Jul 31, 2011: TV actor Ekta Tiwari files molestation complaint against driver

Sandhya Nair, TNN | Jul 30, 2011, 12.57AM IST

MUMBAI: Television actor Ekta Tiwari (28), who stars in serial 'Tere Mere Sapne', has filed a molestation complaint against her former driver, Sajid Said. Ekta has alleged that Sajid barged into her Mira Road home on Thursday and molested her.

The actor said she was uncomfortable with Sajid's advances and had sacked him on July 15. The driver is absconding. Ekta said Sajid Tiwari (28), the lead female actor in the Hindi serial 'Tere Mere Sapne' on Star Plus had been assigned Sajid (26) as the driver by the production unit three and a half months back to drive her from home to the serial set in Naigaon.

Sajid, a resident of Firdoz Apartment, Ganga Complex in Mira Road's Naya Nagar used to pick up Tiwari at 7.30 am and drop her to her residence at around 10.30 pm. Tiwari had started growing uncomfortable with the driver who she felt was getting infatuated with her. Her fears were proved right when Sajid started sending her love messages on her cellphone after she sacked him.

Around 3.30 pm, Ekta was alone at home when Sajid rang the bell to her house and started abusing her. The actor, who was speaking to her friend Chetan Sharma on the phone, opened the door and was shocked to see Sajid. He allegedly pushed her and barged into her flat in Surya Darshan Apartment at Ramdev Park. When Ekta protested, he allegedly tore her clothes and molested her. She was alone in the flat.

Sharma who heard the commotion over the cell immediately rushed to Tiwari's flat along with residents of the building. Sajid, however, managed to flee. She then lodged a complaint with theNavghar police. Said Tiwari, "What happened on Thursday afternoon was a nightmare. I had removed him from job to avoid any trouble. I least expected him to come to my house," said Tiwari.

Though she hardly interacted with Sajid while being driven to work and back, his actions and possessiveness towards her made her uncomfortable.

Police have booked Sajid booked under sections 354 (outraging modesty), 452 (trespassing), 504 (insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

Link: TV actor Ekta Tiwari files molestation complaint against driver - The Times of India

Jul 30, 2011: Dalit woman raped, one arrested

Lalit Kumar, TNN | Jul 30, 2011, 09.38PM IST

GHAZIABAD: A 20-year-old Dalit woman was raped in Bahadurgarh on Saturday. Cops have arrested the rapist, identified as one Kalua of Badarkha village, and are looking for one Shahid, who had also tried to rapeher. The woman had a tiff with her family and left home for Hapur on Friday in a fit of anger. She spent the night at the railway station. On Saturday morning, she took a bus back to Garhmukteshwar, her hometown.

"She met Shahid on the way, who offered her a lift back home on his motorcycle. Shahid took her to Badarkha village and tried to rape her in the fields," said a cop. Kalua saw them and chased Shahid away. But he himself forced himself upon her. The woman somehow managed to reach the Bahadurgarh police station where she filed a report, cops said. Kalua was arrested, while hunt for Shahid is on. A case of rape and attempted rape has been filed and the two accused have been booked under the SC/ST Act.

Link: Dalit woman raped, one arrested - The Times of India

Jul 30, 2011: Man cuts wife's head, shows it to neighbours

Mid-Day.com, Updated: July 29, 2011 12:24 IST
Mumbai:  It was like any other ordinary day for the Patils living in Bilalpada, Nalasopara, East, till the time they knocked on their neighbour's door and got the shock of their lives.

What they saw in their neighbour Chandrakant Ahire's house was a horrible sight that they will never be able to forget.

Ahire was standing in the doorway, calmly, holding the severed head of his wife.

According to Patils, a few students living in the neighbourhood had noticed blood oozing from Ahire's door and rushed to inform the Patils.

Patil said, "Some children came and informed us that they saw blood at Ahire's door. Suspecting something amiss I went over and knocked on his door.

Ahire opened the door holding his wife's severed head and asked 'kaay zaala'. I was stunned and immediately called the Nalasopara police.

Cops arrested 35-year-old Ahire for murdering his wife Sanchita and their two-year-old daughter. He had chopped the head of the daughter as well.

According to the Nalasopara police, Ahire was employed as a driver in a tourist bus company in Mumbai.

Inspector Shriram Koregaonkar said that when they arrived at the spot, they found the door locked from inside.

"We broke open the door to find Ahire sitting beside the severed heads of his wife and daughter. When we approached him, he did not protest. It seemed as if he was waiting for us to show up."

"He seemed to be in an inebriated state at the time of the incident. We have registered a case of murder under Section 302 of the IPC against Ahire. It seems that Ahire suspected his wife was having an affair.

However we are investigating all angles," said Koregaonkar, adding that the murder weapon was yet to be traced.
Link: Man cuts wife's head, shows it to neighbours

Jul 30, 2011: NRI techie arrested for wife's murder

NDTV Correspondent, Updated: July 30, 2011 11:28 IST
Lucknow:  A US-based software engineer and three members of his family have been arrested in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly getting his wife murdered, police said.

Ganesh Shankar Mishra, an NRI, was arrested along with his father Devdutt Mishra, mother Sulakshana Mishra and sister Meena Dwivedi.

