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Tanzania charges Acacia subsidiaries with tax evasion, corruption
LONDON (Reuters) - Tanzanian authorities have charged three of Acacia Mining's local subsidiaries, an employee and a former staffer for money laundering and tax evasion, the gold miner said on Wednesday.
4 Army personnel booked for raping speech and hearing-impaired woman at Military Hosp
Four Army personnel have been booked for allegedly raping and molesting a 34-year-old speech and hearing-impaired woman employee of a military hospital at Khadki near Pune in 2015, police said Wednesday. The case came to light when the woman contacted an Indore-based sign language expert through video call in June and narrated the incident. Besides the police, Army too is conducting a 'court of inquiry' against the four personnel, who worked in the same hospital at the time. The alleged offence took place between January and June 2015 at the Military Hospital - Kirkee in Pune's Khadki suburb. The woman has been working at the facility since 2014. "According to the woman's complaint, she was on night duty when she was allegedly raped by one of the accused, who at the time was posted at the hospital," a senior police official said. "When the survivor told another officer about the incident, he initially told her that he would reprimand the 'accused'. But, he too sought sexual ..
Man gunned down near puja pandal in West Bengal, 5 held
A man was shot dead by unidentified gunmen near a Durga puja pandal at Chinsurah in Hooghly district and five persons have been arrested in this connection, police said on Wednesday. The incident happened at Chawkbazar area under the jurisdiction of Chinsurah police station on Tuesday night, they said. Four miscreants on two motorbikes chased Biswajit Biswas (25) and shot him in the head, a police officer said, adding, he died on the spot. Puja revellers near the area fled the scene after hearing gunshots, the officer said. Five persons have been held in connection with the incident, Commissioner of Chandernagore Police Commissionerate, Ajay Kumar said. The officer said according to preliminary investigation, previous enmity is suspected to be the reason behind the killing. Police have also recovered a pistol from the crime scene.
Controlled explosion carried out on suspect package near UK parliament
Police on Wednesday used a bomb disposal robot and carried out a controlled explosion on a package found in central London near the British parliament. Although the package was later found not to be suspicious, emergency services were called to gardens next to the River Thames during the afternoon, a police spokesman said. "We've just been told it's all been stood down -- non-suspicious," he told AFP. An AFP photographer at the scene saw a bomb disposal robot being deployed and a small explosion was heard. A building where many MPs have their offices was also cordoned off along with Victoria Embankment which leads to parliament. The area was targeted in a terror attack last year when Khalid Masood mowed down and killed five pedestrians before fatally stabbing a police officer outside parliament. Masood was then shot dead by a police bodyguard. Salih Khater, a Sudanese-born British national, crashed his car into the security barriers outside parliament in August this year in another ...
Kids paraded naked for 'stealing' snacks: HC refuses bail to accused
The Bombay High Court Wednesday refused bail to a man, arrested last year after a video showing two Dalit boys being beaten up and paraded naked for allegedly trying to pilfer a snack item went viral. Justice A M Badar rejected the appeal filed by Irfan Pathan, one of the three accused. Pathan had moved the high court after the trial court rejected his bail plea. The offence was a very serious and there was ample evidence against the accused, the judge noted. The accused has been charged with a "worst form of child abuse", the HC said. Further, the accused has been booked under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), and considering the rise in offences under these laws, it was imperative that the courts take serious view in such cases, the judge said. "It is the duty of every citizen to protect and preserve self-respect and honour of members belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled ...
J-K: Two bovine smuggling bids foiled, three held
Three persons were arrested and two separate attempts of bovine smuggling were foiled in Rajouri and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Wednesday. Three persons, travelling in a mini truck, were arrested after they broke a police checkpoint during a bovine smuggling bid in Rajouri district, a police official said. He said a police party during routine highway checking signalled the vehicle to stop at Solki on Jammu-Rajouri road last night. "The driver of the vehicle broke the checkpoint and endangered the lives of cops. On this, all checkpoints were put on alert and the vehicle was intercepted at Dharamsal," the official said. He said two oxen loaded in the vehicle in merciless manner were rescued and the driver, along with two of his associates, was arrested. The official said 15 more bovines were rescued from a Jammu-bound truck at Jatwal-Ghagwal in Samba district this morning. The truck was coming from Kathua district, he said. The driver of the vehicle, however, ...
