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Man gets life term for raping daughter
A 32-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here Thursday for repeatedly raping his six-year-old daughter. Special Judge for the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) cases, R P Soni, convicted the man for rape under the IPC and POCSO. The accused (name not disclosed) hailed from Katni district, said Additional District Public Prosecutor Smritilata Barkade. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him, Barkade said, out of which Rs 8,000 will be given to the victim as compensation. According to the prosecution, the victim's mother suffered paralysis some years ago. Since then, she, alongwith her three children, lived with her elder sister in Jabalpur. The victim's father often visited Jabalpur to meet his children. Between November 5 and November 20, 2016, he took his then six-year-old daughter to village Ghughari in Katni district and raped her many times. After the girl told her mother about her ordeal upon her return, the woman lodged a ...
Two unemployed engineers found hanging in Jharkhand
Two young unemployed engineers were found hanging at different places in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, the police said Thursday. The body of mining engineer Pramod Kumar (24) was found hanging from a branch of tree in Padma area of the district on Wednesday, they said. According to the complaint filed by Kumars father, Binod Ram, Kumar was missing from his residence at Deochanda village for the last five days. The police said that Kumar did a course in mining engineering at Dhanbad about two years ago. The second body that of Shivam Kumar, a civil engineer aged 25 years, was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his house at Dipugarah area under the jurisdiction of Korrah police station of the district on October 23, the police said. The officer-in-charge of Korrah police station J P Singh said Kumar was alone at the house as his father Hari Mani Rai, an engineer in the Minor Irrigation department and mother were on a pilgrimage.
CBI registers case of misappropriation of fund against a HAL senior manager, others
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday registered a case against three officials, including a senior manager, of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Koraput, on the charge of misappropriation of public money, the agency said in a statement here. The case was registered under various sections of the IPC, including 120(B), 409, 420, 467, 468 and 471, and section 13(1)(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) on a complaint from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited against a senior manager (Finance), Engine Division, Koraput, Odisha, an assistant (Finance/Accounts) and a job contract labourer officer, Finance Department, and five other private persons, it said. It was alleged that the eight accused, including the three officials, entered into a criminal conspiracy and misappropriated an amount of about Rs 5.01 crore of HAL by fraudulently transferring the money to the accounts of private contractors and unknown others without any supporting ...
Woman among two held by DRI, gold worth nearly Rs 2 cr seized
Two persons, including a 40-year-old woman, were arrested at the city airport and gold worth Rs 1.96 crore was recovered from them, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said Thursday. DRI sources said based on a tip-off, the woman and a 38-year-old man accompanying her were arrested as soon as their Mumbai-Indore Air India flight (AI 635) landed at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar airport here on Wednesday morning. The duo had hidden around six kg gold worth Rs 1.96 crore in their handbags, DRI sources said adding that they had apparently boarded the flight on fake documents. The DRI suspects that the precious metal might have been smuggled into India from abroad. Further investigation into the case is on, they said.
Lanka's former top counter-terror official arrested over alleged plot to kill Sirisena
A former top counter-terrorism official in Sri Lanka was arrested on Thursday in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate several VIPs, including President Maithripala Sirisena, a police spokesman said. Nalaka de Silva, the former DIG of the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID), was arrested by the CID, police spokesman S P Ruwan Gunasekara said. The arrest was made during his interrogation by the CID which had questioned him on five separate days over the alleged plot to kill President Sirisena and former defence minister Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. A man named Namal Kumara in mid September disclosed the alleged plot implicating Silva. Kumara has claimed that Silva had discussed the plot with him over phone targeting Sirisena and Rajapaksa. The police spokesman said Silva would be produced before a magistrate. The voice tapes between Kumara and Silva were analyzed by the Government Analyst who verified that both voices on the tape are of Kumara and Silva. Sirisena's security was ...
