PLEA IN SC AGAINST BID TO WITHDRAW RIOTS CASES
NEW DELHI : A plea was moved in the Supreme Court against the alleged attempt of the Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw around 131 cases related to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots including those involving serious offences like attempt to murder. The plea filed by Shamli resident Imran alleged that the cases sought to be withdrawn include those in which UP minister Suresh Rana, former Union minister Sanjiv Balyan, MP Bhartendu Singh, MLA Umesh Malik and ruling party leader Sadhvi Prachi are accused. The plea also sought directions to transfer the pending cases to any appropriate place outside Uttar Pradesh.
Unknown MEA officials booked for accounts fraud
NEW DELHI: The CBI has booked unknown officials of the ministry of external affairs (MEA) in case of suspected irregular withdrawal of Rs 92 lakh from its General Provident Fund (GPF) accounts between August 2017 and February 2018. The ministry said in a complaint to the CBI that during an internal review, it was revealed that COMPACT Data Base (accounting software) was tampered with and certain data fields were altered to facilitate the fraudulent withdrawal.
Second priest arrested in Kerala sexual assault case
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala police on Friday arrested another priest in a sexual exploitation case that has rocked the Orthodox Syrian church over the past few weeks. Police said Father Johnson V Mathew was arrested from Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta and brought to the crime branch office for questioning. Another accused in the case, Father Job Mathew, surrendered before the investigating team on Thursday. Police are hunting for two more priests booked in the case.
Two men held for rapes, murders in trains in Assam
GUWAHATI: Two men have been arrested for the rapes and murders of two women found dead in the toilets of trains in Assam earlier this week. Bikas Das (40), who ran a tea shop and worked as a hawker, and Bipin Pandey, an auto rickshaw driver, confessed to their role in the crime, according to police. “Das was