Crime file: TN girl commits suicide unable to bear separation from lesbian partner; teen girl gang raped at gun point and more

TN girl commits suicide unable to bear separation from lesbian partner

Madurai: Unable to bear the forcible separation from her lesbian partner, a 20-year-old girl on Saturday committed suicide by hanging at her home here.

According to police Radha (20) in her death note had stated, "I suffered insult in the society. I could not forget my friend. Hence I am leaving this world".

Radha and Rani (both names changed) who were friends from childhood had developed lesbian relationship and had fled home on November four after their parents disapproved their relation.

In the wake of Radha's disappearance, her parents not only lodged a missing complaint with police, but also moved Habeas Corpus petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court.

The police who traced Radha at Dindigul along with Rani, brought her to city and handed over to her parents recently. Radha was depressed after she was reprimanded by police and also by her parents, police said.

Next: 15-month-old raped in Delhi, juvenile cousin held

15-month-old raped in Delhi

New Delhi: A toddler was allegedly raped when she was alone in her house in South Delhi's Vasant Vihar area.

The incident took place Friday evening inside an army servant quarter when the 15-month-old girl's mother, who is a domestic help, had gone to visit a relative who lives nearby, police said.

When her mother returned, she found the child bleeding, the police said. Police have detained two persons, including the victim's juvenile cousin, for questioning. The child has been admitted to Safdarjung hospital where her condition is stated to be stable.

Later in the night, a man, who lives in an adjacent servant quarter, was arrested in the case, police said. He was identified as Jagdish, a resident of Bareilly.

Next - UP: Teenage girl gang raped at gunpoint; woman gang raped by landlord's sons

UP: Teenage girl gang raped at gunpoint; woman gang raped by landlord's sons

Meerut: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped at gun point by two neighbours in Jhai village here, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday when the girl had gone to relieve herself in a nearby field where the accused Sajid and Dilshad followed her and gang raped her at gunpoint, they said.

The victim has been sent for medical examination and investigations are going on, they said.

In a separate incident, a woman was allegedly gang raped by her landlord's sons, police said. She was recovered in an unconscious state by her neighbours, who then informed the police.

The incident occurred on Friday when the two accused Bhatan and Satar came to her house for tea and mixed some intoxicant in her beverage. When she fell unconscious, they gang raped her.

A case has been registered and investigations are going on in the case, they said adding that the woman has been admitted to hospital where her treatment is going on. 

Next: Two constables nabbed from sex joint in Hyderabad

Two constables nabbed from sex joint in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Of the three customers who were held by the task force police at a brothel in Banjara Hills on Thursday night, two turned out to be police constables.

Inspector S. Ramachandra Reddy said the two constables Subba Reddy and Vishnu, belong to the 12th battalion of the APSP,  and were found at the brothel.

He said that when they were interrogated, they revealed their identities, and confessed that they were customers at the commercial sex joint.

“When our team entered the sex joint we found these men and later confirmed that they are from the police department. We took them into custody,” the inspector said.

Kids paid to steal cellphones in Hyderabad

On Thursday night cops raided a three storeyed building in Kamalapuri colony at Banjara Hills and rescued five women sex workers and arrested the cops along with a trader named Shobhan.

The brothel owner Srinivas was also arrested. The sex workers who were in their twenties were from places like Hyderabad, Vizag and Mumbai.

The police handed them over to the Banjara Hills police station. They were sent to the rescue home for women later. The Banjara Hills police has registered a case under relevant sections.

Next: US teen sentenced to 15 years for Indian-American's murder

US teen sentenced to 15 years for Indian-American's murder

New York: A US teenager has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for beating to death an Indian-American computer scientist in 2010. 

New Brunswick State Superior Court Judge Bradley Ferencz sentenced Julian Daley to the maximum of 15 years in prison on charges of aggravated manslaughter and conspiracy to commit aggravated assault in the killing of Divyendu Sinha, the My Central New Jersey reported. 

