Crime file: Drunk man rapes 21-yr-old AP girl in front of boyfriend; infatuated youth kidnaps minor girl and more

Drunk man rapes 21-yr-old AP girl in front of boyfriend

Sullurpeta (Nellore): In a ghastly act, a 21-year-old girl was allegedly raped right in front of her boyfriend on the banks of river Kalinga in Sullurpeta.

According to the victim, daughter of a worker, who works at a local textiles shop at Sullurpeta, she met her boyfriend Srinivasulu, 25, from Srikalahasti on the banks of Kalinga river late on Saturday night.

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Meanwhile, V. Rajasekhar Reddy, 26, a native of Karikadu of Doravarisatram reached the spot in an inebriated state, threatened Srinivas and the girl posing himself as a cop and took advantage of the fear of the duo. He allegedly raped the girl in front of her boyfriend who stood there helpless.

After a while, that girl and Srinivasulu tried to move off the place but the girl who could not bear the sexual exploitation broke out in tears.

Even as the duo were walking away from the spot, the cops saw the weeping girl and enquired them in the early hours on Sunday.

The girl was first taken to the Sullurpeta police station where the police held an inquiry. V. Rajasekhar Reddy has been taken into custody by the police.

Next: Infatuated youth kidnaps minor girl

Infatuated youth kidnaps minor girl

Chennai: Police on Sunday rescued a 14-year-old girl, a minor, who was kidnapped two weeks ago by two youths, who had her confined in a house in Thirumullaivoyal.

Police tracked the whereabouts of the accused, Karthikeyan, 20 and Dinesh Babu, 26 using their mobile tower location and held them. Karthikeyan worked as a welder and Dinesh Babu was employed with a private firm in Ambattur estate.

During questioning, Karthikeyan confessed he became fond of the girl and had kidnapped her and kept in a house to marry her after she turns 18 years, police said.

He had met the girl a few months ago at Marina beach and later visited her often at a shop in Aminjikarai, where the girl works as a sales girl.

The minor girl’s mother was mentally ill and she stayed with her grandmother, Saraswathi in VM Street in Aminjikarai, police said.

On December 1, Karth­ikeyan, along with his friend Dinesh Babu kidnapped the girl from a church near Koya­m­be­du.

Her grandmother Sa­r­a­swathy who accompanied her left a complaint with the CMBT police two days later after se­a­r­ches in the nearby areas tu­rned futile.

Initial inv­es­tigations confirmed that the girl was kidnapped by the duo as they had made her speak with her grandmother using Karthikeyan’s mo­b­ile phone.

After initial hiccups, police finally traced the location and rescued the girl and handed her over to her grandmother.

“Though the girl didn’t complain of any harassment, we have requested the magistrate to order a medical check up for the minor girl, to see if the perpetrators had abused her,” CMBT Inspector Sam Vincent said.

Next: 12-year-old in US stabbed during fight with pal over Xbox

12-year-old in US stabbed during fight with pal over Xbox

New York: A 12-year-old boy in the US was accidentally stabbed while scuffling for a knife during an argument with his friend over an Xbox video game console.

The boy, from Queens in New York, was visiting his 13-year-old neighbour last week. When he accused his older friend of having his Xbox video game console, the two boys got into a heated argument.

The older boy then whipped out a butter knife, police said. The younger child attempted to grab the knife out of the teen's hands and wound up accidentally stabbing himself in the stomach during the altercation, 'New York Daily News' reported.

The victim ran home and told his aunt about the incident. She rushed him to a hospital with a small puncture wound. He was listed in stable condition and cops were called. "That boy is a very good child," neighbour Doreen White, said of the victim, who goes to school with her granddaughter.

"He never has a problem or beef with anybody. I never hear him out here fighting," she said. The older boy admitted to holding the butter knife, and has been charged as a minor with menacing.

Next: Man tries to rob ATM in Hyderabad

Man tries to rob ATM in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A crook made a failed attempt to break open an HDFC Bank ATM, at the Santoshnagar crossroads, in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

Though he made repeated attempts to break open the machine, he returned empty-handed.

