CHANDIGARH: Punjab govt has suspended seven police officers for ‘dereliction of duty‘ in a case pertaining to jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi‘s interview to a media house while in custody. A SIT headed by special DGP (human rights) Prabodh Kumar had found that Bishnoi’s interview was conducted on the intervening night of Sept 3 and 4,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday replaced the Andhra Pradesh govt-appointed special investigation team with a new SIT comprising officers from CBI, Andhra Pradesh Police and Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to probe alleged adulteration of the famous laddu prasadam of Tirupati.“If there is substance in the allegations, it is a very…
Badlapur sexual assault case: HC raps police for inability to nab accused school trustees NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday sharply criticized the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for its failure to apprehend two school trustees accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case. The division bench, comprising Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan,…
KOZHIKODE: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the sexual abuse allegations in Malayalam film industry has recorded the statement of a Kozhikode native who had filed a sexual abuse complaint against director Ranjith.The youth had alleged that Ranjith sexually abused him at a five-star hotel in Bengaluru in 2012 and he had filed a complaint…
NEW DELHI: The special investigation team said on Tuesday that it will conduct an identification parade of the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case in order to help the minor victims identify the culprits.The parade will be conducted before the executive magistrate and the SIT will further prepare a psychological profile of the accused.This…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court asked CBI on Friday to take over the probe into corruption charges against RG Kar Medical College‘s ex-principal Sandip Ghosh from an SIT constituted by the Bengal govt, saying it makes sense to have one agency look into all allegations against him.Allegations of financial and administrative impropriety have been piling up…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas seeking Special Investigation Team probe into the alleged instances of quid pro quo arrangements between corporates and political parties through electoral bonds donations.The PILs had demanded an SIT probe led by a retired judge into the alleged money trail and quid pro quo in award…
NEW DELHI: The special Investigating team probing the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case that left 17 people dead, arrested the ex-director of Ego Media Janhavi Marathe and civil contractor Sagar Kumbhar from a hotel room in Goa.A Mumbai court on May 31 had rejected Marathe’s anticipatory bail plea. While Marathe claimed she was “merely a signing…
BENGALURU: The SIT probing the multi-crore tribal fund scam on Saturday arrested J G Padmanabha, suspended managing director (MD) of Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, and accounts officer Parashurama G.The duo, along with a Union Bank of India chief manager, had come under the scanner after their names were mentioned in a suicide…
NEW DELHI: Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing women, is set to return to India from Germany. Prajwal, facing charges of sexually abusing several women, had said in a video statement earlier this week that he would return on May 31 and appear before a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing…
