ED told not to harass accused in custody
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Rauf in custody for three more days
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Rauf in custody for three more days
The Principal Sessions Court here has directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) not to harass or torture K.A. Rauf Sherief, the general secretary of Campus Front of India, while in custody.
It was while considering the remand extension report of Sherief that Kausar Edappagath, the Judge, issued the order.
The accused had complained that he was not treated fairly by the ED and was made to sign 10 blank papers. He said the ED officials recorded a narrative prepared by them instead of what he had stated to the officer concerned.
Former judge C.S. Karnan | Photo Credit:
M. VEDHAN
The former judge was arrested by the Central Crime Branch earlier this month, in connection with the circulation of allegedly defamatory YouTube videos
The Principal Sessions Court has dismissed the bail plea of former High Court Judge C.S. Karnan, who was arrested by the Central Crime Branch in connection with the circulation of YouTube videos alleged to be defamatory in content about sitting and former judges of the High Court and Supreme Court.
Mr. Karnan and M. Dhanasekaran, a co-accused in the case, were arrested by the Cyber Crime Police, Central Crime Branch on December 2 at the former’s residence in Avadi. Both had moved bail petitions before the Principal Sessions Court in the city.
Personnel instructed to execute such warrants, cancel bails of repeat offenders
Mani alias Manivasagam, a businessman in Thoothukudi, was shocked when he was arrested recently for a murder he committed in Valasaravakkam 21 years ago. The accused murdered Deenadayalan, 30, who was a marine and was running a business on the Poonamallee Trunk Road, over a dispute, in 1999. Thinking that the police would not catch him, he had gone about his life, selling utensils in Thoothukudi. He was nabbed when the police were executing non-bailable warrants issued by a judicial magistrate court in Poonamallee against two of his associates.
Similarly, the city police have arrested more than 700 criminal suspects in a month, executing non-bailable warrants pending against them in various courts. As per provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, a magistrate has the jurisdiction and power to issue a warrant of arrest, which can be directed against any escaped convict, a proclaimed offender or any per
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KOCHI: While the mystery has deepened in the death of a domestic help after a fall during her bid to climb down from a sixth-floor apartment on Marine Drive and her relatives have alleged foul play, the Kochi City police said they have received vital clues on the role of the flat owner, Imtiaz Ahmed, who has been named accused in the case. The police have now invoked Section 370 of IPC for human trafficking, which is a non-bailable offence, against Imtiaz, who has absconded.
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KOCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) team, which arrested KA Rauf Sherif, the national general secretary of Campus Front of India (CFI), the student’s wing of Popular Front of India (PFI), on charges of money laundering, will examine several activists of the two organisations including Malappuram-based journalist Siddique Kappan, according to investigators.
It was found that Rauf funded the trip by PFI activists along with journalist Siddique Kappan to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, where a shocking rape and murder had happened, with an intention to disturb social harmony and incite communal riots. The investigation is in the preliminary stage and a large number of accused involved are to be examined, said sources.