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Youth robbed train to contest student election: police
NAT57National/CrimeYouth robbed train to contest student election: policeLucknow, Oct 7 IANS The Government Railway Police GRP Tuesday claimed it had solved the Oct 1 train robbery by arresting two suspects from Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh.The arrested were students of a degree college who, according to the police, had committed the crime to arrange funds for contesting student union elections.Rajnish Yadav and Ashok Yadav, the duo, along with about a dozen others, looted passengers of the Kalka-Howrah Mail, the police said."We caught the two through mobile surveillance and during interrogation it was revealed that both were students of the Karm Kshetra Degree College," inspector A.K. Singh of the GRP told IANS over telephone.Ashok was an aspirant in the upcoming student union election of the college and had installed a number of glow signs and posters throughout the city to gather support, the police officer said."We have gathered vital clues about the other youths who accompanied them in the robbery and have also recovered some of the booty," Singh said.Both Ashok and Rajnish are natives of Bharthana, the assembly constituency of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.--Indo-Asian News Servicerr/dd/sk/dg206 Words07102013
2008-10-07 11:02:06
Delhi shootout probe demand is Samajwadi's official view: Mulayam
NAT53National/Politics/TerrorismDelhi shootout probe demand is Samajwadi's official view: MulayamLucknow, Oct 7 IANS Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Tuesday said Amar Singh's demand for a judicial probe into the Sep 19 shootout in New Delhi, in which two terror suspects and a police inspector, were killed was an official stand of the party.Yadav blamed the media for misinterpreting party general secretary Amar Singh's statement on the death of the police inspector."Whatever he Singh demanded was the voice of the Samajwadi Party, not his individual statement, and he never questioned the bravery of the slain cop," Yadav said at a press conference in the state capital.Yadav, however, avoided questions related to his party's proposition on sharing seats with the Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections."Currently, the preparation of voter list is in progress and it will take another three to four months. It is too early to reach any settlement with the Congress," he said.Defending his brother, Shivpal Singh Yadav's statement that the Samajwadi Party was prepared to contest all seats in Uttar Pradesh, Yadav said: "We were preparing for the elections much before the trust vote on the nuclear deal."The Samajwadi Party chief blamed the Mayawati government for "involvement in corrupt and anti-social activities"."Be it increase in value-added taxes, acquiring agricultural lands for the not-so-useful Ganga Expressway project or implicating Samajwadi Party workers under false cases, her Mayawati's only concern is to waste the hard-earned public money for her personal ventures," Yadav alleged.The Samajwadi Party will Oct 21 launch a state-wide agitation against the government, he said. "The government has failed on the law and order front and incidents of murder, rape and other heinous crimes are on a record high in the state," he alleged.--Indo-Asian News Servicerr/dd/sk/vt315 Words07101944
2008-10-07 10:00:00
20 arrested IM operatives booked under MCOCA
The Mumbai police on Tuesday invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against twenty alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives who have been arrested....
2008-10-07 09:31:01
Chip Johnson: Time for Dellums to hire Bobb
While voters have not gone as far as calling for Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums to step down, it's pretty certain he's going to have to step aside for the city to move forward. That's the cold,...
2008-10-07 08:29:09
CBI drops plea challenging bail to Keeling murder accused
NAT26National/LawCBI drops plea challenging bail to Keeling murder accusedPanaji, Oct 7 IANS Samson D'Souza, the main accused in the murder of British national Scarlett Eden Keeling, got a major reprieve as the Central Bureau Of Investigation CBI Tuesday unexpectedly withdrew its plea challenging a court decision to grant him bail.The CBI has been entrusted with the task of probing the sensational death of the British teen after the investigations by the Goa police came under a cloud. The submission for withdrawal of the plea was made by CBI counsel C.A. Ferreira to the Goa Children's Court.The Goa police had arrested Samson and another accused Placido Carvalho for allegedly drugging, raping and leaving Scarlett to die on Anjuna beach on Feb 18 this year.Placido is already on bail, while Samson was released after seven months of his arrest.The CBI, which took over the probe of this sensational case, had toed the same line as the Goa Police and asserted Samson's involvement in the crime.Scarlett's death investigations got a setback when the Goa Children's Court in its bail judgement mentioned that there are no sufficient grounds against Samson linking him to the crime.The CBI had challenged this judgement, contending that on earlier occasions the same court had twice rejected Samson's bail application stating that there are grounds against him connecting him to the case.A key witness, British national Michael Mannion, has claimed he had seen Samson lying on Scarlett behind the shack at Anjuna a few hours before her body was found on the sea shore.Mannion, who has deposed before the CBI, repeated his statement involving Samson and Placido to the case. --Indo-Asian News Servicemaya/rn/dg298 Words*07101410
2008-10-07 05:02:08
LOS ANGELES
INT9International/CrimeMan kills six after financial woesLos Angeles, Oct 7 DPA An unemployed financial advisor killed himself and five family members in a posh Los Angeles suburb in a crime that police said was likely linked to his financial despondency, the Los Angeles Times reported. Karthik Rajaram, aged 45, killed his wife, mother-in-law and three children before taking his own life in the gated community of Porter Ranch in the northwest San Fernando Valley, police said. "We believe this to be a murder-suicide," said Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Michael Moore said. "It appears the gunman killed his family and then took his own life." The bodies of the man's 39-year-old wife, 70-year-old mother-in-law, and three sons - ages 19, 12 and seven - were found inside the home's bedrooms. Moore said it appeared that the gunman shot the victims Saturday night and left three letters admitting to the killings. He said the gunman had worked previously for Price Waterhouse and Sony Pictures and "had attested to some financial difficulties", Moore said. "He had become despondent over his financial" situation.--DPAsnb194 Words07100802
2008-10-07 03:00:00
'Tauqeer a media creation'
The crime branch of the Mumbai police said Tauqeer was just a "media creation". The ATS had described him as a 'tech-savy' person and one of the key operatives in the IM module. ...
