Jun 23, 2012: Principal held for ‘harassing’ teacher

TNN | Jun 23, 2012, 01.24AM IST

HYDERABAD: A school principal who allegedly tried to sexually abuse a teacher was arrested by Kukatpally police late on Thursday night. 

Assistant commissioner of police (Kukatpally division) M Malla Reddy said 55-year-old Narender, principal of Rajadani High School, Allwyn Colony, was taken into custody. 

He was charged with harassing the teacher sexually on Thursday. 

The victim managed to escape from his 'custody' and informed her family members, who in turn lodged the complaint. 

Narender was arrested and sent to judicial remand. He was held by the police under sections 354 (Assault or criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 506 (Criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Jun 23, 2012: Eve-teasers stab five of a family

Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN | Jun 23, 2012, 04.37AM IST

NEW DELHI: Five members of a family were stabbed by their neighbours in east Delhi on Thursday night following an alleged eve-teasing.

According to Brijesh Kumar, one of the five persons attacked, his sister was climbing the stairs with a bucket of water when three men - two of them sons of their neighbour and their cousin, passed lewd comments at her. When she protested, an argument ensured.

"My sister lost her cool and slapped one of the brothers. The brothers then began beating her. My father, Hiralal, was passing by when he saw the entire incident. He, too, protested and was beaten up similarly. It was then that we were informed over the phone about the incident. I, my mother and sister went downstairs when the three men took out knives and stabbed all five of us," claimed Brijesh.

Brijesh's father, Hiralal, is a priest while mother Satyawati is a housewife. Brijesh and his sisters are still students. One Vinod, allegedly from the opposite camp, also received injuries. All six injured were hospitalized but released later.

A case has been registered at the Geeta Colony police station but nobody arrested yet.

Police said the families had developed enmity after a close relative of Vinod developed a relationship with a relative of Hiralal. "The two families have had their arguments but this is the first time that it has turned so ugly," said an officer. Cops are looking for the accused. "We are also trying to ascertain if any outsider had joined the brawl," said a cop.

Brijesh said the family was likely to shift from their current residence. "We are worried about our safety," he said.

Some neighbours claimed the immediate reason behind the attack seemed to be an argument over sharing of water.
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Jun 23, 2012: Jamia Millia Islamia graduate held for stalking woman

TNN | Jun 23, 2012, 04.23AM IST

NEW DELHI: A man has been arrested for harassing a woman by sending her obscene texts and telephone calls for two years, police said. Police describe the accused, Nadeem Mirza, as a "psychic stalker" and it was because of his behaviour that the victim had to change the city along with her family.

Mirza (26), a graduate from Jamia Millia Islamia, was arrested by the north district police on Thursday from Turkman Gate. Mirza runs a mobile repair shop and was held after technical surveillance, said Sindhu Pillai, deputy commissioner of police (north).

"The psychic stalker has been held for sending sleazy, and obscene SMS to the woman and her family for over two years," she said. The complainant, a PhD scholar of Delhi University approached police on June 7 complaining against an anonymous person who was sending her objectionable text messages. "The accused would call the complainant's brother and threaten him of dire consequences if the matter was reported to police. Due to this persistent mental harassment, the girl's family shifted her residence to Sahibabad in UP," she added.

The caller had frequently changed his phones but all the call locations were traced to Turkman Gate in north Delhi. "The accused had earlier met the sister of the complainant and taken her cell number. In 2010, he had tried to make lewd advances towards the complainant but she had strongly objected," Pillai said.
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Jun 23, 2012: Three arrested for raping girl

TNN | Jun 23, 2012, 03.07AM IST

INDORE: The police have arrested three persons for allegedly abducting and gang-raping a 19-year-old girl in Juni Indore area on Thursday night. The accused allegedly filmed the incident on their mobile and threatened the victim of uploading the MMS on the internet.

Juni Indore town inspector T S Baghel said that the accused have been identified as Arpit Agarwal, Rajesh Vishwakarma and Sudhir Sharma. Beghel further said the victim, a resident of Palsikar Colony, had gone to purchase something on Thursday afternoon when one of the accused Arpit, whom she knew, approached her.

Arpit allegedly took the victim to a car where Rajesh and Sudhir were already waiting for them. Subsequently, they forced the girl into the car.

In her complaint, the girl has mentioned that the accused beat her when she tried to shout for help. Within few minutes, they reached a deserted place in Piplihana where they reportedly locked the girl inside a house and took turns to rape her repeatedly, Baghel said.

The accused allegedly prepared an MMS of the incident and threatened the victim that they would upload it, if she did not respond to their advances further. They also threatened her of dire consequence, if she informed anybody about the incident.

Baghel said the accused dropped the victim in her locality at around 10.30 pm. The victim narrated the incident to her family members upon reaching her home, following which they reached Juni Indore police station and lodged a complaint.

The victim's mother is in coma for the last two years after having met a road accident. Meanwhile, the victim informed the police that Arpit used to provide stationery to schools in the city. He had been harassing her earlier as well after she refused to respond to his advances.

The police have booked all the three accused under sections 366 (abduction), 376 2G (gang rape), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 294 (obscene acts), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of Indian Penal Code ( IPC).
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Jun 22, 2012: Girl raped inside hospital by relative

PTI | Jun 22, 2012, 09.31PM IST

JAMSHEDPUR: A girl who came to see her ailing father in a government hospital was raped allegedly by her relative inside the hospital premises here, police said today. 

The victim, a resident of Potka in East Singhbhum district, was found bleeding profusely on Wednesday near a toilet by the staff of M G M Hospital who admitted her later on, said Senior Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Kumar Jha. 

