Dec 30, 2011: 25-year-old stabs hubby, hurts self

TNN | Dec 30, 2011, 03.25AM IST

VASCO: Eknath Honawarkar on Thursday filed a complaint with the Mormugao police against his 25-year-old daughter-in-law for stabbing his 28-year-old son.

PI Rahul Parab told TOI, "The couple are at presently at the Goa medical college and hospital, Bambolim, and are out of danger. Once the woman is discharged we will arrest her."

The incident occurred at midnight on Wednesday in Honawarkar's house near Maruti temple, Sada.

Following a fight between the couple-Keshav and Anita-Anita stabbed her husband of three years with a knife and then hurt herself with the same weapon.

Keshav was brought to GMC in a critical condition, but is stable now, police said.

Sources said the police recovered the knife from the couple's bedroom.

Mormugao police have registered a case under Section 326 of the IPC against Anita, who police said will be arrested soon.

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Dec 30, 2011: Sex racket busted, six arrested

PTI | Dec 30, 2011, 09.18PM IST

GHAZIABAD: Three Delhi-based girls were among six arrested after a sex racket was busted in Nyay Khand locality in Indirapuram area here, police said today.

The gang, operating from a rented house, was busted last night during a raid, they said.

Six persons, including three sex workers, were arrested, police said.

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Dec 30, 2011: Tantrik arrested for victimising several women

PTI | Dec 30, 2011, 09.20PM IST

NEW DELHI: A 42-year-old tantrik was arrested here for allegedly victimising several women on the pretext of solving their problems, police said today.

The occultist known as 'Sufi Bengali Baba' along with his associates allegedly used to dupe innocent women of money by claiming that he would solve their problems using his supernatural powers.

Police said he also persuaded women to have physical relations with him if they could not pay him money. His real name is Sultan and hails from Meerut.

He was arrested following investigations into a complaint filed by a woman yesterday.

He allegedly used to advertise through local cable network.

"The complainant contacted the tantrik to get her problems solved after watching an advertisement. He allegedly cheated her of Rs 63,000 and even asked her to have physical relation," a senior police official said.

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Dec 30, 2011: Ex-cop held for 'molesting' TV actress

TNN | Dec 30, 2011, 01.22AM IST

MUMBAI: A 22-year-old small-time television actress has filed a molestation case against a former traffic warden. The accused had introduced himself as a cop and was pestering the victim to marry him.

According to the Navghar police in Bhayander (E), the victim, Salma, (name changed), a Mira Road resident, met Yusuf Pathan (35), who used to work as a traffic warden near the Golden Nest junction in Mira Road, six months ago at the Thane RTO.

Pathan introduced himself as a cop attached to the Kashimira police station and helped her get documents for her newly-purchased two-wheeler. He stayed in touch with Salma, who has acted in television serials like CID and Aahat. He began visiting her home, where she lives with her parents.

Meanwhile, he was removed from his job due to several complaints against him.

Last week, Pathan proposed marriage to Salma, who refused. Then he asked her parents to convince her but they said that she was too young and was concentrating on her career right now.

Pathan, however, continued to enter their house forcibly and threatened Salmaif she refused to marry him.

Unable to bear the harassment, Salma then approached the police. Pathan too landed up at the police station and physically assaulted her. When the cops caught hold of him, he pulled out a pesticide bottle and consumed the liquid. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and discharged. He has been arrested on the charges of molestation and assault.

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Dec 29, 2011: Man held for trying to rape Dutch woman

PTI | Dec 29, 2011, 09.49PM IST

MUMBAI: An autorickshaw driver has been arrested for allegedly trying to rape a Dutch theatre artiste and robbing her of her valuables, police said on Thursday.

The accused Rajpati Nishad (21), a resident of Nalasopara in neighbouring Thane district, was apprehended last night while the prime accused is still at large, they said, adding that the sketch of the absconding culprit has been sent to all the police stations.

The incident occurred when the 20-year-old victim was returning to her house in suburban Mulund in an auto-rickshaw in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

According to them, the victim, who had come to India on a tourist visa in September, had boarded an auto-rickshaw from Dahisar Checknaka along with a male friend, who alighted at Kandivali in the city.

With the victim alone, the prime accused, who was driving the vehicle, telephoned his friend Nishad, also an auto- rickshaw driver, who boarded the three wheeler mid-way.

On the pretext of taking her to Mulund via the Western Express Highway, the wanted culprit drove his auto towards the forest area at Aarey Colony.

Sensing something wrong, the victim raised an alarm when the two stopped the vehicle, assaulted her and tried to rape her. However, she continued to resist and scream following which they escaped with her purse containing cash, passport, debit card and her mobile phone, police said.