Private school in Hawaii pays $65M to sex abuse victims
A private school system in Hawaii has paid $65 million to 32 people who sued the institution for sexual abuse by a psychiatric consultant decades ago. The payment Kamehameha Schools made this week is part of the $80 million settlement reached in February after the group of people filed the lawsuit in 2016 against the school, St. Francis Medical Center and the estate of Dr. Robert Browne, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported . "It was important to close this difficult chapter in the hope that this will help the survivors move forward in this painful journey," said Jack Wong, CEO of Kamehameha. Browne, who was the chief of psychiatry at St. Francis, treated hundreds of Kamehameha students from the late 1950s into the early 1980s. He died in 1991. The group accused the school of negligence, claiming the defendants knew or should have known that Browne was sexually abusing them. Kamehameha does not admit to any wrongdoing with the settlement. Kamehameha will pay the remaining $15 million
Police takes Mitra into custody for interrogation
A day after acquiring permission from a court, police Thursday took Delhi-based journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra into custody in connection with a case lodged against him in Puri district, a senior officer said. Officers of the Konark police station in Puri district took Mitra into custody from Special Jail in Jharpada here where he was lodged after his arrest on Tuesday night, to interrogate him, the officer said. Mitra was taken to Konark for interrogation, he said. He had posted a video on his Twitter handle where he "criticised Odisha, its people, Lord Jagannath, Konark temple and also Odisha lawmakers". One Bimbadhar Goura of Konark area had lodged a complaint against Mitra at the Konark police station on September 19 accusing him of making derogatory remarks on the Sun Temple of Konark, Odisha, Lord Jagannath and the legislators of the Odisha Assembly. On the basis of the complaint, police had registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information ...
Bhima Koregaon: SC to hear Maharashtra govt's plea against Bombay HC order
The Maharashtra government on Thursday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court order that refused to grant more time to the Pune Police for filing charge sheet against activists arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice KM Joseph posted the matter for hearing on October 29.Advocate Nishant Katneshwar, appearing for the Maharashtra government, mentioned the matter for urgent hearing saying if the High Court order is not stayed then accused would become entitled to grant of statutory bail due to non-filing of charge sheet within the stipulated period.The Bombay High Court on Wednesday had quashed the trial court's order to grant more time to conclude the investigation and file the charge sheet in the case.The petition filed by the Maharashtra government said that the investigating officer had filed an application in the trial court under his signature giving reasons for the ...
Court reserves order on Alok Nath's plea on Vinta's allegations
The Dindoshi Sessions Court on Thursday reserved its order on Alok Nath's plea seeking injunction order to Vinta Nanda that she should not give interviews or speak against him.Earlier this month, Alok Nath had filed a civil defamation suit against writer-producer Vinta Nanda, who accused him of rape. The actor had sought a written apology, along with a compensation of Rs 1.While hearing the case on October 17, a Mumbai court didn't pass an interim order and allowed writer-producer Vinta Nanda to use social media to comment on her rape and sexual assault allegations against Alok Nath.Vinta Nanda had also lodged a complaint against Alok Nath for allegedly sexually harassing her in the 90s.In the wake of ongoing #MeToo movement, Vinta had accused Alok Nath of rape and narrated her horrifying ordeal in a Facebook post. She was the writer and producer of teleserial 'Tara' in the 90s, in which Nath played a lead role.Following the allegations, the Indian Film and Television Directors' ...
SIT formed to probe attack on Jagan Reddy: ADCP, Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam's additional Deputy Commissioner of Police on Thursday informed that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to probe the attack on Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy inside the airport terminal.Mahendra Patrudu, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), Visakhapatnam told ANI, "The accused who was working in Airport canteen attacked Reddy with a small knife which is used in the cockfight. The case was registered based on the report by CISF and it is under investigation. Director General of Police (DGP) has ordered for special investigation team (SIT) having an ACP and 2 inspectors to investigate this case. SIT will enquire this case will produce more details after an investigation of SIT. How he carried a weapon inside the Airport has to be established."Patrudu further informed that a letter has been recovered from the accused and content of same would be examined as part of the probe."The CISF also got a letter from
Relief to AIADMK as High Court upholds unseating of 18 MLAs (Roundup)
In a major relief to the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court on Thursday upheld the state Assembly Speaker's order disqualifying 18 AIADMK legislators last year that could pave the way for bye-elections in 20 constituencies, including two that fell vacant following the death of MLAs.
