Mumbai, October 20: A 24-year-old man was killed allegedly by his former employer on Sunday morning because the victim, a zari worker, could not pay off Rs 600 he had borrowed from the latter.
Police said the deceased, Irshad Shaikh, 24, a resident of Malwani, had taken Rs1,200 from Guddu Ansari, 34. He returned Rs600 and left his job. But he could not pay the remaining amount because he could not get a new job.
Mumbai, October 20: Cops from Dadar police station arrested Sagar Bhosale, 24, on Friday for allegedly stabbing his friend Vikrant Todankar, 22, to death with a chopper in the early hours on Thursday near Jakhadevi traffic island at Dadar (West).
“Bhosale revealed that Todankar, a friend, had been teasing his younger sister for a year. Bhosale said he had requested Todankar many times to desist from doing so, but Todankar never listened to him. Fed up with Todankar’s behaviour, Bhosale decided to eliminate him,” said senior police inspector Ashok Unde of Dadar police station.
New Delhi, October 20: The Supreme Court Monday directed that the body of Ashutosh Asthana, the prime accused-cum-witness in a corruption case involving judges of the higher judiciary, should not be cremated till further orders. However, the development came a day too late as the body was cremated Sunday evening, police said.
“The cremation took place yesterday (Sunday) at 6.30 p.m. His wife (Sushma Asthana – also an accused) came to attend the cremation,” said Circle Officer (First) of Ghaziabad R.K. Gautam.
Panaji, October 20: Home minister Ravi Naik opened a can of worms on Monday when he asked the police to probe the links Jyoti Dhavalikar, wife of state transport minister Ramkrishna Dhavalikar, has with the Sanatan Sanstha. “We are probing everyone.
We know that Jyoti Dhavalikar is part of the institution, although we do not know in what capacity. I have asked police to enquire,” Naik said. Sanatan Sanstha is under the scanner for its alleged involvement in the bomb blast at Margao on Friday.
Panaji, October 19: Two more people – a woman and a 16-year-old girl – were arrested in connection with the murders of four women that have rocked Goa over the past week. The state police said Monday the accused would offer lifts in their car to the unsuspecting women, kill them and steal their cash and jewellery.
The murders took place from Oct 12 to Oct 14.
The arrested include Chandrakant Talwar (35), Greshmi Talwar (32), Syron Rodrigues (20) and the teen-aged girl.
Amritsar, October 19: BJP MLA from Amritsar North Anil Joshi raised demand for immediate transfer of SSP Kunwar Vijay Partap Singh for his alleged indifferent attitude towards him.
Joshi alleged that on Diwali night, the SSP booked dozen of people from his constituency in fake cases with the motive to inflict harassment to them.
He said that the SSP got removed all the hoarding in the city carrying his photos and had humiliated party workers.
New Delhi, October 19: A Station House Officer of Delhi Police was today beaten up allegedly by a family which claimed that he tortured their boy for money, an allegation denied by the police.
The incident was reported from Inderpuri police station, police sources said.
The family living in JJ Colony in Inderpuri alleged that their 11-year-old son Kanwaljeet was beaten up by SHO Ramesh Kumar for money.
However, Delhi Police denied the allegations claiming that the boy was beaten up by some other man of the locality.
New Delhi, October 19: Delhi Police has received over 11,000 complaints from women that they have got objectionable calls or SMS in the last ten months.
A total of 11,027 calls were received at the ‘Anti-Obscene Calls Cell’ set up by Delhi Police’s Crime Branch between December 20, 2008 and October 15 this year.
“Of these complaints, action has been taken in 10,130 cases,” Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal told reporters here.
New Delhi, October 19: A man, who allegedly posed as a CISF Sub Inspector and duped several people, including personnel of the paramilitary force, of their mobile phones and cash, was arrested here, police said today.
Jaswant Singh (42), the alleged impersonator, and Deepak, who allegedly bought the stolen mobiles from him, were arrested three days ago, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-West) N S Bundela said.
Singh allegedly posed as ‘CISFCrime Branch Sub Inspector’ and duped CISF personnel, deployed in official duties in various Metro stations, of their mobile phones.
Kota, October 19: Poverty drove a youth, living with a community of eunuchs at Kaithun village here, to cut off his private parts to earn money, police said.
Chauthmal Raigar (22) was rushed by his relatives to the MBS Hospital in the city yesterday.
Earlier, he was seen in a group of eunuchs collecting money from people and police suspect that he might have been under pressure from the trans-genders to take the step.
–Agencies
Hyderabad, October 19: The employer of an engineer, who was kidnapped by suspected NDFB militants in Assam, today said they had not received any ransom demand even as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah asked his Assamese counterpart Tarun Gogoi to set up a special team to trace him.
The city-based Gyatri PCI (JB) company said it had not received any ransom demand from the captors for the release of P Krishna Rao who was abducted on October 16 in Kokrajhar district.
Siliguri (WB), October 19: Thirteen police personnel and five others were injured in a clash today when a mob opposed the arrest of some persons allegedly involved in gambling at a Diwali fair at Binnaguri tea estate in Jalpaiguri district.
