Crime file: Class 10 student delivers, throws baby from window; Teens punch minor to death and more
Class 10 student delivers, throws baby from window
Narender Pulloor | DC
Nizamabad: A 15-year-old student of the Kasturba Gandhi Balikala Vidyalayam Residential School in Pitlam mandal headquarters, gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday.
However, to conceal the incident, she threw the baby boy from her room on the first floor of the hostel building.
Inmates of the hostel heard the baby’s cries from the rear of the hostel. The girls informed the college officials. They found the baby boy and informed the police.
Police shifted the severely injured baby to the hospital, where the doctors declared him brought dead.
The mother was shifted to government area hospital in Banswada and her condition is said to be critical.
Her parents, who rushed to the hostel, suspect that one mobile repairman, Gopal, a native of Karegoan, might be responsible for their daughter’s pregnancy.
Incidentally, the girl’s marriage was fixed with the accused. The girl gave premature birth to the boy in 7 months.
Meanwhile, parents of other students staged a protest demanding proper protection for their daughters.
Bodhan DSP Gouse Moinuddin said the suspect will be taken into custody.
Next: Teens punch minor to death
Teens punch minor to death
Hyderabad: A 15-year-old boy was allegedly beaten to death by another teenager and his friends at Mahboob Colony in Tallagadda on Monday night.
The victim, Mohammed Sameer, fell unconscious after he was beaten up by the assailants in a brawl.
Though the boy was rushed to hospital, doctors declared him dead upon arrival. Tappachabutra police has booked a case against a 16-year-old boy for culpable homicide, and started a probe.
Meanwhile, Sameer’s parents alleged the police let go off other two attackers after succumbing to political pressure.
“Police booked case against only one boy. There were two others, who attacked my son. Cops are not ready to take action against them because of political pressure,” said Sameer’s father Mohd. Shakeel. Police said the brawl began after the victim pelted a small stone at the assailants who were running on the streets.
Meanwhile, police said that the accused’s intention was not to murder the boy. “We suspect he died due to a fist blow.
It was a result of a sudden brawl, and no weapon was used by the attackers. So we booked a case against a minor for culpable homicide under IPC Section 304,” said Tappachabutra inspector Mohd.
Riyazu-ddin adding that the victim had not sustained major external injuries in the attack. Cops said they will take action against the others after post-mortem report.
Next: Boy dresses up as his sister to steal ATM cash
Boy dresses up as his sister to steal ATM cash
Hyderabad: A young man dressed in a salwar kameez and covering his face with a dupatta to impersonate his sister, was caught and counselled by cops on Monday when he tried to steal cash from an ATM using his uncle’s debit card at Sangareddy town.
Blue Colts, the patrolling cops on motorbikes, caught the man entering an HDFC Bank ATM under suspicious circumstances and took him to the police station only to find that he was not an amateur thief.
Sangareddy inspector Siva Shankar, said the youth, a graduate, had dressed up as a girl to avoid being recognised on camera.
“After the Bengaluru incident, ATMs are being checked regularly. On Monday, Blue Colts found the youth going to the ATM on a pulsar bike dressed as a woman. The ATM card is in his uncle’s name. His father requested not to book a case and they didn’t lodge a complaint. We haven’t booked a case,” he said.
Next: 35-yr-old killed in public view
35-yr-old killed in public view
Hyderabad: A man was stabbed to death near Satyam Theatre in Ameerpet on Tuesday afternoon in full public view.
The assaulter, who hled a grudge against the victim, rammed his bike with the vehicle of the victim’s brother and picked up a fight.
He then attacked the victim with a knife when he interfered in the brawl.
The victim, Ranjeet Saigal, 35, who runs a fast food centre, was brought dead to a private hospital at Ameerpet.
SR Nagar Police booked a murder case against the accused Sukhwinder Singh, 45, and took him into custody.
Police said Sukhwinder and Ranjeet were at logger heads due to business competition. Cops have started a probe.
Next: 13-yr-old arrested for raping minor
13-yr-old arrested for raping minor
Bangalore: A 13-year-old boy from Begur has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and raping a nine-year-old girl, while she was returning home from school on January 4.
The exact age of the accused is not clear. But his school records show that he was born on June 11, 2000. He had dropped out of school, City Police Commissioner Raghavendra H. Auradkar said on Tuesday.
