Crime file: 7-yr-old girl stabbed to death at railway station; Man rapes ex-wife, robs her of Rs 13 lakh, and more
Pictures: Psychopath attacks girl with a knife at Secunderabad Railway Station.
7-yr-old girl stabbed to death at railway station
Hyderabad: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly stabbed to death by a youth at Secunderabad Railway Station here on Tuesday, Government Railway Police (GRP) said.
The incident occurred at around 11.30 AM when the victim Priyadarshini was waiting with her mother on platform no.10 as her father Srinivas went to buy train tickets to board the Rajkot Express to attend a marriage at Solapur in Maharashtra, they said.
Srinivas saw a man, in his 20s, attacking his daughter with a knife on her face, neck and back and raised an alarm. He ran towards his daughter to rescue her even as the assailant pushed her aside and ran away.
However, the assailant was subsequently caught by police, a GRP official investigating the case said. The girl, who received multiple stab injuries in the attack, died on way to hospital.
The youth, identified as one Kumar, was taken into custody and was being questioned over the incident, the GRP official said adding that Secunderabad GRP registered a case of murder and were investigating.
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Next: Man rapes ex-wife; runs away with cash, jewellery
Man rapes ex-wife; runs away with cash, jewellery
Thane: A 42-year-old man allegedly raped his divorced wife and took away her cash and jewellery worth around Rs 13 lakh here, police said on Tuesday.
The couple, living in Thane's Mira Road area, had recently divorced. On November 17, the accused, Adit Amit Nan came to the house of his former wife, raped her and then fled with her cash and jewellery, police said, based on a complaint filed by the victim Monday night.
Offences under sections 376-A (intercourse by a man with his wife during separation), 452 (trespass), 392 (robbery), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 507 of the IPC have been registered against the accused and a manhunt launched to nab him, they added.
Next: Yoga instructor held for raping Dutch woman in Goa
Yoga instructor held for raping Dutch woman in Goa
Panaji: A yoga instructor has allegedly raped a 25-year-old Dutch woman at her rented room in Morjim village, around 45 kms from here, police said.
The accused, Krishna Sharma, who is in his thirties and hails from uttar Pradesh, was today arrested at Dabolim airport when he was trying to escape after the incident, police said.
The Dutch national lodged a complaint with Pernem police that the accused raped her in her room last night after giving her a lift in his vehicle following a party at Anjuna, 15 kms away from Morjim.
The victim was taking yoga lessons from the accused and both of them had met for a party at Anjuna, they said. After the incident, the accused went missing and was traced at Dabolim airport when he was waiting to catch a flight to Mumbai, police said.
Next: Ashwini Nachappa’s debit card thief caught in Mysore
Ashwini Nachappa’s debit card thief caught in Mysore
Bangalore: Less than a week after a thief robbed former Olympian and ace sprinter Ashwini Nachappa’s debit cards from her bag and withdrew Rs 2.4 lakh from nearby ATMs in Jayanagar, the police arrested the thief from his hideout in Mysore and recovered Rs 1.97 lakh from him.
The suspect, Ravi Setty (44) from T. Narsipur in Mysore district, came to Bangalore frequently.
He was reportedly employed as a bus agent nearly five years ago, but his addiction to horse-racing, single-digit lottery and gambling in general made him incur significant losses.
Stacking up loan after loans to satisfy his addiction made him lose his job, the police said.
In 2008, he hatched a plan to get rich easy. Every morning, he reportedly went through the events section of newspapers and make notes on important functions or events that would be attended by the rich people.
He would also attend grand weddings and other functions in either Mysore or Bangalore.
Ravi had reportedly stolen from people attending functions in Town Hall, Ravindra Kalakshetra, Chitrakala Parishath and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan over the last few years.
Ravi dressed himself well and attended functions as an invitee. He targeted unattended handbags or unassuming women.
He reportedly stole money, gold ornaments, wallets, debit/credit cards, watches and gifts at these events, and then make good his escape.
But his luck ran out when the Jayanagar police took the theft of Rs 2.4 lakh seriously and tracked him down.
Around 12 noon on December 3, Ashwini Nachappa was attending a function at Kithoor Rani Chenamma Grounds in Jayanagar second block. As she left her handbag on her chair and walked towards the flag post, Ravi, who was standing behind Nachappa, allegedly stole her wallet containing her debit cards from inside the bag.
Finding a slip of paper in the wallet on which Nachappa had written down the PIN numbers of her cards; Ravi allegedly withdrew Rs 2.4 lakh from four different ATMs in Jayanagar III and IV blocks and fled to Mysore.
Sub-inspector Eshwari P.N. attached to the Jayanagar police station tracked the suspect down after going through photographs of the event and noticing the thief in close proximity to Nachappa. Based on a tip-off received from an informant, Ravi was nabbed from a rented house on Dr Rajkumar Road, Bannur, in Yeraganahalli, Mysore on Sunday.
The suspect had by then gambled away Rs 35,000 of his loot. The police said Ravi was a habitual offender wanted for many cases in police stations across Bangalore, like Girinagar, High Grounds, SJ Park, Malleswaram, Cubbon Park, and Jayanagar; as well as at Nazarbad in Mysore and Nanjangud.