Daley was also sentenced to five years on an unrelated charge of burglary, which would run concurrent to the 15-year-sentence. The judge said Daley must serve 85 per cent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole. 

Daley, who was 16 at the time of the crime, had entered into a plea bargain with the state in exchange for his testimony at other trials. 

Daley was among five teenagers who had been charged in connection with the beating death of Sinha, his wife Alka and two sons as they were out for a late night walk on June 25, 2010, near their home. 

A group of Old Bridge teens punched Sinha in the head, who died three days later at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. His two sons had minor injuries and his wife was not hurt. 

Last month, the other three teens were sentenced to six months each by Ferencz for their roles in the crime. During the sentencing, Sinha's widow said that during the three and a half years she has been in court since her husband's death, "Daley has never said anything that can make me feel that he was remorseful." 

His conduct has shown that he is not someone who liked to follow the rules, "because of his conduct, I became a widow and my sons have no father," she said. She asked the judge to sentence Daley to the maximum sentence allowed under the plea bargain. 

"What I lost, he can't give back," she said. "He had no right to take what I had." Ferencz said he was also not convinced that Daley would not commit any crime again given Daley's history. 

"It is important also to note that there must be a clear, concise message sent to the community that one should be free to walk in one's community, to walk with one’s family, free from physical attack," Ferencz said. 

Terming it a tragedy for both the Sinha and Daley families, the judge said everything he read tells him that "the (Daley) family tried everything in their power to steer him in a different direction, unfortunately, unsuccessfully." 

Dressed in green prison garb, Daley apologised to the Sinha family, his family and the judge saying while his apology will not bring Sinha back, "I hope and pray you can find it in your heart to forgive me some day." 

"I wish I could rewind the clock and undo everything that has happened, but I can't," Daley said.

Next: Mother murders kids, ends life in Andhra Pradesh

Mother murders kids, ends life in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad: A woman ended her life by leaping into a check dam at Mohammadabad in Ranga Reddy district. She killed her two kids too by pushing them into the water.

The reason for her suicide is suspected to be debts and losses incurred in farming.

The victim identified as B. Mallamma, 30, is the wife of Srisailam, a farmer and a resident of Kanchimpalli, Mohammadabad. The couple has two children, Naveen, 7, and Pournami 3.

The farmer couple had recently incurred losses, and Srisailam had borrowed money from relatives because of that. The couple had a debt of about Rs 1 lakh, police said.

Inspector K. Venkataiah said that on Thursday evening at around 3 pm, Mallamma took the kids to Byagarvalli Kadva, a check dam in the village and committed suicide.

“She first pushed her two kids into the water and then jumped in. It was only in the early hours of Friday the bodies were found floating a few meters away from the spot. We reached the spot and took out the bodies,” Venkataiah said.

The couple had complained of a severe financial crisis to their relatives and relatives. However, all their attempts to save the situation failed, the cops said.

A suspicious death case was registered. The bodies were handed over to the family after postmortem.

Next: Junior Tollywood artiste molested

Junior artiste molested

Hyderabad: A junior woman artiste has alleged that she was molested by an assistant manager working on the film sets at her house in Rahamathnagar, Jubilee Hills. The accused Suresh, who is a junior artiste too, has worked in a couple of soaps.

Suresh promised the victim roles in movies and soaps and also informed her about interviews. However, when she learnt about his character, she backed off and started avoiding him.

The 27-year-old victim  was well known to the accused Suresh. About a month ago, the victim who is said to have acted in a few movies in Tollywood, including Rakshasi came into contact with Suresh during a shoot at Shankarpally. It was there he introduced himself to her as an assistant manager. He spoke of her acting skills and also promised her roles in some films.

“The victim who was also waiting for a breakthrough believed him. She used to address him as brother,” Jubilee Hills SI Mahender Reddy said.

Suresh used to call her and ask her to go to various places for interviews.

About 15 days ago, he asked her to attend an interview at Annapurna Studios, which she did not. This angered him.

