Crime and Accident

Chandigarh, August 04: A 26-year-old man died in an accident near the Botanical Garden early on Monday morning. Gurmeet Singh had stepped out of his car to help his friends whose Swift car hit a tree near the Botanical Garden when the accident took place. A speeding Santro car hit him.

Gurmeet Singh, a farmer who lived in Kishangarh, is survived by his wife and two children.

The accident took place around 4 am when Gurmeet was examining the damaged Swift car, which hit a tree after the driver lost control while crossing a speed breaker.

Lucknow, August 04: Singh, an assistant engineer (AE) with the flood division of the Irrigation Department at Kushinagar district, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne youths while he was coming out of Executive Engineer B P Singh’s residence in the Cantonment area.

Additional Director General (Law & Order) Brij Lal said, “The police have vital clues and the case would be worked out soon.”

Gorakhpur DIG Anand Swaroop said the police picked up the victim’s colleague A K Chaudhary after the deceased’s family said they suspected him.

Kolkata, August 04: Suspected Maoists killed two local CPM leaders in Belpahari in West Midnapore district in two separate incidents during the last 24 hours.

About 15-20 armed men attacked the house of Gurucharan Mahato (49) at Jamjurki village in the Belpahari police station area on Monday. Mahato was a former member of the local panchayat.

The assailants allegedly dragged him out and beat him up before shooting him dead. The police said the Maoists fired four rounds at him. Last year, Pelaram Tudu, a CPM Binpur zonal committee member, was killed in the same village.

Dhaka, August 04: Staff Correspondent An unidentified criminal yesterday shot a lawyer in his chamber in broad daylight at the city’s Kailash Ghosh Lane in court area.

Advocate Mia Mohammad Zakir Hossain was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with bullet injury to his right arm.

Zakir, 47, who practices in the High Court and lower courts, lives in the apartment above his chamber.

Sub-Inspector Azimul Karim of Kotwali Police Station said they could not immediately ascertain why he was attacked.

Pune, August 04: Pune’s infotech community has been shocked by the brutal murder of a 24-year-old software engineer, Shraddha Suresh Chhajed, allegedly by her colleague, 27-year-old Anmol Survarna Singh Jabbal. Both worked for Symantec Corporation, which sells Norton anti-virus solutions.

New Delhi, August 03: Four unidentified armed men Monday evening barged into the east Delhi house of a businessman and looted cash and jewellery worth nearly Rs.3.50 lakh after holding his wife hostage at a gunpoint.

Sudha Jain, 55, was alone at her Vivek Vihar house when the robbers walked in as the doors were open. They held the woman at gunpoint and asked for the keys to an almirah.

“They ransacked the house and decamped with Rs.195,000 cash and jewellery worth Rs.150,000,” said a police official.

Jalandhar, August 03: Police today claimed to haverecovered 12 kilogram of Opium with the arrest of two personsunder the NDPS act.

In a routine checking near Uggi village inNakodar area, a car was intercepted and on suspiciouspersonal search of the occupants as well as of the car wastaken, which led to the recovery of contraband, Policesaid.

The occupants of the car identified as SukhwinderSingh Sabi resident of village Fawara in Lambra area andDilbagh Singh resident of Khambra were immediately arrested,police added.

Mumbai, August 03: The trial in the TISS gangrape caseis set to begin on August 11 in a sessions court here.

Six persons, aged between 21 and 27 have been arrestedin April this year for allegedly gangraping a 23-year-old USnational, who was a student of the Tata Institute of SocialSciences (TISS).

The police had in July filed its chargesheet against theaccused before the Kurla metropolitan magistrate.

Bargarh, August 03: A police team from Orissa is likely to visit Delhi shortly to find clues to ascertain the reason behind alleged killing of four family members by a senior IAS officer and his suicide two days ago, police said on Sunday.

The team would visit the residence of Jagdanand Panda, a 1983-batch Orissa cadre IAS officer in its bid to find clues to ascertain the reason behind the extreme step taken by him, Bargarh Superintendent of Police Ashok Biswal said.

Lucknow, August 03:A 17-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by her three neighbours, also Dalits, in Chinahat area in Lucknow on late Saturday night.

According to the victim’s father, Shiv Narayan, his three neighbours — Sarvajeet, Pawan and Bechan —kidnapped his daughter from outside the house on Saturday and took her to their place and raped her.

The police have already registered a case against the accused.

Bhopal, August 03: With ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress accusing each other of drawing political mileage from the Bundelkhand issue, political mercury has suddenly shot up in Madhaya Pradesh as the union government has decided to set up a central development authority for the Bundelkhand region.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken strong exception to the move and shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alleging that it was an attempt to infringe upon the rights of the state.

New Delhi, August 03: Despite being banned by the Supreme Court, a fresh incident of ragging was surfaced in the Delhi University.

A first year student was allegedly ragged by two seniors at Kirori Mal College (KMC).

Taking prompt action into the allegations, the KMC administration has asked the both seniors to vacate the college hostel immediately.

The fresher was allegedly ragged in the hostel.

—Agencies

Kolkata, August 03: Two persons were killed as fresh clashes broke out in Katwa of Burdwan district on Sunday. The police, however, said both the deceased had a crime record.

Burdwan has been reeling under political violence for over a month with clashes recurring in Mangalkot, Natungram and other areas. Clashes erupted in Khalilpur village in early morning after two groups of miscreants, allegedly backed by rival political parties, clashed with each other at Kumargram ghat. They exchanged fire and hurled bombs at each other.

