Page 840 - Law Crime
MP Polls: BJP candidate carries coins in metal pot, case registered
A case has been registered against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate Narayan Tripathi on Tuesday for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct in the poll-bound state of Madhya Pradesh.Tripathi had gone to file his nomination carrying a fee of Rs 10,000 in the form of Re 1 coins in a metal pot covered with a piece of red cloth, which, he claimed ,to have collected from the public as their blessings.The metal pot in which Tripathi was carrying the coins looked similar to an urn used to carry the funeral ash, which allegedly has a religious implication.Satna Returning Officer and Sub-Divisional Magistrate Maihar HK Dhurve considered the gesture as a violation of the Model Code of Conduct and registered a case against Tripathi under Section 125 A of the Representation of the People Act.However, Tripathi said that an issue is being unnecessarily blown out of proportion by the Congress. "Congress is creating an issue out of this. I have not flouted any code of conduct," he ...
Six held in 'attack' plot against French president
Six persons have been arrested in France on suspicion of planning to carry out a "violent" attack on President Emmanuel Macron, officials said.
6 held over suspected plot to attack Emmanuel Macron
French police on Tuesday arrested six people over a suspected plot to launch an assault on President Emmanuel Macron, officials said.The DGSI, the French intelligence agency, arrested the suspects as part of an investigation. They were apprehended in three separate regions - Isere, situated in the southeast of Lyon, Moselle, on the border with Germany and Luxembourg and Ille-et-Vilaine, located in the northwest near Rennes, CNN reported.A judicial source told CNN that the six suspects arrested -- five men and a woman, were aged between 22 and 62. The French Interior Ministry said that all of them were linked to the far-right."The investigation is looking into an imprecise and loosely formed plan for violent action against the President of the Republic," the source said.In July last year, a 23-year-old man was charged for plotting an attack on Macron at Bastille Day's parade.
Odisha court extends judicial custody of Abhijit Iyer Mitra
The Jharpara Jail camp court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on Abhijit Iyer Mitra's bail plea and extended his judicial custody for 14 days.Mitra was in 14-day judicial custody from October 23.On October 23, Mitra was arrested by the Bhubaneswar Police in connection with the case filed at Saheed Nagar Police Station over his derogatory remarks against Odisha and Konark Sun Temple. He was taken into custody by the Odisha police after he appeared before the House Committee of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.Mitra is facing the allegation of making derogatory remarks on the Konark Sun Temple and Odisha. He was slated to appear before the House panel again on November 2.During a visit to the Konark Sun Temple on September 16, Mitra had posted a satirical video on Twitter, where he made some derogatory remarks insulting Odisha, its culture, tradition and the lawmakers.On October 11, Mitra wrote an apology letter to the House Committee and the Speaker of the Odisha Assembly over his ...
Italy committed to helping Asia Bibi: Foreign Ministry
Rome, Nov 7 (IANS/AKI) Italy's top diplomat Enzo Moavero Milanesi and his staff are fully committed to helping a Christian woman, Asia Bibi -- amid fears for her safety in Pakistan following her acquittal of blasphemy after eight years on death row -- the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Bangladeshi immigrant convicted in NYC subway bombing
A Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb in New York City's busiest subway station at rush hour has been convicted of terrorism charges. The verdict against Akayed Ullah was returned on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The defense said Ullah intended to kill only himself last December 11. Nobody died and most of the injuries were not serious. Prosecutors said he wanted to maim or kill commuters as part of a "lone wolf" terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State group. They disputed the defense claim, saying Ullah would not have worn a bomb had he wanted to kill only himself. They also cited social media postings by Ullah as well as comments he made after his arrest to investigators.
IRA London bomb suspect faces trial for separate blast
The prime suspect in a deadly 1982 IRA bombing whose trial collapsed appeared in a Dublin court on Tuesday facing extradition for the murder of two British soldiers in a separate attack. John Downey -- previously held for the 1982 Hyde Park blast which killed four British soldiers in London -- was arrested by Irish police in the town of Donegal on Monday. On Tuesday Downey appeared for the first time under a European arrest warrant at Dublin's Criminal Courts of Justice. If prosecutors are successful the 66-year-old will stand trial in Northern Ireland for the 1972 murders of two members of the British Army's Ulster Defence Regiment who were killed when a car they were inspecting blew up. The fresh prosecution has reignited debate over litigation of historic crimes on both sides during The Troubles -- a period when republicans and unionists waged a bloody battle over the status of the UK province of Northern Ireland. Downey was initially detained in 2013 at London's Gatwick Airport on
German prosecutors search BlackRock in dividend-stripping inquiry -source
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Prosecutors searched the Munich offices of BlackRock on Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the matter said, as part of the country's largest post-war fraud investigation.
Judges named to hear government's appeal of AT&T Time Warner deal approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A panel of three federal appeals court judges named by former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama will hear the Justice Department's appeal of a ruling allowing AT&T Inc to acquire Time Warner, court records show.
PNB scam: ED attaches Nirav Modi's Dubai properties
The Enforcement Directorate has attached 11 properties of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi and his group Company Firestar Diamond FZE in Dubai having a market value of USD 7.795 million, equivalent to Rs 56.8 crore in connection with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.Last month, Nirav Modi's lawyer had filed nine applications before Mumbai's PMLA court in a reply to the ED application seeking to declare his client a fugitive offender. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for November 19.On October 25, the ED attached properties belonging to Nirav Modi in Hong Kong, worth Rs 225 crores, under the PMLA Act, in connection with the PNB fraud case. At that time, the total attachments in the case was Rs 4,744 crore.Nirav Modi has been under the scanner of central agencies for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore PNB scam.
