Nov 10, 2012: Girl raped by boyfriend, one arrested

IANS | Nov 10, 2012, 07.53PM IST

New Delhi: A 20-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her boyfriend here after being abducted by him and his two friends, police said. One of the accused has been arrested.

The girl was abducted by the trio accused in a car from west Delhi's Shahbad Dairy around 5 p.m. Friday and was allegedly raped by her boyfriend Sonu, 22.

"The accused later dropped her at a secluded place threatening her of dire consequences if she told anyone," said a police officer.

"One of the accused Ashvini alias Ashu, 20, has been arrested and the hunt is on for the other two," the officer added.

Sonu is an ex-classmate and boyfriend of the victim. He abducted her with the help of Rinku, 20, and Ashvini and raped her, added the officer.
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Nov 10, 2012: Man held for selling kidney of 'lover'

TNN | Nov 10, 2012, 03.52AM IST

KOCHI: A fraudster, who sold the kidney of a woman after promising to marry her, was arrested by the North police on Friday.

The accused Shivakumar of Uliyakovil, Kollam is said to be kingpin of a racket that illegally traded kidney in the state.

The accused, who was arrested by a police team led by North SI S Vijayashankar, was produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody. The victim was identified as Manju (alias Chinchu).

Police said Manju had lodged a complaint in 2009. The operation to remove her kidney was conducted at KIMS Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. As per the complaint, Shivakumar was in love with Manju and promised to marry her if she sold one of her kidneys.

When Manju agreed, the accused fixed a deal and sold the kidney for Rs 10 lakh. "The operation was carried out after the accused prepared fake legal documents for kidney transplantation. Once he got the money he abandoned Manju, who was recuperating at the hospital," a police official said. Police had earlier arrested two members of the racket.
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Nov 10, 2012: 9-year-old girl raped in Mumbai

TNN | Nov 10, 2012, 01.45AM IST

MUMBAI: A 9-year-old Bhayander girl was allegedly raped by a family friend recently. The accused is not traceable. 

Bhayander police said on November 6, the victim's parents sent her to the house of Abdul Shaikh (28) in Karadipada to pick up some articles when he raped her after offering her sweets and goodies. 

The victim told her mother about the incident later when the latter asked her about marks on her private parts.
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Nov 9, 2012: Man arrested with son for killing daughter

PTI | Nov 9, 2012, 07.43PM IST

Berhampur: A man was arrested along with his son today for allegedly killing his 24-year-old unmarried daughter in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said.

Body of the woman was recovered by police on August 31 near a bridge of Tikarapada.

"We identified the body recently and raided the house of the deceased at Anlaguda village to crack the three-month old murder case by arresting the father and brother of the deceased," Inspector in charge, Sadara police station A K Sethi said.

The accused were identified as Ujjala Bisoi (62) and his son Purna Chandra (28).

Police also seized a sharp weapon, hidden by the accused near the spot of the incident, he said.

The duo had killed the woman as she was pregnant due to a relationship with an unknown person, police said.

Before killing her they had tried to get an abortion done but failed, they said.

On August 30, the woman was allegedly killed by the father-son duo while being taken to a relative's house.
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Nov 9, 2012: Man kills wife, hangs himself

Alka Panse, TNN | Nov 9, 2012, 01.02AM IST

NAGPUR: Suspecting his wife to be having an extra marital affair, a 45-year-old man killed his wife and later committed suicide. Unread newspapers at the door step and foul smell from the couple's residence at WCL quarters in Chankapur, 4km from Khaparkheda, brought to fore the matter on Thursday morning.

After being alerted by the residents, Khaparkheda police broke open the door and found decomposed bodies of the couple. Neelam Kushwah (35) was found dead on the bed while husband Ramayan was found hanging from the ceiling hook with dupatta in the kitchen.

"Both the bodies were decomposed. Neelam's tongue was out which seems that Kushwah might have strangulated her," said PSI Vijay Naik, who had been to Mayo mortuary with the bodies for post mortem.

