Special court to hear cases against Chhota Rajan in

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Istanbul-bound Turkish Airlines flight
Special court to hear returns to bay after unclaimed mobile found
cases against Chhota
Rajan in Mumbai
Tuesday 5 January 2016
Mumbai: The Bombay High
Court has designated a special
court for conducting the trials
of cases in which the deported
gangster Chhota Rajan is an
accused. “The government
had sought permission in this
regard, and now the High
Court has designated a court
in Mumbai,” said a highly
placed source. A government
notification regarding the
new court would be issued in
a day or two. Chhota Rajan
alias Rajendra Nikalje is
facing around 70 cases in
Maharashtra, which include
journalist J Dey murder
case. Last month, the special
Maharashtra Control of
Organised Crime Act court
here had issued a production
warrant against him and
directed the Tihar Jail officials
in Delhi to produce him on
January 7. Rajan was arrested
at Bali airport in Indonesia on
October 25 last year after he
arrived there from Australia.
He was later deported to India.
Maharashtra government
has handed over all the cases
against him to the CBI.
Mumbai: An Istanbulbound flight of Turkish
Airlines was called back
from the runway in Mumbai
on Monday morning after
an “unclaimed” mobile
phone was found on a seat
of the Boeing 777 plane.
The aircraft was brought
back to the bay and all the
passengers were deplaned
for a thorough frisking.
The Boeing 777-300ER
plane was scheduled to
take off for Istanbul at
0625 hours. “Turkish
Airlines flight to Istanbul
was called back from the
runway at Mumbai airport
after a suspicious object
was found in the aircraft,”
a
Mumbai
Airport
spokesperson said. Airport
sources, however, said it
was an unclaimed mobile
phone which forced the
pilot to return the plane to
the bay.
Alert Issued In Mumbai After
Pathankot Terror Attack
Mumbai: An alert has been issued
in Mumbai by police and cops
have intensified night patrolling
in the wake of the terror attack at
the Pathankot Air Force Base in
Punjab. “Police have started doing
naka-bandi at several places in the
megalopolis. Suspicious activities
are being checked at railway
stations, lodges and hotels,” Deputy
Commissioner of Police (Detection)
Dhananjay Kulkarni said. Since
yesterday, police have intensified the
vigil and and night patrolling in the
city, an official said.
Two tigers found dead, leopard run over by train
Nagpur: Two tigers and a
leopard were found dead at
separate places in the district
and the adjoining Pench tiger
reserve of Madhya Pradesh.
The incidents come close on
the heels of the death of four
tiger cubs in Maharashtra’s
Chandrapur
district
last
week, which had prompted
state Forest Minister Sudhir
Mungantiwar to seek a SIT
probe into the matter. A young
male tiger was found dead
yesterday in south Junewani
beat in Deolapar forest range,
about 75 kms from here close
to Madhya Pradesh border,
forest sources said. The dead
tiger, with code name ‘KT23’,
was apparently one of the cubs
of a tigress from Pench tiger
reserve in MP, a forest official
said.
The cause of the death was
yet to be ascertained, he said
adding that carcasses of a
wild boar and a chital were
also found about 100 metres
away from the dead tiger.
Electrocution or poisoning is
suspected to have caused the
feline’s death, sources said.
However, forest officials of
the Nagpur Division ruled out
poaching but said all angles
will be probed. An autopsy
of the tiger’s carcass was
conducted and several vital
body parts were being sent for
forensic tests to know the exact
cause of the death, the official
Get more decibel
meters to check noise
pollution: HC to govt
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on
monday directed Maharashtra government
to take steps to procure 1,843 decibel
meters for the police to ensure there is no
violation of noise pollution rules during
festivals, public addresses, processions
and so on. A division bench of justices
A S Oka and C V Bhadang was hearing a
bunch of public interest litigations seeking
implementation of noise pollution rules and
regulations. “The authorities have failed
completely to ensure implementation of
the noise pollution rules. It is the police’s
duty to ensure that noise levels at places
where religious festivals and functions
and processions are held on public roads
are measured and prompt action is taken if
there is any violation,” the court said. The
court was informed that as of now only 494
decibel meters are available with the police
and more 1,843 such meters are required.
