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Spurious fertiliser and pesticides manufacturing unit sealed
Posted by ganesh in Agriculture, Departments, Erode, Health, Other, arrested, illegal, police on August 30th, 2010
A spurious fertiliser and pesticides manufacturing unit at Kavindapady near here has been sealed by Agriculture department officials.
This followed complaints from farmers that fertiliser purchased from the unit had damaged their turmeric crop. The farmers had also resorted to a road-roko here last week in this regard.
Department officials said a raid on the unit revealed that the ‘fertiliser’ was being packed and put in bags with the labels of popular fertiliser companies. These were then sold in the market.
A search was on for the owner of the unit while his wife and a saleswoman were arrested,
TN: SC verdict will act as deterrent: victims’ families
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Court, Death, Departments, Dharmapuri, Health, Information, accident, illegal on August 30th, 2010
Hailing the Supreme Court’s verdict that upheld the death sentence awarded to three AIADMK workers in connection with the 2000 Dharmapuri bus burning case, families of the victims Monday said the ruling would act as a deterrent to violence against innocent people.
“My daughter may not come back today. But the verdict, though delayed, will act as a deterrent against persons trying to resort to such a crime in the future,” K Kasiammal, mother of Hemalatha, one of the three students charred to death in the incident, said here.
She said any mercy petitions by the accused should not be entertained “considering the gravity” of the crime.
“I am happy that the right punishment has been given to the guilty. This is a lesson to others. It would prevent recurrence of such violence,” Kumaraswamy, father of another victim Kokilavani, said at Paramathivelur in Namakkal district.
Stating that attempts were made to derail the case, he thanked all those who deposed as prosecution witnesses resulting in the conviction.
Senior lawyer R Srinivasan, who was the special government pleader in the trial court in Salem, said justice had been served and the apex court judgement would act as a deterrent against violence aimed at innocent people.
“It is due punishment for killing innocent students,” he said.
Kokilavani, Hemalatha and Gayathri, students of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, were burnt alive when a mob set their college bus on fire at Ilakkiampatti near Dharmapuri during protests against the conviction of AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in Kodaikanal Pleasant Stay Hotel corruption case.
A Salem court had awarded death penalty to Nedu alias Nedunchezhian, Madhu alias Ravindran and C Muniappan, which was upheld by the Madras High Court in 2007. Twenty-five others were awarded terms ranging from two months to two years terms ranging from two months to two years.
Earlier in the day, a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and B S Chauhan confirmed the death sentence awarded by the Madras High Court in 2007.
Armed gang escaped into darkness after attacking robbing of gold and Cash
Posted by ganesh in Attack, Health, Information, Kancheepuram, Other, Theft, hospital, illegal, police on August 30th, 2010
A five-member armed gang escaped into darkness after attacking the owner and threatening the accupants of a house in Guduvancherry, robbing 21 sovereigns of gold jewellery and Rupees 1.96 lakh in cash in the wee hours today.
Police here said armed gang, whose members came on motorcycles, knocked at the door of Landlord Paramsivan’s house at about 0420 hrs and hit him on the head with an iron rod.
As Paramasivan fell down unconscious, the gang threatened the inmates and escaped with the booty.
Paramasivan was admitted to a private hospital in Chengalpet.
Senior police officials visited the spot. Fingerprint experts and sniffer dog were pressed into service.
Engine of Kanyakumari-Rameswaram Express derails; none hurt
Posted by ganesh in Health, Information, Other, Railway, Transport, Virudhunagar, illegal on August 30th, 2010
Passengers of Rameswaram-bound Kanyakumari-Rameswaram Express (Train No: 2790) had a miraculous escape, as the engine of the train derailed between Sathur and Thulukkapatti in Virudhunagar district early today.
Railway sources said the mishap occurred at 0106 hrs at Venkatajalapuram village. No coaches derailed and all the passengers were safe.
The stranded passengers were moved by Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) Buses from Sathur to Madurai from where they were sent to Rameswaram by a passenger train.
Senior railway officials, led by Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Madurai Division C Venkatasubramanian rushed to the spot along with a technical team to restore the train services.