Mumbai, August 03: The spate of murders in Lalgarh and adjoining areas continues, as two CPM leaders were shot dead by Maoists even though security forces have been conducting operations in the area for a month.

The CPM branch committee secretary of Amdanga, Nirmal Mahato, was shot dead near his home early Sunday morning. The attack came barely 10 hours after CPM leader Kalipada Singh was shot dead by Maoists in Chirugora village.

New Delhi, August 03: Over 2,000 people lose their lives in road accidents in the Capital every year; more than fifty per cent of these are pedestrians. Incidentally, Delhi’s “death hour” is between 10 and 11 pm, when the maximum number of fatal accidents has been reported.

A detailed analysis of last year’s data on road accidents has revealed the rush to meet Commonwealth Games deadlines and the many ongoing construction projects have taken their toll.

Mumbai, August 03: Seven people, including a woman, were injured when a 20-year-old resident of Napean Sea Road, speeding in a Maruti Swift car, lost control and rammed into three taxis near Girgaum Chowpatty on Sunday afternoon.

Abhay Shah, 20, was speeding on Marine Drive towards Babulnath when one of the rear wheels got punctured and he applied the handbrake, the police said. However, he could not control the vehicle and rammed into the taxis, they said.

Dubai, August 03: A 31-year-old Indian on Sunday pleaded not guilty to killing his girlfriend and stealing Dh300 from her after an argument over the money she owed to him.

The defendant confessed to the police that after accompanying his Burmese girlfriend to Al Mamzar Park on February 15, 2009, he took her home by taxi, said Sergeant Mohammed Al Badly of Dubai Police in the Criminal Court of First Instance.

Upon arrival, he decided to walk the victim to her door where an argument over money took place.

London, August 02: An NRI businessman, who allegedly masterminded 80-million-pound fraud investment operation, has been arrested for duping around 600 people, including celebrities like former England cricketer Darren Gough, actress Francis de la Tour and singer Jerome Flynn.

Chelsea-based Indian entrepreneur Nandan Pruthi and his business partners Kenneth Peacock and John Anderson were arrested after a series of raids by London police, the Guardian reported Sunday.

Bathinda, August 02: Son of a former Akali Dal minister of Punjab was found murdered in his car in this Punjab town Sunday, police said.

Sandeep Singh Dhillon, son of former Akali Dal leader Teja Singh, was found dead in his car, according to officials. He had been shot in the back, possibly from a close range. He left his home in the morning with two of his friends.

District police chief Ashish Chaudhary said the police have registered a case and started our investigations.

Police sources said that Dhillon had an old enmity with another family of the same area over a piece of land.

Bathinda, August 02: A son of a former Punjab Minister was today found murdered in a car at Sirhand Canal near Beham bridge in this district, police said.

Sandeep Singh Dhillon (45), son of Teja Singh Dhillon, a former Shiromani Akali Dal minister, was shot in the back from close range, police said.

His family said Sandeep Singh was called from his house in Civil lines by two persons who wanted to hire his land for a stud farm.

Police hunt Israel gay club shooter
Tel Aviv, August 02: Hundreds of police officers are scouring the streets of Tel Aviv today in a manhunt for a gunman who shot and killed two people at a youth club in the worst ever attack on homosexuals in Israel.

The Tel Aviv shooting shocked the Mediterranean city, which prides itself on its live-and-let-live attitude and boasts a thriving gay community. The brazen attack drew condemnations from the city’s mayor, from Cabinet ministers, the country’s chief rabbis and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
–Agencies

Hyderabad, August 02: A labourer from Mahbubnagar, hired to work at a cattle shed, was allegedly gang-raped by three youngsters at MD lines in Golconda on Friday night.

The 25-year-old married woman was made her to stay back till it became dark to clean the shed. The accused Khaled allegedly dragged her inside a room near the shed and violated her. Khaled’s friend Naushad and another shed worker, Ram Jatan Choudhary also raped the woman, Golconda Inspector Chandrashekhar Reddy told reporters.

Dubai, August 02: A man jailed at Al Aweer prison has alleged that he was raped by seven inmates who threatened him with a knife.

A.M., a 24-year-old Syrian, said he was allegedly raped by seven prisoners 10 days ago. He was later transferred to solitary confinement.

Police said A.M. is serving a one-year jail term for theft.

“He finished his sentence 20 days ago, but he is wanted in another emirate for a crime he committed there,” the police official said.

A.M. was crying when he spoke on the phone from jail. “I cannot tolerate the pain physically and morally,” he said.

Mohali, August 02: Accused extorted money from the victim, threatening to circulate the video they made while raping her on July 8

A 17-year-girl was allegedly raped by two men, who abducted her from Mohali on July 8. The accused reportedly filmed the girl in an objectionable position and later extorted money and jewellery from her, the police said.

After keeping silent about the incident for over three weeks, the girl on Friday told her mother about it.

The accused were reportedly demanding Rs 2 lakh from her, threatening to upload her pictures and videos on Internet.

Srinagar, August 02: Violence revisited Srinagar after a long time when militants struck in the heart of the city and shot at two CRPF men and a J&K policeman in two different places leaving one dead and two others injured one of them critically.

The two incidents occurred in the span of 30 minutes in the two kilometer area from Regal Chowk to Batamaloo. The first incident occurred at 11.30 am at Regal Chowk when two suspected militants armed with small weapons fired at two CRPF men, of 132-battalion who were on duty, from point blank range leaving them in a pool of blood.