SI Mahender Reddy said Suresh came to her house drunk on Thursday night when she was alone. When she opened the door, he entered and started arguing with her, the SI said.

“He asked her why she was avoiding him, and later he shut her mouth with his hands and assaulted her. He also bit her on the neck. The victim, who got scared, pushed him and came out screaming. The neighbours came to her rescue,” the SI said.

The locals caught and thrashed him, and handed him over to the police. The victim who sustained minor injuries on her neck was shifted to Osmania General Hospital, and was sent off after treatment at on Friday.

Based on a complaint, a case was registered and Suresh was arrested.

Next: Businessman, son arrested for ‘theft’

Businessman, son arrested for ‘theft’

Kochi: The Thrikkakara police on Friday arrested V.P. Rasheed, the owner of Oriental Timbers and his son Asher Rasheed for allegedly tampering with the sealed package containing Rs 82 lakh unaccounted money seized from their residence during raids by the  Income Tax department.

The senior Rasheed, who has been absconding for the past two weeks, was arrested from his residence.

According to the police, the I-T sleuths had returned the sealed package containing the money to the businessman in accordance with department rules, instructing him not to open the seal or use the money. But they later found the seal broken and Rs 80 lakh missing from the package.

"We had raided Rasheed's timber yard and home last month on a tip-off that he had evaded tax when importing and exporting timber. As he and his family members manhandled and verbally abused us while we were conducting our search, we lodged a complain with the police. But the businessman absconded and was granted bail in that case," said an I-T officer.

The I-T department, however, lodged another complaint with the Thrikkakara police when it found that the sealed package with the seized money had been opened and a large sum taken, leading to their arrest.

Next: Car attacked for man stopping superbikers

Car attacked for man stopping superbikers

Kochi: The car of T.M. Mahesh, whose father apprehended a few super bike racers on Panampilly Nagar on Wednesday, was attacked by a group of youngsters in the wee hours of Thursday. A gang of four youths allegedly damaged his Maruti Zen car by scratching its body and windshield and writing abusive words.

Mahesh's father Mani had stopped a few bikers on Panampilly Nagar and warned them for speeding through the narrow roads. The attack against the car is believed to be revenge taken by the youngsters against their being apprehended at the behest of Mahesh's father.

Mahesh, a resident of Parambithara Road on Panampilly Nagar, said he filed a complaint before the Ernakulam south police station, but the cops were refusing to take action. However, the south sub inspector Gopakumar denied the allegation and said he did not receive any complaint.

The car was parked near a culvert along with three other cars. But only Mahesh's car was attacked.

The area is a den of alcoholics, according to the victim. A gang of 20 youngsters reportedly rule the area, conduct bike stunts and tease women. The attackers are also believed to be members of this gang.

Next: Auto driver held for killing rowdy

Auto driver held for killing rowdy

Chennai: The city police have arr­e­­sted an auto driver and his associates for alle­ge­d­ly burning to death a history-sheeter in a iso­la­­ted area behind TB hos­pital in Otteri in Au­g­ust this year, when the victim failed to pay up.

The deceased, Damo­d­a­r­an, 34, of Namm­alva­r­p­et, who had vanished in August, was into hou­se burglaries along with his partner Dhanas­eka­ran. Nearly six years back, when they were returning by bike after a committing a burglary, they met with an accident in which Dhan­asekaran was grievously injured and died later.

Now, the police have arrested auto driver Sar­a­v­anan, brother of Dh­an­­asekaran, and six others, for burning Damo­da­ran to death three months back.

Saravanan had been col­l­eting money from Da­m­odaran since the death of his brother hol­ding him responsible for the death of his brother and also as share of the booty. Saravanan tho­u­g­ht Damodaran had ne­v­er given the share of bo­o­ty to Dhanasekaran and insisted that he pay him the money.

