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Time of India
20 hours ago
- Climate
- Time of India
Another day goes by as Delhi waits for monsoon
New Delhi: The southwest monsoon did not reach the city even on Friday, June 27, which is the normal date of its arrival in Delhi. The weather department now expects the monsoon to arrive in Delhi and cover a small area of northwest India within the next two-three days. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The Met had forecast the early arrival of the monsoon in Delhi. However, all that the city is getting is drizzling or trace-level rain, too low to be recorded in patches. The city didn't receive any rain on Friday. According to , the northern limit of the monsoon continues to pass through parts of Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana. An anti-cyclonic circulation is barring it from entering Delhi and the surrounding areas of National Capital Region, officials earlier explained. "Conditions are becoming favourable for the further advance of the southwest monsoon over the remaining parts of the country during the next two-three days," IMD stated. The southwest monsoon has covered most parts of the country, barring parts of northwest India, including Delhi, parts of west Rajasthan, south Haryana and parts of west UP. Delhi experienced a humid Thursday with a heat index or 'feel-like' temperature of 48.6 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature at base station Safdarjung was 39.1 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal, against 38 degrees a day earlier. The humidity oscillated between 54% and 81%. The maximum temperature on Saturday is expected to be 35-37 degrees Celsius, with the Met issuing a yellow alert for Saturday and Sunday, expecting rain and thunderstorms. The air quality remained satisfactory again, with AQI, on a scale of 0 to 500, at 76 against 95 a day earlier.
Metro
a day ago
- Metro
Teenager shot dead in north London sparking murder investigation
An 18-year-old boy has been shot dead in a residential area of Enfield, north London. Police were called to Great Enfield Road shortly before 9pm after people called 999 reporting hearing gunshot sounds. Paramedics who attended alongside officers treated the teenager at the scene and took him to hospital, where he received further treatment but died from his wounds. The road remains closed while detectives carry out enquiries, with no arrests made so far. The Met reassured the public the shooting was an 'isolated incident' and that there will be an 'increased police presence' in the area over the coming days. Detective Chief Superintendent Caroline Haines, who leads policing in Enfield, said: 'I am saddened to hear that a young man lost his life last night. My thoughts are with his family and friends who will be processing this news today. More Trending 'We want to reassure the community that this appears to be an isolated incident and a thorough investigation is underway. 'The safety of the public remains one of our highest priorities. We are working tirelessly to ensure that those responsible are held to account. 'I would like to send my thanks to the community now, as there will be an increased police presence while we carry out enquiries over the next few days. Your patience is greatly appreciated. 'An incident like this is deeply concerning to members of the community, and we recognise that some may feel effected. Please do approach any of our officers who are in the local area, they will be happy to provide support to you.' Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ Or you can submit your videos and pictures here. For more stories like this, check our news page. Follow on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. MORE: Ecuador's most wanted Narco found cowering under kitchen counter MORE: Child who was strip searched at school worried she 'will never feel normal again' MORE: Woman in her 40s stabbed to death just yards away from London Stadium
Metro
a day ago
- Metro
Child who was strip searched at school worried she ‘will never feel normal'
A woman who was strip searched as a child at school has said she will 'never feel normal again' after two officers were sacked. Child Q, who was 15 at the time, was strip-searched by female Met officers in 2020 after she was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis at her east London school. Later it emerged that she was also on her period, with the girl, who is now an adult, saying she felt 'demeaned'. A tribunal has since found the actions of two police officers involved amounted to gross misconduct, describing the incident as 'unjustified and humiliating'. Trainee Det Con Kristina Linge and PC Rafal Szmydynski were sacked, while PC Victoria Wray was given a final warning. In a statement through her lawyers, Child Q said: 'Someone walked into the school, where I was supposed to feel safe, took me away from the people who were supposed to protect me and stripped me naked, while on my period. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'I can't go a single day without wanting to scream, shout, cry or just give up. I don't know if I'm going to feel normal again. 