Hearing her screams, locals reached the spot and took her to Vanrai police station where an FIR was registered and a manhunt for the duo was launched, police said.

After preparing sketches of the two accused, police spotted Nishad and nabbed him, they said, adding that efforts are on to trace the other accused.

The accused duo were booked under IPC sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 352 (assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation), 392 (robbery) 376 (rape) and 511 (attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment).

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Dec 26, 2011:Teen murdered by kin for eloping with cousin

TNN | Dec 26, 2011, 02.03AM IST

TIRUNELVELI: In a suspected case of honour killing, an 18-year-old girl was murdered by her brother and cousin in Tirunelveli. The two have been arrested and reportedly confessed to the police that they murdered the girl as she fell in love with another cousin and eloped with him four months ago. Though the girl was murdered a month ago, it came to light only on Saturday, a day after the girl's father lodged a complaint that she was missing.

Police said that Uchimahali (18), daughter of Arjunapandian of Kondanagaram near Pettai had eloped with Murugesan (22), son of Vinayagam, residing in the same area. Vinayagam is the elder brother of Arjunapandian. Soon after their families learnt about the affair, they opposed it stating that they were brother and sister. "However, about five months ago, the two eloped. Uchimahali's brother Mariappan (24) and Murugesan's brother Pechimuthu (25) learnt that the girl was staying in Madurai a month ago and went to her house. Murugesan, a driver was not at home at the time. Making use of the opportunity, Mariappan and Pechimuthu deceived the girl that they now accepted her marriage and invited her home,'' said a police officer.

Uchimahali trusted them and telephoned her husband about the change of heart of their family members and informed him that she was leaving to Tirunelveli. She left along with the two accused in a bus and reached Tirunelveli after dark from where they went in a motorcycle to their native Kondanagaram. However when the motorcycle reached an isolated spot near Kondanagaram, the two strangulated her to death and buried her body in a pit, police said. The girl's husband Murugesan is also untraceable since then and police said they were inquiring his whereabouts.

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Dec 26, 2011: Man kills friend over illicit affair

PTI | Dec 26, 2011, 09.06PM IST

NEW DELHI: A cab driver was murdered allegedly by his friend after he objected to the latter's illicit relationship with his wife, police said on Monday.

Lekh Ram, 28, was arrested with two others for killing his friend Vishnu Dutt, they said.

Ram and Dutt had good relations and both used to drink together at the latter's house. During this time, Ram developed an illicit relation with Dutt's wife, they said.

"The deceased had also suspicion of the same and warned Lekh Ram to mend his ways. On the other hand, Lekhram had suspicion that Vishnu Dutt administered him impotency drug in liquor. It also transpired that Lekh Ram wanted to avenge Vishnu," a senior police official said.

On December 23, Ram, his two associates and the victim had liquor together and went to Uttam Nagar.

"The trio confessed their crime and disclosed that they had liquor together on that night and thereafter killed him with knives. They slit the victim's neck and dumped the body and his car at two different places," the official said.

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Dec 26, 2011: Uncle killed 16-yr-old to 'save family honour'

Mahalingam Ponnusamy, TNN | Dec 25, 2011, 03.36AM IST

CHENNAI: K Thilagavathi, a 16-year-old school girl found dead in her house near Gummidipoondi on Wednesday, was killed by her uncle to "protect the honour of the family," police said on Saturday.

K Hari, 37, confessed to having committed the crime and was arrested on Saturday, the police said. They said it was a case of "honour killing" since the girl, a plus-1 student of a government school, had figured in a video clip showing her in physical intimacy with a senior boy of the same school. The girl's father, however, said Hari killed her because of enmity with his family.

Thilagavathi was found hanging on Wednesday and police initially believed it to be a case of suicide. For a couple of days, the video clip showing two girls and five boys in a classroom, has been doing the rounds. The school had expelled Thilagavathy, another girl and five boys on Tuesday.

The girl's father called up the police on Wednesday to say that she was found hanging. After postmortem found that the girl's hyoid bone was fractured, police focused on the murder angle. "We questioned her relatives and Hari confessed to having killed her for bringing bad name to the family," Madharpakkam police inspector K Venugopal told TOI.

Police had earlier arrested three teenage boys and are on the lookout for two other students. Thilagavathi was the first child of M Kumar, an agricultural worker at Sethilpakkam village in Tiruvallur district about 80km from the city.

"We knew there was a video, but there was nothing obscene about it. My daughter was not worried about it. Hari killed her because of previous enmity with us," Kumar said.

Hari has been sent to Puzhal prison. The arrested students were produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and sent to a juvenile home.

