Crime
Plea filed in SC seeking CBI probe in IPS Aditya Kumar case
A day after Bihar government suspended former Gaya SSP Aditya Kumar, a senior lawyer of Patna High Court on Wednesday filed a petition against DGP S.K. Singhal seeking a CBI inquiry into the matter.
Lawyer Mani Bhushon Pratap Singh filed a writ petition in the top court seeking a probe in the high profile case. He alleged that the act of a DGP rank officer has maligned the image of the entire judiciary system.
Singh alleged that since the Economic Offence Unit (EOU) comes under DGP Singhal, he might influence the investigation.
“We need a CBI inquiry in this matter as this investigation has maligned the image of the judiciary. I believe that a DGP rank officer cannot come under the pressure of a cyber fraudster and give a clean chit to a tainted IPS officer Aditya Kumar. How could a DGP give a clean chit to him only on the basis of phone calls,” Singh said.
Following this case, the home department of Bihar has suspended Aditya Kumar after the arrest of his friend Abhishek Agrawal. The two appear to have hatched a deep conspiracy to apply pressure on DGP to get clean chit in a liquor violation case lodged against ex-SSP of Gaya Aditya Kumar.
Abhishek Agrawal, posing as Chief Justice of Patna High Court Sanjay Karol, had made over 30 calls to Bihar DGP from a phone number having a DP of the chief justice. Interestingly, the Bihar DGP, in its report pointed out “Mistake of Facts” in that case against Aditya Kumar. As a result, he joined AIG in police headquarters Patna.
Aditya Kumar, the 2011 batch IPS officer was the SSP of Gaya and he was booked under IPC section of 353,387, 419, 420, 467, 468, 120B, 66C and 66Din Fatehpur police station on the direction of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Besides him, SHO of Fatehpur Sanjay Kumar was also named a co-accused.
When after giving a clean-chit to Aditya Kumar, the case file reached the Chief Minister Secretariat, the officials felt something was wrong. They then transferred it to EOU for the thorough investigation.
The EOU officials used cyber cell officials to scan the phone numbers which were used to call senior police officials who have prepared the report including Bihar DGP SK Singhal.
Investigations revealed that two numbers 9709303397 of Vodafone issued from Khajekalan and 9431602303 were used by Abhishek Agrawal to call the DGP. He had put the DP of chief justice Sanjay Karol on these two numbers. Sometimes, Agrawal sent messages to him and said that he was busy. The DGP made an appointment on whatsapp to contact him on the phone.
It was learnt that the FIR lodged in EOU police station in Patna said that Aditya Kumar met Abhishek Agrawal in a restaurant in Patna’s Boring road to plan the crime. Accordingly, Abhishek Kumar posed as chief justice.
The EOW in its investigation found that the phone numbers used to call DGP did not belong to the chief justice of Patna high court. The number was put under surveillance and EOU officials secretly nabbed Abhishek Agrawal.
During interrogation, Agrawal confessed to having close links with SSP Aditya Kumar for the last four years. They had planned to give Aditya Kumar a clean-chit in the case lodged against him.
Abhishek Kumar is a serial offender in the country. A case number 43/2021 was registered in Kamla market police station in New Delhi as well. In that case, he posed as union home minister secretary Saket Singh and threatened the MD of MCD. He was sent to Tihar jail for five days as well.
Abhishek Agrawal also extorted Rs 1 crore from the father of IPS officer Saurav Shah. An FIR under IPC sections of 406, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B registered in Kahalgaon police station in Bhagalpur district as well.
He was also involved in threatening SHO of SK Puri police station Patna in 2015.
Crime
32-Year-Old Man Arrested For Hoax Bomb Threat To Mumbai Police Control Room; Suspect Was Drunk & Had Past Record Of Similar Calls

Mumbai: Panic gripped the Mumbai Police force on Thursday evening after the control room received a call from an unidentified person claiming that a bomb would be detonated inside a suburban local train — the city’s lifeline. Within hours, the Azad Maidan police special team traced and arrested the caller, identified as Suraj Dharma Jadhav (32), from Kalina, Santacruz.
According to police officials, Jadhav, who is addicted to alcohol, has a past record of making similar hoax bomb threat calls to the police.
About The Case
On Thursday, after consuming liquor, he allegedly phoned the police control room and declared that he would trigger a blast in a suburban train before abruptly disconnecting the call. When police dialed back, the number was found switched off.
With Independence Day around the corner, senior police officials took the threat very seriously and directed the local police, Railway Police, and the Crime Branch to conduct immediate checks. Security was tightened across railway stations, with increased deployment, baggage checks, and inspection of suspicious individuals. However, no suspicious object was found.
Investigators traced the call to Kalina and picked up Jadhav for questioning. During interrogation, he confessed to making the hoax bomb threat. Police revealed that he had earlier been arrested for a similar offense and was out on bail. Despite having been bound down previously under preventive action by the Assistant Commissioner of Police’s office, Jadhav repeated the offense. Authorities have now warned that stricter action will be taken if he violates the bond conditions again.
Meanwhile, the Railway Police Force (RPF) and local police continued heightened vigilance at key stations following the threat.
Crime
Mumbai: POCSO Court Sentences 50-Year-Old Businessman To 20 Years For Repeated Sexual Assault Of Minor

Mumbai: A special POCSO court in Dindoshi sentenced a 50-year-old Malad businessman, who owns an imitation jewellery factory, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor girl from April 2021 to February 2023 on the promise of marriage.
Observation Made By The Court
The Dindoshi court, while convicting the businessman, held that, “it is indigestible that a married man who at the relevant time, which is, from 2021 to 2023, was the father of four children, still enticed the victim expressing his desire to marry with her. This itself goes to show that the accused not only had a culpable mental state of mind but also the accused committed the offence of rape, not on one occasion but repeatedly.”
The court noted that the accused exploited the victim’s minority and her family’s status as his tenants, with her mother working in his factory. “The victim was influenced by the accused to marry her once she attained majority. The innocence of the victim reflects from her understanding that she had no idea about the consequences that the accused is quite older than her, he is already married and has four children,” the court added, noting the victim’s lack of maturity and understanding of reality.
In a separate case, a Thane sessions court sentenced a 35-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, with a Rs 10,000 fine, for raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter in April 2019, along with a one-year sentence under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act and a Rs 1,000 fine.
Crime
Two Held With ₹68 Lakh Cash Near India-Myanmar Border In Mizoram; Heroin Worth ₹78 Lakh Seized

Aizawl: Two persons were arrested with Rs 68 lakh in cash near the India-Myanmar border in east Mizoram’s Champhai district, officials said on Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, the Assam Rifles intercepted a vehicle at Zote village on August 11, they said.
Upon thorough checking, Rs 60 lakh in cash was recovered from two persons in the vehicle.
The duo, identified as Joseph Lalthansanga and Vanlalruati, could not state any proper reason why they were carrying such a huge amount of cash. They were subsequently handed over to the police for legal action, officials said.
In another operation, the Assam Rifles recovered 94.6 gram of heroin, worth Rs 78 lakh, from the village on Wednesday.
The drugs were handed over to the Excise and Narcotics Department, officials said.
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