Ganesh, his wife Anshul and their two children had come to India from US on Jul 23. Anshul was found murdered at her house on July 27. Ganesh and his family reported it as an incident of robbery. But during the probe, police said, it was found that they got her killed with the help of two persons, whom they paid Rs.2.5 lakh. 

The hired assailants - Rahul Tiwari and Om Chowdhury - have also been arrested. (With PTI Inputs)
Link: NRI techie arrested for wife's murder

Jul 30, 2011: Contractor arrested for raping minor girl

TNN | Jul 30, 2011, 07.25AM IST

PUNE: The Yerawada police on Thursday arrested acivil contractor for allegedly raping the 13-year-old daughter of a labourer who worked under him. The incident took place in Yerawada between June and July 26.

The police have identified the suspect as Jogindar Balesar Sharma (28) of Gokhalenagar. Sharma was produced before the court and remanded to police custody till August 2.

According to the Yerawada police, the victim's father worked as labourer for Sharma, a contractor supplying plaster of Paris in the city.

In June, Sharma had visited victim's house. He allegedly found her alone in the house and raped her. Later, he threatened to kill her and her parents if she disclosed the incident to anyone," sub-inspector D T Karche said, adding, "In June, Sharma had raped the victim twice."

The victim kept quiet about the incident as she was frightened. Taking advantage of the situation, Sharma again went to the victim's house on July 26 and raped her. "After the incident, the victim informed her mother about what had happened," Karche said.

The victim's mother lodged the complaint on Thursday. The victim is undergoing treatment in the Sassoon general hospital.

Link: Contractor arrested for raping minor girl

Jul 29, 2011: Senior citizen robbed, murdered at her home

Indo-Asian News Service, Updated: July 30, 2011 09:34 IST
New Delhi:  A 64-year-old woman was robbed and then murdered at her residence in west Delhi, a senior police official said on Friday.

The police officials investigating the case claimed that the murderer seemed known to the victim since there were no signs of a house break-in. 

Pavittar Kaur was alone at the time of the incident, said the officials, adding that her husband Kawaljeet Singh and her son Sunit Singh went to their AC repair and sales office.

"Her daughter-in-law Anupreet Kaur, a teacher, had left for her school in Pitampura," said the official.

According to police, around 1:15 p.m., the woman's neighbour, Ravinder Kaur, who lives on the ground floor, heard someone banging the door. 

"She told us, she went upstairs to check on Pavittar but since the door was locked from inside, returned home. She tried calling on her phone but it was switched off. After about 20 minutes, she heard someone storm down the stairs. This time again, she went out to check who it was, but by then the person had left," said a senior police official. 

"Around 3 p.m., Pavittar's grandchildren came back home from school and found the door locked from the outside. They went downstairs and informed Ravinder. The three then entered the house only to find the victim lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen," said the official. 

Investigations into the case revealed that Rs.50,000 and two gold bangles were missing. 

The police said that they are also looking into the role of the servant who had taken leave on Friday, saying she had to get her voter ID card made. She was employed only months ago.

Link: Senior citizen robbed, murdered at her home

Jul 29, 2011: Woman gangraped after business dispute

Raj Shekhar, TNN | Jul 29, 2011, 09.59PM IST

NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by two brothers in the Timarpur area of north Delhi on Wednesday night. The accused, who have been identified as Arif, 29, and Tariq, 25, were business partners of the victim and had recently decided to sever all ties.

The accused abducted the woman from her sister's house and took her to a secluded place near Yamuna Bridge in Wazirabad area on their motorcycle where they raped her. The police have arrested both the accused.

"The victim filed a complaint stating that on the night of July 27, the accused took her to Wazirabad and raped her in an isolated place. A medical examination confirmed rape. Both the accused have been arrested," said a senior police officer from North district.

The victim, who was separated from her husband, had been living alone with her daughter. She had started a business with Arif, in which she had invested Rs. 1.5 lakh. After the business shut down she told the accused she wanted her money back. He had reportedly returned Rs 1 lakh but refused to return the remaining amount.

On the night of the incident, Arif called the woman to the Shashtri Park metro station on the pretext of returning the money. Cops said they reportedly had a heated argument here.

When the victim walked out of the house, the accused called his brother Tariq and made her sit on the bike between both of them. In her statement, the victim said she was taken to an isolated place in Wazirabad area where the accused took turns to rape her after which they fled the spot.

Link: Woman gangraped after business dispute

Jul 29, 2011: Sex racket busted; 18 women, 2 men held in Ghaziabad

PTI | Jul 29, 2011, 09.43PM IST

GHAZIABAD: Police on Friday claimed to have busted a sex racket operating in Ghaziabad with the arrest of 20 persons in Loni area of the district.

The police acted on a tip-off from an informer, J K Shahi, Superintendent of Police said.

"In a joint operation of Inderapuram and Loni police the racket was busted and 18 girls and two men were caught from a premises in Loni," SP added.

Link: Sex racket busted; 18 women, 2 men held in Ghaziabad

Jul 29, 2011: Woman killed by husband, in-laws for dowry

Press Trust of India, Updated: July 29, 2011 08:42 IST

Alwar:  A 22-year-old woman was strangled to death allegedly by her in-laws in Chandwas village of the district, police said on Thursday.

