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CBI court sentences eight to rigorous imprisonment for fraud
A Special CBI court has sentenced the Managing Partner of Cochin-based Greenwood India firm and seven others to five to seven years' rigorous imprisonment for cheating Central government's public sector company SBI Global Factors Limited (SBIGFL) to the tune of Rs 4.91 crore in 2011, the agency said on Friday.
Court orders Rs 2 lakh interim relief to slain atheist's family
A court here Friday ordered the Tamil Nadu government to pay Rs 2 lakh as interim solatium to the family of a man who was killed here for being an atheist two years ago. Farooq, an activist of the Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam, was murdered on March 16, 2017 for being an atheist and three people were arrested in this connection. The family of the deceased had filed a petition in the district court seeking solatium, as given by the government for casualties in communal violence. Based on the petition, principal district judge R Shaktivel ordered the state government to pay Rs one lakh to two children and Rs 50,000 each to the Farooq's widow and parents. The murder was reportedly the result of Farooq's 'anti-religious', 'anti-God' posts in the social media.
NCPCR wants girl's body exhumed for post-mortem
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has suggested Arunachal Pradesh police exhume the body of a girl from Assam, who died under mysterious circumstances in Arunachal and was buried without a post-mortem.
Journalists detained at Moscow protest in support of arrested reporter
Police on Friday detained several prominent reporters as they protested in front of the headquarters of the Moscow police against the arrest of an investigative journalist on drugs charges, an AFP reporter said. Ivan Golunov, a reporter with Meduza independent news site, was detained in central Moscow on Thursday and police have opened an investigation into manufacturing and dealing drugs.
Hyderabad police busts hawala racket, arrests four
The Hyderabad police busted a major hawala racket in the city and seized cash of Rs 1,40,20,000, two four-wheelers and five cell phones from the possession of four people in this connection on Friday.The arrested suspects were identified as civil contractor P Murali (33), accountant S Rajesh (34), dentist K Jagdish (34) and car driver P Srinu (40).The suspects were carrying the money without proper documents and failed to explain the reason as to why they were carrying the amount.The car carrying the money was intercepted by the Task Force team of Hyderabad city police from Yousufguda, said an official press release from Hyderabad city police commissioner's office.The seized items along with suspects were handed over to the Income Tax department for further investigation.
Andhra Pradesh: Hawala racket busted by Hyderabad police, 4 arrested
Hyderabad Police busted a hawala racket in the city and arrested four people in connection with it on Friday.An official press release from Hyderabad city police commissioner's office said that a car carrying the money was intercepted by the Task Force team of Hyderabad city police from Yousufguda.The police seized cash worth one crore forty lakhs and twenty thousand, two four-wheelers and five cell phones from the possession of the suspects. The seized items and suspects were handed over to the Income-tax department for further investigation.According to the release, the suspects were carrying the money without proper documents. On being asked, they failed to explain the reason as to why they were carrying such an amount of money.The arrested suspects were identified as P Murali (33), a civil contractor, S Rajesh (34), an Accountant, K Jagdish (34), a dentist and P Srinu (40), the driver of the car.
Gujarat: 20-day-old girl killed as goons attack family
An infant girl who was only 20 days old was killed when goons attacked a family in Meghaninagar area here, police said Friday. Two of the assailants have been arrested. Five men, armed with sticks, entered the house of Laxmi Pattni Thursday night and attacked her and two other women, said inspector P G Sarvaiya. "They stormed into the house late Thursday night and started hitting the three women with sticks out of some old grudge or previous enmity. They even hit the baby girl Khushbu (Laxmi's daughter) on the head, causing her death," he said. Laxmi and her sister were injured in the attack, he added. Police Friday arrested Satish Pattni and Hitesh Marwadi, two of the alleged assailants, for murder and rioting. Efforts were on to arrest the other three assailants, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Niraj Badgujar. Both the arrested men were local goons and "known for such anti-social activities," said inspector Sarvaiya. "Satish Pattni faces around 10 criminal cases, ...
