Crime file: Police constable shoots self to death in AP; minor girl tortured, branded with hot iron by employer and more

Police constable commits suicide in AP

Warangal (AP): A 24-year-old police constable allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service pistol here. B Sandeep, who was deputed at Eturunagarm Station in Warangal district, shot himself last night, police said.

According to police, Sandeep had recently got married. However, the couple used to argue frequently over domestic issues.

He came to the police station at around 10 PM yesterday, pulled out his pistol and shot himself in the stomach, they said. Sandeep succumbed to injuries while being taken to hospital, they said, adding that further investigation in the case was on.

Next: 14-yr-old rapes 9-yr-old-cousin

14-yr-old rapes 9-yr-old-cousin

Greater Noida: A 14-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly raping his 9-year-old cousin in Dadri area in Gautam Buddh Nagar distrtic here.

Based on a complaint, a case was lodged and the boy arrested, a police officer said, adding that he has been sent to remand home for juveniles.

In another case, a 25-year-old woman from Jewar area alleged that she was raped by a property dealer named Yamin.

An FIR has been lodged and victim has been sent for medical examination, an officer said, adding that a hunt has been launched to nab the accused who was absconding.

Next: Minor girl tortured, branded with hot iron rod by employer

Minor girl tortured, branded with hot iron rod by employer

Kakinada (AP): A 12-year-old girl working as a domestic help was rescued from her employer's house here after she was allegedly subjected to torture and branded with a hot iron rod.

The victim hails from Bhogapuram village in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh and lost her father, a farm worker last year following which landlord Akula Govindarao (60) brought the girl here as his maid, assuring her family of a decent living.

According to locals in Venkatnagar area, the girl was beaten up by Rao's wife daily.

Recently, the landlady branded her hands with a hot iron rod after she allegedly failed to clean the vegetable cutter properly.

Hearing her screams, the neighbours gathered and reported the matter to Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) officials, which conducted a surprise check yesterday along with a team of members from the district child protection centre and the Labour department here.

Subsequently, they rescued the girl from bondage. The labour department officials have filed a case against the landlord under Child Labour Prohibition Act. The girl has now been kept in a child care centre till further arrangements are made for admitting her in a residential school.

Next: 10-year-old boy pushed into child labour by uncaring family

10-year-old boy pushed into child labour by uncaring family

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu anti-human trafficking unit and Ch­ildline (1098) rescued a 10-year-old ch­ild worker from a gr­o­cery store in Ram­an­athapuram district on Sa­turday.

Ajith, who had lost his mother and was deserted by his father, had to look for work after his au­nt refused to feed him if he did not bring ho­me money.

After the death of his mother early in his life, Ajith was left to fend for himself as his father, rickshawman Palani, did not care for him. “I was staying in my aunt’s house. My aunt’s family told me that I would not be allowed to stay there unless I brought money. Bef­ore joining the grocery store for a daily wage of Rs 80, I worked in a hotel,” Ajith told the rescue team.

K. Balamurugan, coordinator of Chil­dline in Raman­atha­pu­ram, told DC that Aj­ith would be produced before the district child welfare co­m­mittee on Tuesday. “We took details ab­out his family and why he was pushed into work. He is interested in going to school. We were sho­c­ked to know that he was never enrolled in a school,”Bal­a­murugan said.

He added that the grocery store owner will be called for enquiry and asked to pay a fine for employing a child worker in his store.

Ajith has now been sent to a voluntary ho­me for care and protection. According to a recent survey by the state government, mo­re than 29,000 child­r­en in TN are not in sc­h­ool.

A se­n­ior gove­r­n­m­ent off­icial said the en­for­c­e­ment agencies to eradicate child la­b­our have not been st­r­e­­­ng­th­ened to tackle the inc­reasing child la­­b­our market.

“We ha­ve just collected da­ta ab­out out-of-school ch­il­dr­en in TN. Ap­­­art from Ta­­mil ch­i­ldr­en, scores of no­rth In­dian children work in petty shops and sn­a­ck bars,” said an officer.

Next: AP girl set on fire by her lover dies

AP girl set on fire by her lover dies

Hyderabad: T. Aruna, 21, who was allegedly set ablaze by her boyfriend and his accomplices in Nalgonda on last Tuesday, died in Hyderabad on Sunday while undergoing treatment.

Police said she was in love with N. Saidulu, 25, and expected him to marry her. But she recently discovered that he was married and had a son.

Realising that she had been cheated, Aruna pressurised him to resolve the issue. On last Tuesday, Saidulu called her to his place of work at Prakash Bazaar in Nalgonda town to resolve the issue. When Aruna reached there, Saidulu suddenly poured kerosene on her and set her ablaze.

Police said that the victim had suffered 95 per cent burns and was admitted to the district government hospital in Nalgonda.

As her condition worsened, she was later shifted to private hospital in Hyderabad where she died. Saidulu has been arrested.

As news of her death spread in Nalgonda, local people assembled in the town centre, lit candles and prayed for her. Aruna was a final year engineering student in Nalgonda Institute of Technology and Sciences (NITS) in Cherlapally.

Next: 10-yr old girl raped, youth arrested

10-yr old girl raped, youth arrested

Jajpur (Odisha): A youth has been arrested from Jajpur Keonjhar Road station on charges of raping a ten-year-old school girl at Managobindapur village in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said on Monday.

