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Chennai, Apr 6 (UNI) In a stringent order, the Madurai First Additional District Court awarded double death sentence to all the nine convicted police personnel in the sensational and brutal father-son Sathakulam custodial death case of 2020. Prounononcing the quantum of sentence to the accused, Judge Muthukumaran imposed a fine of Rs 15 lakh on prime accused Inspector S Sridhar, besides more penalty on four counts separately in the case. The judge also imposed fines on all other accused on eac ...Read More >
Madurai: In the Sathankulam father-son custodial deaths case, the Madurai First Additional District Court on Monday has awarded the death penalty to all nine convicted police personnel, including Inspector Sridhar. "Death sentence and a fine of Rs. 15 lakh imposed on the first accused, Police Inspector Sridhar," Judge Muthukumar said. The judge announced that a double death penalty would be imposed on all the 9 convicts since they had murdered both P Jayaraj and his son Bennix who died after be ...Read More >
MADURAI: The first additional district and sessions court in Madurai on Monday awarded death sentence to all the nine cops convicted in the murders of P Jeyaraj and his son J Beniks in Sathankulam in Tuticorin district in 2020.Jeyaraj and Beniks were taken to the Sathankulam police in Tuticorin district late in the evening of June 19, 2020, on charges of having kept their shop open beyond the deadline during the Covid-19 lockdown. They were brutally assaulted by the policemen at night and were l ...Read More >
MADURAI: The First Additional District and Sessions Judge of Madurai, G Muthukumaran, imposed the death penalty for all nine policemen who were convicted for the custodial torture and death of two traders, P Jeyaraj and his son Beniks, at Sathankulam in Thoothukudi in 2020. The nine convicts were, then, inspector S Sridhar, sub-inspectors P Ragu Ganesh and K Balakrishnan, head constables S Murugan and A Samidurai and constables M Muthuraja, S Veil Muthu, S Chelladurai and X Thomas Francis. Acc ...Read More >
Raipur, Apr 6 (PTI) The Chhattisgarh High Court has sentenced Amit Jogi, son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, to life imprisonment for the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi, observing that he was the "mastermind" and "driving force" behind the conspiracy. A division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma, in its April 2 order, set aside a trial court's 2007 judgment acquitting Amit Jogi, holding it as "palpably illegal, wrong, perverse and contrary to the ...Read More >
Imphal : A seven-year-old girl, displaced in the aftermath of the ethnic strife in Manipur and who went missing from a relief camp on Sunday, was found dead in Imphal East district, police said. A 28-year-old man arrested in connection with the disappearance of the minor confessed to abducting, raping and killing the girl, polcie said. The recovery of the body led to confrontation between protestors from the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the area and the police who had to lob teargas ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday greeted citizens on the eve of Easter. In a message, the President said, "On the auspicious occasion of Easter, I extend my greetings and good wishes to all fellow citizens, especially to the Christian community residing in India and abroad." She said Easter is a significant festival of Christianity. "The resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ encourages us to embrace the values of truth, love, compassion, sacrifice, and forgiv ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) On Good Friday, the Congress expressed hope that the day inspires compassion, peace, and love among people. The party also wished everyone strength and hope on this solemn occasion. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, took to the social media platform X and wrote, "May this Good Friday guide us towards compassion, peace, and love. Wishing everyone hope and strength." Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge also shared his message, saying, ...Read More >
MADURAI: The 1st Additional District and Sessions Judge of Madurai, G Muthukumaran, concluded the hearing on the sentencing of nine policemen convicted in the Sathankulam custodial death case on Thursday and will be pronouncing the sentence on April 6. The nine convicts - namely, then inspector S Sridhar, then sub inspectors P Ragu Ganesh and K Balakrishnan, then head constables S Murugan and A Samidurai and constables M Muthuraja, S Veil Muthu, S Chelladurai and X Thomas Francis - were found g ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the solemn occasion of Good Friday, stated that the day serves as a reminder of the immense sacrifice made by Jesus Christ. He also expressed hope that the occasion would strengthen the values of harmony, compassion, and forgiveness in society. Taking to the social media platform X, the Prime Minister wrote, "Good Friday reminds us of Jesus Christ's sacrifice. May this day further deepen the values of harmony, compassion and f ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 2 (UNI) The Madurai First Additional District Court on Thursday again reserved its order to April 6 on pronouncing the quantum of sentences for the nine accused cops in the sensational and brutal father-son custodial death case. The nine police personnel convicted are the then Inspector S. Sridhar, whose bail plea had already been rejected by the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Sub-Inspectors P. Raghu Ganesh and K. Balakrishnan, head constables S. Murugan and A. Saamidurai, and ...Read More >
MADURAI: A district court on Thursday deferred the pronouncement of the quantum of sentence for nine police personnel convicted in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam double custodial death case of a father-son duo to April 6. Madurai First Additional District Court Judge Muthukumaran reserved the order on sentencing after hearing intense arguments from the CBI, the defense, and the emotional appeals made by the victims' family members. The nine convicted policemen -- Inspector Sridhar, Sub-Inspe ...Read More >
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) Apr 2 (PTI) A district court on Thursday deferred the pronouncement of the quantum of sentence for nine police personnel convicted in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam double custodial death case of a father-son duo to April 6. Madurai First Additional District Court Judge Muthukumaran reserved the order on sentencing after hearing intense arguments from the CBI, the defense, and the emotional appeals made by the victims' family members. The nine convicted policemen -- Insp ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought to set aside the death sentence handed to her by the International Crimes Tribunal and termed the verdict "legally void" and inconsistent with international legal standards, it has been learnt. The letter dated March 30, sent through her London-based solicitors Kingsley Napley, urges Bangladeshi authorities to immediately set aside the sentence and halt any steps toward its execution. Hasina, who has been living in self-exile ...Read More >
New Delhi: Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sk Hasina, who has been in exile in India since the ouster of her government in August 2024, has sent a legal notice to Dhaka, seeking that her death sentence be set aside as "legally void". Any further proceedings against her are to be conducted in compliance with international fair trial standards, she has said. In 2025, a tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced Hasina to death, after accusing her of being involved in the deaths of students who were ...Read More >