Five-yr-old allegedly raped in HP
A shopkeeper was arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old Nepalese girl in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district, the police said Friday. The victim, along with her parents, used to live at a rented room adjacent to a shop run by the accused, they said. He lured the girl with chocolates and then committed the crime. The matter came to light after she complained of stomach ache, following which her mother filed a police complaint, Hamirpur Deputy Superintendent of Police Hitesh Lakhanpal said. A case has been registered against the man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said. A medical examination of the girl is being conducted, the DSP added. The accused will be produced before a local court after getting the medico-legal report (MLR) from the hospital authorities, he added.
HC upholds man's 10-yr jail term for raping 4-yr-old girl
The Delhi High Court has upheld the 10-year jail term of a man for raping and sodomising a four-year-old girl known to him, observing that perpetrators of sexual offences on innocent children are "psychosocial deviants" who do not deserve any leniency. Justice C Hari Shankar endorsed the findings of the trial court that there was no reason for the child's mother to wrongly implicate him especially as she regarded him as her brother. The incident took place in November 2013, after the child's mother performed the 'Bhai Duj' ceremony with the accused. The high court dismissed the man's appeal against the conviction and sentencing by the trail court in May 2015 and said the decision does not call for any interference. "Perpetrators of sexual offences on innocent children are psychosocial deviants, who cannot lay any claim to leniency. It is in the order of nature, and is the sacred right of every living being to blossom from infancy, to childhood, to adolescence and, finally, to ...
Gauhati HC grants interim bail to Kargil war veteran from Assam
The Gauhati High Court on Friday granted interim bail to Mohammed Sanaullah, the Kargil war veteran who was declared a foreigner by a tribunal in Assam last month and sent to a detention camp.
Pragya complains of broken chair, remains standing in court
BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in 2008 Malegaon blast case. created a scene in the special NIA court by remaining standing throughout the proceeding complaining of a lack of proper chair.She complained that the chair was dirty, small and tilted to one side.Speaking to ANI, Special NIA Public Prosecutor Avinash Rasal said: "Special NIA Judge Vinod Padlakar repeatedly asked her to sit anywhere she likes but she declined the offer and stood near the window throughout the course of the proceedings."Thakur also complained of lack of cleanliness in the courtroom and started yelling as soon as the Judge left the chamber at 5:15 pm.She hollered at the top of her voice accusing the court staff of not giving her a proper chair to sit despite her medical condition."If you had called me to the court, you should have at least provided me with a chair to sit. Till I am convicted, I have the right to sit. You can hang me after I am convicted in this case," she said.Thakur, who had skipped .
Delhi Police lodges FIR against realtor, officials for alleged cheating
The Delhi Police has lodged an FIR against realtor Arena Superstructures Pvt Ltd, its managing director and others on a complaint of alleged cheating and criminal conspiracy. The FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint made by an advocate who claimed that he had booked an apartment in the realtor's project Lotus Arena in 2014 for Rs 97.5 lakh and has already paid Rs 57 lakh but not yet got the possession of the property. Complainant Ajay Digpaul, a practising advocate at the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court, said he was regularly assured by Arena officials that all the necessary sanctions for the construction have been procured but the work commenced late, and whenever he raised the issue, the queries were not answered. He claimed that in January this year, when he visited the site at Sector 79, Noida, he saw that the construction was done only up to 12th floor, while the tower has to be completed till 24th floor. He had bought the apartment at 14th floor. "The website of the ...
Pragya refuses to sit in court, complains about dust
BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur Friday chose to stand for around two and a half hours in the special court conducting trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Thakur, a prime accused in the case who appeared for the first time before the court after her Lok Sabha victory from Bhopal, expressed disapproval about the chair that was offered, and the state of cleanliness of the courtroom. The MP, who has been given bail by the high court on medical grounds, entered the court around 12.45 pm assisted by her aides. Initially special judge V S Padalkar asked her to sit in the enclosure for the accused at the back of the room. Before she sat on the wooden bench inside the enclosure, her aides spread a red velvet cloth. Thakur sat there with co-accused Sudhakar Dwivedi and Sameer Kulkarni. Later, when the judge called her to the witness box in the front and asked if she wanted a chair, Thakur said she preferred to stand leaning against the window. Recess was called after about 15 ...
