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Woman asks man to pay Rs 10 lakh or face rape charge, arrested
A woman has been arrested in Greater Noida for allegedly blackmailing a man and threatening to implicate him in a false rape case if he did not pay Rs 10 lakh to her, police said Monday. The incident was reported from Lakhnawali village, under Surajpur police station limits, and the accused was arrested Sunday, police said. The accused and the complainant were friends for some time and she had asked for money from him on multiple occasions citing various reasons, a police official said. On October 11, the man approached police claiming that the woman had demanded Rs 10 lakh from him and threatened to implicate him in a false rape case if he did not pay the money, Station House Officer, Surajpur, Muneesh Chauhan said. An FIR was lodged and the matter was probed following which an investigation was conducted during which text messages shared between them were also reviewed, he said. She was charged under the Indian Penal Code Sections 388 (extortion by threat of accusation of an offence
Gunmen kill police officer, 2 others in Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen on Monday opened fire from a car and killed a police officer, his driver and guard in Sheikhupura district of Pakistan's Punjab province. Station House Officer (SHO) Zahid Mehmood was travelling from his home to Lahore when the gunmen opened fire on his car, police said. The SHO's driver and guard died on the spot while Mehmood succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital. The attackers fled the site after the attack. Police have erected district-wide blockades and initiated a search operation to arrest the suspected attackers.
Khashoggi's son hopes his father didn't undergo 'painful' death
As details of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's brutal killing surface, the scribe's son, Abdullah, hopes that his father did not die a painful death.Abdullah, in an interview with CNN, appealed to the Saudi authorities to reclaim his father's body. "I really hope that whatever happened wasn't painful for him, or it was quick. Or he had a peaceful death," he said.Abdullah, who was interviewed along with his brother, Salah, hailed their father as "courageous, generous and very brave.""Jamal was a moderate person. He was liked by everybody. He had differences and common values with everyone," Salah recalled."I see a lot of people coming out right now and trying to claim his legacy and unfortunately some of them are using that in a political way that we totally don't agree with," he added."All what we want right now is to bury him in Al-Baqi (cemetery) in Medina (Saudi Arabia) with the rest of his family. I talked about that with the Saudi authorities and I just hope that it happens
Delhi Court postpones hearing in assault case against AAP MLA
A Delhi Court on Monday fixed November 19 as the date for main arguments on the appeal filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sahiram Pehalwan challenging his conviction in a case related to the alleged assault on a youth in 2016.The Patiala House Court (Sessions Court) has stayed the earlier order of magistrate court, which convicted Pehalwan, an MLA from Tughlakabad, and imposed a fine of Rs 2 Lakh on him.Earlier, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal had convicted Pehalwan and imposed a fine on him.Vishal had not been awarded any jail term and gave Pehalwan "an opportunity to reform", in an earlier judgement.Besides the AAP MLA, two other co-convicts who were also asked to pay a fine of Rs 2 lakh each, also approached the court against the order.
Reuters reporters file appeal against prison sentence in Myanmar
Two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison for violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act while investigating the killing of Rohingya in the country lodged an appeal on Monday.
Chinese couple steal diamond in Dubai, held in India
A Chinese couple who stole a diamond worth 300,000 dirhams (about $81,000) from a shop here and then fled the UAE were arrested within 20 hours from an Indian airport, authorities said.
Appeals filed for 2 Myanmar journalists in secrets case
Lawyers for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar have appealed the verdict that sent them to prison for seven years for illegal possession of official documents. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had been reporting on the brutal crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority when they were arrested and charged with violating Myanmar's colonial-era Official Secrets Act. They had pleaded not guilty, contending that they were framed by police. Reuters president Stephen Adler said in a statement Monday that the court's ruling had ignored "compelling evidence of a police set-up, serious due process violations, and the prosecution's failure to prove any of the key elements of the crime.
