Crime file: Agents chop off labourers' palms, one arrested; Class 10 girl raped in Hyderabad, and more
Agents chop off labourers' palms, one arrested
Bhawanipatna (Odisha): Three days after the right palms of two labourers of Odisha's Kalahandi district were chopped off allegedly by middlemen, one person was arrested on Wednesday and four others detained in connection with the gruesome incident.
"One person has been arrested and some others were detained in connection with the palm chopping incident," Kalahandi district Collector B.K. Upadhyay said declining to give details saying investigation was in progress.
Superintendent of Police Sarthak Sarangi said labour agent Bimal Rout was nabbed from Dabugaon area of Nawrangpur district, while another labour agent Parsu Naik, labour sardar Parvez Dundi and two other accomplices - Baikuntha Rout and Bana Majhi were rounded up from Khariar area in Nuapada district.
While one of them has been arrested for his alleged involvement in Sunday's incident, the other four were now being interrogated, police said The SP said three investigating squads were formed and sent to different locations to apprehend the accused persons. A team led by SP Sarangi is interrogating the persons nabbed in the crime.
The two labourers, who hail from Kalahandi district, are in a critical state since the incident on Sunday. The two had got themselves admitted to a hospital here on Monday and were later shifted to VSS Medical College and Hospital at Burla.
The Collector said efforts were being made for replacement of the palms of the wounded labourers. The two labourers, identified as Nilambar Dhangada Majhi and Bialu Nial were among the 12 people, including five women from different villages of Jaipatna block in Kalahandi district, who were taken by two agents about a fortnight ago to Raipur in neighbouring Chhatisgarh.
A complaint lodged by the victims' relatives with the police said they were taken on the assurance of providing them work.
At Raipur, however, the two agents Bimal Rout and Parshu Nayak handed over the two labourers to another person, Parme Rout who asked them to go to Hyderabad from there.
"After reaching Raipur, we were asked to go to Hyderabad. We did not agree and escaped from the agent's clutches. While 10 of us managed to flee and returned to our village, Majhi and Nial got caught," one of the labourers said.
The two men were taken to Nuapada district, kept confined in a village and subsequently taken to Belpada jungle where the agents demanded that they repay the advance taken by all the 12 labourers.
When they pleaded their inability, the agents allegedly cut off their palms, the police said. The other labourers, who had meanwhile, reached their villages, had alleged that they were getting threat calls from the agents demanding refund of the advance money given to them.
Next: Class 10 girl raped in Hyderabad
Class 10 girl raped in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a youth in Turkayamjal area in the city, police said.
The victim, a class 10th student, has complained that she was raped by an unidentified youth Tuesday night, police said.
Next: Suspected cannibal serial killer arrested in Rajasthan
Suspected cannibal serial killer arrested in Rajastha
Kota (Rajasthan): A suspected cannibal serial killer was arrested from a forest of Baran district here in a joint operation by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh police team, police said on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off by local villagers, 35-year-old Karan Singh Bheel was arrested on Tuesday from a forest adjoining Kawai village in Baran district of Kota, Superintendent of Police (SP) Baran, Shivlal Joshi said.
The suspected cannibal, a member of Bheel community, is accused of murdering one Ghansilal Shariya (32) on Sunday night in Durjanpur village of Nahargarh area and escaped with a chopped leg from his body, Joshi said, adding they suspect he consumed it.
Singh is also accused in two other murders in parts of Madhya Pradesh's Guna district. Cases of murder have been registered against the accused here as well as in Guna district and investigation is on, Joshi said.
According to the police, the accused was reportedly dwelling like a beast in a cave in the forest near Kawai village where pieces of human skeleton and animals were recovered from his hideout.
The accused hails from Digdoli village of Fatahgarh Police Station in Madhya Pradesh and is reported to have killed his own mother seven year ago and since then he has been moving across Rajasthan–MP borders and committing the crimes, the SP said.
Next: 6-yr-old boy killed by abductors in UP
6-yr-old boy killed by abductors in UP
Muzaffarnagar: A six-year-old boy kidnapped in August was murdered and his body was thrown in the canal in Kidwainagar area here, police said today. One of the alleged abductors, Nadeem confessed to his crime on Tuesday, police said.
Five accused- Nadeem, Fahim, Joni, Naushad and Imran were arrested last month.
