Non-bailable warrant against Imam Bukhari
Muzaffarnagar: A court here on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari for failing to appear before it in a case related to alleged violation of model code of conduct during the 2007 UP Assembly polls. Chief Judicial Magistrate KP Singh issued the warrant and directed the police to produce Bukhari before it on October 25.
cops among 4 held for gang-rape at bus stop
Hyderabad: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by four persons, including a police constable and a homeguard, at Kothkota bus stand in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours on Thursday, police said. Four persons, including a police constable and a homeguard, have been arrested in this connection, they said.
15 more UP kids die of encephalitis: toll 271
Gorakhpur: With the death of nine children on Thursday, a total of 15 kids have succumbed to encephalitis during the past three days here. With this, the toll in the region this year due to the disease has risen to 271, health officials said. While six children died on Tuesday, nine others succumbed on Thursday, they said, adding that the victims belonged to Gorakhpur and its adjoining Kushinagar, Siddharthanagar and Sant Kabirnagar.
Kashmir’s Shopian still under Curfew
Srinagar: Shopian town in south Kashmir remained under curfew for the eighth consecutive day following killing of five persons in CRPF firing last week. “Curfew is in force in Shopian even on Thursday,” DC Shopian, Bashir Ahmad Bhat said. Shopian has been under curfew since September 8, barring September 11 when the authorities lifted it, but protests and subsequent firing led to another death and re-imposition of the restrictions.