A case in this regard was lodged under Sakchi police station today. 

"We have sought explanation from surgeon Dr Manju Kumari Choudhury and other medical staff, who were on duty when the incident took place, as why they did not report the matter to the police immediately," said Superintendent of the hospital Dr S S Prasad. 

Admitting the lapse for informing the matter to the police, Prasad said initially the victim was reluctant to report the incident to the police, leading to delay in lodging the FIR. 

Jha said a police team, which was formed to investigate the incident, is conducting raids to apprehend the culprit, who was a relative of the victim. 

A medical check-up of the girl has been conducted and she was kept under observation.
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Jun 22, 2012: Woman hacks husband to death for trying to rape daughter

PTI | Jun 22, 2012, 11.03AM IST

SALEM ( TAMIL NADU): A woman allegedly murdered her husband after he tried to rape their teenaged daughter in an inebriated state, police said here today. 

The 43-year-old man, a real estate business man, had come home drunk last night, picked up a quarrel, and then attempted to rape their daughter following which the woman allegedly attacked him with a sickle, police inspector Rajnikanth said. 

The woman then telephoned police and informed them about the incident, he said, adding, she has been arrested. 

They have a 19-year-old son and three daughters in the age group of nine to 13, he said.
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Jun 21, 2012: Baby Falak's father arrested in a gang rape case

PTI | Jun 21, 2012, 09.34PM IST

NEW DELHI: The father of baby Falak, who died after being battered by a teenager, was arrested here today for his alleged involvement in a gang rape case in Bihar, police said. 

Shah Alam was apprehended here after he was called for counselling. His involvement in a case of gangrape came to light and was arrested. 

"He was declared a proclaimed offender in the case. Bihar Police have been informed," a senior police official said. 

Falak was admitted to the hospital with severe bruises in her body, head injuries and broken arms on January 18. Her head was badly smashed, she had broken arms, bite marks all over her body and her cheeks branded with hot iron.
She died on March 16.
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Jun 21, 2012: Accused of infidelity, woman kills 2-year-old daughter, drowns self

Mid-Day.com | Updated: June 21, 2012 12:08 IST 

Mumbai: After being accused of infidelity by her husband, a 23-year-old Charkop resident drowned her two-year-old daughter in the sea before committing suicide six days ago. The Charkop police arrested her husband and in-laws of the woman yesterday, after her parents claimed that she had committed suicide due to their torture.

On June 14, the woman, identified as Ranjana Dayal had left her house along with her daughter Gayatri. After failing to return, the former's husband Kishan registered a missing person's complaint.

According to the police, last Thursday, Ranjana took her daughter to Aksa beach. There, she first submerged her daughter and held her forcibly under water until she died and then she committed suicide by drowning. The bodies of mother and daughter were discovered the following day behind the INS Hamla in Malad (W). The police sent a wireless message and learnt about the missing case. Subsequently, the Malwani police registered a case of accidental death.


However, Ranjana's parents who stay in Samta Nagar, claimed on Tuesday to Charkop police officers that their daughter had been forced to commit suicide as she was being harassed and tortured by her in-laws. Based on the statement of Ranjana's father and sister, the Charkop police arrested the latter's husband, father-in-law Lalmohan and brother-in-law Mohan on Wednesday.

Ranjana's father Parisingh said that they are residents of Mumbai, but their daughter had been married to Kishan in Nepal. While her husband resided in Charkop, Ranjana stayed in Nepal, until she returned two months ago with their two-year-old daughter Gayatri. "Since then, Ranjana was being beaten up by Kishan who suspected that she had an affair," said Parisingh.

She had called up her sister Shanti, a resident of Delhi, many times to complain, but Shanti consoled her and assured her that everything would be alright.

"On the day of her death, Ranjana had called me and told me that Kishan and her in-laws had beaten her, accusing her that her daughter was illegitimate. I told her to keep calm until I came," said Shanti.

On June 15 when Shanti learnt about Ranjana's death, she called up her father and told him about her conversation with Ranjana. On Tuesday when Shanti came to Mumbai, they registered a case with the Charkop police.

API Anand Murliyar from the Charkop police station said, "We have arrested four people after we recorded the statement of the victim's father and are now conducting further enquiries."
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Jun 21, 2012: Girl cremated, cops suspect honour killing

Purusharth Aradhak, TNN | Jun 16, 2012, 05.21AM IST

GREATER NOIDA: A girl was hurriedly cremated by her family members in a Greater Noida village early Friday morning, pointing towards a suspected honour killing. When local people came to know about this, they informed police who reached the village late at night. 

SSP Praveen Kumar said the incident took place in Bhaipur-Brahampur under Rabupura police station. "The girl had earlier eloped twice and had recently been brought back to the village. The family claims she committed suicide but we will probe the case as we suspect it to be an honour killing," he said. 

"The girl was studying in a Bulandshahr college and reportedly had an affair with a boy. Her family had filed a missing complaint after which cops brought her back to the village," said SP (rural), Ashok Kumar. 
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Jun 21, 2012: Minor dalit girl raped, murdered

PTI | Jun 21, 2012, 06.38PM IST

PRATAPGARH (UP): A 12-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped and murdered by four men at Esthan village under Nawabganj police station area here yesterday. 

The girl was abducted last evening when she was going to meet her mother working in a nearby field, police said. 

The accused took her to a secluded place and allegedly raped her and before strangulating her, they said. 

Another girl of the same village, who was passing by, heard the cries of the victim but chose to remain silent out of fear, police said adding that this morning however when the dead body was discovered, she gave out the names of the perpetrators of the crime. 

An FIR has been lodged and efforts were on to arrest the culprits.
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