'But I do know this can't happen to anyone, ever again.' Child Q did not give evidence at the hearing due to the psychological damage of the strip search, but said she felt 'demeaned and physically violated'. Child Q's mother said in a statement: 'Professionals wrongly treated my daughter as an adult and as a criminal and she is a changed person as a result. Was it because of her skin? Her hair? Why her? 'After waiting more than four years I have come every day to the gross misconduct hearing for answers and although I am relieved that two of the officers have been fired I believe that the Metropolitan Police still has a huge amount of work to do if they are to win back the confidence of Black Londoners.' The officers involved had failed to acquire proper authorisation at sergeant level which went against the force's policy. The panel has heard that black schoolchildren were more likely to be treated as adults rather than their white peers. But neither age or race were found to be a factor in the way the search was conducted. Cdr Kevin Southworth said in a statement: 'The experience of Child Q should never have happened and was truly regrettable. 'We have sincerely apologised to Child Q since this incident happened. 'Again, I am deeply sorry to Child Q and her family for the trauma that we caused her, and the damage this incident caused to the trust and confidence black communities across London have in our officers.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Woman in her 40s stabbed to death just yards away from London Stadium MORE: Sword attacker who murdered schoolboy in rampage jailed for at least 40 years MORE: Hero officer who ended samurai killer rampage had 'no time for fear'
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Mystery of Disneyland ‘child marriage' paedo Jacky Jhaj's hidden fortune as not even COPS know how he funds sick stunts
COPS still don't know how the convicted paedo who staged a 'fake wedding' to a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris is paying for his sick stunts, a court heard today. Jaskarn "Jacky" Jhaj's bizarre mock marriage involved booking out part of the theme park and is believed to have cost him more than €130,000 (£110,000). 9 Jaskarn "Jacky" Jhaj is a convicted paedophile wanted by the Met Credit: MET Police 9 In a sick stunt he faked a marriage in Disneyland Paris with a 9-year-old Credit: 9 Disneyland is a popular holiday destination for children Cops were called to the vile event on Saturday by an actor hired to play the dad of the nine-year-old Ukrainian bride flown out two days before the vile "wedding". Around 100 extras had been hired to pose as congregation members, with the wedding thought to have been filmed by wannabe director Jhaj. He is currently being held by French cops on fraud, identity theft and money laundering charges. The 39-year-old is a convicted paedophile currently wanted by Scotland Yard for breaching court orders imposed when he was caged for four years in 2016 for molesting two 15-year-old girls. Jhaj, who changed his name by deed poll last August to 'London JA', was last seen leaving the UK for Milan in November. This morning, cops told a judge at Isleworth Crown Court in West London that the creep organised fake movie shoots and a Leicester Square film premiere costing thousands of pounds to get close to underage girls. But the authorities - who were at court to beef-up a sexual harm prevention order aimed at stopping Jhaj from having contact with kids - still have no idea how the fame-obsessed paedo is funding his stunts. Benedict Scantlebury, representing the Metropolitan Police, said: 'I can't make any submissions as to the provenance of his wealth. 'But he's a man who clearly seems to have the ability to draw on significant sums of money and he's willing to use that money to spend hundreds of thousands.' He had registered multiple firms with Companies House to arrange and pay for his films, naming as directors people who 'do not appear to be genuine'. Mr Scantlebury said the police wanted to close a loophole in Jhaj's existing sexual harm prevention order that meant he could hire child actors for his stunts as long as they are accompanied by a chaperone. Moment convicted paedophile wandering street with girl, 6, is snared by cops His long history of bizarre stunts includes renting out the Odeon in Leicester Square for a fake film premiere in October 2023, hiring hundreds of kids to act as his fawning fans. Some of the children, who had been hired from casting agencies, were in primary school. Teen girls said they'd been asked to scream for him and try to touch him. Two years earlier - in 2021 - cops were called over concerns about his behaviour towards a 'young girl' on set. A 999 caller told police Jhaj 'tried to get himself and the female actress in a room together', adding that he left in a hurry saying 'I think I'm about to get arrested.' 