Man arrested in connection with bank robbery in Dwarka
A 23-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a bank robbery in southwest Delhi's Dwarka, in which a cashier was killed, police said. The accused, identified as Narender, was arrested from Najafgarh, they said. One double barrel gun with two live cartridges robbed from a security guard of the bank and a motorbike used in the crime was also recovered from his possession, police said. Earlier, Two men, Sachin (20) and Parvesh (19) both residents of Haryana's Khewra village were arrested in connection with the incident, they said. In the bank robbery on October 12, Santosh Kumar (25) was killed and three persons were injured in firing by the accused, who fled on motorcycles with Rs 3.16 lakh, the senior officer said. The CCTV footage of the incident showed five masked men and one wearing a helmet barging into the Khaira village branch of Corporation Bank, police said. Three of them brandished weapons and threatened people around. The accused even manhandled ..
Ex Barca boss Rosell faces February trial for money laundering
Former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell will go on trial for money laundering in February, Spanish judicial sources revealed on Wednesday. Rosell, his wife and four others are accused of "large-scale money laundering" of at least 19.9 million euros ($23 million) since 2006 relating to television rights and sponsorship in Brazil. Prosecutors at the Madrid-based National Court have called for the ex Barca boss to be jailed for 11 years and fined 59 million euros. Rosell and his wife are accused of hiding money illegally obtained by Ricardo Teixeira, the former head of the Brazilian Football Confederation. Rosell had previously lived and worked in Brazil, where he forged numerous business links. The case centres on a deal signed by Teixeira in 2006 with a company based in the Cayman Islands for the television rights to 24 Brazil friendly matches. Altogether, Rosell and his wife allegedly received close to 15 million euros in their accounts as part of the deal. They pocketed 6.6 million
Kerala Cong unit has right to espouse local sentiments: Cong on Sabarimala row
Amid a welter of protests and violent clashes outside the Sabarimala temple after its gates were opened Wednesday for women of all age groups, the Congress said it stood by "gender equality", but its Kerala party unit has the right to espouse the sentiments of locals to seek a review of the Supreme Court verdict. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said it is the constitutional right of every citizen to seek a review of a Supreme Court judgment and these sentiments are expressed by a multitude of groups in Kerala. "As far as the local sentiments are concerned, it is the duty of the Kerala State Congress Committee to espouse and place forward the sentiments of the people. They are neither violating the law nor the Constitution," he told reporters when asked about the Kerala Congress unit's stand on the issue. The Supreme Court had on September 28 passed a historic judgement lifting the ban on entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the temple, a verdict that was ...
7 held for attempted cash van robbery
Seven persons were arrested on the charge of involvement in a failed armed robbery here last week, police said on Wednesday.
Victims of Crimea school attack killed by gunshots: investigators
The victims of an attack on a technical college in Moscow-annexed Crimea on Wednesday were killed by gun shots, Russian investigators said after initially reporting they died in a blast. "Currently, there are 17 known deaths. The initial inspection of the bodies suggests that they died from gunshot wounds," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement. It added that a surveillance video showed a man entering the school "holding a gun" and identified him as 18 year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov, whose body was later found in the building. Earlier reports said 18 had died in the attack but it is not clear if the figure included the attacker.
Army, police probe rape of deaf-mute woman by four soldiers
Pune Police and the Army have launched a probe into allegations of rape levelled against four soldiers of the Army Medical Corps (AMC) by a deaf-mute 30-year-old woman employee of the Military Hospital here, an official said.
Bahl files Rs 10 crore defamation suit against Kashyap, Motwane
Filmmaker Vikas Bahl, accused of sexual assault by a former employee of Phantom Films, has filed a Rs 10 crore defamation suit against Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, his former partners in the production house. The court, during the hearing Wednesday, directed Bahl to make the woman employee a respondent to the suit and adjourned the hearing to October 19. Bahl, the director of Kangana Ranaut-starrer "Queen", has sought an interim direction from the court seeking to restrain Kashyap and Motwane from making any statements, either to the media or on social media platforms, against him. The suit, filed Tuesday, alleged that Kashyap and Motwane made "defamatory, slanderous and baseless allegations" against him due to which he has suffered irreversible damage to the reputation. It demanded damages of Rs 10 crore from Kashyap and Motwane. He labelled his former partners as opportunists, who allegedly orchestrated the whole campaign against him, making him look like the person ...
