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Tarun Tejpal undergoes sexual potency test, medical examination

December 2, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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vlcsnap-2013-12-02-20h42m44s102PANAJI (GOA): Former editor of Tehelka magazine, Tarun Tejpal, today underwent a sexual potency test in Panaji, Goa. Tejpal has been arrested on charges of rape and a sexual potency test is mandatory in such cases. The test was positive meaning Tejpal is capable of raping a woman. Tejpal was then taken for medical examination and blood test.

The former editor has been arrested for sexually assaulting a young journalist during the annual THiNK fest conference of the magazine in Goa.

Police officials first took him to Panaji’s Voluntary Confidential Counselling And Testing Centre for a sexual potency test and then to the Institute Of Psychiatry And Human Behaviour for a medical examination. He was then brought back to the crime branch.

vlcsnap-2013-12-02-20h42m05s173The police were granted custody of Tejpal for six days yesterday and the crime branch has been interrogating him. Tejpal has been booked under Sections 354A (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 376 (2)(K) (custodial rape) of IPC.

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Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: BJP, Congress, Goa police, news hour india, sexual assault, sexual potency test, Shoma Chaudhury, Tarun Tejpal, Tehelka

Terror attack in J&K, SHO killed

December 2, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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Body of SHO killed in terror attackOne Station House Officer was killed and two constables injured in a shootout by suspected militants in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. The ambush took place outside a police station in Chadoora area.

Station House Officer (SHO) of Chadoora police station, Shabir Ahmad, succumbed to injuries received during the attack while constable Mohammad Shafi and Special Police Officer (SPO) Firdous Ahma, sustained grievous injuries.

Later, the body of Shabir Ahmad was laid to rest after police and army officers paid their homage.

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Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: army, Article 370, Budgam, J&K, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir, militant, police, SHO, Srinagar, terror attack

Eloped couple found dead, honour killing suspected

November 30, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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honour killingIn a suspected case of honour killing, a couple was found dead yesterday, in a farm in Purwa police station area of Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. The girl, Reeta, had fled from her wedding ceremony on November 28 with her lover who was also her neighbour. Reeta was the younger daughter of Rajaram and her marriage was fixed with her sister Navrati on November 28. After Reeta eloped, her father lodged an FIR against Mithlesh’s family and police launched a manhunt. The bodies of the couple were recovered in a nearby farm by cops.

Sonia Singh, SP of Unnao, informed that a country made pistol was found near the dead bodies and further information could be given after the post mortem reports. Such cases of alleged honour killings are not new in India and there have been several incidents where the families have brutally murdered their kin for honour.

The infamous Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case in which the dentist parents of teenage girl Aarushi Talwar have been sentenced to life imprisonment is one such example.

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Three GRP jawans killed in Maoist attack in Inter-City Express in Bihar

November 30, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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MUNGER (PTI):  Three GRP jawans were killed and two got injured after Maoists attacked running Sahebganj-Patna Inter-City Express in Munger district of Bihar today. The Maoists also looted five rifles from the jawans, police said.

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The incident occurred near a tunnel between Jamalpur and Ashikpur railway stations this evening, Jamalpur’s Railway Superintendent of Police Amitabh Kumar Das told PTI.

Two other GRP jawans sustained bullet injuries, he said.

The Maoists looted five rifles from the GRP jawans before making good their escape.The deceased GRP jawans have been identified as Hawaldar Ashok Kumar, constables Bhola Thakur and Uday Singh, Das said adding that the bodies were being sent for post-mortem.

The injured GRP jawans are Md Imtiyaz and Vinay Kumar, the SP said adding that arrangements were being made to rush them to a hospital.

Besides five automatic rifles, unspecified number of cartridges were also looted by the Maoists from the GRP jawans, he said.

The five GRP jawans belonged to the Bihar Military Police (BMP)’s 12th unit at Bhagalpur and were escorting the train on way to Danapur, Das said.

Meanwhile, the Sahebganj-Danapur Inter-City Express has reached Jamalpur railway station.

