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Two brothers held for killing man, trying to dispose of body
Police Monday arrested two brothers who allegedly killed a man and attempted to dispose of his body, an offical said. An offence under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) was registered against the duo - Madanlal Harlal Savak (28) and his brother Shravan Harlal Savak (30) - with the Wada police station, said Palghar district rural police PRO Hemant Kumar Katkar. A police team intercepted their car in the wee hours at the Waghota Toll Naka on the Wada-Manor Road, he said. When they checked the car's boot, they found a body in it, Katkar said. The two were trying to dispose of the body of one Narayan Lal Champa Lal Sevak (29) after killing him, he said, adding the deceased was a resident of Rajastan. The motive behind the killing was still not known, the PRO added.
Turkish star Turan could face more than 12 years jail for brawl
Turkish prosecutors on Monday charged Barcelona player Arda Turan over a brawl with a prominent singer, asking for the footballer to be sentenced to twelve-and-a-half years in jail. The prosecutors charged Turan, who is currently on loan to Istanbul's Basaksehir, with sexual harassment, unlicensed possession of weapons and causing intentional injury over the fight with singer Berkay Sahin, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. Sahin, who goes on stage by his first name Berkay, was also charged, with prosecutors demanding up to two years in jail. Turan, 31, had last week been summoned to an Istanbul police station to give a statement about the incident but was allowed to walk free. The incident, which took place outside an Istanbul nightclub and reportedly left Sahin with a broken nose, has transfixed Turkey over the last days. In a bizarre sequence of events, Turan then reportedly went to the hospital where the singer was being treated clutching a gun and begging to be shot and ...
79-yr-old man arrested for raping minor in northeast Delhi
A 79-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl on the pretext of giving her a chocolate in northeast Delhi's Khajuri Khas, police said Monday. The incident took place on Saturday when the girl was playing outside her house, a senior officer said. The accused allegedly threatened her of dire consequences if she reported the incident to anyone, he said. The girl narrated her ordeal to her parents, who took her to the police station, the officer added. Based on a complaint filed by the victim's parents, a case was registered under the relevant sections of Prevention of Children from Sexual offences (POCSO) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Atul Kumar Thakur, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) said. Police are also probing if the accused had raped the victim on multiple occasions. In a similar incident, a class 10 student of a government school was allegedly raped by four men, including the son of her landlord, who lured her with an offer to buy a pizza, .
History-sheeter rams car into police jeep; two cops injured
Two police officers were injured when a man with criminal antecedents dashed his car into their jeep near here in Maharashtra, police said Monday. The injured, Anil Survase (sub-inspector), and Bhagwan Tayde (assistant sub-inspector) are attached to the Virar police station of the Palghar district rural police, Palghar Police PRO Hemant Kumar Katkar said. The incident took place in Virar Sunday night when a police team patrolling in a jeep spotted Faiaz Khalij Shaikh, who has several criminal cases pending against him, in a car with two women, he said. When the team was about to arrest Shaikh, he pointed revolver at them and dashed his car into their jeep, injuring the two policemen, Katkar said. A manhunt has been launched to nab Shaikh and the women accompanying him, he said. He has been booked under IPC sections related to attempt to murder and other charges besides the provisions of the Arms Act, Katkar added.
Khashoggi disappearance: Pompeo to visit Saudi Arabia
United States Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo will be travelling to Saudi Arabia at the request of President Donald Trump.Trump tweeted to announce the same saying, "Just spoke to the King of Saudi Arabia who denies any knowledge of whatever may have happened "to our Saudi Arabian citizen." He said that they are working closely with Turkey to find answer. I am immediately sending our Secretary of State to meet with King!"Jamal Khashoggi has been missing ever since cameras captured him going inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Hatice Cengiz, his fiancee, who was waiting outside the consul, had stated that she did not see him re-emerging from the building.Department spokesperson Heather Nauert in a statement said, "At the request of President Trump, Secretary of State Pompeo will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today. The President has called for a prompt and open investigation into the disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi."Earlier, United ...
