Crime file: 7-yr-old girl raped by 15-yr-old boy in AP; 60-year-old tribal held in 1983 molestation case and more

7-yr-old girl raped by 15-yr-old boy in Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old boy at Yeguvapeta in Bheemunipatnam town in the district, police said.

The minor girl's parents approached the Bheemunipatnam police and lodged a complaint against the accused, they said. He allegedly lured the girl, who is from the same community and area as him.

While the 15-year-old boy was taken into police custody, the victim was shifted to the King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam for treatment and medical examination.

According to Bheemunipatnam circle Inspector S. Lakshmana Murthy, the minor girl went to a nearby shop to buy groceries Saturday night, when the accused allegedly took her to his residence in the absence of his family members.

He beat her up and forced himself on her. The victim's mother came to know about the incident after she reached home crying and in a bad condition and revealed everything.

The girl's parents reportedly went to catch hold of the accused, who had already fled the place. Though community elders tried to convene a meeting between both the families, the victim's parents lodged a police complaint, defying warnings from community elders who reportedly promised to 'solve' the issue.

The accused was taken into custody today, the police said.

Next: 60-year-old tribal held in 1983 molestation case

60-year-old tribal held in 1983 molestation case

Raigarh (Chhattisgarh): A 60-year-old tribal was arrested from Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, 31 years after he had allegedly molested a minor girl, police said on Sunday.

"The accused Sadhram Sidar was nabbed in connection with molestation of a girl," Raigarh ASP Praphulla Thakur said.

A case was registered against Sadhram (29) in 1983 with Jute Mill police station for allegedly molesting the minor.

"Later, Sadhram shifted from his native place Nansiya to Lailunga region following which he was mentioned as absconder in the police record and the investigation in the case was pending," he said.

Sadhram was held when he himself contacted police after he came to know from his close relatives that he was being trailed by cops. Sadhram had been released on bail that time as the offence was bailable, the police officer said. According to Sadhram, he did not even remember what had happened three decades ago.

Next: Man smashes daughter's face for continuing her education

Man smashes daughter's face for continuing her education

Betul (MP): Angry over his 11-year-old daughter's determination to continue her school education, a man allegedly smashed her face and head with a heavy stone at a village here.

Dinesh Uikey smashed his daughter's face when she returned home from school on Friday evening in the district's Maramjhiri village and fled away, police said.

The girl, a student of class V at a government school at Maramjhiri, was admitted to Betul district hospital where she is undergoing treatment for her injuries and is reported to be out of danger.

The distraught girl told reporters here last evening that her father was against her attending school and used to ill-treat her for continuing with her studies instead of selling wood.

She also alleged that many a times her father did not serve her food for a whole day. Police said they have lodged a complaint against the accused on the basis of the girl's statements under sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of IPC.

A search was on to nab him, they added.

Next: Ex-MLA's son kills wife, shoots self to death

Ex-MLA's son kills wife, shoots self to death

Chandigarh: A former MLA's son shot dead his wife and then committed suicide at their house in Patiala on Sunday, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Balwinder Pal Singh (35), son of former Akali Dal MLA from Shutrana Gurdev Singh Sidhu, and Balwinder's wife Gurmeet Kaur (34).

Police said that the couple was going through a rough patch following which Balwinder took the extreme step. Gurmeet, widow of Balwinder's elder brother, was remarried to him after his brother died years ago. She has two sons from her first marriage.

Patiala SSP Hardyal Singh Mann said as per the statement of the family, the couple had an altercation on Saturday night but Sidhu pacified the couple.

The couple again had an altercation today following which Balwinder went to his father's room and took out his licensed gun. He then came to his room and shot at his wife in the forehead from a close range and then fired at himself in the neck. Both died on the spot, police said.

Next: 2 held for selling T shirts showing Ganja

2 held for selling T shirts showing Ganja

Kochi: The Kochi city Special Branch police on Saturday arrested two men for selling T-shirts with pictures of ganja leaves and dangerous drugs like LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). They were identified as Sheikh Nihar (26), son of Sheikh Ismail of Madathiparambil House, Palluruthy and Sarath (19), son of Murukan of Kalathil House, Cherthala.