When Damodaran sta­rted refusing to pay Rs 1 lakh as demanded by Sa­r­a­vanan in August, friction began between the two. However, Sara­van­an managed to convince the deceased to take part in a drinking session be­h­ind the TB hospital along with his friends where Damodaran was stabbed.

“The gang emptied two cans of kerosene over him and set him on fire to make sure that Damodaran was dead,” the police disclosed.

Next: Widow killed for rejecting proposal

Widow killed for rejecting proposal

Kottayam: A widow who rejected the marriage proposal of a young man was hacked to death by him in her house at  Chamappara,  Erattupetta, on Friday.  The accused Subash, 25,  of Kadappuzha,  surrendered  at Erattupetta police station later.

The  woman,  Shahida, 42,  wife of the late Shaji, was  killed in front of her 12-year-old daughter.

Police said that she had  rejected his  proposal several times which had enraged him. Shahida’s husband died two years ago. She was working in a bakery at  Erattupetta.  She has three children, Surumi, Shameer and Shamila.

Next: Rs 25 lakh worth gold burgled from trader’s house

Rs 25 lakh worth gold burgled from trader’s house

Chennai: About 108 sovereigns of gold, worth over Rs 25 lakh, Rs 3 lakh in cash, and silver were reported missing from the house of a fertiliser trader when he and his family went to visit a relative at Madurantakam, in Kanche­epuram district.

According to a complaint from trader Balakrishnan, he left for outstation on Tuesday and on return found that somebody had broken into his house and escaped with the valuables.

He was running the shop in a room in the building where he stayed with his family.

The intruders had gained entry by breaking in through the roof of the house located on Bazaar road in Chonambedu, not very far from the local police station.

He explained that not all the 108 sovereigns gold ornaments belonged to his family as many who bought fertiliser from him sometimes pledged their jewels with him if they didn’t have money to pay for the fertiliser.

Next: Attacked woman is dead

Attacked woman is dead

Hyderabad: The 50-year-old housewife who was attacked by robbers at her house in Budwel, Rajendranagar, died on Friday while under treatment.

The victim K. Chandrakala, is the wife of Prakash Rao, an employee of water works.

Rajendranagar sub-inspector Kanakaiah said that on Tuesday afternoon, as other members of the household were out some people came to the house, attacked her with bricks, and took away her gold ornaments weighing about 50 grams.

“The attackers after injuring her, took away the earrings. Her son who came home found her unconcious and informed the police. She was immediately shifted to the Osmania General Hospital, where she died on Friday.” the inspector said.

Based on a complaint, a case was registered and is being investigated.

The cops are yet to come to a conclusion on whether it was an attempt to murder. There are no eye witnesses to the crime, but the police is working on some clues. The body was shifted to the mortuary and was handed over to the family after postmortem.

Next: Gang held for gambling, cash seized

Gang held for gambling, cash seized

Hyderabad: The police on Friday arrested a gang of five for alleged gambling at the Savera Residency in Panjagutta. The cops recovered Rs 60,000 and playing cards from the gang.

The arrested men were identified as Ajay, a resident of Ameerpet, Babji Rao, a resident of Sainikpuri, Venkatesh, Narayana and Kumar. All of them are working with in private firms.

Inspector Khaleel Pasha said that when the team raided the premises, the gang was found playing cards in a lodge by the side of Big Bazaar. They were arrested and handed over Panjagutta inspector. Polioce said a case was registered under the Prevention of Gaming Act.

Next: PU student kills himself in Bellary

PU student kills himself in Bellary

Bellary:  A first pre-university student of Sri Chaitanya PU College of Bellary who was reportedly depressed, allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the second floor of the college building on Friday.

At first the college staff tried to project the incident as an accident. The incident is said to have occurred at around 10.45 am on Friday.

Sashikumar, a native of Jangamarahalli of Sindhanoor taluk in Raichur district,  was staying at the college hostel. The boy had joined Chaitanya PU College in June this year. According to his classmates, he looked "dull" after his return from his native village on November 5.