Asian Lite News Archive

Category: Crime

  • 21 formally charged in Burdwan blast

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      The National Investigation Agency (NIA)  formally charged in a special court 21 people, including four Bangladeshi nationals, for their involvement in the Burdwan blast. Militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is suspected to be involved in the blast. The charge sheet was filed before a National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court in Kolkata. “Twentyone accused,…

  • US police Officer indicted for assaulting Indian grandfather

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    By Arun Kumar  An Alabama police officer who assaulted an unarmed Indian grandfather while he was taking a morning walk in front of his son’s house in a Madison suburb has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Eric Parker, the Madison police officer who slammed Sureshbhai Patel, 57, to the ground in the Feb…

  • Human trafficking to get life in Britain

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    By Anasudhin Azeez  To stem modern day slavery, Britain has implemented a new law under which human traffickers could be punished with life imprisonment, London-based Asian Lite daily reported . The maximum jail sentence for traffickers has been increased from 14 years to life imprisonment under the provisions of the Modern Slavery Act, 2015. It…

  • Two arrested in Bengal nun gang rape case

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      The West Bengal Police arrested two people in connection with the March 14 Ranaghat nun gang rape case, police said. A team of CID (Criminal Investigation Department) of the state police nabbed a Bangladeshi Mohammed Salim Sheikh from Mumbai in the morning with the help of the Mumbai crime branch, police said. CID Deputy…

  • FBI hunting for Indian cyber-fugitive

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    Declaring Shivraj Singh Dabi, an Indian national, a cyber-fugitive, the FBI has put him on its most wanted list with posters in English, Punjabi and Hindi seeking information about him. Wanted by the FBI notice put out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation accuses Dabi, 42, of “Unlawful Flight to Avoid Confinement – Computer Crimes”…

  • Gang-raped nun discharged from hospital

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      The 71-year-old nun who was raped by a gang of bandits inside a convent in West Bengal’s Nadia district was on Friday discharged from the hospital, an official said. The sister superior of the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Ranaghat was hospitalised on March 14 with serious injuries after she was brutalised by…

  • CBI probe offered into IAS officer’s death

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    The central government is ready for a CBI inquiry into the death of Karnataka IAS officer D.K. Ravi if the state government wants, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said . Making an intervention during zero hour in the Lok Sabha, Rajnath Singh said a delegation of parliament members met him and demanded that a CBI inquiry…

  • NRI convicted for rape in Britain

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     An Indian-origin man has been convicted for raping a woman in Britain nearly two years ago, after his DNA was linked to samples recovered from the crime scene, according to media reports. Hardeep Sandhu, 39, was found guilty by a jury of rape and injuring with the intention of committing grievous bodily harm to the…

  • Cabinet approves bill on tracing black money

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      Giving concrete shape to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s announcement of a bill to trace black money, the union cabinet  approved a new law to track unaccounted wealth. Finance ministry sources said that the union cabinet approved the Foreign Income and Undisclosed Assets (Imposition of New Tax) Bill, 2015, for tabling in the Lok Sabha. “On…

  • Inheritance tax fraudster jailed

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    A woman has been jailed for two years and eight months after she lied to avoid paying more than £500,000 inheritance tax due on her wealthy aunt’s estate. Following the death of her aunt in 2010, Theresa Bunn, 56, told HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that the estate was worth around £285,000, which is below…

  • TADA case against Tunda dropped

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     A Delhi court on  dropped charges under TADA Act and Explosive Substances Act against alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda in a 1994 case. Additional Sessions Judge Neena Bansal Krishna discharged Tunda, accused under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and Explosive Substances Act (ESA). Tunda was declared a proclaimed offender…

  • Chechen confesses to Nemtsov’s murder

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      Zaur Dadayev, the Chechen detainee charged with the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, has confessed that he was the sole actor behind the crime. Dadayev said he plotted Nemtsov’s murder because of the liberal activist’s criticism of Islam and his support for the French satire newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Rosbalt news agency quoted…

