May 21, 2013: Bride files dowry FIR on wedding day

TNN | May 21, 2013, 04.37 AM IST

AHMEDABAD: The scene was straight out of films for many invitees at Premilaben Patel's residence in Vinzol on Monday morning. With just a few hours left for her daughter's marriage, the bridegroom's side demanded Rs 5 lakh. Unable to get the amount at such a short notice, Patel pleaded to see the nuptials through. However, the marriage procession never came to Ahmedabad, leaving the family in distress.

Ankita Patel, 23, the bride, took the initiative and approached the Vatva GIDC police station in her bride's attire and filed a complaint against the family from Himmatnagar for demanding dowry and causing mental harassment. She has mentioned in her complaint that the family of Paresh Patel, the bridegroom, had already got Rs 3 lakh in the past two years on various pretexts.

According to Vatva GIDC police, Ankita had got engaged to Paresh Patel, a resident of Himmantnagar, two years back. Ankita's mother Premilaben raised three daughters after the demise of her husband and made two ends meet by letting out half the residence and working as a tailor. Ankita, the eldest daughter got her bachelors degree after which she gave consent to marriage.

Police officials said that the family has alleged that they had complied to all the demands by Paresh's family, who had got money on pretext of making a house or for family functions in the past two years hoping that this would be a good family for Ankita. Despite limited resources, they spent considerably and prepared for a marriage party consisting of more than 500 people.

"Premilaben got the shock of her life when Paresh's mother called at 8 am and told her that she expected at least Rs 5 lakh to be given at the wedding time," said a police official.

Fed up with the drama, Ankita asked the relatives not to bend anymore to the boy's family and approached police for the mental harassment and demand of dowry. GV Gohil, inspector of Vatva police station, said that they have asked the family members of Paresh Patel to record their statements in the case.
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May 20, 2013: 13-year-old allegedly abducted, raped by 3 youths

TNN | May 20, 2013, 12.20 PM IST

BHOPAL: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by three youths in Bhanpur area of the old city.

The incident had taken place in the night of May 17, but a case in this regard was registered with Chhola Mandir police station on Sunday.

Cops said the minor girl along with a youth was heading towards one of her relative's place in the night when the three accused identified as Imran, Imran Langda and Babban waylaid them. While Imran and Babban forced the man away, Langda allegedly raped the girl at a deserted house. Later, the duo returned and they too sexually harassed the girl.

Initially, the girl could not muster the courage to reveal the incident to her parents but later she told them after which a case against the trio was registered, police station staff added.
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May 20, 2013: Woman kills daughter

TNN | May 20, 2013, 12.55 AM IST
HYDERABAD: After an altercation with her mother over a petty issue, a 35-year-old woman reportedly killed her own daughter at Peddemul in Ranga Reddy district on Sunday. The victim, identified as Mallamma,5, was the third daughter of a widow Pochamma from Peddemul. Pochamma with Mallamma went to her mother, Maisamma's house where she asked her to prepare lunch. When Maisamma refused, Pochamma returned with Mallamma and hit her on the head with a stick, resulting in her instant death.
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May 20, 2013: Youth nabbed for harassing girl

TNN | May 20, 2013, 01.54 AM IST

LUCKNOW: The stalker who had escaped after assaulting a girl opposite a mall at Shahnajaf Road on Tuesday was caught by police on Sunday evening from trans-Gomti area. Amir Siddiqui, 28, was picked from Vikasnagar during routine checking. The girl, also a resident of Vikasnagar, is pursuing graduation and her mobile number somehow reached Siddiqui and he had been making crank calls using different numbers.

Earlier, a trap was laid by police to nab the accused on Tuesday. Three policemen in plain clothes led by Dharmendra Shukla sub-inspector from Vikasnagar police station asked the girl to call up the guy. He was supposed to meet the girl opposite a mall and the police team was planning to nab him once she gave them the signal from a distance. But no policemen was there in the area when he finally arrived.

The youth had twisted victim's arm and also slapped her before escaping on a bike. He also threatened her with dire consequences for getting him into trouble.

Vikasnagar police had received severe flak after the incident for not being able to protect the victim even when the incident took place barely a few metres away from SSP's bungalow.

"The victim had shown the photographs of the accused on a popular social network site which made our job easier," said Rajesh Srivastava, circle official of Mahanagar area. Siddiqui is pursuing post graduation from Kanpur University as a private candidate.
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May 20, 2013: Man arrested for raping wife's niece

TNN | May 20, 2013, 04.47 AM IST
PUNE: A 42-year-old unemployed man was arrested by the Mundhwa police on Saturday for raping his wife's niece after she agreed to accompany him to watch a movie. The incident took place at a construction site late on Thursday night.

The suspect was arrested after the 26-year-old victim approached the police on Saturday. The Mundhwa police, on Sunday, produced the suspect at the court which remanded him to police custody for five days.

Sub-inspector of the Mundhwa police station V S Chavan told TOI that the suspect is married to the victim's aunt.

The victim stayed with her aunt since her childhood because she was an orphan. She got married some time back. However, a few days later, she returned to her aunt's home following an altercation with her husband. "On May 16, the victim and her aunt got into an argument after which the victim called up her uncle (the suspect) on his cell phone and informed him about the incident," Chavan said.

The suspect asked her to relax and come with him to watch a movie. "However, he took her to an isolated construction site and raped her," Chavan said.
Link: Man arrested for raping wife's niece

May 20, 2013: 5-year-old raped, murdered in Alwar

TNN | May 20, 2013, 02.38 AM IST
ALWAR: A five-year-old girl was abducted from her house, raped and murdered at Sainthali village in Alwar district on Saturday evening. The incident came to light only next day morning when the parents found her body almost 1 km from their home.

