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  • Man kills girlfriend in MP resort, confesses to crime on Instagram video

    By ANI

    JABALPUR (Madhya Pradesh): A man killed his 22-year-old girlfriend in a room in Mekhla resort under the jurisdiction of Tilwara police station limits of Jabalpur district on November 8, the police said on Friday.

    The murder came to light after the key suspect in the case uploaded a video on social media, with the image of the victim lying in a pool of blood in a hotel room, with a message that he murdered her on the advise of his business partner.

    The video was shared on the Instagram account of the victim on Friday, police said.

    The victim was a resident of Barela, Jabalpur. 

    The accused who identified himself as Abhijeet Patidar revealed in the video that he along with his partner runs a business in Patna. Abhijeet claimed that he and his partner had an affair with the woman. However, she allegedly extorted money to the tune of Rs 12 lakh from them and fled to Jabalpur. Following this, Abhijeet said, that his partner asked him to kill her.

    Police said the accused uploaded a video of the victim lying in a pool of blood in the hotel room. However, he later deleted the video.

    Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shivesh Baghel said, “The preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused had booked a room on November 6 at Mekhla resort. Going by the CCTV footage of the resort, he stayed alone in his room that night. The next day, the girl came to meet him at the resport in the afternoon and they ordered something to eat. After about an hour, the youth left the hotel alone after locking his room.”

    “On November 8, the hotel management found the room locked and broke the door open to find the woman lying lifeless. Upon receiving information, a police team rushed to the spot. A case has been registered. Four special teams have been formed to investigate the case. A cyber team is also working on it. We will arrest the accused soon,” he added.

    JABALPUR (Madhya Pradesh): A man killed his 22-year-old girlfriend in a room in Mekhla resort under the jurisdiction of Tilwara police station limits of Jabalpur district on November 8, the police said on Friday.

    The murder came to light after the key suspect in the case uploaded a video on social media, with the image of the victim lying in a pool of blood in a hotel room, with a message that he murdered her on the advise of his business partner.

    The video was shared on the Instagram account of the victim on Friday, police said.

    The victim was a resident of Barela, Jabalpur. 

    The accused who identified himself as Abhijeet Patidar revealed in the video that he along with his partner runs a business in Patna. Abhijeet claimed that he and his partner had an affair with the woman. However, she allegedly extorted money to the tune of Rs 12 lakh from them and fled to Jabalpur. Following this, Abhijeet said, that his partner asked him to kill her.

    Police said the accused uploaded a video of the victim lying in a pool of blood in the hotel room. However, he later deleted the video.

    Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shivesh Baghel said, “The preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused had booked a room on November 6 at Mekhla resort. Going by the CCTV footage of the resort, he stayed alone in his room that night. The next day, the girl came to meet him at the resport in the afternoon and they ordered something to eat. After about an hour, the youth left the hotel alone after locking his room.”

    “On November 8, the hotel management found the room locked and broke the door open to find the woman lying lifeless. Upon receiving information, a police team rushed to the spot. A case has been registered. Four special teams have been formed to investigate the case. A cyber team is also working on it. We will arrest the accused soon,” he added.

  • Bombay High Court: Maharashtra government’s CCTV project in police stations a ‘farce’, Rs 60 crore wasted

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday expressed its displeasure over a report submitted by the Maharashtra government on the status of installation of CCTV cameras inside police stations across the state and said the whole process was a “farce” and the money allotted for the project has been wasted.

    A division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and M N Jadhav had last week sought a report from the government providing details of functional as well as non-functional CCTVs (closed-circuit television cameras) at all police stations.

    The court had passed the order when it was informed during the hearing of a petition that the CCTVs installed in a particular police station in Maharashtra were not functioning for the past two months.

    The high court had then referred to a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that directed installation of CCTVs across all police stations in the country.

    On Tuesday, when the report was submitted to the court, the bench noted that it was devoid of the relevant particulars sought by it.

    “We see that action has been taken after this court passed the order. Are we supposed to run the administration spoon feed them? Whatever we have stated (in order) has been reproduced in the ‘paripatrak’ (directions issued) by the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP),” the court said.

    “A common man goes to the police station thinking that the Supreme Court guidelines are being followed. And we do not know what is happening to the Rs 60 crore allocated by the state for CCTV installation project,” Justice Kathawalla observed.

    As per the report submitted by the government, there are 1,089 police stations in the state. So far, 6,092 cameras have been installed in 547 police stations of which 5,639 are functional, while the remaining are inoperative.

    The court pointed out as per the government’s report, Rs 6 lakh had been spent for installation of CCTVs in each police station.

    “I have got CCTVs in my house, but I have not spent more than Rs 35,000 for that,” Justice Jadhav said, adding even after spending Rs 6 lakh, the recording period of the CCTVs was not as long as what was stated in the SC order.”

