NIA approaches US firm to preserve data related to Majeed
New Delhi:The NIA which is probing the activities of Areeb Majeed, an alleged recruit of the dreaded terror group ISIS, has approached a US company providing free call services with a request from an Indian court to ‘preserve data’ related to the accused. The US firm, which provides free calling and video chatting, was initially approached by a senior officer of the National Investigation Agency(NIA) with a request to “preserve the data” but the company in its response said the same could be done only under instructions from a court, official sources said. NIA swiftly moved a court in Mumbai and sought “Data Preservation Request” and sent it to the company through proper channels, the sources said. In the US and Europe, social networking sites like ‘Whatsapp’, ‘Tango’ and ‘Kick’, which provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), preserve data on their server for a limited time. The NIA believes that Majeed had been interacting on such a particular social site with his family and girlfriend while he was allegedly fighting alongside with cadres of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Besides this, NIA has also sent Letters Rogatory(LR) for legal vetting for Luxembourg as Majeed had used ‘Skype’ video chatting to be in touch with his family and relatives, the sources said. (PTI)
Woman constable molested by police station in-charge in Puri
Puri:A woman constable was allegedly molested by the Inspector-In-Charge of Kakatpur police station here, police said on Sunday. The accused officer, Srikant Barik, is facing a departmental probe and was suspended today from his post, they said. “Barik, IIC of Kakatpur police station, has been arrested following a complaint lodged by the woman constable,” Superintendent of Police, Puri district, Asish Singh said. According to the FIR lodged by the constable, she was molested by Barik within the station premises on Friday. She had submitted a complaint to the Superintendent of Police besides lodging an FIR yesterday at Kakatpur police station, they said. A team led by Additional SP of Puri visited the police station yesterday and conducted an inquiry, based on which he was suspended from his post, Singh said. (PTI)
Women unsafe in BJP rule in Chhattisgarh: Cong
Raipur: Women are not safe in the BJP government’s rule in Chhattisgarh, main Opposition in the state, Congress has alleged. “It is unfortunate that the BJP, which succeeded in forming the government in the state by promising safety and security for women, has failed to do so,” state Congress unit president Bhupesh Baghel said here on Sunday. To further substantiate his point, Baghel cited various incidents in the state, like the last year’s sterilisation botch-up leading to death of nearly 13 women, alleged removal of uterus of some women in the state by doctors for money, the Jhaliyamari incident (in which tribal girls of a residential school in Jhaliyamari village of Kanker district were allegedly raped in 2013), and over thousand women reportedly being missing in Jashpur. He also cited another incident of Durg district, which recently came to light, in which an injured college student was in June last year allegedly raped during admission in a government hospital after being administered an injection which rendered her unconscious.(PTI)
Man who committed eight murders for robbery held
Faridabad:A man, who has allegedly committed eight murders in Faridabad and Delhi for robbery, has been arrested here and sent to judicial custody for 14 days, police said. Accused Rinku, who hails from Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, has already been to jail in Delhi in connection with three murders and had been released on bail, they said. After getting bail, he came here three months ago and committed five murders in the period. Rinku was arrested on Thursday and today presented in the district court which sent him to 14 days judicial custody.(PTI)