  • Portrait of a teacher as a Jihadi

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    Jamshed Javeed, a chemistry teacher in Manchester, had been preparing to leave his home after helping his younger brother Mohammed make the trip to Syria…reports Kaliph Anaz A chemistry teacher in Manchester who was poised to travel to Syria to join ISIS has been jailed for nine years. Jamshed Javeed was “determined to fight jihad” despite…

  • Protests against Delhi church attacks

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      At least 200 people, including an AAP leader, were detained while marching towards Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s residence here protesting against the attacks on churches in Delhi, police said. The demonstrators, most of them from the Christian community, gathered at the Sacred Heart Cathedral. They shouted slogans saying “We want justice” and held banners…

  • Indian executive held for links with ISIS

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      A Indian business executive, named as a supporter and publicist of the Islamic State (IS) terror group by a British news channel, was arrested from his rented house here early , a top police official said. “Terror suspect Mehdi Masroor Biswas, 24, was picked from his one-room rented house in the northeast suburbs and…

  • Law to end ‘grey area’ in Online child abuse

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    An offence is to be created to stop paedophiles soliciting explicit photos from children online or via mobiles. It is illegal in England and Wales to possess such images but not to ask a child to send them. David Cameron will say there can be no “grey areas”. In a speech later, the prime minister…

  • Delhi bans Uber taxi’s after rape

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    The Delhi government banned “all activities” by Uber taxi company after one of its drivers was arrested on charges of raping a woman. An official statement said the Delhi government’s transport department had also blacklisted the company from providing any transport service in the national capital in future. Scores of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members…

  • SIT to probe Delhi church attack: Rajnath

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    Home Minister Rajnath Singh  said it is the top priority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to ensure communal harmony in the country. In the wake of the suspected arson attack on a church in Delhi last week, the minister informed the Lok Sabha that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe…

  • The unholy world of Rampal

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    Holy men do not need bullet-proof enclosures or SUVs. Nor do they need swimming pools for personal luxury or tonnes of rations that could sustain hundreds of people for months. Or gym equipment, flat-screen TVs, split air-conditioners, massage therapy beds and big personal lockers. But for controversial sect leader Rampal, these things and many more…

  • Haryana sect leader behind bars

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      Controversial sect leader Rampal was  put behind the bars after the Punjab and Haryana High Court cancelled the bail granted to him in a 2006 murder case. Rampal was taken from the Sector 6 General Hospital, where he was admitted early in the day, to the Sector 5 police station at Panchkula, adjoining Chandigarh.…

  • Policeman behind Hyderabad shootout arrested

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      A constable who opened fire from a stolen AK-47 on a top executive of a pharma company here  has been arrested, police said. Obulesh, a constable of Armed Reserve (AR), was arrested by the police on the border between Kurnool and Anantapur districts Wednesday night from a Bangalore-bound bus. Three others were also arrested…

  • Sect leader Rampal still evades arrest

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      Controversial sect leader Rampal continued to evade arrest even as hundreds of his followers left his ashram here in Haryana . Fearing stricter police action Wednesday after Tuesday’s violent clashes between Rampal’s supporters and security forces which left nearly 250 people, including 110 policemen, injured, the followers stranded inside the Satlok Ashram decided to…

  • Asian smuggler to pay £4.3 mn fine

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    Chaudry Ali of Middlesex, the leader of a gang behind a £9 million gold smuggling plot, will have to repay £4.3 million of his criminal profits, within four months, or serve an extra ten years in prison. Ali was found guilty and jailed for nine years in 2012 for spearheading the fraud, after an investigation…

  • India must lead fight on black money: Think Tank

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    Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit here for the G20 Summit, a leading global coalition against corruption has said India must take the lead in addressing black money, that affects the poor and developing countries the most. “Prime Minister Modi made addressing black money one of his first priorities on taking office,” said the…