Cops suspect that the incident took place three days ago. "Newspapers from November 5 are at the door step. It means that the incident might have taken place on November 4," said police. Kushwah worked as an electrician while Neelam was a housewife.

According to the cops, it was the couple's second marriage. The couple hails from Uttar Pradesh. Kushwah's had divorced his first wife, who stays in UP. Neelam had also separated from her first husband.

The couple got married six years ago. Neelam's relatives said that after separating from her husband, Neelam would stay at her sister's house at WCL quarters in Khaparkheda. They came to know about Kushwah interested in marriage.

"First Kushwah and Neelam take time to know each other and then took the decision to get marry," said a relative.

On Thursday morning, the newspaper boy saw newspapers lying at the door step. "He called Kushwah but as there was no response, he opened the window and saw Neelam. He alerted neighbors and cops," said police.

No suicide note was found by police. It was learnt that Kushwah had gone to work on November 4.

Relatives informed that Kushwah would doubt Neelam having an illicit affair. "The couple would often have argument over this," said a relative.
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Nov 08, 2012: Congress politician commits suicide, allegedly for dowry harassment

Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Updated: November 08, 2012 21:29 IST

New Delhi: A councillor in Delhi's municipal corporation hanged herself at her home in Nangloi area in West Delhi this morning after strangling her baby daughter, who was one and half year old.

Satyam Yadav was 27. She married her husband Pawan Yadav, a teacher, two years ago. Her in-laws were not at home when she was found dead.

She was elected to the corporation in April this year, and was serving as a councillor from ward number 43 in Nangloi (East).

Her family alleges that her in-laws harassed her repeatedly over dowry and were unhappy that she had delivered a girl. The family members of the victim have registered a complaint against her in-laws alleging that she was murdered because of dowry. 

"Satyam's in-laws were demanding Rs.10 lakh. We went to Delhi to bring her back to Bulandshahr. They refused to let her come and said they will not leave her until their demands were fulfilled," Satyam's elder brother Nishat Yadav told IANS.

The cops however said it appears to be a case of suicide. "It seems she hung herself after strangulating her daughter. But we cannot confirm anything before the post mortem," Deputy Police Commissioner V Renganathan said.

A sub-divisional magistrate inquiry has begun to investigate the case.
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Nov 8, 2012: Four teens arrested for minor’s rape

TNN | Nov 8, 2012, 05.06AM IST

BERHAMPUR: Police on Wednesday said they arrested four teenagers on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl at Raikia in Kandhamal district on October 27. Search is on for two other accused.

Reports said at least six persons had kidnapped the girl while she was returning to her uncle's home after watching a musical show during Durga puja and later raped her. The victim had called up her mother who lives in Bhubaneswar and narrated the incident. On returning to Bhubaneswar, she along with her mother had lodged a complaint with Mahila police on October 31.

The Mahila police transferred the case to Kandhamal police since the incident had taken place at Raikia. "We have arrested four persons and they have confessed to the crime," said G Udayagiri SDPO S Bariha. The accused are aged between 15 and 19 years and school dropouts from Raikia, he said, adding that search is on for the absconding duo.

This is the second incident of gang rape in Kandhamal district during the puja. A minor was raped and murdered at Simanabadi in Daringibadi police station area on October 25. The police had recovered the body from a forest area the following day.

Police had arrested three persons, including a minor boy, for their alleged involvement in the crime. The trio had kidnapped the girl and raped her before killing her inside the jungle on the same night. The incident took place when the victim was going to see a at Simanbadi on the occasion of Durga Puja. The boy, who was spurned by the girl, allegedly raped and murdered the girl to take revenge. The other two accused had assisted him in the crime, police said.
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Nov 7, 2012: Husband kills wife; stuffs body in gunny bag

TNN | Nov 7, 2012, 01.49AM IST

HYDERABAD: A fast food centre worker murdered his wife, stuffed her body in a gunny bag and left it at their house in Jeedimetla. The victim was identified as Kavita, 35, wife of Ramesh alias Saleem from Mallikarjuna Nagar in Jeedimetla. 