“Medical and other tests will reveal his age. Since the accused is a minor, and as per the Juvenile Justice Act, we are restricted from divulging more information on him,” he said.
The accused is a school dropout and a vagabond. He was arrested from Begur, where he stayed. The police initially had no clues and the nine police teams formed to crack the case watched footage from CCTV cameras in the area that got them closer to the accused, Mr Auradkar said.
They obtained vital circumstantial evidence from an abandoned hut, where the girl was raped. They conducted a thorough search and arrested the accused, he said.
The accused acted alone and was not assisted by anyone. He was arrested on Tuesday morning and the police are still interrogating him to find out whether he knew the girl and followed her before committing the crime, he said.
The accused has also been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act. The victim could not provide any information on the accused as she had been anaesthetised, he said. The Electronic City police have registered a case.
The victim, a second standard student, was returning home from school around 12.30 pm on Saturday when she was attacked on the Classic Layout’s Road in Begur.
The accused covered her mouth, dragged her into the hut and raped her. He then allegedly tied a cloth around the girl’s eyes, left her on Begur Main Road and fled from the spot after threatening her with dire consequences if she revealed the rape to anyone.
The girl reached home in a state of complete shock. Her parents, who saw her bleeding from her private parts, rushed her to St John's Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment.
Next: Con couple looted '6 cr, blew up '5.5 cr
Con couple looted '6 cr, blew up '5.5 cr
Kochi: The Special Investigation Team probing the solar scam has submitted before Kerala High Court that Saritha and Biju Radhakrishnan swindled '6 crore from various persons and blew up '5.5 crore. Since most of the money was spent for luxury, the settlement of the cases was most unlikely, the police said.
“The hype, sensation and controversies appear to have deterred some of the complainants from going ahead with the matter. So they may compromise on the case even without getting payment,” the SIT submitted.
Perumbavoor DySP K. Harikrishann made the submission after the court asked the state to submit the financial details of the scam.
Saritha spent over '10 lakh for purchasing dress materials and '33 lakh for advertisements of Team Solar. The police recovered 38 sovereigns of gold from her. Saritha also spent '6 lakh for two tour programmes organised for her employees.
The SIT under ADGP South Zone investigated 33 cases and 30 cases were chargesheeted. Three cases are in the final stages of investigation.
The police unearthed 16 bank accounts maintained by the accused and the same were frozen. Most of the looted money was spent for constructing a house and purchase of two cars and other movable properties such as luxury furniture.
No payment has been made in any of the major cases. The acquaintances and relations of the accused, unconnected with the case, coming forward to help the accused cannot be ruled out, the police said.
The police were able to compound only Rs 1 lakh. Many of the complainants are respectable individuals who value their privacy and dignity and who never wanted to get themselves involved in a case like this, the police said.
Next: Serial rapist jaishankar in police custody
Serial rapist jaishankar in police custody
Bangalore: Serial rapist and dreaded killer Jaishankar was reportedly taken into police custody for seven days starting January 2.
The move came following multiple requests from the police seeking his custody to complete their ongoing investigations. “We have been interrogating him in order to verify the details of his escape from prison. He seems to be physically fine and cooperating with us,” said a senior police officer.
This development comes after a ruling by a judge from a local court on October 12, which had declared that 36-year-old Jaishankar - who broke out of his high-security cell in Parappana Agrahara on September 1 - should continue to receive medical treatment at Victoria Hospital, as he was deemed ‘medically unfit’ to be sent back to police custody or be taken into judicial custody.
Next: Woman farmer electrocuted
Woman farmer electrocuted
Nizamabad: A woman farmer, Narasavva, 51, was electrocuted while she was working in her fields at Narsannapally in Kamareddy mandal on Monday night.
The victim reportedly was testing power supply at the agriculture borewell when she came in contact with a live wire and died on the spot.
Basing on a complaint by her husband, Kist-aiah, Devunipally police registered a case on Tuesday.
The body has been shifted to the government hospital in Kamareddy for postmortem.
Farmers in the village said irregular supply of power has been troubling them frequently in the last few days.
