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Goa nightclub fire: Luthras used forged papers for club permit, says police

Goa nightclub fire: Luthras used forged papers for club permit, says police

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Panaji Delhi-based entrepreneurs Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra allegedly applied for permission to open their club in Goa’s Arpora using a forged copy of a land agreement, police said on Friday, adding that the investigators will confront the brothers about this revelation when they receive custody likely early next week. The Luthras fled to Phuket within hours after a blaze ripped through their club in Goa.(ANI) The Luthras, who fled to Phuket within hours after a blaze ripped through their club in Goa and killed 25 people, were detained by local authorities in Thailand and a joint investigation team will soon bring the accused back to India, chief minister Pramod Sawant had said on Thursday. His comments came after the external affairs ministry began considering the Goa government’s request to revoke the passports of the two brothers, after receiving a communication from the state government. Twenty-five people, including four from a Delhi family, were killed and six injured after a massive fire tore through their nightclub – Birch by Romeo Lane – in the coastal village …

Vasai schoolgirl’s death: Teacher booked for culpable homicide

Vasai schoolgirl’s death: Teacher booked for culpable homicide

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Mumbai: The Waliv police on Wednesday booked Mamta Yadav, a schoolteacher who forced a 13-year-old girl to do 100 sit-ups while carrying her school bag for arriving late, eventually leading to her death, for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Vasai schoolgirl’s death: Teacher booked for culpable homicide Kajal Gaud, a Class 6 student at Shri Hanumant Vidyamandir High School in Vasai (East), was punished on November 8, along with nearly 50 other students who had arrived late. She returned home complaining of severe pain, and her condition worsened over the following days. She died on November 14. “We are searching for Yadav and will arrest her,” said a police officer from the Waliv police station. The FIR was registered after Kajal’s father, Sikandar Gaur, filed a police complaint on Monday seeking action over her death. Yadav was booked for culpable homicide, with police officers stating that she was aware Kajal was physically weak and that young children do not have the physical ability to do 100 sit-ups. Despite knowing this, Yadav punished Kajal, causing …

Mumbra train accident: Court likely to hear pre-arrest bail plea of 2 engineers

Mumbra train accident: Court likely to hear pre-arrest bail plea of 2 engineers

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A court in Maharashtra’s Thane is expected to deliver its order on Thursday on the pre-arrest bail plea of two Railway engineers booked for culpable homicide in the Mumbra train accident that killed five persons in June. The accident occurred on June 9 between Diva and Mumbra stations in Thane district when two local trains — one headed to Kasara and the other towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai — were passing each other at a sharp curve (near the Mumbra station).(Praful Gangurde / HT Photo) Arguing before Additional Sessions Judge G T Pawar on Wednesday, Defence counsel Baldev Rajput termed the prosecution’s theory blaming the duo for the accident “completely baseless and misleading”. Earlier, the prosecution had highlighted that a Railway report cited a passenger’s bag as the cause, but “no bag was recovered during the ‘panchnama” (spot assessment). Questioning the panchnama, Rajput said it was conducted two days after the incident, making it improbable that evidence would remain intact. The videos presented by the defence, he said, clearly showed bags at …

Woman dies during childbirth at home in Kerala”s Malappuram: police arrest husband | Latest News India

Woman dies during childbirth at home in Kerala”s Malappuram: police arrest husband | Latest News India

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Malappuram, The husband of a woman who died due to excessive bleeding during childbirth at their rented accommodation here has been arrested and booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, police said on Tuesday. Woman dies during childbirth at home in Kerala”s Malappuram: police arrest husband The husband, Sirajudheen, has also been booked for attempting to destroy the evidence by taking his deceased wife’s body to his home in Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district, police said. The husband was arrested on Monday night, it said. Malappuram SP Vishwanadh R told reporters here that police were aware of who all were present, apart from the husband, during the childbirth and were investigating their roles in it. Besides that, police will also investigate whether the accused and other persons were propagating that child birth at home was safe. “Prima facie, it appears that the husband pushed for the childbirth at home,” the officer said. He further said that it was the fifth pregnancy of the victim with the first two childbirths taking place in hospitals and the …

SC quashes culpable homicide charges slapped on doctor over phone prescription | Latest News India

SC quashes culpable homicide charges slapped on doctor over phone prescription | Latest News India

