Noida,March 21:LESS than a week after a Ghaziabad panchayat decided to punish a rapist by five shoe whacks, the panchayat of a village in Greater Noida ordered to gouge out the eyes of a couple and then shoot them in public.
The panchayat of Ghori Bachera under Dadri police station passed the ‘ judgment’ on Tuesday against Javed and Sashista, who eloped and got married on February 13.
Kanpur, March 20: A magisterial enquiry has been ordered into an alleged custodial death here in which four police personnel were suspended. The enquiry was ordered by the district administration here yesterday.
Mukesh, a resident of the city, was allegedly picked up by police from Anandpuri area here on March 4 and detained for interrogation in a case related to narcotic smuggling. His body was later found in a village of Kanpur (Dehat) district on March 10.
Patna, March 20: Three youths tried to disrobe a woman teacher on a busy street here and police, in perhaps the first incident of its kind, have submitted a chargesheet against them in court.
The incident took place on busy Budh Marg when the youths, riding a vehicle, tried to disrobe the woman in front of the intermediate council office where she had gone to collect a cheque on Thursday, senior superintendent of police Vinit Vinayak said today.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20: A 28-year-old man was clubbed to death with a cricket bat by his friend after a quarrel broke out between them, over swapping channels when a IPL match was on, at a village in Nedumangad town near here, police said today.
The man, who suffered serious head injuries, died in the medical college hospital here yesterday after battling for life for four days, they said.
Lucknow, March 20: A woman, who was allegedly set ablaze by a Samjawadi Party MLA in Maharajganj district, succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Gorakhpur, police said here today. Savitri Devi, who suffered 90 per cent burns after being set ablaze allegedly by SP MLA from Sadar constituency in Maharajganj Sripat Azad on March 15, died last evening.
Srinagar, March 20: A major of the Rashtriya Rifles counter-insurgency force died when a grenade he was handling exploded in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district Saturday, an official said here.
Major Joginder Shekhawat of 24 Rashtriya Rifles died in the Kangan area of Ganderbal when a grenade he was handling went off, army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Brar told.
“An enquiry has been ordered into the incident and the investigations are on,” he said.
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New Delhi, March 20: A Delhi court on Saturday declined to take on record an application of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar seeking certain documents related to the chargesheet filed against him in 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases, saying it was aimed at causing hindrance in the progress of the case.
It sent the case for trial before a Special CBI Court against Kumar and others.
Mumbai, March 20: The Maharashtra government has decided to set up a special cell to handle sex crimes against children. It has also decided to move pending rape cases to a fast track court.
These decisions were announced in the legislature after the Opposition criticised the Home department for the growing incidence of sex crimes against children and an increase in rape cases.
New Delhi, March 20: ‘An educated girl willfully giving dowry should be said a city court. The court has further directed police to register an FIR against the girl and her parents for giving dowry.
Sanjay Bansal, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate noted that Shilpi (30), who is a Master of Commerce, Master of Arts, a Bachelor of Education and also a teacher, despite having an excellent educational background, agreed to get into a marriage despite huge demands for dowry. Laviral Kalra (32) (name changed) and Shilpi (name changed) got married on November 2, 2006.
Raipur, March 20: Three people were arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur town for running a betting racket for the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, police said Saturday.
The three were caught Friday night in Bilaspur town, some 100 km from here, and were identified as Govind Ram, 30, Harpal, 32, and Srichand Chawla, 41, an official said.
‘The three were arrested following a tip-off. They had put Rs.650,000 as gambling amount on IPL matches when we picked them up from a room in Chakarbhata area,’ Ashish Wasnik, the police official who led the operation, told.
New Delhi, March 20: The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Friday said that nearly a fortnight had passed since two girls of Kirori Mal College complained of sexual harassment by two college professors but no action had been taken.
Two girls of Kirori Mal College March 3 filed a complaint of sexual harassment against two professors of Urdu department of their college – Saba Karim and Khaif – DUSU vice president Kriti Wadhera told IANS.
Navsari (Guj), March 20: Communal tension flared up in a part of the district today following stone pelting by people of two communities, police said.
A team of State Reserve Police (SRP) has been called in to control the situation, they said, adding there were no casualties in the incident.
According to the police, a woman from Tata village was allegedly harassed by a man from Telada village.
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Jhargram (WB), March 20: Thirteen Maoist-backed tribal women were granted bail by the court today after they were arrested for trying to storm into a police station in Jhargram area of West Midnapore district. The police produced 14 tribals before the ACJM court, where all the 13 women were granted bail.
However, Bibhuti Mahato was given a jail custody by the court. They all have been charged under the Arms Act after hundreds of villagers yesterday tried to storm into Manikpara police station but were pushed back by police personnel, who fired in the air.