They abducted Zaid on August 27 and demanded a ransom of Rs 6 lakhs from his parents, police said, adding that only shoes and clothes of the child were recovered from the canal. In a separate incident, a woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband and in-laws over a family dispute in Bamanheri village here on Tuesday, police said.
The woman's husband Deoraj has been arrested while his brother Manoj is absconding, they said.
Next: Girl raped by rickshaw puller in Rajasthan
Girl raped by rickshaw puller in Rajasthan
Jaipur: An 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a rickshaw puller who lured her to Bassi and Jatwara towns near here, police said on Wednesday.
On December 12, she was lured by Vinod living near her house to Bassi and Jatwara towns on a bike where she was raped for three days, SHO of Kho-Nagorian police station Satish Verma said.
The victim returned to home on December 15 and told her apathy to parents with whom she reported the matter to police on Tuesday.
The accused was absconding, SHO said, adding the girl had denied to go for medical examination.
However her statement would be recorded later in the day and a case under various sections of IPC for alleged rape was registered against the accused, SHO added.
Next: AP girl tries to end life due to police inaction
AP girl tries to end life due to police inaction
Vijayawada: A 17-year-old girl, who had attempted by suicide setting herself ablaze allegedly due to the harassment by an autorickshaw driver, is battling for life in a private hospital. The girl has suffered up to 70 per cent burns.
Though the incident took place on Monday evening, it came to light on Tuesday when the family members of the girl alleged that the callousness and delay on the part of the Governorpet police to nab the culprit, against whom they had lodged a complaint a fortnight back, led to the victim taking the extreme step.
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Relatives of the girl, CPM city secretary Ch Babu Rao and representatives of AIDWA, CITU and SFI staged protests in front of the police station in the evening, demanding arrest of the accused and also action against the police officials who did not respond to the complaint even after 15 days.
Next: Man refuses to marry lover, sets her ablaze
Man refuses to marry lover, sets her ablaze
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old engineering student was allegedly set on fire by her boyfriend and his accomplices in Nalgonda on Tuesday for asking him to marry her.
The victim’s boyfriend, 25-year-old N. Saidulu, is married with a son, said sources, adding that the girl pressurised him for marriage even after she discovered his marital status. The accused and his accomplices are yet to be arrested.
According to the police, the victim, T. Aruna, is a final year engineering student in the Nalgonda Institute of Technology and Sciences in Cherlapally, Nalgonda. She was Saidu-lu’s lover for quite some time but had recently discovered he was already married and had a son but still wanted him to marry her.
On Tuesday, Saidulu allegedly called her near his workplace in Nalgonda town purportedly to talk about the issue. When she arrived, Saidulu and four of his friends poured kerosene on her and set her on fire. Police said Aruna suffered 95 per cent burns.
Next: 10-year jail for man who abused 5-year-old girl
10-year jail for man who abused 5-year-old girl
Kozhikode: The Kasargod District and Sessions Court on Tuesday sentenced a 49-year-old man, Maruti, to ten years’ rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing a five-year- old girl, a close relative of him. The court also imposed a penalty of Rs. 2,000 on him.
This is reportedly the first child abuse case filed in the state after the enactment of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012.
Judge M. J. Shaktidharan had earlier convicted Maruti in the case after finding him guilty of sexually abusing the girl and the quantum of punishment was pronounced on Tuesday.
“It is shocking that the guardian of the child himself perpetrated the crime,” the court observed.
The incident happened on April 17 this year. A native of Dharwar in Karnataka, Maruti, his wife Manjula, the victim and her mother Lakshmi were residing at Lakshmi Nagar near Theruvath in Kasargod.
Lakshmi had joined Maruti and his wife after she left her husband following torture by him, an alcoholic.
The mother of the girl witnessed the rape of her child and a case was registered by Hosdurg police on April 26 after the abuse was confirmed in a medical examination in Kasargod. Additional Sub-Inspector K.V. Surendran, who investigated the case, submitted the chargesheet after one month.
The court heard the depositions of 16 persons, including the victim, during the trial. The public prosecutor was C. Shukoor.
Next: Suspecting man kills wife, kin
Suspecting man kills wife, kin
Karimnagar: An agricultural labourer, in a fit of rage, killed his wife and elder brother by beating up on their heads with a crowbar, suspecting her fidelity, at Cherlapally in Saran-gapur mandal on Tuesday. Later, he was taken into custody.
The deceased have been identified as Ella Satosha, 38, Kademinda Narsaiah, 50 of the village.