 

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Tarun Tejpal taken into police custody after being denied bail

November 30, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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TejpalPANAJI: In a big blow to Tehelka founder-editor Tarun Tejpal, Goa Sessions Court Saturday rejected his anticipatory bail plea in the sexual assault case of a woman journalist, paving the way for his arrest by Goa Police. The 50-year-old Tehelka founder has now been taken into police custody. According to news reports, Tejpal will undergo a medical examination before being taken for custodial interrogation. He will be produced before the magistrate in 24 hours after arrest and medical. Meanwhile, his family remained present at the Sessions Court where his bail plea hearing took place.

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Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: BJP, Goa police, sexual assault, Shoma Chaudhury, Tarun Tejpal, Tehelka

Goa court reserves order on Tejpal’s bail plea

November 30, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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Tarun TejpalPANAJI: A Goa court has reserved order on founder-editor of Tehlka magazine, Tarun Tejpal’s anticipatory bail plea till 4:30pm Saturday.

Tejpal, who is accused of raping a younger colleague, is likely to be arrested if he does not get bail today.
The Tehelka founder was present in court with his family. His lawyer told judge that Tejpal was ready to surrender his passport and stay in Goa to cooperate with the police in investigation to avoid arrest.

“Mr Tejpal is ready to stay in Goa till the time it was required by the investigating agency,” his lawyer said, adding “There should not be any fear that he (Tejpal) will tamper with witnesses or evidence.”

However, the prosecution lawyer argued that Tejpal has been “changing colours like a chameleon” while the woman journalist has been consistent with her version.

The prosecution also demanded for the police custody of Tejpal from court so that he can be properly interrogated.

Before heading to the court today morning, Tejpal visited Goa crime branch office. He was also interrogated at the Goa Crime Branch office for over an hour yesterday.

Making his first public appearance since he was accused of raping the reporter, Tejpal yesterday boarded flight for Goa from Delhi airport along with his wife and a daughter.  With TV cameras following him on the flight, Tejpal landed in Goa to protests and black flag demonstrations by BJP youth wing activists outside Dabolim airport Friday evening.

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Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: BJP, Congress, Goa police, news hour india, sexual assault, Tarun Tejpal, Tehelka

Rajesh, Nupur Talwar can meet only 10 min in a week

November 28, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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Rajesh and Nupur being taken to Dasna jail

Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar who are lodged in Ghaziabad’s Dasna jail after being convicted in the sensational Aarushi-Hemraj murder case have written a letter to the prison IG, urging him not shift them to Agra Central Jail. They have reasoned that their family, relatives and lawyers live in the national capital region (NCR) and they would face difficulties in appealing against the verdict in higher courts.

Talwars have been awarded life sentence by a special CBI court. Convicts serving seven years or more in prison are sent to Agra Central Jail. Talwars’ shifting however is in has been temporarily halted and Dasna Jail superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma will take a decision on it.

Meanwhile, Nupur Talwar’s health is said to be deteriorating. Jail administration has engaged a team of specialist doctors to treat her. Nupur Talwar can also be sent to a hospital outside the jail for treatment if doctors advice so.

Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are lodged in two different barracks of the Dasna jail and can meet only on Saturdays for just 10 minutes.

Rajesh Talwar, being a dentist has been assigned the job of assisting a team of doctors while his wife Nupur will teach women and children in the barracks. They have been commissioned these duties as per their wishes, said prison superintendent.

 

 

 

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Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: Aarushi-Hemraj, CBI, Dasna Jail, Ghaziabad, news, news hour india, Nupur Talwar, Rajesh Talwar

Minor gang-raped by 4 men on Borivli roadside

November 27, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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A minor girl was gang-raped by four men in Borivli (West) on Monday night. The incident happened between 8.30pm and 9.30pm on Link Road inside a mini tempo parked near the Tukaram Ombale Garden.

The MHB Colony police have arrested three accused, identified as Sonu Kamble, Jayprakash Pal and Aslam Khan, all aged around 22-23. The fourth accused is unidentified and on the run. All four accused are autorickshaw drivers.

According to the police, the 17-year-old victim is a school dropout and resides alone in the nearby Ganpat Patil Nagar slums. Her father and sisters live in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh; she came to Mumbai six months ago to earn for her family back home. She has been sent to Dongri Children’s Home.

The police said that on Monday night the girl was waiting for an autorickshaw near the garden to go to a restaurant on Link Road to pick up food. “Kamble, who is known to her, approached her with three of his friends. Before she could react, they dragged her inside the tempo, which was open at the back,” said senior inspector Suresh Kilje.

