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Funeral prayers held in Istanbul for slain Saudi journalist
Funeral prayers were held Friday in Istanbul for journalist Jamal Khashoggi more than a month after his slaying at the Saudi Consulate. Khashoggi's friends, Turkish politicians and others attended funeral prayers at Istanbul's Fatih Mosque. The prayers, held "in absentia" because The Washington Post columnist's remains have not been found, came a day after Saudi Arabia announced it would seek the death penalty against five men suspected in the killing. The announcement failed to appease Turkey, which has piled increasing pressure on Saudi Arabia, but may be enough for some of Riyadh's Western allies to move on and press for key demands. Mourners said they would continue to seek justice for Khashoggi and press for those who ordered the killing to be punished. Khashoggi had gone for a scheduled visit to the consulate on Oct. 2 to obtain documents for his upcoming marriage while his Turkish fiance waited outside. Saudi Arabia had insisted for weeks that he had walked out of the ...
Woman, two others arrested for killing former boyfriend
Three persons including a woman have been arrested for allegedly killing her former boyfriend in neighbouring Raigad district. The killing came to light Thursday when the decomposed body of 26-year-old Nandu Kalekar was found near the railway tracks at Damat village in Neral tehsil, a Raigad police official said. Kalekar, hailing from Wanjarpada of Karjat, had gone missing on October 13. Investigation found that Kalekar had made several phone calls to his girl-friend Nisha Virle (22), the police official said. When called by police for questioning, Virle said she did not his whereabouts. After finding Kalekar's body Thursday, police again called Virle and her current boyfriend Anil Raut (27) for interrogation. The two allegedly admitted to killing Kalekar with the help of Mangesh Bhaware (22), the official said, adding that all three were then arrested. Virle and Raut had affair and therefore they allegedly decided to remove Kalekar from the way, the official said. The .
Delhi doctor killing case: Main accused nabbed from J'khand
A team of Delhi police on Friday arrested a man accused in the killing of a 65-year-old doctor in the national capital, from Jharkhands Jamtara district, the police said here. According to Jahangirpuri police station sub-inspector Somdev who arrived from Delhi, the main accused Vishal Rout alias Banti Rout was arrested from Namupada area under Jamtara police station. The Delhi police produced Rout before the court of chief judicial magistrate and took him on transit remand, the police officer said. The Delhi police tracked Rout from his mobile location. Rout is a resident of Rajeev Nagar in Delhi and his uncles house is at Namupada in Jamtara, he said. Somdev said that the doctor, Mukim Ahmed Iqbal, was running a private clinic in Jahangirpuri. A person working in the clinic gave information about the clinic and the doctors residence to Rout and two of his associates. The worker told the accused that the doctor had withdrawn Rs 9 lakh from bank to solemnize marriage of ..
British Pakistani gang members jailed for 101 years for sexually abusing girls in UK
Six British men of Pakistani origin were on Friday sentenced to a combined total of 101 years in prison for sexually grooming and abusing young girls in the northern England town of Rotherham. Mohammed Imran Ali Akhtar, 37, Asif Ali, 33, Tanweer Ali, 37, Salah Ahmed El-Hakam, 39, Nabeel Kurshid, 35, Iqlak Yousaf, 34, and a seventh man who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been convicted after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court last month. The offences relate to the abuse of five girls, one as young as 13, who were passed around to be sexually abused by multiple offenders. One of the victims told the trial how she had sex with "at least 100 Asian men" by the time she was 16, while another described being gang-raped in a forest. "Each of the complainants in this case were groomed, coerced and intimidated. Each of them was groomed. Each of you, groomed. You can have been in no doubt that the complainants were vulnerable in the extreme," Judge Sarah Wright said during sentencing on ...
SC pulls up UP govt for being negligent, not properly contesting murder case
The Supreme Court has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for being negligent and not properly contesting a murder case in which the accused was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court. The court, which was hearing an appeal against the high court's order granting bail to the murder accused, observed that though it was the responsibility of the State to protect the victims and contest the case against accused, the State did not bother to take effective steps in this case. A bench of justices N V Ramana and Mohan M Shantanagoudar cancelled the bail granted to the accused and directed the trial court to speed up the trial and dispose of the case expeditiously, preferably within six months. "The high court, unfortunately, passed the impugned order in a casual way granting bail to the accused, respondent no 2, without assigning any valid and proper reason," it said. In the appeal against the bail order, the complainant submitted that the high court had simply granted bail to the ...
Girl killed, father injured after being hit by tractor
A 16-year-old girl was killed and her father was injured after the two-wheeler they were riding was hit by a tractor involved in transportation of illegally mined sand in Maharashtra's Beed district, police said. The incident took place at Georai in the district Thursday. Nikita Ramdas Jadhav, a college student, lost her life in the accident, a police official said. Nikita, resident of Komalwadi, was heading for a private tuition on her father's two-wheeler, he said. A speeding tractor-trolley dashed the two-wheeler on a bridge, he said. Tractor driver fled from the spot after the incident. Some passers-by informed police and took Nikita and her father to a government-run hospital where she was declared dead on arrival, the police official said. Her father was shifted to Aurangabad for further treatment. Investigation revealed that the tractor was being used for carrying illegally mined sand, the official said, adding that further probe was underway.
