Crime and Accident

Ahmedabad, June 08: As bizarre as it may sound, police officials in Ahmedabad now say that an illiterate woman, who can’t even spell her name properly, is the brain behind conman Ashok Jadeja’s multi-crore scam.

Jadeja’s aunt, Manbai Rathod, 60, who is a witch doctor or ‘bhuva’, is believed to be the mastermind of the investment scam threatening to cross the Rs 1,000-crore mark. Though illiterate, Rathod coined the now-famous slogan, ‘Jai Madi’ (Jai Ma), which has become synonymous with Jadeja. She was responsible for Jadeja’s demigod status.

New Delhi, June 08: A 30-year-old woman was arrested here for allegedly murdering her “alcoholic and abusive” husband after her father reported the matter to police, investigators said today.

Neha alias Sunita was arrested yesterday from her Rohini residence by police after her father reported the murder of his son-in-law Naveen (32) on Friday night, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Atul Katiyar said.

Chennai, June 08: The city woke up on Sunday to the macabre tale of a man’s body parts being recovered from three different parts of the city and his head still missing. With the help of a receipt found in his trouser pocket, the police identified the man as G Suresh Kumar, a 42-year-old man from Kodungaiyur who worked as an intermediary for gold sales. The motive behind the murder is yet to be established, though the police suspect business-related rivalry.

Srinagar, June 08: In a major embarrassment to the Jammu and Kashmir government that had so far maintained that the two south Kashmir women found dead last Police fire tear gas, during a protest against the deaths of two young women Kashmiri locals claim were raped and killed in Srinagar. Week had drowned, the police on Sunday registered an FIR in the case after a forensic report confirmed that they were raped and murdered.

Mumbai, June 07: Padamsinh Patil, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP and a former Maharashtra home minister, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) late Saturday night in connection with the murder of a Congress leader in 2006, official sources said here. Patil, who represents Osmanabad in the Lok Sabha, was earlier detained after being questioned till late into the night, the sources said.

He is likely to be produced before a court in Panvel Sunday, the sources added.

New Delhi, June 07: In the first such order in the capital, a trial court has asked the police to register an FIR against six members of a family, including the bride, for giving dowry to the groom’s family.

New Delhi, June 05: The main witness in a murder case succumbed to injuries after being charred by the accused of the crime, said police sources.

According to the sources, Saleem, the witness in a murder case was first abducted and later charred to death by the accused of the crime.

The victim was admitted to Guru Teg Bahadur hospital in the national capital where he succumbed to his injuries after four days on Thursday. It is worth mentioning here that the police did not record any statement of the victim. The relatives of the victim accuse police of negligence in the case.

Phoenix, June 04: A man has been accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman and broadcasting it live on the Internet.

A statement filed in court in Phoenix says 20-year-old Jonathan Richard Hock was arrested Monday on charges of sexual assault, kidnapping and taking a surreptitious photo.

The court document said Hock set up a Webcam and sexually assaulted the 20-year-old woman in her bedroom in February while she was unconscious from drinking alcohol.

New Delhi, June 03: A 26-year-old nursery school teacher, along with her boyfriend, allegedly bludgeoned and stabbed her mother to death with kitchen knives, a broken beer bottle and a pressing iron after they were caught together in her Paschim Vihar house in west Delhi, police claimed on Tuesday.

The murder took place last Thursday and was initially reported as the handiwork of robbers — a story allegedly cooked up by the daughter to save herself.

New Delhi, June 02: Delhi Police claimed to have cracked last week’s gruesome murder of a woman in Paschim Vihar with the arrest of her 26-year-old daughter and the girl’s boyfriend, who had apparently panicked on being caught together in the house and killed her.

The girl, Sakshi Kapoor, and boyfriend Sunny Batra, 21, were arrested Tuesday.

Mumbai, June 02: Mahanand Naik has a gentle face and tender eyes. But beneath the calm demeanor is a cold-blooded rapist and killer.

Naik, arrested by the Goa Police on April 21, has allegedly confessed to having raped and murdered 16 women in as many years.

Mumbai, June 01: Bhayander resident Shefali Sheth, 28, allegedly killed her newborn by smashing its head on January 14. Arrested on January 24, she is now seeking bail before the Thane sessions court, stating that she was in a state of depression when the child was born out of precipitate labour.

Mumbai, June 01: Bhayander resident Shefali Sheth, 28, allegedly killed her newborn by smashing its head on January 14. Arrested on January 24, she is now seeking bail before the Thane sessions court, stating that she was in a state of depression when the child was born out of precipitate labour.