2008-10-06 17:39:07
Terror emails 'mystery solved', 20 held for serial bombings
NAT81National/Technology/TerrorismTerror emails 'mystery solved', 20 held for serial bombingsMumbai, Oct 6 IANS In a major breakthrough, Mumbai Police Monday claimed to have solved the mystery behind the terror emails sent by the Indian Mujahideen IM prior to the Ahmedabad and New Delhi serial blasts. Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor said here the three techies who had sent the emails have been arrested, as also 17 others who were responsible for a string of terror bombings in different cities.Preliminary interrogation of all the accused has brought out the chilling revelation that they planned to carry out bomb blasts here during the ongoing Navratri festival, Gafoor said at a press conference that was telecast live by a number of TV news channels.The initial breakthrough came on September 23 when five alleged terrorists owing allegiance to IM were arrested in and around Mumbai. Over the past 12 days, 15 more IM activists, most of them highly educated, were arrested from different cities, pushing the number of those held to 20, Gafoor said.The three techies were arrested Sunday. They have been identified as Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, alias Munna 31, working as a principal software engineer in an MNC on a salary of Rs.1.9 million per annum; Salman Kadar Shaikh alias Mobin 24, working as a senior technical advisor in an IT firm; and Asif Bashiruddin Shaikh 22, a mechanical engineer.The emails were sent from three locations - Sanpada suburb of Navi Mumbai, Khalsa College, Matunga, and a private company in Chembur, both Mumbai suburbs, using the Wi-Fi. Among those nabbed in the operations carried out jointly with the police of different states are 10 IM activists who planted the explosives in Ahmedabad and Surat. They had travelled from Karnataka to Pune and then to Surat and Ahmedabad with the explosives, Gafoor said.All those arrested are highly educated and are aged between 20 and 35. They were picked up from Azamgarh, in Uttar Pradesh, Pune in Maharashtra, in and around Mangalore in Karnataka, and from Kochi in Kerala, Joint Police Commissioner Crime Rakesh Maria said.The IM has majorly spread its tentacles all over the country and the investigating agencies are now attempting to identify all its operatives and neutralize their nefarious intentions, Maria said. The arrested men had revealed that they have been involved in all the bomb blasts in India since 2005, he added.According to Maria, the three software experts visited Mumbai five times prior to sending the blast emails and conducted a reccee of the Sion, Chembur, and CST areas in the city and in Sanpada in Navi Mumbai, where they could hack into wi-fi connections available.They were instructed to send the emails a few minutes before the blasts in Ahmedabad and Delhi, which they did on the dot, Gafoor said. The terrorists were financed through the 'hawala' route, Gafoor added.Prior to the Ahmedabad blasts, the techies came from Pune to Mumbai in a blue Maruti Esteem and sent the emails using the Wi-Fi connection of the residential Internet of an American software professional Kenneth Haywood in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai. Mohammed Akbar Ismail Choudhary 28, a computer hardware expert who doubles as a driver, has also been nabbed, Gafoor said.The police said that unlike a previous group arrested Sep 24, none of the 20 now held are linked to the 7/11 Mumbai suburban train serial blasts of 2006.The police also released a list of the 20 arrested men along with their antecedents. Among them are: * Dastagir Feroze Mujawar 25, alias Afrosh, a commerce graduate who has been training youth in Jehadi activities,* Mohammed Atik Mohammed Iqbal 25, a computer science graduate and an active member of IM terror modules,* Anique Shafique Syed 27, who runs a computer and mobile retail shop and was actively involved in the Surat and Ahmedabad blasts,* Majid Akthar Shaikh 26, who runs a mobile phone repairs and servicing shop and is an active member of IM terror modules, * Yasir Anis Syed 20, alias Huzefa, runs a computer and mobile reparing shop, active member of IM and accused of criminal conspiracy,* Syed Mohammed Naushad, 25, alias Sayedna, a civil works contractor based in Mangalore who was involved in planting the Surat bombs, * Javed Mohammed Ali, 19, an Islamic studies scholar active with IM terror modules,* Farooq Sharifuddin Tarkash 25 alias Abdullah, a computer science graduate, member of IM terror modules and was trained by Riyaz Bhatkal in Karnataka.