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Delhi Court denies bail to Alt News co-founder Zubair, sends him to 14-day police custody

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A Delhi Court on Saturday rejected the bail application of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 2018 contentious tweet case and allowed the Delhi Police for further 14-day judicial custody of the fact-checker.

Zubair was produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria at Patiala House Court as his four-day judicial custody in the case, in which he had allegedly hurt the sentiments of a community through a tweet, ended on Saturday.

After hearing the detailed arguments of the parties, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate refused to grant relief to him.

During the course of the hearing, Advocate Vrinda Grover appearing for Zubair, placed on record an application to record that the electronic device and hard disc were seized, arguing that till date no hash value or clone is generated by cybercrime.

Atul Shrivastava, the newly-appointed Special Public Prosecutor for Delhi Police, argued that as per the CDR analysis, Zubair has accepted funds through Razor gateway, from Pakistan, Syria which needs further investigation.

The new charges invoked against Zubair are under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) and sec. 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.

Earlier, he was charged under the Indian Penal Code’s Sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence) and 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) for one of his objectionable tweets.

As per the FIR, accused Zubair had used a screengrab of an old Hindi movie which showed an image of a hotel, with its board reading ‘Hanuman hotel’ instead of ‘Honeymoon hotel’. In his tweet, Zubair had written, “BEFORE 2014: Honeymoon Hotel. After 2014: Hanuman Hotel”.

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Delhi Police on a plea moved by Zubair challenging the Patiala House court order allowing his police custody and seizure of his laptop in connection with the alleged objectionable tweet.

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Thane: 4 Arrested For Cheating Builder Of ₹40 Lakh; Complainant Held For Unlicenced Weapon Possession

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Thane: The Thane Anti-Extortion Cell have arrested four persons for cheating a builder of Rs 40 lakh and arrested the complainant for possession of firearms, said a police officer from AEC on Tuesday.

The cheating incident came to light after the officials of the anti-extortion cell (AEC) intercepted the car of builder Surendra Patil (50) on November 25 and recovered two unlicensed pistols and seven cartridges, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Shivraj Patil.

Builder Booked For Possession Of Unlicenced Weapons

Patil said, “The builder Surendra Patil had gone to a farmhouse in Dombivili after four persons allegedly promised to give him counterfeit notes with a face value of Rs 1.6 crore if he gave them Rs 40 lakh. Patil claimed that he had carried the unlicensed weapons with him for protection. A case under the Arms Act was registered against the builder. At the farmhouse, some accused posing as policemen “raided” the farmhouse and snatched the bag containing Rs 40 lakh from Patil before fleeing the scene.”Shekhar Bagde, senior police inspector said, “Police teams were formed, and four accused who fled with the cash were apprehended from Bhiwandi on November 26. We have managed to recover Rs 14.35 lakh from the accused. We have arrested Swapnil Dashrath Jadhav (26), Adesh Motiram Bhoir (35), Sachin Baban Jadhav (35) and Akshay Tukaram Gaikwad (30) in the cheating case.”

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UP Shocker: Teacher ‘Bribed’ 16 School Girls With Candies, Molested Them In Unnao School; Accused Arrested

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Unnao: The head teacher of a co-educational school in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district has been arrested on charges of molesting 16 girl students. The children said the teacher bribed them with candies to indulge in improper acts.

The matter came to light when the girls lodged a complaint on the portal of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

NCPCR member visited school

Taking cognizance of the matter, NCPCR member Preeti Bhardwaj Dalal visited the school for a probe and recorded the statements of the survivors and prima facie found the charges against the accused, Rajesh Kumar, to be true.

The teacher has been booked under the POCSO Act and molestation charges under the IPC, following a complaint lodged by the cook of the school, Ruby Devi.

The cook said she had informed another teacher about the alleged harassment. The district’s basic education officer has also suspended the accused.

A three-member team headed by basic education officer-level officer is further investigating the case. ASP Shashishekhar Singh said: “The head master, who was absconding since the FIR, has been arrested.”

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PMC Fraud Case: Mumbai Court Allows Installation Of CCTV Cameras Outside Wadhawan’s House

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Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate apprehends that Rakesh Wadhawan of Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd – a key accused in the PMC bank fraud case – might tamper with the evidence or attempt to dispose of unidentified assets while out on medical bail.

The prosecutor for the ED, Kavita Patil, on Tuesday moved a plea asking the court to allow it to install CCTV cameras outside Wadhawan’s house.

Besides, the plea stated that while on interim bail, Wadhawan might tamper with evidence or dispose of unidentified assets. The agency said they may be allowed to install CCTV cameras so that it “can take a record of any potential incidents or violations that may occur during the accused’s release on interim bail”.

Court Allows ED’s Plea As Proceeds Of Crime Were Huge In The Case

Special judge MG Deshpande, hearing the PMC case, allowed the ED’s plea, observing that Wadhowan was one of the main accused in the case and the proceeds of the crime were huge.

The court said that since the investigation was in progress, “care has to be taken that in any case accused Rakesh Wadhawan should not misuse the liberty granted by Supreme Court and to that extent contention raised by the ED is justified. If the same is allowed no prejudice will be caused to accused”.

Meanwhile, on the contention that the ED was not heard before the court granted interim bail to Wadhawan, the court said the order was passed by the Supreme Court.

“If the Supreme court directs to make urgent arrangement, specifically noting health condition of the accused, this court cannot become impediment in implementing the same, saying that the ED has to be heard and only then the order can be implemented”, it said in its order.

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