Rashmina was killed by her husband Farooq and in-laws on Wednesday, as she was unable to pay the dowry amount they were asking for, according to a complaint filed by the father of the deceased.

A case against the in-laws of Rashmina has been registered, however, no arrest has been made so far, police said.

Link: Woman killed by husband, in-laws for dowry

Jul 29, 2011: Man beheads wife, daughter in Mumbai

Sandhya Nair, TNN | Jul 29, 2011, 12.31AM IST

MUMBAI: A 35-year-old man, doubting his wife`s fidelity, beheaded her and his 18-month-old daughter at their Nalasopara (E) residence on Thursday. He stayed put with the bodies till the police arrived.

The accused, Chandrakant Ahire, was living in Bilalpada with his wife Sanchita (25) and daughter Vaishnavi for the past one-and-a-half years, said a police officer. He was working as a driver with a private firm in Mumbai.

According to Ahire`s neighbours, the couple had frequent quarrels. Ahire suspected his wife of having illicit affairs with men from the locality. Over the last few days, the two had been having regular fights, said a neighbour.

Ahire had locked the room from inside. After much persuasion by the police, he opened the door. The police found the decapitated bodies of Sanchita and Vaishnavi on the floor . Their heads were lying in another corner of the room.

Ahire confessed to his crime and told the police that he suspected Sanchita`s fidelity and feared that she was into prostitution. "Ahire first decapitated his wife with a kitchen knife. He then killed his daughter, who was crying even as the mother was being murdered," said an officer.

Neighbours said Ahire was an alcoholic and a and would call Sanchita a prostitute and accuse her of sleeping around when he was at work.

Ahire told the police that he did not want Vaishnavi to grow up to be like her mother.

Ahire will be produced before the Vasai court on Friday. Police said that Ahire came across as stable headed.

On Thursday evening, the local corporator Purva Patil received a call from Ahire`s neighbours informing him that blood was oozing out of Ahire`s room. Patil and the neighbours then called the police.

Ahire was taken for medical tests at the Nalasopara Public Health Centre. Police said that it could not be ascertained whether it was a planned murder

Link: Man beheads wife, daughter in Mumbai - The Times of India

Jul 29, 2011: Kidnapped & raped, 3-yr-old girl dies

TNN | Jul 29, 2011, 05.31AM IST

NEW DELHI: A three-year-old girl, who was hospitalised after being raped on late Sunday night, died in Maharaja Agrasen Hospital on Thursday. The girl was found unconscious and bleeding profusely in the wee hours of Monday morning, said cops.

She was rushed to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital. Initially, her condition was stable Hospital but it suddenly deteriorated on Wednesday, said cops. "Then she was taken to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, a private hospital, by the area SHO but she succumbed to death. We have some leads in the case and are literally doing a census count in the area. It was someone who knew the family's movements well," said deputy commissioner of police (outer) BS Jaiswal.

The girl had been kidnapped while she was sleeping in the courtyard of her house with her mother. She was raped and left behind by the culprit on Sunday night. She was discovered barely 300 metres from the house and rushed to the hospital.

The victim lived with her parents in Sashi Vihar area of Kanjhawla. A case of rape was registered against the unknown person on Sunday itself

Link: Kidnapped & raped, 3-yr-old girl dies - The Times of India

Jul 28, 2011: 'Take Rs 20, do whatever you want with my daughter'

Mid-Day.com, Updated: July 28, 2011 12:25 IST
Mumbai:  When Ghulam Mohammad Hamid Khan (47), decided to abandon Mumbai and board a train for his UP hometown from the Mankhurd railway station, he decided to travel light.

The first baggage that he decided to get rid of was none other than his 9-year-old daughter Roshni.
 
He didn't have to look far- along came Irfan Sheikh (21), a drug addict.

Not only did the desperate father give the addict permission to have his way with her, he also paid the man to buy himself some drugs.

Mankhurd police Sub-Inspector Popat Salunkhe said, "Hussain was unemployed, and his wife had thrown him out of their house. He wanted to make a fresh start in Jabalpur. He was in the habit of abducting his own children, and using them as leverage to force money out of her."

He added, "On July 17, he took Roshni with him to the Mankhurd railway station. He waited for three hours, expecting his wife to arrive there to retrieve their child. However, Hussain's wife did not turn up. Desperate to leave for his hometown, he started looking for an alternative means to get rid of his daughter."

"He accosted Irfan at the station, and decided to dump Roshni in his custody. He gave Irfan the licence to do anything he wanted with the girl. When Irfan refused to accept the responsibility, Hussain pleaded with him, even bribing him with a sum of Rs. 20, asking him to purchase drugs of his choice," informed Sub-Inspector Salunkhe.

According to the police report, Irfan then took Roshni into a dark alley, where he attempted to rape her. The terrified girl screamed, at which he clamped her mouth shut, causing her to lose consciousness and raped her.
 
After having his way with her, he strangulated her with a dupatta, and threw her body into an open drain. The Mankhurd police found Roshni's stripped body on July 18, and began their investigations, trying to identify her.

