1. Kolkata: Two Convicted of Rebel Trinamool Congress Leader’s Murder in 2013
The Suri district court on Thursday, 26 April, convicted two men of murdering rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sagar Ghosh ahead of the 2013 panchayat polls in West Bengal’s Birbhum. Sagar Ghosh was shot dead at his home in Badnabagram village under Parui police station in Birbhum on 21 July 2013. He succumbed to his injuries two days later.
Judge Parthasarathi Sen will pronounce the quantum of punishment for the convicts — Subrata Roy and Bhogirath Ghosh — on Friday, 27 April. Six others were acquitted due to the lack of evidence in the case. “The two claimed to be innocent, but the court convicted them,’’ said public prosecutor Ranjit Bandopadhyay.
(Source: The Indian Express)
2. Teen Boys Killed 9-Year-Old After He Teased Them: Meerut Police
Two 12-year-old boys were detained on Thursday, 26 April, for allegedly killing their nine-year-old neighbour in Lisarigate police station area of Meerut earlier this month. Police said it appears the boys committed the murder after the victim teased them.
Circle office, city (Meerut) Dinesh Kumar said both were produced before the Juvenile Justice board, which sent them to a correction home.
According to him, on 19 April, the victim’s father Mohammad Shahid lodged a complaint that his son Imran was missing since the previous day. A kidnapping case was registered against unidentified persons. Next day, Imran’s body was recovered from Sadar Bazar area. His neck, the police said, had an injury caused by a sharp weapon.
(Source: The Indian Express)
3. Suspended Cop Being Probed for 'Maoist Links'
Eleven months after many police officers were suspended for alleged links with slain Maoist-turned gangster Mohammed Nayeemuddin, the Commissioner of Inquiries has formally initiated a probe against suspended additional superintendent of police (CID) M Srinivas Rao. Sources said the officer has appeared before the retired Commissioner of Inquiries Sami Reddy at Masab Tank office. The home department had recently issued GO no 580, entrusting the inquiry against M Srinivas Rao to Commissioner of Inquiries.
It is learnt that Inspector General of Police Y Nagi Reddy, who heads the Special Investigation Team appointed to probe the case, has furnished all relevant documents before the commissioner.
(Source: The Times of India)
4. Delhi: Cash Van Guard, Staffer Killed in Rs 12 Lakh Heist
Three bike-borne assailants shot dead two custodians of a cash collection van and robbed Rs 12 lakh in Rohini district’s Narela on Thursday, 26 April, police said. Nobody has been arrested yet and police have formed several teams to conduct raids and nab the assailants.
According to police, the incident took place around 2.30 pm when the van had come to pick up cash from a wine shop at Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) industrial area, in Narela.
“Cashier Rajnikant and the guard, Prem Kumar, came out from the van to collect cash when suddenly the assailants arrived at the spot and fired at them. The two were shot at by three unidentified motorcycle-borne persons. Both victims were rushed to Raja Harishchandra Hospital in Narela, where they succumbed to their injuries later,” a senior police officer said.
(Source: The Times of India)
5. Ex-Haryana Minister Nirmal Singh Arrested
Former Haryana minister and Congress leader Nirmal Singh, along with one of his supporters, has been arrested for allegedly firing at owner of a screening plant and a few of his workers following an altercation over right to passage in Yamunanagar district on Wednesday, 25 April.
Singh was produced before a local court on Thursday, 26 April, from where he was sent to the judicial custody. Singh and 15 others were booked for attempt to murder.
SHO of Khizrabad Police Station, Bal Raj, said that apart from Nirmal Singh, his servant Chhota Aslam has also been arrested and sent to the judicial custody.
(Source: The Indian Express)
6. TMC Leader Tries to Extort Rs 12 Lakh from Home Owner, Held
A Trinamool Congress leader in Sinthee, Kolkata, has been arrested for allegedly extorting money from residents of the area who either bought new houses or even renovated their homes. The accused, identified as Iman Bose, was arrested by the Sinthee police late on Tuesday following a complaint lodged by Dilip Ghosh, a resident of south Sinthee.
According to the complainant, Bose sent his men across from the time he had started redeveloping his residence. “The accused got a woman to enter the residence for a day through fraudulent means and then, claimed she was a tenant at my house. Bose, a prominent face of the Yuva Trinamool Congress in the Sinthee and Dum Dum areas, then demanded that Rs 10 lakh-Rs 12 lakh be paid as settlement,” Ghosh told police.
(Source: The Times of India)
7. Dongri Jeweller, Hyderabad Man Held for Duping Gold Firm of Rs 13 Crore Ornaments
A jeweller from Dongri, Mumbai, has been arrested for duping a city jewellery firm of gold worth Rs 13 crore on the pretext of selling it in Hyderabad for a commission.
Besides arresting Latesh Jain, 32, the economic offences wing (EOW) of the city police has detained a Hyderabad-based jeweller Akshay. Latesh claims he handed over the gold to Akshay, which he is denying. The cops brought him over after he could not explain the presence of jewellery worth over Rs 20 lakh in his store.
Latesh, a resident of Navroj Hill in Dongri, has been remanded to police custody till 2 May. The police are on the lookout for Rajendra Raval, Latesh’s accomplice.
(Source: The Times of India)
8. UK Man Convicted in Tamil Nadu Sex Abuse Case May Have Left Chennai
A 72-year-old British national awarded three years imprisonment by a Tirunelvelicourt two weeks ago for sexual abuse of a teenage boy in his NGO is suspected to have fled the country. While Adrian Philips, legal head of Justice and Care whose complaint led to Jonathan Robinson's arrest in 2011, said he left for home on Wednesday,25 April, the Tirunelveli police said they were not sure.
Robinson was convicted on 13 April by Valliyoor judicial magistrate M Senthil Kumar and granted bail the same day as the sentence period was only three years and had now left the country without spending a day in jail, thanks to the loopholes in the criminal justice system, Adrian said.
(Source: The Times of India)
9. Mumbai: 35-Year-Old Sent to 3 Years' Jail for Forcibly Kissing Minor
A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court on Thursday, 26 April, convicted and sentenced a 35-year-old man to three years in jail for grabbing the hand of a 13-year-old and kissing her on the cheek in 2015.
The accused, a neighbour of the victim, was found guilty on charges of outraging the modesty of the child and sexual harassment.
The minor told the court that on 27 August, 2015, the accused called out to her. When she went toward him, he caught her hand and kissed her on the cheek.
(Source: The Times of India)