The security guard at the ATM was sleeping few metres away from it.

Around 5 am, the security person noticed that someone had attempted theft at the centre. The cops were alerted who reached the spot and examined the CCTV footage.

The footage showed a youngster, whose face was covered with a towel, entered the centre at around 1.25 am.

“The accused got a crow bar to break open the machine. When the bar did not work, he then used other tools as well, but still could not break it open,” said K.V.M. Prasad, inspector Santosh Nagar.

An attempt to rob case was registered and investigated. The accused is yet to be traced, the cops said.

Next: Police arrest techie on suspicion of killing wife over dowry

Police arrest techie on suspicion of killing wife over dowry

Chennai: The police on Sunday secured a 28-year-old software engineer on suspicion of murdering his wife due to dowry harassment, in Tiruttani, near Chennai. A police team prevented the man’s family from performing last rites to the woman and secured the body and sent it to Tiruvallur government hospital for autopsy.

The deceased, Bhavani, 21, a native of Tirupati, was married to Gopinath, a native of S.V. Kandigai, near Tiruttani, three years ago.

The couple had two children, the police said. The couple had been living separately for the past three months after the woman had compl­ai­ned to her parents that her husband had been harassing her, demanding dowry.

On Saturday, Gopinath had informed his wife’s parents that she was found lying unconscious in her house and he was taking her to a local hospital.

The girl’s parents summoned one of their relatives in Tiruttani to check on her, and by the time he reached there, Bhavani was dead, the police said.

Her father Sudhakar and his family reached the village that evening and were shocked to find the boy’s family had taken their daughter’s body to a crematorium, following which the Tiruttani police were informed.

During enquiry, Gopinath said Bhavani committed suicide, while he informed his in-laws she had fainted in the house on Saturday.

Preliminary enquiries revealed that her husband had harassed Bhavani, demanding dowry.

The police have registered a case of suspicious death and are waiting for the autopsy report to ascertain the reasons for her death. They have also forwarded the case for a RDO enquiry.

Next: Suspended cops extort money

Suspended cops extort money

Hyderabad: Two suspended cops who extorted money from a hardware technician at Motinagar in Sanjeev Reddy Nagar on Thursday, were trapped by police on Sunday.

The two cops and their leader, another constable, were suspended for misconduct a few months ago. They pretended to be detectives from the SR Nagar police station.

The trio along with another accused stopped the victim, C. Surendra, on Thursday midnight at Motinagar crossroads when he was returning home on his bike.

“The accused showed their ID card and introduced themselves as cops from SR Nagar police station. They asked him to show the documents of his vehicle. When he took out his wallet, they snatched it and took Rs 15,000 and a gold ring. Later they called him up on his mobile and told him to go to Mehdipatnam with Rs 10,000 in order to get his belongings back,” said SR Nagar inspector C. Sudershan Reddy.

When Surendra expressed his inability to pay up, the accused threatened to book false cases against him.

Surendra approached the SR Nagar police on Saturday. The police laid a trap, as part of which he agreed to meet the accused at Mehdipat-nam. The police nabbed them when they turned up for the rendezvous.

The arrested cops were identified as P. Valeswar Rao, 31, (PC 109 of 7th Battalion) and B. Narayana Swami, 32 (PC 149 of 11th Battalion). Their accomplice, M.V. Ravi Kumar, 21, is a private employee. The main accused, APSP constable Vishnu, is still at large.

In another case, sub-inspector M. Surender Reddy of the City Crime Records Bureau, Cyberabad, was taken into custody by the Jubilee Hills police for allegedly having links with cheating gangs in the city. He had reportedly taken about Rs 4.5 lakhs from a gang as his share.

Police said one of the cheating gangs offered gold at lower prices but fobbed off subscribers with fake gold.

Next: Raichur counterfeiters at work, e-stamp paper faked

Raichur counterfeiters at work, e-stamp paper faked

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Raichur: After the infamous multi-crore fake stamp paper scam rocked the country a few years ago, the state government had introduced e-stamp papers as a safer alternative; but now scamsters have mastered manipulating even that.