The cause of the accident was not known yet, sources adding investigation was on.
The railway police have launched an investigation to ascertain whether it was an act of sabotage to derail the train.
Meanwhile, a three-member railway technical team from Virudhunagar, which was rushed to the accident site for restoration work, met with a road accident.
An autorickshaw in which they were going to the site, collided with a speeding car in which gang man, Madurai, Veeran died on the spot, while three others, including the driver of the tri-wheeler sustained serious injuries.
The injured were rushed to Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) at Madurai and Government Hospital at Virudhunagar.
TN police has sought the Interpol investigation of 12 online cheating cases
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Communication, Information, Other, arrested, cheating, electronic, illegal, police on August 28th, 2010
The CB-CID wing of Tamil Nadu police has sought the assistance of Interpol in the investigation of 12 online cheating cases with the arrest of Nigerian nationals in some cases in the state.
‘In most of the cases, Nigerians are the masterminds and the Cybercrime wing of CB-CID has arrested four Nigerians,’ the investigating agency said in a release here.
The online crimes include lottery and job frauds and the agency has registered 13 cases this year and 25 since 2007.
The Nigerians used to recruit Indian account holders, called money mules, to provide their bank account details, ATM and other bank details for a commission.
In these types of online cheating, the culprits randomly choose mobile numbers and send group SMS and e-mails luring victims saying they had won an high prize in cash or lottery draw in the names of established brands, asking them victims to respond by paying a small sum as processing fee for ‘realising the money,’ the release said.
‘At times, the victims of these frauds are persuaded to part with important personal details like bank account number and credit card number which could cause further damage,’ it said. A similar Modus Operandi was being followed for job frauds when people were asked to pay money for various purposes only to be duped, the release added.
The CB-CID has arrested four Nigerians from Mumbai and 14 Indian account holders/ money mules from Chennai,Mumbai and Bangalore among others who were involved in various cases of online cheating.The Cyber Crime cell has also sought assitance of Interpol in the investigation of 12 cases of online cheating, the release said.
Police said people should not respond to such SMS/e-mails and desist from disclosing personal banking details.
In a recent case, a Tircuhirappalli-based businessman lost lakhs of rupees after such culprits managed to siphon off money through fraudulent means.
Fire alarm in Jet flight, 30 injured during evacuation by emergency chutes
Panic gripped a Chennai-bound Jet Airways flight carrying 153 passengers after a fire alarm in the cockpit went off when the plane was on the taxiway for take-off on Friday night and 30 of them were injured during evacuation by emergency chutes.
As there was a sudden surge of passengers when they were being evacuated using chutes, 30 of them received injuries and bruises with three of them suffering fractures, a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson said. There were some reports that a few passengers jumped from the aircraft and sustained injuries while there was a chaos when passengers rushed to slide down the chutes.
Fifteen persons were taken to Nanavati hospital in ambulances for further treatment after receiving first aid at the airport. Some of them were reported to have suffered multiple fractures.
A full emergency was declared at the Mumbai Airport and Fire Tenders were rushed immediately to the spot.
A Jet statement said the airplane commander proceeded to declare a precautionary emergency although there were no visible traces of fire.
“The commander onboard Jet Airways flight 9W 2302 Mumbai-Chennai was informed of an indication of an LH engine fire. Although there was no visible trace of a fire, the commander proceeded to declare a precautionary emergency,” the statement said.
All passengers were deplaned safely and a thorough inspection of the engine was carried out, it added.
The captain deployed chutes for emergency evacuation, a Jet spokesperson said, adding all passengers have been evacuated.
Another Madras HC judge recuses from Jaya bday gift case
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Court, Health, Information, Political, government, illegal, lawyer, modification on August 28th, 2010
Another judge of the Madras High Court on Friday recused himself from hearing a petition by AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa seeking to quash the 1996 ‘birthday gift case’ filed by CBI against her.
The recusal by Justice T Mathivanan comes four days after Justice C T Selvam withdrew himself from hearing the petition after Jayalalithaa filed a memo stating that the judge had appeared against her when he was additional public prosecutor for the state government.
