Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader and former KPCC president V.M. Sudheeran has sought a fresh and impartial investigation into the suicide of K.K. Maheshan, former Kanichukulangara Union Secretary of SNDP Yogam, alleging that key evidence was ignored and crucial aspects of the case were not properly examined.In a letter submitted to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan, Sudheeran, a former Minister, Speaker and Lok Sabha member, forwarded a petition by Maheshan’s wife, Usha Devi…
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Hazaribagh, June 3 (IANS) The Jharkhand Police solved the brutal murder of a 14-year-old girl and her three-year-old brother in Hazaribagh district and arrested the main accused, Sanjit Paswan, officials said on Wednesday.Investigations revealed that the accused had attempted to rape the girl and killed both children when she resisted.During questioning, Paswan confessed that on May 27 he lured the siblings on his scooter on the pretext of taking them for a ride and buying a mobile phone, and to…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha member, has sought time to appear before the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the signature mismatch case.An insider of the party said that Banerjee has sent a letter to the CID seeking time to appear before its officers, as he is still recovering from the health issues which he encountered on May 30 when he was heckled and harassed while on his way to meet the family of a party…
Bhopal, May 29 (IANS) Former district judge Giribala Singh returned to the Bhopal District Court on Friday under dramatically different circumstances from those in which she last walked its corridors more than two years ago. Giribala Singh, who retired as Principal District Judge in February 2023, appeared before the same court as an accused in the alleged dowry death case of her daughter-in-law, actor-model Twisha Sharma.She was brought to the court by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) …
Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) Police in Jammu & Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday arrested one accused in the kidnap, rape, and murder of a minor, who had gone missing on Saturday and whose body was recovered on May 24. Police today said that one of the accused, identified as Mudasir, was arrested within 24 hours of the incident.Efforts are underway to arrest the other accused as well. Police have added that they will ensure the accused persons receive the harshest punishment for the gruesome …
Bhopal, May 25 (IANS) The Jain community has launched protests across Madhya Pradesh and other parts of the country against the hit-and-run incident in Rewa on May 20 that resulted in the death of two Jain Sadhvis and left a third critically injured.Organisations including Rashtriya Jain Shasan and Ekta Sangh have strongly condemned the accident, describing it as a shocking attack on Jain ascetics.The tragic incident occurred near the Collectorate office in Rewa’s Civil Lines area when a speed…
Bhopal, May 24 (IANS) The process for the second post-mortem of Twisha Sharma’s body, the 33-year-old former Miss Pune contestant who died under mysterious circumstances, began on Sunday at AIIMS Bhopal. A high-level forensic team from AIIMS Delhi, led by Dr Sudhir Gupta, Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine, arrived in the city on Saturday evening via a special aircraft arranged by the Madhya Pradesh government.The four-member medical board, constituted under the supervision of the AIIMS…
Bhopal, May 23 (IANS) A team of four senior doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Delhi arrived in Bhopal on Saturday night to conduct a second post-mortem examination of actor-model Twisha Sharma.The second autopsy will be conducted at AIIMS Bhopal on Sunday following directions issued by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.The High Court had accepted a petition filed by Twisha’s father seeking a fresh post-mortem examination by an independent medical board from AIIMS-Del…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour organiser Satadru Dutta on Monday demanded an impartial investigation into the chaos that erupted during the football icon’s event in Kolkata, alleging that he was made a “scapegoat” to shield others from embarrassment.Speaking to IANS, Dutta claimed that the previous Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the incident was a “farce” and alleged that key individuals were never questioned.”I’ll only ask the new government to do an im…
Ranchi, April 20 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday took a stern view on the slow pace of investigation into the case of a girl who went missing from Gumla district in 2018.It granted the state government two weeks to show tangible progress, failing which the probe may be handed over to the CBI.During the hearing, a division bench headed by Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of meaningful results even after more than seven years since the girl’s disappear…