The two were selling the T-shirts from their shop, ‘Nicotine’ at Shenoy’s Junction on MG Road. The police also seized 30-odd T-shirts from the shop.

Interestingly, the police arrested the two after the parent of a youngster, who had bought a T-shirt, came up with a complaint.

“After we got the complaint we checked whether we could book a case. We understood that the youngsters could be booked under ‘The Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1955 and the Kerala Police Act, 2011,” said Ananthalal, Special Branch SI.

Section 3 of the 1955 Act says: “If a person (a) sells, lets to hire, distributes, publicly exhibits or in any manner puts into circulation, any harmful publication, or (b) for purposes of sale, hire, distribution, public exhibition or circulation, prints, makes or produces or has in his possession any harmful publication, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.”

The police said regular ganja users and drug abusers were buying the T-shirts as they were becoming a trend among drug-users.

It is learnt that the T-shirts were bought by the traders from Bengaluru and Tirupur. The two were later released on bail.

Next: Indians arrested in Lanka for hiding Rs 1.6mn worth cigarettes

Indians arrested in Lanka for hiding Rs 1.6mn worth cigarettes

Colombo: Three Indians were arrested in Sri Lanka on Sunday for allegedly concealing cigarettes worth 1.6 million Sri Lankan rupees in their baggage.

Sri Lanka Customs arrested the trio - aged 26, 27 and 28 - at the Colombo international airport in the morning as they were going through the green channel.

"It was found that 400 cartons of cigarettes were concealed in their baggages, valued at Rs 1,600,000. They arrived from Malaysia by MH 179 flight at 12 midnight", Customs spokesman Leslie Gamini said.

Their goods were forfeited and penalties of Rs 50,000, Rs 10,000 and Rs 10,000 were imposed on the trio.

In a separate incident, a Seychelles woman was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle out a large amount of foreign currency on a flight heading for Trichy, customs said.

Next: Woman held for hurling explosives at paramour's house

Woman held for hurling explosives at paramour's house

Jajpur (Odisha): Apparently frustrated over betrayal by her paramour, a woman set his house aflame at Radhadeipur in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said on Sunday.

The lady also allegedly hurled three hand grenades at the house causing explosion leading to property worth over Rupees one lakh reduced to ashes, police said.

The 35-year-old married woman, a mother of two, of Bamphu village under Dharmasala police station in the district had reportedly affairs with a 30 year-old bachelor of nearby Radhadeipur village since last one year.

Though the incident occurred on Friday night, it came to light last night after Arindra Sethy, father of the man Pradipta Sethy, filed an FIR against the accused woman. The woman was arrested under Sections 436 of IPC, 9(B) of Indian Explosives Act and 3 SC/ST Act on the basis of the FIR and forwarded to court which rejected her bail application and remanded in judicial custody.

Pradipta, who worked in a private firm in Chennai, had affairs with the woman promising her marriage and finally backtracked probably after coming to know about her present status.

“Pradipta had relations with her for past one year on the promise of marriage but all of a sudden he disappeared from the village," Ranjit Keshari Sahu, inspector-in-charge of Barachana police station said. Two accomplices, who had helped the woman to execute the crime, were absconding.

Next: Man killed estranged wife, 10-year-old daughter

Man killed estranged wife, 10-year-old daughter

New Delhi: A man allegedly hacked to death his estranged wife and ten-year-old daughter while they were asleep in their house in west Delhi.

35-year-old Jaswinder, a taxi driver, who has been arrested, hit his wife and ten-year-old daughter with an iron rod last night at their house in west Delhi and fled from the scene, Deputy Commissioner of Police Suman Goyal said.

The incident came to light this morning when the relatives of the deceased woman found the bodies in the house in Sagarpur area.

Jaswinder was arrested this afternoon from a hideout in Sagarpur and confessed to his crime, the DCP said.

During questioning, Jaswinder said that he was not living with his wife and daughter for several years.

After their relation strained, Jaswinder's wife had started demanding share in his property following which he planned to kill her and their daughter, police said.

Next: Girl gang raped in North 24 Parganas

Girl gang raped in North 24 Parganas

Barasat (WB): A 19-year-old girl was gang raped at Gaighata in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said on Sunday.