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Dec 26, 2011: Delhi teacher arrested for rape and MMS

Indo-Asian News Service, Updated: Dec 26, 2011 17:27 IST

New Delhi: A government teacher was arrested for harassing a 22-year-old former student by making her Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) clip after raping her a month ago, said police Monday.

According to police, the man, identified as Ram Avtar (40), works as a Hindi teacher in the Government School in the Ambedkar Nagar area of south Delhi. He stays in the Madangir area with his family.

A month ago, the teacher allegedly raped the girl, a former student of the school where he works.

A police official said that the teacher held private tuition classes for the girl. "One month ago, he allegedly raped her and made an MMS of the incident. He used to threaten her about making the MMS public if she did not maintain a regular relationship with him," said the official.

The official told media persons that on Saturday the girl registered a complaint about the incident with the Ambedkar Nagar police station. "After a medical examination report of the victim, the teacher was arrested and sent to judicial custody," added the official.
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Dec 25, 2011: Kidnapper charged with rape now

TNN | Dec 25, 2011, 03.41AM IST

CHENNAI: A 32-year-old man who was arrested on Friday for kidnapping a 15-year-old girl by promising her financial assistance from the chief minister was slapped with additional charges of rape, impersonation and cheating on Saturday.

Police slapped rape charges on Kannan alias Sridhar of Rajapalayam, who was involved in more than 51 theft cases in Virudh Nagar district, after a medical report proved that the girl, Punitha(name changed), was raped several times. Kannan was remanded in Puzhal prison on Saturday after being produced before a magistrate court in the city.

The five-day hunt for Kannan finally ended in Mattuthavani near Madurai when a police team led by the Choolaimedu police inspector N Giri nabbed him. Punitha, who was abducted on December 18, was rescued from a TNSTC bus that was about to leave for Namakkal.

Joint commissioner of police (east Chennai) S N Seshasai commended the police teams who arrested Kannan and rescued the girl. Sridhar had initially planned to sell the girl off in Mumbai, but fell in love with her and decided to marry her, police said.

The accused, Sridhar, had initially planned to sell the minor girl off in Mumbai, but fell in love with her and decided to marry her, police said

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Dec 25, 2011: Woman burnt 2 days after seeking action against kin

A Selvaraj, TNN | Dec 25, 2011, 03.45AM IST

CHENNAI: The Mylapore police are investigating the circumstances that led to the immolation of a 19-year-old woman at Dooming Kuppam near Santhome on Monday, two days after she came to the station to complain about dowry harassment. K Esther Mary had approached the all-women police station in Mylapore last Saturday, but the police did not register a case. Two days later, she was burnt alive, her mother V Selvi, said her complaint.

Mary had gone to the station with Selvi, who works as a maid, pleading for action since her husband and in-laws were harassing her for dowry. Two days later, her sister Pauline and neighbours saw her running out of her in-laws' house, flames engulfing her body. She reached her parents' house nearby and fell unconscious.

"The neighbours and Pauline threw sand on Mary to douse the flames and rushed her to theKilpauk Medical College. She died early on Tuesday before she could give a statement to police," Selvi told TOI. She said she again went to the Mylapore police to complain that Mary had been set on fire by her in-laws. "Even then no action was taken. A woman sub-inspector who investigated the case told us not to tell anyone that we had approached the station last Saturday," Selvi said.

Police have filed a case of unnatural death.

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Dec 25, 2011: 'Rape victim' tells court she is happily married to accused

PTI, Dec 25, 2011 16:09 IST

Mumbai: A supposed victim of rape has turned the police's case on its head by stating that she had been happily married to the accused when he was booked.

She further told the court last week that she still wished to stay with the accused, but feared that her parents would kill her. Sadam Hussain (21) was arrested by Turbhe police on December 12, 2010 for allegedly raping the girl. He was granted bail by the Bombay High Court in July this year.

But when the trial started, the 19-year-old victim, during her deposition, told the sessions court in neighbouring Thane that her parents had earlier given consent to her marriage to the accused, but asked her not to return home.

"After the marriage in November 2010, I stayed with my husband, and after one and half months my father came there with the police," she said. She was then brought to Mumbai, and sent to a remand home, as she did not want to stay with the parents.

During the cross-examination by Hussain's lawyer, advocate Amit Munde, the victim also said that when Hussain was in the jail, she had written to him several times.

"When I was produced before the magistrate (after Hussain's arrest) I had requested that I wanted to live with the accused and not with my parents", she told the court.

"Even today, I wish to live with the accused as his wife. I fear that I would be killed if I go with him, as my father and brother have threatened," she told the court.

The trial is yet to conclude.

