-Inspector Anand Dutta, who allegedly took Rs 4 lakh from Sanji Ram and destroyed crucial evidence, were also arrested by the Crime Branch.All of them, except the juvenile, are currently lodged in Gurdaspur jail in Punjab.Two first information reports ...
Rave party busted in Delhi's Chhattarpur, 8 held
The Delhi Excise Department and police busted a rave party being held illegally in Chhattarpur here, arresting eight people including the main coordinators of the event, a government official said Sunday. Police said the organisers used social media platforms including WhatsApp to invite youths into the party. The joint raid was carried out late Saturday night following a tip-off about alleged violation of liquor licence, and among the eight arrested by the police is Pulkit Rastogi, one of the main coordinators of party, police said. While the two organisers -- Gaurav Mavi and Ali Chitley -- are absconding. The venue, a big hall, belonged to a fashion designing company, the official said. Alcohol bottles and a number of narcotic substances, including cocaine, were seized during the raid on the premises of the sprawling mill compound, the official said. Police said they also seized 17 dark brown pills, 21 pink colour tablets, cash worth Rs 5.43 lakh from the sale proceeds of liquor, ...
Rave party busted in south Delhi, 8 held
The Delhi Police and the Excise Department conducted a joint raid in the early hours of Sunday to bust a rave party in south Delhi's Mehrauli area, arresting eight persons, a police officer said.
Six hospitalised due to food poisoning in Shamli
Six people were hospitalised in a suspected food poisoning case in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district on Sunday, police said. The victims complained of headache, stomach pain and vomiting after eating food at their home in Umerpur village under Thana Bhawan Police Station limits, they said. According to reports, the victim family ate a potato curry in the meal prior to falling sick.
Man arrested for killing his neighbour in Central Delhi
A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his neighbour-cum-friend after a quarrel between them over a petty issue in Central Delhi's Prasad Nagar, police said Sunday. The accused- Kamal Chauhan, a resident of Karol Bagh, owns a jeans manufacturing unit in Narela Industrial area. He has one previous case against him, they said. In his complaint, Rajender Singh, a resident of Karol Bagh, reported that on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, his 31-year-old son Mohit was shot by his neighbour Kamal Chauhan by a pistol near his house and fled the spot, police said. The injured was shifted to BLK Hospital where he was declared brought dead, Amit Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) said. Subsequently, a case was registered and an investigation was taken up, he said. Acting on a tip-off, the accused, Kamal Chauhan was arrested from the Narela Industrial Area on Sunday afternoon while he was trying to flee from Delhi to Jharkhand in his car, he ...
Varanasi: Locals thrash cop inspecting power theft
A police officer was allegedly thrashed by locals when he went to inspect an illegal electricity connection in Varanasi's Virat Nagar colony on Sunday.Speaking about the incident, P Dinesh Kumar Singh, Superintendent of Police, said, "Imirti Lal, who has an illegal water plant, was stealing power from the lines. When officer Deepak Kumar Shrivastav went to inspect, Lal, along with his family members and some others, misbehaved and thrashed the officer."Shrivastav is the power officer of Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. He had received information about an illegal water plant in the area."A case has been filed. Our team is here to make arrests. Strict action will be taken," the police said."We have received information that there are more such water plants in the area. Teams from food and power cell have arrived at the location. They are inspecting the area," they informed.Locals, however, alleged that the police officer was corrupt and used to demand bribes from people in the ...
8-year-old's rape and murder stuns Bhopal
Amid the ongoing furore over a child's rape and brutal killing in Aligarh, a similar incident was reported from Bhopal, where the body of an eight-year-old girl was recovered from a drain in Kamla Nagar area on Sunday.