The four allegedly took turns to rape her. “In her statement, the girl said she tried to resist them and screamed, but the four threatened her and she could not do anything,” Kilje added.

After the incident, the four started running from there. When the girl started screaming, a passer-by chased the men and caught Pal. He handed him over to assistant sub-inspector RH Patil of MHB Colony police who was patrolling on Link Road.

Kilje said, “The passer-by left the scene, but Patil brought the girl and the accused to the police station, after which the girl narrated the whole incident.”

Two teams were sent to nab the other accused; both Kamble and Khan were caught from the Ganpat Patil Nagar slums, where they all reside. The police are looking for the fourth accused.

Medical reports have confirmed rape and, according to the police, all the three arrested accused were drunk at the time of the incident. Kamble also has four cases of theft and assault registered against him.

The accused have been arrested for rape, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

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Framing criminals, famed trials and media frames in the course of justice

November 27, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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Justice? You get justice in the next world. In this world, you have the law,” wrote William Gaddis. Justice has fled the world, replaced by its this-worldly counterparts like judges, lawyers and the media.

The Aarushi-Hemraj double homicide judgment on November 25, from the special CBI court located in a small court campus in Ghaziabad, convicted Rajesh and Nupur Talwar for killing their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and their servant Hemraj. The couple have been convicted under the Indian Penal Code, section 302, 201 and 34. The Special Judge Shyam Lal on November 26, awarded life imprisonment to the couple for the crimes committed.

The media, in paradoxical ways, sways between being a mechanism of social change on the one hand, and a problem-generating machine on the other. Often it is even circular, where the problem and the solutions are both generated within the same mechanism. The Aarushi-Hemraj murder trial depicted this ecology of communication that is emerging in the Indian media.

To make sense of the incidents surrounding the case, it is imperative to analyze the frames and formats and the structures within which a story is narrated. Like the meaning of a sentence requires a play of semantics as well as syntax and grammar, the meanings of a story require not simply some events in isolation, but the events ordered within a structure, a narrative, a frame.

After the judgment, the Talwars in a statement said they were “deeply disappointed” but would “refuse to feel defeated and will continue to fight for justice”. But the trial was only partly about justice. It was more about different narratives and stories, told by the State and the courts on one hand and the media on the other, sometimes contradictory and sometimes jointly conflagrated.

Over five years, the police, the CBI, the multiple media groups all narrated several stories within various frames. The Talwars were framed as child murderers well before the judgment. Reports circulated about how they were wife swappers and Rajesh Talwar having other affairs. They apparently were “too composed” during investigation, they didn’t cry enough. They had purportedly found young Aarushi in a compromising position with 45-year-old Hemraj. And then there are other images too, those of a middle-class family, dentist parents and a 14-year-old daughter Aarushi studying in the 9th standard. Images of a close-knit happy family juxtaposed with images of cold-blooded murder, the bludgeoned head and the throat slit with surgical precision.

The judiciary, the CBI and the Uttar Pradesh police are equally involved as co-producers in scripting the multiple versions. But in this case, the frames of their storytelling are different from those of the media. The police and the judiciary have a different internal logic and coherence, guided by laws of evidence, strategies of prosecution and witness cross-examinations. It is about staging a different play in the court halls of law. Soon after discovering Hemraj’s body, the UP police called a press conference to narrate their conjectures, which, muddled with journalistic passions, fed into the creation of sensations and epics.

The UP police were later replaced by the CBI which had theories of its own. The CBI in its closure report cited “critical and substantial gaps” in the evidence, an absence of any clear cut motive and an incomplete understanding of the sequence of events. Yet the District Magistrate saw it fit to order trial of the Talwars as the main accused, based on the same closure report. Now, it was left to the prosecution to find creative ways of joining the dots and give meaning to the scattered facts.

Media frames as well as judicial trials require a narrative structure. They are meant to tell a story. Telling a story, however, needs a coherence that scattered evidences can never seem to supply.
Stories need to have a beginning, middle and an end. Unconnected and scattered pieces of evidence are found, and need to be reconfigured into flesh and blood. They are packaged with actual people and emotions, making it look “realistic”. The “realistic” then takes a life of its own, alienated from the actual lives of the Talwars, which is rendered irrelevant.