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The Supreme Court has quashed culpable homicide charges against a doctor whose telephonic instruction to a nurse for administering an injection allegedly led to the death of a patient. A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said that while the doctor may be held accountable for negligence, the charge should be under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (causing death by negligence) rather than the graver Section 304 Part I of IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). The Supreme Court relied on its 2005 judgment in the Jacob Mathew case. (HT PHOTO) Section 304 Part I carries a maximum sentence of 10 years. Section 304A is punishable by up to two years in prison. The case originated from an incident on February 21, 2013, when a woman visited a private nursing home at Thiruvallur in Tamil Nadu with complaints of headache, vomiting, giddiness, and fever. She was reportedly attended to by a nurse, who administered injections following a telephonic conversation with the doctor in question. Shortly thereafter, the patient became …

Delhi court convicts 3 men for attempting to commit culpable homicide | Latest News India

Delhi court convicts 3 men for attempting to commit culpable homicide | Latest News India

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New Delhi, A Delhi court has convicted three men of unlawful assembly and attempt to commit culpable homicide charges, saying charges against them proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Delhi court convicts 3 men for attempting to commit culpable homicide The court, however, acquitted two others in the case giving them the benefit of reasonable doubt. Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Singh was hearing the case against Ravi Gupta, David Gupta, Anil Sisodiya, Kamlesh Sharma and Sheikh Sameer Ali against whom Jaitpur police had registered an FIR. In its verdict dated February 13, the court said, “From the evidence, it is proved beyond reasonable doubt that on July 4, 2020, at about 11:30 PM, accused Ravi Gupta, David Gupta and Anil Sisodiya were members of unlawful assembly, the common object of which was to assault and cause bodily injuries to victims Suman Kumar Jha and Keshav Jha with sticks and rods.” It said that the members of unlawful assembly, in pursuance of their common object caused grievous lacerated wounds on the head and forehead of Keshav Jha …

Woman throws infant to death from roof during fight with sister in UP’s Ballia | Latest News India

Woman throws infant to death from roof during fight with sister in UP’s Ballia | Latest News India

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Jan 26, 2025 08:17 AM IST Police said had a row with her sister during which she threw the boy off the top of their two-storey house in Krishna Nagar locality. A 27-year-old married woman living in her maternal house allegedly threw her nine-month-old child off roof Saturday morning, police said. Police have detained the woman and are questioning her.(Pixabay/representative) According to an officer, Anju Devi had a row with her sister during which she threw the boy off the top of their two-storey house in Krishna Nagar locality. Ballia Superintendent of Police Omvir Singh said the infant was rushed to the district hospital, where the doctors declared him dead. Police have detained Anju Devi and are questioning her. A case has been registered against her under Section 105 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the BNS based on the complaint of the child’s grandmother Shobha Devi. According to police, Anju Devi had a love marriage and had been staying with her mother at her house for the last two years. Anju’s …

Vadodara Gas Limited officers to be booked in 2018 PNG blast case, court told

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Officers of Vadodara Gas Limited (VGL), the distributor of piped natural gas in Vadodara city, will be booked in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a 2018 incident in which four persons were killed due to a blast from a leaking VGL pipeline in an apartment in Gorwa, the city police informed the Gujarat High Court last week. In its order dated August 6, Justice HD Suthar of the Gujarat High Court disposed of a petition filed by Dhruvesh Dhanani, a restaurant owner, who had pleaded before the HC in 2021 for the FIR to include VGL officials as accused in the case. Dhanani, who runs a pizza joint, had rented an apartment in Ellora Park for four of his employees, who suffered burn injuries in the blast that took place after they lit a mosquito coil on the midnight of July 20, 2018. In his petition, Dhanani had contended that the negligence of VGL had caused the blast as despite the owner of the …

Owner booked for culpable homicide

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A case of culpable homicide was registered on Sunday against the owner of a three-story building in Lucknow which collapsed a day before, leading to the death of eight persons and injuring 28 others, police said. Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) Amit Verma said a police team is investigating the matter and those responsible will be arrested soon. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath formed a three-member committee headed by the Home Secretary to probe the collapse. On Sunday, CM Adityanath visited the hospital where the injured are being treated. Click here to join The Indian Express on WhatsApp and get latest news and updates Source link