Crime and Accident

New Delhi, November 09: A court Monday sent Uttar Pradesh gangster Munna Bajrangi to 30 days’ police custody in the national capital.

Additional Sessions Judge Madhu Jain allowed a plea of the Delhi Police seeking 30 days remand of Bajrangi for allegedly indulging in a series of organised crimes with his associates here.

The court also issued a production warrant against former Uttar Pradesh legislator Mukhtar Ansari under the stringent Maharashta Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA).

Barabanki, November 09: One person was killed and 18 others injured, when a bus overturned in Deva police station here today. Police said that the bus of Barabanki depot, which was on its way to here overturned near Sharda canal killing one person on the spot and injuring 18 other passengers.

All the injured, including the driver of the bus were admitted to the district hospital, police added.

—Agencies

Barabanki, November 09: One person was killed and 18 others injured, when a bus overturned in Deva police station here today. Police said that the bus of Barabanki depot, which was on its way to here overturned near Sharda canal killing one person on the spot and injuring 18 other passengers.

All the injured, including the driver of the bus were admitted to the district hospital, police added.

—PTI–

Mumbai, Nov. 09 : Till last Tuesday, 24-year-old Kaushalkumar Khushwaha was excited, and grateful to the men who had taken Rs 60,000 from him and promised him a welder’s job in Singapore. They even gave him an Air India ticket for November 3. That’s the day he discovered there was no such job, and that the men had disappeared with his money and his passport.

New Delhi, Nov 9 : Armed robbers today looted a contractor of Rupees 6 lakh after shooting at his driver in Model Town area, police said.

”After Satya Prakash, an MCD contractor, had moved out of his car to go to his office in Rana Pratap Bagh, his driver, Keshav, also came out to take out his briefcase, carrying the amount, from the car’s rear section,” a senior police official said.

As soon as he took the briefcase in his hand, four armed robbers passed by the car at a high speed and shot at 35-year-old Keshav, injuring him seriously, he added.

Agra, November 09: The city of the Taj Mahal witnessed three murders over love, officials said Monday.

Twenty two-year old Sunita allegedly strangled her husband Ganga Saran, 28, on Sunday, with the help of her lover Manoj.

Zamboanga City (The Philippines), November 09: A kidnapped state school principal was beheaded by his abductors on a southern Philippine island, a regional military spokesman said Monday.

The head of Gabriel Canizares, 36, was recovered at dawn Monday at a petrol station in Jolo town on Jolo Island, 1,000 km south of Manila, Major Ramon David Hontiveros said.

Hontiveros said two motorcycle-riding gunmen, believed to be Abu Sayyaf rebels, allegedly threw a plastic bag containing the victim’s head in front of the petrol station.

New Delhi, Nov 09: A 17-year-old student was run over by a speeding Blueline bus in Northeast Delhi this morning, triggering protests by locals.

According to police, Aditya Jain, a Class IX student, was hit by the Seemapuri-Fatehpuri route bus in Usmanpur at around 8 am when he was on his way to school. Police said Aditya died on the spot.

The victim was a student of the Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalya School at Mori Gate. Enraged by the incident, residents took to the streets and held protests at the site.

A case of negligence and rash driving has been registered against the driver.

–PTI

Jakarta, Nov 09: A strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia, officials said on Monday.

At least 20 people were hospitalised on the island after the 6.7-magnitude temblor, many of them with broken bones, said Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Health Ministry’s crisis centre. He said at least 40 people were injured.

New Delhi, Nov 09: Four Eastern Frontier Rifle (EFR) jawans were killed in a surprise assault by Maoists here in West Midnapore on Sunday, hours after Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee wrapped up a two-day visit to the violence-hit district even as a top Maoist leader claimed responsibility for the attack.

Claiming responsibility for the killings, top Maoist leader Koteshar Rao alias Kishanji on Sunday night dared the Central and State governments to deploy as much forces as they wanted in the embattled area.

Chandigarh, Nov 09: Following the death of New Indira Colony resident on Sunday morning, the relatives of the deceased have come forward stating that the 60-year-old had died of “shock”.

Gajaraj was reportedly upset as the police failed to take action on his complaint that several youths were harassing his daughter. The deceased had lodged the complaint on Friday but the four accused were freed instantly after the arrest. This apparently became the cause of Gajaran’s distress.

Chandigarh, Nov 09: A ride to Sukhna Lake with her father turned fatal for a two-and-a-half-year old girl, who succumbed to her injuries after their scooter was hit by a Chandigarh Transport Undertaking bus at Manimajra on Sunday afternoon.

Sanjay Goyal, a resident of Modern Housing Complex, was going with his daughter Kiki to Sukhna Lake to offer food to fish, when their scooter was hit by a 19-A route bus (CH01 G1 7121).

Guwahati, November 09: A dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Monday brought normal life to a halt in Assam.

The ULFA has called the 12-hour shutdown, which began at 6 a.m., demanding the release of two of their arrested leaders – ‘foreign secretary’ Sasha Choudhury and ‘finance secretary’ Chitraban Hazarika.

Shops, businesses and educational institutions remained closed, while most public and private transport kept off the roads.

