Sep 13, 2012: Techie held on charges of rape

TNN | Sep 13, 2012, 01.46AM IST

COIMBATORE: A software engineer was arrested here on Wednesday night on charges of rape. Police said both the accused and victim hailed from Sivaganga district and had been in love for the past nine years. They had been living together in a rented house near Ganapathy for the past four years.

According to police, the software engineer backtracked from his promise of marrying the victim and had been absconding for the past three months.

The victim, R Rani (27) (name changed), native of Kabilan Street in Sivaganga district lodged a complaint where she said R David (28) (name changed) of the same area had completed his schooling along with her at Sivaganga district. They had been in love since class XII. Later, Rani moved to Coimbatore to pursue homeopathy and Daniel joined a private engineering college at Kovilpatti in Thoothukudi district.

She completed her homeopathy course in 2004 and was working in a homeopathy clinic in the city, residing in a rented house at Ganapathy. Meanwhile, Daniel completed his engineering course and got a job with a software firm in Chennai. He often visited Coimbatore to meet Rani and stayed with her.

On January 14, 2008, a ceremony was held in the presence of their friends at Thanjavur where Rani and David exchanged rings. Based on his request, Rani converted to Christianity. For the last four years they were in a live-in relationship.

However, David started avoiding Rani for the past three months and did not even attend to her phone calls. He seized the ring he had given her and stopped visiting Coimbatore altogether. He told Rani that he was trying to get a job abroad as his family had found a bride for him.

On Tuesday night, Rani lodged a police complaint with the Sarvanampatti police, who registered a case against Daniel under section 496 (marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage), 493 (cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage), 376 (punishment for rape) and 417 (punishment for cheating) of IPC.
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Sep 13, 2012: Two policemen arrested in rape case

PTI | Sep 13, 2012, 09.15PM IST

HYDERABAD: Two policemen including a special officer have been arrested by the CID in connection with a 2010 rape case in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. The case, which was registered two years ago and later closed by Venukonda police in Guntur was re-investigated by CID which established the rape of a married woman by constable Orsu Venkatesh with the help of SPO Saida, who prevented the victim's husband to rescue her. 

The duo were arrested in Guntur yesterday, police said today. Venkatesh is presently attached to Krosur police station in Guntur and the SPO, who was with Penukonda police was removed from service a year ago. "This was a case of heinous offence involving a married woman in her house after sending her husband away, keeping the victim under threat by using official position, Additional Director General of Police (CID) S V Ramana Murthy said. 

The Vinukonda Police of Guntur have not investigated the case properly and finally it was closed by local police. The local inspectors who investigated the case have tried to shield the police constable successively and recommended for the closure of the case. They went to the extent of prosecuting the victim on the plea that she already gave a false complaint, he said. 

Sensing that the case was closed wrongly, the CID took over the investigation of the case and further investigated the case. The probe established the commission of rape by the police constable and role played by SPO in preventing the husband to rescue his wife when sexually assaulted, resulting in the arrest of the accused, Murthy said.
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Sep 13, 2012: Man buried alive over affair with his friend's wife

TNN | Sep 13, 2012, 07.52AM IST

THANJAVUR: A man, who allegedly had an illicit affair with his neighbour's wife, was buried alive by her husband after he came to know about their relationship in a village near Peravurani in Thanjavur district. The body was exhumed after the murderer was arrested here on Wednesday, police said.

Police said that Nadimuthu (37) and Chandrasekar (41) were residents of Seruvavidhuthi in Thanjavur. Both of them had been friends for a long time. However, Chandrasekar developed an illicit relationship with Nadimuthu's wife, Ramya. On coming to know of their relationship, Nadimuthu warned his wife to stay away from Chandrasekar. But, despite his warning, they continued the affair. Nadimuthu then conspired with his friends to kill Chandrasekar to put an end to the problem. On Monday, he invited Chandrasekar for a liquor party in their area. Nadimuth and his friends forced him to drink a lot so that he loses his control. Once he lost control, Nadimuthu and the others assaulted him following which he fell down unconscious. They then shifted him to Agni river and buried him alive under the bridge. Chandrasekar died because of suffocation.