Two elderly women found dead at their residence
Two elderly women were found dead at their residence in Outer Delhi's Paschim Vihar area, police said Thursday. The victims, who were sisters, were in their 70s, they said. Police received a call between 4 to 5 pm on Thursday that two women were found dead in their house, police said. "Prima facie it seems like one was bludgeoned as she has injuries on her head and the second one was strangled. There is no evidence of forcible entry and it seems like the alleged accused would be known to the victims," said Seju Kuruvilla, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer). The deceased sisters were unmarried and use to live together at Paschim Vihar. Their relatives, who live in Faridabad and Uttar Pradesh, were informed, Kuruvilla added. Usha was the elder sister and she worked as a librarian at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi and Asha was a music teacher in a college in Uttar Pradesh. The post mortem will be conducted Friday and the bodies will be handed over to the relatives, the DCP said.
8-yr-old madrasa student dies in scuffle between two groups of boys
An eight-year-old student of a madrasa died after he sustained a head injury following a scuffle between two groups of minor boys in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar Thursday, police said. The incident occurred in the morning when the students objected to playing by a few local boys on a vacant land in front of the madrasa, they said. The local boys insisted on playing since they claimed there was no other vacant place nearby. A scuffle broke in which the student sustained an internal injury on his head, said Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South). He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, he added. The boy was a native of Mewat in Haryana and his parents have been informed, Kumar said. He said the body has been sent for post-mortem and a case under appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered. Four minor boys, who are suspected to have been involved in the incident, have been apprehended, police said, adding an investigation is ...
5 police personnel suspended over woman's death during raid in UP's Pilibhit
Five police personnel of the Puranpur Kotwali were Thursday suspended over allegations that a woman died during a police raid, officials said. Taking strong note of the allegation, Superintendent of Police Balendu Bhushan Singh put SSI Udayvir Singh and constables Shakeel Ahmed, Mohit Kundu, Harendra and Shivam under suspension, and directed that an FIR be lodged against them, they said. About four days ago, Haji Siddiq of Sahukara locality lodged a written complaint that the police team, during a raid at his house, had misbehaved with women and forcefully pushed his wife, Nasim Begum (50), causing her to fall down and sustain injuries that led to her death, police said. The SP held an hour-long meeting with Siddiq and his son Wednesday after receiving a inquiry report and ordered that a case be lodged against the accused personnel, they said. Officials added that action was also likely to be initiated against the SHO of Puranpur.
Ex-IMF chief Rato starts jail term in Spain for graft
Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato apologised to "society" on Thursday just before he began a jail sentence in Spain for misusing funds in a case that sparked outrage at the height of the country's economic crisis. Rato, a former Spanish economy minister, was found guilty in 2017 of paying for personal expenses with credit cards put at his disposal when he was the boss of Caja Madrid and Bankia, at a time when both banks were in difficulty. The case shocked Spain, where it was uncovered at the height of the crisis that left many people struggling financially. Bankia later had to be nationalised. The 69-year-old had been free on bail pending an appeal but Spain's Supreme Court last month confirmed his sentence of four years and six months. "I ask for forgiveness to society and those people who may feel disappointed or affected," Rato told reporters before entering the Soto del Real prison north of Madrid. A spokeswoman for Spain's prison system confirmed Rato entered the jail just after ...
