New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has quashed an FIR lodged against an Associate Professor of Lakshmibai College over allegations of assault and caste-based abuse, observing that allegations of caste-based humiliation were introduced as an “afterthought” and lacked the essential ingredients required to invoke provisions of the SC/ST Act.Allowing a writ petition filed by Ranjit Kaur, a single-judge Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna set aside an FIR registered in 2021 at Bhar…
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New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has arrested the kingpin of a well-organised cheating racket that targeted vulnerable women at hospitals and temples across the national Capital, officials said on Friday.The accused, identified as Paro (38), a resident of Bawana, had been absconding since 2023 and was declared a Proclaimed Offender in two cases. She was wanted in at least three cheating cases registered in different police stations of Delhi.According to police, the…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court has granted bail to an accused booked under provisions of the IPC and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2021, observing that the Allahabad High Court had overlooked crucial aspects while rejecting his plea.A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan directed that the petitioner, Vishal Rana alias Tabish Asghar, be released on bail forthwith, subject to terms and conditions to be imposed by the trial court.T…
New Delhi/Bhopal, April 1 (IANS) An MP-MLA court in New Delhi on Wednesday convicted sitting Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in connection with a case dating back over 28 years, related to a Cooperative Rural Development Bank in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh.After convicting Bharti, who is the MLA from the Datia Assembly seat in the Gwalior division of Madhya Pradesh, the court sent him to jail, senior advocate Anil Kumar Shukla, who argued on behalf of the bank, told IANS on Wednesday.However, …
Itanagar, March 31 (IANS) The ED provisionally attached properties and assets worth Rs 14.85 crore in West Bengal’s Howrah and Hooghly and in Guwahati in connection with a GST-related fraud involving nearly Rs 100 crore, an official statement said on Tuesday.The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Itanagar Sub-Zonal Office, said the attached assets include movable assets in the form of shareholding of the partner of a company called Ganesh International valued at Rs 11.88 crore in a listed entity…
Jaipur, March 30 (IANS) The Rajasthan Special Operations Group (SOG) has cracked down on a recruitment exam fraud syndicate involving the use of “dummy candidates”, arresting a key accused who had been on the run for nearly two years and was carrying a reward of Rs 10,000.The arrested accused, Sunil Bishnoi, had been absconding since 2023, with SOG teams conducting continuous raids to trace him. SOG ADG Vishal Bansal said the case is linked to the RPSC Senior Teacher (Secondary Education) Gr…
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) The ED attached office units valued at Rs 3.46 crore in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, in connection with alleged financial irregularities and money-laundering in the matter of Dnyanradha Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Ltd (DMCCSL) and others, an official said on Friday.The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mumbai Zonal Office, provisionally attached the assets on Thursday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The attachment was in connec…
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Residential flats, commercial shops and office space relating to the Goregaon Pearl CHS Project and worth Rs 41.70 crore were seized by the ED in a fraud with homebuyers and other investors in Goregaon, Mumbai, an official said on Friday.The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Mumbai Zonal office, provisionally attached assets/properties on March 25, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the ED said in a statement.The attached assets in…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) A wanted criminal, involved in multiple serious offences and previously convicted in a robbery case, has been arrested by the Southern Range of the Crime Branch in Delhi, an official said on Tuesday.The accused, identified as Rinku Kumar alias Rajinder alias Sunil, a resident of Baljeet Nagar, had been absconding after jumping interim bail and evading arrest for several months.According to police, a dedicated team comprising ASI Vijumon, Head Constables Arvind and Char…
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Saturday arrested a proclaimed offender carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head, in connection with a murder case registered at Sarita Vihar Police Station in 2023. The accused, identified as Atonu Halder alias Atul Halder (23), son of Gora Chand Halder and a resident of Sarita Vihar, Delhi, had been absconding for nearly two-and-a-half years. He was apprehended from Gandhinagar in Gujarat after sustained tec…