    “They don’t want it to be recorded. They don’t want to show to any courts or authorities what is happening in police stations. This is all a farce, and they do not want the courts to know. Rs 60 crore wasted,” Justice Kathawalla noted.

    The bench fixed the next hearing on February 21 and asked Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni to provide “active assistance” to the court over the matter.

  • 99 police stations and outposts go ‘missing’ in Bihar

    Express News Service

    PATNA: Altogether 99 police stations and police outposts in Bihar have gone ‘missing’!  This startling fact came to light when officials of a private company that has been awarded contract of installation of CCTV cameras at police stations in the state visited the locations for their work recently.The officials of Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) were taken aback when they couldn’t find buildings of police station or any police outpost at the specified locations in 28 districts for installation of CCTV camera.

    Finally, they submitted a report to the state police headquarters stating therein that they have failed to trace 62 police stations and 37 police outposts in 28 out of the 40 police districts in Bihar. The CCTV cameras are being installed in all notified police stations under Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS) of the centre. The report submitted by TASL prompted the police headquarters to initiate the process of physical verification of the police stations and outpost that were ‘missing’ despite their names included in the list. There are 925 police stations and 250 outposts in the state.

    DIG, State Crime Record Bureau, wrote all SPs of the districts concerned last week asking them to furnish detailed information about the ‘missing’ police stations and police outposts at the earliest.For example, Singhchak and Bannu Bagicha police stations in Lakhisarai were not found at the addresses. Likewise, Chanan railway police station under Jamalpur rail district was non-existent. Jamalpur superintendent of rail police Amir Javed said the Chanan railway police station could not be made operational despite it being notified. He attributed the reason to non-operation of railway traffic.

    An ADG rank officer, who is in know of the matter, said, “At times, police stations are shifted to some other locations as they don’t have buildings of their own. Moreover, it is a time consuming process to make any police station or police outpost fully operational.”

  • ‘Install CCTV cameras in all police stations’, Ministry of Home Affairs tells states and UTs

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that it has issued a guideline to all States and Union Territories (UTs) for the installation of CCTV cameras in all police stations.

    Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai shared the inputs in Lok Sabha in a written reply, mentioning that the Supreme Court, in its order dated December 2 last year, gave detailed direction to States and the UTs and Union of India for installation of CCTV cameras in all police stations and offices of central investigation agencies.

    The Minister said that the apex court in its last hearing held on April 6 this year, had directed for the allocation of budget to the central agencies within one month from the date of order and for implementation of complete order within a period of six months from the date of allocation of budgets.

    Rai further said that the central investigation agencies requested on April 13 this year for the allocation of budget and installation of CCTV cameras in their offices within the timeframe given by the apex court. However, he mentioned that States and the UTs have already been impleaded in the case for filing status report on the installation of CCTV cameras in police stations, directly before the Supreme Court.

    As police is a state subject, the information regarding the number of police stations having CCTVs is not maintained at the level of Central government, clarified the Minister, adding “An advisory dated July 8 this year has been issued to state and UT governments for installation of CCTV cameras in all police stations.

    “Although ‘Police’ and ‘Public Order’ are State subjects under the 7th Schedule to the Constitution of India, financial assistance for modernisation of State police forces is provided under the scheme of ‘Assistance to States for Modernisation of Police’. Under this scheme, States have been given the flexibility to formulate State Action Plan (SAPs) as per their strategic priorities and requirements.

    It may also be noted that in the light of the order dated December 2 last year of the Supreme Court, the state governments had also been advised to include their requirement of installing CCTV cameras in each and every police station in their proposals for the year 2021-22.

  • Install CCTVs at quarantine centres in Nagpur, says Bombay HC 

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has expressed its displeasure over institutionally quarantined COVID-19 patients not following isolation norms, and directed for CCTVs to be installed in all such facilities in Nagpur.

    A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Avinash Gharote in its order on April 8, a copy of which was made available on Monday, said the installation of CCTV cameras would be useful to check the movements of quarantined patients in and out of their rooms.

    The CCTVs shall be installed at the Maharashtra government’s expense and proposals for the same shall be prepared by the Nagpur collector and commissioner of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, the court said.

    The bench was hearing a petition taken up suo motu (on its own) last year on the issue of the COVID-19 pandemic and the condition of hospitals.

    On April 8, the court was informed that in several institutional quarantine centres, COVID-19 patients were not following the isolation and social distancing norms and were seen roaming freely in the facility.

    “It has been reported to us that because of such reckless and dangerous behaviour of some quarantined COVID-19 patients, those entrusted with the duty to look after these patients have started contracting COVID-19,” the court said.

