Crime file: Man raped daughter for over a decade, fathered her child; Robbers kill woman, chop off hands to remove silver bangles and more
Man raped daughter for over a decade; fathered her child
Mumbai: A 50-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his daughter for nearly 11 years and fathering a child with her, police said on Thursday.
The accused identified as Ibrahim Shaikh was arrested yesterday after the 26-year-old victim claimed in her complaint that he is the biological father of their eight-year-old daughter, they said. Realising that her father was even preparing to tie the knot with her, the woman garnered courage and approached police along with a social worker.
According to Malwani police, the victim began facing the ordeal when she was only 15 years old. "On the pretext of teaching her human anatomy, the accused raped his daughter on several occasions.
He thrashed his wife, when she objected to this after she got wind of the activities," police said. The accused sexually assaulted the victim at their residence in suburban Malwani (Malad) over the years after threatening to kill her and the wife, if they showed resistance.
Shaikh shuttles between Jaipur and Mumbai for work. He was booked for rape and criminal intimidation under the IPC, besides provisions of the Protection Of Children Against Sexual Offences Act.
After arrest, he was produced before a court which remanded him police custody till December 3, police said. "As part of the probe, requisite medical examination will be done to ascertain if Shaikh was the biological father of the minor girl," they added.
Next: Robbers kill woman, chop off hands to remove silver bangles
Robbers kill woman, chop off hands to remove silver bangles
Lucknow: A gang of robbers allegedly killed a 70-year-old woman and and chopped off her hands to remove sliver bangles in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police sources said here on Thursday.
The robbers attacked the house of the woman, identified as Amratia, at Bareda village in Attara area of Banda district yesterday when she was alone, a police officer said. An FIR has been registered and a probe has begun, the officer said, adding that no arrest has so far been made in this connection.
Next: Cabbie abducts, rapes woman security guard
Cabbie abducts, rapes woman security guard
Bangalore: An 18-year-old woman security guard was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a cab driver in Whitefield on Monday night. The Mahadevapura police have arrested the cab driver.
The victim is an employee of a leading private security agency and was deputed at a private company in Whitefield a few months ago. A native of Chikballapur, she is staying in Whitefield. The accused, Thammaiah, 23, is a resident of Begur near Whitefield.
Thammaiah had worked as a cab driver at the same company where the victim is working now, and had resigned recently. The victim had joined the firm after he had quit.
Tammaiah met the victim when he had gone to his earlier workplace to meet his friends and former colleagues. A week ago, he went back to the company and introduced himself to the victim and told her that he wanted to marry her. But she declined.
“On Monday night, when the victim was on her way to home, Thammaiah allegedly kidnapped her in his car and took her to his room in Begur, where he allegedly raped her. The victim managed to escape and reached home. On Tuesday, she approached the police and filed a rape case,” the police said.
Both the victim and the accused have been subjected to medical tests. Mahadevapura police have registered a case and are investigating.
Next: Two arrested for gangraping 18-year-old girl in Andhra Pradesh
Two arrested for gangraping 18-year-old girl in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: Two people from Bihar were arrested by the Cyberabad police on charges of raping a 18-year-old girl at Sheriguda village on the city outskirts.
Accused Dinesh Mathod and Bade Lal Mathod, both in their twenties, working as labourers in a rice mill here, allegedly gangraped the victim who worked as a labourer in the same rice mill on November 15 and fled to their native Sitamarhi district of Bihar, the police said.
Ibrahimpatnam police had booked a case and a special team was sent to Bihar to nab the accused who were arrested and brought to the city today, the police said, adding that the two confessed to gangraping the victim, during interrogation.
Owner of kids’ home held for raping minor
V.P. Raghu | DC
Chennai: The Avadi police on Wednesday arrested the 45-year-old founder of a children’s destitute home for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl inmate of the facility.
The suspect, Kulandai Velu, who co-founded Mahalakshmi Foundation with his wife, sexually abused the class 9 student who has been in the home for the last two years. The incident came to light when an employee sought the help of a local social activist to take up the issue with the police.
The girl was isolated and violated by Kulandai Velu on Monday morning when she was getting ready for school at the foundation’s facility at Kamaraja Nagar II street in Avadi. The employee who came to know about the incident informed activist Samuthira Devi who later lodged a complaint with the police on Tuesday.
After examining the complaint, a case of rape was registered under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code along with the section on protection of children from sexual offences Act.
The complaint was pursued by a woman SI and the suspect was arrested on Wednesday. The police sent the victim, who was in trauma following the sexual assault, for a medical examination.
The police added that the girl would be sent to a government home after she was produced before a magistrate after the medical examination. The officer said this was the first child sex abuse complaint received against the home.
