Crime file: Minor girl gang raped for one and half month; ATM machine stolen along with money, and more
Minor girl gang raped for one and half months
Howrah (WB): A minor girl was allegedly gang raped by the landlord's son and his three friends for over a month and a half at Golabari area of Howrah city, police said here on Saturday.
The complaint to the police was filed against the three by the 14-year-old's father, a hawker by profession, on Thursday. Following inquiry, the landlord's son and two of his friends were arrested on Friday, the police said. The fourth accused is absconding, the police added.
Next: AP women thrash teacher for sexually harassing girl student
AP women thrash teacher for sexually harassing girl student
Visakhapatnam: A 45-year-old teacher of a government school was on Saturday beaten by the activists of a women's organisation for allegedly sexually harassing a teen-age student, police said.
Activists of Progressive Organisation for Women (POW) beat up the accused Kolli Simhachalam, a secondary teacher, after trapping him and handed him over to police.
According to police, Simhachalam had allegedly been sexually harassing the 15-year-old girl, a student of class V, for past some weeks and had even molested her.
The girl, who hails from a very poor family, was continuing her studies on financial support of her guardian P Satyanarayana, a resident of Kothapalem in the city, as her father is an alcoholic and mother is ailing, they said.
Police said the girl had stopped attending classes for last few days and revealed the cause to her guardian when he asked her about not attending the school.
"After Satyanarayana intimated POW about the incident, the activists made the girl contact Simhachalam on phone and fixed her appointment with him at CMR Shopping mall in Gopalapatnam area", said police inspector, V Town (airport zone), B Tirumala Rao.
Police said the activists followed the teacher after he picked up the girl on his bike and confronted him when he tried to overpower her at his house.
"The activists beat him up before handing him over to police", Rao said. Simhachalam is booked under Nirbhaya Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. He was produced in a local court which remanded him in judicial custody, police said.
Next: ATM machine stolen along with money in Rajasthan
ATM machine stolen along with money in Rajasthan
Jaipur: An ATM machine was stolen from its cabin along with the money in it estimated to be Rs 20 lakh in Sikar district of Rajasthan.
The machine, belonging to State Bank of India installed in a cabin at Dhol road, was found missing today morning, Sikar SP, Haidar Ali Zaidi said.
The bank has not given a detailed report so far but it is estimated that the machine had cash of approximately Rs 20 lakh, the SP said, adding that no CCTV camera was installed in the cabin. The matter was being investigated, he said.
Next: Kidney racket busted in Chennai, six held
Kidney racket busted in Chennai, six held
Chennai: Six persons, including five women, were arrested here on Saturday for allegedly trying to sell kidneys in violation of the law governing transplantation of human organs, police said.
All of them were booked under various provisions of the IPC and remanded to judicial custody.
Police said a case under Section 19 (which prohibits and punishes trade in human organs) of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994, would be slapped on them.
They said two women volunteered to 'donate' their kidneys in lieu of money by posing as genuine donor-relatives of would-be recipients, while the others were touts.
Officials said they are also investigating the possible involvement of other persons, including some from a hospital.
The six persons were arrested after the Tamil Nadu Government's Authorisation Committee [panel that approves transplantation as required under law], comprising top State health officials suspected the genuineness of the two donors.
A complaint was then lodged with police, health officials said.
Next: 7 kg of gold bars worth Rs 2.5 crore seized at Chennai airport
7 kg of gold bars worth Rs 2.5 crore seized at Chennai airport
Chennai: Seven kilos of gold bars valued at Rs 2.75 crore in the international market were seized today by DRI officials from three passengers at the airport here.
Acting on a tip-off, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials intercepted the trio,who arrived here from Singapore on an Air India flight this afternoon, they said.
They were taken to a separate frisking area and their baggage was checked, which revealed the gold bars kept inside, they said.
Next: Gold worth Rs 98 lakh recovered from air passengers in Mumbai
Gold worth Rs 98 lakh recovered from air passengers in Mumbai
Mumbai: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs on Saturday detected three cases of gold smuggling and recovered gold collectively worth Rs 98 lakh which were being taken out of the airport without paying the mandatory duty.
In the first case, the sleuths stopped Mohammed Rafeeq who came from Dubai and examination of his baggage led to the recovery of 696 grams gold worth Rs 17 lakh. According to AIU officials, he had concealed the yellow metal in a toy.
In the second case, the Customs officials stopped two passengers, identified as Mohamed Rimsan and Mohamed Hanifa, and upon a thorough check, they recovered two kilograms of gold valued at around Rs 50 lakh from them.
According to the officials, both of them had hidden 10 gold bars each weighing 100 grams in their rectum. Twelve gold bars of 100 grams each were recovered from another passenger Mohamed Sulthan Mohammed Ibrahim, who had arrived from Singapore via Chennai. He had wrapped the gold in his bag using black adhesive tapes, they said.
