New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A Delhi court has convicted two Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials for offences of assault, mischief and criminal trespass in connection with a controversial search and arrest operation conducted at the residence of a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer in 2000, holding that the action was carried out in a “malafide manner” to frustrate a tribunal order. Judicial Magistrate First Class Shashank Nandan Bhatt of the Tis Hazari Courts convicte…
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Lucknow, April 18 (IANS) In a significant crackdown on organised exploitation, the Lucknow Police have arrested Atika, the alleged mastermind of a sophisticated ‘honey trap’ gang on Saturday. The arrest follows an investigation into the harrowing abduction, sexual assault of a 16-year-old minor boy and a bid to extort money. The case came to light after the victim’s mother, Asma Khan, filed a formal complaint detailing the disappearance of her son, Ibrahim (name changed), a Class 9 student. Ac…
Patna, April 15 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a supplementary chargesheet against Kundan Kumar, also known as Kundan Bhagat, in connection with a 2024 Bihar case involving the smuggling of illegal weapons.The chargesheet was submitted before the NIA Special Court in Patna, invoking multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Arms Act, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).With this, Kundan Kumar becomes the sixth accused to be chargeshe…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) In a setback to businessman Robert Vadra, a court here on Wednesday issued summons to him and eight others after taking cognisance of a prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to a 2008 land deal in Gurugram’s Shikohpur village. The Special Court at Rouse Avenue directed Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and son-in-law of former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and the other accused to appear…
Mumbai, April 15 (IANS) The NESCO drug party case in Mumbai has taken a dramatic turn with investigators uncovering the criminal background of the family of the main accused, Anand Patel. Officials said he is the son of alleged “ration mafia” kingpin Lakhan Patel, who has a long history of serious criminal cases in the Kalyan-Dombivli region.According to police sources, multiple cases involving serious offences have been registered against Lakhan Patel across several police stations in Kalyan an…
Lucknow/Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A court in Lucknow on Monday sentenced three terrorists linked to the Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror module Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) to life imprisonment for conspiring to carry out serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country. Special Judge (NIA/ATS) Jitendra Kumar Pandey convicted and sentenced Minhaj Ahmad alias Minhaj, Musiruddin alias Musir alias Raju, and Tauheed Ahmad Shah alias Sobu Shah in the case investigated by the National Investigation…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to quash the CBI FIR and charge sheets against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh, while disposing of Yadav’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court order refusing to quash the corruption case, granted him liberty to raise legal objections during trial and exempted him from personal appearance before the trial court.“After hearing …
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned IPS officer Gaurav Lal and businessman Joy Kamdar in connection with its investigation and raids at the house of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar, who runs several syndicates in different areas of Kasba and Ballygunge in Kolkata, a senior central probe official said on Sunday. Gaurav Lal was the Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police, who is now deputed in Howrah Police.The ED searched Sona Pappu’s house on April 1. On that da…
Guna, April 12 (IANS) A tragic road accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district claimed the lives of a man and his wife when their car collided with a tractor. Two oncoming motorcyclists were also caught in the crash, leaving a youth and a four-year-old child seriously injured. The accident occurred late Saturday night on a highway stretch in Guna on the Kumbhraj-Mohanpur road.According to preliminary police information, the car driver was trying to overtake a tractor, which reportedly lost contr…
Raipur, April 7 (IANS) In a swift and decisive operation against illegal gambling, Raipur rural police arrested two persons and seized assets worth approximately Rs 42.14 lakh, including a luxury Mercedes car, an iPhone, and cash, officials said on Tuesday. Acting on a specific tip-off received on Monday night, a police team from Abhanpur police station raided fields near Tokro village, located on the border of Raipur rural and Dhamtari districts.The informant had revealed that a group was engag…