  • Majority of Indian men abuse wives: UN report

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    Sixty percent of Indian men admit acting violently against their wife or partner at some point in their lives while 52 percent of women admit having faced some form of violence during their lifetime, says a UN report. The report, prepared jointly by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Washington-based International Center for…

  • 12 million girls in India face sexual violence

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    One in five girls in India has experienced physical violence since 15 years of age, according to a report released by UNICEF here . The figure translates into 12 million girls, said the report, which used data from the National Family Health Survey. It said that 4.5 percent of girls aged between 15 and 19…

  • Boko Haram leader killed

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    Nigerian forces have killed a man claiming to be the leader of Islamist Boko Haram militants, Abubakar Shekau, the country’s defence authority said Wednesday. Mohammed Bashir, who has been acting or posing in videos as the deceased Abubakar Shekau, the eccentric character known as the leader of the group, died in an encounter with Nigerian…

  • UP’s WhatsApp crime stopper

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    WhatsApp is fast emerging as a tool to check crime in Uttar Pradesh with the police receiving a slew of complaints, including traffic violations and corruption, through the hugely popular social networking app. In the past one month, over four key departments have taken to WhatsApp to either act as a crime stopper or as…

  • Surendra Koli’s execution stayed

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    The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Nithari killings convict Surendra Koli by one week. Chief justice designate H.L. Dattu passed the order in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, staying Koli’s execution on his appeal. Koli was represented by senior counsel Indira Jaising. Koli was to be executed Monday at Meerut jail.…

  • Delhi to join Cyber Police Network

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    Rajnish Singh reports on Delhi’s decision to  to join cyber police network to curb crime Delhi Police are all set to join the Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS), a cyber highway of criminal records data, along with other states that would enhance their crime-fighting prowess. According to a report by the National Crime Records Bureau…

  • Police detain Indian Referee, IOA Official

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    Rajeev Mehta, secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and wrestling referee Virender Singh Malik will be produced in court on Monday. Mr Mehta was allegedly driving without a licence at Glasgow city centre and was above the legal alcohol limit and Mr Malik was allegedly involved in sexual assault in a hotel in…

  • British arms for Russia and Israel?

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    The British government was accused of double standards over arms sales to Russia and Israel . The latest document revealed that officials have approved a massive increase in weaponry to be sold to Russia  to more than £130m. MPs warn that at least 251 export licences for the sale of controlled goods – ranging from…

  • If I lived in #Gaza would I fire a rocket?

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    A British politician sparks a new row as he tweeted –  “The big question is – if I lived in #Gaza would I fire a rocket? – probably yes”. A Lib Dem MP has been accused of making comments on social media about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. David Ward tweeted on Tuesday: “The big question is…

  • From police with Love…

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    A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officer has helped to raise £1,570 for a family who were the victims of two terrifying aggravated burglaries in the space of a year. Sucha Singh, 44, is paralyzed from the neck down and was forced to watch in horror as three masked men forced their way into the house…

  • Hoard of firearms, including a missile, seized

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    Manchester police have recovered a hoard of firearms, including a missile, at a house in Dukinfield. As part of an ongoing investigation, a house on Dain Close in Dukinfield was searched on Wednesday. Over 40 prohibited weapons have been seized and are in the process of being examined by specialist officers under the Firearms Act.…

  • Clegg joins Srebrenica Memorial

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    British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg commits to a Britain free from threats or harm on Srebrenica Memorial Day, 11 July   Today, 11 July, the international community remembers the Bosnian genocide, marking the 19th anniversary of when generations of families were wiped out. The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is one of many politicians Four Mothers of Srebrenica…

  • British twin girls elope to join ISIS

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    Salma and Zahra Halane, 16, twin teenage girls from Manchester thought to have run away to join their brother who is fighting in Syria. The girls’ parents from Chorlton have also spoken out for the first time, saying they are ‘shocked’ at their disappearance two weeks ago, the MEN reported. Salma and Zahra Halane, 16,…

