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Labourer arrested over eve-teasing charges
A labourer was arrested on eve-teasing charges in Shamli district, police said Sunday. The accused, Shadab, reportedly misbehaved with a girl at her house Saturday, Circle Officer Ashok Kumar said. The youth was beaten up by people when the girl raised an alarm. He was later handed over to police, the officer said.
Janardhan Reddy questioned for hours in bribery case
Former Minister and mining baron Janardhan Reddy on Saturday reached the Central Crime Branch (CCB) office for questioning in connection with an alleged bribery case.Around 11 pm, the police had said the questioning is still going on."Questioning of Janardhan Reddy is on. At appropriate time, appropriate decision will be taken as per provisions of law," Alok Kumar, additional commissioner of police (crime), said.Reddy is suspected to have received 57 kg of gold worth Rs 18 crore to help an accused in a case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Along with Reddy, his secretary Ali, jeweller Ramesh Kothari and one other have been named as accomplices in the alleged fraud case.Earlier, Karnataka commissioner of police, T Suneel Kumar had said, "A company Ambidant, set up in 2016-17 assured investors a return of 30-40 per cent per month in form of profits. Thousands of people were lured to invest. Initially, they returned the first batch profits as promised following ...
BJP MP receives fake call seeking bank details
A case of fraud and cheating has come to light in Meerut where Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) Rajendra Agarwal received a call from an unknown person posing as a State Bank of India's (SBI) employee.On Thursday evening, Rajendra Agarwal received a phone call at around 4:15 pm from a person claiming to be a State Bank of India's Parliament Branch employee from where the BJP MP's salary is credited.The caller asked for the account number and the number written on ATM card, but Agarwal refused to give any detail. In reply, Agarwal asked him a few questions but he disconnected the call."I'm reporting this as I don't want the public to fall into such traps," Agarwal said.Superintendent of Police, Meerut, Ranvijay Singh said that the caller introduced himself as Rahul Sharma, an employee of SBI located in the Parliament, and asked the MP for his bank details. The duration of the talk was about four minutes and 55 seconds."A caller asked the Meerut MP details of his ..
Retired Navy Captain arrested for duping job aspirants
The Mumbai Crime Branch on Saturday arrested a retired Captain for allegedly duping people of Rs 36 lakh on the pretext of giving them jobs in Indian Navy.Trinetra, a retired Navy Captain who runs Saraswati Academy in Vishakhapatnam, had promised people a sure shot job in Indian Navy in Mumbai.The scam came to light after six students enrolled in Trinetra's academy approached the police and filed a complaint against him.According to the complaint received, Trinetra took Rs 6 lakh each from the students and also issued them fake appointment letters of job in the Navy.Trinetra has been arrested by the crime branch for cheating and forging official documents.Earlier this week, the Hyderabad Task Force had arrested a travel agent for duping people on the pretext of providing jobs in Israel, Ecuador, and other countries.The officials also recovered three passports, three Aadhaar cards and two pan cards under different names belonging to the accused, identified as Vosa Gangadhar.
Karnataka mining baron Reddy denies role in Ponzi case
Karnataka's mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy on Saturday denied involvement in the multi-crore Ponzi scheme and alleged political conspiracy against him by vested interests.
Infant dies after quack administers injection in Jharkhand
A two-month-old boy died allegedly after he was administered an injection by a quack here, police said on Saturday. The parents of the boy had taken him to a clinic in Kitadih locality after he had fallen sick on Friday. After check-up, the alleged quack administered an injection to the baby, following which he turned non-responsive. The couple then rushed the boy to government-run M G M Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, police said. When doctors at the hospital enquired about the injection administered at the clinic, the couple said no prescription was given to them by the quack. The accused has fled and efforts are on to arrest him, police said.
Body of man recovered from hotel room in Kolkata
Police on Saturday recovered the body of a man from the room of a posh hotel in Esplanade area of the metropolis. Harsha Balani (24), hailing from Gujarat and pursuing MBA in Jharkhand, was found in an unconscious state inside the bathroom of the hotel where he had checked-in on Friday, a senior police officer said. Balani was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought-dead, he said, adding, there were injury marks around his neck. "The man was found lying unconscious inside the bathroom under a running shower. A knife was also recovered from the spot. We have started an investigation into the matter," the officer said. The man's body has been sent for post-mortem.
