QCrime: ‘Ghee’ Racket Busted; Mumbai Man Held for IPL Betting

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1. Man Accused of Killing Delhi Businessman Arrested

A 27-year-old man carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 for allegedly robbing and killing a businessman in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar in August was arrested, police said on Wednesday.

On 22 August, Kumar and his gang members followed one Sanjiv Gajwani (42) on their motorcycles from his hosiery factory at Shastri Nagar to his house in Ashok Vihar. Gajwani was riding a scooter and carrying a bag containing cash.

As soon as Gajwani parked his vehicle in front of his house, the accused tried to snatch his bag. When the businessman resisted, he was shot thrice, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Joy Tirkey. The gang members then fled with Gajwani's bag containing Rs 4.15 lakh.

(Source: PTI)

2. Mansarovar Park Killings: Eighth Arrest Made by Police in New Delhi

A 24-year-old man, working as a sweeper in the Election Commission (EC), was arrested on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the killings of an octogenarian woman, her three daughters and their security guard in Delhi’s Mansarovar Park area in October.

This was the eighth arrest in the case. Seven men were arrested last week for the brutal killings. The accused, Rahul, was arrested by the Crime Branch this evening from Rajiv Garden, Loni, Ghaziabad, said G Ramgopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime).

The police also seized Rs 15,000 cash and bloodstained clothes from his possession. The accused was working as a sweeper at the EC building here on a contractual basis. The killings were carried out with an intention to commit robbery and the alleged mastermind of the plan was the security guard, who too was killed by his son and son-in-law.

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3. Former Cong MLA Helped Exchange Rs 4.5 Cr Post Note Ban: Police

Former Congress MLA Rajesh Jain, who was arrested last month for allegedly making illegal transactions following notes ban, had helped exchange demonetised notes worth Rs 4.5 crore, police said.

The Crime Branch had arrested Jain for allegedly conspiring with lawyer Rohit Tandon and some others to make illegal transactions by using fake bank accounts worth Rs 50 crore. During interrogation, Jain was found to be in touch with a businessman Yogesh Mittal.

Mittal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in June for allegedly "picking up demonetised cash of Tandon during 14-19 November last year and depositing in various bank accounts of shell companies," the police said.

It was found that demonetised currency worth Rs 4.5 crore was deposited in Jain's two bank accounts last year and he had charged a commission for getting it deposited in his account.

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4. Indian Restaurant Owner Jailed in UK for Stealing 90,000 Pounds

An Indian restaurant owner has been jailed for two years in the UK for stealing 90,000 pounds in taxes by falsifying repayment claims, an official spokesperson has said.

Monir Miah, 58, admitted lying about his income from 'The Crown of India' restaurant, in High Street, Stone, and falsifying value-added tax (VAT) repayment claims, after he was investigated by the Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Routine tax checks raised concerns and Miah was offered the chance to put his tax affairs in order, declare any mistakes or irregularities and pay what he owed in full, plus interest and penalties, through HMRC's civil Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF).

(Source: PTI)

5. Mumbai Businessman in ED Custody for IPL Betting

A Delhi court has sent a Mumbai businessman to the custody of Enforcement Directorate till 21 December in a money laundering case related to an alleged T20 cricket betting scandal.

Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sahrawat allowed the ED to take custody of Bimal Ramgopal Agarwal after the probe agency sought time for interrogation to ascertain and recover the proceeds of crime.

According to ED's special public prosecutor NK Matta, Agarwal and his associates managed to collect Rs 2.75 crore from one Manoj Jain and Rs 50 lakh from another person, Surendra Kalra, for providing protection in an ED case.

The agency also alleged that the accused deposited Rs 80 lakh in the account of companies controlled by him in 2015. The ED arrested Agarwal in connection with its money laundering probe in the cricket T-20 IPL betting case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

(Source: PTI)

6. Indian Student Jailed in Singapore for Hiring Underage Sex Worker

An Indian-origin student was sentenced to 10 months in jail in Singapore for taking the services of an underage prostitute and not paying her in May last year, a media report said on Wednesday.

Hari Kumar Anpalagan, 25, was found guilty of having sex with the girl, who had admitted she was 14 years old and was providing services in exchange for cash, the Straits Times reported.

Following a three-day trial, Hari was convicted on one count of hiring a sex worker who was below 18 years old.

The court heard that Hari responded to the girl's post on the Tagged social network app in which she requested help to buy a new mobile phone. He offered to assist and asked what he would receive in return.

The girl offered sexual services, and, after negotiating, they agreed that she would receive 70 Singapore dollars. She told him then that she was 16, but this did not deter Hari from engaging her services.

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7. Elderly Couple Hacked to Death in UP

An elderly couple were hacked to death while they were sleeping in their hut in the neighbouring Chitrakoot district, police said.

Chota Kol (60) and his wife Bhudi (56) were sleeping in their hut in Nihi village under Manikpurwa police station area when they were hacked to death, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Balwant Chaudhary said.

According to the ASP, the four-year-old grandson who was with the deceased during the incident, has provided some vital clues about the incident.

"Two bloodstained axes have been recovered from the scene of crime. We will nab the culprits soon," he said.The son of the deceased has lodged an FIR and a youth has been taken into custody for questioning, he added

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8. NRI Woman's Purse Snatched by Bikers in Delhi

An NRI woman's purse was snatched by two bike-borne men in Delhi’s Shanti Path area, the police said on Wednesday. The woman, owner of a five-star hotel in Lutyens' Delhi, stated in her police complaint that the purse had lakhs of rupees, foreign currency, two passports and her cell phone.

She had come to Delhi from Mumbai on Monday. She was headed towards her house from the airport when the bike-borne men signalled her, apparently to indicate that something was wrong with her car, the police said.

The woman asked the driver to stop the vehicle. As they stepped out to see what was the matter, the two men snatched her purse and fled the spot, the police said.

The woman, in her complaint, said there was a UAE passport, a UK passport, Rs 90,000, 1,300 dinar and diamond jewellery in her purse. It is suspected that the "thak-thak" gang might be involved in the crime. The police are scanning the CCTV footage obtained from the area in order to identify the accused.

(Source: PTI)

9. Racket Involving Production of Spurious Ghee Busted

A ghee adulteration racket on Wednesday was busted with the arrest of four persons in Bengaluru, police said.

Additional commissioner of police (Bengaluru East) Seemanth Kumar Singh said Aiyappa Swamy from KP Agrahara in the city was the kingpin of the gang that started the business of spurious ghee production and sale of 'Nandini' ghee, a popular brand of the Karnataka Milk Federation.

He said a complaint was received from the KMF that spurious ghee was being sold in the market in the name of their popular brand.

"Since public health and the popularity of Nandini brand were at stake, we investigated and busted the racket," Singh said.

(Source: PTI)

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