9 Jhaj, features in a two-hour film uploaded online called "Dangerous Sexual Predator" 9 Jhaj previously held a similar event in which he hired young girls to pretend to faint as he walked up and down a red carpet in Leicester Square A trailer from the film - shown to the court this morning - showed Jhaj apparently firing a machine gun from the top of an armoured car at National Trust-owned mansion Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. Jhaj hired around 100 mourners to attend a fake funeral at Brompton Cemetery, West London, in March 2024. He'd booked using a fake name and the actors - including young girls - were unaware he was a sex offender. Three months later, in June, he pulled up in a rented Bugatti supercar outside a dance school in Tower Hamlets, East London, handing out gifts to the students, aged between eight and 14. Jhaj had hired a choreographer to go into the school earlier in the day and hold auditions for another fake production. Then in August 2024 he staged a bizarre shoot near the O2 that saw him blow up a mocked-up BBC News-branded lorry while completely naked. Firefighters were called to the massive blast. On Friday, the court was told: 'The crew did not know that he would be naked during the shoot, and one of the drone operators filming the shoot had his children present at the scene.' Jhaj is suspected of uploading videos from his stunts online using anonymous bot accounts on social media sites. Giving evidence at Isleworth Crown Court this morning, Detective Constable Andy Hawes of the Metropolitan Police said he had 'no doubt' the sicko was also responsible for a two hour YouTube video from 2020 showing the topless pervert driving around picking up girls outside schools. One of the girls was in school uniform. The dash cam-shot video described Jhaj in a title card as a 'dangerous sexual predator' and it promised: 'This footage has never before been seen. Until now.' DC Hawes said blowing up a lorry at the O2 was a 'display of defiance towards the authorities'. 9 A disturbing advert used to rope in children for the fake wedding Credit: Facebook 9 A band for the fake guests as the wedding Credit: Instagram/bfmtv And the other bizarre stunts betrayed his sense of 'gratuitous entitlement'. The detective added: 'He surrounds himself with children. He enjoys their attention. He wants their affection. 'Thankfully, when he has hired casting agencies to provide children it is their legal requirement to provide chaperones.' He said: 'All of the stunts or the most recent ones are done in alias names, some wearing prosthetics, so in the future he can regale these stories to other females without it being linked to his true identity.' On Friday, a judge was told that perv Jhaj has never admitted what he does is wrong and has refused to take part in sex offender workshops aimed at treating his sick obsession with kids. Probation officers have previously flagged him as posing a 'grooming risk to female children' and required him to take polygraph - lie detector - tests, police said. Jhaj, of Feltham, West London, was first convicted in 2016 - when he was jailed for four years for molesting two 15-year-old girls he'd tricked into thinking he was a bigshot film producer. He later staged a video of him allegedly being mobbed by adoring teens - played by actors - while coming out of prison. Last July, he got a let-off £500 fine after he admitted breaching sex offender register notification requirements by failing to tell cops about a new passport. He was last seen by cops in November 2024, when he told officers at Hampstead police station that he would be flying to Munich on November 10 and returning the next day. Jhaj in fact jetted to Milan, Italy, and has not been seen since - although he is currently wanted for breaching court orders. The cop responsible for investigating the paedo producer, DC Hawes, said this morning: 'There have been extensive checks and at borders, airlines, all means of trying to locate Mr Jhaj but no success.' 9 A massive fireball near the O2 saw black smoke float across the Thames Credit: X 9 Jhaj (left) walked away from the fire while being naked Credit: Twitter/@gale_hunte He eventually emerged last Saturday, when he was arrested at Disneyland Paris over the sick wedding prank. Mr Hawes told the court: 'This morning, I took a phone call from the National Crime Agency in Paris who stated that Mr Jhaj has been remanded for four months pending a trial. 'He has lodged an application for bail, which has to be heard within 20 days.' On Friday, Judge Martin Edmunds - who said he'd learnt of Jhaj's arrest from news reports - ruled the case could go ahead in his absence. He stressed that the fake wedding in France was not part of the evidence supporting the police's application to extend the Londoner's sexual harm prevention order. But the judge added: 'I am not in a position to determine the rights or wrongs of the events at Disneyland nor do I purport to do so. 'But I do note they appear similar to other attention seeking stunts which are the subject of this application.' He extended the sexual harm prevention order for a decade and updated its requirements, banning Jhaj from unsupervised contact with kids without prior approval from the cops. In his ruling, Judge Edmunds said: 'The total absence of any evidence showing that the defendant is seeking to address appropriately his preoccupation with children means that a lengthy order is necessary.' He added: 'The stunts show absurd, grandiose thinking, access to very substantial funds to feed his attention-seeking behaviour, and persistent work to generate the illusion that he is a film maker.'