Illegal telephone exchange case: Orders reserved on Maran brothers' plea
The Madras High Court on Thursday reserved its order on the petitions filed by Maran brothers challenging the framing of charges against them and others by a CBI court in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case. Justice AD Jagadish Chandira reserved the order following conclusion of arguments. A CBI court had in August framed charges and ordered trial of former Union Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and others in the case of alleged setting up of "illegal" telephone exchanges to benefit the Sun TV Network of his elder brother Kalanithi Maran during 2004-06. Special Judge R Vasanthi framed the charges over a month after the Madras High Court quashed the CBI court's earlier order discharging all the accused. The Maran brothers have sought quashing of the charges against them. The charges date back to the time when Dayanidhi Maran, a grandnephew of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi, was the Union minister for telecommunications and information technology in the UPA-1 government. The CBI ..
Teen Murti Bhavan issue: JNMF asked to vacate its premises within 15 days
The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund (JNMF) has been asked by authorities to vacate its premises at the Teen Murti Bhavan within 15 days, sources said Thursday. The development comes after a quasi-judicial body of the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry gave a hearing to the JNMF to present its stand in connection with the alleged illegal possession of the Teen Murti Bhavan premises. "The quasi-judical body has issued a final notice to the JNMF to vacate its premises at the Teen Murti Bhavan within 15 days," a source said. However, there was no immediate reaction from the JNMF to the development. The sources said that if the JNMF, chaired by senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, fails to comply with the directions, action will be taken under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971. A row had erupted after the ministry had issued an eviction notice to the Fund last month. According to the Act, if persons, who are in illegal possession of public premises, refuse ..
Man arrested for trying to rob cash van
A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to rob a cash van in Central Delhi's Patel Nagar area, police said Thursday. Jatin Verma, a resident of Sector 5, Rohini, began involved in criminal activities after his plans to become a top wrestler did not materialise, they said. "On October 15, police received a call regarding an attempted robbery of a cash van at the West Patel Nagar area," said Mandeep S Randhawa, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central). Sita Ram, the driver of the cash van, told police that he, along with two armed security guards, had left to refill ATMs of various banks at Patel Nagar and Baljeet Nagar areas, when three men held him at gun point and tried to loot the cash, he said. Only one guard was with the driver at that time as the other was busy refilling an ATM of a bank, Randhawa added. The accused persons tried take away the van but failed to do so, the DCP said. Police took the help of CCTV footage and nabbed Verma from Rohini's Sector 5 on ...
French court rules Sarkozy should be tried over campaign funding
A French appeals court ruled Thursday that former president Nicolas Sarkozy should answer charges of illicit financing of his failed 2012 election campaign, the latest in a string of legal proceedings likely to see him face trial. Sarkozy, 63, will appeal the decision before France's court of final appeal, his lawyers said. It is one of several legal inquiries which have dogged the rightwing politician since he left office in 2012. In upholding last year's decision by a judge to put Sarkozy on trial, the appeals court in Paris rejected arguments from his legal team seeking to avoid the potentially embarrassing public ordeal of a trial. If convicted, he could face up to a year in prison if found guilty. Prosecutors claim Sarkozy spent nearly 43 million euros ($51 million) on his lavish re-election bid -- almost double the legal limit of 22.5 million euros -- using fake invoices. Sarkozy has angrily denounced the charges, saying he was unaware of the fraud by executives at public ...
We are still growing up to #MeToo movement: Kashyap
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who is embroiled in a legal battle with his former partner and director Vikas Bahl, Thursday said the #MeToo movement has given voice to years of anger. Bahl has been accused of sexual harassment by an employee of the now-dissolved Phantom Films, the company that was founded by Kashyap, Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena. Kashyap and director Motwane have been under fire for the alleged inaction in the sexual harassment allegations against Bahl. Both Kashyap and Motwane have denied the charge. Kashyap, in an interview to PTI, said there is a need to understand and grow up to the movement, which has taken the industry by storm. Here are the excerpts of the interview: Q. What would you like to say in general about the movement? A. I cannot talk much. Because at this moment whatever I say may be misconstrued or can be taken in any which way and can be used here (in this case). All these years of my silence (was) to protect one person, the victim. I ...