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Paytm extortion case: Police trying to nab 4th accused
The Noida police on Tuesday said they were working to nab a man, who was accused of trying to extort Rs 20 crore from Paytm founder with three others by threatening him to leak the confidential data, even as the company assured its customers that their details were protected with high-level security.
3 Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
Three Maoists were arrested from two districts of Jharkhand on Tuesday, police said.
Pak SC to hear plea against suspension of Sharifs' jail term in corruption case on Wednesday
Pakistan's Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a petition filed by the country's anti-graft body challenging the suspension of the sentences of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law in a corruption case. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Tuesday constituted a three-member bench headed by him to hear the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) plea challenging the September 19 Islamabad High Court (IHC) order suspending the jail sentences of Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law retired captain Mohammad Safdar in the Avenfield corruption case, Dawn newspaper reported. The NAB filed the petition in the apex court on Monday challenging an earlier decision by the IHC suspending the sentences given to the trio by an anti-corruption court. In its petition, the accountability bureau asked for the September 19 decision by IHC to be declared null and void. The NAB contended that the "IHC had failed to appreciate that through its order, it had seriously ...
Cab driver arrested for raping 5-year-old
A 39-year-old cab driver was arrested here for raping a 5-year-old schoolgirl, police said on Tuesday.
Congregation of Christian Brothers to probe allegation of
The Congregation of Christian Brothers in India, a religious community within the Catholic Church, Tuesday said it will initiate an inquiry to ascertain the truth, after one of their senior members got mired in a #Metoo controversy. The Professional Ethics Commission of the community assured action against accused Brother Francis Gale if found guilty. "Due procedure will be initiated as laid out in our policy - safeguarding children and vulnerable adults - to take this serious allegation forward towards arriving at the truth and assisting the survivor with necessary help to attain due closure," the Commission's protection officer J Johnson said in a statement here. He said the commission looks into all cases of abuse to find out the truth while taking appropriate action against the alleged abuser if found guilty. As part of the ongoing #Metoo campaign, a woman had last week accused Gale of sexually abusing her when he was serving at the St Edmund's School here. He is in West Bengal at
Row breaks out over audio clips over women pregnancy, TN Min
Tamil Nadu Minister D Jayakumar Tuesday accused AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran camp of circulating 'doctored' audio clips purportedly containing recorded conversations over a woman's pregnancy and asserted the voice in it was not his and he was ready for any probe. Amid demands for his sacking from the cabinet by the Dhinakaran camp, Jayakumar told reporters that there was a conspiracy to defame him and he will take legal action against those behind the episode. Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader Dhinakaran's staunch loyalists and disqualified MLAs P Vetrivel and Thanga Tamilselvan Tuesday demanded Jayakumar's resignation in view of the allegations against him. Two audio clips which went viral Monday on the social media contained a conversation between a woman and an unidentified man allegedly responsible for impregnating her daughter and the request to abort it. The woman gave birth to a baby boy recently. With allegations seeking to link him to the audio, Jayakumar ...
Khashoggi's killing planned: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was "planned" by Saudi officials."The Saudi authorities have taken an important step confirming the killing and now we ask Saudi authorities to work hard to reveal the names of those involved, from the bottom to the top," Erdogan said while addressing the Turkish parliament on Tuesday, according to Al Jazeera."There are also questions in every mind; why did those 15 people gather in Istanbul on the day they committed the crime and . according to instructions given to them by whom? We need to know," he added.The Turkish President's announcement comes a day after he vowed to reveal the truth around Khashoggi's death.Saudi Arabia's attorney general confirmed that Khashoggi had died as per preliminary investigations. At least 18 Saudi nationals have been detained by the kingdom's authorities, while various high-ranking officials have been ousted in connection with the case.Jamal Khashoggi was last seen ..
