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Con man plays cancer card to cheat women, held
: A 23-year old man was arrested for allegedly posing as an Indian Institute of Science (IISc) professor and cheating several women after promising to marry them, police said Wednesday. N Jeevan Kumar, a native of Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh allegedly cheated the women of a total of Rs 20 lakh which he had collected from them claiming the money was required for the treatment of his mother suffering from cancer, police said. According to police, Kumar created fake profiles in matrimonial sites, by using photos of other persons and introduced himself as a professor with a PhD and sent messages to several working women saying he liked their profiles and asked them to go through his profile. As part of the modus operandi, Kumar used to provide different mobile numbers to the women who contacted him and give his consent for marriage. Later, he would requested the women to furnish their credit card details facilitating him to use it for treatment of his ailing mother,
Four men flee with SC lawyer's SUV in Noida
An SUV belonging to a Supreme Court lawyer was allegedly stolen by four men who forcibly got into the vehicle and overpowered the driver here Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in the afternoon when the driver had gone to drop the lawyer's daughter at her college in Sector 125 and was waiting outside the campus after dropping her, they said. "The four men came walking up to the SUV from some distance, opened the doors and got inside the vehicle. Before the driver could comprehend the situation, they took him at gun-point and took over the control of the SUV," a police official said. The accused kept roaming on city roads for over an hour before they dumped the driver along the street in Sector 148 and fled with the car, police said. They also took away the mobile phone and the wallet of the driver, they said. A complaint has been registered at the Sector 39 police station and search was on to nab the culprits, Station House Officer (SHO) Amit Kumar Singh said. "We have ...
Newborn found dead in hospital washroom in Noida
A newborn's body was found abandoned in the washroom of a government hospital here Wednesday, prompting police to launch probe into the matter, officials said. The baby was found by sanitation workers of the ESI Hospital in Sector 24 in the morning, but the identity of the parents could not be ascertained, police said. The sanitation workers informed senior hospital officials about it and the baby was attended by doctors but was found dead, they said. SHO of Sector 24 Police Station Pankaj Pant said the body has been sent for post-mortem. "There has been no formal complaint in the matter and the police have taken cognisance on its own. We are scanning the CCTV footage of the hospital for any clues and probing the matter," Pant said. Phone calls and text messages by PTI to hospital officials for a response yielded no result.
Iran executes gold market's 'Sultan of Coins'
Iran executed a trader on Wednesday dubbed the "Sultan of Coins" for his wholesale trafficking in gold to exploit a surge in demand from savers spooked by this year's currency crisis. Vahid Mazloomin and accomplice Mohammad Esmail Ghasemi had been convicted of "corruption on earth" -- Iran's most serious capital offence -- by "forming and running a network for disrupting the economy", the judiciary's news agency Mizan online reported. Iran has suffered a sharp economic downturn this year, fuelled in part by US President Donald Trump's decision in May to withdraw from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between major powers and Tehran and reimpose crippling unilateral sanctions. Fearing for the economy, many Iranians rushed to secure their savings by buying foreign exchange and precious metals, causing the rial to lose around 70 percent of its value against the dollar and the price of gold coins to quadruple. Police said Mazloomin had "amassed around two tonnes of gold coins" by the time of ..
Mortal remains laid to rest
Hundreds of people Wednesday bid a tearful adieu to army soldier Antony Sebastian who was killed in Pakistani firing along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. His body was laid to rest with full military honours at thecemetery of Emperor Emmanuel Church in Muriyad in Thrissur district Wednesday evening, officials said. The mortal remains of the soldier were brought to Kochi Wednesday morning by an Air India flight. Lance Naik Antony Sebastian, 34, was killed Monday by a Pakistani sniper along the Line of Control in Poonch area. The plane carrying his body arrived at the airport in Kochithis morning. Ernakulam District Collector Muhammed Y Safirulla, representatives of the Army and MLAs had arrived at the airport to pay their respects to the departed soldier. The mortal remains were later taken to his residence in Udayamperoor in Thrippunithura in Ernakulam District where hundreds of people paid tributes to the departed soldier. His body was brought to the Palam ...
HC directs pro-Tamil Eelam books of P Nedumaran to be destroyed
The Madras High Court directed the authorities Wednesday to destroy over 1,700 copies of books written by pro-Tamil leader Pazha Nedumaran in support of the banned LTTE in 2002, holding that if returned, these could lead to disturbance and threat to peace and public tranquillity. Justice M V Muralidharan gave the direction while upholding a lower court order dismissing Nedumaran's petition seeking that the books be returned. He was dismissing an appeal filed by Nedumaran against the March 2, 2007 order of the first additional sessions judge here. Noting that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was a terror group that was behind the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and was decimated by the Sri Lankan military in 2009, the judge said the Centre had declared it as an unlawful association and the ban had been periodically extended. If the books were returned to the appellant, naturally, he would circulate those among the general public, he said in his ...