Next: Financier found dead on rail tracks, cash missing
Financier found dead on rail tracks, cash missing
Guntur: Railway police found the body of Somepalli Prasad, 38, a financier, in suspicious circumstances on the railway track at Savalya-puram mandal of Guntur district on Tuesday morning.
The family suspected that the financier might have been killed by unidentified persons who then made off with his bag containing '6.5 lakh.
According to the family of the victim, Prasad had called his brother in-law Y.S. Srinivasa Rao from his mobile phone and said that some unidentified persons had chased him from Tenali and Vinukon-da towns.
A gangman, who noticed Prasad’s body and alerted the railway police, who informed the Savalyapuram police. Prasad’s motorcycle was found in Addanki major.
Narasaraopet DSP Devarapalli Prasad, railway DSP Balakrishna and inspector Seshagiri Rao visited the scene of offence and pressed sniffer dogs to trace the assailants.
Prasad is survived by wife and two children. Investigations are on.
Next: Man collects deposits from 350 persons, flees
Man collects deposits from 350 persons, flees
Vijayawada: Satyanara-yanapuram on Tuesday received complaint from the victims of a conman who managed to dupe around 350 persons of the city.
Arun Chowdary, 30, a native of Hyderabad is accused of cheating his staff and fleeing, according to inspector P. Satyanandam.
The inspector said that Arun, who came to the city last July, took a room in a lodge and floated a company ‘Alaska International’. He recruited about 350 persons.
Stating that the company would manufacture necklaces, Arun promised his employees that they would be paid '80 daily as wages. He took caution deposit of '1,500 from each.
Mr Satyanandam said Arun also managed to get 10 local businessmen to become franchisees of his firm by paying '75,000 each. Police estimate that Arun collected around '10 lakh from his victims and has been missing since January 2. Investigating is on.
Next: Man tries to molest 12-year-old girl
Man tries to molest 12-year-old girl
Visakhapatnam: A 32-year old man allegedly attempted to rape a 12-year-old girl at Gajuwaka area in the city on Tuesday.
The accused, N. Ramakrishna, 32, forcibly entered into the girl’s house at a colony under Gajuwaka police station limits in the city.
When he was trying to assault the girl, she raised an alarm. As the girl’s parents and neighbours in the colony were alerted, the accused fled the place. The incident occurred at about 1.30 am on Tuesday.
Sources said that Ramakrishna was in an inebriated condition when the incident happened.
The family members of the minor lodged a complaint with the police stating that the man tried to rape the girl.
Gajuwaka police said Ramakrishna was arrested as the parent of the minor filed a complaint. They said the case is being investigated.
Next: Conman cheats with Deloitte offer
Conman cheats with Deloitte offer
Hyderabad: A man pretending to be an employment agent cheated an engineering graduate promising him a job in Deloitte and fled with '4 lakh.
In order to convince the victim, the conman even sent a fake offer letter from the email id that resembled Deloitte’s official email id.
Cybercrime police arrested the accused, Rajendra Prasad Cho-wdary, a native of Avanigadda, Krishna district, on Tuesday.
According to the police, the victim, A. Chandra Sekhara Rao, from Balanagar, received a call from the accused claiming to be a job consultant, ‘capable of getting a back-door entry into multinational companies’.
“To gain the confidence of the victim, he also sent a fake offer letter from two mail ids, which he created with the help of a spoofing website,” said Additional DCP, crime, of Cyberabad Janaki Sharmila.
Prasad Chowdary asked the victim to deposit '4.05 lakh in a bank account given by him.
When the victim went directly to Deloitte with the offer letter, the officials told him that it was a fake offer letter. Only then did he realise that he had been cheated. Des-pite repeated attempts, the accused never res-ponded to Mr Rao’s phone calls after that.
Cybercrime police team, headed by inspector K. Sudar-shan Reddy, began the probe and arrested the accused after tracing him through his mobile number and IP address.
Next: Fake journo arrested
Fake journo arrested
Chennai: A man who posed as a journalist to avail of rail fare concession was arrested on Tuesday after the public relations officials in the secretariat grew suspicious about his credentials.
The arrested was identified as Nitin Tiwari, a resident of Sowcarpet, who came to the public relations office in the secretariat to get endorsement for his rail fare concession application.
“But his accÂreditation card looked fake and so we checked. When we analysed the infÂormÂatiÂoÂn in the card, it was coÂnfirÂmed that it was a fake one.