Ahmedabad, November 09: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Gujarat have registered a case of death due to negligence against seven followers of spiritual Guru Asaram Bapu in connection with the mysterious death of two boys at the Asaram Gurukul last year.

CID had registered a case against seven followers under Section 304 of IPC following an investigation and a lie detection test of three disciples of Asaram Ashram, the police said yesterday.

New Delhi, November 09: Police today busted an international gang involved in making fake notes and seized fake notes worth Rs 1.24 lakh after arresting five persons here.

Superintendent of Police, K P Venkateshwar said based on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid at a hotel here and arrested gangsters — Mustkim and Azad. During interrogation, the duo confessed that the fake notes were supplied by Delhi-based Maya alias Mrityunjay Verma.

With the help of the arrested persons, police located the gang’s kingpin Maya and two other members –Ramniwas and Manoj and arrested them.

Jagraon, Nov 09: A friendly banter between two friends ended with one landing in a hospital with a serious gunshot wound.

As per the SHO, Jagraon, Pawanjit Singh, 22-year-old Parminderjeet Singh, a resident of Karnail Singh Nagar, was sitting at his friends place in old Dana Mandi and two were working on the computer.

Mumbai, November 09: A 37-year-old woman from Mira Road was arrested on Sunday for allegedly trying to kill her husband after a heated argument over suspected extra-marital affairs of each other.

Sundari Pillai, a mother of two, who tried to commit suicide after her husband, Armugam, 47, was taken to hospital, is cooling her heels in the lock-up.

Mumbai, November 09: Officers of the Shahu Nagar police station have arrested three imposters for posing as CID officers and robbing cash and valuables from people after kidnapping and threatening them with consequences.

“Anklesh Thakur, 35, Rashid Patel, 45, and Kanisht Singh, 29, were arrested and a Qualis car they had hired from a travel agency at Malad to commit crime has been seized,” senior inspector Waman Ghadigaonkar said, adding that Thakur was also involved in some robbery cases in Mumbai and Thane. Their fourth associate, Mukhtar, escaped.

Lucknow, November 09: Angered over his father’s refusal to hand over his entire property to him, a man shot him twice and when that did not prove fatal, poured kerosene over him and burnt him alive in a village here Saturday, police said Sunday.

According to police, Mangat Kumar, 80, of Kiswana village under Dankore area of Greater Noida, had transferred his agricultural land in the village to his three sons equally some time back.

However, his eldest son, Ramesh, 35, opposed the decision and wanted the entire land to be made over to him.

Greater Noida, November 08: Angered over his father’s refusal to hand over his entire property to him, a man shot him twice and when that did not prove fatal, poured kerosene over him and burnt him alive in a village here Saturday, police said on Sunday.

According to police, Mangat Kumar, 80, of Kiswana village under Dankore area of Greater Noida, had transferred his agricultural land in the village to his three sons equally some time back.

However, his eldest son, Ramesh, 35, opposed the decision and wanted the entire land to be made over to him.

Lucknow, November 08: A criminal case was registered against 28 people, including 26 women, in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district on Sunday for drawing widows’ pension on forged documents.

The accused involved the village head of Rasoolpur Nandlal village, Harendra Yadav, and a village panchayat officer, Dashrath Yadav.

“The complaint was filed by the district probation officer, O.P. Saini. The 26 women of the village were getting the pension for the past couple of years,” Inspector Ashok Dixit of Kotwali police told.

Kolkata, November 08: Four Eastern Frontier Rifles (EFR) troopers were killed in an ambush by Maoist rebels in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Sunday, hours after Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee wrapped up his two-day visit to the district by throwing a challenge to the Left-wing ultras.
“Four policemen have been killed. The bodies have been brought to the Jamboni police station from the spot,” an officer manning the state police control room here told IANS.

“We have heard that some policemen have also been injured. But we don’t know the numbers,” he said.

Nalbari (Assam), November 08: Parents of ULFA ‘Foreign Secretary’ Sashadhar Choudhury, who surrendered to the BSF in Tripura on Friday, today said that the banned outfit should sit for talks with the government to restore peace in Assam.

Dinabandhu and Bhadravati Choudhury, both in their 80s, told PTI in their house at Helasa village of Nalbari district that they were overwhelmed to see their son on television yesterday after more than 25 years and were eager to meet him.

Kolkata, November 08: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday said that security force troopers, who have been deployed in and around Lalgarh to flush out Maoists, will vacate all school buildings they are now occupying in the region by Nov 15.

“We are trying to ensure all joint forces’ personnel vacate the school buildings in Lalgarh by Nov 15. We are hopeful of completing the whole process shortly,” Bhattacharjee told a press conference at West Midnapore circuit house.

He said: “We must abjure violence. The rebels should surrender their firearms.”

Gidhni (WB), November 08: Four EFR jawans were killed in a surprise assault by Maoists while they were patrolling near Gidhni Bazaar in the Jhargram sub-division of West Midnapore district today, barely hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee left after a two-day visit to the violence-scarred district.

IG (Western Range) Kuldip Singh said the EFR jawans were patrolling near a police camp close to a school in the area under Jamboni police station.