New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Delhi Police for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a complainant in connection with a case involving the latter’s brother, officials said on Tuesday. The arrested accused has been identified as Om Prakash, posted as an ASI at Paschim Vihar police station in west Delhi. The CBI registered a case on February 7, after receiving a complaint alleging that the…
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Varanasi, Feb 9 (IANS) Protests broke out in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Monday after demolition work began in the Dal Mandi area as part of a road widening project, with the situation turning tense when a shopkeeper allegedly set his own establishment on fire in protest against the action.According to officials, unrest began soon after authorities reached the locality to carry out demolition work. During the operation, a shopkeeper reportedly threatened to end his life in opposition to the driv…
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (IANS) The Haryana Police on Sunday said they have registered a case in the Surajkund joyride accident and arrested two persons, including the owner of the ride-operating company, on charges of lapses in ensuring safety.A giant swing collapsed at the Surajkund mela in Faridabad, killing Inspector Jagdish Prasad during rescue operations and injuring 12 people. A case has been registered against Mohammad Shakir, proprietor of Himachal Fun Care Company, for culpable homicide not a…
Ahmedabad, Jan 22 (IANS) A woman was shot dead and her husband later died by suicide in a late-night firing incident at a high-rise residential complex in Ahmedabad’s Bodakdev-Thaltej area, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred around 10.30 p.m. on Wednesday night at NRI Tower on Judges Bungalow Road in Ahmedabad.The deceased have been identified as Yashrajsinh Gohil, a Class-I officer with the Gujarat Maritime Board, and his wife Rajeshwari Gohil. Yashrajsinh Gohil was the nephew of f…
Greater Noida, Jan 6 (IANS) A court in UP’s Greater Noida on Tuesday postponed the commencement of day-to-day hearings in the high-profile Akhlaq lynching case due to the absence of a key prosecution witness.The daily hearing, scheduled to begin on January 6 at the Surajpur court, could not proceed as the main witness failed to appear. The court has now fixed January 8 as the next date of hearing and directed that the witness be produced under police protection.Yusuf Saifi, advocate representing…
Greater Noida, Dec 23 (IANS) In a significant development, a court in Greater Noida on Tuesday rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea seeking withdrawal of prosecution against the accused in the long-pending Dadri Akhlaq lynching case, asserting that the application was neither legally sustainable nor in the interest of justice.The fast-track court at Surajpur, which is hearing the case related to the 2015 mob lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Bisahra village of Dadri, dismissed the prosecu…