Main accused in Budaun case held

June 12, 2014

Budaun case held Lucknow, Jun 12: The UP Police on Wednesday arrested Pappu Yadav, one of the main accused in the horrific Budaun gang-rape and murder case.

Yadav was produced before a court and remanded in police custody. He was interrogated in connection with the gang-rape and murder of the two teenaged cousins in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh last month, reports said.

The police had earlier arrested five accused persons, who included three brothers and two cops. All of them belong to the victims’ village. Two of the accused had reportedly confessed to the crime.

The Allahabad High Court, meanwhile, said it would monitor the investigation of the incident. The court’s observation followed a PIL filed by a women’s organisation.

Another bench of the high court on Wednesday reserved its order on another petition, seeking a CBI probe into the matter.

The court has sought details of crimes against women in the state over the past six weeks and the action taken by the police in all cases. The UP government had earlier recommended a CBI probe into the gang-rape and murder of the two girls. The CBI has now reportedly taken over the investigation.

Comments

Add new comment

Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.

Mumbai hotel fire doused after 3 hours: 24 doctors rescued

Agencies

May 28,2020

Mumbai, May 28: Twenty four doctors and three others staying in a south Mumbai hotel were rescued after a major fire broke out in the five-storey building, officials said on Thursday.

The BMC has arranged temporary accommodation for emergency and essential service staffers, including doctors and nurses, in various hotels and lodges in the city due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This hotel is one such facility.

The fire broke out at Hotel Fortune near Metro Cinema late Wednesday night and was brought under control after nearly three hours early Thursday, fire brigade officials said.

“The fire spread from the first to the third floor of the hotel, a fire brigade official told PTI. It was a level-2 fire and eight fire engines were rushed to the spot, he added.

The fire was confined to the electric wiring and cables in the electrical duct, false ceiling in the lobby and the common passages on the first, second and third floors of the hotel, he said.

The 24 rescued were resident doctors at a local hospital who were provided temporary accommodation in the hotel, while the three others were guests of the hotel, he said.

The fire broke out at 11 am and wasbrought under control at 1.40 am, the official said. Cooling operation is underway at the hotel, he added.

Five doctors were rescued using fire brigade ladders and breathing apparatus sets, the official said.

The cause of the blaze is not yet known, the fire brigade official said.

On April 21, a major fire broke out in a lodging room of Hotel Ripon near Mumbai Central, which was being used as a quarantine facility by the civic body.

Comments

Add new comment

Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.

Bengaluru: Cops catch two drug peddlers, probe underway

News Network

February 5,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 5: City Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru City have arrested two drug peddlers from Kerala and have seized banned products from their possession.

According to officials the arrested persons have been identified as Shinto Thomas (35) of Wayanad and Tajudden Talat (29) of Thiruvananthapuram.

"We have seized 4 kg 350 grams of Hashish oil, 21.5 kgs of Ganja, Rs. 9300 cash, two mobile phones, two ganja crushing tools, and 625 empty boxes and other articles from them", police said in a statement.

Comments