Killer Mom smashes baby’s head in depression

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.

Mother’s body was stored in freezer for 20 years

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.

Jadeja designed a scheme to dupe people,invested Rs50 cr in property, gold

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.

Man held trying to sell live cartridges

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.

Railway cops bust gas racket

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.

Man assaults wife with hammer for refusing food

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 boy enacts suicide, dies

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.

Woman murdered by paramour in Delhi home

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.

MBA student murdered in Qutab Area

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.

90 arrested in child porn sting

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.

72-yr-old held for raping maid

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.

12 year-old brutally thrashed by cops for theft

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.

Rs 80 cr real estate fraud in city

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.

MBBS student kills self in hostel room

Chennai,May 24: Police on Saturday recovered the dead body of a third-year MBBS student of the Madras Medical College, as well as his handwritten letters addressed to his mother and a girl he loved. Police identified the student as P Arivarasan (23), from Pernampet near Vellore.

Man held for girl’s rape, murder

kolkata, May 24: More than a month after four-and-a-half-year-old girl’s body was found in a drain on the outskirts of Ranaghat town in Nadia district, the police claimed to have arrested her murderer from another town in the district.

Officers investigating the case said Kartick Roy (35) was arrested from Shantipur on charges of raping and killing the child — his neighbour’s daughter — when she had come to his house to watch cartoons on his TV.

Woman arrested for robbing men

Mumbai,may 23: The Dahisar police have arrested a 21-year-old woman for stealing cellphones and cash from men. The accused, Devi Ambedkar, used to befriend men who wore gold jewellery or owned vehicles, said the police.

A few days ago, she met a Mira Road resident and persuaded him to accompany her to a hotel.

While he was in the bathroom, Ambedkar allegedly robbed his wallet and chain. The man approached the police, following which Ambedkar, who is a Borivli resident, was arrested.

–Agencies

Father, relatives kill son for refusing to marry again

Patna, May 20 : A man in a village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district declined to carry out his father’s order to desert his wife and marry another woman. The enraged father and other relatives beat the son to death, police said Wednesday.

Dharmendra Choudhary, in his late 20s, was killed Tuesday, allegedly by his father and other family members in Saropur village of Bhojpur district, 60 km from state capital Patna.

“Dharmendra was beaten to death by his father and others after he refused to marry again,” a police officer said.

13-year-old in city alleges rape by father

Jaipur,May 20: In a case of child abuse case that shocked the entire city, a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father in her house at Rajendra Prasad Nagar under Shyam Nagar police station area.

The child was allegedly being abused by her father for the last one month and the crime came to light when an NGO activist reported the matter to the Shyam Nagar police on Tuesday.

Following this, the father was arrested and medical examination of the child was conducted. The police said the accused worked as a gardener and his wife worked as a domestic help.

Father kills son for refusing to marry again

Patna,May 20: A man in a village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district declined to carry out his father’s order to desert his wife and marry another woman.

The enraged father and other relatives beat the son to death, police said Wednesday.

Dharmendra Choudhary, in his late 20s, was killed Tuesday, allegedly by his father and other family members in Saropur village of Bhojpur district, 60 km from state capital Patna.

“Dharmendra was beaten to death by his father and others after he refused to marry again,” a police officer said.

One killed in row over love affair

New Delhi,May 20: A clash between two families over an alleged love affair between their children left one person dead and two others injured in Subhash Vihar area of Bhajanpur in Northeast district on Monday evening.

According to the police, the incident occurred at 8pm when members of the girl’s family landed up at a hotel run by the boy’s family and assaulted his relatives. One of the boy’s uncles were killed, and his father and another uncle were injured in the attack.

Hong Kong teacher convicted of having sex with pupil 280 times

Hong Kong, May 19 : A Hong Kong primary school teacher was Tuesday facing a jail term after being convicted of having sex with a girl pupil 280 times, starting when she was 12 years old.

Chu Chi-wah, 39, was found guilty of 11 counts of having sex with a minor over a two-year period 2004-06, at a court hearing Monday. He will be sentenced June 8.

The girl, now aged 17, told police she had sex with Chu 10 times a month on average and slept with him around 280 times over the course of their relationship.

Teen gang raped before being hanged by assailants: Police

Lucknow, May 14: The teenaged girl allegedly hanged by six men here on Monday night in her residence was first gang raped by them, police sources said on Wednesday.

The autopsy report of the minor girl has revealed that she was first gang raped before being hanged to death, the sources said.

Police have not made any arrests in connection with the incident so far. A senior police official said they have developed some clues and were working on it.

Police Inspector, SI held for bribe

Hyderabad, May 09: ACB officials caught red-handed a Police Inspector today at his residence in Visakhapatnam while accepting a bribe of Rs two lakh from a complainant for doing an official favour.

CB-CID of TN Police to probe all angles behind train mishap

Chennai, April 30 : The CB-CID wing of the Tamil Nadu Police, which took over the investigation into yesterday’s mysterious train mishap here, will probe all angles including sabotage behind the incident.

“It is too early to comment on the cause of the accident. Is it mischief or sabotage, it cannot be said now, but we are probing all angles since we are keeping our options open,” CB-CID ADGP Archana Ramasundaram told PTI here today.

Frame rape charges against Goa education minister’s son: court

Panaji, April 30: A children’s court here has ordered framing of charges against Rohit Monserrate, son of Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate. Rohit is accused of raping and sending vulgar messages to a minor German girl.

Setting aside the arguments put forth by Rohit’s counsel, Goa Children’s Court president Desmond D’Costa observed that there was sufficient reason to indicate the involvement of Rohit in the rape of the 14-year-old German girl.