Next: After an year in jail, court declares murder accused juvenile
After an year in jail, court declares murder accused juvenile
Mumbai: After spending nearly a year in jail an accused arrested for allegedly killing three persons in a resto-bar was declared as juvenile by a local court here. The court transferred the case to the Juvenile Justice Board.
The youth was arrested for allegedly killing three of his colleagues in Natraj Bar at Vidyavihar in central suburban Mumbai last year.
Defence lawyer Swapnil Dige said they moved the sessions court saying that the accused had not completed 18 years of age at the time of offence and therefore he cannot be tried in a trial court.
"The investigation officer did not confirm the age of the accused but declared him as an adult without any proper verification," Dige said, adding even the family of the accused could not help him as they all were illiterate.
Dige argued in the court that at the time of the incident the boy was only 17 years and four months.
"We called the accused's father, uncle and the school principal as witnesses. Also, his school leaving certificate, Below Poverty Line (BPL) card and panchayat certificate were provided to the court," he said.
Accepting Dige's argument, Sessions judge G T Utpat sent the case to the Juvenile Justice board.
In January last year, the bodies of watchman Bhaskar Dalvi and two waiters Basant Madoria and Raja Dakolia were found lying in the pool of blood in the Bar.
According to police, each of them was stabbed around 10-15 times.
Later, the accused was arrested and the police attributed the motive of murder as personal enmity.
Next: Dalit raped first, mother stripped later at Bihar bus stand
Dalit raped first, mother stripped later at Bihar bus stand
Sudhir Dharmadhikari | DC
Aurangabad: A wave of shock and terror prevails in village Deulgaon Siddhi in Ahmednagar after a 25-year-old dalit woman was raped first and then she and her mother were beaten up and stripped at the village bus stand.
According to Anant Lokhande, president of Liberation Tigers of Dalit Elam that swung into action after coming to know of the atrocity, such issues are not new and the victim and her mother were punished for daring to expose it.
The activist said the young woman was in a relationship with Sudhakar Machhindra Ingle. 28, who belongs to a landlord’s family. Ingle family is politically influential. The accused allegedly sexually exploited her on pre-text of marriage and later dumped her.
The victim, realising that she was being cheated, approached the police, who arrested the accused on December 4 but he walked out on bail on December 21, 2013.
The matter came to a boil on January 20, 2014 when the young woman along with her 60-year-old mother came to the village bus stand for a bus to Ahmednagar.
Ingle allegedly led a mob of over 100-150 and during quarrel the elderly was thrashed, stripped and sexually violated.
Next: Auto-rickshaw driver assaults woman in Kolkata
Auto-rickshaw driver assaults woman in Kolkata
Kolkata: In yet another incident of misbehaviour by auto drivers, a 27-year-old woman was on Saturday assaulted by an auto-rickshaw driver here over change for Rs 50 currency note.
The woman was assaulted following an altercation with the woman passenger over change for a Rs 50 note near a petrol pump at New Alipur, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Murlidhar said, adding the auto-rickshaw driver was arrested. This is the second incident within a fortnight.
Earlier on January 16, a woman executive was punched on her face and left bleeding by an auto-rickshaw driver at Park Circus. With the increasing number of complaints of misbehaviour and overcharging by the auto-rickshaw drivers in the city, the government had announced measures to rein them.
Auto-rickshaws, which are contract carriages, run illegally as state carriages on fixed routes without meters and charge arbitrarily. Transport Minister Madan Mitra had yesterday announced that the government would press non-bailable charges to rein in rouge auto-rickshaw drivers in the city and stop them from overcharging the passengers.
The government has also decided to set up a helpline for the passengers to register their complaints against them. Mitra today visited a number of areas and said auto-rickshaws were found charging different fares for the same distance.
"Some were charging Rs 9, while others Rs 13 for the same distance," he said. The Minister, who was also seen engaged in a verbal spat with auto drivers, said 10 teams would conduct a survey on them from Monday and submit their reports to him.
"The teams will report exactly what is happening in 125 auto routes in the city, how many auto-rickshaws were running in each route and the fare being charged," Mitra said.
Instructions have also been issued not to allow auto-rickshaws on the roads without valid papers, he said. Mitra said that passengers should call helpline number 1073 in case of problems with auto drivers.
Next: 6-year-old girl raped by 55-year-old man
6-year-old girl raped by 55-year-old man
Midnapore: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 55-year-old man at Belda in West Midnapore district today.
Police said that the accused, Bistupada Singh, has been arrested while the victim has been taken to the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital.
According to the complaint by the girl's family, the accused took the unsuspecting child to a deserted place where he committed the crime.
The family learnt about the alleged crime when the girl returned home.
The girl is being medically examined, police said, adding that she has torture marks on her body.