Abhijit Iyer Mitra taken into custody by Bhubaneswar police
Journalist Abhijit Iyer-Mitra on Tuesday was taken into custody by 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 is slated to appear before the House panel again on November 2.The police interrogated Mitra in a case lodged against him at Saheed Nagar Police station.Satyajit Mohanty, Bhubaneswar's Commissioner of Police, said, "We had also a mandate to produce him before the House Committee of the Odisha Legislative Assembly on a privilege motion. The Supreme Court also instructed that adequate security has to be provided to Mitra. So with these two mandates police produced him before the House Committee today."The proceedings went on until till 2 in the afternoon."After the proceedings in the House Committee concluded, he has been taken by the police and in custody now. The investigating officer will be examining him and on the basis of ...
Saudi journalist Khashoggi's murder was planned affair: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday rejected Saudi Arabia's claim that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death was "accidental", saying it was a "pre-planned" and "ferocious" murder as he requested the kingdom to hand over those responsible to face trial in Turkey.
Pak: Hafiz Saeed's lawyer challenges arrest of PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif
The arrest of PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif in a corruption case has been challenged by a top Pakistani lawyer in the high court here. A K Dogar filed the petition in the Lahore High Court on Monday challenging the authority of Pakistan's anti-graft body - the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) - to arrest Shahbaz Sharif, opposition leader in the National Assembly and younger brother of deposed premier Nawaz Sharif, in the Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Project case. Dogar is also the lawyer of Jamat-ud-Dawah chief and 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. He said the arrest of a person during investigation and trial is inconsistent with article 10(1) of the Constitution. "No person can remain in custody unless he is informed about the grounds of his arrest and such ground can only be established after investigation is completed. No investigation is constitutionally valid unless the accused has been granted the fundamental right," Dogar said. He further said article 10 of the ...
Indian-origin fraudster ordered to forfeit funds in UK bank scam
A jailed Indian-origin former bank employee was ordered on Monday to forfeit 62,000 pounds by a UK court for his role in a money laundering scam to help Romanian criminals by opening around 400 fake bank accounts. Nilesh Sheth had pleaded guilty to his role in setting up around 400 fake accounts to help Romanian criminals to launder more than 16 million pounds (Rs 153 crore approx) and sentenced to four years behind bars in November last year. The 54-year-old, serving his sentence for money laundering and possessing criminal property, was told by a proceeds of crime hearing at the Old Bailey court in London this week to pay 62,000 pounds (Rs 59.19 lakhs) within three months or serve an extra year in jail. "Sheth abused his position of trust at the bank to knowingly open sham accounts for the network, providing a vital service which enabled them to launder GBP 16 million worth of stolen cash," said Mike Hulett, head of Operations at the National Crime Agency's (NCA) National Cyber ...
Court sends arrested DSP to 7-day CBI custody
A A court here on Tuesday sent the arrested Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) DSP Devender Kumar to seven-day agency's custody following bribery allegations against its special Director Rakesh Asthana.
School teacher booked for molesting girl students
A government school teacher was Tuesday arrested for allegedly molesting girl students here, police said. Sulakhan Singh (51), was booked under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, they added. The Section 10 of POCSO Act deals with crime coming under the category of aggravated sexual assault. The case was registered following a complaint against the drawing teacher by the mother of one of the victims, police said. On Saturday, the accused had sexually harassed two girls in the staff room of the Government High School Mehrampur. The victims reported the matter to their parents after school hours, police said. On Monday, the girls' parents along with their panchayat heads and other villagers reached the school and took the accused to task who then confessed to his crime and the police were informed, they said. The teacher, a widower who ..
