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Interpol asks China for clarification on its missing chief
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has officially demanded a clarification from China on the disappearance of Chinese Interpol president Meng Hongwei.Euronews quoted the statement by Interpol as saying, "INTERPOL has requested through official law enforcement channels clarification from China's authorities on the status of INTERPOL President Meng Hongwei. INTERPOL's General Secretariat looks forward to an official response from China's authorities to address concerns over the President's well-being."The Interpol chief has been missing since travelling to China in late September. The spouse of the Interpol president informed the police about his disappearance.The French authorities have launched an investigation into the disappearance Meng. Though, it has not been established yet if the Interpol chief was in China when he disappeared, a senior French law enforcement official confirmed that he was not in France.Meng was elected as the Interpol Chief in November ...
Man stabbed to death after his auto brushes past pet dog
Three men allegedly stabbed a 40-year-old man to death after his auto-rickshaw brushed past a pet dog in Dwarka's Mohan Garden area, police said Saturday. The dog belonged to one of the accused. Police said the incident, in which the deceased's elder brother was also injured, took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Vijender Rana was stabbed and rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. His injured brother Rajesh Rana (45) was admitted to the same hospital but later referred to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, a senior police officer said. The three accused identified as Ankit, his brother Paras and his tenant Dev Chopra have been absconding since the incident took place. Based on the statement of Vijender Rana's wife Seema, a case was registered at the Uttam Nagar police station, he said. Ankit had taken his dog out on a walk when Vijender's auto-rickshaw brushed past the canine following which it sustained minor injury. Enraged over this, Ankit .
Police arrests two Maoists in Jharkhand
Two wanted Maoists including a woman were arrested by police in Jharkhand's Giridih district, a senior police officer said Saturday. Two Maoists - Sonaram Marandi and Badki Devi alias Geeta were arrested in the raid conducted by police in Pirtand area on Friday, Superintendent of Police, Surendra Kumar Jha said. Both the Maoists had allegedly triggered blast in the SIS security guards vehicle in the district in 2010, which had claimed lives of four security guards, the SP said.
Gang which cheated job-seekers busted, six held from Noida
With the arrest of six persons from Noida near Delhi, the Mumbai police claimed Saturday to have busted a racket which duped job-seekers. A team of Cuffe Parade police station raided the office of a Noida-based firm, 'All India Networking Faculty Icon, in Noida Friday, said a police official here. Those arrested were identified as Devrishi Sharma (24), Vikrant Giri (25), Jaydeep Shastri (29), Shashank Dubey (28), Sonal Rana (35) and Manoj Tiwari (32). Rana and Tiwari had earlier worked for some leading job portals, from which they allegedly obtained data of job-seekers from across India, the official said. The data was provided to Shashank Dubey, the owner of the firm. Using this data, candidates were called from a call-centre running from Noida. The accused allegedly sent the candidates 'job confirmation letters', and asked them to deposit money in certain bank accounts as 'processing fee'. After depositing the money, the candidates would never hear again from the ...
Man arrested for pushing mother in bathroom, killing her
A 23-year-old model was arrested for allegedly pushing his mother during a scuffle, leading to her death, police said Saturday. Oshiwara police said that Lakshya Singh was arrested Friday in connection with the death of his mother Sunita Singh (45). The two, along with the accused's fiancee, stayed in a rented flat in Cross Gate building in Lokhandwala area. The accused was produced in court Saturday which remanded him in police custody till October 8. Initial investigations have revealed that mother and son were addicted to drugs, said Shailesh Pasalwad, senior inspector, Oshiwara Police Station. "We will interrogate the accused today to ascertain what exactly led to the scuffle between them," he said. According to another official, the accused has told the police that he had pushed his mother in the bathroom during a scuffle, possibly over finances, after consuming drugs Wednesday midnight. The deceased hit her head on the wash basin and collapsed, and Lakshya locked ...
Woman found dead near vacant house in Delhi
A woman was found dead near a vacant house that was taken care of by a man, who was her acquaintance, here on Saturday, police said.
Sr official of NIC arrested by CBI for accepting bribe
: A senior official of National Insurance Company at nearby Eluru was arrested by CBI while accepting Rs 19,000 as bribe from a man to settle a long pending insurance claim, the agency said here Saturday. K S Raj, Divisional Manager of NIC, Eluru, was nabbed while accepting the bribe from a man to settle the claim of Rs 60,000 for his four wheeler, the agency said in a release. Raj would be produced before the Principal Special Judge Court forCBI cases, Visakhapatnam, it said. The complainant's four wheeler met with an accident in 2013 and he claimed around Rs 1.33 lakh from the insurance company. But NIC fixed it at Rs 69,000. The Insurance company official allegedly demanded a bribe of 19,000 to reopen the file and settle the claim. The man then lodged a complaint with the CBI here, which laid a trap and arrested Raj while he was receiving the bribe, the release said.
