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3 held on charge of duping person
Three persons were arrested today on charge of duping a person over Rs 11 lakh in New Town satellite township area, for securing admission of his son to a medical college, police said. The three, identified as Ranjan Panda, Sanjay Das and Rajesh Das, were arrested from an apartment in the area, Electronic Complex Police station sources said. The arrests were made following complaints lodged by one Nabin Chandra at the Electronic Complex police station that the accused had taken Rs 11,32,000 from him with a false promise to get his son admitted to a medical college in Bengaluru but the promise turned out to be a false one.
RS Prasad hails Lalu's conviction as lesson for corrupt leaders
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday called the conviction of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad in fodder scam a lesson for those involved in corruption."Lalu Prasad's conviction today is a lesson that law will catch up with you if you commit corruption", said Prasad.He added that the fodder scam verdict is a matter of personal assurance as he had the privilege to argue the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Patna High Court in the early 90s."The PIL that I argued on lead to the institution of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry which was strongly opposed by the then state government headed by Lalu Prasad", he noted.The former Bihar chief minister was brought to Birsa Munda Central Jail after a special CBI court's verdict.Fourteen others have also been found guilty, while seven accused have been acquitted, including former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra.The court is scheduled to pronounce the quantum sentence on January 3, 2018, for the 15 guilty, ...
Case against BJP Karnataka MP for 'provocative' tweets
A case has been registered against BJP's Lok Sabha lawmaker Shobha Karandlaje for "provocative" tweets she posted in the social media over an alleged attack on a minor girl in Karnataka's Honnavar, police said on Saturday.
Charge sheet against 3 men who allegedly wanted to join ISIS
The Hyderabad Police have filed a charge sheet in a local court against three persons who allegedly attempted to join the Islamic State terror group in 2015. The charge sheet was filed in a local court but "it has not yet been numbered" (for further proceedings before the court)," Deputy Commissioner of Police Avinash Mohanty said today. The three men, in their 20s, were arrested at the Nagpur airport after a long surveillance of their activities in 2015 when they allegedly tried to head for the Middle-East to join the ISIS via Srinagar. They face charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code, among other laws. The trio are currently on bail, police sources said.
Kerala police crackdown on illegal money lending rackets
Police today launched a massive crackdown on illegal money lending rackets in Kerala, raiding 360 places in four districts and arresting 26 persons allegedly involved in the business. Police conducted the raids, codenamed 'Operation Blade', in Ernakulam, Kottayam, Idukki and Alappuzha districts which come under the jurisdiction of Ernakulam Range Inspector General of Police. Secret investigations had revealed flourishing of such businesses in these districts and poor people were their easy targets, police said. Cash, gold, signed blank cheques and property documents were seized during the raids carried out in Kochi city, rural areas in Ernakulam district and the other districts, they said. Police said 58 raids were conducted in Ernakulam rural areas alone and four persons arrested. Sixteen persons were arrested in Kottayam district, where police carried out 106 raids. In Idukki district, police raided 88 locations and arrested six persons while in Alappuzha, 97 places ...
IPS officer who probed fodder scam says case has reached
With the conviction of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and 15 others in a fodder scam case, 21 years after it had surfaced, an IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, who had probed the case, said the matter has reached a logical conclusion. Varun Sindhu Kul Kaumudi, who was on deputation to his home state Bihar at that time, had closely supervised the case as CBI SP of Animal Husbandry Scam Unit, Patna and had also filed the charge sheet in the case. Recalling the more than two decades-old case, Kaumudi said, "A truckload copies of documents was submitted to the special CBI court in Patna for providing to the accused within the time-frame fixed by the Supreme Court." Kaumudi, a 1986-batch IPS officer, handled the the fodder scam probe before he was transferred back to Andhra Pradesh in 1998. "I was asked to arrest Lalu Prasad in another related case, but he surrendered in the court," Kaumudi told PTI. He expressed happiness that the case has reached its ...
Two persons arrested, 9 kg opium seized
Police arrested two persons from Ramgarh and Chatra districts and seized nine kilogramme of opium worth Rs 18 lakh from them, a senior police officer said today. A special team arrested the two persons from Ramgarh and Chatra district of Jharkhand and seized the opium, he said. Police also seized Rs 1,68,400 in cash from their possession, the sources said.
Lalu Prasad convicted in fodder scam case, RJD to appeal in HC
A special CBI court on Saturday convicted RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad and 15 others in a case relating to the multi-million rupee fodder scam. The Rashtriya Janata Dal said it will challenge the verdict in the High Court.