Body of minor girl found in semi-clad condition
The body of a minor girl, who had gone missing on Thursday evening, was found in a semi-clad condition, in northwest Delhi's Swaroop Nagar on Friday, a senior police official said. Police suspect that the girl was sexually assaulted before being killed, he said. "The body of a girl aged between eight and 10 years was found in a semi-clad condition near an isolated area in Swaroop Nagar. No external injury marks were found on the body," the official said. During investigation, police learnt that the girl went out to play on Thursday at around 8 pm and then went missing, the official said. Police said the family members were searching for the girl. However, they did not file any missing complaint. The body has been sent for postmortem, police said, adding that they suspect the minor was strangled to death.
Doctor allegedly kills self at nursing home
A 45-year-old gynaecologist, who was jailed for allegedly killing her husband, was found dead at her nursing home in Ordly Bazar here, police said Friday. Shilpi Rajput, a resident of Vindhyavasinii colony in Varanasi, left a suicide note, SP (city) Dinesh Singh said. In preliminary investigation, the matter seemed to be of suicide due to an overdoze of drugs, though we are investigating the case from all the angles, he said, adding the body has been sent for post-mortem. She had been jailed for her alleged involvement in her husband DP Singh's killing. He was was shot dead in Varanasi in 2007.
YSRC civic body chief booked under SC/ST act
A civic body chief in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh has been booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing a Scheduled Tribe councillor, police said Friday. The case was registered against Pedana Municipality Chairman B. Anand Prasad of YSR Congress Party on a complaint by Councillor Bisham Senapathi, a Scheduled Tribe, belonging to the TDP, they said. Besides the SC/ST act provisions, he had also been charged under IPC section 506 (criminal intimidation). According to the complaint, Prasad allegedly abused Senapathi by using his caste name when the latter sought his response on some issues Thursday, police added.
Decomposed body of woman found in Delhi
The decomposed body of a woman, which was lying for four days near a slum in Moti Bagh here, has been recovered Friday, a police official said. A passerby spotted the body and immediately informed police, he said. "The decomposed body of a woman aged between 30 and 35 years was found near shanties at Moti Bagh area," the official said. The deceased has not been identified yet, he said, adding that police are scanning through profiles of missing women and trying to identify the body. Once the deceased has been identified, the body will be sent for postmortem, he said. Police suspect that the woman was strangled to death, the official added.
HC summons 7 lawyers over fraud in motor accident claims
The Madras High Court has summoned seven lawyers to appear before it and explain their alleged involvement in multiple motor accident insurance claims for same accidents, after an expert body recommended action against them. Justice P N Prakash, before whom the cases of multiple claims of insurance came up for hearing on Thursday, passed the interim order after perusing the report of the body headed by retired judge K Chandru. The report said the body culled out from records names of the seven advocates and recommended immediate action against them for involvement in the fake Motor Claims Tribunal Original Petition (MCOP) claim cases. The body, appointed by the court on July 19 to inquire into the menace of multiple insurance claims for the same accident, had examined 353 cases, related to compensation claim totalling Rs 60.71 crore, and received responses from 150 advocates or claimants. It pointed out that after coming to know of the inquiry, around 70 such cases involving a .
Some 'very uncomplimentary' findings in CVC's report on graft charges against CBI chief:SC
The CVC probe into corruption charges against CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma has come out with "very uncomplimentary" findings on some of them and also found some required further investigations, the Supreme Court said Friday. In what is seen as mixed findings by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) going by the apex court's observations after a perusal of the agency's report, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also said there are "very complimentary" conclusions on some charges. Summing up the "exhaustive" confidential report of the CVC given to it, the court ordered that its copy along with the annexure be given to Verma in a sealed cover. It "will be open for" the CBI chief to file his response to the court "again in sealed cover" by 1 PM on November 19, it said. "CVC has filed an exhaustive report. The report has been categorised in four parts and is very complimentary on some charges, not so complimentary on some charges and very uncomplimentary on some charges. CVC ...
Omar flays lawyer's remark on Kathua rape victim's parents
Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday took exception to the remark by lawyer Deepika Rajawat on the Kathua rape and murder victim's parents.
Drugs worth Rs 16.6 lakh seized in Mumbai, four held
Police arrested four persons including a Nigerian national and seized narcotic drugs worth Rs 16.64 lakh in separate cases in the city over the last two days, an official said. Azad Maidan unit of the Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC) of police arrested Asagar Ali Shaikh (42) by laying a trap in Kurla (West) area Wednesday night and allegedly seized 1 kg of charas (hashish), valued at Rs 5.75 lakh in illicit markets. Bandra unit of ANC arrested Nigerian national Chinonso Udeogu (26), a resident of Nalasopara near Mumbai, in suburban Andheri Thursday. Party drug Mephedrone, also known as MD, worth Rs 5 lakh was allegedly seized from his possession. 28-year-old Laxmanan Rajan Pudukode alias Nikhil was nabbed by Worli unit of ANC from N M Joshi Road in Lower Parel area Thursday. Pudukode had come to Lower Parel to distribute 81 LSD 'dot papers' worth Rs 1.62 lakh and 27 Ecstasy pills valued at Rs 77,700, an ANC official said. He had been earlier arrested in 2017 and LSD had been ...
