Charul Shah

Mumbai court rejects defence application to question Headley

A sessions court on Tuesday rejected the application of a defence lawyer seeking to question Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley again in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case.

‘Rahul’s Twitter account’ claims Peter did not know about Sheena murder

A person close to Rahul, who is Peter’s younger son from his first marriage, confirmed that the Twitter account, @rahulmukerjea, is being run by him and the tweets are independent

70 people from Mumbai, Maharashtra on ISIS hit list: ATS charge sheet

At least 70 people from Mumbai and Maharashtra are on the ‘very important kill list’ of the ISIS, reveals the anti-terrorism squad’s (ATS) charge sheet on the Parbhani module.

Parbhani ISIS module: Suspects used 12 email IDs, apps to chat with handlers

Parbhani ISIS suspects ‘planned recces with bombs’

The charge sheet, of which HT has a copy, states that the suspects made bombs using information from websites sent to them by foreign ISIS handlers

Sheena Bora murder: Indrani’s driver got Rs 5 lakh after murder, says witness

Shyamvar Rai, an accused-turned-approver in the Sheena Bora murder case, received Rs5 lakh from Indrani’s firm after the murder of Sheena and used the money to buy a plot of land in his native place

Peter tried to dissuade Rahul from looking for Sheena

The supplementary charge sheet filed by CBI on Friday included 61 pages containing several e-mails exchanged before and after the death of Sheena Bora between the father and son showing how Peter convinced Rahul to move on with life and stop looking for Sheena.

Indrani tried to kill me twice: Mekhail Bora

HT had earlier reported that Mekhail said Indrani had made an identical attempt on his life on April 24, 2012, the day she allegedly murdered Sheena

Peter to Rahul: Who knows what people can do to save their girl

The charge sheet states that Indrani had told Peter over the phone about choosing the place where she planned to dispose of Sheena’s body

Sheena Bora murder case: Peter knew about the conspiracy, says CBI

Shyamvar Rai, who was the Mukerjeas’ driver, stated that when he had taken Indrani to Raigad to search for a place to dispose of Sheena and Mikhail’s body, Indrani had called Peter and said ‘it is a good place’

Accused in child abuse cases wait years for their trial to start

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 makes it mandatory for the courts to complete the trial of a case related to sexual abuse of minor children within a year. In many cases, however, the special courts have not even begun the trials within a year from the date of taking cognizance of the offence.

Desilting scam: The muck didn’t stop there

BMC road scam: How contractors beat the system

BMC official imposed fine to help contractor: Police

Kishor Yerme, former executive engineer (road works), who had imposed a penalty on a defaulting contractor after the investigation into road scam, did so only to help the contractor get a clean chit in the case, according to the charge sheet filed by the Mumbai police

Desilting scam: The muck didn’t stop there

Former chief engineer arrested in road repairs scam had been suspended after a civic body inquiry into the desilting scam last year, says retired BMC official

BMC road scam: How contractors, officials beat the system

How did several contractors, auditors, engineers and civic body officials get away with the Rs352-crore road repairs scam? They simply found a way around a system meant to keep them honest

Mumbai road scam: charge sheet says contractors pocketed Rs8.52 cr in western suburbs alone

The charge sheet against three Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials on the Rs352.16 crore scam shows that while Rs18.74 crore was allotted to build or repair 11 roads in the western suburbs, the six appointed used just Rs10.22 crore, duping the civic body of Rs8.52 crore

In Mumbai: Sanatan Sanstha seeks probe into finances of Dabholkar’s family, finances of the Samiti

The Sanstha has recently obtained a report on the investigation carried out by the superintendent of the Registrar of Public Trust office, Satara on the MANS through an RTI.

Creative producer Barun Kashyap gets bail in cowhide bag case

On Saturday the court ordered to release Kashyap on cash bond of Rs15,000 and also imposed several conditions on him.

Cowhide bag case: Court likely to decide on Barun Kashyap’s bail plea today

Kashyap’s lawyer, Vijay Hiremath, had moved the bail application, saying that Kashyap had been falsely implicated

Cowhide bag: Court reserves order on Barun Kashyap’s bail plea

The metropolitan magistrate’s court in Andheri on Saturday remanded creative producer Barun

ATS files charge sheet in Parbhani ISIS module case

The Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS) on Friday filed a 3,632-page charge sheet against five accused in the Parbhani ISIS module case.

Gadoli fake encounter: 3 suspects, including police constable, still absconding

Charge sheet includes the statements of 87 witnesses, several documents and CCTV camera footage of the hotel where Gadoli was killed. It includes telephonic conversations between Gadoli’s girlfriend, her mother and others connected to the case

Gadoli’s family not satisfied with investigation

Gadoli’s elder brother Bramhaprakash said the agency was protecting several people and the key accused have still not been arrested

QNET case: Billiards champion Michael Ferreira surrenders before court

Another accused Malcom Desai also surrendered with him

QNET scam: Michael Ferreira seeks day’s time to surrender

Though the special public prosecutor objected to the same, the court allowed the request and told Ferreira that he can surrender either a the police station or in the court

Sheena Bora murder trial to begin next month

Court extends developer Pujit Aggarwal’s police custody till October 1

The magistrate court on Tuesday extended the police custody of Pujit Aggarwal, managing director and chief executive officer of developer firm Orbit Corporation. He was arrested for cheating a financial firm of over Rs50 crore.

I was tortured before arrest: 13/7 blasts accused to court

HT SPECIAL: I was tortured before arrest, 13/7 blasts accused tells court

Haroon Rashid Naik — accused of playing a key role in the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts claims he was subjected to physical torture before he was formally arrested in a fake currency case on August 22, 2011