In the language of law, unrestricted and unregulated freedom in publishing information about a criminal case under trial prejudices the mind of those who are adjudicating the matter and those investigating it. Such practices are considered as undue interference with the administration of justice. The Law Commission of India’s 200th report, which is on media trials and the fair administration of justice, speaks about the balance of freedom of speech and expression of the media on one hand, and due process of rights of the suspect and accused on the other. Talking about parallel trials in the media as an extreme form of trial, it states “since the newspaper usurps the function of the Court without the safeguards of procedure, right to cross-examine etc, such publications prejudge the facts and influence the Court, witnesses and others.”

There is some merit in the above argument about the relation between fair trial and media rights. But within the present context, the following comments arise. Firstly, such an insulation of the judiciary from the media is no longer possible in our global urban environments. It is also useful to look beyond the deceptive appearance of autonomy that legitimizes the judiciary. Secondly, as Pierre Boudieu the sociologist and philosopher says, the juridical field is in intense resistance to the influence of competing forms of social practice, it is a site of struggle in competition for control and power.

The control, inter alia, is over truth. Whether the truth about the Aarush-Hemraj trial was as stated by the CBI, the judiciary or the other versions of truth suggested by the media? The ultimate truth, of course, is revealed by the judiciary as an institution. But the site of struggle continues to be about who claims legitimacy over this alleged truth. Thirdly, truth here has to be read in terms of coherence in narrations and stories, not so much as satya but as kavya. The Aarushi-Hemraj trial is not about justice or the truth, but about narratives and control over it.

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Aarushi Talwar murder case: CBI flip-flops no less intriguing

November 27, 2013 by newshourindia Leave a Comment

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1924897During its probe of one of the most sensational murder mysteries in the recent past, the CBI has done several flip flops, which dented the credibility of the premier investigation agency. Though there was hardly anything left for the CBI to probe, as the crime scene was distorted by the Uttar Pradesh police which initially started the investigation of the murders   the case was handed over to the CBI only after a fortnight.

A few days after the CBI took started its investigation, Rajesh Talwar was released the UP Police had arrested him a week earlier for the murder of Aarushi and Hemraj  as the investigators could not find any strong evidence against him.

A CBI investigating team headed by joint director Arun Kumar, a Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer, took over the probe. Within a few days, the team started giving contradictory versions to the Noida police.

The CBI probe moved forward focusing on three Nepalese friends of Hemraj   Krishna, Raj and Vijay. The agency claimed that they tried to sexually assault Aarushi and killed her when she resisted; Hemraj was killed as he was the only witness to their entry into the house.

They were arrested and the CBI claimed that they even confessed to the crime during narco analysis tests. But only after servants’ lawyers approached the national Human Rights Commission that the investigators were trying to frame the poor servants in order to protect the upper-class Talwars.

Ultimately, all the suspects were released in the absence of any concrete evidence and all of them had alibis and their DNA or fingerprints were not found at the crime scene.

A year later in November 2009, the new director of the CBI Amar Pratap Singh took over the probe from Arun Kumar, as his team was unable to achieve any breakthrough, and handed it over to a new team headed by Superintendent of Police Neelabh Kishore.

It was alleged that Arun Kumar, a Uttar Pradesh cadre officer, tampered the evidence, and turned the case against  domestic servants, giving a clean chit to the Talwar couple.

However, after investigating the double murder case for nearly two years, the new CBI team argued that the case should be closed, citing “critical and substantial gaps” in the circumstantial evidence collected and an “absence of a clear-cut motive and incomplete understanding of the sequence of events”.

The CBI closure report named Rajesh Talwar as the only possible suspect, but stated that there was not enough evidence to charge him.

Reasons for holding Talwars guilty
Door was locked from inside which shows that it is the work of insider only.

Private parts of Hemraj were swollen and Aarushi’s body parts were also cleaned up but the evidence of the same was found from the bed sheet.

Court relied on the testimony of Bharti, maid of the dentist couple who said that after ringing door bell several times at 6 am, Nupur opened inner latticed door and said to her through it that Hemraj may have gone to market to buy milk. “Aunty (Nupur) threw the keys from balcony…when I returned and put her hands on outermost door, it easily got opened,” Bharti said in her statement.

Talwars also cleaned up the golf stick which was used in the murder of the duo.

Blood stains from house and terrace were wiped out showing that there is an intention of destroying the evidence.

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