Crime and Accident

Srinagar, November 03: Army foiled an infiltration bid this morning by killing three militants in Kupwara district of North Kashmir.

Troops noticed some suspicious movement in Tangdhar, 170 kms from here, and challenged a group of militants who were trying to infiltrate, a defence spokesman said.

They were asked to surrender but they opened fire. In retaliatory action, three militants were killed, he said.

While one miliant was shot dead in the wee hours, two others were gunned down later.

The operation in the area was still going on when last reports came in.

–Agencies

Kolkata, November 03: The clashes between the CPI-M and Trinamool Congress supporters at Nanoor in West Bengal’s Birbhum district had a spillover effect in the metropolis today with TC activists blocking an arterial road in Esplanade area in protest.

Traffic was stalled on Dharamtolla Street for three hours as police moved in and arrested some Trinamool supporters.

TC general secretary Madan Mitra alleged that the police lathicharged supporters near Bentinck Street adjacent to Dharamtolla Street.

Jaunpur, November 03: A court here today sentenced a man to seven years rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl, and slapped a penalty of Rs 25,000 on him.

Pronouncing the judgement, Additional Sessions Judge VIII S P Mishra also sentenced the accused to three years RI and a fine of Rs 1,000 on charges of issuing threat.

According to the prosecution, Sahabuddin raped a girl in Biswan village on February 17, 2006. He was later arrested and a chargesheet was filed against him.

After hearing both the parties, the court held Sahabuddin guilty.

–Agencies

New Delhi, November 03: A man, accused of killing his wife by beating and inflicting several scissor blows in 2004, has been acquitted by a Delhi court giving him the benefit of doubt and saying the chain of events in the case was not complete.

“The chain of incriminating circumstances cannot be said to have been complete to hold that the charges were proved against accused Anil Kumar,” Additional Sessions Judge J R Aryan said.

New Delhi, November 03: An unemployed youth, who was evading police in a kidnapping case in Delhi, was arrested from Bihar when he came out of his hideout for celebrating Chhat Puja, police said today.

Subhash Kumar (28), a resident of Sheohar district in Bihar, was arrested recently from the district with the assistance of Bihar Police when he came out of his hideout for celebrating the festival, they said.

Kumar along with his associates had kidnapped Anurag (7) from Anand Parbat last year.

Two other accused in the case — Raju and Vikas — were earlier arrested.

Lucknow, November 03: A 10-year-old boy was assaulted, stripped naked, chained and then dragged for several metres by a group of shopkeepers in an Uttar Pradesh village on charges of stealing Rs.20, police said today.

The inhumane treatment was meted out to Sainki, a resident of Dayanand Sagar village in Muzaffarnagar district, about 350 km from state capital Lucknow, police said.

Gurgaon, November 03: Four people were run over by a train near this suburban city early today leading to angry protests that saw hundreds of passengers aboard the New Delhi-Ajmer Shatabdi Express being stranded.

The incident took place in Pataudi, 26 km from this satellite town in Haryana, at about 7.30 a.m., railway officials said. “Four people were run over by the New Delhi-Ajmer Shatabdi express this morning when they were illegally crossing the railway tracks in Pataudi. The accident happened at 7.30 a.m.,” Anant Swarup, spokesperson of the Northern Railways, told the media.

New Delhi, November 03: She was 20 then, happily married for two years. But Manjeet Kaur’s world came to be covered in blood the night of Nov 1, 1984 when her husband along with 20 other men in the family were butchered right outside their homes in the mindless anti-Sikh violence.

Twentyone lives, all from the same family, snuffed out in a matter of hours – can you imagine? “Now my whole life is like this – there is no single moment when the thought of my husband goes away,” says Kaur, now 45.

She speaks about the massacre after a lot of persuasion. But no pictures, she says.

Amritsar, November 03: Dal Khalsa activists stopped trains at the Amritsar Railway station Tuesday following a call for a strike across Punjab. The radical activists are demanding justice for the thousands of victims who were killed in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and other places.

The Amritsar-New Delhi Shatabdi Express, Jan Shatabdi Express, Sachkhand Express, Dadar Express, Super Express and the Deluxe train were stopped by Dal Khalsa activists at the railway station here.

Scores of activists squatted on the rail tracks and blocked trains from moving out.

Srinagar, November 02: Suspected militants hurled a grenade at a shrine in Baramulla district this evening, injuring two persons, police said.

The grenade was hurled at the devotees visiting the shrine at Athasan Mohalla near Palhullan, 40 kms from here, police said adding two vendors were injured in the attack.

No militant organisation has owned responsibility for the attack, the police said.

–Agencies

Samastipur/Begusarai (Bihar), November 02: Two doctors who were abducted from neighbouring Samastipur was freed today in Bihar’s Begusarai district.

Dr A K Sahay, Orthopaedic surgeon, and Dr Santosh Kumar Sahni, physician, were abducted yesterday, the police said.

The unknown abductors also stabbed and injured Dr Sahay who was admitted to a hospital, they said.

A group of three gunmen kidnapped Sahay and Sahni when they were on the way to Muzaffarpur on a motorcycle, Samastipur SP Ajitabh Kumar said.

Ranchi, November 02: Income Tax raids on properties of Jharkhand’s former chief minister Madhu Koda in connection with alleged hawala transactions and illegal investments, continued for the third day today.

“Koda is at his residence here and raids and questioning are continuing,” a senior IT official told PTI.

He refused to comment whether Income Tax department would move Interpol to facilitate investigation into alleged hawala transactions in the wake of the department claiming of unearthing documents that suggested he had allegedly sent Rs 560 crore abroad.

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), November 02: Three members of a tribal family were killed for allegedly practising witchcrafts in West Singhbhum district, making it the second such incident in the last four months.