According to police, Ramesh was working at a fast food centre near Mallikarjuna theatre in Kukatpally and moved to the present residence two months ago. On Monday afternoon, Ramesh borrowed Rs 2,500 from his landlord Shyam saying that his wife had suddenly fallen ill and needed the money for her treatment. Since then Ramesh did not return home and the house remained locked. 

On Tuesday, with foul smell emanating from the house, the neighbours alerted Shyam. Later, they broke the door open and found the decomposed body of Kavita stuffed in a gunny bag in a corner of the room. Police reached the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem. After examining the body, police suspect Kavita might have been strangled to death a few days ago. 

"Ramesh had stopped going to the house since November 1, but his employer said he worked till Sunday. So, we suspect that Ramesh killed his wife on November 1, but left the city only after borrowing money from his landlord on Monday," assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Balanagar, S Damodar said. 

Police booked a case under section 302 (Murder) of the IPC and launched a man-hunt for him.
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Nov 6, 2012: Woman starved to death for dowry

TNN | Nov 6, 2012, 06.37AM IST

SURAT: A 27-year-old married woman was allegedly starved to death by her in-laws at Areth village of Mandvi taluka in Surat district on Sunday.

The victim, Pooja Shah, was found dead at her house after her brother Manoj Umarvaidh lodged a police compliant at Mandvi police station. In his complaint, Umarvaidh alleged that her sister's in-laws were not giving her food to eat due to which she frequently fell sick.

"My sister was unwell for last several months due to hunger and her deteriorating health led to death. They were torturing her for dowry," he told police.

Police have arrested her husband Vinay Shah, his father Ghanshyam and mother Kumkum for allegedly torturing the woman.

"Manoj told us that Pooja used to often complaint to him that she was not being given food for days. She was forced to survive on leftovers of the other family members," said AG Jadav, police sub-inspector.

It is also alleged that her in-laws tortured her mentally by asking her to commit suicide by hanging if she is not able to bring dowry.

Pooja was hospitalized two years ago due to jaundice and was in a critical condition. Her in-laws claimed that she was taken for medical check-up two days before the illness, police said.

Vinay owns a transport vehicle and himself drives it. His father runs a shop selling peanuts and chana.

Police are investigating the case to find out the amount of dowry demanded.

Umarvaidh lives in Nava Dindoli area of the city. Both the families belong to Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh and have settled in Surat since few years. Pooja and Vinay got married 2007 and have one son and a daughter.
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Nov 6, 2012: Man surrenders to cops after killing wife

Nitasha Natu, TNN | Nov 6, 2012, 06.09PM IST

MUMBAI: A 28-year-old man surrendered at the Mulund police early on Saturday, admitting to having murdered his wife. Dnyaneshwar Sarode, the accused, works as a delivery boy at a pathology laboratory. The police found the body of his wife, Shilpa, at the couple's residence in Ramgadh, Mulund West.

According to the police, Shilpa, 18, and Dnyaneshwar tied the knot in april 2012. Dnyaneshwar was an alcoholic. The couple would have frequent disputes as Dnyaneshwar did not like his wife's cooking. He also objected to her eating gutkha. Dnyaneshwar's parents, Tukaram and Rukminibai, stayed on the mezzanine floor of the same house. Investigations revealed that Dnyaneshwar also cast aspersions on his wife's character.

On Friday, after Dnyaneshwar returned home, the couple went out for a stroll, but ended up having yet another fight. "Shilpa went to bed after they returned home. Around 12.30 am, Dnyaneshwar used a large handkerchief to strangle her to death," said a police official. But after Shilpa's death, Dnyaneshwar panicked. He left home and went to the railway tracks at Mulund, planning to end his life. After two trains passed by, he couldn't summon the courage and went back home. He then contemplated jumping in the well and ending his life, but did not do so.

Around 5.30 am, Dnyaneshwar walked into the Mulund police station and confessed to the offence. Shilpa's body was sent to the Rajawadi post-mortem centre for an autopsy. Dnyaneshwar was arrested on murder charges. He was produced before a local court on Saturday.
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