Next: Student immolates after fight with mother
Student immolates after fight with mother
Chennai: An 18-year student of a private engineering college who immolated self after a fight with his mother sustained 25 per cent burns near Poonamalee on monday.
The boy had taken this step after a fight with his mother allegedly over a loan that she took from members of Puratchi Bharatham for usury, sources said.
Andrews, 18, son of Merlin, resident of Melma Nagar in Poonamallee, doused himself with kerosene and set himself on fire after a heated argument with his mother, around 9.30 am on Monday.
He was rushed to the Kilpauk Medical college hospital.
Speaking to DC, Merlin, the boy’s mother said that she had taken a loan of Rs 2.25 lakh from two persons, Ashok Kumar and Gopu, functionaries of Puratchi Bharatham, a political outfit and had been paying interest at the rate of 10 paise per rupee.
The duo had allegedly taken signatures from Merlin to concede her slum dwelling with the land to the lenders on failure to repay the loan.
“They started harassing me claiming that I had to pay them a lot more even as I paid them proper interest and threatened to evict me, she said. For a week, the duo was abusing the mother and son and unable to stand the harsh words, he set himself on fire," she added.
However, an official part of the investigation team maintained that Merlin had taken money-promising employment through a Self Help Group (SHG), which hadn’t gone well with her son. An official said that the boy took the drastic step after people started asking for money and said that the angle of usury will also be investigated.
Next: Man gets life term for burning alive wife
Man gets life term for burning alive wife
New Delhi: A 44-year-old man has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life by a Delhi court for burning alive his wife as he suspected her of having an extra-marital affair.
The court took a lenient view towards convict Maya Deen since he has four children, maintaining that great injustice will be done to them if a harsh view is taken towards him as the kids will be left alone in the absence of their parents.
Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau also relied on the dying declaration of 40-year-old victim Manju which corroborated with the police version. In her dying declaration to a magistrate, she had also said that her husband had set her on fire, the court said.
When she was shifted to the hospital, she had informed the police officials and doctors that her husband had poured kerosene oil upon her and burnt her.
"Though what Maya Deen has done does not entitle him to any leniency and severest punishment is required to be given to him yet keeping in view the circumstances of the case, I feel that great injustice would be done to his four children, two of whom are girls hardly aged 6 years and 4 years, in case a harsh view is taken....A great scholar once said 'Justice has to be Tempered with Mercy'.
"Convict Maya Deen is hence sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life and fine to the tune of Rs 10,000 for the offence under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code," the judge said. According to the prosecution, on November 29 last year, Pitampura resident Maya Deen murdered his wife by pouring kerosene oil upon her and setting her on fire.
She had received 90 per cent burn injuries. It said he burnt Manju alive as he was having suspicion on her character that she was having a relation with another man.
The neighbours and children of the couple had told the court that Maya Deen was a habitual drunkard and he used to beat his wife frequently and on the day of incident, he had again quarrelled with the victim and, thereafter, poured kerosene oil upon her and set her on fire.
During the trial, Maya Deen had claimed innocence saying he had asked his wife to prepare some sweets for him due to which she got annoyed and burnt herself in the kitchen.
Next: Man held for murder of a woman
Man held for murder of a woman
Bangalore: The Ramamurthy Nagar police have cracked the murder of a woman and arrested an autoriockshaw driver.
The accused, Arjun (48), a resident of Kempanahalli on Hebbal, has been charged with murdering Indiramma, 42, a resident of Kalkere.
Arjun was earlier a tenant in Indiramma’s house and had become close to her family. He shifted his house a few months ago.
He knew that Indiramma often visited temples and wore gold ornaments. He allegedly hatched a plot to steal her gold jewellery.
“On November 23, he allegedly took her to a temple near Pavagada in Tumkur. While returning to the city, he allegedly murdered her using an iron rod and escaped with the jewellery. The same day, the Pavagada police found her body near Gowdatti village on Pavagada-Hindupur Road and registered a murder case,” the police said.
“After the murder, he again shifted his house to Kadabagere near Yelahanka. Meanwhile, Indiramma’s husband Anjanappa, who filed a missing complaint with Ramamurthy Nagar police, told the police that she had gone to the temple with Arjun on the day she went missing. The police traced Arjun, who confessed to the murder,” the police said.
Next: Man who robbed dentist arrested
Man who robbed dentist arrested
Bangalore: The Girinagar police have arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly robbing a dentist of her gold chain and two-wheeler by threatening to smash her head with a boulder on the night of November 26.
The suspect, Murali Chandrashekar (24), is a resident of Balaji Layout near Vidyapeetha Circle.
He started robbing people after losing lakhs of rupees in horse races.
The victim, Poornima Dinesh (35), a resident of Girinagar, was returning home alone on her two-wheeler after visiting her sister in Radha Krishna Hospital when she was accosted by Murali near a volleyball ground in Girinagar 1st Main.
Murali threatened to drop a boulder, which he was carrying, on her head if she did not part with her vehicle and gold chain. He took her chain weighing nearly 60 grams and the two-wheeler (KA-05-HC-3800).