Pakistan's central bank denies mass data breach after official says 'almost all' banks hit
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank on Tuesday denied media reports that there had been mass data breaches in its banking system, hours after a senior law enforcement official told local television "almost all" banks had been hit.
Signature Bridge ruckus: Delhi Police registers three cases, Amanatullah Khan booked
The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered three cases, including one against the ruling AAP's MLA Amanatullah Khan, in connection with the ruckus at the inaugural function of Signature Bridge. The cases have been referred to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police for investigation. Three cases have been registered at New Usmanpur police station under North East district in connection with the incidents during the inauguration of the Signature Bridge, Delhi Police said in a statement. The cases have been registered on complaints of Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari, his colleague B N Jha and an an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker Taukir, it said. "All the three cases are being referred to crime branch for further investigation," the statement said. Joint Commissioner of Police (Eastern Range) Ravindra Yadav said a case has been registered against Khan on a complaint filed by Tiwari. The state BJP president alleged in his complaint that Khan pushed him down and threatened to shoot him. Tiwari and his
Mortal remains of former activist priest laid to rest after three years
After languishing in a state hospital morgue for three years, the mortal remains of a former Roman Catholic priest and activist Bismarque Dias were formally interred in his village of St. Estevam on Tuesday.
Facing arrest, ex-minister Manju Verma pleads with court not declare her absconder
Facing arrest in an Arms Act case after the alleged recovery of a huge cache of ammunition from her residence, former Bihar minister Manju Verma Tuesday moved a Begusarai court, pleading with it not to declare her an "absconder." Verma had to resign as the social welfare minister from the Nitish Kumar Cabinet in August after reports suggested "close links" between her husband Chandrashekhar Verma and prime accused Brajesh Thakur in the Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal. Verma was subsequently booked in an Arms Act case, which was lodged after recovery of a huge cache of ammunition from her residence in Begusarai during a raid by the CBI sleuths, probing the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal. Verma's counsel Satya Narayan Mahto moved the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Prabhat Trivedi Tuesday soon after the police approached it to declare the former minister a "proclaimed offender" for evading the arrest. A court declaring an accused a proclaimed offender entitles the ..
Fully prepared to implement SC order on crackers: Delhi Police
A day ahead of Diwali, the Delhi police said on Tuesday that it was "fully prepared" to implement the Supreme Court order on green crackers as well as the timing fixed by the court for bursting these crackers.
Stolen child rescued, woman arrested
Government Railway Police arrested a 40-year-old woman from Nalasopara in neighbouring Palghar district Tuesday and rescued a two-year-old boy she had allegedly abducted. The woman was identified as Parvatidevi Vishwakarma, said a GRP official. On Sunday, she allegedly abducted a two-year-old boy from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus here, the official said. The boy and his mother were going to board a train for their native place in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district. When the mother, waiting for her husband, fell asleep, Vishwakarma allegedly lifted the child and ran away. When the mother woke up, she realised that the boy was missing and approached police. Railway police examined CCTV footage of suburban railway stations and spotted Vishwakarma and child getting down at Nalasopara, the official said. Following a tip-off from an auto rickshaw driver, a GRP team traced Vishwakarma's address in Tulinj area of Palghar and arrested her and rescued the child. Vishwakarma .
Two held in bribery case
The CBI has arrested two men, including an assistant commissioner of Goods and Service Tax department (GST), in an alleged Rs 6 lakh bribery case in the city, officials said Tuesday. It was alleged that a survey-cum-seizure operation had been conducted by the GST department at a Karol Bagh-based private firm, Nath Motors, they said. "The accused Jitender Joon, assistant commissioner, GST, allegedly sought illegal gratification from the Karol Bagh based firm through another private person in lieu of favourably handling the case," CBI spokesperson R K Gaur said. CBI caught both the accused allegedly taking Rs 6 lakh bribe, he said. "Searches were conducted at various locations in Delhi and NCR wherein incriminating documents and Rs 2.75 lakh in cash were recovered from the residential premises of the assistant commissioner and Rs 20 Lakh (approximately) was seized from the residential premises of the private person,," Gaur said.
NIA files chargesheet against five NSCN(K) activists
The National Investigation Agency has filed a charge-sheet against five members of the Myanmar-based terror outfit, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang, before a special NIA court in Meghalaya in an abduction case, an official said on Tuesday.
Former Nazi SS camp guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany
A 94-year-old former SS enlisted man went on trial Tuesday in Germany, facing hundreds of counts of accessory to murder for alleged crimes committed during the years he served as a guard at the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp. Johann Rehbogen was pushed into the Muenster state court trial in a wheelchair, a wooden cane at his side and briefcase on his lap. He appeared alert and attentive as presiding judge Rainer Brackhane asked him questions, answering in slow, concise sentences. Rehbogen is accused of working as a guard at the camp east of Danzig, which is today the Polish city of Gdansk, from June 1942 to about early September 1944. There is no evidence linking him to a specific crime, but over 60,000 people were killed at Stutthof and prosecutors argue that as a guard, he was an accessory to at least hundreds of those deaths. The retired civil servant showed no reaction as prosecutor Andreas Brendel read the accusations against him, detailing the horrific way prisoners at ...
Pamphlets saying 'NoMandirNoVote' found on wall outside court
Pamphlets with message #NoMandirNoVote were found pasted on the outer wall of the District & Sessions Court in Shivajinagar area here Tuesday. The anonymous pamphlets, printed on saffron background, were addressed to the Prime Minister, asking him to bring in an ordinance to build Ram temple in Ayodhya. "Mr Prime Minister, Bring Law, Build Ram Mandir in Ayodhya before 2019...#NoMandirNoVote," they said. The pamphlets were pasted on either side of gate number 4 of the court complex. While the Supreme Court has deferred hearing on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute to January, the RSS recently demanded that a law be passed to enable construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.