One day police custody for Nehru, two others

September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Judicial Magistrate here on Monday granted one-day police custody to former minister K.N. Nehru, his brother K.N. Ramajeyam and Deputy Mayor M. Anbazhagan in a land grab case registered against them by the City Crime Branch (CCB).

The Magistrate pronounced the order on a petition filed by the CCB seeking police custody of the three to elicit information from them pertaining to the case that was registered on September 18 on a complaint lodged by P. Karunanithi of Pollampalayam in Erode district.

The charge against Mr. Nehru and the other accused is that they had not only threatened Karunanithi to hand over his 9.33 acres of land at Kottapattu in the city but also forcibly took possession of it in 2008. The case was registered under various IPC sections including 147 (rioting), 341 (wrongful restraint), 365 (kidnap), 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation), 420 (cheating), 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion), 307 (attempt to murder) read with 120 B (criminal conspiracy). The Magistrate ordered the CCB to produce Mr. Nehru and the other two accused before the same court on Tuesday.

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Sun Pictures CEO held

July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

CHENNAI: Chennai police on Sunday arrested W Hansraj Saxena, chief executive officer of Sun Pictures, for allegedly cheating a film distributor to the tune of Rs 82.53 lakh. He was held as he came out of the city airport around 7.05 pm after a visit to Hyderabad.

Based on a complaint by the Kanda Films distribution head TS Selvaraj, K K Nagar police swung into action. Saxena has been charged under sections 406 (punishment for cheating), 420 (cheating), 385 (putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion) and 506 (1) (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code.

Saxena was taken to the concerned police station from the airport and later produced before a magistrate who remanded him to police custody.

According to police, RK Reddy films produced the Tamil film ‘Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai’ starring Vishal. The movie was taken over by Sun Pictures.

Selvaraj who has been in the film distribution business submitted before the city police commissioner JK Tripathy, that Sun Pictures failed to give him Rs 82,53,374 lakh for the distribution rights he is owning. When Selvaraj tried to contact Saxena, he allegedly threatened him with dire consequences.

Saxena was named in the FIR registered by police here in 2010 for ransacking the checkers hotel in Saidapet area. However, police didn’t take any further action. While addressing the mediapersons at the his office, city police commissioner Tripathy said the checkers hotel attack case was pending before the court. There had been a buzz across the city for the past few days about Saxena’s imminent arrest.

“As Selvaraj has lodged the complaint against Sun Pictures, after detailed interrogation of Saxena, the other key personnel of the company will also be roped in the FIR,” a senior police officer said.

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Case against Andhra minister for ”assaulting” realtor

June 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Hyderabad, Jun 6 (PTI) An Andhra Pradesh minister has been booked for allegedly assaulting a realtor following a dispute over laying a drainage pipeline, police said today. On a complaint by real-estate businessman S Ram Reddy, Banjara Hills police last night registered a case against Health Minister Danam Nagender, a local Congress corporator and her husband under sections 448 (trespass) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC, they said.

According to police, Reddy was constructing a building on Road No 12, where a drainage pipeline was being laid. However, Banjara Hills corporator B Bharati and her husband Baba Naik arrived at the construction site yesterday and reportedly told the workers to stop the work saying it was illegal.

Reddy further complained that following a phone call from the corporator and her husband, the minister arrived at the site along with his supporters and indulged in an heated argument asking him to stop the work and allegedly assaulted him, a senior police officer said. Meanwhile, following a counter complaint lodged by the corporator, the police have also registered a case against the realtor under section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC. Further investigations were on in both the cases, the police officer added.

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Rizwan case: Calcutta HC directs CBI to initiate fresh probe

May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Kolkata, May 18 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to start fresh investigation into computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman”s murder case.

The court has affirmed that the investigation is inadequate and asked the agency to start a fresh investigation in the case.

The court has also asked the CBI to submit its report within four months.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had granted bail to Kolkata industrialist Ashok Todi and his brother Pradip Todi in connection with the case.

The apex court told the Todis to surrender their passports and not to move out of Kolkata without the prior permission of the CBI. They have also been prevented from communicating or influencing witnesses.

