Man surrenders in Hyderabad gold heist case
Hyderabad: A man has surrendered before the police in the sensational Rs.5.97 crore gold heist from a leading jewellery shop in Hyderabad in the early hours of Saturday. Kiran Kumar reached a television channel’s office late Sunday and informed the staff that he stole the gold ornaments from Tanishq showroom in Punjagutta. According to Tanishq management, 15.57 kg gold ornaments and precious stones worth Rs.5.97 crore were stolen. Telugu news channel TV9 said its team informed the police. Kumar took the police team to his room in Rasoolpura neighbourhood, where the stolen gold was reportedly found. Police were questioning Kumar and his two roommates, hailing from Guntur district. The unemployed Kumar told the channel that he alone committed the theft to create a sensation and to draw people’s attention. Kiran Kumar said he drilled the hole in the rear wall of the shop located in the busy Punjagutta area in the heart of the city. He entered through the hole and broke open the locked table counters and looted the gold ornaments and stones. He said he was wearing a mask and hand gloves and had also covered his legs with polythene bags. Kiran also sprinkled chilli powder in the shop to avert the police dogs from catching any scent. However, police suspect Kiran’s claim that he alone committed the theft. According to investigating officials, two to three persons might have been involved in the crime. (IANS)
Expelled AAP legislator to go on hunger strike
New Delhi: Expelled AAP legislator Vinod Kumar Binny will begin a hunger strike here on Monday to protest against the Delhi government, who he alleges of not implementing the party’s pre-poll promises. The Aam Aadmi Party’s disciplinary committee Sunday expelled Binny for publicly making false statements against the party and its leadership. Binny will begin his protest at Jantar Mantar – in the heart of the national capital – after meeting with Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung. “I was told by the media that I have been expelled from the party. However, I have not been communicated about it either through mail or through a letter,” he told reporters. Binny, who defeated A.K. Walia, the health minister in the previous Sheila Dikshit government, from the Laxmi Nagar assembly constituency in east Delhi, had attacked his party’s government for allegedly backtracking on the promises made in the election manifesto. (IANS)
RJD to keep communal forces at bay in election-Rabri
Patna: Senior RJD leader Rabri Devi on Monday said that her party was ready to make any sacrifice to unite secular forces and keep the communal forces at bay in the coming Lok Sabha election. After flagging off a rath to create awareness among the minorities, Mrs Rabri Devi told newspersons here that the rath would tour various districts and the minority leaders visiting the district would expose the communal forces even in small localities. She said party leaders would expose the motives of the communal forces which were induldging in manipulations to succeed in the coming election. She, however, said the people of Bihar would foil the mission of such forces. Rabri Devi said there was no confusion about the alliance and coalition of her party with Congress and LJP was imminent and efforts in this direction were on. She said the alliance was essential to prevent the communal forces from coming to power. Replying to a query she ruled out any confusion and dispute with the LJP. The RJD leader said crime has increased during the regime of the present NDA government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Abduction, rape and murder have increased manifold, she said, alleging that the administration has lost control over the police. (UNI)
SC notice to Andhra, Odisha
New Delhi: Taking suo moto congnisance of media reports that the hands of two migrant labourers had been chopped off in Odisha, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the state government, as also to Andhra Pradesh, where their contractor was based. The notice is returnable in four weeks. An Andhra-based labour contractor and his four henchmen allegedly chopped off the hands of the two migrant workers December 2013 after they refused to work in a brick kiln in Chhattisgarh. (IANS)
718 kg ganja seized: 2 held
Hyderabad: Police have arrested two people and seized 718 kg of ganja, worth about Rs 43 lakh near Nagapuram, Golugonda Mandal in Visakhapatnam district. Acting on credible information, K D Peta police seized the narcotic substance last evening when they were being transported in a Eichar Van from Ghatti agency area to Jeggampet, East Godavari district, according to police on Monday. A case was registered and investigation was underway. (UNI)