30-year-old woman arrested for killing husband
A 30-year-old housewife has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband near here in Maharashtra, police said Monday. The accused, Shilpa Bari, a resident of Dahanu in Palghar district, was arrested Sunday night and booked for murder, Inspector Sambaji Yadav of the Gholwad police station said. The victim, Umesh Bari (35), was found dead in his house on November 2, the police said, adding subsequently a case of accidental death was registered. The body was sent for post-mortem and the report indicated the victim was strangulated, they said. The police converted the accidental death case into one of murder and started probe. During the probe, it was revealed the accused was fed up with her husband coming home drunk frequently and harassing her, the police said. To get rid of constant harassment at the hands of her husband, the woman, a housewife, allegedly strangled him with a rope and tried to pass it as a case of suicide, they said. The couple has two children - aged .
Pregnant woman dies during abortion in UP, 1 held
A man was arrested here in connection with the death of his girlfriend in Kutubpur village, police said Monday. On September 18, Asmin's body was found near a forest here, SSP Sudhir Kumar. The woman was pregnant and died during an abortion, he said. Later, the man, identified as Husain, threw his girlfriend's body in a forest, Kumar said, adding that a case was filed against him under IPC section 304 A (Punishment for culpable homicide).
Six police suspects held in Mexico extrajudicial killings
Mexican authorities have accused six municipal police officers of being responsible for the extrajudicial killings of two people in violence-wracked Veracruz state. The police officers were charged with homicide and failure to prevent the crimes that transpired, the local state prosecutor said in a statement Sunday. The murders took place Thursday in Orizaba, a town about 250 kilometres outside Mexico City, when police fired on Ernesto Perez Gonzalez and his brother Roman. Police suspected in these crimes have been detained and are being held in a medium security prison. This is not the first time civilians have been attacked by law enforcement agencies in Veracruz state, where organised crime groups are active and there is a significant record of people going missing. In October, eight state police officers accused of the enforced disappearance of a person in 2014 were arrested. Then in February, the government of Veracruz imprisoned 19 policemen who were active and three commanders .
Pak national freed after 16 yrs, takes Bhagavad Gita home
A Pakistani national, Jalaluddin, who was released from Varanasi Central Jail on Sunday after 16 years, took home Bhagavad Gita with him.Jalaluddin was arrested from Varanasi's Cantonment area with suspicious documents and is now on his way back to his country.Senior Superintendent of Varanasi Central Jail Ambrish Gaud told the media that in 2001, Jalaluddin hailed from Sindh province in Pakistan, and was arrested from the Cantonment area. He was nabbed near the Air Force office by the police with some suspicious documents.The police had recovered maps of the Cantonment area and other important places from Jalaluddin. A court had then sentenced the Pakistani national to 16 years of imprisonment.Gaud elucidated, "He was imprisoned under the Official Secrets Act and Foreigner's Act. He has been handed over to the local police. He has taken a copy of (Bhagavad) Gita with him.""When he was arrested, he had only graduated from high school. He completed his intermediate and did his MA from .
Rickshaw driver arrested for raping minor niece: Police
A 32-year-old rickshaw driver was arrested for allegedly raping his 10-year-old niece in east Delhi's Shakarpur area Sunday, police said. The girl was allegedly raped by the accused at her residence, when her parents were away, they added. Initially, the police were informed that the girl was raped at her uncle's residence, but later, it was learnt that she was raped at her residence. She told her parents about the incident, following which the police were informed. A case was registered and the girl was sent for a medical examination, which confirmed rape.
Cong demands SC-monitored probe into witness' claims in Pandya murder case
The Congress Sunday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into claims made by a witness in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case that a former policeman had given a contract to kill then Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya. Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan said even after 15 years of investigation into Pandya's murder, the guilty were still at large and the probe was "inconclusive". Pandya was killed in 2003 while he was out for morning walk in Ahmedabad. Azam Khan, an associate of Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram Prajapati and a key witness in the case, recently claimed in the court that a former Gujarat IPS officer had given contract to kill the BJP leader. Khan also said that while he had told the CBI investigator about it in 2010, the officer had refused to record it as part of his statement. "This fresh evidence must be treated with due respect. An inquiry must be ordered by the Supreme Court. It should be monitored by the court because of the sensitivity of the matter ..