* Mohammed Ali Ahmed, 44, a civilian works contractor from Mangalore, who also runs a safe house for IM members,* Ahmed Bawa Abubakar 33, alias Abu, a farmer by profession, nabbed for his role in Surat and Ahmedabad, and* Faisal-e-Rehma Muskhan Durrani 23, a robber on police records, also involved in Surat and Ahmedabad.Without stating their antecedents, the police named the five men arrested Sept 23 from in and around Mumbai, as: Mohammed Mutalib Usmani, Mohammed Sadik Israr Ahmed Shaikh, Mohammed Arif Badruddin Shaikh, Mohammed Zakir Abdul Haq Shaikh and Ansar Ahmed Badshah Shaikh. Maria announced that in the second round of arrests, the police recovered 10 kg of explosives, one submachine gun, two revolvers, six detonators, two wireless sets, Wi-Fi and RF signal detectors, sleep inducing injections and sleeping tablets, five laptops, six CPUs, three pen-drives and other related hardware.--Indo-Asian News Serviceqn/vm/vt953 Words*06102209
2008-10-06 13:01:11
Mumbai police arrest 20 IM activists for serial blasts Lead
NAT60National/TerrorismMumbai police arrest 20 IM activists for serial blasts LeadMumbai, Oct 6 IANS The Mumbai police Monday announced they had arrested 20 activists of the shadowy Indian Mujahideeen IM terror group, including four software professionals the authorities say had sent emails to media outlets moments before the serial bombings in New Delhi and Ahmedabad.The arrests had taken place over a 10 day period, with the software professionals being picked up Sunday, Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor said.Preliminary interrogation of the accused had revealed that they planned to carry out terror blasts in Mumbai during the ongoing Navratri festival, Gafoor told a press conference here that was televised live by many TV news channels.Gafoor said 10 IM activists who had planted the bombs in Ahmedabad and Surat were among those who had been arrested. They had travelled from Karnataka to Pune and then to Surat and Ahmedabad with the explosives, he added.The IT professionals who have been arrested include Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy 31, working as a principal software engineer in an MNC on a salary of Rs.1.9 million per annum, who is considered the mastermind; Mobin Kadir Shaikh 24, working as a senior technical advisor in an IT firm; and Asif Bashiruddin Shaikh 22, a mechanical engineer.The emails were sent from three locations - Sanpada suburb of Navi Mumbai, Khalsa College, Matunga and a private company in Chembur, both Mumbai suburbs, using the Wi-Fi connections available at these locations.The accused have also revealed that they have been involved in all the bomb blasts around India since 2005, Gafoor said.All those held are highly educated and aged between 20-35. They were arrested from Azamgarh, in Uttar Pradesh, Pune in Maharashtra, in and around Mangalore in Karnataka, and from Kochi in Kerala in the past 10 days, Joint Police Commissioner Crime Rakesh Maria said.The IM has spread its tentacles all over the country and the investigating agencies were now attempting to identify all its operatives to neutralize the organisation's nefarious intentions, Maria added.According to Maria, the four professionals had visited Mumbai five times prior to sending the emails and conducted a recce of the areas in Mumbai where Wi-Fi connections were available that they could hack into.They were instructed to send the emails a few minutes before the Ahmedabad and Delhi blasts, which they did on the dot, Gafoor said.For instance, prior to the Ahmedabad blasts, they had come from Pune to Mumbai in a blue Maruti Esteem and sent the emails using the Wi-Fi connection of the residential Internet of American software professional Kenneth Haywood in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai, Gafoor said. --Indo-Asian News Serviceqn/vm/dg464 Words*06101927
2008-10-06 11:00:00
Knife campaign hailed a success
An operation against knife crime at a Northamptonshire pub is hailed a success after no weapons are found....
2008-10-06 06:00:00