Mother shocked
Roshni's mother identified her daughter at the Rajawadi hospital, divulging that Hussain had taken Roshni away. "Roshni's mother had not lodged a missing complaint, thinking that she was with her father. Roshni's mother's statement made us certain of Hussain's involvement," said Salunkhe.

Mankhurd police then sent two teams to UP and Ajmer, to search for Hussain. "We nabbed Hussain at Jabalpur station in UP, and brought him to Mumbai," said a police officer.
During his interrogation, Hussain confessed that he had handed over his daughter to Irfan, because he wanted to get rid of her and teach his wife a lesson.
 
He had left Roshni at different stations on previous occasions as well. We nabbed Irfan, also a resident of Mankhurd, who confessed to the crimes of rape and murder. We will now produce both culprits at court," informed Salunkhe.

Other Dastardly Dads
June, 2011
Last month, an 18-year-old Bandra girl went to cops after facing months of abuse at the hands of her father Shabbir Khan, who raped her at knifepoint, while her mother chose to look the other way for the sake of 'family reputation.'

February, 2011
A man was arrested for allegedly killing his eight-year-old daughter after she resisted his attempt to rape her.

March, 2009
A father in Mira Road, Kishore Chauhan, allegedly raped his two daughters, aged 21 and 17, with the help of a tantrik, Hasmukhbhai Rathod. The duo had been raping the elder daughter for nine years and the younger one for a year before a police complaint was filed. The rapes had been going on with the mother's knowledge and support.
Link: 'Take Rs 20, do whatever you want with my daughter'

Jul 28, 2011: Denied booze, jawan sets wife ablaze

TNN | Jul 28, 2011, 01.45PM IST

JAIPUR: An army jawan allegedly set his wife ablaze at Roomroli village in Alwar district as she did not allow him to booze.

Accused, Ashok Kumar, 32, who is posted at Leh in Jammu and Kashmir was on leave and came to the village three days ago. Late on Monday night, he started boozing while the wife was preparing dinner.

"Since he was adamant to continue boozing, his wife kept the food in the kitchen and went to bed. Around 4 am on Tuesday , when the wife saw him boozing, she asked him to stop it. The two quarreled," an investigating police officer from Neemrana police station said.

Initially, he beat up his wife and later poured kerosene on her and set her ablaze. "He was in an inebriated condition. Later , the neighbours informed us," the officer said.

The police said the woman Kamlesh (26) was rushed to the hospital but she succumbed to injuries. "We have arrested the accused," the officer said.

Link: Denied booze, jawan sets wife ablaze - The Times of India

Jul 27, 2011: Girl gang-raped, attackers sedated her for a week

Press Trust of India, Updated: July 27, 2011 20:54 IST
Ghaziabad:  Two cases of young women being gang-raped have been reported from the National Capital Region.

One of the victims was left by her rapists in front of  the National Commission for Women's office in Delhi, the police said today.

The 18-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped on July 19 from Vijaynagar area of Ghaziabad by a group of young men.

According to the complaint lodged yesterday by the girl's mother, the victim was kept on some sedatives for over a week and was allegedly gang-raped repeatedly by them in different parts of Haridwar and Delhi, the police said.

On July 25, she was left in front of her house in Ghaziabad, heavily medicated,  the police said. After the medicines wore off, she was able to narrate what happened to her.

Medical examination has confirmed the rape .

In a similar case, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped from Hapur city last week and brought to Delhi, where she was allegedly raped repeatedly. Later, she was left in an unconscious state in front of the office of National Commission for Women on July 23.

The girl was sent back to Hapur by Delhi police and a case was registered yesterday after a medical examination confirmed the rape.

One person was arrested in this connection and further investigations are on, Raghubir Lal, Senior Superintendent of Police said.

Link: Girl gang-raped, attackers sedated her for a week

Jul 27, 2011: Father arrested for raping teenage daughter

PTI | Jul 27, 2011, 08.17PM IST

PHAGWARA (PUNJAB): A man was arrested for allegedly raping his teenage daughter in Bhagana village here, police said today.

Shamsher Singh was arrested last night after a case under section 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC was registered against him for repeatedly raping his daughter, SHO Yogesh Kumar Sharma said.

Singh was remanded to judicial custody. In her complaint, the girl alleged that her father had raped her for the first time three years ago when she was a class ninth student.

He then repeatedly raped her till she eventually fed up and reported the matter to the police.

The girl was medically examined at a local hospital last night.

Link: Father arrested for raping teenage daughter

Jul 27, 2011: Pune: Woman held for killing husband

TNN | Jul 27, 2011, 03.44AM IST

PUNE: The Sangvi police on Tuesday arrested a 19-year-old woman for allegedly bludgeoning her husband to death late on Monday night at Pimple Nilakh.

Kamla Dholi has been arrested for the murder of Ramesh Dholi (25) of Vishalnagar in Pimple Nilakh. The couple hailed from Nepal.

According to senior inspector Shantaram Tayade, Dholi worked as watchman on a construction site in Pimple Nilakh, and lived near the site with his wife. "The couple used to have regular fights as Dholi suspected the wife of having an affair," he said.

