Crime and Accident

Raipur, September 04: At least 10 labourers were killed when a tractor trolley in which they were travelling turned turtle in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district late Thursday night, police said.

The accident took place at Katghora area in the district, some 200 km north of capital Raipur.

Officials at the police headquarters here said the driver of the tractor trolley, that was full of daily wagers, lost control of the vehicle while crossing a small bridge and it turned turtle, killing 10 workers.

Six other workers were seriously injured and were taken to a government hospital.

New Delhi, September 03: Three persons, including two cable operators, were arrested in connection with the murder of an elderly woman at her residence a week ago, police said today.

The arrested persons were identified as Ravinder, Sushil and Manish, who had rented a portion of the building owned by the victim Santosh Sharma.

Sharma (54), vice president of Mahila Congress Mandal, was found murdered at her house in Shiv Vihar of north-east Delhi on August 27 by a neighbour’s son, who came to deliver her lunch. Some of her belongings were also missing.

Dharamsala, September 03: A fisherman got caught in a flash flood in Kangra sub-division of the state today and is still stranded there, police said.

A 31-year fisherman from old Kangra locality had gone to khud, a tributary of Beas river, for fishing in the morning, when due to heavy rain the water level rose in the khud, Sub-Divisional Magistrate LR Negi told PTI.

The man identified as Sushil continue to remain stranded.

District officials reached the spot but could not rescue the fisherman due to swift water current as a result of heavy rain for the past three days, the SDM said.

Jharkhand, September 03: Seven naxalites today arrested after the police overpowered them in an encounter in Garhwa district’s Matoli village, the district police chief said.

“During the two-hour gun-battle with the naxalites of the Trititya Prastui Committee (TPC), 200 rounds were fired from both the sides. There was no casualty on neither side,” the Superintendent of Police, Saket Kumar Singh, told newsmen here.

Getting a tip-off that a group of TPC activists had congregated near the village, the police team rushed to the spot around 4 pm, triggering the exchange of gunfire.

Muzaffarpur, September 03: A Bihar court today summoned JD(U) Rajya Sabha member George Fernandes to appear before it on November 3 next to explain his position in connection with a case related to violation of model code of elections.

First Class Judicial Magistrate R K Bharti issued the order following a chargesheet submitted by the police in this connection.

Noida, September 03: A B.Tech first year student of Amity College today drowned in the college swimming pool this morning. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead.

The deceased was identified as Justin John Xavier and was a resident of Kerala and till late evening police was awaiting his relatives to come to Noida.

College Director V P Sandlas said Justin had gone to swimming pool today morning as usual and suddenly fell unconscious.

He was pulled out by life guards posted at swimming pool and rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Nashik, September 03: Two youths drowned in the river Godavari near Someshwar where they had gone for Ganesh immersion, police said.

The two youths were identified as Pappu Dashrath Mhase (21) and Mangesh Maruti Gidhad (17), police added.

—Agencies

Anand, September 03: Four persons including two brothers drowned during the immersion of lord Ganesha in the Napad village of the district, today evening, police said.

The incident took place at the Dudhiya lake in the Napad village where a large number of people had gathered for the Ganesha immersion, they said.

According to police, the four persons who drowned in the lake had ventured into deep waters while immersing the Ganesha idol.

Bodies of the four were fished out by the local fire fighter officials, they said.

Chandigarh, September 03: Four students were injured during a scuffle in a private college here today during an ‘Open House’ session, which was organised in view of Punjab University Students Council elections slated for tomorrow.

Police sources said that there was a scuffle all of a sudden during the session, which was on at the college at Sector 10 here.

Four students received injuries, police said, adding a case against some unknown students had been registered.

Meanwhile, tight security arrangements had been made to ensure the elections pass off in a peaceful manner.

Mumbai, September 03: Witnesses for the Vile Parle taxi bomb blast of November 26, 2008, allegedly orchestrated by Pakistani gunmen, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab and his slain accomplice, Abu Ismail, were deposed before the court on Wednesday.

Mohan Welankar, a businessman, who was at the spot deposed that the blast took place opposite City Swan Club in Vile Parle.

As per the prosecution case, after Kasab and Ismail got off Badhwar park with their eight accomplices, they boarded a taxi to proceed to CST railway station.

Mumbai, September 03: Kandivli police on Tuesday arrested a 35-year-old man who had gone missing after getting a 20-year-old pregnant by luring her with the promise of marriage. The accused, Prakash Baburao Chabukswar, hails from Aurangbad.

According to police, the victim had registered a complaint with the police against Chabukswar a few months ago, alleging that he didn’t fulfill the commitment of marrying her, based on which she had entered into a relationship with him, said senior police inspector Surendra Jaiswal.

New Delhi, September 02: Two robbers were arrested here in separate cases and three stolen motorcycles and a car were recovered from them, police said today.

The arrested have been identified as Mukesh and Sikander.

Mukesh, allegedly involved in at least five cases of robbery, was caught on August 29 from Tuglaqabad while Sikander, said to be involved in 26 cases, was arrested the next day from Sector-9, Dwarka.

Sikander was declared a bad character of Palam by police earlier. He was previously involved in several cases of robbery, snatching and vehicle theft.

