Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday recovered a large cache of explosives, including 20 bags of ammonium nitrate and multiple detonators, during a raid in the Nalhati area of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, and arrested one suspect in connection with the case, officials said.The recovery of this large quantity of explosives has created a stir in the entire area.Acting on specific intelligence inputs about the alleged stockpiling of explosives, an NIA tea…
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Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), July 18 (IANS) In a setback to jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, the MP-MLA Special Court (Sessions Trial) here on Saturday rejected his appeal against a two-year sentence awarded by a lower court for his objectionable remark against a district magistrate in 2019. After the court’s decision to uphold the sentence awarded to the SP leader, Prosecution Officer Seema Rana said, “An appeal was filed in the court of the Special Judge (MP-MLA/Sessions Court) Vijay Kuma…
Bengaluru, July 8 (IANS) The case related to the controversy surrounding actor and politician Kamal Haasan’s statement allegedly defaming the Kannada language, literature, land, and culture was transferred to the Special Court for MLA/MPs in Bengaluru on Wednesday.A private complaint was lodged against Haasan earlier in this regard with the Kanakapura town court. However, following his election to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu, the case has now been transferred to the 42nd People’s Representat…
Gandhinagar, July 7 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Tuesday described the High Court’s decision to uphold the death sentences of 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case as a verdict showing “zero mercy” for those found guilty of one of the country’s deadliest terror attacks.In a post on X, Sanghavi wrote: “38 death sentences. 11 life terms. Zero mercy. July 26, 2008 Amdavad Serial bomb blast. Today, the Gujarat High Court delivered one of India’s stronges…
Ahmedabad, July 7 (IANS) Following the Gujarat High Court’s decision to uphold the death sentences and life imprisonment for 49 accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case, retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhay Chudasama, who was part of the Ahmedabad Crime Branch investigation, said the case was solved through extensive fieldwork, coordinated investigations and the collection of a vast body of evidence from across the country.Recalling the circumstances at the time on Tuesday, C…
Bhopal/Indore, July 6 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bhopal Zonal Office, has filed a charge sheet against Dharmendra Singh Bhadauria, former district excise officer of Alirajpur, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The charge sheet was submitted to the Special Court (PMLA) in Indore, which promptly issued a notice to the accused. The case originates from an FIR registered by the Special Police Establishment (SPE), Lokayukta, Indore, charging Bhadauria under v…
Indore, June 25 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Indore Sub-Zonal Office, has provisionally attached 56 residential plots in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The attachment is part of an ongoing probe into the embezzlement of government funds amounting to Rs 20.47 crore from the Block Education Office (BEO), Katthiwada, in Alirajpur district, the ED said in a statement.The ED initiated the investigation based on an FIR registered…
Coimbatore, June 10 (IANS) The Coimbatore District Police on Wednesday filed a chargesheet before a special court in the case relating to the abduction, sexual assault and murder of a 10-year-old girl near Sulur last month. The 819-page chargesheet, containing 104 prosecution witnesses and 215 documents, was submitted before the Special Court for trial of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The document was e-filed on Tuesday by the investigating team headed …
Bengaluru, April 21 (IANS) In a major development, a Special Court in Bengaluru on Tuesday ordered the registration of a First Information Report against Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara over an allegation that he placed a Rs 500 bet during a Kabaddi sports tournament. Taking serious note of the development and the message it would send to society, the court directed the Kodigehalli police in Tumakuru to register a First Information Report and carry out a comprehensive probe into the m…
Bengaluru, April 16 (IANS) Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju, appearing for the CBI, urged the Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru on Thursday to award the harshest punishment to accused MLA Vinay Kulkarni and the other accused in the murder case of BJP leader and Zilla Panchayat member Yogesh Gowda.The Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru on Wednesday held senior Congress MLA and former minister Vinay Kulkarni guilty in the murder case of the BJP leader. The court delive…