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Dec 25, 2011: Restaurant owner in custody for attempted rape of tourist

Indo-Asian News Service, Updated: Dec 23, 2011 14:33 IST

Udaipur: A restaurant owner in Rajasthan's Udaipur city was sent to judicial custody by a court Thursday, a day after he was arrested on charges of attempting to rape a 34-year-old French tourist, officials said.

Police Wednesday arrested Pushpendra Singh, the owner of Massala restaurant in Gantaghar police station area of the town, some 400 km from Jaipur, on a complaint by a French woman.

Singh was produced in the court of chief judicial magistrate here Thursday and the court sent him to judicial custody, a police officer told IANS.

"The woman whose name is not being disclosed had registered a first information report (FIR) with police Tuesday evening saying that she was having a stroll in the market when Singh invited her into his restaurant,"

When she entered the hotel's restaurant, Singh offered her soft drinks.

"She said that the drinks were laced with some drugs. Thinking that the drugs were having an impact on the woman, Singh tried to rape her in his cabin. However, she pushed him away and rushed outside," said the officer.

The woman then reached her hotel where she was staying and later approached police to lodge a case.

"We took her statement. Prima-facie, her claims were found true", the officer added (IANS).

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Dec 24, 2011: Youth smashes fiancee's head over marriage delay, hangs self

Sandhya Nair, TNN | Dec 24, 2011, 12.48AM IST

MUMBAI: Upset that his marriage was being delayed, a 21-year-old youth murdered his fiancee at her home in Vasai and later hanged himself at his Dahanu house, early on Friday.

Chandu Boge (21), a resident of Vangaon in Dahanu, was engaged to Geeta Hadal (20), of Kaman village in Vasai (east) since 2009. Geeta's father Suresh (40) had been delaying the marriage due to financial constraints, the police said. "Chandu worked as a labourer in a brick-making unit. Suresh wanted Chandu to improve his financial position before he got his daughter married off. Both belonged to the tribal community," said a senior police officer.

Chandu wanted Geeta to convince her father to advance the marriage. After much persuasion, Suresh agreed to get them married in April 2012. However, when Chandu met Geeta at her home in Vasai on Thursday,

Suresh expressed his displeasure again over the marriage date. Chandu got into a fight with Suresh and even accused him of looking out for another groom for his daughter.

Later, Chandu told Geeta to meet him in the vicinity of her house. Chandu accused her of having relations with other men, and hence backing off the marriage the police said. Then he smashed her head with a stone and left Geeta's body near a tree. Chandu then returned home in Dahanu and hanged himself. He did not leave behind a suicide note.

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Dec 23, 2011: Two army jawans held for harassing girl

PTI | Dec 23, 2011, 06.51PM IST

NAWADA: Two army jawans were arrested by Government Railway Police(GRP) on Friday on charges of harassing a girl passenger in a moving train in Bihar's Nawada district.

Acting on the FIR filed by the girl, the GRP apprehended the army jawans for causing harassment to the girl and misbehaving with her family members, GRP police station in-charge R K Chaudhary said.

As per the girl's complaint, the two jawans had in a drunken state misbehaved with the girl travelling in Nawada-Gaya passenger train and had beaten up her mother and grandmother for protesting, Chaudhary said.

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Dec 20, 2011: 29-year-old arrested for raping Borivli teen

S Ahmed Ali, TNN | Dec 20, 2011, 04.15AM IST
Mumbai: A 29-year-old man, who raped a 16-year-old from Borivli after promising to marry her, was arrested by the city crime branch on Sunday.

The accused, Ashok Nathuram Rathod, worked as a helper in the local public toilet in Govandi. Initially, the victim's parents filed a complaint with the MHB police station stating that three men had kidnapped their daughter and fled after raping her. The kidnapping allegedly occurred in broad daylight when the victim went to a public toilet. The MHB police subsequently were looking for the three men.

Crime branch unit 11 led by inspector Raghunath Dalvi began a parallel probe and found that the parents' claim was false. They found that the victim had been having an affair with Rathod and that she was pregnant. When the victim's parents found out, they started searching for Rathod, who fled for fear of being beaten up by the teen's family.
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Dec 19, 2011: 15-year-old mentally challenged raped in Goa

IANS | Dec 19, 2011, 01.49PM IST
PANAJI: A 15-year-old mentally challenged girl was raped inside a toilet of a Church-run centre for the handicapped, police said Monday.

According to police, the girl was lured to the toilet by a man named Desmond Andrade at the St. Francis Xavier Centre for Handicapped in Shantiniketan, Old Goa near Panaji, and then raped.

"We are looking for Desmond and a case has been booked under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code," a police officer said.
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Dec 19, 2011: Seven-year-old raped in Delhi

PTI | Dec 19, 2011, 06.39PM IST
NEW DELHI: A seven-year-old girl was raped by an unidentified man in north-west Delhi, police said.