Next: Two held for trying to rape tribal women in West Bengal
Two held for trying to rape tribal women in West Bengal
Bardhaman (WB): Two persons were arrested for allegedly trying to rape two tribal women here, police said on Saturday.
Ramjan Sheikh (40) and Hablu Sheikh (35) entered the farm house of one Rafiq Sheikh and tried to rape two tribal women who have come from other states for field work last night, Superintendent of Police, S.M.H. Mirza said.
As the women fought back and raised an alarm, the accused ran out of the house, but one of them was caught by Additional Superintendent of Police Tarun Haldar, who was on patrol in the area. His interrogation led to the arrest of the other man, Mirza said.
Both the women lodged written complaint to the police last night itself, he said.
Next: Disabled woman gang raped in AP
Disabled woman gang raped in AP
Nellore: A 26-year-old hearing and speech impaired woman was gang raped at Mallikarjunapuram village in Thotapalligudur mandal of SPSR Nellore district on Thursday.
Mutthukur CI Ganga Prasad said the victim was living with her ailing father Nagaiah in the ST Colony. She came out of her house when two persons knocked on their door at around 9.30 pm.
The men forcibly took her to a nearby building and raped her. She managed to reach home early on Friday and neighbours admitted her in a hospital when they found her bleeding. The victim told the police in sign language that she can identify the attackers.
Ganga Prasad said that they have registered a complaint and was waiting for the woman’s discharge from hospital to identify the attackers.
Next: 5 quizzed for kidnap
5 quizzed for kidnap
Hyderabad: A day after the failed attempt to abduct a techie at Raidurgam, the police registered a case for kidnapping and outraging a woman’s modesty.
The cops also picked up about five men for questioning, but confirmed that no arrests were made. Meanwhile, the medical report of the victim said that there was no physical or sexual assault.
Madhapur DCP Kanthi Rana Tata confirmed, “We took five to six suspects in for questioning. We also got some clues, but the suspects have not been arrested. Special teams were formed, and we hope for a breakthrough in a day or two. Surveillance camera footage was also helpful. The man spoke in English.”
The cops said, the man did not harm the victim, but left the car after he got a call. “He tried to misbehave with her, but got a call and left.
By the time we reached, we found the victim alone in the car with a minor injury, and immediately shifted her to a hospital. After medical examination, the doctors confirmed that there was no physical or sexual assault,” the DCP said.
Next: Hyderabad techie hangs self to death
Hyderabad techie hangs self to death
Hyderabad: C. Praveen Kumar, a 26-year-old techie working in a private firm in the city, committed suicide by hanging in his room in Indiranagar, Gachibowli, under Raidurgam police station limits on Friday morning.
Praveen, a native of Vijayawada, had been depressed since his sister’s recent death. His sister too had committed suicide because of poor performance in examinations. According to the police, Praveen locked himself inside the room and hanged himself from the ceiling fan.
Next: Inter-state ATM thieves arrested in Kerala
Inter-state ATM thieves arrested in Kerala
Kozhikode: The Medical College police on Friday arrested a three member ATM burglary gang that is suspected to have been involved in more than 50 similar cases across Kerala and also outside.
The police have also issued a central circular notifying their arrest so that they could get information regarding similar cases they were involved in outside the state.
The police team picked up Rahul Raj, 28, Chandan Singh Munda, 26, both hailing from Orissa and Rabbani Khan, a native of Gaya, Bihar when they were found moving suspiciously around an ATM near Medical College area. The police have also recovered Rs 58,000 from the trio.
The gang adopted a similar modus operandi in all their thefts. They used a toothpick to block the ATM cash dispenser and when the customer was anxious about what happened they would enter the ATM as if to help and decamp with the money.
The police got a tip-off regarding the activities of this gang in Kozhikode when Madathil Suresh Babu lost Rs 40,000 from at an ATM in Kottooli.
Suresh Babu had given a description regarding the suspects and had told the police that they were North Indians. The Medical College police then formed a special team headed by Circle Inspector Ullasam and sub inspector Sasidharan Chalil and civil police officers Babu Manakadavu, Saju Palath and Sreejish as team members.
They took the call list of mobile phones from the tower there and started probing each number with the help of the Cybercell. Even as the investigation was on, there was a similar ATM theft reported at Panniyankara adopting the same modus operandi.
Police then collected the call records from the Panniyankara mobile towers also and found some numbers they got from Kottooli matched with the ones they have got from Panniyankara. Police then zeroed in on these numbers and found out that the gang was hailing from Orissa.
The police team went to Orissa in search of the culprits but could not trace them. The investigation then hit a roadblock till a similar case was reported in Peroorkada, Trivandrum.
“They used to come to Kerala and stay here for 10 – 15 days. They would strike at various locations and go back. During their present visit they had carried out at least 17 such thefts in areas like Trivandrum, Kollam and other areas,” a senior police official said.