The accused Ella Lachchanna eliminated his wife and brother after suspecting her fidelity.
He picked up an argument over the ‘illicit relationship’ with his elder brother for the past few months, said Dharmapuri inspector S. Mahendar.
A case was registered under Section 302 (homicide) of the IPC.
In a separate incident, a 21-year-old labourer died on the spot and another man sustained severe injuries after a tractor overturned, which he was driving, at Dharm-apuri mandal headquarters on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Kadari Harish.
Next: Fake SI jailed for cheating a student
Fake SI jailed for cheating a student
Nellore: Three town police have detained an MCA student for threatening and collecting a costly cell phone and Rs 40,000 from a gullible youth after posing as trainee sub-inspector at Nellore on Tuesday.
According to Nellore Town DSP P. Venkatnath Reddy, the accused Sheik Jakir is a resident of Pragathi Nagar and is a first year student of MCA in a college in the city.
The accused stumbled upon the victim Hussein of Gudipallipadu in Nellore rural mandal when the latter came to a customs shop near Kanaka Mahal in Nellore to download songs into his latest cell phone.
Jakir, who was present near the shop, demanded for the purchase details of the cell phone of Hussein soon after he came out of the shop.
Alleging that the Cell phone of Hussein is a stolen one, he demanded him to accompany him to the police station after claiming that he is a SI on probation.
Hussein was forced to follow the fake SI as the latter refused to listen to his explanation. Jakir took him to CCS on his motorcycle and thereafter to V town police station under the plea that the circle inspector is not available in the CCS.
He took away the cell phone and Rs 45,000 cash from Hussein near Ayyappa temple, located close to V town police station, and asked him to come to the station.
Hussein realised that he was taken for a ride by the fake SI when he could not find Jakir in the station.
Three town police led by Circle Inspector K.V. Ratnam tracked down the culprit with the help of the motorcycle number provided by Hussein. They recovered the cell phone and Rs 20,000 cash from the accused.
The DSP said that Jakir has become an addict for various habits and he resorted to cheating people under some pretext or others to live a luxurious life. He advised people to call 100 whenever they come across persons like Jakir.
Next: 36-yr-old techie ends life in Hyderabad
36-yr-old techie ends life in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A 36-year-old woman techie committed suicide at her residence in Madhapur on Monday night.
Sudeshna Das, an employee of Oracle, and a native of Kolkata, was found hanging in her bedroom in Ayyappa Society by her mother.
“Her mother went out to recharge the Internet connection after 10 pm. When she returned and tried to open the door, it was locked from inside. Though she called on Sudeshna’s mobile repeatedly, there was no response. Later, with the help of security guards, they broke open the door and found her hanging,” said Madhapur police SI B. Srinivas.
Meanwhile, her mother Anita Das alleged that Sudeshna was depressed as she was harassed by a colleague.
The police has, however, not booked a case against any of her colleagues so far.
A case has been booked under CrPC Section 174 for suspicious death.
Next: Molested girl’s kin attack school
Molested girl’s kin attack school
Khammam: Relatives of a girl student on Tuesday attacked a private school and damaged furniture, alleging that a teacher was harassing their ward sexually.
It is learnt that the girl, a Class X student of the Sai Raghavendra school at Mamillagudem here, was allegedly sexually harassed by her social studies teacher Ramesh for the past two months.
Unable to bear the advances made by her teacher, the girl told her parents about his misbehaviour.
Following this, the girl’s parents approached school correspondent Vijaya Raju on Monday and apprised him of the teacher’s overtures.
However, it is alleged that there was a lack of response.
Unhappy with the behaviour of the school management, the girl’s parents, along with their relatives went to school again on Tuesday to warn Ramesh.
They turned violent and destroyed the furniture in the school when they allegedly got irresponsible response from the school correspondent.
When asked about the incident, the II-Town police said that no complaint was received.
Next: Woman’s body found in a house
Woman’s body found in a house
Tirupati: Mystery shrouds the death of a 25-year-old woman, whose body was found in a decomposed state at Gandhipuram Colony on D.R. Mahal road in Tirupati on Tuesday.
According to Tirupati East circle inspector G. Madhu, the locals who grew suspicious over a foul smell emanating from a house of the deceased informed the police who reached the spot and broke into the house.
On breaking into the house the body of 25-year-old woman, Kavitha, was found in a decomposed state.