    “Such behaviour of quarantined COVID-19 patients is highly deplorable and needs to be dealt with in a very stringent manner by the authority concerned,” the HC said.

    The court directed the Nagpur collector to take immediate steps to ensure quarantined COVID-19 patients are kept in strict isolation.

    “We also direct for regular inspection of all institutional quarantine centres in Nagpur by an appropriate team with a mandate to take action then and there,” the high court said.

    It directed Nagpur city police commissioner and Nagpur rural superintendent of police to ensure police personnel deputed at such centres “perform their duty diligently and sincerely”, and refrain from using their mobile phones for the purpose of entertainment and recreation while on duty.

    The court had last week directed for a special ‘Nagpur COVID-19 Committee’ to be set up to address the problems being faced by hospitals, doctors and staff and the general public in the wake of a surge in COVID-19 cases.

    The HC on April 8 asked the committee to consider setting up of day care centres for those COVID-19 patients who only require a few hours of treatment and do not need to be admitted.

    “This would help as many people fail to get admission in hospitals due to unavailability of beds,” it said.

    The bench said such day care centres could be set up in sports complexes, public schools, sports clubs and other such places.

    On April 8, the committee headed by Nagpur divisional commissioner told the court that it has taken a decision that if any person wishes to undergo COVID-19 test, then he or she will be first made to take the antigen test.

    “If the antigen test result is positive, then the person will be considered as COVID-19 positive and advised further treatment.

    But, if the antigen test result is negative, then the person will be required to undergo the RT- PCR test,” the committee told the court.

    As per the committee, even if the antigen test comes out negative, the possibility of the person having coronavirus infection persists.

    “This would reduce the load on RT-PCR laboratories as the patient found positive in the antigen test would not be required to undergo the RT-PCR test,” the committee said.

    The panel further told the court that it would take the help of social organisations to ensure mobilisation of people for taking the COVID-19 vaccine.

    The bench has posted the matter for further hearing on April 20.

  • Check CCTVs around schools to check drug abuse by kids: NCPCR, NCB to police

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI: Country’s apex child rights body and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have asked cops in every police station to carry out random checking of CCTV installed around schools and educational institutions to check drug and substance abuse by kids.

    In their joint action plan released on Tuesday, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the NCB said that every police station should have a list of CCTV cameras installed in surrounding areas of the schools in their jurisdiction.

    It has also been recommended that chemists sell drugs under schedule H, H1, or X only by updating information in mobile app-based management information systems to ensure that underage kids do not get them without prescription and develop dependency.

    The two agencies have also suggested in their 80-page report that exclusive de-addiction and rehabilitation facilities be set up for children in 272 vulnerable districts by the ministry of social justice and empowerment.

    “However, if there are any constraints or lack of space, a separate portion in the existing facility has to be identified and partitioned for the children,” said the report adding that in the rest of the districts, it is necessary to make separate facilities for de-addiction and rehabilitation of children in all the district-level hospitals under existing norms.

    According to a study conducted by the NCPCR with the National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, the common drugs used by children and adolescents were tobacco and alcohol, followed by inhalants and cannabis.

    The mean age of onset was the lowest for tobacco (12.3 years), followed by the onset of inhalants (12.4 years), cannabis (13.4 years), alcohol (13.6 years), proceeding to the use of harder substances (14.3–14.9 years), such as opium, pharmaceutical opioids and heroin, and substances through injecting route (15.1 years).

    A study conducted by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights on substance abuse by children on the other hand found that all children in conflict with the law were drug abusers.

    It was also seen that 95.5% of children in the child care institutions consumed drugs, and so did 93 % of the street children.

    Another study by the ASSOCHAM Ladies League on “Situational Analysis of Street Children in Metro Cities”, covering 2,000 children, revealed that children in metros were victims of one or other substance use, including inhalants (35%), alcohol (12%), cannabis (16%), chewing tobacco and gutkha (16%) and smoking (21 %), said the report.

    The five states in India with the highest number of children that need help for inhalant use problems are: Uttar Pradesh, 94,000; Madhya Pradesh, 50,000; Maharashtra,40,000; Delhi,38,000; and Haryana, 35,000; all other states together account for 2,01,000 inhalant users among children.

  • Rajasthan government okays over Rs 8 crore for CCTV cameras at police stations

    By PTI
    JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government on Friday sanctioned Rs 8.40 crore for the installation of CCTV cameras at police stations of the state.

    The total cost of the project is nearly 17 crore and the government okayed the funds for the first phase.

    It has been decided to set up state and district-level monitoring committees to oversee the work and complete it in a time-bound manner, an official statement said.

    The project was approved by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on proposals from the Home and Finance Departments.

    He directed that CCTV cameras should be installed at all major places, including entry and exit points in all police stations.