Ramdev pitches for ordinance on Ram Temple
Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday pitched for bringing an ordinance for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.Speaking to ANI, the Yoga guru said that due to delay in the decision on the Ram Temple issue by the Supreme Court, the people are losing their patience."People are losing their patience due to delay on the issue of Ram Temple by the Supreme Court. In a democracy, the Parliament is supreme. An ordinance should be brought for the construction of the Ram Temple. I am sure that nobody is against the construction of Ram Temple," he said.On October 29, the Supreme Court had adjourned the Ayodhya title suit till next year to fix a date for the hearing. The court was hearing the matter which challenged the 2010 ruling of the Allahabad High Court which divided the disputed land into three parts.
Congress seeks probe into witness claims over killing Pandya
The Congress on Sunday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the claim by a key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged fake encounter case that former IPS officer D.G. Vanzara had given a contract to kill Haren Pandya, a senior BJP leader in Gujarat.
Minor girl sexually assaulted by uncle in Delhi
A minor girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her uncle in east Delhi, police said on Sunday.
Maneka Gandhi slams Maha govt for 'brutal murder' of Tigress Avni
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government over the killing of man-eating tigress Avni and termed it a "straight case of crime".Tigress Avni, who was believed to be responsible for the deaths of 13 people in the past two years, was gunned down by sharp-shooter Asgar Ali in Maharashtra's Yavatman on Friday as part of an operation.Reacting to the same, Maneka Gandhi, in a series of tweets, said, "I am deeply saddened by the way tigress Avni has been brutally murdered in Yavatmal."Vowing to take up the issue "legally, criminally as well as politically", the Union Minister also came down heavily on S Mungantiwar, Minister for Forests, and said that many animals and not only Avni, have been gunned down on the latter's directives."It is nothing but a straight case of crime. Despite requests from his own forest department and People all over India, Sudhir Mugantiwar, Minister for Environment and ..
Maneka slams Maharashtra government, calls tigress killing crime
Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday while hiting out at Maharashtra Environment and Forests minister over the killing of the "maneater" tigress Avni said it was a 'straight case of crime'.
Another arrested in Sirmaur's Rs 40-lakh online fraud case
The Himachal Pradesh police has arrested another accused in the Rs 40-lakh online fraud case registered at Shillai Police Station here, officials said Sunday. A special investigation team (SIT) of Sirmaur police arrested the second accused, Satyajit Majumdar, from Kolkata in West Bengal, Sirmaur Superintendent of Police Rohit Malpani said. The SIT sought transit remand for Majumdar from a local court in 24 Parganas of Kolkata, he said, adding that the accused was granted interim anticipatory for transit and was directed to be present in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Paonta Sahib on November 16. Earlier, Subrata Sarkar, alias Rocky, was arrested by the SIT from Siliguri in West Bengal in October this year in connection with the online fraud case registered under section 420 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) on November 25 last year at Shillai Police Station, where it was alleged the accused promised fake jobs in multinational companies (MNCs) outside India to ...
Property dealer arrested for duping owner of Rs 65 lakh: Cops
A property broker was arrested after he passed off bundles of Bhagwati Jagran receipts as wads of notes worth Rs 65 lakh to a seller, police said Sunday. City Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said property dealer Naresh Kaushik was a broker in a deal for the sale of two shops at Rs 1.23 crore, a part of which was to be given in cash. Kaushik showed the property owner, Rajendra Nath Grover Rs 65 lakh in cash at his house, but after registration of the sale deeds for shops at the Ghaziabad sub-registry office, handed over to him bundles of 'Bhagwati Jagran' receipts of Rs 2,000 currency notes size, wrapped in a red cloth. Grover lodged a complaint with the police, which raided Kaushik's residence and recovered cash worth Rs 64 lakh from him, Kumar said. The police also arrested Kaushik on charges of cheating and forgery, he added.