The medical examination of the girl has confirmed rape, the police said. The accused has been identified as Tapan Kumar Mirdha (28) of Sadar police area in Balasore district.

"We were raiding several places in a bid to nab the accused. Finally we managed to arrest him from the railway station while he was trying to board a Howrah-bound train late on Saturday night," the police said.

According to the FIR filed by the girl's father with the Jajpur Road police, the girl who is studying in Class V at an upper primary school of Managobindapur village went to school along with her classmates on Friday.

While returning home alone after school, Tapan, a native of Balasore and staying in a rented house at the same village, lured her by giving chocolates. He then took her to his rented house and raped there.

"The girl informed her parents about the sexual assault after reaching home," the police said.

The girl's father approached the village committee the same night but the accused absconded from the village after the matter was reported to the village committee. An FIR was then filed against the accused with the local police on Saturday and the girl was sent for medical examination.

Based on the medical report, police registered an offence under Section 376 of IPC (Punishment for rape) and under section 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 against Tapan. The accused was produced before a court yesterday after being medically examined. He has been remanded to judicial custody.

Next: 19-yr-old dead, lover suspected

19-yr-old dead, lover suspected

Hyderabad: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her lover at Ameerpet village in Maheswaram in the early hours of Sunday. The victim had gone out on Saturday night and was found dead in the bushes near her house by her parents and locals.

Following a complaint from the victim’s relatives, police took the her lover D. Krishna into custody. He clai-med that he did not kill her, but they did have sex that night. The police booked a case of murder against Kris-hna, a cargo employee at the RGI Airport.

According to Mahe-shwaram police, the girl, who was in a relationship with Krishna, went to meet him on the terrace of his house at night after he called her.

“Krishna claimed the victim collapsed while they were having sex, and started bleeding heavily. She complained of a headache. In a few minutes, she fell unconscious and died,” police said. Kris-hna dumped her body in some bushes along the road, he added.

The body was found on Sunday morning. Police could not determine the cause of death. “There were no injury marks on her body. Only after post-mortem the cause of death can be confirmed,” said Mahesw-aram police inspector M. Gangadhar.

Next: Vendor allegedly tortured

Vendor allegedly tortured

Kakinada: The Pithapuram and Gollaprolu police allegedly let off a 50-year-old vendor, after allegedly torturing him in the lock up. The incident came to light on Sunday, as the vendor was admitted to the government general hospital.

According to sources, the Gollaprolul police took vendor Garapati Srinu of Tatiparthi village into custody suspecting him in a murder case of Kumpatla Tata Rao of the same village, that took place on Novermber 12.

Srinu said that he was arrested by the Gollaprolu police and brought to Pithapuram police station. He alleged that the police removed his nails from his legs and bashed him up severely, pressuring him to confess to the murder.

He alleged that when he was in asemi-conscious condition, the police gave some money to his wife and advised her to admit him in the hospital.

Next: Thief fails to open bank ATM

Thief fails to open bank ATM

Hyderabad: A man failed in his attempt to break open an unguarded ATM of the Canara Bank at Alwal on Sunday. He could not break it open it even after repeated attempts.

Prior to beginning the operation, he damaged the surveillance camera at the kiosk, police said.
“We can still get the footage which was captured before the damage. We will collect it from the bank to find if we can find some clues,” Alwal inspector S.V.Hari Krishna said.

The incident took place early in the day but was discovered only at about 11 am when a customer came to the ATM. According to the police, even after repeated warning the bank had not posted guards at the ATM.

Next: Rs 50L items stolen from GHMC flats

Rs 50L items stolen from GHMC flats

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Hyderabad: Over Rs 50 lakh worth materials, including wooden doors, windows, tiles, iron grills, electrical and bathroom fittings have been stolen from newly constructed apartments in the city and its outskirts.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation spent over Rs 200 crore to construct 9,000 housing units, under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission housing scheme, at various places in the city.

Due to the failure of GHMC to provide security to JNNURM housing colonies and lethargy of the Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy district collectorates, 9,000 JNNURM flats, completed in all aspects, are waiting for the beneficiaries to be occupied.

However, the government has not identified the beneficiaries as a result of which these fully-completed 9,000 flats are lying vacant.

Though contractors have been insisting on GHMC to take possession of the flats, the civic body has not taken them and also did not provide any security in these colonies. As a result, the new doors, windows, tiles, electrical and bathroom fittings etc., whatever the people could lay their hands on, have been stolen.

“Rs 49-lakh worth material has been stolen from JNNURM colony in Shamsi-guda, at Kukatpally alone. We are going to book police case also,” said GHMC engineer-in-chief, R. Dhan Singh.

He informed this to the general body meeting of the GHMC, on Saturday, after Telugu Desam floor leader raised the issue of JNNURM houses lying vacant.

Next: 6 held under gaming act

6 held under gaming act

Hyderabad: The sleuths of the task force, West Zone arrested about six persons under the gaming act. According to K. Ramchandran, additional deputy commissioner of police, the team first raided a house in Pren Nagar, Erragadda, where satta was being played and arrested Hameed Khan and three others. About Rs 43,000 was seized from their possession.

In another case, the team raided a house in Mohala Gunj and Niyaz Ali khan and his accomplice and seized about Rs 9,500.