London, June 01: London police is questioning an Indian-origin women for storing her mother’s corpse in a freezer for 20 years.

The corpse of Gulbani Freedon Murzdan, who died 20 years ago, was discovered on Thursday in the freezer in South-east London. The police is treating the case as unexplained.

Ahmedabad, June 01: Ashok Jadeja involved in the scam of crores of rupees, was arrested by the CID crime on Sunday morning. A source said that Jadeja designed a scheme to dupe people because his clinic in Sarkhej gaam did not fetch him enough. He presented himself as a priest of the Mata Sikotar temple and claimed to have divine powers. He promised people to return thrice the amount of money they entrusted him with in three days, said a source.

Mumbai,May 29: The crime branch arrested a man who had come to sell 970 imported live cartridges at Null Bazaar in south Mumbai on Thursday.

The police are now trying to ascertain how Maqsood Zahid Khan (31), who trades utensils in exchange of old clothes, had come in possession of the bullets in their original sealed packaging.

Senior inspector of Unit 2 Mangesh Potte said on Wednesday, constables Anwar Memon and Irfan Shaikh received a tip-off that somebody wanted to sell bullets. Khan was arrested and 500 bullets seized from him.

Mumbai,May 29: In the wake of the Dharavi cylinder blast, which injured six children last week, the railway police busted a racket where gas from domestic LPG cylinders was filled into tins. These tins were sold to jewellery manufacturers in the suburbs.

Vikas Chaurasia (20) and Munna Sekhasaria (32) have been arrested. All railway policemen were on the alert for inflammable substances being carried on trains.

New Delhi,May 29: In a unique case where a woman has come to the defence of her daughter-in-law and demanded arrest of her son for assault and attempt to murder, police have registered a case against a resident of Farsh Bazaar in east Delhi for attempting to murder his wife. The case has been filed by the accused Sanjay’s (37), mother Kamlesh.

According to the police, Sanjay had a tiff with his wife Manju (34) over his drinking habits. The accused reportedly came home on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 pm after a binge drinking session and demanded lunch.

Jaipur,May 29: In a horrific incident, a 13-year-old boy died while imitating a suicide scene which he had witnessed in the neighbourhood. The incident took place at Dadabari locality in Kota on Wednesday.

The boy, Sunil, was living with his parents and elder brother Pradeep (15) at Shivpura Colony. His father, Purushottam Rawal, is an employee of a jewellery shop.

New Delhi, May 29: A 27-year-old man allegedly stabbed to death a married woman he was in a relationship with before attempting suicide at the woman’s rented house in southwest Delhi Thursday, the police said.

Pintu and Poonam, 25, were found in a pool of blood with multiple stab injuries on the third floor house in Dabri area when the woman’s husband Munna, who works in the export-import company just below the house, went to check on his wife.

New Delhi,May 27: On the day he was supposed to fly to Switzerland on a study trip, a 26-year-old MBA student was found brutally murdered in south Delhi in what appears to be a case of rivalry in love.

The body of Anand Tiwari, a fourth semester student at Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), was found in the bushes inside Sanjay Van area of Qutab Institutional Area on Tuesday morning, with his head badly battered.

Paris, May 27: A French police official says 90 people have been detained in a nationwide sweep of suspected consumers of online child pornography.

The official says Tuesday’s operation stemmed from the 2004 arrest of an 18-year-old man who was running a child pornography ring.

The teenager, from the northern city of Clermont, traded pornographic photos and videos of children as young as babies. He has since been incarcerated.

New Delhi, May 26: A 72-year-old wholesale fruit dealer has been arrested for allegedly raping his 20-year-old domestic help. Police said Thakur Das raped his maid of six years on May 14 at his Punjabi Bagh house in West Delhi.

“She was found in a semi-conscious state near Das’s house on May 14. She could not identify herself initially.

She was taken to a hospital where doctors confirmed that she was raped. A case was registered against unknown persons on the same day,” said a senior police official, not authorised to speak to media.

Faridabad, May 26: A 12-year-old boy was brutally beaten by police on charges of stealing the earphones of an iPod. The injured boy was admitted in BK Hospital.

Inspector General of Police Faridabad Zone suspended two policemen with immediate effect in this connection. 12-year-old Manoj had accompanied his mother Meera (who goes by one name) to the Sector 8 house Bhagat Singh Nain where she worked as a domestic help.

Jaipur,May 24: In a major jolt to the depressed real estate market in the city, more than 1,000 investors were allegedly duped of at least Rs 80 crore by a big-time city realtor, the Narayan Group. Some others were also duped by Subhash Sindhi co-operative society and Mahaveer Nagar housing co-operative society.