![]() In the US, one of the two police officers who assaulted the 57-year-old Indian man in Alabama has been arrested. Addressing a press conference, Larry Muncey, the Madison City Chief of Police said that Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI will also be conducting a probe into the matter to find out if there were any federal violations in the incident. Muncey also apologised to the victim Sureshbhai Patel and his family for the assault by two police officers, without any provocation. Madison City Chief of Police also proposed termination of police officer Parker, who has been arrested for third-degree assault. On the 6th of this month, Patel was violently assaulted by the police officials without any provocation that left him partially paralysed. His family has filed a lawsuit. Patel family's attorney Henry F Sherrod said that they are suing the city of Madison and two police officers for assaulting Patel without any basis. Several Indian-American organisations and rights bodies not only condemned the brutality but also demanded action against the police official. |
Rouhani wins Iran's Presidential election Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani won Iran's presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need of a second round run-off.Interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on state television that Rouhani secured just over 50 percent of the ballot based on a 72 percent turnout of 50 million eligible voters. Mr Hassan Rouhani ... got the absolute majority of votes and was elected as president," Najjar said. Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, a hard-line conservative, lagged behind with about 16 percent of the votes. Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, he too a hard-line conservative, earned 11 percent. The voter turnout was 72.7 percent. President-elect Hassan Rohani, sixty four years old, is known as a moderate conservative. He has been stressing the need to improve ties with Western nations, and is back...

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