2 foreign students held for assault
Bangalore: On Monday night, two students, Ribeiro Charly and Felix Weyand, who are on an international exchange programme at the Indian Institute of Science, were charged with sexual harassment and assault by Cubbon Park Police.
Charly is a 20-year-old French national, while Weyand (26) hails from Germany. Both young men, who were under the influence of alcohol, attempted to gatecrash a private party at Shiro, UB City.
“The party was being thrown by Jagadish M Monda and his family,” said a police officer. “The accused wanted to join the dancing and when they tried to enter, the organisers told them it was a private party and that they needed an invitation to enter.” The students began arguing with the organisers, who called in the hotel management, who also refused them entry.
The argument soon turned into a physical brawl, said police. “The restaurant called the police, who arrived soon and tried to pacify the students,” said the official. When the cops tried to intervene, the accused turned on them, too. “They picked up an argument and physically assaulted the policemen, causing them bodily harm,” stated the FIR filed by Jagadish Monda.
“We have to proceed with caution,” said the senior police officer, on condition of annonymity. “Diplomacy is the most important thing here, we don't want to be accused of racism,” he added.
The French and German embassies have both been alerted and the accused have been asked not to leave the country until the investigation is over. “The Indian Institute of Science should get involved, but we can't tell them what to do,” he said.
Felix Weyand is here for a short term project at the Materials Engineering Department, IISc, while Charly is a short-term registrar at the Civil Engineering Department.
Meanwhile, back at the Institute, little is known about the matter, which took place several kilometres off campus. “Both students are very young and they're both foreigners too. I don't think they understoodd the consequences of their actions We don't have all the details of the case exactly, because this is more a matter for the police than for the Institute" said Professor Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science.
“We don't keep tabs on students who go off campus, but I think the law will proceed as it must. They will have to undergo some hardship now, because of what they have done,” he stated.
Next: 55-yr-old woman robbed, murdered
55-yr-old woman robbed, murdered
Bangalore: A woman was found murdered in an isolated area near Doddanekkundi Lake in Prakruti Layout in HAL police station limits on Tuesday. Unidentified miscreants have smashed her head with a stone and robbed her gold jewellery.
The deceased has been identified as Muniyamma alias Reddiyamma, aged around 55 years. She was the wife of Malla Reddy, a security guard. The couple was living in a shed near the lake.
According to the police, some passersby noticed a body and informed the police on Tuesday morning. The body was identified during preliminary investigations. Her husband had gone for work on Monday night.
It is suspected that the miscreants might have dragged her into the bushes when she went to attend nature call on Tuesday morning and then murdered her by smashing her head with a stone.
“Some of her jewellery is missing and it is suspected that the assailants had robbed and later murdered her. It appears to be a case of murder for gain. We are on the look out for the culprits,” the police said. HAL police have registered a murder case and are investigating
Next: Girl tortured by quack
Girl tortured by quack
Kochi: The Kalamassery police, on Wednesday, arrested one Mohandas for swindling a man from Thiruvananthapuram of Rs 14 lakh by promising to cure his mentally challenged daughter.
Mohandas (40) of Thoppil House, Thattayil, near Adoor in Pathanamthitta district, ran a clinic called Brain Bridge on Manakkottam Road at Elamakkara in Kochi.
According to the police, Mohandas called himself Dr. M.D. Vaidya. The complaint to the police alleged that Mohandas had received Rs 4 lakh for treating the mentally challenged daughter.
"The girl was mentally challenged from birth. The fraudster promised her father that he would bring her back to normalcy within six months for which he demanded Rs 14 lakh," said M. B. Latheef, the Kalamassery sub inspector.
Mohandas reportedly tied the girl's arms and legs, wrapped her mouth with duct tape and beat her up with a cane.
"He had promised that the girl's condition can be changed by drinking water that has been in contact with diamond and pearl. The victim lodged a complaint when he realised that there was no difference in the girl's condition," the SI said. Mohandas was produced before the court and was remanded to judicial custody.
Next: Ex-employee held for stealing cash from ATM
Ex-employee held for stealing cash from ATM
Chennai: A 28-year-old man, a former employee of a private ATM cash transfer services firm, was caught red-handed while he was trying to steal cash from a State Bank of India ATM machine in Vyasarpadi, on Tuesday.
“He was aware of the secret codes used to open ATM machines as he worked as a custodian for this particular branch and was in possession of the required tools,” said a senior police officer.
The man, identified as Mahesh, a resident of Villivakkam, was laid off from work six months ago, the police said. Since then, he had been indulging in such activities in SBI ATMs in many parts of north Chennai. Police investigations revealed that he had amassed more than Rs 1.5 lakh from such activities.