The former Tamil Nadu chief minister wanted the petition to be listed before some other judge. She had sought to quash the case citing ‘inordinate and unexplained delay’.
On August 23, when the petition came up for hearing, Justice Selvam directed that it be placed before the Chief Justice for posting before another judge.
Accordingly, the petition was posted before Justice Mathivanan, but he also declined to hear it. The Judge did not state any reason for recusing himself from the case.
According to CBI, on the occasion of her birthday in 1992 Jayalalithaa had accepted 89 demand drafts worth Rs two crore from 57 people drawn on various banks favouring her.
The CBI claimed that two former AIADMK ministers K A Shengottaiyan and Alagu Thirunavukarasu had also presented her with DDs for Rs 22.53 lakh and Rs 22.50 lakh respectively.
Police have arrested 5 held in connection with goat theft case
Police have arrested five people, including brother-in-law of former AIADMK M L A Mookan, in connection with the goat theft case at Barasinghapuram under Thuraiyur police limits near here last night.
Police said there were continuous theft of goats in Narasinghapuram village in the past few days. Followig this, the villagers formed a vigil committee in which the committee members were moving around their village throughout the night. While doing so, they intercepted a mini van which came to their village in a suspecious manner. The villagers detained all the five occupants of the van including one Ramasamy, the brother-in-law of former Uppiliapuram AIADMK M L A Mookan and later they handed them over to the police.
Priliminary enquiries revealed that the gang had stolen the goats in that village several times and they came for the same purpose last night when they were detained by the villagers,
Heavy rain affects normal life badly hit in coastal areas in TN, Pondy
Posted by ganesh in Health, Information, Public, Puducherry, Rain, illegal, tamilnadu, weather on August 26th, 2010
Normal life was badly hit in coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry following heavy rains as Met officials predict more downpour in the next 24 hours in the region.
“A low pressure area still persists over west central and adjoining South West bay off south Andhra Pradesh and North Tamil Nadu coast. Under its influence, heavy rain is expected over coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the next 24 hours, starting 8.30 AM today,” a Met official said.
Fishermen have been warned not to venture out to sea as strong northwesterly winds, with speed between 45-55 kmph are likely to blow along off north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts.
South Tamil Nadu coast was also likely to experience strong winds from westerly direction with speed occasionally touching 45-55 kmph, the officials said.
Meanwhile, normal life was hit in Chennai and its suburbs following incessant rains and strong winds since yesterday.
Several areas were under knee-deep water while low-lying areas in north Chennai were inundated as the city recorded 200 mm of rain in last 24 hours ending eight am today.
Kanchipuram and Niligiris districts registered the maximum amount of rainfall at 500 mm.
suspected case of Honour killing 3 held for girl’s murder
In a suspected case of honour killing, Rengasamy, a tractor mechanic, unable to tolerate the activities of his eighteen-year-old daughter, murdered her with the help of his relatives.
The girl living in Ramanathan Street at S S Colony, used to frequently converse with her boy friends over mobile phone.
To put an end to continuous talk, Rengasamy, suspecting that she was having affairs with several boys, sent her to a relative’s house in Chennai to continue her education.
Even at Chennai, she did not mend her ways.
Her cell phone was snatched and she was returned to Madurai recently.
She was also forced to discontinue her education.
An infuriated Rengasamy colluded with his relatives Moorthy, Velmurugan and a private hospital compounder Balu and hatched a plan to kill his daughter to retain the honour of the family. They administered with a poisonous injection to the girl and also poured the poison into her mouth at her residence.
The incident took place on Tuesday between 9 am and 2.30 pm.
She informed her mother about the treatment meted out to her by her relatives.
The girl was rushed to the Government Rajaji Hospital, where she died on Tuesday night.
Based on a complaint lodged by her mother R Lakshmi, police arrested Moorthy, Velmurugan and Balu.
They are on the look out for Rengasamy, who has been absconding since the report of the incident.
A special team has been formed to arrest Rengasamy.
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