The incident was reported from Sultanpuri at around 8pm yesterday. The victim, a class III student of a private school, told her parents about the incident who informed police.

A medical examination confirmed rape. The man fled the spot after raping the girl. Efforts are on to nab him, police said.
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Dec 17, 2011: Jilted woman kills lover with brother's help, in police net

Raj Shekhar, TNN | Dec 17, 2011, 03.41AM IST
NEW DELHI: Ditched by her lover, a Modinagar woman allegedly murdered him and burnt his body with the help of her brother and a cousin. Police said Mehboob, who lived and ran an eatery in Ghaziabad's Indirapuram area, was snared to Modinagar on the pretext of a final meeting, knocked out, strangled and then burnt. The main accused, Seema, and her younger brother, Sachin, were arrested at Modinagar railway station on Wednesday.

Police said 28-year-old Seema had been in a serious relationship with Mehboob, a married man with four children. He had allegedly promised to leave his wife for her but went back on his word. Seema also alleged Mehboob had tried to stab her a few days before he was murdered.

On December 5, Seema allegedly called up Mehboob to meet her one last time in Modinagar. While the couple talked, police claimed, Sachin hit Mehboob on the head from behind. They strangled him as he lay unconscious and burnt his body after dousing it in petrol. They dumped the body in the forest at Manigaon nearby, police said.

"Investigations revealed the involvement of the woman and her brother. Several teams were formed and a trap set. A team led by station officer of Niwari, R P Singh, arrested them on December 14 when they were waiting to board a train at the station in the area. We are still looking for her cousin," said a senior Ghaziabad police officer. The accused have been sent to jail.
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Dec 17, 2011: Minor gangraped for fortnight, 2 held

Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN | Dec 17, 2011, 03.32AM IST
NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped for two weeks by two men in Gurgaon after one of them abducted her from Delhi. She was then dumped in south Delhi after being threatened of dire consequences if she went to police. But the girl did go to the Malviya Nagar police, which has arrested car driver Vasant and mechanic Leelaram Yadav.

A case has been registered under IPC 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping to compel woman to marriage), 368 (keeping in confinement), 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation). "They have been sent to judicial custody," said DCP (south) Chhaya Sharma.

The incident comes to light days after a bartender working in Gurgaon was raped by a cab driver on the way back to her house at Masudpur in Vasant Kunj.

According to the FIR, the girl from West Bengal had come to Delhi at the insistence of a cousin who had told her that she could get a job as a sales assistant at a leading cosmetic store. However, she was kept at a businessman's house as a housemaid but was asked to leave it on the night of November 26.

The cops said the girl was spending the night at the Shivalik Road bus stop when, around 2am, accused Vasant approached her and forced her into his car. The girl could not realize where she was being taken. "The accused took her to Ullabas in Gurgaon where he raped her the same night. The girl was then confined in a room while the accused promised to marry her. The girl accepted the offer, hoping she would be released. However, the man brought over his friend Yadav who, too, raped her. The torture continued till December 10 after which the minor was dumped at Malviya Nagar with the accused threatening her that they would come back to kill her if she approached anybody for help. A passerby, however, saw the girl and informed the police about it," Sharma said. The medical test of the girl at AIIMS has confirmed rape, cops said.

The child welfare committee has asked that the girl be sent to Prayas shelter while psychiatrists are counselling her. It has also directed the cops to find out the address of her employers and permitted them to take the girl to the crime spot so that she can lead the cops to the house.
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Moneylender abducts debtor's spouse in Tamil Nadu

TNN | Dec 16, 2011, 04.11AM IST
NIZAMABAD: In a bizarre incident, a daily wage labourer's wife was taken away by a private moneylender as her husband had failed to return the money due to him.

The labourer had borrowed the money for construction of a house. Though the incident took place 13 days ago in Vadeppalli village of Yedapalli mandal, it came to light on Wednesday evening. The police did not respond to the victim's complaint during the last 13 days.

According to police, the 25-year-old Arolla Mamatha, wife of Chiranjeevi, was taken away by one Bakkanna, a native of Nakkalagutta village in Korutla mandal of neighbouring Karimnagar district, as her husband did not clear the debt. On November 30, Bakkanna went to the village dragged the woman into his vehicle and sped away and threatened Chiranjeevi over phone that Mamatha would be sold for Rs 50,000 if he failed to repay the loan as early as possible.

Chiranjeevi told the police that he had borrowed Rs 19,000 from Bakkanna six months ago at 20 per cent interest and paid Rs 20,000 as against a total due amount of Rs 40,000 including interest.

