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Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad, Ghulam fired with intent to kill, says FIR

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Lucknow: The FIR lodged soon after the encounter with Asad Ahmad, son of gangster Atiq Ahmad, and shooter Ghulam in Jhansi, says that the police tried to catch the two accused alive.
The encounter took place on Thursday.
The FIR says, “Just as we instructed our car driver to overtake the motorcycles the two accused were trying to flee in, and loudly asked them to stop, they accelerated and tried to take a turn at a side road to escape, though another team had already surrounded them.”

The two were repeatedly warned but they did not stop and their motorcycles slipped and fell near a babool tree.
“Asad and Ghulam took cover, started abusing the police and fired with the intent to kill,” it added.
The police said they stopped their vehicle, took cover, and walked into their firing range to try to capture the two alive ‘without caring for their safety’.
They had to shoot back as the accused started firing indiscriminately, the police said, adding that the firing from the other side stopped after a while when they inched closer and found Asad and Ghulam injured.
“They still showed signs of life, so we immediately sent them to a hospital in two separate ambulances, but later found out that they had died,” the FIR said.

Pistols, bullet shells, live bullets, motorcycles, and other evidence were collected from the spot, the report stated.
The police said that they were told by an informant on April 13, that Asad and Ghulam were in Jhansi, after which they started laying a dragnet.
Asad and Ghulam were spotted approaching on two unnumbered Bajaj Discovery motorcycles from Chirgaon town in Jhansi, after which the police chased them for 1.5 km.
Asad’s body will be received by his maternal family and will be taken to a family graveyard at Kasari Masari in Prayagraj for burial in the afternoon or early evening.
Atiq Ahmed and his family came under the scanner as CCTV footage showed that Umesh Pal was murdered by indiscriminate firing and a bomb blast in Prayagraj on February 24.
Asad, 19, was seen chasing Umesh Pal with a gun in hand in the footage.
Asad, who has no criminal record, was not named in the FIR lodged immediately after the killing of Umesh Pal. His name surfaced during the investigation, the police said.
Both Asad and Ghulam had a reward of Rs 5 lakh on their heads.
Umesh Pal, the key witness in the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal murder case, and his police security guards Raghavendra Singh and Sandeep Nishad, were also shot dead outside his home in Dhoomanganj on February 24.
With Thursday’s encounter, four people linked to Umesh Pal’s murder have so far been gunned down. Police are still looking for Guddu Muslim, who allegedly lobbed a bomb during the shooting, and another alleged shooter, Sabir.
The FIR said Guddu Muslim had also gone to Jhansi immediately after Umesh Pal’s murder and stayed at the house of one Satish Pandey.
According to police sources, Asad Ahmad had fled to Lucknow after the killing of Umesh Pal. He later moved to Kanpur and then Meerut before reaching Delhi, it is learnt. He then decided to flee to Madhya Pradesh. He reached Jhansi and was on his way to the state border on a bike when police intercepted him. Asad was reportedly in disguise.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 14, 2023
UAE,Vietnam sign joint declaration of intent to launch CEPA negotiations

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Abu Dhabi: The UAE and Vietnam signed a joint declaration of intent to launch talks on establishing a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two countries.
The declaration was signed by Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade; and Nguyen Hong Dien, Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade, during a visit by a Vietnamese delegation to the UAE.
During his meeting with the Vietnamese minister, Al Zeyoudi underlined the strong and solid bilateral relations between the UAE and Vietnam, which continue to grow in all fields, particularly trade and the economy.

The launch of CEPA negotiations is the result of a shared aspiration on the part of both governments to elevate the existing trade and economic ties to new heights.
Al Zeyoudi said, “The UAE is Vietnam’s number one Arab trade partner, accounting for 39 percent of its total trade with the Arab countries. The volume of non-oil trade between the two sides reached AED 29.4 billion (around US$8 billion) in 2022. The trade in goods other than mobile phones and their accessories, which grew to 46 percent from less than 36 percent in 2019, is promising. It totalled AED 13.5 billion (over US$3.5 billion) last year, up 9 percent from 2021, and with a 34 and 26 percent growth from 2020 and 2019 respectively.”
He added, “We look forward to strengthening our economic and trade partnerships through the UAE’s global economic partnerships programme, especially since Vietnam is our largest trade partner in the ASEAN as of 2022. We are pleased to begin the process towards signing a CEPA. The agreement will boost economic and trade cooperation in unprecedented ways, support the private sector’s access to both markets, and drive new investment opportunities, which will result in a higher volume of trade exchanges.”
Both sides addressed promoting joint collaboration in the fields of trade, investment, economy, industry, energy, logistics, agriculture, and infrastructure as the CEPA process unfolds.
During the meeting, Al Zeyoudi highlighted the UAE’s success in creating an environment rich with promising investment opportunities in various sectors.