40-year-old man arrested with fake Indian Notes in Delhi's Anand Vihar
A 40-year-old man has been arrested and fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 60,000 seized from him in Shahdara's Anand Vihar area, police said Wednesday. The accused, Mohammad Hussain, is a resident of the Nabi Karim area in Paharganj here, they added. Police had received information that Hussain, who was previously involved in other fake note cases, was supplying counterfeit notes in Delhi-NCR again, a senior officer said. On Tuesday, Hussain was nabbed red-handed from Anand Vihar where he had come to supply fake notes in the denomination of Rs 2,000, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Meghna Yadav said. During interrogation, Hussain disclosed that he had come in contact with members of a fake currency supplier group. One person had met him in Paharganj and offered him huge profits in return of circulating the fake currency in the market, Yadav said. He was previously involved in case relating to drugs and fake currency, she added.
Fake currency seized from ex-convict
A 40-year-old former convict was arrested with Rs 60,000 in fake Indian currency, police said on Wednesday.
Gang which duped job seekers busted, four arrested
The Crime Branch of Mumbai police has arrested four members of a gang which is suspected to have cheated job aspirants from various states, an official said Wednesday. Unit-11 of the Crime Branch busted the racket which operated from Bengaluru, the police official said. Ajay Gupta (23), Cedric Robert (23), Vighnesh Suresh K C (22) and Sneha Pancharia (23), all residents of Hormalu, Bengaluru, were arrested this week. The gang had allegedly cheated job aspirants from Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and some other states, the official said. The racket came to light when a senior citizen approached Mumbai police with a complaint. The complainant said he came across an advertisement of "international jobs and free recruitments" on a Facebook page, the official said. It advertised jobs in Canada, the US, UAE and other countries. After the complainant submitted his resume, he was told that he will get a job in Canada. However, after a few days, the accused asked him to deposit
NBW issued against ex-BSP MP's gun-toting son
A Delhi Court on Wednesday issued a non-bailable warrant against a former BSP MP's son, who is absconding after a case was registered against him for threatening a man with a gun at a luxury hotel here.
MP: Labourer held for raping minor girl in Mandsaur
A 13-year-old local girl was allegedly raped by a 40-year-old labourer on three occasions in the last fifteen days, the police said Wednesday. The accused, identified as Jagdish Kumawat, has been arrested, a police officer said. The incident came to light Tuesday when the girl, a student of class 7, narrated her ordeal to her mother. "Police have arrested Jagdish Kumawat, a resident of Narsinghpura area of Mandsaur," said City Superintendent of Police (CSP) RM Shukla. Kumawat lured the girl, a daughter of a labourer, with chocolates on October 3 and took her to Herdarwas forest outside Mandsaur, where he raped her, the officer said, adding that the accused dropped her home after committing the crime. The girl was raped again on October 11 and 14, he said. The complaint against Kumawat was lodged by the father of the girl Tuesday. Her medical examination has confirmed rape, said Shukla. The accused has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and ..
SDMC realising parking charges despite HC order, alleges AAP
The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) Wednesday alleged that parking charges were being realised against a Delhi High Court order, in areas falling under the BJP-ruled South Delhi Municipal Corporation(SDMC) in the city. The parking charges are being realised from vehicle owners going to hospitals, malls and shopping complexes in SDMC jurisdiction despite the Delhi High court order barring it, Dilip Pandey said. "I want to ask BJP leaders, specially Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari, who was responsible for parking charges being taken despite it being termed illegal by the court," Pandey said showing copy of the High Court order. AAP's leader of opposition in SDMC, Praveen Rajput alleged that when he tried to raise the matter of "illegal" parking fee in the House meeting of the corporation, a notice was served to expel him from it.
Businessman arrested for evading GST of Rs 42 crore
A businessman was arrested here Tuesday by the Karnataka commercial taxes department for allegedly evading GST of Rs 42 crore by raising fake invoices of Rs 245 crore in the name of deceased and fictituous people. Preliminary investigation revealed that Mangilal obtained four GST registrations in the name of fictitious persons and issued invoices to the tune of Rs 245 crore, evading GST of Rs 42 crore, the commercial tax department in a press release. In one case,the officials found he was operating a trading company in the name of a woman who passed away in 2016. After her demise, the registration was opened under GST, two current accounts were opened in her name and crores of Rupees withdrawn. He had issued fake tax invoices in the name of Devi Trading company without supplying goods or services, the release said. Mangilal was later produced before a special court for economic offences, which remanded him to judicial custody.