Judicial time is precious, says SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the "judicial time is precious" and court's priority was to reduce the pendency of cases. The court while hearing the Essar leaks case told advocate Prashant Bhushan to file better documents supporting his Public Interest Litigation (PIL) within six weeks.The bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi told Bhushan who was appearing for a non-governmental organisation seeking a Special Investigation Team led probe in the Essar leaks, that the court's priority was to reduce pendency of cases instead of focusing on such PILs."65 death references and over 2000 appeals from people who have spent half of their sentence have been pending before it," the bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said.CJI Gogoi told advocate Bhushan, "You want us to destroy the nexus between politicians, bureaucrats, corporates, journalists... We are on the same page.""Judicial time is precious. I want my judges to focus on these cases. We have to set our
MLA murder case: SC directs UP politician to surrender back to jail on Nov 16
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed controversial Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav, convicted in a murder case and now on interim bail on medical grounds, to go back to Dehradun jail on November 16 to serve the remainder of his life sentence. Yadav was awarded life imprisonment by a CBI court in Dehradun in 2015 for his role in the murder of Mahendra Singh Bhati, an MLA from Ghaziabad's Dadri area. The lawmaker was shot dead at Dadri railway crossing in December 1992. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul took note of the recent medical report of Yashoda Superspeciality Hospital at Ghaziabad that Yadav had undergone a spinal surgery on October 19 and was likely to be released from the hospital on November 3. The court took note of the report and directed that Yadav can remain with his family for two weeks and then will have to go back to the jail to serve the remainder of the sentence. It also disposed of Yadav's appeal which was filed challenging the .
Danish minister demands answers on Danske Bank disclosures
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) needs to establish whether Danske Bank intentionally misled it over possible money laundering at its Estonian branch, the country's business minister Rasmus Jarlov said on Tuesday.
UP legislative council chairman says son will get justice; rules out discord in family
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Chairman Ramesh Yadav Tuesday said he had complete faith that his son, whose body was recovered from his official residence in Lucknow, will soon get justice. "I have complete faith in the law of the land...whosoever is guilty will be punished," Yadav said here. Abhijeet Yadav's body was found under mysterious circumstances at the legislative council chairman's official residence in Lucknow on Sunday and the mother of the deceased, Mira Yadav, was arrested in connection with the case Monday. Though police claimed that Mira Yadav had confessed to her crime, she, however, insisted that her son had committed suicide and that she was being framed. Ramesh Yadav said police were investigating the matter and the truth would be out soon. "Whosoever is guilty will be taken to task and Abhijeet will get justice," he said, ruling out any major discord in the family. According to police, the family members had tried to cremate Abhijeet's body but were stopped due
Over Rs 10,000 cr laundered through fake bank accounts: JIT to Pak SC
Over Rs 10,000 crore were laundered allegedly through fake bank accounts, mostly of poor people, the joint investigation team probing the scam has informed the Pakistan Supreme Court, a media report said. The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which submitted its second report in the case to the apex court on Monday, said that what started as fictitious bank accounts evolved into an extremely complicated scam of money laundering crossing Rs 100 billion, the GeoNews reported. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is investigating large-scale money laundering cases after the Supreme Court appointed the JIT to probe into the into the money laundering cases. In many cases dormant accounts of poor people have been activated with connivance of some bank officials for huge transactions. The JIT has been probing since September into the money laundering cases revealing several suspicious accounts. The FIA is investigating 32 people in connection with money laundering from fictitious accounts, ..
No action against CBI's Rakesh Asthana until Oct 29: Court
The Delhi High court on Tuesday ordered that no action can be taken against Special Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Rakesh Asthana until next hearing which is scheduled on October 29.By that time the CBI director has to respond to the allegations levelled by Asthana.Rakesh Asthana on Tuesday had moved the Delhi High Court seeking the quashing of First Information Report (FIR) filed against him by the CBI.The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice VK Rao.The investigating agency filed an FIR against Asthana for allegedly accepting a bribe from a businessman, who was related to controversial meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi case. Asthana was heading the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that was probing Qureshi's case.Earlier in the day, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Devendra Kumar also moved the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest by the CBI. The court has issued a notice to CBI on his plea for quashing FIR against ...
Court allows CBI to quiz its DSP for 7 days in custody in bribery case
A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed the CBI to quiz in custody for seven days its Deputy Superintendent of Police Devender Kumar, who has been arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving agency's Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann remanded Kumar to the custody of CBI, which had sought ten days of custodial interrogation of the accused official alleging that it has recovered incriminating documents after raiding his office and residence. The probe agency has claimed that Kumar was part of an extortion racket being run in the garb of investigation. Kumar's counsel, however, opposed the submission and moved a bail plea before the court. CBI has also sought the court's nod to add some more sections in the present FIR against accused including Kumar. Kumar was arrested yesterday.