Customs official goes missing
A customs official has gone missing under mysterious circumstances here, police said today. The man's brother, Nitin, lodged a missing person's report today at the Dadri police station, they said. His brother said that the official, a resident of Luharli village, had gone to office at Noida Phase 2 on December 20, the police said. The official's brother said that he came in the evening at 6 pm and changed clothes and then went out. Since then he has not returned home, they said.
Delhi HC suspends 2 trial court judges
Two trial court judges have been suspended by the Delhi High Court for alleged corruption. The decision to suspend the two additional sessions judges, posted at Dwarka District Court, was taken by a full court of the high court on December 21, Registrar General (RG) Dinesh Kumar Sharma said today. Both the judges did not respond to repeated messages and phone calls by PTI. The registrar general said that one of them was presiding as an additional district judge (Motor Accident Claims Tribunal) and the other was a special judge (electricity). The high court's decision was then communicated to the district judge of Dwarka Court, where the two officers were posted, for necessary action, the RG told PTI. A source close to Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal's secretariat said that there were allegations that one of the judge's foreign trips were funded by third parties and the other was accused of demanding 10 per cent of a fixed deposit for allowing its premature release. The ..
Woman kills self after argument with lover in Punjab
A 23-year-old woman died here today after allegedly setting herself on fire following a heated argument with a man she was in a relationship with in Mansa district of Punjab, a police official said. The incident occurred at Tamkot village here, where the woman, resident of Baghwala area, allegedly set herself afire yesterday after an argument with Satnam Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Mansa) Karanveer Singh said over phone. "She sustained 80 per cent burn injuries," Karanveer Singh said, adding that she died while undergoing treatment at a civil hospital here. A case under Section 306 of the IPC (abetment of suicide) was registered against Satnam, the DSP said. The accused was absconding, he added.
Criminal cases, political coalition separate matters: Cong on
Criminal cases and political coalition are separate matters and RJD leader Lalu Prasad is fully capable of fighting his legal battle, the Congress said here today, after the former Bihar chief minister was convicted in a fodder scam case by a special CBI court in Ranchi. Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari also alleged that the CBI was a "pet performing parrot of this government" and questioned why similar actions were not initiated against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the Srijan scam, in which the "quantum of embezzlement was of a much greater order". "Why are there different strokes for different folks?" he alleged, while demanding an SIT probe into the Srijan scam. The special CBI court today convicted Lalu Prasad and 15 others in the fodder scam case while acquitting six including another former chief minister Jagannath Mishra. "Lalu Prasad's legal fight is not going on from today. It is going on from 1996. It had started when some leaders associated with BJP
MP policeman found hanging, family alleges foul play
A police official posted in Bahadur police station was today found hanging from a wireless tower here. Assistant Sub-Inspector Satish Raghuwanshi (55) was in uniform when his body was discovered in the morning hanging from a tower situated between Kotwali and Dehat (rural) police stations, said officials. Ashoknagar Collector BS Jamod said that prima facie it looked like a case of suicide though the actual cause would be known only after a detailed probe. Family members of Raghuwanshi however alleged that he was killed by the police who then hung his body from the tower. Raghuwanshi's family further alleged that the Superintendent of Police of Ashoknagar after reaching the spot had taken out Raghuwanshi's mobile and some papers. Collector Jamod as well senior police officials refused to comment on these allegations. The issue caused tension in the area with family members of the deceased as well as locals from the area pelting stones at the police. A police team from ...
3 suspected drug peddlers arrested in Jammu
Three suspected drug peddlers were today arrested and 20 kg of ganja was seized from them here, a police spokesperson said. The trio were moving under suspicious circumstances at rail head pull near Trikuta Nagar when they were intercepted by a police patrolling party, the spokesperson said. He said the police seized 20 kg of ganja (cannabis) from their possession. A case has been registered against them, he said, adding that they are being questioned.
Melbourne car attack suspect charged with attempted murder
A Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Saturday has charged the driver accused of deliberately mowing down pedestrians in Melbourne with 18 counts of attempted murder.The accused, Saeed Noori, had appeared in the court today afternoon and did not apply for bail after the verdict was announced, ABC news said.He is also facing one count of conduct for endangering the life of pedestrians for his rash driving.However, the court was informed that the motivation for the attack remained under investigation and further charges were being considered.Noori is expected to appear before the court again on December 27.At least 15 people were injured after a white SUV car mowed down a number of people at a busy intersection of Flinders and Elizabeth streets in the city's Central Business District (CBD) on December 21.The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital.According to the police, the car was not travelling at high speed when it crashed.