According to the FIR filed by the girl's family, she was called out of her home by a person on January 10 evening and gang raped by three persons.

She later returned home on her own and related the incident to her family. The FIR was lodged on Saturday.

District Superintendent of Police Tanmoy Roychowdhury said the police has arrested the three accused.

Police security has been provided to the girl and she was being provided with counselling to overcome the trauma.

The district had witnessed the gang rape of a girl in October. The girl had died of burns allegedly after she was set on fire by her tormentors in her home in December.

The girl's death and rape had rocked several parts of Kolkata.

Next: Minor raped by teacher in UP

Minor raped by teacher in UP

Badaun (UP): A minor girl was allegedly raped by her tutor in Islamnagar area here, police said on Saturday.

The 8-year-old girl was raped on Saturday when she went to take tuition from the private teacher, aged around 28 years, they said. The accused has been arrested by the police.

The matter came to light when the girl started shouting and passers-by heard. They caught the teacher and beat him badly before handing him to the police.

Next: Kerala student held at Mumbai airport for trying to smuggle in one kg gold

Kerala student held at Mumbai airport for trying to smuggle in one kg gold

Mumbai: A Kerala resident, coming from Dubai, has been arrested by Customs Department at the city's international airport for allegedly trying to smuggle in one kg of gold worth Rs 24.44 lakh, an official said today.

Passenger Mahamood Mohammed Irshad, a resident of Kerala and holding Indian passport, was today intercepted at the international terminal of CSI airport and two gold rods, weighing a kilogram, and concealed in the cavity of handle of trolley bag were recovered, the officer with Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs told PTI.

"The gold rods, which collectively weighed one kg, are valued at Rs 24.44 lakh. The yellow metal was confiscated from the passenger, who arrived here on an Emirates flight from Dubai," the officer added. The accused was arrested under relevant sections of the Customs Act, the officer said.

Next: Model gang rape: 2 held in Hyderabad, flat identified

Model gang rape: 2 held in Hyderabad, flat identified

Hyderabad: The four people who allegedly raped the Mumbai model in the city on New Year eve, had hatched an elaborate plan. They concealed their identities and gave fake names and details to the victim.

One of the accused, Ajay Sharma, 35, introduced himself as Ali, and said he was a party organiser.

The agent, Happy Dsouza, alias Nitin Yadav, who contacted the victim in Mumbai, also raped her concealing his identity. Though Happy was in touch with the victim in Mumbai since some months, she had never met him in person.

The victim said that Happy had called her for many events in the past but she could not meet him. Police suspects that Happy, who is a Mumbai-based agent for models, and his friends must have hatched the plan to rape the woman after calling her to Hyderabad.

“Happy was present at the airport to receive her on December 31. However, she could not identify him as she had never met him. He introduced himself with another name,” said police commissioner Sharma.

Initially, the victim had some suspicions as she had got a sudden call from Happy for a party in Hyderabad.

However, Happy convinced her saying that three other women, who are dancing at the party, are already in the city, and one more woman was needed for the event.

“She was convinced when Ajay Sharma called her introducing himself as Ali, the party organiser, and took her details for the flight ticket. She got the ticket the next day through Whatsapp,” a source close to the victim said.

The victim was picked up by the accused in a car. They drove around the city for a few hours, and then changed the car.

After reaching the house at Nizampet, one of the culprits asked her to freshen up. When she went to take a bath Ajay spiked her drink, police said.

“She did not suspect the drink was spiked as two others were also drinking it inside the room,” said an official.

After raping the victim, the culprits made the woman board a bus to Mumbai on January 1 night.

“As she was drowsy, the culprits told others that she was ill,” the commissioner said.

The victim regained consciousness only after reaching Mumbai. After the incident, the four accused split, and went their ways. Happy went to Mumbai.

while Venkat Raju went to his native place in Nizampet.

Next: Drunk kills relative, ends life

Drunk kills relative, ends life

Hyderabad: A drunken man killed his brother-in-law and later hanged himself at his house in Alwal. The incident occurred late in the night on Friday, but came to light on Saturday. Both of them had consumed alcohol and had an argument.