Advocate fails to appear before IGP
The advocate who was allegedly assaulted by some policemen here on August 28 triggering the ongoing month-long lawyer agitation in the state, did not appear before the crime branch IGP Arun Bothra on Saturday, officials said. Advocate Devi Prasanna Patnaik has sought for some more time to respond to the summon notice as he is unwell, they said. "The advocate is named as accused in at least three FIRs. He was summoned for questioning on the day. Since he is unwell and has sought for some more time, we will allow him the time," said IGP Arun Bothra, who has been entrusted by the Supreme Court to investigate into all the four FIRs registered soon after the unsavoury incident. The IGP, after taking up the FIRs for investigations on September 29, has already examined all the named accused persons in the four FIRs but not the advocate, who is also the complainant of one of the FIRs. Adjudicating over a PIL that has sought for a Judicial Enquiry into the incident, the Orissa ..
Man stabbed to death after his tempo brushes past dog
A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death after his tempo brushed past a pet dog in Delhi's Uttam Nagar area on Saturday, police said.
Taimoor Nagar murder: 2 more cops suspended
Former Station House Officer (SHO) of New Friends Colony police station, Inspector Sushil Kumar and Division Officer Sub Inspector Rajender were on Saturday suspended for alleged "misconduct and negligence" in duty in connection with Taimoor Nagar murder case.On September 30, Rupesh Kumar, a resident of Taimoor Nagar was shot dead by two unidentified men for his anti-drug stance.Both officers have been suspended, based upon the findings of a vigilance enquiry conducted by Additional DCP-I/ South East district to look into the alleged lapses and negligence by local police in the context of Rupesh's murder.Pertinently, the concerned beat officers HC Ajay, Surender and Hari Chand had already been placed under suspension, police said in a statement.A regular departmental enquiry has been initiated against all of them.According to the victim's family, the men who shot Rupesh were active drug-peddlers in the area and were probably disgruntled by the fact that he opposed the sale of drugs.
SC allows DU student who missed exams due to pregnancy to attend classes
The Supreme Court has allowed a law student of Delhi University, who missed classes due to pregnancy, to attend classes for the next semester.Ankita Meena wasn't allowed to write her fourth semester exams of the three-year LL.B. course as she failed to attend mandatory number of classes due to pregnancy.A bench of Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice AM Khanwilkar issued a notice to the Delhi University on a plea filed by Meena. "Issue notice. The petitioner is permitted to attend the classes at her own risk, on completion of the required formalities," the bench said in its order.The petitioner's counsels, Ashish Virmani and Himanshu Dhuper, contended before the bench that the specific rules of the university permit relaxation of attendance for pregnant students.As per the Delhi University rules, a married woman, who remains on maternity leave, is entitled to the benefit of relaxation in attendance for the said period, while calculation of her attendance, the plea claimed.Earlier, the ...
EC asks Law Min to clear format for candidates to advertise criminal records
The Election Commission (EC) plans to implement in the five poll-bound states the Supreme Court direction asking all candidates to advertise their criminal records. "We have suggested changes in the form of affidavit to the Law Ministry based on the Supreme Court order on decriminalising politics," Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said Saturday. He said the changes will be made applicable. Candidates as well as parties will have to advertise three times in print as well as electronic media about the criminal records, Rawat said. The Supreme Court had recently said that candidates contesting polls should repeatedly advertise their criminal antecedents in print and electronic media after filing nomination papers so that the people can make an informed decision. The Legislative Department in the Law Ministry, which is the nodal agency for EC, will go through the format. The Legal Affairs Department will also flag lacunaes, if any, in the planned format, sources in the ministry ...
Guj: Dy CM writes to chief justice for speedy trial in rape
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel Saturday said that he has written to Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy of the Gujarat High Court seeking speedy trial in the rape case of a 14-month old girl. On September 28, a 14-month-old girl was allegedly raped in a village near Himmatnagar town, around 100 km from Ahmedabad. One Ravindra Sahu, a labourer hailing from Bihar working in a local ceramic factory, was arrested the same day and charged with the toddler's rape. Patel said he has also sought setting up of fast-track courts for the speedy trial in two other similar cases in Surat and had also requested the chief justice to ensure that the accused get the harshest punishment possible, including capital punishment. "I have written to the chief justice with request to set up a special fast-track court so that trial in rape cases at Himmatnagar (in Sabarkantha district) and Surat are held there and completed in a month or so," he told reporters here. He said he has also ...