According to the police, the victim's family had gone to attend a marriage ceremony on Saturday evening. They left their three children including the victim at home.

"In the FIR, they stated that when they returned at 11 pm on Saturday, they were stunned to see that one of their daughters was missing. A massive hunt was launched to find the girl. The victim's body was found lying near the farms on Sunday morning," said a police officer.

The girl was abducted when her elder brother and a younger sister were asleep in the room.

Some people of the village who had gone to attend nature's call spotted the body and informed the police. The body was sent to the government hospital, Alwar where a post-mortem was conducted.

Medical reports suggested that the victim was raped and murdered. "It was a brutal act by the assailants as her neck was broken, liver damaged and the body had at least 12 different injury marks. We have detained three persons and are interrogating them," said Nathuram Mehrania, circle officer, Alwar (rural).

Spotting the badly mutilated body, angry villagers shouted slogans against the police and administration. They jammed the Alwar-Jaipur and Bhiwadi- Sikandara roads. The jamcontinued for six hours and ended only after the police detained three suspects for interrogation.

According to the police, it was yet to be ascertained if it was a gangrape or the act was done by one person. "We have got some concrete clues and are interrogating a few suspects in this connection. We will surely make prompt arrests in this connection," said a police officer.
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May 20, 2013: Cops recover naked, decomposed body of woman home guard

TNN | May 20, 2013, 03.41 AM IST

HYDERABAD: A 35-year-old woman home guard was found murdered at a private office in Nallakunta on Sunday. The victim was identified as G Suneeta, wife of Mangilal from Kothapet,who works as an attender at Astalakshmi temple in Kothapet. 

On Sunday morning, businessmen who have their offices in the two-storeyed building opposite the Fever Hospital, complained to the police about a foul smell emanating from a locked AMS Job Consultancy office on the first floor. 

The Nallakunta police broke open the office door and found the naked, semi-decomposed body of a woman. Based on the cellphone records and other documents found near the body, the police were able to identify the victim as Suneeta. 

During the initial probe, Mangilal told the cops that Suneeta was missing since she left the house on May 15. 

"We saw strangulation marks on the neck of the victim and the body has been shifted for post-mortem. Suneeta's family members claim she was a home guard. We are yet to ascertain where she used to work," Nallakunta inspector V Jaipal Reddy said. 

Police suspect that the victim could have been sexually assaulted prior to her death. They are currently looking for the job consultancy owners, Vijay Kumar and George, with whom the victim reportedly had an affair. 

"A case was registered under section 302 (Murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The two are absconding and we have launched a manhunt to nab them," the inspector said. 
Link: Cops recover naked, decomposed body of woman home guard

May 20, 2013: Man kills wife after drinking session

TNN | May 20, 2013, 04.12 AM IST

BANGALORE: A weekend drinking session turned awry for a couple, with the husband killing his wife following a heated argument. Thimmaraju, 32, an auto driver, and his wife V Latha, 38, a social worker, were spending a rainy Saturday evening downing some whisky at their Suvarnanagar residence in Peenya, off Tumkur Road. 

After the couple had finished three pegs each, things turned ugly. Thimmaraju's outburst at his wife's 'sudden disappearances' from home during weekends is believed to have sparked off an argument between the two. He suspected that she had boyfriends and ventured out with them. 

Latha retaliated and accused Thimmaraju of having girlfriends. She blamed Thimmaraju for her inability to conceive even after eight years of marriage. A furious Thimmaraju attacked his wife and strangled her with her sari. Latha's screams woke up her neighbours, who knocked repeatedly on their doors before calling the police. The neighbours also peeped in through the window and witnessed the murder. 

Peenya police arrested Thimmaraju and shifted Latha's body to MS Ramaiah hospital for autopsy.

Hailing from Kunigal in Tumkur district, the couple was living in a single bedroom rented house. 

Sumalatha, a neighbour, said Latha and Thimmaraju fought frequently. "Their parents from Kunigal would turn up for intervention. Thimmaraju always suspected Latha's fidelity," she said. 

Latha was a widow who had lost her husband to cancer in Kunigal 10 years back. She moved to Bangalore where she fell in love with Thimmaraju and married him.
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May 19, 2013: Engineer 'rapes' woman for two years, arrested

TNN | May 19, 2013, 01.55 AM IST

GURGAON: A 25-year-old engineer was arrested on Friday for raping a woman for the last two years on the pretext of marrying her. Police produced the accused in a city court, which sent him in 14 days' judicial custody. The accused has been identified as Rohit, a native of Jhajjar at present living in rented accommodation in Sai Kunj in Palam Vihar.


A senior police officer said that the 23-year-old woman, who has done her BBA and is currently looking for a job, claimed that she got intimate with him because he promised to marry her. He used this to rape her repeatedly but finally refused to marry her and threatened her. He would call the victim to his rented accommodation and rape her.
Link: Engineer 'rapes' woman for two years, arrested

May 19, 2013: Man booked for allegedly raping daughter-in-law

Sanjay Yadav, TNN | May 19, 2013, 01.39 AM IST

GURGAON: A 24-year-old woman, a resident of the slums in DLF-I area, has accused her father-in-law of raping her. The victim also accused other family members of conspiring to kill her. DLF-I police have lodged an FIR on Friday.

According to the police, the victim alleged that her father-in-law raped her and when she tried to stop him, the family members threatened to kill her.

The police have lodged an FIR against her father-in-law Rohtash and other family members Rajesh, Rupe, Babli and Kavita under Section 376, 506, 120 B of IPC.

"The accused will be behind bars soon," said inspector Surender Phogat, SHO, DLF-I policestation.
Link: Man booked for allegedly raping daughter-in-law