Patna: Cops caught sleeping during a briefing on law and order
A few police officers were spotted sleeping during a law and order briefing here in the wake of the Durga Puja.In a video, few officers can be seen sleeping at the time of the briefing on Monday.Durga Puja, which is one of the prominent festivals of West Bengal, began today and will go on till Friday.This comes few months after the state police suspended two inspectors and a nine-member raid party for sending a minor boy to jail for allegedly refusing free vegetables to cops in Patna.The 14-year-old boy was apprehended by policemen on March 19.
After acquittal of moral turpitude charge, judicial services job can't be denied
The Supreme Court has said that a person accused of moral turpitude involving kidnapping of a girl but subsequently acquitted cant be denied appointment as a judicial officer in subordinate judiciary.
Two sharpshooters of gang held in Delhi
Two sharpshooters, allegedly belonging to a gang here, have been arrested from west Delhi, police said Monday. The accused, identified as Pankaj and Karan, said to be members of 'Saddam Gauri' gang were nabbed on Saturday, they said. On Saturday, around 8:15 pm, a speeding car, coming from Tagore Garden side and going towards the Kukreja Hospital, was found to be moving in a suspicious manner. When asked to stop by police, the driver tried to escape. Due to traffic, police apprehended the duo, including the driver, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Monika Bharadwaj said. During interrogation, it was found that both the men used to threaten those who indulged in gambling activities to extort money from them, she said. Pankaj used to threaten the victims by showing them a video, in which he had allegedly fired during an incident in Uttam Nagar, the officer said. One car, a country-made pistol, along with three live cartridges and a push button-knife were recovered from their ...
MNC employee raped by colleagues in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj
An employee of a multinational company was allegedly raped by two of her colleagues in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Saturday, they said. Based on a complaint filed by the victim, a case was registered, they added. Police said the woman was allegedly raped by her colleagues during office hours. The victim was taken to a room in their office where they raped her, a senior police officer said. However, police has denied allegations that the victim was offered lift by her colleagues after office hours and taken to a flat where she was raped. The two accused persons identified as Vinod Kumar (31) and Birju Malik (25) were arrested from their residence in connection with the case on the same day, the officer said.
3 arrested for killing constructor in Delhi's Madipur: Police
Three men were arrested for allegedly thrashing a 36-year-old constructor to death over a monetary dispute in west Delhi's Madipur, police said Monday. The deceased was identified as Nitin while the accused were Jagdish Sharma alias Jaggi (49), Sanjeev alias Babbu (47) and Rajeev alias Billa (37) from Paschim Puri in New Delhi, police said. On Sunday, police received a call from Balaji Action Hospital which informed that a person with bruises all over his body was rushed to the hospital but was declared brought dead, said Monika Bharadwaj, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (West). During investigation, the mobile phone of the deceased was scanned and through technical help, three persons were arrested who later confessed to the crime, the DCP said. They disclosed that Jagdish had to take Rs 12.5 lakh from the victim. He called Nitin to his office and the three accused beat him up with a stick. They forcibly took Nitin's scooter and got his signatures on the papers to sell the scooter,
IAPL is no Maoist front, says activist Ferreira's lawyer
Indian Association of People's Lawyers (IAPL) to which activist Arun Ferreira belonged had no connection with the Naxals, his lawyer told the court here Monday. Ferreira was arrested by Pune police for alleged Maoist links. Arguing on Ferreira's bail application before additional sessions judge K D Vadane here, his lawyer Sudeep Pasbola also said that mere possession of incriminating documents can not prove membership of a banned organisation. "There is no material to indicate that Ferreira is member of Communist Party of India (Maoist)," he said. "This lawyers' organisation (IAPL) fights legal battle for the downtrodden and marginalised and this legal battle is within the four corners of the Constitution," Pasbola argued, and dismissed police's claim that it was a front organisation of the CPI (Maoists). Ferreira is IAPL's treasurer, he said. On police's claim of seizing "incriminating material" (documents) from the possession of the accused, Pasbola said such material of ...