Pragya denies knowledge of 2008 Malegaon blasts
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Bhopal (Sadhvi) Pragya Singh Thakur denied having any knowledge of the 2008 Malegaon blasts -- in which she herself is among the prime accused -- as she appeared before a Special NIA Court here on Friday.
HC acquits man of rape; notes woman called him 529 times before informing police
The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a man by a trial court in a rape case, saying the woman's testimony was "untrustworthy", full on contradictions and she had called him 529 times between the date of alleged rape and the filing of the complaint. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said it was in agreement with the trial court's view that the woman's testimony was "highly unreliable", "untrustworthy" and "inspires no confidence", while dismissing her appeal against the man's acquittal. The trial court had acquitted the man on January 5. The high court noted in its judgement that there were several contradictions in the woman's statement regarding how she met the man, how the alleged incident took place and why there was delay in reporting. The woman had claimed before the trial court that she had met the man on LinkedIn, however, the same was not stated by her in the complaint to the police, the bench noted. It added that the hotel where the alleged ...
Man rushed to hospital after he complains of uneasiness during questioning, dies
A 25-year-old man, accused of supplying illicit liquor, died at a city hospital, police said Friday. The man was rushed to the hospital by the police after he complained of uneasiness during questioning on Thursday. The deceased, identified as Govinda, was arrested on Thursday evening along with his 34-year-old accomplice Naeem with 17 cartoons of illicit liquor, they said. While the duo were being questioned, Govinda felt uneasiness and was rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital in east Delhi at around 9 pm where doctors could not save his life, a senior police officer said. A senior official of the hospital said that the man was brought to the emergency department of the hospital by police on Thursday. However, he did not disclose whether Govinda was brought dead or succumbed at the hospital. He added that autopsy procedure was underway. One head constable Abhishek and two constables Vishaal and Udham Singh have been suspended for their procedural lapses during case registration,
SC allows mining baron GJ Reddy's plea to visit Ballari, pulls up CBI for delay in framing charges
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the plea filed by former Karnataka minister and illegal mining case accused Gali Janardhana Reddy seeking permission to travel to Ballari on the ground that his father-in-law has suffered a stroke.A vacation bench of the top court presided by Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi, while allowing Reddy's plea, also pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not framing charges even after 6 years."Even 6 years down the line charges not framed. Why? We would like to know. We are concerned about this," the bench told CBI.The bench also directed that Reddy should not visit or try to influence any witnesses in the mining scam cases,During the course of hearing, Reddy's counsel S Ganesh apprised that court that the trial is yet to start in these cases."Reddy had earlier visited Ballari five times and has never violated any court order and rules and regulations while on bail," the lawyer said.Ganesh also pleaded with the court to allow his .
CBI grills ex-Kolkata top cop for over 4 hours in Saradha case
Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar was on Friday grilled by the CBI for over four hours the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, a CBI official said.
Nitish wants results from Bihar Police on crime control
Unhappy and worried over the spurt in crime incidents in Bihar in the last few weeks, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday asked top police officials to pull up their socks, saying he wanted results from them in checking and controlling crime.
Boris Johnson wins court challenge over misconduct summons
Former foreign minister Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to replace Theresa May as Britain's prime minister, on Friday won his bid to block a lawsuit accusing him of knowingly lying during the Brexit referendum campaign. The decision removes a hurdle for Johnson in his leadership bid, with his lawyers persuading a London court that the private prosecution was "politically motivated and vexatious". They asked the High Court to throw out a judge's decision last month to allow a summons ordering Johnson to appear in court over allegations of misconduct in public office, arguing the decision had "erred in law". "We are quashing the decision of the district judge to issue the summonses," Michael Supperstone, one of two High Court judges hearing the case, said following a hearing Friday, at which Johnson was not present. The case, brought by businessman Marcus Ball in a crowd-funded initiative, concerned Johnson's claim that Britain sends 350 million pounds ( USD 440 million, 400 million ...