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Goswami spends night at Alibaug Jails COVID-19 centre, to remain imprisoned till Nov 18


In an unusually long hearing of almost six hours that went till midnight, Alibaugh District Magistrate Court on Wednesday sent Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and other two accused ? Feroz Shaikh and Nitesh Sarda ? to a 14-day judicial custody till November 18 in the 2018 Anvay Naik suicide case. 


While addressing the reporters in Mumbai, Goswamis lawyer, Gaurav Parker said, It is a big victory for us. MCR (magisterial custody remand) is granted on the very first day. Police custody refused and magistrate custody has been granted. We have filed our bail application; it has been kept for arguments. It will be decided tomorrow.

Before Goswami was produced in the court, he was taken to a civil hospital for a medical check-up. Moreover, Alibaugh Court rejected allegations made by Goswami of being assaulted by the cops.

On Wednesday, Raigad Police arrested Goswami for his alleged connection to a case of abetment to suicide and was booked under section 306 (abetment of suicide) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Mumbai Police, on Wednesday, had accompanied Raigad Police for arresting Goswami. A female constable named SG Tanvade attached to the Mumbai Police, on Wednesday, registered an FIR against Goswami, his wife Samyabrata, son and two others for ?obstructing, assaulting, verbally abusing and intimidating? a police officer on duty. She also accused Samyabrata of tearing up an official arrest document of her husband at their house. The FIR was registered at the NM Joshi Marg Police Station under Sections 353, 504, 506 of IPC and Section 3 of the Damage of Public Property Act. 

Several BJP leaders and Union Ministers condemned Goswami’s arrest as a reminder of the Emergency that was imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1977. 

Union Minister Amit Shah tweeted, Congress and its allies have shamed democracy once again. Blatant misuse of state power against Republic TV and Arnab Goswami is an attack on individual freedom and the 4th pillar of democracy. It reminds us of the Emergency. This attack on free press must be and WILL BE OPPOSED.

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SHOCKER: 4 gang rape monitor lizard in Maharashtra, record act on phone; get arrested

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Radhika Dhawad | Ratnagiri

Monitor Lizard (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

In the most unbelievable incident ever, four men were arrested for allegedly raping a Bengal monitor lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). The reserve is spread over four districts of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.

The gruesome incident took place at Gothane village in Ratnagiri district on March 31 when the four accused illegally entered Chandoli National Park (part of the reserve). One of the four was also carrying a gun for hunting.

The Maharashtra Forest Department checked the mobile phone of one of the accused and that’s when he learnt about the incident. The officials found the recording of the act, which showed the accused allegedly gang-raping the monitor lizard.

A forest official said the four accused were identified as Sandeep Tukaram Pawar, Mangesh Kamtekar, Akshay Kamtekar and Ramesh Ghag.

The official said, “During the investigation, the forest officials found that the accused had allegedly raped a Bengal monitor lizard. Their act was also recorded in a mobile phone of one of the accused persons. We have recovered all the related evidence from the accused and they were granted forest department custody initially, but are out on bail now. They have been asked to mark their presence before the forest officer, who is probing the case, every Monday.”
“The four accused have been booked under various sections of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972,” said field director of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), Nanasaheb Ladkat.

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ED attaches Sanjay Raut’s properties in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case; Raut tweets ‘Asatyamev Jayate’

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Radhika Dhawad | Mumbai

Sanjay Raut

Sanjay Raut

 

Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attached Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut’s property in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case. The ED, in February, had also arrested his close friend Pravin Raut.

The ED attached Raut’s plot in Alibaug and one flat in Mumbai’s Dadar area.

After ED attached Raut’s properties, the latter tweeted, “Asatyamev Jayate (the lies win)”

 

The attachment is linked to a money laundering probe linked to an alleged scam related to the re-development of a chawl in Mumbai.

More details are awaited. 

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Wheelchair-bound Anil Deshmukh hospitalised at JJ Hospital after suffering shoulder injury

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Anil Deshmukh

Anil Deshmukh


Wheelchair-bound former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who is currently lodged at Arthur Road Jail, was hospitalised at JJ Hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after suffering a shoulder injury. The senior leader would undergo a surgery according to ANI.


Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), today, reached Arthur Road jail to take custody of Deshmukh, his personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde in connection with an alleged money laundering case. 

Also, another team of CBI reached Taloja jail today to take custody of dismissed Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vaze vis-à-vis the same case. 

Amid opposition from Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court, on Thursday, transferred the investigation against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh to the CBI. 
Param Bir Singh

Param Bir Singh

Singh is currently facing cases of extortion, corruption and misconduct. He was removed as Mumbai Police Chief owing to his alleged mishandling of the Antilia (Mukesh Ambanis residence) bomb scare case. 

There are as many as five alleged corruption and extortion cases against Singh. On May 4 last year, he went missing to avoid probe against him. 

Later, he appeared before the Mumbai Crime Branch to record his statement after the Supreme Court granted him relief on the grounds that he wouldn’t be arrested.

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