—Agencies

Ranchi, September 02: The Deputy Commissioner of Police of Sahebganj district of Jharkhand has been arrested for not appointing a peon as ordered by the court, police said Wednesday.

The Jharkhand High Court had Tuesday directed Sahebganj Superintendent of Police (SP) to arrest DCP K. Ravi Kumar on charges of contempt of court. Kumar was arrested Tuesday night. He will be produced in the court Wednesday.

Chandigarh, September 02: A court in the Patiala city of Punjab has sentenced to life imprisonment 14 members of a family for killing a man over a land dispute in 2006.

Additional sessions judge P.P. Singh Monday convicted head of the family Kartar Singh, his two sons, four grandsons and seven other relatives for the murder of land owner Sher Singh.

New Delhi, September 02: An official of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) allegedly committed suicide at his residence in south Delhi Wednesday, police said.

M.P. Singh, 48, deputy director with the ICMR, was found hanging from the ceiling at his CGO Complex home in south Delhi around 9.30 a.m., a senior police official said.

“He was depressed for the past few days. We are investigating the matter,” the official said.

—IANS

Kolkata, September 02: Two Maoists were killed in a gun battle with security forces in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said Wednesday.

The shooting took place when a joint patrol of central paramilitary forces and the state police were marching in the forest area of Kadashol.

“Two Maoists were killed in the firing and two squad members were arrested by the central forces today (Wednesday),” state Inspector General (Law and Order) Surajit Kar Purakayastha told.

“No one from the security forces was injured in the gun battle,” he said.

New Delhi, September 02: Two men who kidnapped a 10-year-old boy in the national capital and held him for a Rs.3-million ransom were arrested in Haryana, Delhi Police said Wednesday.

“Navdeep, 21, and Sandeep, 25, were arrested for their involvement in the kidnapping of Deepanshu, a class V student, from near his Mundka residence Aug 31. One of their accomplices, Deepak, is absconding,” Deputy Commissioner Sharad Aggarwal said.

The boy is now safe and with his parents, he added.

Ghaziabad, September 02: Prompt police action foiled an attempt to abduct and rape a 14-year-old girl here Wednesday, officials said.

The girl, a student of Class 9, was on her way home after school hours Wednesday afternoon when a man named Javed Khan, 21, offered to drop her home. He, however, took her to a room in the Hindon river area of Ghaziabad and called two other men – Rizwan Ahmed and Mehar Uddin – to the room, police said.

Agartala, September 02: A government employee succumbed to injuries after he was beaten by a former militant in a dispute over a mobile phone in Tripura, officials said Wednesday.

“A former militant, Jugal Debbarma, 26, severely beat 27-year-old Sukhubasi Debbarma, an employee of the state power department in Takarjala in west Tripura Sunday,” a police spokesman said.

“Sukhubasi Debbarma was first taken to Gobinda Ballav Pant Medical College and Hospital here and then to Kolkata, where he succumbed to his injuries late Tuesday night,” he added.

Haridwar, September 02: A watchman of the prestigious Gurukul Kangri Ayurvedic College here was killed by unidentified men inside its campus last night, police said. The body of 50-year-old Sushen, a resident of Luxor area of the district, was noticed by the employees and students of the college this morning who later informed the police.

Sushen was working as a watchman of the college since November 2008. Police have recovered an iron rod and four broken teeth of Sushen from the spot.

Tirunelveli (TN), September 02: A 67-year-old woman here kept the body of her husband in their house for three days before neighbours noticed the foul smells yesterday and informed the police.

75-year old Krishnamoorthy had died three days ago, but his wife Lakshmi Ammal did not tell anyone and kept his body inside the house where the elderly couple was staying alone, police said.

The incident came to light when neighbours complained to police about the foul smell emanating from the house that was locked from inside.

Later, police took the body in their possession, they said.
–PTI

Sonepat, September 02: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 17-year-old girl, who had eloped with four youths, has been allegedly shot dead by her uncle at Pinana village, about 25 kms from here, police said today. The girl, a student of Class XI, had on August 30 eloped with a youth identified as Naveen and his three friends and returned back the next day, they said adding her father has lodged a kidnap case against the youths.

Srinagar, September 02: Five guerrillas attempting to cross over from Pakistan were killed early Wednesday when Indian Army soldiers foiled their infiltration bid in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gurez sector, officials said.

A group of infiltrators were spotted by the alert soldiers guarding the Line of Control (LoC), which divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, in Gurez sector of north Kashmir’s Bandipore district.

Srinagar, September 02: Two people were killed and 13 others wounded in overnight road accidents in the Kashmir Valley, official sources said here today.

They said a tractor laden with stones, turned turtle at Sangrama chowk in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, resulting in serious injuries to driver Ghulam Nabi Changa.

The injured was admitted to District hospital at Baramulla where he died.

New Delhi, September 02: A 33-year-old domestic help was found hanging in a house here Wednesday, police said.

Jamun, a resident of Bihar, was found hanging in the first floor room of his employer Vijay Singh Bishnoi’s house in Greater Kailash part II in south Delhi Wednesday morning, a police officer said.

“Jamun was employed by the Bishnoi family last month and was staying in the servant room in the house. They came to know about the incident when Jamun did not turn up despite several calls in the morning,” the officer said.