Frustrated with the harassment, Kamla bludgeoned him to death on Monday night while he was asleep. She came to the police on Tuesday morning and said that an unidentified person had robbed them and killed her husband.

"Following interrogation, she confessed to the murder. We have arrested Kamla under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code," Tayade said.

Link: Pune: Woman held for killing husband - The Times of India

Jul 27, 2011: Six-year-old molested by minor

TNN | Jul 27, 2011, 03.40AM IST

NOIDA: A six-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a minor boy living in the same society as the victim in sector 62. The police have registered a molestationcase. The accused is absconding.

Cops said the accused had been molesting the girl for quite some time but she did not tell her parents about it.

"The girl went into depression after being molested continuously. She stopped talking and having regular meals. Her worried parents even queried her schoolteachers about her behaviour. They later came to know from a senior citizen that the accused boy had been molesting her," said the investigating officer.

Link: Six-year-old molested by minor

Jul 27, 2011: Youth arrested for alleged rape of cyber friend

TIMES NEWS NETWORK, TNN | Jul 24, 2011, 11.36PM IST

MARGAO: Striking a friendship with a Pernem youth through a social networking site proved disastrous for a young girl from Mumbai who lodged a complaint with the Colva police that she was raped in a hotel at Benaulim when she was down in Goa to meet him. The accused, Cipriano D'Souza, 25, was arrested by the Colva police from the Dabolim airport on Sunday when he was preparing to go abroad.

Police sources said that the friendship of the girl and the accused over a social networking site turned into love and both decided to meet each other at Colva. On D'Souza's invitation, she came down to Goa in May and both checked into a hotel in Benaulim when she was allegedly raped by the accused. As the accused failed to live up to his assurance of marrying her, the victim lodged a police complaint. The Colva police booked an offence against the accused and were on the lookout for him.

Link: Youth arrested for alleged rape of cyber friend

Jul 27, 2011: Girl rescued, 3 arrested for forcing her into prostitution

TIMES NEWS NETWORK | Jul 24, 2011, 11.37PM IST

PANAJI: Crime branch officials have rescued a 21-year-old commercial sex victim after raiding a house at Neura village in Old Goa on Saturday night. Three persons have been arrested by the police for allegedly forcing the girl into prostitution.

The crime branch team led by PI Sudesh Naik raided the residence of Manuel Rebeiro and rescued the girl, who was brought to the state a month ago with the promise of securing a job, but was later forced into sex work.

Police said that they had information that Dhaniram alias Raju alias Raj Patel from Madhya Pradesh and Manuel Rebeiro from Neura had procured some girls for prostitution and kept them at Rebeiro's house in Neura. On Saturday night, crime branch officials along with NGO ARZ raided the house and rescued the victim girl, who is originally from Bijapur in Karnataka.

At the house, they also found taxi driver Prakash Simepurushkar from Calangute who was in charge of driving the victim to her customers. The three accused were arrested under the Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act. The victim has been remanded to the state protective home.

A class VIII dropout, the victim was doing odd jobs in Mumbai, when she met the accused Raju who brought her to Goa by promising her a job here, the police said. They added that Patel has been active in the trafficking of victims from Mumbai to Goa for "flat-based prostitution", wherein girls are brought and kept in flats and then supplied to customers in hotels, since the Baina demolition.

Police said that the victim was exploited by her traffickers. "They would charge anything between 4000 and 5000 from each customer and would force her to service at least five to six customers everyday. The traffickers would pay the victim less than 25% of what they earned by using her for the purpose of prostitution," police sources said.

Link: Girl rescued, 3 arrested for forcing her into prostitution

Jul 27, 2011: Goa: 3-year-old raped,accused neighbor arrested

TNN | Jul 27, 2011, 05.44AM IST

PANAJI: A three-and-half year old girl was raped by her neighbour on Monday afternoon at Goa Velha.Agasaim police have arrested the 30-year-old accused and charged him with rape.

Police said the girl was playing with the accused's son in front of his house at around 3.30pm on Monday, when the accused called her inside.

"The accused coaxed the girl to come alone into the house. Once in the room, he forcibly removed the minor's slacks, then removed his pants and raped the girl," police said. The incident was reported to police at 11pm.

Explaining the delay in lodging the complaint, the victim's mother said that when she heard her daughter's cry, she started searching frantically for the girl but didn't see her anywhere. She then entered her neighbour's house and saw the accused raping her daughter.

"She freed her daughter from the accused and rushed out of the house. They were scared and upset. The complainant waited for her husband, who works as a daily wage worker, to return home and when he reached home at about 10.30pm, they decided to lodge a police complaint," police said.

The victim was referred to Goa Medical College and Hospital for medical examination. The examination report confirmed the rape. "We immediately sent a police team to search for the accused and he was arrested," police added.

Link: Goa: 3-year-old raped,accused neighbour arrested

Jul 27, 2011: Techie held for 'harassing' wife

TNN | Jul 27, 2011, 02.14AM IST

HYDERABAD: Police on Tuesday arrested a Microsoft software engineer in a domestic violence case.

Acting on a complaint lodged by 26-year-old Nishath Sultana, who is also a software engineer with Wipro,Bangalore, police arrested her husband Faisal Akhtar Mev, 38, of Al Hasanth Colony, Mehdipatnam, on Tuesday.