Jhansi: Murder mystery solved
The local police on Wednesday claimed to have solved a murder case, which involved a 75-year old woman, after arresting her son identified as Bhagwan Das.The case was registered on November 3 this year at Sipri Bazaar police station here. According to police, Bhagwan Das, the son of the deceased Raj Kumari, was a habitual drunkard. He had fabricated a story and named eight people, accusing them of killing his mother.However, during the investigation, police found that Raj Kumari had an argument with her son, who had come home drunk. During the argument, Das lost his temper and hit his mother's head with a brick due to which she fell on the ground and died.Police arrested Bhagwan Das after registering a case against him. Police produced Das in a local court, which remanded him to the judicial custody.
Indian-origin pregnant women killed in UK arrow attack, baby survives
A pregnant Indian-origin woman in the UK was killed after an arrow pierced through her abdomen in a crossbow attack by her former partner, but her baby survived following an emergency Caesarean section. Devi Unmathallegadoo, 35, was injured in the abdomen during the attack on Monday in Ilford area of east London. She died in a local hospital, where doctors delivered her son. On Tuesday, Scotland Yard officers charged Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo, 50, with the murder of the woman, believed to be her former partner. "The victim was found suffering an abdominal injury. She was taken to hospital where she later died," the Metropolitan Police said. "This is a tragic incident and our sympathies are with the loved ones and friends of the victim," added Detective Chief Inspector Gary Holmes of the Met Police's Homicide and Major Crime Command, which is leading the murder investigation. Unmathallegadoo was known locally as Sana Muhammad after reportedly converting to Islam when she married her ...
Malaysia to slap additional charges on wife of ex-PM Najib
Malaysian prosecutors are expected to add new charges on Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, while another former senior minister was arrested for prosecution on Wednesday.
NCLAT clears UltraTech Cement's revised bid for Binani Cement
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Wednesday approved UltraTech Cement's revised bid for the debt-laden Binani Cement.
Seven injured in LPG cylinder explosion
Seven persons including six students were injured when an LPG cylinder exploded in Dumka district Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred on the first floor of a building at Baganpara locality where a small LPG cylinder exploded causing injuries to six student and a man this afternoon, said Officer-in-charge of Town police station, Debbrat Poddar. Poddar said fire brigade personnel doused the flame. Police has recovered five small LPG cylinders from the building, he said. District Civil Surgeon Dr Anant Kumar Jha said all the injured were rushed to Sadar Hospital, where they were admitted. However, two seriously injured girl students were referred to other hospital for better treatment while four girl students and a man were shifted to burn unit of the Sadar Hospital, Jha said.
Delhi court directs police to hand over seized documents to ex-TERI chief Pachauri
A Delhi court Wednesday directed the city police to hand over certain documents to former TERI chief R K Pachauri in a case of alleged sexual harassment lodged by his former colleague. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar directed the investigating officer (IO) in the case to hand over mirror image/clone copies of the electronic devices, seized by police, to Pachauri. The court took note of the submissions made by Pachauri's counsel that the accused was entitled to the complete chain of SMS and WhatsApp messages allegedly exchanged between the ex-TERI chief and the complainant. Advocate Ashish Dixit, appearing for Pachauri, submitted that screen shots of the alleged messages were incomplete and manipulated by the complainant. "I am of the view that revisionist is entitled to have the mirror image/clone copy of the items seized by the IO," the court said, directing the IO to hand over copies of electronic devices seized by him during the probe. The court was hearing an appeal filed .
Man arrested for killing rival gang member
Released from jail a month ago after having served a prison term of six years, a 27-year-old man allegedly killed a rival gang member to establish his supremacy in the Uttam Nagar area here, police said Wednesday. The accused, Kaushar alias Babloo, was arrested on Tuesday. According to the police, Kaushar shot at two rival gang members -- Azaad and Javed -- after a quarrel on November 7 night. Azaad, who suffered four gunshot injuries, died during treatment. "On Tuesday, police received information that Kaushar would come near Vipin Garden to meet someone. Later, a trap was laid and he was arrested at around 11:30 pm," a senior police officer said. A country-made pistol, along with two live rounds, was recovered from his possession. According to the police, Kaushar was released from jail one month ago after having served six years in prison in a robbery case.