On Tuesday, he was caught by the team which had visited the ATM centre on Stephen’s road, a few hours ago. They had changed the entry PIN and left the centre. When they passed by that road again, they saw Mahesh trying to open the machine with the old PIN. They then informed the police.
Mahesh was a custodian of cash transfer in around 32 ATM machines in the Manali area previously, the police said, In spite of the presence of a CCTV camera in the ATM centres, he had steadily stolen cash from the machines due to lack of monitoring of the footages.
Along with him, the police have also detained four other former employees who are suspected to be a part of the gang, an official said.
Next: HCP to trace missing man
HCP to trace missing man
Chennai: A woman filed a habeas corpus petition before the Madras high court seeking a direction to the police to trace her husband and produce him in the court. She alleged that he was abducted by a few persons after he decided to sell a property.
A division bench, comprising justices S. Rajeswaran and P.N. Prakash, ordered notice to commissioner and Virugambakkam police and adjourned the matter to December 12. Counsel for the petitioner, P. Raghu, submitted that A. Padmanabhan, husband of P. Malarkodi, Virugambakkam, proposed to sell his property, worth about Rs 2 crore, a few months ago.
Prem Kumar and Venkatachalam of Jaffarkhanpet, accompanied by their advocate, approached him to purchase the property. Padmanabhan had agreed to sell the house and after accepting an initial payment of Rs 50 lakh, Padmanabhan handed over the original documents to them in August 2013.
They assured that they would pay the remaining amount within a month. However, they neither paid the balance amount nor returned the original documents. Meanwhile, they kidnapped Padmanabhan.
Malarkodi lodged a complaint with the Virugambakkam police. However, the inspector refused to accept it on the ground that it was a civil dispute. And, the whereabouts of Padmanabhan was not known so far, the counsel added. Hence, she filed the present petition.
Next: 5 men involved in mishap with Pondy CM convoy seek bail
5 men involved in mishap with Pondy CM convoy seek bail
Chennai: Five persons, arrested and lodged in Puzhal prison on the charge of colliding with a vehicle of Puducherry chief minister N. Rangasamy's convoy, filed for bail in the principal sessions court in Chennai on Wednesday.
While the Union territory chief minister escaped unhurt, two police personnel sustained injuries in the incident. The mishap occurred when Mr Rangasamy was returning to Puducherry after attending a wedding reception on November 24.
An SUV, driven by Mubarak Ali alias Farook Ali, 30, of Chepauk, rammed into the pilot vehicle of the convoy at Santhome high road.
Next: Two charred to death in bellary accident
Two charred to death in bellary accident
M.B. Girish | DC
Bellary: Two persons were charred to death on Tuesday night after their car collided head-on with a truck and caught fire. The incident happened near Chelgurki cross of Bellary taluk at around 11 pm.
Owing to the impact of the collision, the car immediately caught fire and it is reported that the truck driver sped away.
According to the police the front portion of the truck got partially dented. As the truck approached Veedapanakallu police check post around 12:30 am on Wednesday the driver was questioned about the dent.
The driver, identified as Manohaur, admitted to the police that he had collided with a car and cleaner Murthy was also present at the time of accident. The matter was brought to the notice of
Paramadevanahalli police station and upon investigation, the police found that the car was reduced to ashes and the bodies of two persons were charred beyond recognition. Police said the accident was caused due to truck driver’s recklessness. P D Halli police have registered a case.
Next: 17 days: Assam boy missing
17 days: Assam boy missing
Bangalore: A 23-year-old Assamese youth, who had come to the city to prepare for the Common Admission Test, has gone missing under mysterious circumstances since November 10.
The youth, Joydeep Paul, a resident of Karimganj in Assam, was staying at a paying guest hostel in Koramangala and was preparing for the exams.
The hostel owner last saw Paul on the evening of November 10, and since then he has been missing. His parents, who have arrived in the city to look for Paul, have filed a missing complaint with the Koramangala police.
Joydeep’s father, Vivekananda Paul, a bank employee, told the police that his son had asked for Rs 10,000 which was remitted into his bank account. But the money has not been withdrawn. It is not known if the victim is in any trouble or has gone somewhere, the police said.
Joydeep has left his phone back in his room at the hostel. The family members are in touch with his friends to check whether he has been in touch. “Joydeep, while preparing for the exams, was also looking for a job and had attended some interviews. People close to him say that he was depressed,” the police said.
Joydeep completed his BTech from the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirapalli in 2011. After completing his course, he was in Chennai to take private coaching for CAT and appeared in 2012, but did not qualify.
From Chennai, he came to Bengaluru in June to try his luck. But his father has told the police that he was not sure whether Joydeep appeared for the test.
The Assam Society of Bangalore has uploaded the videos of Joydeep’s mother on Facebook, requesting him to return home. The Society has also posted the pictures of the student along with contact details of the family members.