Akbar files defamation case against woman journalist (Roundup)
Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Monday filed a criminal defamation complaint against a woman journalist, Priya Ramani, who had accused him of sexual harassment, alleging that "scandalous allegations" have been made to bring down his image in the society.
Hry police arrests parole jumper after 14 years
The Haryana Police has arrested a murder convict who had jumped parole 14 years ago, a spokesman said Monday. Satpal alias Pala, a resident of Alipur village in Jind, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in 2004, he said. Satpal came out of the jail on a six-week parole on November 5, 2004. However, he failed to return to the jail at the end of his parole on December 18, 2004 and was declared a proclaimed offender, the spokesman said. Acting on a tip-off that Satpal is working as a priest in a temple, police arrested him from Moga town, he added.
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs companies over lead paint liability
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals by three paint manufacturers challenging a California court ruling that held them liable for millions of dollars in damages relating to the use of lead paint decades ago.
Builder beaten to death over money, 3 held
A 36-year-old builder was beaten to death by three men after he failed to return the money borrowed from one of them, police said on Monday. All three accused have been arrested.
Case filed in Bihar court against Raveena Tandon for 'disrupting traffic'
A lawyer Monday moved court here against Bollywoood actor Raveena Tandon for allegedly causing disruption to road traffic during her visit to the town last week. The advocate filed the case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate wherein he has named Tandon and a father-son duo -- Pranav Kumar and Umesh Singh. Tondon had visited the town on October 12 for inaugurating a hotel owned by the two other accused. The lawyer has sought invoking several IPC sections including those related to unlawful assembly and obstruction in public way. He has alleged that he was held up in a traffic jam for a long time because of Tandon's function. The court has fixed November 2 as the next date of hearing on the matter.
Stray ox kills 16-yr-old girl
A 16-year-old girl was killed by a stray ox here on Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as Preet Devi, a Class IX student, from Sakraon village adjoining Ambala city. Preet was on her way to school when the incident occurred, police said. "The sixteen year-old was crossing a village street near her house when the ox attacked her. The girl fell on the ground as the animal hit her repeatedly. She suffered serious head injuries," an official said. Preet was rushed to Ambala City Trauma Centre where she succumbed to injuries, officials added. The locals said they had earlier complained on the menace of stray cattle to the administration, but allegedly no action was taken. Two months ago, around 10 lawyers from Ambala City filed a complaint at a local court against the municipal corporation here regarding stray cattle menace. The court had directed the corporation to take steps to check the menace.
3 persons arrested from Delhi for shooting dead man in Dadar
Three people were arrested from Delhi in connection with the killing of a 35-year-old man last week in Dadar here, police said Monday. Manoj Mourya, who worked at an electronic weighing scales firm, was shot dead on Senapati Bapat Road at around 7:30am Friday. Acting on a tip off, police Sunday arrested main accused Radhakrishna Kushwaha as well as Rajendra Ahirwar and Hemendra Kushwaha from Delhi, the official said. The official said that Radhakrishna had allegedly hired Ahirwar and Hemendra who executed the hit. The killing was the result of a past enmity between Mourya and the main accused, he informed. The three were produced before a court here which remanded them in police custody. Dadar police, which had registered a case of murder, is probing further, he said.
Three-year-old girl found dead, murder case registered
The body of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl, who had gone missing, was found Monday from a locked house in the same building where she lived in Surat city, police said. A case of murder was registered and the body was sent for autopsy, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Rakesh Barot. The body was found in a house on the ground floor of the building in Godadra area, he said. The house was locked from outside, he added. The girl's family lives on the first floor of the building, which is a housing society. As to whether she was sexually assaulted, it will be ascertained after the autopsy, the DCP said. "After the missing complaint was registered, we had formed eight or nine teams to search for the girl. After checking CCTV footage of the society, it was found that the girl had not gone out of the building," Barot said. After police checked every house in the building, the body was found, he said. A man was detained on suspicion and he was being questioned, the police ...
Bar Associations suspend work over attack on judge's family
Several Bar Associations in Haryana suspended work on Monday to protest against the attack on a judge's wife and son which left the woman dead and the teen battling for life in a hospital.