Asian Games 2018: PV Sindhu creates history, ensures first-ever silver in badminton
Jakarta, Aug 27 : PV Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian shuttler to reach the women’s singles final at the Asian Games when she defeated Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in Jakarta on Monday.
The 23-year old clinched the match 21-17, 15-21, 21-10 in 66 minutes against the World No. 2.
Earlier, Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman shuttler to claim singles medal at the Asian Games when she went down fighting against World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying 17-21, 14-21 in the other semifinal.
It was also the first singles medals in badminton after the 1982 Games when Syed Modi won the bronze. Before Asian Games 2018, India had won eight badminton medals and six of them are in team events and one in men’s doubles and one in men’s singles.
In the quarterfinals, Sindhu defeated past world number 12 Nitchaon Jindapol 21-11, 16-21, 21-14.
Sindhu is already the first Indian to reach the final of an Olympics—a feat she achieved in the 2016 Rio Games—and the first from the country to reach two World Championship finals.
The year 2018 has been all about close shaves for Sindhu as she finished runners-up on four different occasions. She was defeated in the finals of India Open, Thailand Open, Commonwealth Games and recently at the World Championships where she was defeated by Spain’s Carolina Marin in the summit clash.
India’s total medal tally at the tournament now stands at 37 with seven gold, ten silver, and twenty bronze.
courtesy : hindustantimes.com
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FIR against four suspended Mumbai cops who were caught ‘planting drugs on suspect’
Mumbai: In an unsettling incident, police in Mumbai filed an FIR against four suspended policemen attached to Khar police station after CCTV footage allegedly showed them planting drugs on a suspect before taking him into custody.
According to a report published by The Indian Express on Saturday, the case was registered against sub-inspector Vishwanath Omble and constables Sagar Kamble, Imran Shaikh, and Dabang Shinde, following an inquiry by an Assistant Commissioner-rank officer that lasted over three months.
The officers have been charged for kidnapping, wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing hurt, and causing hurt using dangerous means.
The case was filed based on a complaint from Dylan Estbeiro, who alleged that around 5:00 p.m. on August 30, plainclothes policemen entered the farm he manages for his employer and friend, Shahbaz Khan, in the Kalina-Kurla area.
Investigations suggest that the accused policemen were attempting to frame Khan under the direction of a developer interested in acquiring his land, a police source told the news outlet.
The viral CCTV footage showed two policemen frisking a man while two others were present. One of the officers was seen taking something from his pocket and planting it on the suspect, the report added.
Estbeiro was taken to the police station for possession of 20 grams of mephedrone but he was released after an inquiry when the footage went viral.