On July 23, Nishath approached the police alleging that her husband had physically assaulted her at their residence on July 20 and that she suffered injuries on her left hand and mouth. She further complained that her father-in-law Siraj Akhtar Khan, a well-known advocate from Indore, and mother-in-law Nasima Akhtar Khan, were present at the house when the incident happened and they too abused her.

Nishath told the police that refusal to give additional dowry was the reason for the harassment. "Nishat also alleged that Faisal and his family members cheated her by concealing about his first marriage," Humayun Nagar inspector P Madhukar Swamy said.

Based on the complaint lodged by Nishat, police booked a case against Faisal and his parents under sections 498-A (Subjecting a married woman to cruelty), 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (Criminal intimidation), section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

"Faisal was arrested on Tuesday morning. He was produced in court which remanded him in judicial custody. We have not yet arrested the other accused," the inspector said.

Link: Techie held for 'harassing' wife - The Times of India

Jul 26, 2011: Uttar Pradesh: Dalit woman raped, stabbed

NDTV Correspondent, Updated: July 26, 2011 09:53 IST
Basti, Uttar Pradesh:  In another setback for the Mayawati government, and adding to the long list of rape cases, a Dalit woman was raped and stabbed barely 50 metres from the DIG's residence in the Basti area of Uttar Pradesh.

After raping her, the three men repeatedly stabbed her on the terrace of a government quarter in the district. One of the main accused Ajay Chaudhary is the driver of a senior government officer, who stays in one of the quarters.

The woman is critical, and is being treated in the district hospital. Police have lodged a case of rape.

"Poonam mentioned that somebody misbehaved with her. There are a few blade marks also on her. A case of rape has been registered and we have constituted teams to look for the accused," said Rajesh Modak, SP, Basti.
Link: Uttar Pradesh: Dalit woman raped, stabbed

Jul 26, 2011: Potholed road saves girl from abduction

TNN | Jul 26, 2011, 01.59AM IST

NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old girl was abducted in front of her mother on a wet afternoon at Ranhaulain west Delhi last week but she had a miraculous escape - the kidnappers' car got stuck on a potholed road and local people handed one of the three kidnappers to police.

Another accused has surrendered in court while the third one is absconding. They have been identified as Prateek Pandey, Deepak and Surender.

"The victim works at a washing unit in Rajouri Garden. She and her mother were returning home and walking on Canal Road at Ranhaula around 7.15pm when the incident took place. The accused first made obscene remarks and when her mother protested, they pulled the girl into their Santro and tried to drive away," said additional CP (west) V Renganathan.

Her mother ran behind the car, shouting for help. "The car could not pick up speed as the road leading to Najafgarh had many potholes. Passers-by rushed to rescue the girl. As the car got stuck in mud, the accused abandoned it and fled," said an official. But one of them, Pandey, was caught

Link: Delhi: Potholed road saves girl from abduction

Jul 25, 2011: Two tried to kidnap girl, held

TNN | Jul 24, 2011, 05.44AM IST

NEW DELHI: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap a 10-year-old girl from near DPS School in Dwarka Sector 3.

The accused, identified as Komal (22) and Ranjeet alias Kuldeep (28), are residents of Bindapur area and were reportedly drunk at the time of the incident. Passers-by gathered when the girl's mother raised an alarm and beat up the accused before handing them to police.

The police said the incident took place on Saturday afternoon when the accused, who were drinking in their Maruti van, saw the girl passing by. They called her near the car and tried to pull her inside. The girl's mother, who was nearby, raised an alarm.

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Jul 25, 2011: Cops chase down abductors, rescue 24-yr-old pub staffer

NEW DELHI: Heroic action by the Delhi Policeand a cab driver foiled what could have been another Dhaula Kuan-type abduction and molestation of a young woman in a moving vehicle, in the wee hours of Sunday.

In an operation code-named 'Mousetrap' that lasted an hour, cops located and chased down a Scorpio in which five drunken youths had abducted an employee of a Gurgaon nightclub, and finally rescued the 24-year-old woman at a jungle road near Aya Nagar in south Delhi, around 4.10am. Two of her assailants were nabbed while three managed to get away.

The youths had been following the woman, who along with three others had hailed a radio taxi around 2.30am from Gurgaon's Sahara Mall to return to their residence in Badarpur. At the Ghitorni Metro Station, the youths in their Scorpio forced the cab to stop and tried to pull out the women. The cab driver, Amit Sharma, resisted the assailants. He was beaten up and even offered Rs 1,000 to let the occupants out of his Alto. The accused then dragged the 24-year-old victim, who was sitting on the front seat, into their SUV and drove off.

"They took all the four mobile phones from the women so they could not make calls," said DCP (South) Chhaya Sharma. The men also tried to force another woman into their Scorpio but failed, she said....

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Jul 25, 2011: Woman 'gangraped' in Hyderabad

TNN | Jul 25, 2011, 05.06AM IST

HYDERABAD: A 35-year-old woman was gangraped by unidentified men in Ghatkesar on Saturday night.

Locals noticed the victim in a semi-conscious state in an open plot and alerted the police on Sunday.