Ashok Todi and his two relatives-Pradip Todi and Anil Saraogi, Rizwanur”s family friend Pappu and three Police Officers- Former Deputy Commissioner Ajoy Kumar, ACP Sukanti Chakraborty, Sub-Inspector Krishnendu Das, have been accused of abetment to suicide, criminal intimidation and conspiracy by the CBI in connection with the death of Rizwan.

Rizwanur”s body was found on the railway tracks between Biddhanagar Road and Dum Dum Junction on September 21 last year, almost a month after his marriage to Priyanka, Todi”s daughter.

Though police is convinced that it was a case of suicide, Rizwanur”s family members are not convinced and have moved the higher courts for a CBI inquiry. (ANI)

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Police will initiate action against Muthalik: Yeddyurappa

May 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Bangalore / Belgaum, May 14 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday assured the State Police would initiate appropriate action against Sri Ram Sene chief patron Pramod Muthalik, who was caught by rent-a-riot sting operation.

On Thursday evening, a private news channel aired video clippings of a sting operation where some Sene leaders spoke about organizing a riot in return for money.

Yeddyurappa also categorically said neither his party not his government has any relationship with Muthalik and his organization.

Interacting with media, Yeddyurappa said he had never interfered in such matters and police are free to take action.

“I don”t know anything about Muthalik. I read about him in the newspaper. Police will take appropriate decision at appropriate time. We don”t interfere in such matters. Police is there, and according to law, they will take action,” Yeddyurappa said.

He also denied that the expose would have any impact on his government.

Denying charges of being soft on Muthalik, Yeddyurappa pointed that the government had taken action against the Sene after church attack incident.

In Belgaum, hitting back at the news channel for its sting operation, Muthalik filed a report at the Camp Police Station in the city on Friday.

Addressing media after filing report, Muthalik asked for a detailed inquiry into the sting operation either by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the Crime Investigation Department (CID).

He also alleged that the expose was an attempt to defame him and alleged criminal intimidation and extortion.

Muthalik said the rent-a-riot sting operation was part of a conspiracy to impose President”s rule in Karnataka.

He also denied of having any association with the BJP and the Karnataka Government.

He threatened to file a defamation suit.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Home Minister V.S. Acharya has asked the channel to submit unedited tapes of the sting operation to the state government.

Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) leader Ram Madhav has denied any organizational link with Muthalik and said there is no place for violence in the RSS system. (ANI)

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Yeddyurappa orders CID probe to rape charge against Karnataka minister

May 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Bangalore, May 3 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has ordered a CID probe into the rape charges lodged by a woman against former State Food and Civil Supplies Minister H Halappa.

Talking to reporters here, Yeddyurappa said: “I have decided to order a CID probe. Let the truth come out. Whoever is guilty, should get punishment.”

Yeddyurappa further accused the opposition of trying to give a new form to the issue.

Halappa quit on Sunday after a leading Kannada daily published a front-page report alleging he sexually assaulted his friend”s wife.

Speaking to media after submitting his resignation to Yeddyurappa, Halappa said he was holding discussions with his lawyer to take further legal actions.

Halappa claimed that he resigned on moral grounds and to boost the morale of party workers.

After Halappa”s exit, the woman and her husband lodged a complaint of rape and criminal intimidation against him.

She filed a complaint under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

She also released a CD to media, which contains visuals of Halappa in his house. (ANI)

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Top Pak human rights activist coming to India on Ayesha’s mother’s request

April 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Karachi, Apr.7 (ANI): Former federal minister and a leading Pakistani human rights activists Ansar Burney has termed the controversy surrounding cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza as an issue of ‘human dignity’ and ‘women rights’, and said he would soon be visiting India to ‘dig out’ the truth.

Burney said he decided to visit India after receiving a phone call from Ayesha Siddiqui’s mother requesting him to help the family and investigate the truth.

Burney said the marriage of Shoaib with Sania is their personal matter and he has nothing to do with it, but Ayesha’s claim has created serious doubts of alleged cheating and fraud.

“If the claim of Ayesha Siddiqui is correct then the Ansar Burney Trust will ask Shoaib Malik to accept his earlier marriage and say sorry to Ayesha, and if her claims are not proved she will have to say sorry,” The News quoted Burney, as saying.

