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  • 5 Indian-origin men charged with murder

    5 Indian-origin men charged with murder

    NEW JERSEY (TIP): Five Indian-origin men have been charged with murder in the US in connection with the death of a 35-year-old man from India. Sandeep Kumar, 34, of South Ozone Park, New York, was charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the death of Kuldeep Kumar in Manchester Township around October 22, 2024, according to a statement by Ocean County prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police Colonel Patrick Callahan.

    Investigation into Kuldeep’s death revealed that Sandeep acted in concert with other defendants in carrying out Kuldeep Kumar’s murder. Other defendants in the case are Sourav Kumar, 23, Gaurav Singh 27, Nirmal Singh 30, and Gurdeep Singh 22, all from Greenwood, Indiana.

    On December 14, 2024, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit was contacted for a report of a deceased located in the Greenwood Wildlife Management Area of Manchester Township. According to a postmortem examination, the cause of the individual’s death was multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, and the manner of death was homicide. The individual was identified as Kuldeep Kumar.

    Following an investigation, it was revealed Kuldeep had been reported missing by family members on October 26, 2024, and Sourav, Gaurav, Nirmal and Gurdeep acted together and in support of one another in carrying out his murder. They all were charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. They were transported to Johnson County Jail in Franklin, Indiana, where they will remain lodged pending their extradition to New Jersey.

    Sandeep was taken into custody on January 3 and processed at the New Jersey State Police Barracks in Holmdel. Kumar was later transported to the Ocean County Jail, where he is presently lodged pending a detention hearing.
    (Source: PTI)

  • Victory for democracy: Supreme Court of India overturns Chandigarh mayoral poll result

    Exercising its power under Article 142 of the Constitution to do ‘complete justice’, the Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 20, overturned the result of the January 30 Chandigarh mayoral poll — which had witnessed BJP nominee Manoj Sonkar being declared the winner under controversial circumstances — and named AAP-Congress candidate Kuldeep Kumar as the mayor. Ruling that the result declared by returning officer (RO) Anil Masih, a nominated councillor of the BJP, was contrary to law, the court ordered his prosecution for making the ‘false’ statement before the Bench that he had invalidated eight ballot papers because they had been ‘defaced’. With these eight AAP-Congress votes not being counted at that time, the poll outcome had gone the BJP’s way, prompting the alliance to accuse the RO of ballot-tampering.

    The Bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud asserted that in such a case, the top court was duty-bound to ensure that the process of electoral democracy was not allowed to be thwarted by subterfuge. The court’s commendable intervention has undone a grave wrong. The development is a major embarrassment for the BJP, whose attempt to engineer a victory has been scuttled. The INDIA bloc, beset by differences among its constituents, finally has something to cheer about. The AAP-Congress candidate’s victory has underscored the dire need for the Opposition to get its act together in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.

    The verdict is a stark reminder to all stakeholders — political parties, the electorate and the poll authorities at all levels — that the sanctity and fairness of the electoral exercise must always be ensured. Efforts to subvert the mandate are a blot on our democracy and should not be tolerated. Hopefully, the Chandigarh case will serve as a deterrent against the use of unfair means in elections.
    (Tribune, India)