Crime file: Techie held for sending obscene photos of ex-girlfriend to her fiancee; 8-yr-old girl raped, murdered and more

AP techie held for sending obscene photos of ex-girlfriend to her fiancee

Visakhapatnam: A 32-year-old software professional from Hyderabad was on Saturday arrested for allegedly circulating photographs of his ex-girlfriend on the Internet, which prompted her to attempt suicide, police said.

The accused B. Pradeep Kumar Reddy, previously employed at a software firm at Madhapur in the state capital, allegedly sent some objectionable photographs of the victim on the personal e-mails of her fiancee and of her relatives.

"Reddy, a married man, posed himself as a bachelor and an HR professional working with a reputed software company and developed friendship with the girl around four years back," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) Mohammad Khan told reporters here.

Reddy and the victim, a resident of Gajuwaka area in city, developed a relationship which she broke off recently after coming to know that he was already married.

Police said Reddy would seek sexual favours from the girl promising to marry her. Even though the girl walked out on him, Reddy wanted to continue the affair and even forced her to elope with him, police said. However, the girl refused Reddy's proposal and decided to marry another man.

"When the girl discontinued her relationship with him, Reddy started making threatening calls to her and her family members. He forwarded her objectionable photos, along with abusive comments, to the e-mails of her fiancee and her relatives," Khan said. This resulted into her fiancee cancelling the marriage, which prompted the girl to attempt suicide recently, he said.

After coming to know that objectionable photos of his daughter have found the way on the Internet, her father lodged a complaint at Gajuwaka police station on October 28 against Reddy.

Police traced Reddy in Hyderabad and booked him under sections 417 (punishment for cheating) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of IPC besides section 66 (A) of IT Act 2000.

Police also seized a blackberry mobile phone, a laptop and a router from Reddy. The accused was produced before the court of the 3rd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate here, which remanded him in judicial custody.

Next: 8-yr-old girl raped, murdered in Agra

8-yr-old girl raped, murdered in Agra

Agra: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangulated to death by three persons in Hallanpura village of the district.

SP (Rural) Babita Sahu said the girl had gone to the fields carrying food for his father on Thursday. However when she did not return, her family launched a search and found the girl's body lying in a field. Her post-mortem report has confirmed rape, Sahu said.

One of the three accused was later arrested and during interrogation, he confessed to have committed the crime in an inebriated state, the SP said, adding that hunt is on to nab the other two accused.

Next: Minor raped for two weeks by 5 youths in Haryana, 2 held

Minor raped for two weeks by 5 youths in Haryana, 2 held

Rewari: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five for over two weeks and police on Saturday arrested one accused and another woman in this connection.

Accused Mahesh (19) as well as abettor Meena Devi, at whose house the five allegedly repeated the act for over two weeks, were arrested on Saturday, police said. Both were produced in a local court which sent Meena to a 14-day judicial custody and Mahesh for a one-day police custody.

The victim, a class VII student filed her complaint yesterday following which the police registered a case of gangrape, molestation and collusion in the crime against the six accused persons, including the woman.

The victim in her complaint alleged that the youths committted the crime in collusion with Meena, who happens to be her classmate's mother.

She also alleged that the youths had also made a video of the act which was persistently used to coerce her into sexual intercourse with them for days. They also threatened her of dire consequences if the matter was leaked to police. The minor victim, however, mustered courage and narrated the incident to her parents who in turn lodged a complaint with the police.

Next: TN woman helped in husband's murder, paid killers Rs 2 lakh

TN woman helped in husband's murder, paid killers Rs 2 lakh

V.P. Raghu | DC

Chennai: Twenty seven-year-old Vidya had not just hired mercenaries with the help of her paramour to kill her husband, but she also helped in executing her husband Rajkumar in his house in Alapakkam by tightly holding his legs while a gang member slashed his throat on Wednesday night after postponing the murder plan at least twice earlier.

The deal – which she managed to strike with the gang headed by Durai Raj through her paramour Manikandan – was worth Rs 2 lakh. After killing Rajkumar, whom Vidya had married seven years back after a love affair, she removed all the gold ornaments from his body and handed them over to the gang members so that the killing will look like one committed for gain. Also, she did not have liquid cash to settle the deal.

Three weeks back, the gang was all set to kill Rajkumar. “But at that time, he had taken a vow to go on a pilgrimage to Sabarimala. So, we decided to postpone it. He usually does not consume alcohol during that time. If he was drunk, it will be easy for us to kill him,” one of the gang members told the police. Vidya also said she was fed up with her abusive drunkard husband.