The police were told by the locals that Kavitha along with an unidentified man got settled down in the colony around six months ago but never used to interact much with the neighbours.
Though Kavitha was found dead in a decomposed state, the details of the person living with her for the last six months are yet to be ascertained by the police.
According to the Tirupati East police, the incident might have taken place some 3-4 days back. At least any wounds were also not found on the body. Police have registered the case as suspicious death.
According to Madhu, the owner of the house who rented out the home to Kavitha and the unidentified person would be grilled to take the case forward.
Next: 3 held for stealing gold after polish
3 held for stealing gold after polish
Nellore: Residents of Pongurukandriga in Marripadu mandal thrashed three persons belonging to Bihar when they allegedly stolen part of gold from the ornaments after polishing them with some chemical in the village on Tuesday.
According to information, a woman invited the Hindi speaking trio for polishing silver and gold articles in her possession after they claimed that they will add glitter to the ornaments. The woman suspected that the weight of the gold ornaments reduced considerably after the trio washed them with some chemicals.
Villagers gave a dressing down to the accused after the woman alerted her neighbours about the incident. They handed over the three to Marripadu police.
Next: Gold worth Rs 6 cr seized in Bangalore airport this year
Gold worth Rs 6 cr seized in airport this year
Bangalore: With the government tightening the leash on gold imports to ease the pressure on the currency, smuggling of the precious metal has peaked this year and has even taken precedence over contraband smuggling.
In Bangalore alone, over 21 kg of gold worth over Rs 6 crore has been seized by the Customs officials this year from the Kempegowda InterÂnational Airport and this, according to sources, could just be the tip of the iceberg.
“What we have seized so far this year could be a miniscule amount of gold that has alÂrÂeady been smuggled in through the airport and other routes. Gold smuggling is the most lucrative business now for many people, who are willing to take the risk in return of good and quick money,” said an official source.
Next: 20-year-old gang raped in TN
20-year-old gang raped
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Dharmapuri: In yet another shocking caÂÂse of gang rape, seven yoÂuth who allegedly gang rÂaÂpÂed a 20-year-old girl on the forest fringes in PappÂirÂeddipatti in DhaÂrÂmaÂpuri district, were nabÂbÂed on TueÂsÂdÂay.
A private comÂpany emÂpÂlÂoyee, R. SwÂaÂÂthi (name chÂanged), went to PappireÂdÂdÂipatti bus staÂnd to meet her coÂllege frieÂnd, Prabhu.
HoÂwÂÂever, PraÂbÂhu and his six friÂends took SwÂathi to the resÂÂÂerÂved forest area and gang raped her, the police said.
Next: Duo uses cars to snatch chains
Duo uses cars to snatch chains
Chennai: The city police chanced upon some high-living thieves who went about their business in the comfort of their cars. It also came in handy to carry home the booty, police found when they held a duo on suspicion on Monday evening.
During initial enqÂuiries, the police found that they were habitual offÂenders indulging in chain-snatching and thefts across the city for the past three years.
The police were able to recover 90 sovereigns of gold, worth Rs 20 lakh, frÂom the two whose modus operandi was to move around the city in cars and snatch chains.
They bought cars from the theft money.
The accused, Sheik Allaudin, 26, and Amin Sardar, 22, hail from KeÂelakarai in RamaÂnatÂhaÂpuram district, and are school dropouts, the polÂice said.
Abdullah was alÂso wanted in theft caÂses in Keelakarai and had served three months unÂder preventive detention there.
After the duo shifted to Chennai, they became accomplices with MadaÂrsÂha alias Shahul HaÂmeed along with two others, who were notorious for similar offences, and stayed together at ArumÂbakkam.
Careful not to raise suspicion among the neighbours, they informed thÂeir landlord that they work in a fast food centre and attributed this to thÂeir nocturnal activities.
They bought two cars, sold them subsequently and after that went about their ‘business’ on MadaÂrsha’s bike.
They were held by MaÂdÂurÂavoyal inspector (crime), Rajendran and his team when they were on patrol near the tollgate on Porur garden service road.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the duo were involved in buÂrglaries reported in and around Koyambedu and have also confessed to have committed chain-snatchings and burglaries in the TirÂuÂvanÂmiÂyur, VilliÂvakkkam, and MaÂduravoyal areas.
A senior police official saÂid, “We are hoping to nab Madarsha and two of his accomplices and this might help solve more property offences in the city.”