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Mystery of Disneyland ‘child marriage' paedo Jacky Jhaj's hidden fortune as not even COPS know how he funds sick stunts
COPS still don't know how the convicted paedo who staged a 'fake wedding' to a nine-year-old girl at Disneyland Paris is paying for his sick stunts, a court heard today. 9 Jaskarn "Jacky" Jhaj is a convicted paedophile wanted by the Met Credit: MET Police 9 In a sick stunt he faked a marriage in Disneyland Paris with a 9-year-old Credit: 9 Disneyland is a popular holiday destination for children Cops were Around He is currently being held by French cops on fraud, identity theft and money laundering charges. The 39-year-old is a Read more on UK News Jhaj, who changed his name by deed poll last August to 'London JA', was last seen leaving the UK for Milan in November. This morning, cops told a judge at Isleworth Crown Court in West London that the creep organised fake movie shoots and a Leicester Square film premiere costing thousands of pounds to get close to underage girls. But the authorities - who were at court to beef-up a sexual harm prevention order aimed at stopping Jhaj from having contact with kids - still have no idea how the Benedict Scantlebury, representing the Metropolitan Police, said: 'I can't make any submissions as to the provenance of his wealth. Most read in The Sun 'But he's a man who clearly seems to have the ability to draw on significant sums of money and he's willing to use that money to spend hundreds of thousands.' He had registered multiple firms with Companies House to arrange and pay for his films, naming as directors people who 'do not appear to be genuine'. Mr Scantlebury said the police wanted to close a loophole in Jhaj's existing sexual harm prevention order that meant he could hire child actors for his stunts as long as they are accompanied by a chaperone. Moment convicted paedophile wandering street with girl, 6, is snared by cops His long history of bizarre stunts includes renting out the Odeon in Leicester Square for a fake film premiere in October 2023, hiring hundreds of kids to act as his fawning fans. Some of the children, who had been hired from casting agencies, were in primary school. Teen girls said they'd been asked to scream for him and try to touch him. Two years earlier - in 2021 - cops were called over concerns about his behaviour towards a 'young girl' on set. A 999 caller told police Jhaj 'tried to get himself and the female actress in a room together', adding that he left in a hurry saying 'I think I'm about to get arrested.' 9 Jhaj, features in a two-hour film uploaded online called "Dangerous Sexual Predator" 9 Jhaj previously held a similar event in which he hired young girls to pretend to faint as he walked up and down a red carpet in Leicester Square A trailer from the film - shown to the court this morning - showed Jhaj apparently firing a machine gun from the top of an armoured car at National Trust-owned mansion Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire. Jhaj hired around 100 mourners to attend a fake funeral at Brompton Cemetery, West London, in March 2024. He'd booked using a fake name and the actors - including young girls - were unaware he was a sex offender. Three months later, in June, he pulled up in a rented Bugatti supercar outside a dance school in Tower Hamlets, East London, handing out gifts to the students, aged between eight and 14. Jhaj had hired a choreographer to go into the school earlier in the day and hold auditions for another fake production. Then in August 2024 he staged a bizarre shoot near the On Friday, the court was told: 'The crew did not know that he would be naked during the shoot, and one of the drone operators filming the shoot had his children present at the scene.' Jhaj is suspected of uploading videos from his stunts online using anonymous bot accounts on social media sites. Giving evidence at Isleworth Crown Court this morning, Detective Constable Andy Hawes of the Metropolitan Police said he had 'no doubt' the sicko was also responsible for a two hour YouTube video from 2020 showing the topless pervert driving around picking up girls outside schools. One of the girls was in school uniform. The dash cam-shot video described Jhaj in a title card as a 'dangerous sexual predator' and it promised: 'This footage has never before been seen. Until now.' DC Hawes said blowing up a lorry at the O2 was a 'display of defiance towards the authorities'. 