The person had claiÂmÂed to be a reporter in a neÂwspaper belonging to a norÂth Indian publication, whÂich also has editions in Chennai.
He had faked the government accreditation caÂrd to avail of such minor beÂnÂefits,” said a police officer.
Next: Thieves target cops’ houses
Thieves target cops’ houses
Chennai: In two different incidents, thieves made away with more than 45 sovereigns of gold jewels and cash from locked houses belonging to a serving police inspector and another retired inspector on Monday night.
The burglars gained entry and took away about 31 sovereigns of gold kept in the locker inside the pooja room in the house of retired police inspector Velusamy, 68, at Jeeva Nagar, in Adambakkam, when the inmates were away.
The burglary took place when Velusamy had gone to the Chennai airport to pick up his wife who was returning from the US after visiting their daughter. Though his son’s family, staying on the ground floor of the same house, heard a noise and raised an alarm, the intruders managed to escape with the valuables.
In the second incident, the burglars took away 15 sovereigns of gold and cash from the house of an inspector at Ravi Nagar in Orikkai, KancheÂepuram. Inspector Manivelan, attached to the wireless section of the Kancheepuram SP’s office, had gone to Bengaluru with his wife to visit his son.
When returned on Tuesday, he found his house broken open, electric supply cut and valuables missing. He has lodged a complaint with the Kancheepuram taluk police station.
Next: 3 arrested for woman’s gang rape
3 arrested for woman’s gang rape
Madurai: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a 24-year-old woman at Avaniapuram.
The woman, from KotÂtaram in Kanyakumari district, in her police complaint, said she had come to Madurai by train on Sunday to meet her boyfriend who works as a driver at AvaniaÂpu-
ram.
She alleged that her boyfriend Prakash and his friends took her to an isolated place and raped her.
She claimed that she lodged a complaint with the police after she regained consciousness.
The woman was admitted to the government Rajaji hospital.
The police registered a case of gang rape against 10 persons on Monday and arrested AshokÂkumar, MuthÂupaÂndi and Eswaran on Tuesday. The police are on the look-out for seven others.
Enquiries revealed that the woman, a mother of three children, was separated from her husband and was staying with her parents.
She had arrived at Madurai on an invitation from Prakash with whom she was in a relationship for the past few months. The police are on the look-out for seven others.
Next: Rape ‘accused’ to take truth test
Rape ‘accused’ to take truth test
Gururaj A. paniyadi
Mangalore: The three ‘accused’ in the Saujanya rape and murder case have reportedly decided to resort to divine help to prove their innocence.
Saujanya, a II PUC student at SDM College, Ujire was found murdered near her house on October 10, 2012.
Though Santhosh Rao was arrested in connection with the incident, activists and family members of Saujanya suspected the involvement of Dheeraj Kella, Uday Jain and Mallik Jain.
Despite a CID investigation giving a clean chit to the three individuals, activists have been continuing to allege that they are involved and have been demanding that the case be handed over to CBI.
Now to prove that they are clean, the three have decided to make a vow on their innocence before the "Nalwar Daiwas" (four good spirits) at Kanathoor Sri Nalwar Daiwastana (in Kasargod) on January 19. Through the temple, they have also invited those making allegations against them to attend the ‘truth test.’
Based on the plea of the three, as per the tradition of the temple, the authorities have sent a letter to the family members of Saujanya (her father, mother and uncle) and two activists asking them to attend the truth test on January 19.
DC photo - The three ‘accused’ at the shrine on Jan. 2. They plan to revisit the Kanathoor shrine on January 19.
The "Nalwar Daiwas," of Kanathoor Sri Nalwar Daiwastana are also considered a parallel court which solves the tussle between two parties. Thousands of people come here every year to solve their problems.
Thus taking an oath in front of the Daiwas by touching the steps in front of the temple is like taking an oath before God. People are scared to lie. Thus any oath taken here is deemed to be true, said sources.
The belief is that if anybody dares to lie, the liar and his family will attract the wrath of God.
"Activists and family members of Saujanya have been making allegations against us since several months, we are unable to bear it.
Though we have been asking them for proof, they are silent. So we decided to go for this test," Dheeraj Kella told Deccan Chronicle.
