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Man arrested for killing mother, raping daughter
The Odisha Police has arrested a man who fled from the state after raping a minor girl and killing her mother in Jajpur district last month, police said Monday. The accused, identified as Bijaya Behera (22), a resident of local Kumari village under the jurisdiction of Dharmasala police station area in Jajpur district, was nabbed by police team in Kerala on Sunday night, said Saroj Kumar Sahoo, inspector-in-charge of Dharmasala police station. "We were tracking the mobile phone of the accused regularly. We got information that the accused was in Kerala on Sunday. We immediately went Kerala by flight and arrested the accused near the aerodrome area on Sunday night," the IIC said. The incident took place at Deuli hilltop in Jajpur district on the night of May 2. Behera allegedly raped the 18 -year-old girl in front of her mother, he said. When the mother objected, the accused hacked her to death, the police said adding that the girl was also assaulted and seriously ...
Trial of Kathua rape-murder case completed, judgement on June 10
Trial in the infamous rape-murder of a minor nomadic girl in Kathua district on January 10, 2018, was completed in the fast-track trial court in Pathankot town of Punjab today.
US Supreme Court won't get involved in Prophet ad case
The Supreme Court is declining to get involved in a dispute that began when a group tried to have Washington transit officials display an ad with a provocative cartoon of the Prophet. The justices said Monday they would not get involved in the case. The Texas-based American Freedom Defense Initiative in 2015 submitted an ad that depicted a sword-wielding Prophet saying: "You can't draw me!" Muslims generally believe any physical depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous. The cartoon won a contest the group sponsored. After the ad was submitted, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's board of directors voted to temporarily suspend all issue-oriented advertisements on the region's rail and bus system. The American Freedom Defense Initiative sued.
Death of tractor driver: Cong, BJP MLAs call off hunger strike after govt assurance
A hunger strike by a Congress and a BJP MLA protesting the death of a tractor driver under mysterious circumstances in Rajasthan's Tonk district was called off Monday evening following the state government assured that their demands will be fulfilled. The two legislators were on hunger strike since Saturday. The driver was reportedly transporting gravel and bajri illegally last Tuesday night when police chased him in Laxmipura. Tonk Superintendent of Police Chunaram Jat claimed that the driver jumped from the moving tractor and died when the police tried to stop it. However, the driver's family members accused the police of beating him which led to his death. The body was kept at the dharna site in a freezer and nearly 250-300 people were present at the spot. State Food and Civil Supply Minister Ramesh Meena visited the family members of the driver and held talks with the agitating leaders. "I visited the house of the victim and spoke to the agitators at the dharna site and apprised ..
Greater Noida: Lawyers thrash cop on court premises, booked
Around half a dozen lawyers were booked for rioting and attempt to murder after they allegedly thrashed an on-duty police constable on the district court premises in Greater Noida on Monday, officials said. Constable Vipin Kumar from the Kasna police station had gone to the court in Surajpur for official work where an argument broke out between him and the lawyers, a police spokesperson said. He said the lawyers hurled abuses at the policeman, tore his uniform and assaulted him. "A complaint regarding the incident has been made at the Surajpur police station and an FIR has been lodged against the lawyers," the spokesperson said. The FIR names advocates Satish Kumar, Vijendra and Mukul, besides mentioning four-to-five unidentified lawyers, the official said. They have been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 147 (rioting), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from
Man killed for relationship with girl from another religion
A 22-year-old man was allegedly killed Monday by a woman and her two aides over his relationship with her daughter in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, police said. While two accused have been arrested another is on the run. The deceased Aqeel Shbbir Khan was in relationship with the daughter of the 42-year-old woman, which she was disapproved of. Khan had called his lover to meet him in Dream Land area in the district, around 740 kms from here, around 1:30 am, when he was attacked by the accused trio, a police official said. During the fight, the woman allegedly stabbed Khan in stomach, following which he collapsed, he said. Some locals rushed Khan to hospital where he died of excessive blood loss, the official said. Police have arrested the woman and her aide Nitin Kadam (42) from Bhokar in Nanded district while another accused, Satish Jamdade (22), is on the run.
Advocates in Goa condemn arrest of Sanjiv Punalekar by CBI, demand his immediate release
Advocates here on Monday submitted a memorandum to the CBI office, condemning the arrest of Sanjiv Punalekar.They also demanded the immediate release of Sanjiv, also an advocate, terming his arrest as a "direct attack" on privilege provided to lawyers.They also protested in front of the CBI office here and shouted slogans condemning the arrest of Punalekar.The memorandum submitted to the CBI reads: ''The arrest of advocate Sanjiv Punalekar is a gross violation of privilege communication of advocate-client relationship.""There is a need to prevent possible exploitation of advocate-client relationship. CBI has directly attacked the privilege provided to the lawyers under the provisions of the law.""It is a great threat to the lawyer community at large as any accused may put any allegation against the lawyer...Such incident may occur with any of us if immediate action is not taken by the Bar Council and Bar Association," the memorandum said.The memorandum containing signatures of 26 ...