Police who finally acted on Chiranjeevi's complaint are said to have directed Bakkanna to bring back Mamatha and hand her over to her husband.
Link: Moneylender abducts debtor's spouse in Tamil Nadu

Dec 16, 2011: Man clubs wife to death in Vejalpur

TNN | Dec 16, 2011, 04.06AM IST
AHMEDABAD: A woman died of brain hemorrhage after being hit repeatedly by hammer by her husband in Vejalpur. She was admitted to the VS Hospital where she died on Thursday, five days after the incident. Police have registered a case of murder against the absconding husband.

Sunita Jangir, 37, a resident of Shivalay Apartment, was married to Mahesh for 18 years. "As per her relatives, the couple was not on talking terms for some time and had constant arguments going on. However, considering future of their children, they had decided to patch up and started living together. Peace prevailed for some time before the couple again fought, over some differences on December 9," said a Vejalpur police official.

The incident took place when Mahesh and Sunita were alone at their residence while their two children had gone to college and school. At that time, Mahesh hit Sunita several times on her head with a hammer that he used for carpentry. When Sunita collapsed on the floor , Mahesh fled from the scene. The neighbours rushed in and took Sunita to the hospital where she was in coma.
Link: Man clubs wife to death in Vejalpur

Dec 14, 2011: DU student claims policemen tried to molest, make MMS

Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN | Dec 14, 2011, 01.32AM IST

NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old student from DU has alleged that two cops attempted to molest her inside the Prasad Nagar police station. She claimed they even threatened to make an obscene MMS of her.

The girl said she was picked up for questioning in connection with a kidnapping case in which her cousin is allegedly involved. She further claimed that she was ill-treated as a relative of one of the cops had run away with her cousin.

The girl, a resident of Bapa Nagar, said she was picked up from her uncle's house on Saturday. Although no case has been registered, DCP (central) Vivek Kishore said he has ordered a thorough inquiry. "We are not taking the complaint lightly and a probe has been ordered," he said.

Investigators, however, said there were several inconsistencies in her statement. "She is one of the parties in a habeas corpus petition in the high court which is coming up for hearing later this month. Hence, we do not want to comment on the sensitive issue," said an investigator.

The victim had alleged that she was brought to the police station along with two relatives but was taken to a separate room. According to the complaint, a sub-inspector and a constable came into the room and misbehaved with her. They even took out a phone to film her. But the girl raisedthe alarm and managed to escape.

Sources said the police have decided to probe the incident as they want the investigation into the elopement to be untainted. "We will lodge an FIR if the charges are proved to be true," said an officer. This is not the first time a police officer has been charged with molestation. Last month, a constable was suspended for molesting a 40-year-old woman in a drunken state after he failed to extort money from her husband in east Delhi.

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Dec 14, 2011: Enraged by youth's 'love' proposal, girl sets herself ablaze

PTI | Dec 14, 2011, 09.15PM IST

HARDA (MP): An girl studying in class VIII set herself ablaze after two youths allegedly forced her to accept their 'love-proposal', police said.

She later succumbed to her injuries and a case was registered by the police in this regard.

The incident occurred when the girl along with her sister was returning from the government school and they were stopped en route by two youths identified as Arun Patel and Raju Patel and asked her whether she would accept their proposal or not, Harda police station in-charge, BL Dhurve told PTI.

This shocked the girl to such an extent that after reaching her residence at Shrinagar Colony, first she attempted to damage her nerves and later set herself ablaze by pouring kerosene and later succumbed to her injuries.

After recording statements of the victim's family further probe will be carried out in the matter, police added.

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Dec 13, 2011: Women raped by cab driver in south Delhi

IANS | Dec 13, 2011, 09.27PM IST

NEW DELHI: In yet another incident that proves how unsafe the National Capital Region (NCR) is for women working late, a 22-year-old woman, working as a pub attendant in Gurgaon, was allegedly raped by a cab driver in south Delhi, police said on Tuesday.

Shiv Kumar, aged around 30 and a resident of Khanpur in Delhi, was arrested Tuesday evening after the victim lodged a complaint.

According to police, the incident took place at around 3 a.m. Tuesday in Mehrauli area when the victim after finishing her shift in a pub in the suburban town of Gurgaon hired the cab.

"She hired the Indigo cab to take her to her residence in Vasant Kunj in south Delhi. However, the driver took her to a deserted spot in Chattarpur area in south Delhi and raped her," said a police official.

"He later dropped her at an isolated spot and threatened her with dire consequences if she reported the matter to police," said police.

However, the girl registered a complaint with police Tuesday afternoon and the accused was arrested the accused.

The victim hails from Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh town and came to Delhi last year. She was residing in a rented accommodation in Vasant Kunj whereas the accused is employed with a private tour company.

"The girl was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where her medical examination confirmed rape," added the official.

