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‘Terrified’ goats reappear near farm

April 13, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

A flock of goats that disappeared from a Wheatbelt farm over Easter has been returned.

Greg and Ruth McGough farm at Mawson, east of Quairading.

The couple made an impassioned plea on ABC Radio last week, after the 66 goats disappeared under suspicious circumstances on Easter Monday.

Ms McGough says she could hardly believe her eyes when she looked out her kitchen window late on Friday and saw the animals wandering near the boundary of their farm.

“I’m over the moon. I’m not crying today,” she said.

“It was a wonderful outcome. They’re very spooked though so they have been harassed and badly handled but we have got them back.”

She says what happened to them will probably remain a mystery.

“They were absolutely terrified,” she said.

“We couldn’t get anywhere near them and these are goats that we can hand feed, you know, they’re nearly pets, so they’ve been absolutely terrified by the handling of these people who tried to take them.”

The couple remains convinced a rustler is operating in the area.

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Prisoner found dead in cell

March 19, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in Brisbane’s south-west is in lockdown after a 27-year-old prisoner on remand for rape was found dead in his cell.

A Corrective Service’s spokesman says the man’s death does not appear to be suspicious.

It is the third death in custody in Queensland in the last month.

Another prisoner was found dead in a cell at Brisbane’s Wolston Prison on Tuesday.

The 42-year-old was serving a six-year sentence for child sex offences and had been in jail for 11 months.

Corrective Services said there were no suspicious circumstances in that case either.

The death has been referred to the coroner and to the chief inspector of prisons.

Last week, protesters gathered outside Parliament House in Brisbane to accuse prison authorities of failing to help a seriously ill Indigenous teenager who died while on remand for stealing a car.

Sheldon Currie, 18, was found on his face in his cell by an inmate at the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre.

He spent four days in intensive care at Princess Alexandra hospital before dying on February 20.

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Parents anxious to fly toddler’s body home

March 9, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

The parents of a three-year-old boy found dead near Melbourne Airport last week are still unsure when they will be allowed to take his body home to India.

Gurshan Singh died in suspicious circumstances in Melbourne’s north on Thursday.

Late Sunday family acquaintance Gursewak Dhillon, 23, was charged with manslaughter by criminal negligence.

Police told an out-of-sessions court hearing Sunday night that Dhillon admitted putting the unconscious three-year-old into the boot of his car and driving around with him for three hours before dumping him without checking whether he was alive.

The toddler’s body was found by a council worker.

The hearing was told Dhillon is not related to the boy but was living in the same house as the boy and his parents.

The court did not hear evidence of how the boy came to be unconscious, and the cause of his death has yet to be determined.

Family friend Tim Singh Laurence says the boy’s parents are anxiously awaiting the release of his body.

“That is their main focus for the next few days, but they are grateful for the work that Victorian police are doing,” he said.

Well-wishers have been arriving at the couple’s Lalor home throughout the day.

[We] wanted to ask the parents if they needed any, like financial support so we can help them,” well-wisher Joshan Singh said.

Dhillon will face the Melbourne Magistrates Court tomorrow.

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Brother of ‘Australian Fritzl’ incest victim died ‘suspiciously’

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, September 19 (ANI): A brother of the woman allegedly held as a sex slave for 30 years by her Australian father died ‘in suspicious circumstances’, according to new claims.

The shock horror case, made public by the Herald Sun, involved a man accused of fathering four children with his daughter, whom he held as a virtual prisoner, raping her almost daily from when she was 11 years old.

A brother of the alleged victim said the family had their suspicions over the drowning of their brother at a suburban Melbourne beach more than 30 years ago, the Australian newspaper reported.

The woman also apparently told friends that she thought her sibling died under mysterious circumstances.

“I don’t like talking about it because I can still remember him,” News.com.au quoted her brother as saying.

“I wish he grew up, but let’s just say there were a lot of suspicious things about it. It was a long time ago, I don’t know what the police think about it,” he added.

Police decline to say if the death would be investigated.

A spokeswoman said: “Due to the amount of information provided, our avenues of inquiries are limited and we are unable to establish confirmation of the allegations.”

She added: “Due to the current suppression order in existence it would be inappropriate to provide any information surrounding this.” (ANI)

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Poll panel orders transfer of three Jaunpur officials

April 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi/Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) The Election Commission Monday ordered the transfer of three officials of Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district over the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Indian Justice Party’s (IJP) Jaunpur candidate Bahadur Sonkar even as the state police dubbed the suspected murder as a ‘suicide’.

‘After going through the report of two IAS (officers) deputed by the Election Commission to visit Jaunpur, the commission orders immediate transfer of Ramkishore, Additional Superintendent of Police (city), Dipender Nath Chaudhary, Circle Officer, and Sanjay Kumar Rai, SHO Jaunpur,’ the poll panel said in a statement.

‘Election will be held in Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh) as scheduled,’ it said.

Addressing a press conference late Monday evening, state Director General of Police Vikram Singh said in Lucknow: ‘The preliminary investigation carried out by a special team headed by Additional Director General – Criminal Investigation Department – Padman Singh has found that prima facie the death of Bahadur Sonkar was a result of suicide.’

He parried questions raised by journalists and literally dragged away ADG (CID) Padam Singh in an obvious bid to avoid answering uncomfortable queries.

The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) nominee for the Jaunpur seat Dhananjay Singh is a key accused in the death.

Sonkar’s body was found hanging from a tree, at a height of 15 feet high, on April 13 days after he refused to withdraw his nomination. He was reportedly being pressurised to withdraw from the race by a local deputy superintendent of police, known for his proximity to Singh.

The poll panel had sent a special two member team of non-Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officers to carry out a separate inquiry into the incident.

It received the probe report on the death of Sonkar Sunday evening.

Sonkar’s brother Barhu Ram Sonkar had accused the state government of going all out to put a smokescreen over the alleged involvement of a BSP candidate in the murder.

The victim’s brother had filed a complaint to the Election Commission.
Indo Asian News Service

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Poll panel transfers three police officers after Sonkar’s death

April 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Acting on a probe report on the death of Indian Justice Party candidate Bahadur Sonkar in suspicious circumstances last week, the Election Commission Monday ordered transfer of three officers of Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district.

Sonkar’s body was found hanging from a tree on April 13 and Uttar Pradesh officials termed it a ‘suicide’.

‘Election will be held in Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh) as scheduled,’ the statement added.

The Election Commission Sunday evening received the report on the death of Sonkar.

Sonkar’s brother Barhu Ram Sonkar had accused the state government of going all out to put a smokescreen over the alleged involvement of a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate in the murder.

It was a complaint by the victim’s brother to the Election Commission that led the poll panel to send two senior IAS officers to personally verify the situation and submit a report.

The wholesale vegetable seller was allegedly receiving threats from a police officer to withdraw his candidature in favour of the BSP nominee. Having worked hard to build a goodwill and establish rapport with a section of the electorate, Sonkar refused to be cowed down by the threats.
Indo Asian News Service

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