Three men involved in more than 50 cases of robbery and snatching arrested
Three men, allegedly involved in more than 50 cases of robbery and snatching in west Delhi, have been arrested, police said Monday. The accused -- Rahul Kumar (30), Aakash (28) and Arjun (25) -- were nabbed on Saturday when their were riding a stolen motorcycle, they said. According to the police, the gang members used to assemble in the wee hours and roam on a motorcycle to pick their targets. They usually targeted morning walkers or people waiting at bus stops, the police said. To dodge the police, the gang used to frequently change the colour of the bikes used in the crimes. Four stolen motorcycles and three gold chains were recovered from them, a senior police officer said. They were involved in more than 50 cases of snatching and robbery in various parts of Delhi, they said.
3 men arrested for attacking sister with acid over her relationship
Three men were arrested in Greater Noida for allegedly trying to kill their sister by attacking her with acid as they were opposed to her relationship with a man, police said Monday. The 22-year-old woman was found dumped on a roadside near Kot village in Dadri area on May 9 with severe burn injuries and a disfigured face, they said. According to officials, while two of the brothers were allegedly directly involved in the attack, the third has been arrested for supporting the conspiracy. The two bothers, with alleged direct involvement, were absconding since the attack last month and had a reward of Rs 25,000 each on their arrest. "They were arrested yesterday (Sunday) near the Railway Road crossing in Dadri, while the third brother was held from Dadri bus stand," a police spokesperson said. Describing the incident, officials said the two accused took their sister out of their home in Gulavati village of Bulandshahr district on pretext of taking her for a drive. During the drive, they
3 arrested with 1 quintal cannabis in Ghaziabad
Three people, including a woman, were arrested here on the charge of smuggling cannabis from Chhattisgarh border and one quintal of the contraband was seized from their car, police said on Monday. During a routine checking, the car was intercepted near Sadik ki Puliya. Upon examining the vehicle, one quintal packed cannabis was seized. Three people were arrested while three others managed to flee, SP, City, Shlok Kumar said. Upon interrogation, main accused Noor Mohammad, a native of Bihar, confessed to have smuggled the cannabis from Chhattisgarh border, the police officer said, adding the three who fled were buyers.
Kargil war veteran case: Three FIRs lodged against retired cop
Three separate FIRs have been lodged against a retired policeman, who had verified the documents and recorded the statement of Mohammad Sanaullah, a former Army officer, declared a "foreigner" and lodged in a detention centre in Assam, officials said on Monday. The complaints were filed against retired sub-inspector Chandramal Das of the Assam Border Police at the Boko police station by three persons, whose names appeared as witnesses in Sanaullah's statement, they said. Mohammad Kuran Ali, Suwahan Ali and Ajmal Ali alleged in the FIRs that Das, who was investigating Sanaullah's case, did not call them for giving any statement or sign on any document as witnesses, Officer in-charge of the Boko police station Jogen Barman told PTI. The three also claimed that they came to know that they were made witnesses to Sanaullah's statement from the social media, he said. The police had registered three cases against Das under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Barman ...
Four injured as BJP, TMC supporters clash in West Bengal
Tension prevailed Monday at Goghat in Hooghly district, where four persons were injured following a clash between supporters of the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress, police said. Trouble began when the TMC supporters were felling trees, which the BJP workers objected to, resulting in a scuffle, they said. The injured were admitted to the district hospital. Dilip Yadav, TMC district president and chairman of the Uttarpara-Kotrang Municipality, alleged that BJP workers insulted the national flag by replacing it with the party's saffron flag. The BJP, however, denied the allegations. Local BJP leader Asit Kundu claimed that TMC supporters were illegally felling trees, and workers of the saffron party had raised objection to it.
Man 'kills' son in "family suicide" pact; Daughter records
Driven by debt, a man allegedly killed his 12-year old son in a suspected family suicide pact here that was recorded by his daughter on a mobile phone, police said. The man, in his 40s, was arrested Sunday within hours of the incident in which his wife also ended her life as a video showing him hanging his son from a ceiling fan at their house surfaced. He along with his wife had decided to end life along with their 17 year-old daughter and the son following pressure by some neighbours to pay back debt, police said. After the man hangedhis son, his wife ended her life in similar manner, they said. According to police, as the man turned to daughter, the girl is said to have raised an alarm. As neighbours rushed hearing his daughter's screams, the man told them that his wife and son had ended their lives. On questioning the daughter, police said they came to know aboutthe suicide pact. Police said, they have arrested the man, against whom a case of murder has been ...