The police fired 30 rounds after 13 policemen including an inspector-in-charge were injured by the mob when the gamblers were picked up, Inspector-General of Police (north Bengal) K L Tamta said.
Siliguri, October 19: An SSB jawan was arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman in Darjeeling district, police said today.
Sanjay Singh, attached to the 10th battalion of the SSB, was arrested last night for allegedly outraging the modesty of a housewife at Jaldhaka village, Superintendent of Police D P Singh said, adding that he was caught by the villagers, who later handed him over to police.
–Agencies
Lucknow, October 19: Four persons, including three children, were today killed and eight injured when the van in which they were travelling collided with a speeding tempo here, police said.
The incident occurred in Refinery area of Mathura, about 300 km from here, they said, adding the deceased were identified as Jassi (18), Pankaj (12), Priyanshu (7) and Happy (8).
The injured were rushed to a hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable.
—Agencies
Panaji, October 19: The Goa police on Sunday said the two men arrested by the Mumbai crime branch in connection with the serial murders that rocked the state early this month admitted to killing for money.
Cops said the two have been identified as Chandrakant Talwar, 35, and Syron Rodrigues, 20. They offered their victims a ride in the car and later killed them, police said.
The police are now trying to establish the identity of the fourth victim, who was picked up by Talwar and Rodrigues at 7pm on October 12 and killed a few hours later. Her half burnt body was found the next day.
Ghaziabad, October 19: Sushma Asthana, the wife of dead court official Ashutosh Asthana, has alleged her husband was murdered inside the jail “to protect some vested interests” and has demanded a CBI probe.
Asthana, the key to the multi-crore provident fund (PF) scam in which some judges of the higher judiciary were named, collapsed inside the Dasna jail on Saturday and died.
Sushma, a co-accused in the case, said her husband was not suffering from any major ailment.
Lucknow, October 19: Four persons, including three children, were today killed and eight injured when the van in which they were travelling collided with a speeding tempo here, police said.
The incident occurred in Refinery area of Mathura, about 300 km from here, they said, adding the deceased were identified as Jassi (18), Pankaj (12), Priyanshu (7) and Happy (8).
The injured were rushed to a hospital, where their condition was stated to be stable.
–Agencies
Midnapore (WB), October 19: A CPI(M) worker was killed by suspected Naxals in West Midnapore district, police said today.
Sital Hembran (25), a CPI(M) worker hailing from Aerogode village, was forcibly picked up by the unidentified assailants from his house last night.
His body was found on the outskirts of the village today, they said, adding a search operation has been launched in the area to nab the culprits.
–Agencies
Kochi, October 19: The five persons, including driver of the ill-fated boat, arrested in connection with the tragedy in Kerala’s Thekkady lake last month in which 45 people were killed, today moved the High Court for bail.
The petitioners, in their bail applications, submitted that they had not committed any offence as alleged by police.
New Delhi, October 19: Ravi Kapoor, main accused in the sensational murders of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan and IT executive Jigisha Ghosh, today tried to escape by throwing chilli powder on policemen during a hospital visit but was caught.
Kapoor, who was arrested on March 24 this year, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital for a check-up when he attempted to escape by throwing chilly powder on policemen at around 11:30 am, a senior police official said.
Kanpur, October 19: Suspecting foul play, the family of Sonelal Patel, the Apna Dal president who was killed in a road accident on Saturday, today demanded a CBI probe into his death.
The family had also requested the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh to provide it adequate security, Krishna Patel, widow of Sonelal Patel, told reporters here.
Krishna, who has been elected Apna Dal chief, said the family suspected foul play in the death of her husband who was a prominent OBC leader in Uttar Pradesh.
Nainital, October 19: The Uttarakhand government has handed over the inquiry into the killing of a local BJP leader allegedly by a BSP activist to CB-CID, officials said here today.
The decision to hand over the inquiry into Balwant Singh Kanyal murder case to CB-CID was taken by the government as Balwant’s wife and others have been staging a dharna in Haldwani for several days, demanding a CBI probe.
Panaji, October 19: Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik Monday said the police would probe the links of the state transport minister’s wife with a Hindu group blamed for an explosion that killed two of its members.
Addressing reporters at his residence, Naik said that everyone involved with the Sanatan Sanstha was being investigated. The Goa transport minister is Ramkrishna alias Sudin Dhavalikar.
“We are probing everyone. We know that Jyoti Dhavalikar is a part of the institution although we do not know in which capacity. I have asked police to enquire,” Naik said.
Patiala, October 19: The Punjab police have arrested seven people here and recovered stolen gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs.7.3 million from their possession, an official said here Sunday.
“Police have arrested seven accused and recovered more than three kilograms gold, diamond jewellery and weapons from them. With this arrest, we have solved a day-light robbery committed at MR Jewellers at Ambala town in Haryana in August this year,” R.S. Khatra, senior superintendent of police, Patiala, told reporters.
Ranchi, October 19: Five women were stripped and paraded naked in Deoghar district of Jharkhand after being charged of witchcraft, police said Monday.
Five women, including three widows, were forcibly brought to a field Sunday in Patharghatia village in Deoghar, about 350 km from state capital Ranchi. They were stripped and paraded naked and two of them were forced to eat excreta, police said.