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Dec 11, 2011: Hubby, in-laws booked for 51L dowry demand

TNN | Dec 11, 2011, 03.56AM IST

MUMBAI: A 26-year-old housewife has lodged a dowry harassment complaint against her husband as well as six members of her husband's family with the Amboli police.

No arrests have been made yet. In her complaint, Rupali stated that the accused demanded gold and silver ornaments, electronic goods, cash and garments, collectively worth Rs 51 lakh.

Rupali got married to Shailendra Dube in February and they stayed at Mhataar Pada in Amboli. She said, initially, Shailendra asked her to get money for his business and later, he demanded that she buy a house for his family. When she failed to do so, she was beaten up and abused, said the police, adding that Shailendra threatened to divorce her and remarry. She said her streedhan was forcibly taken away and her husband threatened to kill her.

Unable to take the torture, she returned to her parents' place at Wadala.

Her mother-in-law, three sisters-in-law and two of their husbands are also booked. Rupali has further stated in her complaint that her streedhan (valuables given to her at the time of marriage by her parents) was forcibly taken away by her husband and in-laws. She has alleged that her husband threatened to kill her was also issued death threats and was mentally harassed her. Unable to take the torture, Rupali returned to her parents' place at Wadala.

Amongst the others accused in the FIR are Rupali's mother-in-law, three sisters-in-law and the husbands of two of the sisters-in-law.

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Dec 9, 2011: Youth rapes 20-year-old, makes MMS

TNN | Dec 9, 2011, 02.39AM IST

PANCHKULA: A 20-year-old student was allegedly raped on Thursday in Pinjore by a youth who had been stalking her for a while. The girl was abducted from close to her house while she was going to college on foot. The accused, identified as Hitesh, 22, threatened her with a knife to come with him but when she resisted, he dragged her to a deserted house in the neighbourhood.

The girl alleged that she was not only raped, the accused also made an MMS of her with his cellphone and sent it to her too. The girl sustained injury marks on her body. According to police, Hitesh is also a student in some other college in the area.

Daughter of working parents, the girl narrated the incident to her mother on her return from work and then both waited for the father before making up their mind to lodge a police complaint late in the evening. The victim was taken for medical examination. Police is still searching for the accused, but the MMS has confirmed the incident, even before the report of medical examination could be received.

At the time of the incident, there was not much activity on the route around the girl's house and he tried to take benefit of this. The girl had been trying hard to keep the accused at bay and had even threatened to make a police complaint in case he did not stop stalking her. But even after she turned down his love proposal, he continued to trouble her.

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Dec 9, 2011: Molestation attempt: Youth's face blackened, paraded on donkey

PTI | Dec 9, 2011, 07.07PM IST

BULANDSHAHR: A youth accused of trying to molest a girl was beaten and paraded on a donkey with his face blackened by villagers, police said on Friday.

The youth, Afzal, was beaten this morning by the villagers for attempting to molest the 15-year-old girl in Dhikauli village, they said.

Both the youth and girl are from the same village. The village panchayat today convened a meeting and there it was decided that the youth has to be punished for his last night's alleged molestation attempt, they said.

An FIR has been lodged against 20 villagers and also against the youth, City SP Ganga Nath Tripathi said.

No arrest has been made so far, he added.

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Dec 9, 2011: Dalit girl gangraped in Haryana

PTI | Dec 9, 2011, 08.08PM IST

JIND: A dalit teenage girl was gangraped by three youths at a village here, police said on Friday.

The victim, a student of class-X, was abducted by the three youths from her house in Kalawati village yesterday, they said.

The trio took her to a farm and raped her, police said, adding that a medical test confirmed rape.

No arrest has been made so far in this case.

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Dec 7, 2011: 'Rapist' dad threatened wife to silence

TNN | Dec 7, 2011, 07.20AM IST

Mumbai: The Versova police, who arrested a 40-year-old man on Sunday for allegedly raping his daughter on several occasions , said his wife was aware of it but never lodged a complaint as the accused had threatened her with dire consequences.

The police said the mother had sent the girl, who is a minor , away to a relative's house where she stayed for a year, but the accused forcibly brought her back home. Recently, the accused took her to Pune and raped her there.

On Sunday , when he again attempted to "spend the day" with his daughter, she protested. Evading his clutches, she narrated her plight to a relative who helped her approach the police and lodge a complaint.

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Dec 7, 2011: Youth kills self after fight with live-in partner - The Times of India

TNN | Dec 6, 2011, 07.09AM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: A Technopark employee, who has been living in with his lover, killed himself by hanging following an alleged squabble with his partner at Peroorkada on Sunday night. The dead has been identified as Sarosh (21) hailing from Kottiyam.