Bhopal, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bhopal Police on Wednesday arrested Arif alias Bom, the prime accused in the brutal murder of a 35-year-old man, following a brief encounter in the Ratibad area on the outskirts of the city. He had been absconding since Sunday night, when he allegedly stabbed Vijay Mewada during a minor altercation in the Ashoka Garden area of Bhopal. The victim later succumbed to his injuries. Two of the accused were arrested soon after the incident. The accused, identifi ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Since the arrest of former Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and his then colleague, ex-Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, for their reported role in the September 2025 firing that left many dead in Kathmandu, mixed reactions have been coming from the Himalayan nation over administrative exercise and intent. Pressure had been building ever since a probe agency submitted its findings and recommendations to the interim government on March 8. There were growing ca ...Read More >
Koppal: In a landmark judgment that has drawn national attention, the Gangavathi court has sentenced three convicts to death in connection with the rape of an Israeli woman and the murder of a foreign tourist near Hampi. The verdict comes just nine months after the brutal crime that had shocked the entire country and cast a shadow over Karnataka's tourism sector. On February 6, the court had found the three accused guilty after a detailed trial. Pronouncing the sentence on February 16, First Ad ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even after 54 years of Bangladesh's birth, there are blatant attempts to contrive and concoct historical narratives to absolve certain quarters of their treason and blame India, observed an opinion piece in a Dhaka-based newspaper on Wednesday, December 17. Calling it "mischievous manipulation of established historical facts", the Daily Star article quoted a recent statement from Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar claiming it was India who had ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) India on Wednesday summoned Bangladesh envoy Riaz Hamidullah and lodged its protest over plans by certain extremist elements to create a security situation around the Indian mission in Dhaka. New Delhi also expressed its serious concerns over the deteriorating security situation in Bangladesh and reiterated its call for holding free, fair and credible parliamentary elections. The polls are scheduled for February 12. Hamidullah was summoned to the Ministry of External Af ...Read More >
In a significant development, seven suspects linked to the Zubeen Garg death case are set to appear via video conference at the Kamrup (Metro) chief judicial magistrate's court today. This decision was made to ensure the safety and peace of the public, as the CID raised concerns about possible disturbances. Guwahati: The seven individuals accused in the Zubeen Garg death case will be produced virtually before the chief judicial magistrate's court in Kamrup (Metro) on Tuesday. The move is intend ...Read More >
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna noted that according to the report of Tihar Jail, apparently Malik does not seem to be suffering from any life-threatening ailment, and said in case the medical treatment as per his condition is not available in the prison, it be provided to him in the hospitals where such a facility is available. "The petitioner in support of his petition has annexed medical documents of 2017. Apparently from the report received from Tihar Jail, it does not seem that he is sufferin ...Read More >
Demands death sentence for accused who denounced the relationship due to 'caste differences' A day after a 20-year-old man in Nanded district was allegedly murdered by the relatives of a 19-year-old woman, with whom he was in a relationship, the woman "symbolically married" his body before his funeral, and said she would stay at his house henceforth. Police have arrested five persons, including the woman's parents and her brother, in connection with the murder of Saksham Gautam Tate, who was a ...Read More >
Nanded, Dec 1 (PTI) A day after "marrying" her lover's corpse, a 21-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Nanded district on Monday alleged that two cops from Itwara police station abetted his murder. There has been no reaction from the police so far on her claim. Videos of Aanchal Mamidwar's act at the deceased's home and her call for her kin to be hanged for the killing went viral on social media. "On the day of murder, my brother Himesh took me to Itwara police station in the morning and asked m ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, on Thursday claimed that Muhammad Yunus, who is heading Bangladesh's interim government, will not be able to kill Hasina. He further asserted that "Yunus cannot touch my mother and he cannot do anything to her." This comes as the fate of Sheikh Hasina, the former Bangladeshi Prime Minister now in exile in India, remains uncertain after a tribunal court in her country awarded her the death pena ...Read More >
Who Is Samaresh Singh? Rohini Acharya's Investment Banker Husband, DU Alumni, Owns Properties Worth... Dhaka trembled under the weight of uncertainty as the verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal rippled across Bangladesh. The announcement that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had been sentenced to death sent shockwaves through the nation. Within hours, her party headquarters at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue released a lengthy statement -- her first direct response since the tribunal's controv ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), a New Delhi-based human rights body, on Monday, termed the conviction of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her two top aides as a "farce" and a "miscarriage of justice", alleging that the real perpetrators have not been punished. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) convicted Hasina and her two top aides, former Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police ...Read More >
New Delhi: Hours after a special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death, India on Monday said it noted the verdict and that it will engage constructively with all stakeholders considering peace, democracy and stability in the neighbouring country. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India remains committed to the best interests of people. Hasina was found guilty of crimes against humanity by the country's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) and sen ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) India on Monday said that it has noted the verdict announced by the so-called 'International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh' concerning former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and remains committed to the best interests of the people of the neighbouring nation, including in peace, democracy, inclusion and stability in the country. "As a close neighbour, India remains committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh, including in peace, democracy, inclusi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 17: Hours after a special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death, India, on Monday, said it had taken note of the verdict and would continue to engage constructively with all stakeholders in the interest of peace, democracy and stability in the neighbouring country. "India has noted the verdict announced by the 'International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh' concerning former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. As a close neighbour, India remains co ...Read More >
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