“The government shall within three months
from today take steps to procure the
required decibel meters. The government
shall also make proper arrangements
for maintenance of checks periodically
to ensure that the meters are in working
condition,” the court ordered. The court
said prior to every religious festival and also
New Year’s eve, the government should
give wide publicity to noise pollution rules
and ensure that it is implemented. The court
asked the government to take a decision on
introducing a mobile app on which people
can lodge complaints within two months.
The court expressed shock that during the
Navratri festival in October last year, no
case of violation of noise pollution rules
was registered in Pune, Nagpur, Solapur,
Nashik, Aurangabad and Navi Mumbai
cities. “The government cannot make such
tall claims that there was not a single case
of violation in these cities,” the court said.
The petitions have been posted for further
hearing on April 6, by when the government
will have to file an affidavit.
said. Also, another young
male tiger was found dead at
an open well in the Pench tiger
reserve of adjoining Madhya
Pradesh, he said. It is suspected
to be an accident which might
After clashes, situation now
peaceful in Nandini Nagar
Nashik: The situation in Nandini
nagar locality, which witnessed clashes
between two rival groups yesterday,
over alleged demolition of some slums
on December 31 and a day after, is now
under control, police said on monday.
According to Bajirao Mahajan,
incharge of newly created Mumbai
Naka police station here, the trouble
started after 20-25 huts in Nandini
Nagar were demolished by one Akash
Sable along with one Phulyabai and
their supporters using a JCB machine.
Slumdwellers, whose huts were
demolished reached the Mumbai Naka
police station following which a case
was registered against Sable and others
under relevant sections of IPC and
Mumbai Police Act.
Later, Sable, Phulyabai and a mob of
hundreds of supporters threatened slum
dwellers yesterday to vacate remaining
huts, leading to a clash between two
groups in which they were pelted
stones injuring some people, police
said. The mob also smashed glasses
of ‘Mariyam Bulding’, from where
11 women who are allegedly into
prostitution including Phulyabai were
detained.
Activist seeks enforcement of
new animal transportation rules
Mumbai: An activist
of People For Animals
(PFA) has urged the
Maharashtra police
and state transport
department to ensure
proper implementation
of the new rules
notified for livestock
transportation. The
Central government had
last year notified stricter
rules for livestock
transportation and
made it mandatory for
such vehicles to have
special licences, a move
aimed at curbing cruelty
against animals. The
new rules Central Motor
Vehicles (Eleventh
Amendment) Rules,
2015 that came in force
from January 1, also
make it compulsory
for such vehicles to
have partitions for
each animal. As per
the notification, no
motor vehicle meant
for carrying animals
shall be permitted to
carry any other goods.
In this regard, PFA
activist Sharma has
written letters to all the
Police Commissioners
and Superintendents
of the state and the
transport department.
He wants that necessary
instructions with
reference to the said
notification should
be issued to all the
concerned police
stations and officers,
drawing their attention
towards the provisions
of the amended rules
and requiring them to
follow the same strictly
in letter and spirit with
effect from the date
of application of the
amended rules. “I have
noticed that on account
of lack of knowledge or
incorrect understanding
of the amended law
by the police and the
prosecuting authorities,
many a times the
accused get themselves
easily bailed out from
courts,” said Sharma.
have happened while the big
cat was chasing its prey near
Simariya village in Vijaypani
forest circle of Ghatkohoka
range. The spot falls under
the buffer zone of Pench. The
well did not have a boundary
wall, sources said. Besides,
a young leopard was killed
apparently after being run over
by a train near Chimnazari
village in Butibori range of
Nagpur division, the forest
official said. The incident
came to light yesterday
morning when some villagers
spotted the dead leopard.
The leopard’s carcass did not
bear any external injury, but
had internal fractures, the
official added.