As Chandrasekar did not return home, his wife Gomathi searched for him. But some of the residents told her that he was accompanied by Nadimuthu and few others in the evening on Monday. When they inquired with Nadimuthu, he gave contradictory replies. So, they became suspicious of him and handed him over to the Thiruchittrambalam police on Wednesday evening.

Police said that he admitted to his crime during the initial investigation and guided the police to the spot where he and his friends buried Chandrasekar. The body was exhumed and sent for postmortem. Police are now on the lookout for his accomplices.
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Sep 12, 2012: Girl on job hunt raped, two held

TNN | Sep 12, 2012, 01.58AM IST

NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old girl from Assamwas allegedly gang-raped by four men who lured her to a placement agency in west Delhi with the promise of a good job. The accused confined her in a house for days and took turns to rape her after forcing her to drink alcohol, police said. 

Cops have arrested the owners of the placement agency identified as Naval Kishore and Shabina after registering a case of rape, illegal confinement and criminal intimidation. Three others are on the run and have been identified as Imran, Lalu and Mithun. 

The victim had first come to Delhi two years ago for a job but returned after failing to find any. She returned to the city in June and began working in Rohini. Later she approached a placement agency and met Imran there, who sent her to another placement agency in Khayala in August-end. 

The victim reached the agency office on August 25 after speaking to Kishore and Shabina. But instead of offering her a job, the accused had allegedly confined her in a small, dingy room and the four men raped her repeatedly. 

The victim managed to escape on Monday and spent the night at the railway station after informing her relatives. She then went to police who recorded her statement and sent her for a medical examination. The girl is now staying in a rehab home.
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Sep 10, 2012: Woman refuses physical relationship, murdered

PTI | Sep 10, 2012, 09.46PM IST

NEW DELHI: One person was arrested for allegedly murdering a married woman after she refused to get physical with him, police said here today. 

Surender Kumar Sharma, the relative of the victim Dipty whose husband Rajesh Kumar is a junior engineer in discom BSES, was arrested yesterday, they said. 

According to police, on September 4, when Kumar returned home from office, he found his wife dead and articles stolen from his house. 

During investigation, it was found that Sharma had visited the house on the day of murder and had been absconding since then. 

Acting on a tip-off, Sharma was arrested. During interrogation, he confessed to have murdered Dipty, police said. 

"Sharma told police that last week both the families had gone on a joint tour to Agra. He developed liking towards her and on the fateful day he came to her house and tried to develop physical relations. But Dipty refused and warned him that she would reveal the incident to her husband, following which he strangulated her," Additional Commissioner of Police(South-West district) A K Ojha said. 

"In order to dodge the police he staged a false scene of robbery and ransacked the house," he said.
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Sep 10, 2012: Indore woman abducted, raped

TNN | Sep 9, 2012, 10.50AM IST

INDORE: A 30-year-old city woman was abducted, confined to a house in the neighbouring state of Gujarat and raped for a week. The woman managed to escape and returned back to her relatives to narrate the harrowing tale. 

Police said the accused and the victim are both residents of Jawahar Tekri under the jurisdiction of Chandan Nagar police. On September 2, the victim was home alone in the afternoon as her husband was out for some work. Her neighbour and accused, identified as Manohar, abducted her by forcing her to sit in his car and took her to an unidentified place in Gujarat. There, he confined her at residence of one of his relative and raped her for a week. 

After few days, he returned back to Madhya Pradesh. The victim woman managed to escape and reached her home to narrate her sufferings. 

Family members of the victim have lodged a case under section 376 (rape) and 366 (abduction) of IPC. Police have launched a hunt for the accused. They are also planning to book the relatives of the man where the victim was confined and raped for a week.
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Sep 10, 2012: Woman raped in Bengal industrial township

PTI | Sep 10, 2012, 02.38PM IST

DURGAPUR (WB): A woman was allegedly raped by a group of men when she was returning home with her husband at City Centre in the industrial township here, the police said on Monday. 

The 38-year-old woman, who runs a pathological laboratory at Asansol in partnership with a doctor, was picked up by the group of men at Piyala Kalibari on Sunday night, the police said.

"The gang beat up her husband who works in a nationalised bank and allegedly raped her," additional CP (Durgapur) Sunil Yadav. 

