Three interstate thieves held by Kalaburagi police; jewelry, cash worth Rs 3 crore seized
Kalaburagi: The city police have arrested three interstate thieves, who were allegedly involved in robbery of jewelry worth approximately Rs 3 crore from a jewelry store in Saraf Bazaar area, City Police Commissioner Dr. Sharanappa SD has said.
The senior officer told reporters at his office that the investigation team has also seized 2.865 kg gold and cash worth Rs 4.8 lakh from the arrested men.
The arrested men are identified as Ayodhya Prasad Chauhan (48), a resident of an area within the jurisdiction limits of Gopal Nagar Police Station in West Bengal, Farooq Ahmed Malik (40), a jeweler living within the jurisdiction limits of Dadpur Police Station in West Bengal, and Sohail Sheikh also called Badshah (30), who is a tailor from Mumbai, the Commissioner has said.
Malik had allegedly stolen jewelry worth approximately Rs 3 crore from a store in the city on July 11. The five police teams formed to investigate the incident held operations in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana successfully probed the case and found Malik, Dr. Sharanappa has said, adding that the police also arrested two other suspects in earlier robbery cases and seized the gold and cash the duo had stolen.
The investigation team included Chowk Police Inspector Raghavendra, Brahmapura Inspector Somalinga, police personnel Shivananda Walikar and Bande Nawaz, the senior officer said.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