Fodder scam: Tejashwi alleges 'conspiracy' against Lalu
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday said that the fodder scam verdict depicts a conspiracy by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to defame party chief Lalu Prasad.Speaking to media here, Tejashwi said, "We will challenge the verdict in the High Court. The process of bail will take place once the High Court is opened. Today's conviction shows a conspiracy by the BJP and Nitish Kumar to defame Lalu Prasad and put him behind bars. This is not the final judgment as we still have High Court and Supreme Court and the final verdict will be given by the Apex Court".He added that there are plenty of cases whose verdicts tend to change when they move from a lower court to High Court or Supreme Court."Same happened with the Disproportionate assets (DA) case where the verdict by a lower court favoured the CBI but in High Court and Supreme Court they were shunned. The whole conspiracy is based on a political vendetta. We all should come .
Bhopal gangrape case: Four get life in jail
A court here today sentenced four men to life imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old woman near the Habibganj railway station in the city in October. The sentence was awarded within 52 days of the incident. Additional District and Sessions Judge Savita Dubey held Golu alias Bihari Chadhar (25), Amar alias Ghuntu (24), Rajesh Chetram alias Raju (26) and Ramesh Mehra alias Raju (45) guilty of raping the woman near the railway station when she was returning home after attending a coaching class on October 31. "They will remain behind bars for the rest of their lives," the court said. The four men were convicted under IPC sections pertaining to attempt to murder, gangrape, voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful confinement, wrongful restraint and other relevant sections, additional public prosecutor Reena Verma told reporters. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 and Rs 5,000 on each of the four men, she said. Taking a serious note of incident, the Madhya Pradesh High Court .
Police lodges FIR against NCW Member for taking case diary
National Commission for Women (NCW) Member Sushma Sahu had allegedly taken the original case diary - relating to alleged rape and suicide of a woman in Birbhum district from the police, a senior officer said today. An FIR has lodged at the Bolpur police station against the NCW Member by the investigating officer for allegedly taking the original case diary, Superintendent of Police, N Sudheerkumar said. Sahu had yesterday visited the house of the woman who committed suicide by setting herself on fire after being allegedly raped and blackmailed. The NCW member told the Inspector of Bolpur police station, Subir Chakraborty to give her the photo copy of the case documents. As Chakraborty asked for some time to make photocopy of the documents, Sahu allegedly took away the original case documents from the inspector and told him to collect those from her later, police said A case has lodged under IPC sections 379 (commitment of theft), 186 (Obstructing public servant in ...
BJP MP Karandlaje challenges Siddaramaiah govt to arrest her
BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje today challenged the Karnataka government to arrest her for alleged "inflammatory" tweets on the rape and murder of a minor Dalit girl in Vijayapura. "If Siddaramaiah's government has courage, let it arrest me.I am not applying for bail. Whatever I have tweeted is based on what I have seen and heard in media," she told reporters here. "I will put my case before the police. Let them interrogate me," she said, a day after she was booked for the alleged "inflammatory" tweets. Inspite of informing the police about the incident, the government did not arrest the culprits and instead booked a case against her, Karandlaje said. She alleged that the FIR against her was politically motivated. Police had alleged Karandlaje's tweets added to tension in the regions of coastal Karnataka, which was on the boil since December 6 when 19-year-old Paresh Mesta was found dead under mysterious circumstances. An FIR was filed against Karandlaje on charges of ...
Congress-RJD tie up, an alliance of corruption: JP Nadda
Hours after a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ranchi pronounced former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad guilty in a fodder scam case, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that its alliance with the Congress party is an "alliance of corruption"."The alliance between Congress and Lalu Yadav's party is an alliance of corruption, connivance and cheating the people of India, it is clear from the verdict of the court," said Union Minister JP Nadda on the fodder scam verdict.The Union Minister further slammed Lalu Prasad for not accepting the verdict on the infamous fodder scam."Lalu Prasad Yadav is even now politicising the issue instead of accepting the verdict, just to deviate his corruption he is leveling allegations of conspiracy on BJP", added JP Nadda.Moreover, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey welcomed the verdict that has been pronounced by the Court."We welcome the verdict that has been pronounced by the court in the ...