Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya has agreed to undergo a polygraph test in the Kunda killings case. CBI sources said Raja Bhaiya appeared before a special CBI court in Lucknow on Tuesday and gave his consent to undergo the polygraph test in connection with the murders which took place in his assembly constituency Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh on March 2.
"I have neither changed my statement nor am I worried about anything. If CBI feels that its necessary, then I have given my consent," he said. The former minister said the truth should come to fore.
The CBI had moved an application in the court of special CBI judge Mirza Zeenat seeking permission to conduct polygraph test on the former food and civil supplies minister with his consent. The court is expected to pronounce its order later in the day.
While the CBI gave Raja Bhaiya a clean chit in the Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq murder case, it is still investigating his role in the murders of Balipur Panchayat chief Nanhe Yadav and his younger brother Suresh Yadav. ...
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03:11 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: A special court will hear a plea by CBI which has sought permission to conduct a lie detection test on former UP minister Raja Bhaiya in connection with the Kunda Deputy SP Zia-ul-Haque's murder probe. The plea was filed along with a consent letter from the former UP Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh for the test. Raja Bhaiya was questioned by the CBI early in May about his relations...
07:31 AM, Jun 11, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought permission from a special court for conducting a lie detection test on former UP minister Raja Bhaiya in connection with the Kunda Deputy SP Zia-ul-Haque's murder probe. The application has been moved in court with Raja Bhaiya's consent. Haque's wife Parveen Azad had accused the SP leader of being involved in the murder which took place on March 2. The...
01:29 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Los Angeles: A US Army sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in cold blood in 2012 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to premeditated murder and other charges under a deal with military prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, a decorated veteran of four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, is accused of roaming off his Army post in the Afghan province of Kandahar last March and...
01:46 AM, Jun 06, 2013
Panaji: Italy on Saturday said it expects "fair and fast" trial of its marines, allegedly involved in the the killing of two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast, that should be to the satisfaction of both the countries. "This has been a difficult issue between the two governments for the last 16 months. We are working with the Indian institutions for the investigation and trial to be concluded soon with mutual...
10:20 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Shillong: Assam Rifles Director General Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Friday denied that his troopers were involved in any extra-judicial killing during their counter-insurgency operations in India's northeastern states. "It is not true that Assam Rifles is indulging in extra-judicial killings," Singh told reporters on the sidelines of the 'Go Green' campaign at the paramilitary forces' headquarters here while responding to questions raised on the issue. United Nations Special Rapporteur...
05:21 AM, Jun 01, 2013
Seattle: The Army staff sergeant charged with slaughtering 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty in a deal that requires him to recount the horrific attack for the first time, his attorney told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Staff sergeant Robert Bales was "crazed" and "broken" when he slipped away from his remote southern Afghanistan outpost and...
05:03 AM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: National Investigation Agency's (NIA) teams are expected to reach Darba Ghati on Monday to begin their probe in the deadly Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh that killed 24 people and left 27 injured. What the NIA needs to probe now is why the Congress' rally route was changed at the last minute, who took that decision and why. The funeral of Salwa Judum founder and Congress leader Mahendra Kumar...
11:24 AM, May 27, 2013
Chandigarh: In the wake of alleged political violence in the state, Punjab Congress on Friday demanded the resignation of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal saying, he was the main architect behind "political murders and growth of mafias". "Sukhbir is a total failure as state's home minister and he has no right to continue in power. "Punjab is heading to a state of total anarchy as no rule of law...
03:50 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh minister Raja Bhaiya may be booked for conspiracy to murder in the Kunda DSP murder case, CBI sources said on Wednesday. Raja Bhaiya was being questioned by the CBI on Wednesday in connection with the case. The sources said that the call records of Raja Bhaiya showed that he knew exactly what was happening on the fateful night when DSP Zia-ul-Haq was killed. The call...
06:10 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, will be questioned by CBI on Wednesday in connection with the murder of a village head and subsequently a police official. CBI sources said 44-year-old Raja Bhaiya, who is prime accused in the FIR registered by Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq's wife Parveen Azar, has been summoned by the agency for questioning in connection with the larger conspiracy related to...
11:06 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: The NIA probe into the killing of two Kerala fishermen is likely to be delayed as several key documents are being translated from Malayalam and Italian to English and the agency needs to question all foreign witnesses present on the Italian ship who left India long ago. Several key documents, including the FIR filed by the Kerala Police and log-book of ship 'Enrica Lexie', were either recorded in...
06:45 PM, May 13, 2013
Cairo: The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumed on Saturday, with prosecutors requesting to present new evidence from a fact-finding commission's report that claims the ex-leader had full knowledge of the extent of the violence used against protesters. The new evidence could weigh heavily in the case, which saw one of the Middle East's most powerful autocrats and his longtime interior minister in charge of police tried and...
07:40 AM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Amid concerns by Italy on the possibility of death sentence being imposed on its two marines accused of killing Indian fishermen, India on Saturday said no question of death penalty arises. Clarifying the latest Supreme Court order in the matter in which the apex court allowed NIA to probe the case against Italian marines, official sources said the order had been read out of context leading to misleading...
10:08 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of Supreme Court allowing NIA to conduct probe into killing of two Kerala fishermen, the agency will begin the inquiry afresh and question all foreign witnesses present on the Italian ship. Official sources said NIA, which slapped the stringent Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 against two Italian marines accused of killing the fishermen,...
08:37 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The National Investigation Team (NIA) will continue with its investigation against the Italian marines, who allegedly killed two fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012, ruled the Supreme Court on Friday. Italy had questioned the jurisdiction of the NIA to probe the case against its marines saying the charges which have been slapped on the marines are not covered by the NIA Act. The apex court also directed...
11:22 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will decide on Friday on a plea by the Italian government challenging a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the killing of two Indians by two Italian marines off the Kerala coast. The hearing which was scheduled for Thursday was deferred to Friday because the court wanted Attorney General Goolam Essaji Vahanvati to be present. The Italian government and the marines had also questioned the...
06:11 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: There seems to be a major breakthrough in the Kunda killings case. The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested murdered Gram Pradhan Nanhe Yadav's brother, nephew and two others. Sources in the CBI say the four arrested are behind the murders of the Gram Pradhan as well as the Deputy SP, Zia-ul-Haque. Sources added that more arrests are likely in the days to come. Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Police...
12:51 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the pronouncement of its order on the question of National Investigating Agency's (NIA) jurisdiction to probe the case against two Italian marines who allegedly killed Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012. The apex court, which had on April 16 posted the matter for order, said it will pass the order on Thursday. "We will pass the order on April 25,"...
07:48 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will decide on Monday on a plea by the Italian government challenging a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the killing of two Indians by two Italian marines off the Kerala coast. The Italian government and the marines had also questioned the invoking of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 in the case...
09:19 AM, Apr 22, 2013