    According to the approved proposal, a state-level monitoring committee will be constituted under the chairmanship of the principal secretary, home.

    Similarly, district-level monitoring committees will be constituted under the chairmanship of divisional commissioners.

  • SC directed Center to install CCTV cameras in offices of CBI, ED, NIA and other investigative agencies

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Center to place CCTV cameras and recording equipment in the offices of investigative agencies, including the CBI, ED and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which conduct interrogation and arrest power.

    A bench headed by Justice RF Nariman said that states and union territories (union territories) should ensure that each and every police at all entry and exit points, main gates, lock-ups, corridors, lobbies and receptions CCTV cameras should be installed at the station. Also the areas outside the lock-up rooms so that no part remains open. It further stated that the CCTV system should be equipped with night vision and it should also have audio as well as video footage and that of the Center, States and Union Territories It would be compulsory to purchase such systems, which are the least possible, storing data for maximum time. year.

    “In addition, it is also directed to install CCTV cameras and recording equipment in the offices of the Union of India: Central Bureau of Investigation, National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate, Narcotics Control Bureau, Revenue Intelligence Department, Serious Sinister Investigation Office (SFIO) ), Any other agency that interrogates and has the power to arrest, ”the bench said, including justices KM Joseph and Anirudh Bose.

    The bench said, “As most of these agencies make inquiries in their offices, CCTVs will be essentially installed in all the offices where the accused are interrogated and apprehended in the same way as in the police station. is.” command of.

    The apex court said that in September this year, it had asked all states and union territories to ascertain the exact position of CCTV cameras in the case as well as the formation of oversight committees by order dated April 3, 2018.

    The top court, while dealing with a case related to custodial torture, had in July 2017 this year noticed a case in which it ordered installation of CCTV cameras in all police stations to investigate human rights violations, crime scene. Can be videographed. To set up a Central Migrant Committee and such a panel in each State and Union Territory.

  • Six Pakistani cricketers touring New Zealand test COVID positive

    Six members of the Pakistan cricket team on a tour of New Zealand have tested positive for COVID-19, the country’s cricket board said on Thursday, throwing preparations for the five-match series into turmoil and causing a scare in a country that has largely eradicated the virus.

    The squad’s “exemption to train while in managed isolation has been put on hold until investigations have been completed”, the governing body said, adding that the six positive players would be moved into quarantine.

    New Zealand’s ministry of health said 53 team members passed a symptom check before leaving Lahore and were tested on arrival in Christchurch on November 24. Six of those results have come back positive, although two of the six cases are believed to be “historical”.

    New Zealand’s health ministry said the players will now “be tested a minimum of four times while in managed isolation” and the entire squad would be confined to their rooms.

    The ministry also revealed that “several team members have been seen on CCTV at the facility breaching managed isolation rules, despite clear, consistent and detailed communication of expected behaviours”.

  • UP Govt Issues Advisory Urging All To ‘celebrate At Home’ In Wake Of COVID

    In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday issued advisory for the festival of Chhath Puja. The government in its latest order urged people to perform festival rituals at their homes or near their homes. In the notification, the state government also directed the local administration to make necessary arrangements at the traditional spots near rivers and ponds. 

    Seeking cooperation from the devotees, the UP government appealed people to follow all COVID-19 protocols including maintaining social distancing and wearing face masks. Highlighting the changes in the arrangements, the government asked the local administration to ensure hygiene and cleanliness near river bodies and ghats. The district administration have also been asked to arrange for changing rooms and toilets for women.

    In its advisory, the state government mentioned that ambulances will be stationed near ghats to ferry people in case of an emergency. Apart from this, the district officials have also been asked to ensure proper barricading near the water bodies. In order to monitor the movement of people, CCTV cameras will also be installed. The advisory also instructed the administration to arrange for drinking water and sanitization facilities as well.

    The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday praised the Uttar Pradesh government for its COVID-19 management strategy by terming it as a ‘good example’ for other states to follow. WHO Country Representative Roderico Ofrin said, “The UP government’s strategic response to COVID-19 by stepping up contact tracing efforts is exemplary and can serve as a good example for other states.” WHO also appreciated the efforts made by CM Yogi Adityanath and his government for the management of COVID-19, especially in tracking high-risk contacts. 

    As the world continues to grapple with the Coronavirus pandemic, Uttar Pradesh so far has recorded over 5,14,270 positive COVID-19 cases, out of which, 4,84,692 have successfully been recovered while 7,412 have died. As per the latest updates from MoHFW, in the past 24 hours,1,420 new cases, 19 deaths and 1,838 recoveries have been reported. Currently, the total number of active cases in the state is 22,166. As per the latest updates from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), total samples tested up to November 17 are 12,74,80, 186. While samples tested on November 17 are 9,37,279.