Taimoor Nagar killing: Former New Friends Colony SHO suspended
The Delhi Police has placed under suspension a former New Friends Colony police station SHO who was line-attached after the killing of a man in the Taimoor Nagar locality last week. Inspector Sushil Kumar, the then SHO of New Friends Colony police station, was suspended from service on Saturday for misconduct and negligence in duty, Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast), said. A local, Rupesh Basoya (34), was shot dead by two men last Sunday in southeast Delhi's Taimoor Nagar in New Friends Colony, triggering protests in the area. The victim's family claimed Rupesh was shot dead allegedly by drug peddlers who were nursing a grudge against them as Basoya's brother, Umesh, had complained about the menace. They alleged that the police did not take any action on them. Inspector Kumar had been sent to district lines earlier this week and was placed under suspension on Saturday. "Based on the findings of a vigilance enquiry conducted by additional Deputy Commissioner of .
2 senior officers booked for illegal appointments in JK's Rajouri
An executive officer and a Khilafwarzi (violation) inspector of Thanamandi Municipal Committee were among several officials booked for illegal appointments in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Saturday. A case has been registered under various sections of Ranbir Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act against Executive Officer of Thanamandi Municipal Committee Mohammad Kabir Malik, Khilafwarzi Inspector Khalil Ahmed and other officials after a probe revealed inconsistencies in the appointment of workers, a police spokesman said. He said the case was registered after a preliminary inquiry prima facie established the allegations of misuse of official position by the accused. The spokesman said some labourers working with Municipal Committee Thanamandi lodged a police complaint, claiming they were working with the committee since 2014 on consolidated honorarium but soon after biometric attendance system was started they were told their names were missing from the ...
Anti drug-activist's murder probe: 2 more cops suspended for negligence
Two Delhi policemen, accused of negligence during the investigation into an anti-drug activist's murder case here, were suspended on Saturday, taking the total number of suspensions in the police department in the case to five.
Bank fraud: ED attaches Rs 5.4-cr assets in Gujarat pharma firm case
The Enforcement Directorate said Saturday it has attached assets worth Rs 5.4 crore in connection with its probe in an alleged Rs 5,700-crore bank loan fraud case linked to a Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company. The attached immovable properties, one each in Faridabad and Gurgaon, belong to Delhi-based businessman Gagan Dhawan, who was arrested by the ED and is out on bail. A provisional order for attachment of the assets was issued by the agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A similar order was passed against Dhawan by the agency in the past. The case relates to a money laundering case registered against the Sandesara brothers Chetan Jayantilal Sandesara and Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara and their Vadodara-based firm Sterling Biotech Limited and others on October 27 last year, two days after a case of bank fraud of Rs 5,700 crore and corruption was filed against them by the CBI. "Dhawan is accused of assisting and facilitating Nitin and Chetan Sandesara, ...
Bombay HC grants bail to I-T officer accused of raping minor
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a 42-year-old Income Tax officer arrested earlier last month on charges of raping his minor domestic help. A single bench presided by Justice P D Naik Friday granted bail to I-T Deputy Commissioner Virbhadran Vislawath. The bench took note of the argument made by Vislawath's counsel, Sujay Kantawalla that the police had already questioned him and he was cooperating with the officers probing the case. Thus, further custody for interrogation was not required. The bench, however, directed Vislawath to report to the Gamdevi police station on the first Saturday of every month till further orders, and to attend court hearings in the case. Vislawath was arrested and remanded in police custody on September 7 this year for allegedly raping, sexually assaulting and threatening to kill his domestic help. The alleged incident happened in February 2017 at his Peddar Road residence and the victim was 16-years-old at the time. He was subsequently sent to ...
Jayalalithaa death: Apollo names 4 cops who asked to switch off CCTV cameras
Chennai's Apollo Hospital has submitted a five-page affidavit to the Justice A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry informing that four police officials had requested CCTV cameras to be switched off during the hospitalisation of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.The Apollo hospital management also told the panel, which is probing the death of Jayalalithaa that Inspector General (Intelligence) KN Sathiyamurthy was one of the four police officers.Apart from the Sathiyamurthy, R Veeraperumal, S Perumalsamy, and Sudhaker, who were the members of Jayalalithaa's personal security detail, also made the request to turn off the cameras, the affidavit stated.The hospital management further said that the CCTV cameras in the corridors would be switched off when Jayalalithaa was taken through that route.Jayalalithaa was admitted at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai for a long time before she breathed her last on December 5, 2016 there. She was admitted to the hospital on September 22, ...
Private companies could still be allowed to use Aadhaar by law: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said it was possible to restore linking of mobile phone and bank accounts with Aadhaar through legislation.