Burney said he has already approached the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to issue him visa for India urgently, so that he could visit India to sort out issues between the Siddiquis’ and the Maliks’.

Earlier, Shoaib’s brother-in-law Imran Zafar arrived in New Delhi to seek legal action against the Siddiquis’, who have lodged a complaint against the all rounder.

Meanwhile, the Pakistani Government has stepped in and is keeping a watchful eye on the Sania-Shoaib-Ayesha muddle.

Pakistan has reportedly sent a diplomatic note to India, and requested for returning Malik’s passport as soon as possible.

Shoaib’s passport was seized by the Hyderabad police after Ayesha had lodged a police complaint with the Hyderabad Police against Shoaib under sections 498 A (harassment), 420 (cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

The Siddiquis’ claim that Malik married their daughter Ayesha in 2002, but has not divorced her till date. (ANI)

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Charges of extortion framed against Abu Salem

July 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): A Delhi court on Tuesday framed charges of extortion and criminal conspiracy against underworld don Abu Salem in connection with the Rajat Nagrath extortion case.

Salem, who was brought from Bhopal, was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja.

The court ordered the trial of Salem under Sections 387 (extortion), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

Salem’s counsel, Arvind Shukla, claimed that there were not enough evidences to frame charges against him. He moved a bail application, which will be considered on July 14.

However, the prosecution said there was a “positive” forensic report of the intercepted calls of Salem, which is sufficient ground for his trial.

The trial against Salem will begin with the recording of witnesses statements from July 21.

In 2003, thee other accused-C P Rai, Istiyaq Ahmed and Sadiq Aliin- have already been charged in the case.

All the accused, including Salem, have been booked for making threat calls to Rajat Nagrath, owner of Delhi-based Allied Communication demanding Rs. one crore in 2002.

Salem was arrested in India after his extradition from Portugal in November 2005 for his alleged role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts and several other cases.

He is convicted for the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case and killing of music baron Gulshan Kumar 1997.

In March 2006, a special TADA court filed eight charges against him and his alleged associate Riaz Siddiqui for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. He stands accused of ferrying and distributing weapons.

Salem is currently in high-security Arthur Jail in Mumbai. (ANI)

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Hong Kong police arrest man over naked YouTube “assault” clip

May 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Hong Kong police arrest man over naked YouTube Hong Kong – Police in Hong Kong Saturday arrested a suspect alleged to have forced a man to strip naked and walk through the city in broad daylight, in an incident then uploaded to YouTube.

Tens of thousands of people have watched the two and a half minute clip which shows a man being assaulted outside a 7-Eleven store and then forced to strip naked and walk in a circle in the middle of the street.

The video, apparently recorded and uploaded by a resident watching the incident from a flat overlooking the street, triggered a police investigation and has now been removed from YouTube.

A police spokesman said a suspect was arrested early Saturday over the incident which witnesses say took place around three weeks ago.

The suspect was Saturday being questioned on suspicion of criminal intimidation and assault, the spokesman said. The victim was beaten with an umbrella before being forced to strip.

The incident follows a number of cases in which fights and attacks on individual students in Hong Kong schools have been investigated by police after being uploaded onto the internet. (dpa)

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Dhoni, Harbhajan booked for disrespecting Padma honour

April 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Apr 16 (ANI): A criminal case was slapped against Indian Cricket Team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh in a court here on Thursday for disrespecting the prestigious Padma Awards.

Senior advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha filed the case against the cricketers under sections 499 (defamation), 500 (punishment for defamation), 503 (criminal intimidation) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace).

The petition is likely to come up for hearing tomorrow, Ojha said.

Dhoni and Harbhajan, who were to be honoured with the Padma Shree by President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi on Tuesday, had skipped the function.

Harbhajan, however, has explained why he couldn’t attend the ceremony.

“There were a few family commitments, some serious things… that is why I could not go. We had a long tour of New Zealand and got just a few days with our families. People who are criticising me should understand that family issues cannot be ignored,” said Harbhajan.

Dismissing the allegations that he was in the Capital for an ad shoot, he said, “The allegation that I was in New Delhi or was shooting for an advertisement instead of attending the Padma award ceremony is completely false…If anyone says that I was in Delhi and proves it, I will stop playing cricket.”