"On receiving information from locals, a police team went to the crime spot near Bhoopati School and shifted the victim, who was in an inebriated condition, to Gandhi Hospital," Ghatkesar inspector K Srikanth said. Police said the woman had suffered injuries on her private parts and was undergoing treatment at the hospital. "

The details of the victim and the culprits will be known after doctors allow her to talk to police," the inspector added.
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Jul 24, 2011: Medical student abducted, raped in Ahmedabad

Agencies | Jul 24, 2011, 04.43AM IST

PALANPUR: An 18-year-old student from AMC Dental College has alleged that she was blackmailed and repeatedly raped by a Nirav Katilal Parmar (22) who took photographs and video-filmed her at the first instance.

She said the boy know her through her aunt with whom she stayed in Swastik Bungalow in Rakhiyal, Ahmedabad, and used to come often to the bungalow. The student has alleged that the boy had also got her signature on blank paper.

The police have registered a case under sections 365, 366, 376, 506 (2), 114, 292, 293, and 120 of IPC against the boy and eight others involved in the rape and abduction.

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Jul 24, 2011: Man kills wife with acid, buries body

TNN | Jul 24, 2011, 05.25AM IST

BANGALORE: A 27-year-old homemaker,Vanajakshi of Gottigere on Bannerghatta Road, died after her husband, Vinay Kumar, allegedly threw acid on her. He buried her body about 100 km away.

On Friday, Vinay and Vanajakshi had an argument when she asked him to buy gold jewellery. In a fit of anger, Vinay threw acid on her.

"He came to the police station at around 10.30am on Saturday and reported that his wife had been kidnapped by some persons who were trying to conduct black magic. We went to his house and found lemon and vermilion in front of the house. First we thought that they had conducted religious rites, but Vinay was adamant that someone had kidnapped her.

But on questioning, he broke down and told us that he had thrown acid on her and taken the body to Punganur, bordering Mulbagal in Kolar district," an investigating officer said.

Real motive not known, say cops

He lived in a house rented out by his father-in-law in the same neighbourhood. We are yet to find the real motive behind the murder. We have only his version now," police said. Police said Vinay confessed that after killing Vanajakshi, he took the body in a Tata Sumo belonging to his friend to Punganur, Andhra Pradesh, where he buried it.

A police team has gone to Punganur to exhume the body. The team is facing difficulty in locating the body as Vinay has forgotten the exact location, in the Punganur ghat section. "Once we get the driver-cum-owner of the SUV, we will be able to locate the body," said a police officer. A 'missing' complaint, registered earlier, has been converted into a case of murder against Vinay. The case was registered on the complaint given by Vanajakshi's father.

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Jul 24, 2011: Miscreants rape 15-year-old girl

TNN | Jul 24, 2011, 01.03AM IST

LUCKNOW: A 15-year-old mentally-challenged girl was allegedly raped by two miscreants, while she was searching her cow near her house at Adil Nagar in Gudamba late on Friday evening. Both the accused were in an inebriated condition, when they committed the crime.

Police swung into action after receiving the information and nabbed both the accused.

The police said that the victim is a resident of Adil Nagar. On Friday late evening at around 8.30 pm, the girl had left the house in search of her cow. While searching the cow, she reached at a house near Basera turn in the same police station area, where the two accused, Raju Gupta, a native of Sitapur and Ram Yash Kewat were residing. The house is actually used as a property dealing house by a few staff of an estate company.

"Since the girl was mentally challenged, she couldn't understand the motive of the two accused and went inside the room with them. The accused raped the minor," the police said. Such was the mental condition of the minor that she then slept at the same house where the incident took place.

In the morning when she returned home, the family members asked about her whereabouts. She then narrated the incident. It was after this that the father of the girl informed the police about the incident. The police said that the girl was sent for medical examination and the report is awaited.

The police said that a case has been registered in this regard.

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Jul 23, 2011: Alone at home, woman raped and robbed

TNN | Jul 23, 2011, 07.11am IST

BANGALORE: A home-alone woman from HAL II Stage was allegedly raped, robbed and almost killed when she resisted three robbers early on Friday. She had to part with her gold ring and Rs 4,000.

This is what she has said in a complaint to Jeevan Bima Nagar police, who have registered a complaint of robbery, rape and attempt to murder. The incident happened in her house on 18 D Main of the locality.
Though police are tightlipped, the complaint said the culprits had knocked at the house door around 2.30am, when she was asleep. She thought it was someone she knew and opened the door only to find three men standing menacingly in front of her.

They barged into the house and threatened her with knives and asked her to part with the money she had in the house. When she resisted, they stabbed her and raped her.

In a bid to escape from them, she gave them Rs 4,000 and a gold ring, the complaint said.
Police claimed that they were checking the veracity of the complaint which was of serious nature. She had complained around 8.30am.

A senior police officer said she was beaten up by the culprits and was injured. "She is undergoing treatment in a hospital now. Though she sustained minor injuries, we have taken up a case of attempt to murder," the officer said.