The Girinagar police managed to get images of the suspect from video grabs of CCTV footage recorded on traffic cameras in the area.
Murali was then traced to his house after area residents identified him from the photographs. The police recovered cash and ornaments worth nearly Rs 2 lakh from Murali, along with Poornima’s chain and two-wheeler.
Next: Rape case convict's claim turns false after bone test
Rape case convict's claim turns false after bone test
Thane (Maharashtra): A bone ossification test conducted on a rape case convict, who had earlier claimed that he was a minor at the time of crime, has revealed that he was around 20-year-old when he committed the act in 2011.
The bone ossification test report was submitted to the district court here yesterday. The accused, originally from Rajasthan, had been arrested on charge of raping a six-year-old girl at Bhayander in the district in November 2011.
The trial in the case had begun in February 2013, which got over early last month. During the hearing, the victim had told the court that she had been lured by the accused to a public toilet, where she was raped.
On September 5, the court convicted him. However, just before the court pronounced the quantum of punishment, the accused claimed that he was a juvenile at the time of crime. Lawyers representing the convict supported the arguments and presented his school leaving certificate, which mentioned his date of birth as May 15, 1994.
Besides, the birth certificate issued by a village sarpanch in Rajastan, was submitted in the court bearing the same date. However, Assistant Public Prosecutor Hemlata Deshmukh challenged the argument and told the Additional Sessions Judge M C Khadke that the accused was 20-years-old at that time.
The prosecution then moved an application in the court seeking permission to conduct a bone ossification test on the accused to ascertain his date of birth. The public prosecutor also challenged the birth certificate submitted by the defence counsel.
The prosecution, however, sought clarification in the case and summoned the sarpanch.
"Following the court summons, the village sarpanch attended the hearing recently and later admitted that the birth date certificate submitted could have been fabricated. He said the person who had signed the certificate was never the village head and held no authority to issue this document," Deshmukh said.
The court will now decide the quantum of sentence. Currently, a person below 18 years of age is treated as a juvenile and under the Juvenile Justice Law, the maximum punishment is three years' confinement at a reformatory home.
Next: Two men from ‘Irani’ gang held
Two men from ‘Irani’ gang held
Bangalore: Two members of the Irani gang, who posed as police officers and cheated lonely women, were arrested by the Central Crime Branch sleuths.
The CCB also arrested a 25-year-old drug peddler and recovered 10 grams of heroin from him.
The arrested Irani gang members have been identified as Sameer Syed (26) and Asadulla Zafri alias Kalia (30), both from Mumbai.
Five accused managed to escape, the CCB sleuths said. They recovered 400 gm of gold ornaments involving 14 cases and two motorbikes.
The accused duped lonely women at in R.T. Nagar, Vijaynagar, Chandra Layout, R.R. Nagar, Basaveshwaranagar and other places.
The accused were involved in robberies, thefts and other crimes in different parts of the country, the CCB sleuths said.
The two were arrested near Mysore Road in Byatarayanapura police limits. In the other case, the arrested drug peddler was identified as Abbas Ali alias Abbas (25) of Shantinagar.
Heroin, weighing 10 gm and worth around Rs 30,000, was recovered from him. The accused allegedly procured drugs from some Nigerian peddlers and was trying to sell it on Langford Road when he was arrested. The Ashoknagar police have registered a case.
Next: Police crack ration shop robbery case
Police crack ration shop robbery case
Chennai: The city police on Monday arrested a 34-year-old man for robbing a woman employee inside a ration shop last month in Alandur. They also recovered the 10 sovereign gold ornaments he had snatched from her.
It is believed that he was involved in chain snatching incidents and extortion in Alandur and the nearby areas.
The police identified the arrested man as T. Anwar, a resident of Haji street in Alandur.
He had allegedly attacked a woman inside the ration shop after downing the shutter.
Anwar had entered the ration shop in the guise of a customer around 4 pm on November 23 and pulled down the shutters before attacking the woman, identified as Gomathi, with a sharp weapon.
He also robbed her of her gold ornaments. She fell unconscious after the looting. The incident came to light only after Gomathi regained consciousness and raised an alarm.
Next: Gold stashed in iron seized
Gold stashed in iron seized
Coimbatore: About one kg of gold stashed inside an ironing box by an air passenger returning from the Gulf was seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on Monday morning. The 31-year-old passenger, Sujith Kumar, who landed in Coimbatore by an Air Arabia flight from Sharjah, has been arrested.
This is the fourth gold haul at the Coimbatore airport in less than 20 days by DRI and Customs officials. A whopping 11.5 kgs of gold have been seized over the last one month.
In the latest haul, the passenger Sujithkumar, who is from Calicut in Kerala, had smuggled Rs 32 lakhs worth gold ornaments from Sharjah and hidden them in an iron box, the DRI officials said.
Acting on a tip-off the DRI sleuths swooped on Sujith Kumar as soon as he landed.
They frisked Sujith and scanned all the articles in his suitcases. When the iron kept in the suitcase was scanned, they found gold hidden inside.
Officials claimed that Sujithkumar was involved in several of cases of smuggling of gold from Gulf.