9 A disturbing advert used to rope in children for the fake wedding Credit: Facebook 9 A band for the fake guests as the wedding Credit: Instagram/bfmtv And the other bizarre stunts betrayed his sense of 'gratuitous entitlement'. The detective added: 'He surrounds himself with children. He enjoys their attention. He wants their affection. 'Thankfully, when he has hired casting agencies to provide children it is their legal requirement to provide chaperones.' He said: 'All of the stunts or the most recent ones are done in alias names, some wearing prosthetics, so in the future he can regale these stories to other females without it being linked to his true identity.' On Friday, a judge was told that perv Jhaj has never admitted what he does is wrong and has refused to take part in sex offender workshops aimed at treating his sick obsession with kids. Probation officers have previously flagged him as posing a 'grooming risk to female children' and required him to take polygraph - lie detector - tests, police said. Jhaj, of Feltham, West London, was first convicted in 2016 - when he was jailed for four years for molesting two 15-year-old girls he'd tricked into thinking he was a bigshot film producer. He later staged a video of him allegedly being mobbed by adoring teens - played by actors - while coming out of prison. Last July, he got a let-off £500 fine after he admitted breaching sex offender register notification requirements by failing to tell cops about a new passport. He was last seen by cops in November 2024, when he told officers at Hampstead police station that he would be flying to Munich on November 10 and returning the next day. Jhaj in fact jetted to Milan, Italy, and has not been seen since - although he is currently wanted for breaching court orders. The cop responsible for investigating the paedo producer, DC Hawes, said this morning: 'There have been extensive checks and at borders, airlines, all means of trying to locate Mr Jhaj but no success.' 9 A massive fireball near the O2 saw black smoke float across the Thames Credit: X 9 Jhaj (left) walked away from the fire while being naked Credit: Twitter/@gale_hunte He eventually emerged last Saturday, when he was arrested at Disneyland Paris over the sick wedding prank. Mr Hawes told the court: 'This morning, I took a phone call from the National Crime Agency in Paris who stated that Mr Jhaj has been remanded for four months pending a trial. 'He has lodged an application for bail, which has to be heard within 20 days.' On Friday, Judge Martin Edmunds - who said he'd learnt of Jhaj's arrest from news reports - ruled the case could go ahead in his absence. He stressed that the fake wedding in France was not part of the evidence supporting the police's application to extend the Londoner's sexual harm prevention order. But the judge added: 'I am not in a position to determine the rights or wrongs of the events at Disneyland nor do I purport to do so. 'But I do note they appear similar to other attention seeking stunts which are the subject of this application.' He extended the sexual harm prevention order for a decade and updated its requirements, banning Jhaj from unsupervised contact with kids without prior approval from the cops. In his ruling, Judge Edmunds said: 'The total absence of any evidence showing that the defendant is seeking to address appropriately his preoccupation with children means that a lengthy order is necessary.' He added: 'The stunts show absurd, grandiose thinking, access to very substantial funds to feed his attention-seeking behaviour, and persistent work to generate the illusion that he is a film maker.'
