Punjab illegal confinement: CBI court sentences IPS officer, 5 others to 8-month jail

IANS | December 20, 2024 9:53 PM

New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) IPS officer Gautam Cheema, then IGP of Punjab Police, and five others were on Friday sentenced to eight months' imprisonment by a Special CBI court in a case of wrongful detention of a person picked up from the lawful custody of a police station in Mohali, said a statement from the federal probe agency.

RG Kar rape-murder: Victim’s parents approach Calcutta HC seeking fresh probe

IANS | December 19, 2024 1:22 PM

Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) Not satisfied with the current course of investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata in August this year, the parents of the victim on Thursday approached the Calcutta High Court seeking a court direction for initiating a fresh probe into the matter.

Gunman in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder indicted in New York City

IANS | December 18, 2024 5:59 AM

New York, Dec 18 (IANS) Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. and New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch have announced the indictment of Luigi Mangione, 26, for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown of Manhattan on December 4.