However, Dhoni has failed to comment anything on the issue till yet.

Padma Shree, fourth in the hierarchy of civilian awards after Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan, is given to individuals from various fields to recognise their contributions. ANI)

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Lalu poses threat to Varun’s life, Maneka tells police

April 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Lucknow, April 8 (IANS) Alleging that Railways Minister Lalu Prasad poses a threat to her son Varun Gandhi’s life, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Pilbhit Maneka Gandhi Wednesday complained to the police.

Her written complaint was submitted to the senior superintendent of police, Badaun district, N. Ravindran. Badaun borders the Aonla constituency from where Maneka Gandhi is now contesting.

‘She has complained to the SSP that Lalu has used objectionable remarks against Varun and also threatened to kill him,’ Badaun district BJP chief Rajiv Kumar told IANS on phone.

At a rally in Bihar Monday, the RJD chief had said that if he were the home minister he would have run a ‘roller’ over Varun Gandhi who has been jailed in Uttar Pradesh for his reported hate speeches against Muslims.

‘If I were the country’s home minister, and if Varun had said this, then I would have run a roller over his chest,’ Lalu Prasad said.

Maneka Gandhi, who has been making frequent visits to her new constituency Aonla in Bareilly district, submitted the complaint on her official letter head.

However, no first information report (FIR) has been registered yet.

‘We have received the complaint but as the SSP is out of the city, we will not be able to comment on the further course of action,’ said an official of the SSP’s office. The SSP could not be contacted.

A senior police officer said if a case was registered against Lalu, he was likely to be booked under Sections 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation if threat be to cause death or grievous hurt, etc.) of the Indian Penal Code.

Badaun is about 300 km from here.

Maneka Gandhi is contesting from Aonla as she has vacated her long-time Pilibhit constituency for Varun, who is in Etah jail for his reported inflammatory remarks.

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Maneka Gandhi lodges complaint against Lalu for his remarks

April 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Badaun (UP), Apr 8 (ANI): BJP MP Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the police here against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad for making derogatory remarks against her son Varun Gandhi.

In a letter to the Senior Superintendent of Police (Badaun), Maneka said: “The RJD chief Lalu Yadav has threatened to kill Varun Gandhi by crushing him with a road roller in front of crowd of thousands of people and used derogatory words.”

She demanded that a complaint should be lodged against Lalu under Sections 504 (insult intended to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC and arrested immediately.

On Tuesday, Lalu sought to clarify his controversial statement, saying it was taken out of context.

“What I meant was crushing him under the roller of the law had I been the Home Minister,” said Lalu.

Addressing an election meeting in Bihar’s Kishanganj on Monday, Lalu had said, “Had I been the country’s Home Minister, I would have crushed Varun Gandhi under a roller and destroyed him without caring for the consequences of his hate speech against Muslims”.

Later, the Kishanganj District administration filed a complaint against Lalu for violation of the People’s Representation Act. (ANI)

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Rizwan case: Supreme Court grants bail to key accused Ashok Todi, brother

January 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Jan 16(ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kolkata industrialist Ashok Todi and his brother Pradip Todi in connection with the Rizwan Rahman suicide case.

The apex court told the Todis to surrender their passports and not to move out of Kolkata without prior permission of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). They have also been hindered from communicating or influencing witnesses connected with the case.

Ashok Todi and his two relatives-Pradip Todi and Anil Saraogi, Rizwanur’s family friend Pappu and three Police Officers- Former Deputy Commissioner Ajoy Kumar, ACP Sukanti Chakraborty, Sub-Inspector Krishnendu Das, have been accused of abetment to suicide, criminal intimidation and conspiracy by the CBI in connection with the death of Rizwanur.

Rizwanur’s body was found on the railway tracks between Biddhanagar Road and Dum Dum Junctionn on September 21 last year, almost a month after his marriage to Priyanka, Todi’s daughter.

Though the Police was convinced that it was a suicide case, Rizwanur’s family members were not convinced moved to the higher level courts seeking a CBI inquiry.

The Rizwanur case got politicized soon after Trinamool Congress Chief Mamta Banerjee demanded a CBI investigation on October 14,2008. (ANI)

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