Man lynched for raping 9-year-old niece
A 21-year-old man was beaten to death by villagers in West Singhbhum district after he allegedly raped his 9-year-old niece, police said on Saturday. Taluka Purty, the victim's paternal uncle, raped her in one room of the house on Friday night at Karlajori village under Muffassil police station area. The girl's grand-mother was in another room when the incident happened, police said. The villagers reached the spot on hearing the scream of the victim, caught hold of the accused and beat him up. Purty was later taken to a hospital in Chaibasa where he succumbed to his injuries on Saturday afternoon, police said. The girl was sent for medical examination.
Turkey gives recordings of Khashoggi's death to US, Saudi, France
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said that recordings related to the death of Saudi journalist Khashoggi have been shared with the United States, France, UK, Saudi Arabia, and Germany."We gave the tapes. We gave them to Saudi Arabia, United States, Germans, French and British, all of them. They have listened to all the conversations," Erdogan said before departing for France to take part in the centenary celebrations of the Armistice of World War I on Saturday, Aljazeera reported.Erdogan also stated that Saudi Arabia knows that Khashoggi's killer is amongst the 15 Saudi nationals who landed in Istanbul before the October 2 incident, according to Al Jazeera.The existence of a recording had not been previously confirmed by Turkish authorities, even though Turkish sources had alleged that the authorities are in possession of an audio recording that documented Khashoggi's killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.Furthermore, the Turkish police ended their search for ..
Pregnant woman killed for objecting to smoking
A pregnant woman was allegedly strangled to death in the wee hours of Saturday by a co-passenger when she objected to the latter smoking a cigarette onboard a train.Speaking to ANI, Officer-in-charge of Government Railway Police, Shahjahanpur, AK Pandey confirmed that the accused, Sonu Yadav, was smoking in one of the upper berths of the train following which the woman objected to the same.Yadav has been arrested and charged with Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code, Pandey added.The victim was travelling from Punjab to Bihar in Jallianwala Bagh Express train.
AIMIM workers attack Congress woman leader
Two All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) workers have allegedly attacked a woman Congress leader in Hyderabad's Saifabad, police said on Saturday.Additional Commissioner of Police, Saifabad, Gopal Reddy said, "On 8 November late night we received a complaint from the woman leader stating that she along with her husband went to her friend's residence at Bilal Masjid, in Nampally area, when two people belonging to the AIMIM party abused her and later tore her burqa outraged her modesty.A case has been registered under sections 354 and 355 r/w 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC).The police officials further said that they have also registered a case against the woman under section 506 of the IPC after they received a complaint from the other party alleging that the woman had abused and threatened them.The woman, who had contested as corporator from Nampally in last Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections said, "I was passing through Bilal Masjid, Nampally area and I stopped
Mining baron Reddy appears before police for questioning in ponzi scam case
After remaining elusive for three days, former Karnataka minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy Saturday appeared before the police here in connection with an alleged ponzi scam, and denied the allegations as a "political conspiracy". Reddy, who the police said had been absconding, came in a car to the Central Crime Branch (CCB) office, along with his advocates, after releasing a video message from an unknown location, saying he would appear before it. His close aid Ali Khan also appeared before police for questioning. The cross examination, which started at 4 pm on Saturday, will continue for the whole night said Joint Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar. We will continue questioning those who are in our custody. We need to question him more. We will take appropriate action at appropriate time. "Since Ali Khan is on interim bail we will send him home. We did question him briefly. Tomorrow, we will decide what to do next, Kumar told reporters. Deputy Commissioner of Police S ...
10-yr-old girl raped in east Delhi
A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a family friend in east Delhi's New Ashok Nagar, police said Saturday. The incident happened on Friday night. The accused was known to the girl's family and took her with him for an outing on Friday and then raped her, police said. The victim then narrated the ordeal to her parents who approached police and a case was registered in the matter. The accused, who worked as a labourer at a shop, was arrested, said a senior police officer. The accused would often take the girl out with him for outings, police added.
