Tag: accused

  • Indian actress, accused of stealing gold, threatens police with suicide

    Indian actress, accused of stealing gold, threatens police with suicide

    South Indian actress and popular social media influencer, Soumya Shetty, found herself in hot water after being arrested for allegedly stealing 150 tolas of gold. Indian media reports confirm Shetty’s arrest in connection with the gold theft.

    According to the FIR filed by retired government employee Prasad, he and Shetty became friends during a film audition. Shetty, impressed by Prasad’s hospitality, started frequenting his house, even using his washroom. Recently, Prasad’s family discovered that the gold was missing upon returning from a wedding. Allegedly, Shetty made off with nearly a kilogram of gold, indulging in a lavish lifestyle in Goa.

    Soumya Shetty has also appeared in movies like ‘The Trip’ and ‘Yours Lovingly’.

    Police have started investigation with the help of fingerprints and CCTV footage from 11 people including Soumya Shetty, recovering 74 grams of gold during the investigation.

    During the investigation, Soumya told the police she couldn’t return the remaining gold and threatened to end her life if the authorities forced her to do so.

  • Woman gang-raped by real estate agents

    Woman gang-raped by real estate agents

    Three people gang-raped a woman customer who was invited to see a house for rent in Islamabad’s G-12 sector on Sunday.

    According to the police, the accused called the woman and invited her to come see the house she wanted to rent. She brought her child with her.

    The accused took the child from her as she entered the house and locked him in a separate room. Three men then gang-raped the woman.

    The rape survivor went to the police station to file a complaint. After the complaint, the accused started threatening the rape survivor.

    The police have registered a case against all the accused and are investigating the case.

    Read more- Punjab on top in sexual, physical assault and domestic abuse cases

    At least 133 women were kidnapped and as many as 85 were subjected to rape in Pakistan in the month of July alone, a report has revealed.

    The data has been compiled by the Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) and the Centre for Research, Development and Communication (CRDC). The cases that have been reported in mainstream media are added in the report.

  • Muslim journalist accused of hurting religious sentiments in India released from jail

    Muslim journalist accused of hurting religious sentiments in India released from jail

    Indian journalist and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair was released from jail on Wednesday (July 20). He was granted bail by the Indian Supreme Court.

    The police also charged him with criminal conspiracy, destroying evidence and receiving foreign funds in at least half a dozen other cases.

    Mohammed Zubair is a co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News. He is a critic of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, and regularly tracks and highlights anti-Muslim hate speech by Hindu right-wing activists and politicians.

    He was detained because of a tweet from 2018 that included a screenshot from a well-known Hindi film, which authorities claim was insulting to Hindu religious beliefs.

    Just a few days prior to his detention, he had called attention to Nupur Sharma, a suspended BJP spokeswoman, who had made offensive remarks about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) during a TV debate.

    Journalists allege that BJP-linked trolls weaponised Twitter and the law to send Zubair to jail in a fake case.

  • NAB Chairman explainer: why is the govt not talking to Shehbaz?

    NAB Chairman explainer: why is the govt not talking to Shehbaz?

    The four-year tenure of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal will end early next month.

    The non-extendable tenure of the NAB chairman has led to rumours as Prime Minister Imran Khan refuses to consult the Leader of the Opposition and the President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Shehbaz Sharif.

    PM Khan has refused to hold talks with Shehbaz Sharif as the latter is accused of corruption references filed against him by NAB.

    Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, while speaking on HUM News programme ‘Hum Meher Bokhari Kay Sath’, said: “The government has decided not to consult Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif for the appointment of NAB chairman since he (Sharif) is accused in several corruption references filed by the bureau (in accountability courts).”

    “The attorney general and the law minister have been tasked to check how can one do the consultation from an accused Leader of the Opposition by weighing other legal options as the tenure of the NAB chairman is about to end,” added Fawad.

    Under the NAB Ordinance, the prime minister has to consult the Opposition Leader for the appointment of the NAB chairman, reports Dawn.

    The ordinance says: “There shall be a Chairman NAB to be appointed by the President in consultation with the Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly for a non-extendable period of four years on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the President and shall not be removed except on the grounds of removal of Judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan.”

    Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, president of the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), told Dawn that it would be ‘illegal’ if the government did not consult the Opposition Leader for the appointment of the NAB chairman.

    To a question about the government’s plea that the Opposition Leader was a NAB suspect, Mr Mehboob said: “There is no issue of being a NAB suspect or accused. Unless the opposition leader is convicted the premier can consult him on the matter in accordance with the law.”

    He further said that not only the NAB ordinance demanded consultation with the Opposition Leader but also there was a decision of the apex court in this regard. “To consult the Opposition Leader for the purpose is not a choice but a legal binding,” he maintained.

    NAB has accused Shehbaz of laundering money and owning more assets than his known sources of income.

    In December last year, the anti-graft watchdog had issued orders to freeze 23 properties owned by former Punjab chief executive and his sons, Hamza and Suleman, over claims they had acquired assets beyond their known sources of income and committed money-laundering.

    According to NAB, an investigation against Shehbaz, Hamza, Suleman, and others had revealed that the PML-N president had acquired properties in the name of his wives Nusrat and Tehmina Durrani.

  • Imran govt for tightening of noose around necks of ‘sugar daddies’

    Imran govt for tightening of noose around necks of ‘sugar daddies’

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s aide on accountability Shahzad Akbar has unveiled a comprehensive action plan outlined by the government to take to task the “sugar daddies” identified by the sugar inquiry commission as well as for an overall overhauling of the regulatory framework which had all the while “been in cahoots with the sugar mills”, Geo reported.

    “Imran Khan was given a mandate for accountability in 2018. His 22-year political struggle has been for the same. For accountability of the powerful and influential. This was a big test for that mandate,” said Akbar, during a press conference in Islamabad alongside Information Minister Shibli Faraz.

    Referring to the all parties conference called by the PPP in Punjab, Akbar went on to say, “This is not an all parties conference, it is an all sugar daddies conference.”

    Akbar said that no matter how powerful a person is, no matter the party they belong to, or however wealthy, “no exceptions can be made” for anyone, and this was the line of inquiry followed by the probe commission.

    “Transparency is of utmost importance when it comes to accountability. Before we take action over whatever matter is being pursued, it must be put before the people. That is why the report was made public,” said the premier’s aide.

    He said the public, farmers, as well as industrial experts had been consulted over an “action matrix” that was developed.

    Akbar said that the PM had approved three sets of actions during a meeting in Bani Gala earlier in the day, which he then proceeded to delineate.

    These actions form the first set of actions approved by the premier and consist of the punishments to be given as well as the recovery mechanism to be enacted.

    Within the broad category, seven major actions, including investigation of subsidy scandal, investigation of income and sales tax fraud, evasion and benami transactions, investigation of cartelisation, inquiry and investigation of export proceeds, loan defaults, write-offs and sale of pledged stocks, investigation of corporate fraud, investigation of potentially fake exports to Afghanistan and money laundering, and breach of provincial laws, were recommended.