K. Yadagiri, 30, a mason married Navneetha about two years ago, and the couple was staying at BJR Nagar at Alwal. Navneetha is five-months pregnant.

After their marriage, Navneetha used to go and stay with her parents frequently. This created problems between the couple, and they had many fights about this.

Recently, Navneetha went to her parents’ house in Kushaiguda. Yadagiri also stayed there for some days. He asked Navneetha to return home with him, but she refused. When she asked her parents, they also refused to send her back, saying that she needed rest.

Yadaiah came home along with D. Srikanth, 18, his brother-in-law. Both of them bought some beer from a shop and had it in their house.

“After consuming the beer they argued about Navneetha’s stay with her parents. After this, Yadaiah took an iron rod and hit Srikanth on the head killing him. He later hanged himself,” inspector S.V. Hari Krishna said.

Cops found Srikanth dead on the bed and Yadaiah hanging in an adjacent room.

There were also empty liquor bottles in the room.

Next: Man kills wife, daughter, commits suicide

Man kills wife, daughter, commits suicide

Kochi: A 55-year-old man killed his wife and daughter before committing suicide at Karimugal near Ambalamedu in Ernakulam district on Saturday.

According to police, Baby of Panampilly House at Karimugal murdered his wife Kumari (45) and his daughter Mindu Baby (10) by slamming their heads with an iron rod and later committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling.

It was from a note that he left for his son and other relatives that the police guessed it was Baby who killed the other two and committed suicide.

Baby asked his son and the other relatives to forgive him for taking the extreme step and it was committed because of the financial crisis the family had been going through.

According to A. Faisal, the sub inspector of Ambalamedu police station, the incident must have occurred between 1 pm and 4 pm on Saturday.

“Baby called his son over phone around 2 pm and asked him to come to their house immediately. When the son reached their home at 4 pm he saw the three bodies. Baby must have called his son either after committing the murders or killed them after calling his son. Their neighbours, despite staying closer, did not hear any sound as they were watching televisions,” the police aid.

The bodies will be taken for post-mortem at Alappuzha medical college on Sunday. Further, forensic examinations have to be conducted to know if there was a fourth person at the scene during the incidents.

Next: Pastor, 48, stabbed at Vikarabad, hospitalised

Pastor, 48, stabbed at Vikarabad, hospitalised

Hyderabad: A Christian pastor named Sanjeev, 48, was attacked by some people at his house in Vikarabad in Ranga Reddy district.

The attackers, who wore masks, entered the house when the pastor was alone, and stabbed him with knives.

The pastor was later taken to a hospital, and is being treated.

Pastor Sanjeev stayed in a house on the church’s premises.

Vikarabad police station inspector Lacchiram said that on Friday night, at around 8 pm, three unidentified persons entered the church’s premises and attacked the pastor in his house with sharp weapons.

The attackers knocked on the door, and once it was opened, they attacked the pastor, Lacchiram said. The inspector said that the pastor was stabbed many times, and after that the attackers fled the spot.

People nearby, rushed to his rescue and shifted him to a hospital. He was later moved to a private hospital in Hyderabad as per medical advice.

Police said his condition is serious and that he is under constant medical supervision.

The police examined the spot, and registered a case under Section 307 (attempt to murder) and is investigating.

“The victim is unconscious and is not in a position to give any details. The locals and members of the church could not name any suspect. We are trying to track the culprits,” the inspector said.

Next: Couple dies after wife's suicide bid

Couple dies after wife's suicide bid

Chennai: An argument over the family’s financial condition led to the death of a couple after the wife set herself ablaze and the husband suffered burn injuries while attempting to put out the flames at their residence in Bhaktavatchalam nagar, Pazhavanthangal, on Friday night.

Investigations revealed that the couple, Saravanan, 42, a call taxi driver, and his wife Uma Maheshwari, 39, used to have frequent arguments over their weak financial condition and their inability to support their family of two daughters and a son.

An argument broke out on Friday night also, after which the woman doused herself with kerosene and set herself on fire. Her husband tried to put out the flames in vain and got burnt in the process.

