Women
leader of Imran Khan's PTI gunned down
Karachi, May 19 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen shot dead a local female politician from the cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's party outside her home
here. Zahra Shahid Hussain was Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)'s senior vice-president
of women's wing in the Sindh province. Two attackers on a motorcycle shot her in the affluent Defence Housing Authority
area before fleeing the spot. Hussain, who was seriously wounded, died on her way to the hospital.
Four Maoist
sympathisers held
Gumla, May 19 (ANI): Police has arrested four cadres of the People's Liberation Front of India
(PLFI), who were acting as messengers of the Maoists in Gumla district of
Jharkhand. Inspector of Police of Gumla district Amitesh Hussain said the
sympathisers used to pass on the information of the police movement to their
commander Sanjay Tiger. The police had been conducting several search operations in various districts
to catch the Maoists who had convinced the local people to help them with money.
UP: 42 policemen booked
in terror suspect's murder
case
Barabanki, May 19 (ANI): As many as42 Uttar Pradesh policemen, including some top officers, were
today booked for the alleged murder of Khalid Mujahid, an accused of the serial blasts in the state in 2007.
The state government has ordered a CBI probe. Khalid Mujahid, prime accused
of the blasts, which rocked courts in the state, died while being escorted to a
prison after a court hearing on Saturday. He fainted on his way back to the prison at Lucknow after
the hearing in the court at Faizabad. He is believed to have died en
route when the police van ferrying him was passing through Barabanki. Mujahid was accused in the blasts that took place in the courts complex at Faizabad and
Gorakhpur.
Hundreds run for women's safety in capital
New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): Hundreds persons participated in a marathon to raise awareness about women safety
here today. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and
entrepreneur-politician Naveen Jindal flagged off the marathon. Sheila Dikshit said the marathon aimed at taking adequate steps to improve the status of women. Social
activist Kiran Bedi was also addressed the participants. She said with the implementation of police cadet scheme, the crime rate in
the city was likely to reduce.