Patna, March 20: A suspected ISI agent was today arrested in Bihar”s Katihar town, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided a place in Katihar and arrested Gulam Waris, the suspected ISI man.
After intensive interrogation, Gulam was produced before a court of judicial magistrate in Katihar, where he was remanded to 14-days judicial custody.
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New Delhi, March 20: Three members of a family died and one was battling for life after they consumed some poisonous substance in an apparent suicide in Mahavir Nagar area of west Delhi, the police said Friday.
“According to initial reports, the couple – Pramod, 37, and Sonali, 35, – committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance alongwith their two children. Pramod, his two-year-old daughter Jiya and seven month old son Sachin died. Sonali is still battling for life,” a senior police officer said.
Mainpuri (UP), March 19: Upset over their mother’s death, a brother-sister duo today allegedly attempted suicide by consuming a poisonous substance.
70-year Rani Devi, wife of Ram Din, died after protracted illness. Unable to come to terms with the loss, her Sumita and son Sunil consumed sulphas tablets, sub-divisional magistrate Jaishanker Dubey said.
The siblings were rushed to a hospital where their condition was stated to be critical.
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Jammu, March 19: A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) today committed suicide allegedly by shooting himself with his service rifle in Poonch district.
Naib Subedar Ganga Ram of 49 RR committed suicide by shooting himself with his personal weapon at an army barrack in Mendhar belt of Poonch district this afternoon, Defence spokesman Lt Col Biplab Nath told PTI.
He said a court of inquiry has been ordered into the incident.
Mumbai, March 19: The Bombay High Court today gave Pune police further three weeks to file investigation report in a case in which Pune-based Congress corporator Deepak Mankar and his brother Shivaji Mankar are among the accused.
Some 50 goons, allegedly sent by Mankars, ransacked the house of Poornima Prabhu in Shivajinagar area of Pune on December 29, 2008. Her brother, Rajiv Prabhu, was badly beaten up, and had to be hospitalised.
However, police recorded a complaint of assault against Prabhus too, alongwith the complaint filed by Prabhus against Mankar and others.
New Delhi, March 19: A suspected associate of top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, arrested from Kanpur by Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad was today sent to 10 days police custody by a Delhi court.
Arvind Joshi was today brought to the national capital in compliance with a production warrant issued against him.
Joshi was produced before metropolitan magistrate Ashu Garg who sent him to police remand till March 29.
Srinagar, March 19: At least eight persons were today injured when police used batons and lobbed tear-gas shells to disperse stone-pelting mobs, protesting the killing of a civilian, in Sopore and Baramulla districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
A large crowd gathered near Sopore police station, 55 kms from here, this morning and indulged in stone-pelting prompting the police to fire tear gas shells and use batons to disperse them, officials said.
Burdwan (WB), March 19: An inquiry has been ordered after school authorities allegedly asked a depressed boy not to attend classes due to his “rude and uncivilised” behaviour.
Sub-Divisional Officer of the district Tanmayi Dutta said a team of officials were sent on Wednesday to inquire into the allegations on the basis of a complaint lodged by Chandrani Sau, mother of Rishiraj Sau, a class three student of Model school.
Bijapur, March 19: Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and another three seriously injured in a blast triggered by the Maoists on Thursday in the forested area of Bijapur in south Chhattisgarh.
CM blames troops for Silda attack West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee blamed the local Eastern Frontier Rifles camp for not being able to apprehend the Maoist attack in West Midnapore on February 15.
Mumbai, March 19: Residents of Saujanya Society at Andheri, where retired Customs officer Harish Marolia (65) shot Hemani Mehta (14) on Thursday, are in a state of shock.
Nishant Shende, a witness who stays in a neighbouring building, said: “Marolia first fired two rounds into the air, creating panic. It was such a horrible experience – everybody ran for their lives.” Shende said that Marolia, after threatening society secretary Deepak Patni and others, who objected to his alleged misbehaviour, was returning to his third-floor flat when he saw Mehta.
Srinagar, March 19: Police today fired teargas shells to disperse a mob protesting the killing of a civilian during an exchange of fire between militants and securitymen at Sopore.
The situation in Sopore town of north Kashmir remained tense as a strike called by locals entered its third day with shops and business establishments remaining closed against the police action.
Kathua (J&K), March 19: Bodies of a man and a woman were found on a railway track at Dayalachak railway station in Kathua district, officials said here today.
The bodies of 30-year-old man and 22-year-old woman were recovered yesterday from Dayalachak soon after Samparak Kranti train passed from the station, they said.
The bodies of the duo, whose identity is being ascertained, have been sent to hospital for autopsy, they said adding investigations were going on to find the cause of death.
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