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Jul 23, 2011: Man kidnaps & kills girlfriend for demanding marriage

Dwaipayan Ghosh | Jul 23, 2011, 04.59am IST

NEW DELHI: Pushed into a corner by his girlfriend, who threatened to inform his family about their relationship if he refused to marry her, a 21-year-old youth kidnapped and murdered her. For nearly a month, the girl's family could not trace her. On Friday, the killer was arrested.

The accused, Mohammad Gulfam, is a resident of Kacchi Khajuri in northeast Delhi and the son of a businessman who owns a nickel-polishing unit at Usmanpur.

The arrest was made on a complaint filed by the girl's mother, Alma, who said her 17-year-old daughter had been missing since June 25.

Acting on information that the girl was last seen with Gulfam, the police interrogated him, but he tried to mislead the police by giving contradicting versions. "On sustained examination, Gulfam broke down and confessed to his involvement in the kidnapping and murder," DCP (North East)Sanjay Kumar Jain said.

Gulfam confessed he had been in a relationship with the victim for the past eight months. The duo had even made a trip to Ajmer Sharif last month to offer prayers, but in the end he decided against marrying her on the pretext that she was poor. The girl's father is a menial worker who supports a family of eleven.

Gulfam expressed his inability to marry her, but the shocked girl insisted he marry her at the earliest. When the victim learned that Gulfam was about to get engaged to someone else, she threatened to go to his house on the day of his marriage and expose his duplicity. To avoid such a situation, Gulfam decided to murder her.

"He allegedly bought a butcher's knife and then coaxed the victim to accompany him to Hapur where, he said, one of his maternal aunts would arrange their marriage. When they reached Simbawali in rural Ghaziabad, "he took her into a sugarcane field and slit her neck with the cleaver, which he had been carrying all along. Gulfam returned to Delhi the same night," Jain said.

A case of murder was registered by the Ghaziabad police while a case of kidnapping was subsequently lodged in Delhi. Information provided by Gulfam helped the police to recover the knife, the motorcycle used to transport the victim to the scene of the crime and the victim's blood-stained clothes.

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Jul 23, 2011: Godman booked for rape, extortion

Alka Panse, TNN | Jul 23, 2011, 12.39am IST

NAGPUR: A 52-year-old godman was booked for raping and extorting money from a 32-year-old woman who had approached him to get her marriage fixed.

After the shocking incident came to light, enraged residents of Mominpura dragged out the 'Baba' and thrashed him black and blue late on Thursday night. The accused, Hajrat Mohammad Valiulla Samirulla, a resident of Bakramandi in Mominpura, is now undergoing treatment at Mayo Hospital.

According to the police, the victim, who is the youngest of eleven siblings, was rejected by many boys while her parents were trying to fix her marriage. Hence, someone suggested she should approach the godman.

The victim told the cops that her siblings accompanied her when she first met the Baba the first time in the first week of June. The Godman told the victim to come alone with some clothes on June 18.

"The woman followed the Baba's directions and reached his residence at around 7pm. He first performed some rituals and sprinkled water on her. He also uttered some 'mantras' on her," said investigating officer PSI Ashok Rewatkar from Tehsil police station.

The complaint lodged early on Friday morning said the woman was 'hypnotized' by the godman. "I was physically present but mentally absent, and didn't realize what happened then," said the woman in her complaint. She added that the godman also clicked some obscene pictures of her and showed them to her while she was leaving his house. "It was then that she realized what the Baba did with her," said Rewatkar.

The police said that being afraid, the woman did not tell the incident to anyone. After a few days, the Baba called her to take her clothes back, which she had left there on June 18. The woman went and she was raped again. This time the Baba threatened her and forced himself upon her again. He also took her snaps, said the cop.

Frightened by this, the victim started avoiding him and did not meet him again. "But the Baba started messaging her to come to his place. When she refused, he started threatening and blackmailing her using her objectionable photographs," said Rewatkar.

The godman also demanded Rs 30,000 from the girl and asked her to bring the valuables collected by her parents for her marriage. However, the girl did not accede to these demands.

Unable to tolerate the torture, the woman then told her problem to her family members on Thursday evening. Some family members went to Tehsil police station while a few others reached the Baba's house.

The neighbours and family members dragged the Baba out and thrashed him. Tehsil cops reached the spot some time later and since the Baba's condition was not well, he was rushed to Mayo Hospital.

Tehsil police registered offences of rape, threatening and extortion against the godman.

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Jul 23, 2011: Cook arrested for raping maid

TNN | Jul 23, 2011, 05.16am IST

NEW DELHI: A cook allegedly raped a maid-servant at a house in south-east Delhi's Greater Kailash areaon Wednesday night. According to the police, both of them worked for the same employer. The accused Jagdish, 30, was arrested soon after the victim, 35, informed the police about the incident by making a PCR call early on Thursday morning. Jagdish was immediately arrested, the police said.

"The victim is a widow and has been working at the Delhi residence of a Chandigarh-based businessman for the past two months while Jagdish has been working for the same businessman for several years. On the day of the incident, the businessman's children were present in the house while he was away in Chandigarh," a senior police official said. A medical test of the victim confirmed rape.

Primary investigations revealed that Jagdish mostly stayed in Chandigarh and used to come to his employer's Delhi residence once or twice a year. The victim hails from West Bengal while Jagdish, who is married, is from Garhwal.
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