While Saravanan died in the early hours of Saturday, Uma Maheshwari succumbed to her injuries at noon on the same day at Kilpauk medical college, the police said. The Pazhavanthangal police have registered a case and are investigating.

Two daughters, Lavanya, 13, and Pavithra, 11, and a son, Akilan, 8, survive the deceased couple.

Next: 2 youths detained for 10 hrs on mistaken identity

2 youths detained for 10 hrs on mistaken identity

Chennai: In a case of mistaken identity, two youth, a 24-year-old diploma graduate, Younis Khan (name changed) from Pudukottai, and Akram (name changed), an MBA student, had a tough time as they were detained by the city police for more than 10 hours based on ‘skewed intelligence’ re­por­ts that one of the persons detained was in possession of a photograph that resembled Al-Umma ter­­r­­orist ‘Poli­ce’ Fakr­uddin.

The duo was relea­s­ed eventually after the SB-C­ID intervened and confir­med that the picture was n­ot that of the terror suspe­ct. In fact, the person in the photograph turned out to be a relative of Younis and the Pudukottai police verified his identity, sources said.

Younis had come to Chennai in search of a job and had stayed with his friend Akram at a lodge in Triplicane.

Akram was in possession of around 350 grams gold jewellery when the police detained them. He claimed that his father, a businessman in Sri Lanka, had brought the gold in small quantities whenever he visited him.

The duo was let off after detailed interrogation and the jewellery returned to them.

Police personnel arrested ‘Police’ Fa­kr­uddin on Oct­ober 5 near the Periamet are­a in Chen­nai.

His arrest led to the ar­rest of his accomplices, Pa­nna Ismail and Bilal Malik.

Next: Job racket busted, proprietor arrested

Job racket busted, proprietor arrested

Bangalore: The CCB sleuths have arrested the 30-year-old proprietor of a software company who was part of an inter-state racket that used to cheat job aspirants by taking anywhere between Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 4 lakh and promised them jobs in IBM that never materialised.

The suspect has been identified as Mukund T R, a resident of 3rd main Basavesh­waranagar.

Mukund is the owner of a software firm called 4D Technologies in Hanumanthnagar. His partners, identified as Naveen, Yashwanth, and Sandeep, who are also involved in the scam are said to be absconding.

The police are on the lookout for three other men from different cities who are also part of the racket - namely Utkarsh Gupta from Delhi, Anil Deshmukh from Pune, and Vijay Ananth from Madurai – but they are also reportedly on the run.

The gang is said to have gotten together a few months ago and come up with this idea to cheat people and get rich easy.

Their modus operandi was simple: take a lump sum amount from a desperate job-seeker while promising to get them a well-paid job with an IT giant like IBM.

They reportedly even went to the extent of issuing fake appointment letters.

One of the victims named Nethravati allegedly paid Mukund and his gang Rs 1.25 lakh after being falsely promised a job that she eventually never got.

Similarly, the gang is said to have cheated four other victims and owners of various software firms of amounts between Rs 3.5 lakh and Rs 4 lakh each by getting them to complete a few data entry jobs and refusing to pay them afterwards.

The total amount that the gang managed to cheat their victims of was found to be nearly Rs 25 lakh.

The CCB sleuths have launched a manhunt for the remaining suspects, and further investigations are on.

Next: Three soothsayers nabbed for theft

Three soothsayers nabbed for theft

Bangalore: Three soothsayers who had been cheating residents near the Bangalore University campus were nabbed by the public and handed over to the Kumbalgod police.

The three accused, who approached a woman at Doddabasti on Friday night predicted that her husband would die in an accident, unless she gave them a large sum of money to perform a 'puja'.

When the woman refused, she was sedated and her gold ornaments were taken away.

The victim, who is named Lakshmamma, was sedated on Friday night.

She gained consciousness only by early Saturday. Until she regained consciousness, her family was totally unaware of the soothsayers.

She alerted her family members who began a search for the soothsayers. Around 5 am they found them roaming around looking for more 'preys'.

With the help of locals they nabbed the three soothsayers, identified as Ranganath, Mahadev and Raju.

The trio were beaten by the public and later handed over to the Kumbalgod police.

The police are questioning the trio to ascertain their motives and also to check if they had swindled others.