Victims of road mishap in Delhi turn out to be thieves on the run, held
New Delhi (PTI): A routine call about a road accident in Delhi's Kapashera ended up exposing a trio of thieves, leading to their arrest and the recovery of stolen goods, police said on Monday.
The thieves were in the police station speaking to officers about the accident when the victim of the theft was registering his complaint, they said.
According to officials, a PCR call was received around 8.13 pm on Wednesday regarding a collision between a scooter and a car near Kapashera, they said.
"When a police team reached the spot, they noticed that the two men on the scooter seemed unusually nervous and eager to settle the matter quickly," a senior police officer said.
The duo -- identified as Rohit Ravidas (25) and Karamjeet (28), both residents of Sonia Gandhi Camp -- aroused further suspicion when one of them was found carrying a mobile phone that he couldn't unlock.
A few pointed questions from the team turned the supposed accident case into a crime investigation.
"During sustained questioning, the men confessed to having committed a house theft in the early hours of the same day in Gopalji Colony in Kapashera. They admitted to stealing a bag and three mobile phones from one Lal Chand," he added.
At their instance, the complainant's stolen bag was recovered, and police soon tracked down their associate, Pankaj (33), also from Sonia Gandhi Camp. He was found in possession of another stolen mobile phone that had been sold to him by the duo.
Police said Rohit and Karamjeet are habitual offenders who steal from houses and pass on the loot to Pankaj, who sells it and divides the proceeds. One of the stolen phones was said to be already sold, they said.
Investigations revealed that Rohit is involved in four previous cases, while Pankaj has two prior cases, police added.
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