The bodies of Gura Balmuchu (50) and his two wives — Nanika (45) and Radi Kui (40) — who were practising black magics, were found in their house at Padapahar village in a jungle, police said.

Four months ago, a woman and her two children were killed in similar circumstances and their bodies dumped in a well in the village.

No one was arrested in this connection, police said.

New Delhi, November 02: A 26-year-old resident of Bihar has been arrested for illegally selling guns and ammunition in the national capital, police said Monday.

Sleuths of Delhi Police’s Crime Branch arrested Manish Kumar from Rohini Sector-24 last month and recovered 12 pistols from him. Two revolvers and 86 rounds of ammunition were recovered later during the raids at his hideouts.

The police said the weapons were manufactured indiegenously in and around Munger district in Bihar.

Panaji, November 02: The motive behind the Diwali-eve blast in Goa is still not clear more than a fortnight after two associates of the rightwing Hindu outfit Sanatan Sanstha (SS) were killed in the explosion while ferrying a bomb, a senior police official said.

Speaking to reporters in Panaji Monday evening, Superintendent of Police (CID) Atmaram Deshpande said that the police were still trying to figure out why Malgonda Patil and Yogesh Naik, both SS associates, carried out the blast in a crowded area in Margao, a major town in South Goa, 35 km from here.

Ahmedabad, November 02: The Border Security Force has apprehended a Pakistani national trying to sneak into India across Kutch border, BSF officials said here today.

The intruder had tried to intrude from Vighakhot border of Kutch yesterday but he was apprehended by BSF personnel and taken to joint interrogation centre (JIC) in Bhuj, the officials said.

BSF had last week seized a Pakistani boat which had intruded into Indian waters near Sir Creek area of Kutch last Friday but its occupants managed to escape.

Jaipur, November 02: A resident of Vatika town nearly seven kms from the IOC fuel depot today died in SMS hospital here after he allegedly complained of suffocation.

Family members of the deceased Yashoda Nandan (around 38 years) claimed that he developed respiratory disorders due to smoke, which had spread over a number of villages near Sitapura area after the devastating fire on Thursday last, and died in the hospital.

However, the hospital administration has so far not confirmed whether suffocation was the exact cause.

Indore, November 02: A local court here today extended the police remand of five SIMI activists, including the two wanted in connection with Ahmedabad bomb blasts by two more days following a plea of the police department.

Allowing the police application, Judicial Magistrate First Class D K Singh granted custody of Mohammed Shafiq, Mohammed Yunus, Sheikh Sajid, Arshad Khan and Firoz Khan for two more days.

New Delhi, November 02: A 32-year-old man had to pay with his life when he intervened in a scuffle between two groups of youngsters following which one of them allegedly stabbed him in south-east Delhi, police said today.

The incident was reported from Taimur Nagar in New Friends Colony police station area late last night and the victim has been identified as Govardhan, who works in a dairy in the area.

Govardhan intervened in a fight between four men, who were under the influence of alcohol, outside a dairy owned by one Zile Singh where he was working for the past 15 years.

New Delhi, November 02: A woman and her grandson were killed when an under-construction building collapsed in west Delhi while they were on way to a market, police said today.

The three-storeyed building collapsed in Guru Nanak Dev Nagar locality in west Delhi last evening in which three persons were also injured and police have arrested the contractor Harpreet Singh.

Srinagar, November 02: A girl in a north Kashmir village on Sunday allegedly attempted suicide after learning that her pre-paid sim card was not functioning, residents of the village claimed.

According to villagers, Taslima, 23, living in Chattergul village in Ganderbal district, consumed some poisonous substance and had be taken to the hospital in critical condition after she learnt that her pre-paid mobile phone would not function any longer.

New Delhi, November 02: A 26-year-old resident of Bihar has been arrested for illegally selling guns and ammunition in the national capital, police said Monday.

Sleuths of Delhi Police’s Crime Branch arrested Manish Kumar from Rohini Sector-24 last month and recovered 12 pistols from him. Two revolvers and 86 rounds of ammunition were recovered later during the raids at his hideouts.

The police said the weapons were manufactured indiegenously in and around Munger district in Bihar.

Mumbai, November 02: A sessions court has sentenced a 21-year-old woman to life imprisonment for killing her husband out of her extra-marital affair.

Jyoti Malusare was accused of killing Vijay, her husband, by giving him sleeping pills.

As per the prosecution, Jyoti and Vijay got married on May 9, 2007 and were living in suburban Ghatkopar with Vijay’s parents.

A month after their wedding, on June 14, 2007, Jyoti gave Vijay a glass of milk at night. Next morning she raised alarm, saying that Vijay was not waking up. He was taken to hospital, but was declared dead.

Baruipur (WB), November 02: Three persons, allegedly trying to snatch a bag of money from a passenger, were beaten to death today by locals and co-passengers here in South 24 Parganas district, police said.

A group of five persons allegedly tried to snatch a bag of money from a businessman travelling on a trekker in Gopalnagar area, after which the locals and co-passengers beat to death two of them on the spot.

One of them died on his way to the hospital, while one has been admitted to a local hospital here, police said, adding that one of their accomplice managed to flee.

Guwahati, November 02: Apparently upset over a quarrel with his parents, a youth today allegedly killed them in a fit of rage in Assam’s Nagaon district, police said.

Paban Nath, a resident of No 2 Kaki Moinapur village, beheaded his mother Padumi Devi and attacked his father Jadav Nath with an axe killing both of them on the spot.

He tried to escape after the deed but the locals captured and handed him over to the police, they added.

The youth later confessed to the police that he had killed his parents in a fit of rage following a quarrel.

–Agencies