The incident came to light at Sirawara village in Raichur district, when Dalita Sangharsha Sam­iti leader Aralappa Yadd­aladinni got hold of nine fake e-stamp papers. It has sent jitters in the government circles and among e-stamp paper users, as it has raised questions about its sanctity.

Police are on the lookout for Shahabuddeen, who is allegedly behind the fake e-stamp paper scam and has been absconding for the past two days. He is a contractor at Gulbarga Elec­tricity Supply Comp­any (Gescom) and hails from Sirawara.

The fake e-stamp papers have reportedly been circulated in various places, including Gescom, Ind­ian gas agency and public works departments in the district. It is also suspected that such fake e-papers are in circulation in Raichur and Manvi taluks.

Next: Police form three teams to crack Siddapura murder

Police form three teams to crack Siddapura murder

Bangalore: A day after 62-year-old Pushpa Natarajan was found viciously murdered in the living room of her rented house in Siddapura, the police claim that three teams have now been formed to track down the killer.

A senior officer, on condition on anonymity said, “The victim was fou­nd lying in a pool of blood with her throat slashed.

It appears that the killer was not a stranger, and there is a vengeful mo­tive behind the murder. At this sta­ge, it is difficult to make concrete stateme­nts, but the case is being probed from all angles.”

Unconfirmed reports suggest that the killer knew that Pushpa had undergone a thyroid op­e­­­r­a­tion recently, which would have prevented her from screaming; hence her throat was slashed.

Pushpa’s daug­hter-in-law Geeth­alak­shmi and her four-year-old son were asleep in the next room when the murder is thought to have occurred, between 3-4.30 pm on Saturday.

Deputy Commissioner of police (South) H.S. Rev­a­nna said, “The victim’s family members are still in shock. We have not been able to interrogate them thoro­ug­hly yet, but we strongly suspect that the murderer was kno­wn to the family.”

Meanwhile, the police have found a steel tumbler and plate kept on the table in the hall where Pushpa was murdered.

The victim and her husband, were living with their son, Sent­hil Kumar, his wife and their four-year-old son on Byr­asa­ndra main road for the past six years.

Nat­arajan and Sen­t­hil are the proprietors of a tyre business, the police said.

Pushpa’s husband and her son were not at home when the incident occurred. The murder ca­me to light at 4.30 pm when the domestic maid, wal­ked in, and found the main door ajar and saw Pushpa’s body.

Next: Fire in house where couple committed suicide

Fire in house where couple committed suicide

Chennai: Efforts by relatives to get rid of the bad smell emanating from the house of Sha­nm­ug­ham–Latha couple in Nanganallur, who committed suicide by consuming poison, took a dangerous twist with all the furniture, including the cot, table and chair going up in flames when they burnt incense sticks and spread sambrani smoke in the room on Saturday night.

The couple was found dead in the bedroom of their residence at Lakshmi Nagar, Nanganallur on Saturday evening.

They had consumed poison, because of heavy debt, and died at least three days back.

The house, which was on rent, was filled with bad smell from the decomposed body. Their three sons were studying by staying in hostels outside Chennai.

It was one of their sons who discovered the bodies when he came home from hostel on Saturday.

The police on Sunday said the relatives took the three sons of the deceased couple to their homes on Saturday evening after the funeral.

The relatives had lit a lot of agarbathis and used sambrani in the room where the two were found dead to get rid of the bad odour.

“It looks like they kept the fan on. It is possible that the burning agarbathi fell on a piece of cloth, leading to the fire,” the police said.

On Sunday, when Shanmugham’s brother came the house to clean up the place, he found heavy smoke emanating from the room. Fire tenders were immediately called to douse the flames. All the furniture and clothes in the room were gutted by then, said the police.

Next: Girl student commits suicide

Girl student commits suicide

Chennai: Allegedly upset over her parents chiding her for using mobile phone for long hours, a 18 year old girl, a second year college student committed suicide at her residence in JJ Nagar on Saturday.

Sneha was found hanging in the first floor of her house by her elder sister Kalpana.

JJ Nagar police recovered the body and sent it to Kilpauk Medical College for post mortem. Police have registered a case under section 174 (unnatural death).