Mumbai Police: Encounter Specialist Daya Nayak: 83 एनकाउंटर वाले दया नायक फिर मुसीबत में, कर्नाटक लोकायुक्त ने खदान मामले में आरोप लगाया

MUMBAI: The controversial suspended encounter specialist, Daya Nayak, looks set for fresh trouble after the Karnataka Lokayukta accused him, along with a former Karnataka chief minister and a businessman friend, for putting 'tremendous pressure' on a senior bureaucrat to clear files pertaining to illegal mining in that state.

Former lokayukta Santosh Hegde recently submitted his report to the government. The report referred a file noting of the commissioner (mines and geology department) in 2007, where he had mentioned Nayak's name.

Nayak , who claimed that he had killed 83 criminals in encounters in his police service, has been under Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scanner in Sadik Jamal murder case in Gujarat. The police had killed Jamal in an alleged fake encounter in Gujarat in 2003. It is alleged that Nayak had handed over Jamal to the Gujarat police to eliminate him . Two months ago, the Gujarat high court handed over the investigation to CBI . The Mumbai unit of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had arrested Nayak in a disproportionate assets case in 2006; he was released on bail later. Mumbai police then suspended him from service . The ACB has twice asked the director-general of police for permission to prosecute him in the case but both times it was denied. Nayak was expecting his reinstatement in the force but the recent development may put it on again off track.

Hegde, in his report on illegal mining in Karnataka, noted that a Mumbai-based controversial

businessman hatched the conspiracy and obtained permission for mining . The businessman submitted forged letters of ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), Government of India

to the Karnataka government claiming that the Centre had given his firm clearance for mining.

Nayak, along with the then Karnataka chief minister, H D Kumaraswamy, and the businessman friend, had put pressure on the bureaucrat to clear the mining files on the basis of the submitted letters, the report states. Kumaraswamy, according to the report, gave the bureaucrats a two-hours ultimatum to clear the files, following which the Karnataka government allowed the businessman mining rights. It was later found that one of the two letters submitted by the businessman was stolen.

Nayak's businessman friend is a Juhu resident and an accused in a cheating case. Six months ago, the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai police went to arrest him a day before his son's wedding, when Nayak rushed for his rescue and used his influence to avoid the arrest

. The businessman's son recently married the daughter of a top bureaucrat at a posh Worli hotel.

Mumbai Police: आप भी क्या कमाते होंगे, जितना इस चैन स्नेचर ने कमाया...

KALYAN: The police have nabbed a 39-year-old chain-snatcher but were shocked to learn later that he had two wives and had assets, including a car, totally worth over Rs 70 lakh. The accused was caught on August 16 when he tried to snatch the gold chain of a woman at a rally in support of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare here. Both wives from Kalyan and Navi Mumbai were not aware that he had married twice.

Nazir Shaikh, 39, was caught by local resident Ritesh Phadke when he tried to snatch the chain of Meenal Parekh near a photo studio in Kalyan (W) and was handed over to the Bazarpeth police station.

The police initially thought Shaikh was a normal criminal, but investigations showed he owned properties in Navi Mumbai and Kalyan. One fully furnished flat is in a posh locality in New Panvel, the police said, and added that he also has a Maruti WagonR for travel and a motorcycle to commit the offences.

When the police visited the accused's second wife's residence in New Panvel, to find out about his background, she was unaware about his criminal activities as he had claimed he was in the real estate business.

The police said he was not cooperating with them.

"Initially, he denied any involvement but later he admitted a role in five cases. We suspect he earned the lakhs from chain-snatching as he has not revealed any other source of income," said B S Sonawane, assistant police inspector. The police on Friday produced Shaikh in the Kalyan court, which remanded him to police custody till August 31.

Arunachal Police: Illegal appointment: 3 officers under Arunachal Police scanner

A case has been registered against two top Arunachal Pradesh government officials and one former officer for allegedly making illegal appointments in the state tourism department, police said on Saturday.
Vigilance unit of the state police's Special Investigation Cell registered the

case yesterday against Parliamentary Secretary Kumar Waii, Tourism Director A K Singh and former Tourism Secretary Amar Nath after an FIR was filed by All Arunachal Pradesh RTI Activists' Organisation against the trio a few days ago.
The organisation accused the three of misusing their official power in making illegal appointments in the tourism department in 2009.

The Investigation Cell has deputed DSP R Monpa to investigate the case.

Goa Police: Mapusa police registered a criminal case against its own constable,for having unnatural sex with a girl rescued from trafficking

MAPUSA: Mapusa police arrested police driver, constable Vishva Vijay Parab, for having unnatural sex with a girl rescued from trafficking two weeks ago. Parab has also been placed under suspension.

According to police, on August 11 at midnight Mapusa police station received a phone call that a suspicions girl was moving in the town.

Mapusa police then picked up the girl and brought her to the police station. Upon inquiry it was revealed that she had been forced into prostitution.

The victim was then sent to the protective home where she disclosed that the constable during interrogation had misbehaved with her. Going by her statement, this happened between August 11 and 12, sources said.