UK HC quashes lower court's order against extraditing bookie Chawla to India
The UK High Court on Friday quashed a lower court's order against extraditing alleged bookie Sanjeev Kumar Chawla to India and directed the District Judge to re-start extradition proceedings against him. Chawla, a key accused in the cricket match-fixing scandal involving former South African captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, had won his case against extradition to India last year after the Westminster Magistrates' Court here concluded there was a prima facie case to answer but his human rights could not be guaranteed in Tihar jail, where he was to be held. The High Court ruled that it is convinced with the assurances provided by the Indian government regarding the safety of prison conditions in New Delhi's Tihar jail as it quashed the lower court's order against extraditing the 50-year-old. In a judgment handed down in the Royal Courts of Justice here, Lord Justice Leggatt and Justice Dingemans upheld the Indian government's appeal against that order and directed the District Judge to ...
Sisters abducted, gang-raped in Tripura
A 13-year-old and her elder sister were allegedly abducted and gang-raped for two days under confinement in Tripura's Unakoti district, police said Friday. A 34-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, believed to be the prime accused, has been arrested, the police said. According to the FIR, the sisters were waiting near a bridge in Kailashahar town -- 140 km from Agartala -- on November 9 to catch a vehicle home. They boarded an auto-rickshaw and the driver picked up two male passengers, who were known to him, on the way. Instead of dropping them home, the auto-driver, along with the other two, gagged them with towels and took them to Teliamura town in Khowai district. The three then repeatedly raped the duo inside a room for two days, Sampa Das, the duty-officer of Kailashahar women police station, told reporters. After two days, the victims were released at the Teliamura railway station, where they informed the Government Railway Police (GRP) who, in turn, handed them over to the police on .
SC seeks Karnataka local body's response over stray dog killings
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of Karnataka's Sakleshpur municipality to a contempt petition alleging the killing of about 350 stray dogs in violation of the top court's 2015 order.
Muzaffarpur scandal: Manju Verma declared 'absconder' by court; order to attach property
Former Bihar social welfare minister Manju Verma, who is evading arrest in an Arms Act case which cropped up in course of a CBI probe into the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal, was on Friday proclaimed an "absconder" by a court which also ordered for attaching her properties. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Majaul passed the order to this effect invoking sections 82 and 83 of Code of Criminal Procedure. The court in Begusarai also turned down an application filed by Verma, through her counsel last week, wherein she had pleaded that she was not evading arrest, but "seeking relief as per law" and hence, she may not be proclaimed an absconder. The case under the Arms Act was registered against the ex-minister and her husband Chandrashekhar Verma at Cheria Bariyarpur police station in the district following recovery of a huge cache of ammunition from their residence here. The recovery had been made by a CBI team which had raided the premises in connection with the Muzaffarpur
Haryana govt issues transfer, posting orders of 31 IPS officers
In a major reshuffle, the Haryana government on Friday issued transfer and posting orders of 31 IPS officers with immediate effect. Among the IPS officers who have been shuffled, Sanjay Kumar, IGP, Hisar Range and Amitabh Singh Dhillon, Commissioner of Police (CP), Faridabad will swap their respective places of posting. Saurabh Singh, IGP, Security has been given additional charge of CP, Panchkula while Charu Bali, CP, Panchkula has been posted as IG, HVPNL. Ravi Kiran, IGP, Administration, police headquarters, Panchkula has been posted as IG, State Vigilance Bureau (SVB), Haryana, an official release said here. Ashwin, SP, State Crime Bureau (SCB) has been posted as SP, Jind in place of Dr Arjun Singh, who will be the SP, Sirsa relieving Hamid Akhtar of the additional charge. Ashok Kumar, SP, Ambala has been posted as SP, Law and Order, with additional charge of SP, Telecom. Naazneen Bhasin, Commandant, 4thIndia Reserve Batallion, Manesar in Gurugram, with additional charge of SP, ...
SC expresses gratitude to retired Justice A K Patnaik for supervising CVC inquiry in Verma's case
The Supreme Court Friday expressed "gratitude" to former apex court judge Justice A K Patnaik for "sparing his valuable time" and supervising the CVC's inquiry on corruption allegations against CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi observed that besides the preliminary inquiry report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which was filed before it in a sealed cover, Justice Patnaik has also submitted a note to the court. "Justice A K Patnaik, retired judge of this court who had been requested by the court to supervise the enquiry by the CVC has also submitted a note. We express our gratitude to Justice A K Patnaik for sparing his valuable time and supervising the enquiry in question," said the bench, which also comprised justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph. On October 26, the apex court had directed that CVC inquiry into the allegations made in the August 24 note/letter of the Cabinet Secretary with regard to Verma be conducted under the ...