Crime file: Girl set on fire by stalker dies; scolded by spouse, woman ends life and more
Girl set on fire by stalker dies
Kakinada: After battling for her life for five days, 17-year-old Keerthi Revathi, who was set ablaze by a stalker just days before her marriage, succumbed to the burns at the government hospital on Monday.
Revathi was set to marry Eswara Sharma of Pensam village in Srikakulam on Sunday at Anaparthi in East Godavari district.
Howver, she was set ablaze by M. Naveen Kumar on December 18, as she had turned down his proposal.
Next: Scolded by spouse, woman ends life
Scolded by spouse, woman ends life
Hyderabad: A woman committed suicide by consuming poison in Jeedimetla on Sunday evening after being reprimanded by her husband for chewing tobacco. The victim has been identified as Aisheya Begum, 43, wife of Mahbub, a resident of Rodamestri Nagar in Quthbullapur.
According to Jeedimetla police, Aisheya was addicted to chewing tobacco for years. It was affecting her health too. Her husband Mahbub had warned her many times, and they used to have frequent arguments over the uissue.
But on Sunday evening, Aisheya consumed poison after they had an argument over the issue, police said. The family members took her to the Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals, where she was declared brought dead.
The body was later shifted to the Gandhi Hospital and was handed over to the victim’s family on Monday.
Next: Man jumps in front of train
Man jumps in front of train
Hyderabad: A cloth merchant committed suicide by jumping in front of a train at the Secunderabad railway station on Monday morning.
The victim was identified as Jithender Giriji Goshar, 45, a resident of Himayathnagar, who runs a textile store in the area. The passengers who found the body alerted the police.
The cops found a suicide note, which mentioned a name Arun Gala, as the reason for his suicide. Gala, a builder, stays in the same apartment complex as Jithender.
“There were frequent fights regarding the parking space between the two,” Jithender’s brother said. The note further said, “Vijayawada cousins take care of my family.” A case has been registered and body shifted to the Gandhi Hospital.
Next: 3 held for Rs 1.75 crore loan embezzlement
3 held for Rs 1.75 crore loan embezzlement
Hyderabad: The Central Crime Station unearthed an embezzlement case involving a whopping Rs 1.75 crore in Shriram City Union Finance’s Himayathnagar branch. So far they have arrested three officials of the company — the branch manager, Avunooru Srikanth, 30, accounts-in-charge, Mugannagari Venkata Siva Reddy, 28, and marketing executive, Venna Srikanth, 26.
The trio embezzled the large sum with fake loan applications and forged documents. The scam was unearthed after the misappropriation of funds came to light three months ago following an internal audit. Some of the firm’s officials then approached the Central Crime Station police.
According to the police, the trio started generating fake loan applications since November 2012 with forged documents of existing clients, employees and other people.
“They prepared 28 fake loan applications, and took the loan amount. They also took the incentive of lakhs of rupees from the company for acquiring the fake clients. Apart from that, they misappropriated around Rs 11.5 lakh, from the actual clients,” said Central Crime Sation DCP P. Raju.
Shriram City Union Finance assured that the case won’t affect rest of its clients. A case has been booked against the trio, and they were sent to judicial remand.
Next: 16-yr-old ends life in hostel
16-yr-old ends life in hostel
Vijayawada: A 16-year-old inmate of a hostel, which is run by a corporate college, was found hanging in her room on Monday morning. Guttikonda Vidya Chowdary, the daughter of G. Purnachandra Rao of Chillakallu village, Jagayyapeta mandal, was a first-year Intermediate student at Sri Chaitanya Junior College’s Aparanjita girl’s campus near Kanuru.
Penamaluru police inspector K. Dharmendra said, the girl went home on December 18 with her father and returned on December 22. “She might have been homesick and under stress and this might have led her to this extreme step,” Dharmendra said.
He said the girl had talked to her roommates till 12 midnight. When the went to sleep, Vidya hanged herself at around 1 am. Ramya, the floor in-charge at the hostel, found the body when
she was on a routine round to wake up students at 5am on Monday, police said.
