Kolkata, The CBI on Thursday arrested senior journalist Suman Chattopadhyay for allegedly receiving money in his bank accounts from chit fund firm I-Core Group, the agency said.

Chattopadhyay, editor of leading Bengali Daily Ei Samay, was arrested after a day-long questioning at CBI’s office here in connection with a case registered against I-Core Group.

“Investigation has revealed that funds collected illegally by the I-Core Group were allegedly diverted in the accounts of Disha Productions and Media Private Limited (DPMPL) as well as personal account of Suman Chattopadhyay,” Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said.

Chattopadhyay is the Director of DPMPL, the official said, adding the accused will be produced on Friday before a special court in Bhubaneswar in Odisha

“The investigation is continuing,” he added. 

Mumbai,  The Bombay High Court on Thursday confirmed the death penalty awarded by a lower court to Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap, convicted of the sensational 2014 rape-cum-murder of an Andhra Pradesh techie, Esther Anuhya in Mumbai.

A division bench comprising Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre, confirming a women’s court verdict of December 2015 observed that the case fell in the “rarest of rarea category” and had “shocked the conscience of society.”

The court further said that they had not seen any “remorse” on the (then) 28-year-old accused, did not see possibility of any reform, and “such a person remains a menace to society.”

It was on January 5, 2014 when Esther, a 23-year old software engineer with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was offered a lift by Sanap on his motorcycle from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to her hostel in Andheri West.

Sanap raped and murdered Esther. Subsequently he burnt and disposed of her body at a desolate area on the Eastern Express Highway near Bhandup before driving away. Her half-burnt and decomposed body was found after 11 days when some pedestrians reported it.

Investigators who cracked the case nearly two months after she was reported missing said Sanap was a mobile phone thief and robbery was the main motive behind the crime.

That fateful morning around 5 a.m. Esther had returned by train to Mumbai by the Vishakhapatnam-LTT Express, after celebrating Christmas and New Year with her family in Machilipatnam.

En route, Sanap stopped the bike on the pretext that it had run out of petrol, then grabbed and dragged Esther to the bushes in the foggy darkness.

She strongly resisted him, but he repeatedly clobbered her with stones, raped and strangled her with a dupatta, took her two bags containing a laptop and other valuables and fled.

Later, he came back to search for her mobile phone but could not find it. He burnt her body and again left the crime scene.

Amid a series of protests and massive public support for Esther, the Mumbai Police and Railway Police succeeded in solving the case with the help of CCTV camera footages of that morning near the LTT premises and mobile call records.

Seven History-Sheeters House raided,Land records,Pistol seized by Bengaluru CCB Police :
Bengaluru CCB cops conducted a search operations on seven history sheeters houses and offices in and around the city on Wednesday morning. 
Eight teams carried out the simultaneous raids to keep the operation under wraps for as long as possible.
Documents, including property deeds, diaries,Pistol,Air gun and loan agreements worth several crores,were seized.
The CCB sleuths conducted raids in Yelahanka,Kodigehalli,K.R.Puram,K.G.Halli,Baiyappanahalli Police station limits and other areas.
During the raids,an airgun,found in Bharath’s house,was confiscated.The licensed pistol of Boxer Manja was also seized.

The raids were conducted on the houses of history sheeters such as,Rohit alias Vonte Rohit,Vediappan alias Market veddi,Sunil alias Silent Sunil,Manjunath alias Thodla Manja,Bharath alias Bangari and Nagaraj alias Boxer Naga’s and Jayakumar’s houses and offices were raided by CCB sleuths under ACPs as,Balaraj and Mohan Kumar and their team.
Alok Kumar,Addl CP Crime,told media persons that,Eight CCB teams under the leadership of DCP Crime,Girish S,under the supervision of ACPs as,Balaraj and Mohan Kumar and their team swung into action and a simultaneous raids were conducted on houses and offices of seven history sheeters in Northeast area and East Bengaluru,

The raids were conducted to keep a check on their criminal activities, especially land grabbing and illegal money lending operations.The properties belonged to Sunil,Rohit,Vediyappa, Manjunatha,Bharath,Nagaraja and Jaya Kumar.As majority of history sheeters in the city have shifted operations from conventional crime to the money lending business,and grabbing land through encroachments or force.

The frequent raids are meant to keep them in check,during the search operations the team seized the documents of illegal assets,Lethal weapons licenced pistol and Air Gun were seized in the raid.The team recovered an air gun from the house of Bharath and licenced pistol along with six rounds of ammunition from the house of Nagaraja. Accompanying documents showed that he had purchased 25 rounds of ammunition. Though the team found a valid licence, Gun licence was issued to him in 2011,as there were no cases against him since 2006.But he is not revealing information about the 19 rounds that are missing and so he has been detained for questioning.His licence will be cancelled if he is unable to give an account about them,as a Air gun was found in Bharath’s house too they both are been detained and has been taken into custody and further investigation is on,other than Boxer Naga and Jayakumar, the remaining five were not present at the house when the raids were going on and a special team is on job to nab the absconding history sheeters and once they are nabbed a detailed investigation will be conducted on them to ascertain the details of illegal assets and documents seized from their possession .

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,T.Suneel Kumar,has appreciated,Additional CP Crime,Alok Kumar,DCP Crime,Girish.S,ACPs as,B.Balaraju,Mohan Kumar,PIs,as,M.R.Harish,Smt.Ayesha, Prakash Rathod,Mohammed Sheriff Ravuthur,Rajeev,Manjunath,R.Prakash, L.K.Ramesh,Keshavmurthy,K.G.Sathish, Ashwath Gowda.J,Niranjan Kumar,Anjan Kumar,PSIs,as,Praveen, K.C.Parameshwarappa,ASI,as,Devaraju and staff as,Shantharaju,Chandregowda,Arun Kumar,Sathish,Umesh,Gurushanth,Anand kumar,Beerappa,Satish Kumar,Srinivas,Anil,Narasimhamurthy, Shetty and Raghavendra with other staff has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them as to curb the illegal activities and bring crime rate down and rowdyism the raids will be continued he added.

Genpact 35-year-old AVP Swaroop Raj has committed suicide after facing sexual harassment charges by two women of the same company. Interestingly his wife also works in the same company. Wife also works in Genpact and found the body of her hubby hanging on the ceiling fan in their flat in Paramount Floraville society in Noida’s sector 137. She had returned from her work at 11.30 PM and found Swaroop’s body hanging from the ceiling fan.

Swaroop Raj got married just two years back and his wife was working in the same company. 

Two female employees from the company had accused Swaroop of sexual harassment on December 12 and the company had suspended him on December 18. The investigations are still on and he was to remain suspended till in the case were complete. In his purported suicide note, he denied the allegations. He said that it was difficult to work in the same office even if he was proven innocent. He felt his reputation had been tarnished for life and he wouldn’t be able to return to the office. He also added that he loved his wife dearly and that she should be strong and live with respect.

“The company in his suspension letter said he would be barred from participating in any official work until the investigation against him was completed. In his note, the man denied all allegations and wrote that even if he is proven innocent, his reputation has been tarnished,” Munish Chauhan, station house officer, Surajpur police station informed.

Patna, A constable of Bihar Military Police has been shot dead by a colleague with his service rifle in Muzaffarpur district, police said on Thursday.

Premchand Kumar, a BMP constable shot dead Manish Kumar late on Wednesday when he was sleeping in the barrack. 

The accused was depressed and mentally disturbed for the last few days, according to BMP officials. 

He was arrested soon after and his service rifle was also seized, Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar said.