HC extends interim order on 'status quo' in Asthana case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday extended the interim protection from arrest granted to Central Bureau of Investigation Special Director Rakesh Asthana till November 28 and ordered to continue the status quo in the case till the next date of hearing.
Charas seized in Thane district
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police has allegedly seized around 2 kg of charas from a resident of Jammu and Kashmir in neighbouring Thane district, a senior official said Wednesday. ATS sleuths had received information that the accused was coming to Thane on Monday to sell hashish, commonly known as charas, the official said. He was nabbed on Monday and 1.8 kg of the contraband and a motorcycle were seized from him, the ATS official said. The accused hails from Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir, he said. Police registered a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act against him. The accused was procured before a court Tuesday and remanded in police custody for ten days. Probe is on to find out if he was going to sell the drug to anybody in Maharashtra, the official said.
HC rejects Daati Maharaj's plea challenging CBI probe
The Delhi High Court On Wednesday dismissed Daati Maharaj's plea challenging its order on transferring the probe in a sexual assault case against the self-styled godman to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
One held for killing daughter's boyfriend in Samba
A man from Gangyal in Jammu has been arrested for allegedly killing his daughter's boyfriend, police said Wednesday. Dalbir Singh alias Sunny, a resident of Babliana Tehsil in Jammu, was found dead on the Samba-Sumb Link roadside near Talot Yard on October 11, following which a special investigation team was formed to investigate the case, a police spokesman said. He said Singh was found with a polythene bag wrapped around his head and stab marks on the neck. "During the course of the investigation, the SIT triangulated the location of the deceased to the house of one Ajay Kumar Gupta in Gangyal, Jammu. His mobile phone was switched off there," the spokesman said. Accordingly, the suspect was rounded up by SIT and he confessed to the crime, the official said. Quoting the confessional statement of the accused, the spokesman said Singh was allegedly in a romantic relationship with Gupta's daughter. "Gupta and his family members called Singh to their residence. They attacked him with an .
Bhanwari Devi case: Court rejects CBI plea to examine FBI DNA expert via video conferencing
A court hearing the Bhanwari Devi abduction-and-murder case Wednesday rejected the CBI's plea seeking to examine a DNA expert of the FBI through video conferencing. Amber B Carr, the DNA expert from the FBI, had examined the burnt bones recovered by the CBI from a canal near Jodhpur. According to the CBI, Devi was burnt and dumped in the canal by her killers. "The charred bones were sent to the US for DNA testing. At the FBIs' forensic laboratory, Carr conducted a DNA examination, confirming them to be human bones," the prosecution counsel said. While the CBI wants Carrto be examined through video conferencing as she did not turn up in the court despite issuance of three summons, the defence has been insisting on her appearance in the court for examination as an important witness. Objecting to the CBI's plea, defence counsel Hemant Nahta argued that neither the rules of the high court nor the criminal procedure code provides for recording of statements of a witness through video ...
House Committee to take up attack on Woman RTI activist
A Meghalaya Assembly committee headed by Congress MLA Ampareen Lyngdoh will take up the case of the attack on RTI activists Agnes Kharshiing and her aide Amita Sangma allegedly by mining mafias in East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, officials said Wednesday. The attack on Kharshiing would be taken up during the meeting of the Assembly Committee on Women Empowerment which will be chaired by Congress MLA Ampareen Lyngdoh and having members from other political parties as well, they said. "The Committee will inquire into the attack of RTI activist Agnes Kharshiing and her aide Amita Sangma on November 8 and will seek clarification from the police on steps taken to uncover the perpetrators of such a heinous crime that has left an unimaginable fear in the minds of concerned citizens," Ampareen told PTI. She said the committee will also seek a status report from the department concerned to ensure that justice is delivered to the victims who are languishing in hospital and
Five held for robbing constable at gun-point
Five men were arrested for allegedly robbing a constable at gun-point in a moving auto-rickshaw on highway near Wazirabad, police said Wednesday. The accused have been identified as Shankar, 23, Saddam, 24, Ashawani, 21, Ash Mohd, 23, and Kishan Kumar ,44, they said. "On the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, a Delhi Police constable was looted by some culprits at gun-point in a moving auto-rickshaw while he was returning to his training centre at PTS Wazirabad," said a senior police officer. The accused had dropped him near Yamuna Vihar after robbing his purse, mobile, carry bag and other articles. He managed to read some figures of the number of auto-rickshaw, he added. After registering a case, police apprehended the accused persons from near Nand Nagri flyover with their auto-rickshaw where they were searching a person to commit another robbery, he said. One auto, one mobile phone and a bag along with a wallet were recovered from their possession, the officer said.