Crime Watch – Newsletter for December 27, 2010

Judge Sen’s case with enlightened reason: Academicians

NEW DELHI – Expressing shock at the Chhattisgarh court’s judgment on rights activist and doctor Binayak Sen, academicians across the country and abroad issued a statement Monday condemning the life sentence and said that his case must be judged with “enlightened reason”.

Raipur district and sessions court Dec 24 sentenced Sen to life imprisonment …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Judge Sen’s case with enlightened reason: Academicians.

Pakistan food aid programme halted after suicide attack

WASHINGTON – A UN agency has temporarily shutdown its food aid programme in Pakistan’s restive tribal region after a suicide bomb attack on one of its posts killed 46 people.

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the World Food Program (WFP), which has four ration distribution centres in Bajaur tribal region to feed up …. Source  : Pakistan food aid programme halted after suicide attack.

Six militants killed in Pakistan drone attack

ISLAMABAD – At least six militants were killed in a fresh drone attack in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region Monday, official sources said.

The US unmanned aircraft fired four missiles at a car at about 9 a.m. in Shair Tala, 15 km from Mir Ali town, killing six militants, Online news agency reported quoting official … Read more : Six militants killed in Pakistan drone attack.

Maoists torch houses of three CPI-M supporters in West Bengal

KOLKATA – Armed Maoists torched houses of three supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in two villages of West Midnapore district in West Bengal late Sunday night, police said.

Two Maoists along with some members of the pro-rebel People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) activists raided the Bachurkhoire and Nubasai villages and set … Read more »».

Little evidence on who planned, killed Benazir: Pakistani daily

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has “little conclusive evidence about who planned or perpetrated the assassination” of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, a leading Pakistani daily said.

An editorial in the Dawn Monday said: “…Benazir Bhutto fell victim to an organised terrorist attack after a rally in Rawalpindi`s Liaquat Bagh, it is difficult not to juxtapose the … Read more >>.

Four Turkish engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan

KABUL – Four Turkish engineers and their driver were kidnapped Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, an official said.

Unknown gunmen abducted the engineers in Patan, a district in Paktia province, which borders Pakistan.
“Four Turkish engineers working with a border police unit were kidnapped along with their Afghan driver and have been taken away to an …. Read the original article  : Four Turkish engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan.

US drone attack counter-productive: Pakistani PM

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday condemned US drone attacks in the country’s restive northwest, terming them counter-productive in the fight against terrorism.

Gilani said that the drone attacks were increasing Pakistan’s problems instead of solving them and asked the US to provide the drone technology to Pakistan so that it could …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : US drone attack counter-productive: Pakistani PM.

UN chief slams Pakistan suicide attack

NEW YORK – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon slammed a suicide bombing in Pakistan which killed 46 people at a food distribution centre, according to an overnight statement Sunday.

“He unequivocally condemns this abhorrent act of terrorism aimed at innocent people,” said the statement from Ban. He sent his “heartfelt condolences” to Pakistan.
A suspected … Read more >>.

Toll in Pakistan suicide attack rises to 46

ISLAMABAD – At least 46 people were killed and around 100 injured in Saturday’s suicide bombing carried out by a suspected female attacker in Pakistan’s restive tribal region, a government official said Sunday.

The bomber detonated her explosives in a crowd receiving food at a distribution centre run by UN World Food Programme (WFP) in … Original article on : Toll in Pakistan suicide attack rises to 46.

CRPF trooper killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack

RAIPUR – A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed Sunday in an attack by Maoists in the jungle areas of Chhattisgarhs restive Bastar region, police said.

The killing was reported from Konta area in Dantewada, some 480 km south of capital Raipur.
“When a CRPF contingent was on a search drive, a bullet …. Read the original article  : CRPF trooper killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack.

Explosives, bullets found in Bangladesh

DHAKA – Bangladesh authorities have seized explosives, bullets, hand grenades and propaganda material allegedly left behind by Indian militants in a village on this country’s northeastern border with India, a media report said Sunday.

The seizure Saturday by the Bangladesh Border Guard came a week after the discovery of about 13,000 bullets.
The seized items … Read : Explosives, bullets found in Bangladesh.