  • Israel, Hamas intensify attacks

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    Palestinian militants have fired more rockets at Israeli cities after Israel carried out dozens of overnight air strikes on the Gaza Strip, BBC reported. Israel said it had intercepted eight rockets over Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Ashdod on Wednesday morning. Reports from Gaza said at least eight people had been killed in the latest Israeli…

  • Jiah Khan probe handed over to CBI

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    Thirteen months after actress Jiah Khan was found dead in her Mumbai home, the Bombay High Court Thursday ordered the Mumbai police to hand over the case to the CBI. The court ruling came on a plea filed by Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan last October seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).…

  • Thieves targetting Asians held

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    Manchester police have arrested four people after an operation to tackle the violent theft of jewellery. Operation Resemble was set up by Greater Manchester Police to target those suspected of being involved in a series of violent burglaries in the north Manchester area and Salford areas. The break-ins have been committed at the homes of predominately…

  • NRI- Canadian duo develop drug dectector

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    Two Canadians of Indian origin have developed a device that detects marijuana in a person’s breath. Police say it helps to find if a driver is high on the contraband drug. Vancouver-based Kal Malhi, a former officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the federal police force, has joined hands with Indo-Canadian radiologist Raj…

  • Amnesty launches SOS app for activists

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    Amnesty International has launched a new open source app called ‘Panic Button’ to help activists facing imminent danger. The press of a button sends an immediate SMS distress signal to activists’ own networks. “The aim of the Panic Button is to increase protection for activists around the world who face the ever present threat of…

  • UK- fears threat from Syrian returnees

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    Met Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick said police forces across the country will have to deal with the threat of British fighters returning from Syria for “many years.” She said young British Muslims might commit violence on their return. Her comments came after an apparent internet recruitment video for jihadists in Syria and Iraq appeared to…

  • London police net human traffickers

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    In the month of June alone the Metropolitan Police Force’s  Trafficking & Kidnap Unit have been responsible for putting away twenty five members of various organised crime groups involved in human trafficking. Sentences of more than 110 years have already been handed down by the courts to gangs from Russia and Romania and a Hungarian organised…

  • Demonising Muslims over ISIS is wrong

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    Sir Peter warned against “demonising the Muslim community itself” over the ISIS crisis  Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy, who also leads the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy for the Association of Chief Police Officers, warned against “demonising the Muslim community itself” as it emerged the Security Service has made tracking British jihadists fighting in Syria…

  • Essex murder sparks race row

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    Kaliph Anaz looks into the murder of Saudi Arabian student in Essex.  “This isn’t the first attack on a Muslim student and certainly is not the last on a member of the Muslim community in the UK” said Omar Ali, president of the Federation of Student Islamic Societies The Muslim Council of Britain said: With the current…

  • UK fears return of militants

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron said the fallout from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq were the UK’s most serious security threat. Up to 400 UK nationals are believed to be fighting with Sunni militant groups. “No-one should be in any doubt that what we see in Syria and now in Iraq in terms of Isis…

  • ‘King Con’ faces jail in London

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    An Indian-origin businessman who boasted of his close friendship with the UK richest billionaires Hinduja brothers is facing years behind bars for fleecing wealthy investors of £12million, The Daily Mail reported. Ketan Somaia, dubbed ‘King Con’, from Bayswater in London, wooed his victims with luxury trips on private Learjets, Champagne parties, extravagant dinners and expenses paid trips…

  • ‘We can stem sex crimes’

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      Angelina Jolie , UN Special Envoy , said We can eradicate warzone sex crime. Talking at The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict the actress said: “This is a very, very common circumstance, this is a sickness.” Jolieadded: “Everywhere we go, it’s one of those things you can’t quite get your head…

  • Guerrilla attacks in Kashmir

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    At least four people, including three policemen, were injured in two guerrilla attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, police said Saturday. Two policemen and a civilian were injured when militants attacked a passing police vehicle in Bongam locality of Shopian town Saturday afternoon, a senior police officer said here. The injured were taken to a hospital, while…