She lodged a complaint with the police and underwent medical tests but no evidence of gangrape has been established yet, Yadav said. 

Another confirmatory test would be carried out at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital again, he said. 

The husband of the woman has been held for questioning. The woman was her second wife, the police said. 

Nobody has been arrested yet, Yadav said.
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Sep 10, 2012: Woman gang-raped by policemen in Uttarakhand

PTI | Sep 10, 2012, 02.44PM IST

DEHRADUN: A woman was allegedly gang-raped by two constables while she was on her way to Mussourie in a car, police said on Monday. 

As per the complaint lodged by the victim, she was molested by a group of policemen who stopped the car in which she was travelling along with acquaintances in Roorkee's Gangnahar area on Saturday night. Two of the police constables later gang-raped her, she alleged. 

Six policemen and a civilian have been booked under different sections of the IPC in this connection, police in Haridwar said. 

Acting on the woman's complaint, Haridwar SSP Arun Mohan Joshi has sent the six accused cops to the lines. 

The victim's medical examination report is still awaited and further action will be taken on its basis, Joshi said.
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Sep 10, 2012: Rape victim molested by official during probe

Kabita Chowdhury, TNN | Sep 10, 2012, 05.31AM IST

BERHAMPORE: A juvenile justice official, who was supposed to provide justice and protect a rape victim, turned the tormentor. Malay Shankar Aich, district juvenile probation officer, was arrested on Sunday after the 14-year-old girl complained of sexual harassment against him. 

The Class-VIII student from Choan village under Hariharpara police station was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old about a month ago. Since both the victim and the accused are minors, the district juvenile justice board was asked to probe the matter. Aich, in his fifties, was entrusted with the job. 

Aich had visited the girl's place quite a few times in the past two weeks on the pretext of probing the case. Sources said that every time he had asked all the members of the girl's family to go out of the house, except the victim. "Pretending to be sympathetic to the girl, he would try his tricks and prowl on the girl. As gullible villagers, the girl and her family members initially thought that this was a way of probing the case," said sources. The accused had also called the girl to his office several times and allegedly molested her there. 

After undergoing the trauma several times, the girl realized that Aich was taking advantage of the situation. During the probe on Friday, Aich had sent everyone out of the house. This time, the girl didn't give in and refused to go inside the room where the official was sitting. When the girl refused to meet Aich in the room, he left the house and allegedly threatened to turn the case against her. 
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Sep 8, 2012: Bus staff abuse 7-year-old girl for months

Purusharth Aradhak, TNN | Sep 8, 2012, 01.47AM IST

GHAZIABAD: In a shocking sexual crime, a six-year-old student of a well-known private school in Vasundhara was routinely abused by the driver and conductor of her schoolbus for months till a problem in her private parts alerted her parents to the assaults.

The accused have been arrested and sent to Dasna jail. According to the statement of the girl, a Class I student, the duo used to abuse her in the bus while it was parked outside the school.

"The victim is in deep shock and depression. The two kept threatening her with dire consequences if she talked about the abuse with anyone," says the complaint.

Shockingly, the complaint states that after the crime came to light, the family had approached the school authorities but "no concrete action was taken". They then approached the police and an FIR was lodged on Thursday evening.

Ghaziabad admin pledges strict action

"We sent the girl for medical examination while a team was sent to detain the accused. The medical report confirmed the allegations and we have registered a case under Section 377 (unnatural offences) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of IPC," SP (city) S S Yadav said.

The victim's family lives in Ghaziabad and she was admitted in the school last year. The police complaint says, "The accused driver and conductor were physically abusing the girl for the past many months. A physical problem occurred in the victim's private parts and when her mother noticed it, she consulted a doctor."

The complaint says the doctor prescribed some medicines which did not cure the condition. "Then the mother smelled some foul play and convinced the girl to reveal the problem. The victim then narrated the entire incident to the family," it states.

"Soon we will get in touch with the school authority to get their stand. A team will also be sent to the school for investigations," SP Yadav said. Ghaziabad district magistrate has also ordered an inquiry into the case and has sought the school's reply on why students were not accompanied by any teacher or staff member in school buses. 
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