Man who duped Army veteran of Rs 1.40 cr held upon return to India after 2 years
A former finance consultant of a private bank was arrested Saturday from the Delhi airport by the Noida police for allegedly duping a retired Army man of Rs 1.40 crore, officials said. The accused, Vinay Chadda (29), was held in the morning when he arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from Dubai, they said. A case was lodged at the Noida Sector 20 police station against Chadda in 2016 for duping retired colonel Ravindra Nath Pandit (82) offering a bogus life insurance policy, police said. Chaddha, a resident of Delhi, had opened 23 fake insurance policies of Pandit, and between 2009 and 2016 defrauded him of Rs 1.40 crore, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Pal Sharma said. The company where he worked had terminated his services over complaints of cheating but he continued to pretend to the army veteran that he was still working with the firm, the officer said. "A case was registered against Chaddha at the Sector 20 police station in 2016 for a fraud worth Rs ...
AAP says Delhi Police discriminating, filed FIR against Kejriwal but not against Tiwari
The Aam Aadmi Party Saturday accused Delhi Police of working at the behest of its "political master" and registering an FIR against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal but not against BJP leader Manoj Tiwari in connection with a ruckus at the inauguration of the Signature Bridge. Delhi Police, however, said it is following the due procedure and the matter related to the ruckus on November 4 is being probed by the crime branch. At a press conference, AAP leaders Atishi and Raghav Chadha alleged that the police failed to register an FIR against Tiwari despite video evidence of him instigating people, assaulting on-duty police officials to sabotage a public event in a "premeditated attack". They said the police, instead, registered a case against Kejriwal by "blindly pasting the sections" mentioned by Tiwari in an email complaint sent to the department. "While Arvind Kejriwal's Delhi government gives a compensation of Rs one crore to the family of any police officer who loses his life in line
Woman beaten to death on train for objecting to smoking
A woman was beaten to death on board a train near the Bareilly station when she asked a group of youngsters not to smoke in the compartment, police said on Saturday.
Woman killed, daughter severely hurt in west Delhi road mishap
A 38-year-old woman was killed and her daughter was seriously injured after their four-wheeler was hit by a speeding vehicle, which was allegedly driven by an inebriated woman, in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area, police said Saturday. The deceased was identified as Poonam Sardana and her daughter as Chetanya (13). The minor's eye was completely damaged in the accident and doctors transplanted Poonam's cornea to replace the damaged one, they added. The accident took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. On November 9, the police were informed about an accident on the Punjabi Bagh Flyover. On the spot, two damaged vehicles were found. Sudhir Sardana along with his family, including Poonam and Chetanya, were returning from Chhatarpur Mandir and driving towards their house in Adarsh Nagar when a vehicle bearing an Uttar Pradesh registration number lost control, jumped over the road divider and rammed their car, police said. It was found that the erring vehicle was being ...
NIA to probe arrest of three Kashmiri students from Punjab
The National Investigating Agency will probe the arrest of three Kashmiri students, associated with terrorist outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), from Punjab recently, police said on Saturday.
Manipur encounters: SC verdict likely on Monday on plea for recusal of judges
The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Monday its order on a plea by Manipur police personnel seeking the recusal of the judges of the bench for describing as "murderers" some of the personnel chargesheeted in alleged fake encounter cases.
IAS officers' body seeks action against Arunachal Scouts
Days after a large number of Arunachal Scouts personnel vandalised a police station in the state, the central IAS officers' association has written to the Defence Ministry demanding action against the alleged perpetrators. In a letter addressed to Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra, IAS association president Rakesh Srivastava alleged that a battalion of the Second Arunachal Pradesh Scouts -- led by Col Firdosh P Dubash and Adjutant Major Kaushik Roy -- "vandalised government properties and physically assaulted the district magistrate of the area, the superintendent of the police and other officials of the Bomdila police station in the West Kameng district of the state on November 2". He alleged that when a woman IAS officer, Sonal Swarup, who is the district magistrate-cum-deputy commissioner, ordered the Army personnel to disperse, she was "verbally abused and stone pelted". Srivastava, who is the secretary at the Ministry of Women and Child Development, has now called on authorities to .