The comprehensive development of the UAE’s economic legislation, which enabled full foreign ownership of companies and significantly enhanced the ease of doing business, has reinforced the country’s position as a global hub for trade and investment, he noted.
Furthermore, Al Zeyoudi urged the Vietnamese private sector to take advantage of the UAE’s NextGenFDI initiative, which offers a wide array of incentives to participants. These include relocation support; easy access to bank financing and commercial and residential rental incentives; and expedited business set up process and issuance of licences, visas, and golden visas, which ensure a smoother market entry process for management and employees.
Vietnam’s Minister of Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said there was huge “potential and opportunities from the agreement for both countries. The UAE has strengths as a trans-shipment, financial and logistics centre, while Vietnam is also becoming a factory for many crucial, global industries”.
“The combination of the two countries’ competitive advantage will create momentum for trade and investment growth in the near future,” he said. The Minister announced that Vietnam had completed a feasibility study on a future agreement, which they viewed as important preparation ahead of deciding on the start of negotiations. He said that Vietnam also appreciated the technical teams’ timely discussions on the draft Terms of Reference (TOR) of this agreement, which means that the two sides can start on the substantive negotiation phase immediately after the negotiating mandate is approved by the Leaders.
The UAE’s investments in Vietnam total AED 260 million (US$71 million). Leading UAE companies with investments in the Vietnamese market include DP World, Emirates Investment Authority, Mubadala, and Borouge.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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April 7, 2023
Moving hand over minor’s back without sexual intent is not outraging modesty: HC

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Mumbai: Merely moving a hand over the back and head of a minor girl without any sexual intent does not amount to outraging her modesty, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court remarked while quashing the conviction of a 28-year-old man.
The case dates back to 2012 when the convict, then 18 years old, was booked on charges of outraging the modesty of a 12-year-old girl.
According to the victim, the accused had moved his hand on her back and head and commented that she had grown up.
The order was passed on February 10 and was made available on March 13.
A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre, while setting aside the conviction, noted there was no sexual intent on the part of the convict and that his utterance indicate he had seen the victim as a child.
“In order to outrage the modesty of a woman, what is most important is having the intention to outrage the modesty. It is not the case of the prosecution that the accused did something more than what has been alleged, that is, moving his hand over the back and head of the victim.
“Neither the victim girl aged 12-13 years spoke of any bad intention on his part, but what she deposed is she felt bad or indicating some unpleasant act, which made her uncomfortable,” the judge said in the order.
The HC further said the prosecution failed to produce any material to show there was a specific intention on part of the appellant to outrage the modesty of the girl.
“In absence of a specific intention being established by the prosecution to outrage the modesty, it is not understood as to how Section 354 has been invoked and even held to be proved, with the specific version that the victim was frightened at the accused touching her on her back and saying that she has grown up,” the court said.
The utterance by the accused definitely indicates he had seen her as a child and, hence, he said that she has grown up, the bench added.
As per the prosecution, on March 15, 2012, the appellant, who was then 18 years old, visited the victim’s house when she was alone to give some documents.

He then touched her back and head and said she has grown up, and the girl got uncomfortable and shouted for help, as per the prosecution.
The man, who was convicted by the trial court and sentenced to six months in jail, had filed an appeal against the order in HC.
In its order, the HC said the trial court had erred as the present case, prima facie, appeared to be an impromptu action with no sexual intent.
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March 14, 2023
UP: Court sentences 4 to life imprisonment for assault with intent to kill case

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Gonda: A court here on Thursday sentenced four people to life imprisonment in a 20-year-old case of assault with intent to kill.
Special Judge (SC-ST Act) Nasir Ahmed-III awarded the sentence to Ram Karan, Umashankar Singh, Ashok Singh and Pawan.
On July 18, 2003, Tirath was working on a leased land in Shivpura village in Motiganj area of Gonda district, when they opened fire on him with the intention of killing him, Special Public Prosecutor Krishna Pratap Singh said.
Tirath was seriously injured in this incident and a woman, named Kalavati, a resident of his village, was also injured.
Singh said that the judge after hearing both parties, convicted all the four and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
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February 16, 2023