The gang had then wanted to bump him off on Wednesday late evening when Rajkumar was returning from work on his bike. “On that day, around 5 pm, Vidya met us and gave an advance of Rs 5,000. She had also given us his photo. We wanted to finish him on his way back as she had told us the route he usually takes to reach home. But, on Wednesday, we could not execute our plan because Rajkumar was riding very fast on his bike,” another gang member disclosed.

The gang had called up Vidya around 10 pm, but she suggested that they could came later in the night as the neighbours were not asleep. “We called her again around 1 am when she agreed. She had kept the door open so that we could enter without making a noise,” he added.

However, the police caught the gang during a vehicle check, while they were travelling back the same night, getting suspicious of their blood-stained shirts.

Next: Man cheats ex-Major promising medical seat

Man cheats ex-Major promising medical seat

Chennai: The Chennai city crime branch on Friday arrested a youth from Thiru­ka­zhukundram in Kan­cheepuram district for alle­gedly cheating a reti­red Army officer from Andhra Pradesh collecting money from him promising a PG medical seat for his daughter in a private college in TN.

The arrested man was identified as Thyag­arajan. He had collected Rs 52 lakh from Govindaraja of Secund­erab­ad. While Thyag­ara­jan failed to procure a coll­ege seat, he also refused to return the full amount of the money he had taken from the man.

He gave back only Rs 20 lakh. As he was dodging without giving the rest of the amount, the retired Major lodged a complaint with the police who arrested Thyagarajan.

“We’re also on the lookout for a few persons who had accompanied Shahabaz during his stay in Bangalore but managed to escape from our net,” they added. He was produced before the DRI court in Kochi on Friday and remanded in custody till December 6.

Shahabaz is the key accused in the case in which the DRI arrested two women, Rahila Cheerayi and Hiromasa V. Sebastian, for trying to smuggle six kg of gold at Karipur airport a few weeks ago.
The DRI is also on the lookout for Nabeel of Thalassery, who is believed to be the kingpin of the racket.

Next: Girl attempts suicide after boyfriend’s snub

Girl attempts suicide after boyfriend’s snub

Hyderabad: A 20-year-old girl attempted suicide late on Thursday night in Chikkadpally after her boyfriend allegedly refused to marry her. Cops said they were in a relationship but the man alle-gedly refused to marry her after he found out that the girl had earlier got another man arrested in a case in LB Nagar.

The girl is in a stable condition. The man has also been arrested by police. Officials informed that she attempted suicide by consuming a large quantity of menstrual cycle suppressing pills near the Chikkadpally police station.

V. Poornachander, a pharmacist from Nara-yanguda, was in a relationship with the girl for quite some time and the girl claimed that he had promised to marry her.

“He found out that the girl had got a person arrested in LB Nagar for betraying her. He thought it is best to stay away,” said Chikkadpally inspector P. Sridhar. She then attempted suicide last night and got admitted to Gandhi Hospital. Poornachander has been arrested and a case booked against him.

Next: Drug addict son hacks father to death in UP

Drug addict son hacks father to death

Etawah: A drug addict hacked his father to death in Sakatpura village under the Sahson Police Station area here, police said on Saturday.

32-year-old Arvind hacked his father Lakhan Singh (65) to death with an axe killing him on the spot on being checked for indulging in bad habit on Friday, they said. Arvind was later arrested after his younger brother lodged a complain with the police.

Next: Theatre owner held for beating up driver

Theatre owner held for beating up driver

Hyderabad: The Kukatpally Housing Board police on Friday arrested the ow-ner of the Shiva Par-vathi Theatre, Kukatpally, for allegedly beating up his driver in an inebriated state on Thursday night at his house in KPHB colony.

According to police, the accused, Srinivasulu, picked up an argument with his driver Vijay on Thursday night about an accident that had taken place some time ago and attacked him with an iron pipe.

Srinivasulu, a resident of Indu Villas, KPHB Colony, Phase 7, said that his driver had earlier damaged the bumper of his Innova car by driving rashly. He questioned him on the same issue.

Srinivasulu, who stays with his wife and children, had gone to his friend’s house in Pragathinagar on Thursday where he got drunk. After returning home at 11.30 pm he drank more.

In an inebriated state, Srinivasulu questioned Vijay regarding the accident that had taken place about three months back and started an argument. He then attacked Vijay with an iron rod.