The police said that Sarosh and his lover Deepa (20) had come to Peroorkada and rented a home introducing themselves as brother and sister. The house owner has reportedly told the police that the pair had also told him that their parents were in Chennai and would soon join them.

According to police Sarosh had a fall out with Deepa on Sunday evening after he failed to take her for an outing as promised. He had been delayed by one of his relatives who had come to the city for a PSC test. When Sarosh came late, Deepa was upset and fought with him. Deepa told police that Sarosh then went to his room and hanged himself to death.

Deepa and Sarosh had come to the city after their families resented their union. She was pursuing a CA course in a private institute in the city. The police have registered a case of unnatural death and Deepa has returned to her parents in Kottarakara.

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Dec 7, 2011: Dad held for raping girl repeatedly

Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN | Dec 7, 2011, 04.55AM IST

NEW DELHI: A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his daughter thrice reportedly at the instigation of her step-mother.

The 15-year-old victim, who managed to flee her house in Jamia Nagar and contact police with the help of an auto driver on Saturday, was produced before the child welfare committee on Monday and sent to the shelter home Prayas. The step-mother has also been arrested.

According to sources, the girl, who lost her mother at a young age, was staying with her aunt at Okhla. "On November 15, the father, the owner of two kebab shops, and his second wife went to Okhla and forced her to come with them. She was allegedly beaten up the same evening by them and the father also tried to molest her. A neighbour called the cops but they did not register a case as it was only a case of physical abuse. The girl's father was counselled and the girl told to compromise," said a police source.

The girl, who has now recorded her statement under CrPC Section 164 before CWC, has confirmed the same.

It was on November 17 that the girl was reportedly raped by her father for the first time. According to her statement, her step-mother "instigated" the father to carry out the crime. She was raped twice more in the next fortnight, she said. Finally, the girl fled home around 2.30am on December 3.

After she lodged a case, a medical examination at AIIMS confirmed rape and her father was arrested, cops said. "We later arrested the step-mother, too, and we will file a chargesheet against both. Both of them have been sent to judicial custody," said additional CP (southeast) Ajay Chaudhry.

According to government statistics released recently, 23 per cent of rape cases in urban areas took place in Delhi and 10.8 per cent in Mumbai. A total of 1,422 kidnapping or abduction of womenhave taken place in Delhi last year which is 37.7 per cent of the total cases in 35 major cities. There were 112 dowry deaths and 1,273 incidents of cruelty by husband or relatives in Delhi last year, said the report of the national Crime Control Bureau.

In Mumbai, there were 146 incidents of kidnapping of women, 21 dowry deaths and 312 incidents of cruelty by husband or relatives during last year.

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Dec 7, 2011: Tribal woman spends 5 years in jail for rape

Saeed Khan, TNN | Dec 7, 2011, 02.46AM IST

AHMEDABAD: A woman cannot be charged with rape under Indian laws. Even the Supreme Court made it clear in its 2009 order in the State of Rajasthan vs Hemraj and Another case that a woman can't be charged under section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which refers to rape. And yet a tribal woman from Panchmahal spent the last five years behind bars, after being charged in a rape case.

Jashi Salat, 26, was set free last week, half way through her 10-year jail term, after the Gujarat high court ordered her release. The court found that the minor victim had not been raped and had chosen to leave her home while eloping with a boy.

A trial court in Godhra had punished Jashi with a 10-year jail term along with two other men in 2006 and even booked her under section 376 of IPC. Her appeal came up for hearing before a high court bench of justices D H Waghela and N V Anjaria last week. The bench not only reduced her punishment to ensure her immediate release, it also directed the government's welfare officers to look after her rehabilitation.

Jashi ordeal began when a 14-year old girl from Bhuki village in Panchmahal eloped with Ashok Thakur from Uttar Pradesh. Jashi, a close friend of the girl, and a jeep conductor from a nearby village Pravin Jadav, helped the girl flee.

Thakur, Jadav and Jashi were booked for kidnapping, rape and abetment in 2006 and later convicted by a sessions court. Jashi, a married woman, was pregnant with her third child when she was convicted. The child was born behind bars. Five years in jail had left Jashi disillusioned about slow judicial process and only asked the HC to reduce the jail term during her appeal. Her lawyer also argued that the lower court could not convict a woman of rape.

IPC's definition of rape begins with "A man is said to have committed rape..." Experts say that because of the definition, the law only applies to men.

The HC bench observed that Jashi's friend had not been abducted, as there was no evidence of force or violence. It also considered the three convicts' good behaviour in jail and ordered their release.

"This is a very curious case," said eminent human rights lawyer Girish Patel. "The law states a woman can only abet rape, not commit the act and yet this woman was convicted of rape," he said.

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