On Thursday a committee headed by SDO Pernem, deputy collector and NGO representatives recorded her statement and sent it to Mapusa police station for action. Mapusa SDO, DySP Sammy Tavares said Mapusa police have registered a criminal case against Parab and he will be produced before court on Saturday for remand.

Delhi Police: After 14 years of Uphaar cinema fire tragedy, victims knocked Delhi high court seeking direction to Centre to prosecution of former top cop Amod Kanth for allowing extra seats in the hall

Nearly after 14 years of Uphaar cinema fire tragedy, victims are still fighting for justice and on Friday knocked at the doors of the Delhi high court seeking direction to Centre to grant sanction for prosecution of former top cop Amod Kanth for allowing extra seats in the hall where 59 movie-watchers died in a blaze.

Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notice to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), CBI and Amod Kanth seeking response by November 24.

Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT), approached court saying the Centre had declined their plea for granting sanction to prosecute Kanth for allegedly allowing an extra row of seats in Uphaar theatre which blocked the exit.

A total of 59 people, mostly from the upper-floor balcony class, had died in the blaze while over 100 others were injured during the maiden show of blockbuster film Border on June 13, 1997.

AVUT told the high court that it had approached the MHA to seek sanction for Kanth`s prosecution after the trial court had summoned him seeking his stand on its plea for his prosecution.

It said the MHA had responded to its plea on June 23 this year and said, “The matter has been duly examined by the ministry.

Mumbai Police: Circuit, Haddi, Hatela... Police update nicknames of criminals

MUMBAI: More than 158 gangsters or criminals, who are known by their nicknames or aliases in the crime world, have come under the police scanner. Their details are currently being collected by officers of eight police stations between Ghatkopar and Mulund, following a directive from their zonal deputy commissioner of police.

The police said criminals with aliases such as Circuit, Haddi, Hatela and Papa, among such others, are the more prominent nicknames on a database which is currently being prepared. A police officer from an east suburban police station said the DCP had ordered officials of each police station between Ghatkopar and Mulund to get hold of two criminals a day, and update the database. All such criminals have to present themselves at the police stations to update their aliases by which they are known in the crime world.

Rajendra Nikalje alias Chotta Rajan, Sheikh Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar alias Dawood Ibrahim are some of the most infamous gangsters to sport a nickname or a shortened name. "The nickname or alias is a 'degree' that criminals achieve after making it big in the crime world, in other words, after committing serious offences," said Sanjay Shintre, DCP (Zone VII). "The database is created by tracking down records of criminals who are absconding and have committed serious offences," said Shintre.

He said, "If our informant says the suspect's name is Circuit, we contact our officers and ask, 'You know a guy named Circuit?' What does he look like? Where does he live?' Then we figure out the suspect who is known by the name Circuit." He said the initiative has yielded resulted as the number of serious offences and housebreaking cases has fallen; 2,040 cases were registered between January 1 and August 25, 2011 against 2,289 in the corresponding period of the previous year.

An officer said, "The data includes their different nicknames, their current place of residence, the places they visit and the work they carry out daily for their livelihood."

He further said criminals get their nicknames changed each time they visit different jails after committing an offence. "Recently while updating the aliases, it was found that each criminal has at least four to five nicknames," the officer said.

The initiative has made many relocate their residence.

The police have been tracking nicknames for decades, typically collecting the names when criminals are arrested. "When investigators get a hit on the database, information about the suspect pops up, usually height, weight, address and criminal history, as well as a photo. Problems can arise when an informant identifies a suspect by a common nickname. To guard against picking up the wrong person, investigators check the suspect's physical description and address, pull a photo and go back to their source. The nickname, the officer said, is a starting point, not the foundation for a criminal prosecution.

MP Police: Indore-Ujjain Police: Police gets coustody of former Congress Corporater

INDORE: A lower court in Ujjain district on Friday sent Congress leader Jai Singh Darbar to police remand for a day in connection with an assault on BJYM activists during Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh's visit to that district. Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), R K Patidar sent Darbar to police custody after the law enforcers pleaded that they needed him for questioning and recovering the arms used in the assault. Madhya Pradesh High Court's Indore bench on July 12 had stayed Darbar's arrest till August 26 and directed him to take regular bail on Ujjain lower court while hearing his plea. The single bench of of Justice Shubdha Waghmare in its order had asked the lower court to decide Darbar's regular bail on merits.

Former Corporator Darbar turned up to apply for the regular bail but the police opposed it stating that they need him for interrogation and recovery of weapons used in the violence on July 17. Darbar counsels contented that their clients has been falsely implicated in the case due to political reasons and no criminal case was pending against him. Darbar along with former corporators Ananth Narayan Meena, Mukesh Bhati and former Ujjain City Youth Congress chief Aslam Lala have been charged under section 307 IPC for attacking Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists who were showing black flag to Singh on July 17.

The high court had stayed the arrest of Meena, Bhati and Lala till September 2 and asked them to apply for regular bail in the Ujjain Lower court in the meantime, Ujjain's Jiwajiganj police station house officer (SHO) S N Tiwari said.