Vijay sustained minor injuries while Srinivasulu was arrested. “Vijay lodged a complaint based on which a case under Section 324 was registered. We have taken Srinivasulu into custody,” said police official Lingaiah.

Next: Excise inspector held for taking bribe of Rs 1 lakh in AP

Excise inspector held for taking bribe of Rs 1 lakh in AP

Hyderabad: An excise inspector was arrested by sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly accepting Rs one lakh bribe in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.

Abdul Kaleem, Excise Inspector, SHO, Prohibition and Excise Department, Narsipatnam was arrested on Friday when he demanded and received sum from the complainant, a ACB release said on Saturday. He took the bribe from the complainant for doing an official favour to not harass him by booking cases and to allow smooth running of the business.

The accused officer was arrested and produced before the ACB court, Visakhapatnam, the release said adding the case is under investigation.

Next: Cops nab 2 for possession, consumption of ganja

Cops nab 2 for possession, consumption of ganja

Hyderabad: The West Zone task force on Friday arrested two youngsters for possession of ganja, a contraband substance.

The accused, had bought it from Dhoolpet. They were held while consuming it. The accused are Mohd. Amir, 22, a salesman and a resident of Deluxe Colony, Toli Chowki and Shaik Abdul Latheef alias Zamir, 20, from Hakeempet.

According to P. Rameshaiah, task force additional deputy commissioner, the accused are addicted to drugs. Cops seized 28-gm of ganja, 2 cell phones from them. The accused have been handed over to the Banjara Hills inspector.

Next: 2 held for possession of Ketamine in Hyderabad

2 held for possession of Ketamine in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Task Force officials have arrested two men from the city for preparation, possession and consumption of Ketamine, a contraband drug.

The accused arrested are Feroz Ahmed, 23, an alumni of Vivek Vardhini Degree and PG College, Jam Bagh, and a resident of Hekeem Shah colony, Toli Chowki and Mohammed Ayub Imran, 23, an alumni of An-war Ul Uloom Degree College and a resident of Hassam Apartment, Paramount Colony, Toli Chowki.

Feroz would purchase Ketamine Hydrochloride injection vials for Rs 100 from various medical shops without any prescription. This injection, used by anaesthetists, should not be sold by medical shops without medical prescriptions.

According to P. Rameshaiah, the Task Force additional deputy commissioner of police, Feroz would convert the Ketamine liquid into powder. Feroz used to consume the drug and also sell it for Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500 per gram, said sources.

Two days back, he had purchased Ketamine Hydrochloride injection vials from Sunitha Medical Hall, Sai Nagar, Attapur. He was arrested when he was out to sell the drug to one of his customers on Friday.

“Bas-ed on a tip off, we nabbed him while he was selling the drug to Mohd. Ayub Imran at Paramount Colony, Banjara Hills. Feroz confessed and said that he had prepared it in his house where we found the materials used for its for preparation,” said Y. Prakash Reddy, Task Force inspector, West Zone.

Next: Warden case accused surrenders to police

Warden case accused surrenders to police

Kochi: About twenty days after he allegedly assaulted a woman traffic warden on duty, Vinosh Varghese, the accused in the incident surrendered before the police on Friday.

Varghese, of Asoka Road, Kochi, appeared before the Circle Inspector, Ernakulam North in the afternoon and was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court, which released him on bail.

“Cases have been registered against the accused under IPC sections 120 (b) for criminal conspiracy, IPC 351 and IPC 341 for using criminal force and assaulting an official on duty and outraging the modesty of a woman. The case is under investigation and we will be submitting a report before the court next week,’’ said MG Sabu, Circle Inspector of Police.

Earlier, on November 20, the Ernakulam district principal sessions court had granted anticipatory bail to Vinosh. While moving the plea, the court asked Vinosh to surrender before the investigating officer, who should produce the accused before the court.

Next: Karipur smuggler is hawala operator

Karipur smuggler is hawala operator

Kochi: Shahabaz of Kozhikode, who was detained by the directorate of revenue intelligence officials in connection with the Karipur gold smuggling case, used to sell the contraband to his clients across the state and pump the money into hawala channels.

“He is a hawala operator who smuggled gold from Dubai and sold it in return for black money,” said R.Rahul, assistant director, DRI Kochi unit.

Shahabaz was arrested on Thursday with the help of the police from Bangalore where he had been staying with one of his friends.

Official sources said that Shahabaz was grilled in Kochi and his statements shed light into the operation of a gold smuggling racket having roots across South India.