Mall of America attacker gets 19 years in prison
A man who threw a 5-year-old boy from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota has been sentenced to 19 years in prison. Emmanuel Aranda showed little emotion and said almost nothing as he was sentenced Monday in Minneapolis. The 24-year-old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty last month to attempted premeditated first-degree murder in the April 12 attack. Authorities say Aranda told investigators he went to the mall "looking for someone to kill." The child survived the attack but has required multiple surgeries for head trauma and broken bones. His parents, who have requested privacy, had impact statements read in court. The boy's father told Aranda ,"You chose to take your hate and your hurt out on my precious boy." Aranda's mother, Becky, said her son is mentally ill. She said he belongs in a mental hospital, not prison.
Acting police chief holds SIT meet
Punjab's acting police chief V K Bhawara Monday held a meeting with the five-member SIT, probing into the desecration of religious texts and police firing incidents in the state in 2015. The meeting was held in the wake of media reports suggesting rift among the SIT members over some contents of the chargesheet filed in a Faridkot court in the case of police firing at anti-desecration demonstrators at Kotkapura. Director General of Police Bhawara, however, described the meeting as routine. Bhawara is presently officiating in place of DGP Dinkar Gupta, who has gone on leave. It was a routine review meeting and it was one of the four meetings held today," said Bhawara. Bhawara added that the Punjab police has written to the Home Department, seeking sanction for prosecution of the police officials named as accused in the police firing case. The SIT chargesheet, filed on May 28, has indicted six persons on various charges, including attempt to murder, for firing at demonstrators in ...
AIMIM's Taufeeq Sheikh arrested for murder of Congress leader Reshma Pednekar.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) worker Taufeeq Sheikh was arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of Bijyapur Congress leader Reshma Pednekar.Pednekar was allegedly murdered last month and her body was found near Korti-Kolhar bridge in Bijapur on May 17.Pednekar's husband had then lodged an FIR against the AIMIM leader following which a case of murder was registered.A day before her murder, audio clips suggesting an illicit relationship between the deceased and AIMIM leader had gone viral on social media. Reshma had also filed a case against Sheikh in April for threatening her.Prima facie evidence had shown that she was killed and her body was thrown into the river, police said.Before joining Congress, Padekanura served as the Janta Dal (secular) district president of women's wing for over a decade. In 2013, she had contested and lost elections from Devarahipparagi assembly constituency on a JD(S) ticket.On being denied a JD (S) ticket in the last assembly ...
Goa court rejects Congress MLA's plea to drop charges in 2016 rape case
Congress MLA Atanasio Monserrate is going to face trial after a Goa court on Monday turned down his plea seeking dropping of charges against him in a 2016 rape case."The judge rejected the application to drop charges against me. I will approach the high court for dropping of charges. Now I will face trial," Monserrate told the reporters.The charges relate to the rape of a minor.Roy Dsouza, the public prosecutor in the case, said, "The court has fixed June 12 for framing of charges. The main sections against the Congress MLA are of rape and under the POCSO Act."Meanwhile, the court granted anticipatory bail to Monserrate along with two others in connection with a recent case of alleged molestation of a woman activist.The MLA had denied the allegations made by the woman activist.
Man beaten to death after he slaps a person for urinating outside his house
A 26-year-old man was bludgeoned to death with a cement slab after he slapped a person for urinating near his house in south-east Delhi's Govind Puri area, police said Monday. The deceased has been identified as Lilu, a resident of Nehru Camp slum. Police said he was a "bad character" and had 17 cases, including snatching and robbery, against him. According to police, they received an information from AIIMS Trauma Centre at 12.49 am on Monday regarding admission of a person. "After reaching AIIMS Trauma Centre, Sanjay, the brother of Lilu, stated that at around 12:15 am on Monday he was coming after taking bath from a public toilet near Nehru camp when he saw Lilu being beaten by Ravi, Neel Kamal, their father Man Singh and mother Meera," Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast), said. During investigation, it was revealed that that Man Singh (65) was urinating near Lilu's shanty. Lilu objected to this and slapped Singh following which a scuffle broke out, Biswal ...
Two labourers die in soil mound collapse
Two labourers died Monday after a heap of soil fell on them at a construction site at Italva village in Navsari district of Gujarat, police said. Sunil Vasava (35) and Bhavsinh Vasava (34) were buried alive in the incident while another labourer was injured, a Navsari (rural) police station official said. Police have registered a case of accidental death.
Govt proposes changes in copyright rules, may benefit websites, music streaming firms
The government is proposing a mechanism to ensure that songs and videos reach maximum number of people at an affordable price, which in case of dispute may be fixed by a quasi-judicial body Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB). These changes are proposed in the Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2019, the draft of which has been made public by the commerce and industry ministry for stake holders' views and comments till June 29. Once the changes are approved, it would become easier for websites, portals and music streaming firms to buy contents (songs and videos) and upload them. However, the move could hurt the commercial interest of content owners of songs and videos. Currently, the Act covers only radio, and TV broadcast firms are allowed to take permission from the owners and negotiate a price bilaterally or through IPAB under Section 31D of the Act. Now, the draft rule proposes to cover companies operating through digital mode like websites and music streaming firms. "In order .