Crime

Jammu, April 01: Six Lashkar-e-Taiba militants of Pakistani origin, who had escaped from Triyath forest after a brief encounter three days ago, were killed by security forces after they tracked them down in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir today.

Police and security forces tracked down the group of militants in Talli Dharaman-Sarothi belt (Triyath) of Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district and trapped them around 1430 hours, Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Shafkat Watalie told PTI, giving details of anti-terrorist ‘Operation Khoj’.

Jaipur, April 01: A youth allegedly committed suicide after killing his parents and brother in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, police said today.

22-year-old Sawai Ram last night attacked and killed his father Prabhu Ram (60), mother Satiya (55) and elder brother Ramaram (33) with a sharp-edged weapon in Ramasaria village.

He later jumped into a water tank located in the house, police said.

Prima facie, it appears that Sawai Ram was mentally unfit after his accident about two months back. He probably committed the crime in a disturbed state of the mind, they added.
–PTI

Agartala/Aizawl, April 01: At least seven people were killed and nearly 16,000 houses destroyed as pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorms continued to create havoc in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam, officials said here Thursday.

According to officials, between Sunday and Wednesday night, a cyclonic rainstorm accompanied by heavy lightning killed three people each in Tripura and Mizoram while a woman tea worker died in southern Assam.

Bhopal, April 01: An alert has been sounded and police superintendents in Madhya Pradesh have been asked to be vigilant and deploy adequate force in sensitive areas during water supply timings after a girl was murdered in Indore following a dispute over filling of water, officials said Thursday.

An 18-year-old girl in Indore, 200 kms from here, was stabbed to death Wednesday when she refused to let her neighbours draw water from a tap in her home.

Agartala, April 01: A senior professor of Tripura University, Manjari Choudhury, who was also the wife of the vice-chancellor, has committed suicide, police said Thursday.

Choudhury, 60, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her residence Wednesday night, police officer Narayan Chandra Saha told IANS.

‘A suicide note recovered near the body stated that Choudhury committed suicide because of some incurable diseases,’ he said.

Jajpur (Orissa), April 01: A day after Orissa police claimed presence of Maoists in Bisthapan Virodhi Jana Manch (BVJM), which opposed displacement of tribals due to industrialisation in Kalinga Nagar in the district, the rebels set ablaze a mobile tower in the area today.

The mobile tower of a private service provider was partially damaged but remained functional, Inspector In-Charge of Kalinga Nagar police station K C Mund said.

New Delhi, April 01: Two children were burnt to death while two other persons were injured in a fire in the slum clusters of south Delhi Thursday, fire officials said.

The incident took place in Batla House area around 6.45 p.m. when three slums caught fire.

“Two children were burnt to death while two other persons were injured. The cause of the fire is not yet known,” a fire official said.
–IANS

New Delhi, April 01: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three auto rickshaw drivers in Sarai Kale Khan area of southeast Delhi Tuesday night, police said Wednesday.

“The victim, a resident of Yamuna Vihar in northeast Delhi, had taken an auto from Civil Lines to her home. There were two other people in the auto rickshaw with the driver,” said a senior police officer.

“The accused took her to a deserted place where they raped her,” the officer added.

“The three men have been arrested,” the officer said.

–IANS–

New Delhi, March 31: Five men, including a business graduate, have been arrested here for their involvement in over 50 cases of robberies, snatching, vehicle thefts in Delhi and its suburbs, police said Wednesday.

Parveen Shanker, an MBA from Symbiosis University, Pune, Manoj Kejriwal, a graduate in history from Ranchi University, Rahul Anand, a BSc drop-out from Patna University, and Hari Om and Mahesh Kumar were arrested Tuesday from Geeta Colony area of east Delhi.

One semi-automatic pistol, two country-made pistols and 19 live cartridges were recovered from them, police said.

Chitradurga, March 31: A self-styled astrologer-cum-witch doctor is alleged to have raped a minor girl after kidnapping her with the intention of sacrificing her for appeasing spirits for acquiring wealth.

Police are looking for Siddesh (46), who runs a astrology outfit called Mahashakti Mastamma Devi Jyotishalaya on Turuvanur Road and is reported to have kidnapped the ninth standard student from the school here a week ago and taken her to Rastapur village Shahapur taluk.

Jammu, March 30: Three militants and an Indian army soldier were killed in a fierce gun battle in the mountainous Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday evening, officials said.

According to police sources, a group of militants were reported to be hiding in Kandi area of Rajouri, 200 km northwest of Jammu. Security forces, comprising the army and police, cordoned off the area and thereafter a fierce gun battle began in the evening.

A soldier was also injured in the battle, according to latest reports.

Lucknow, March 30: A criminal wanted in cases of murder and abduction was shot dead in a gunfight with a state police squad on the outskirts of this capital city Tuesday, an official said.

Ejaz Ahmad, who had over 12 cases of murder, abduction, loot and other heinous crimes lodged against him, was shot dead Tuesday afternoon in the Gudamba area of Lucknow.

“It was only after an hour of gunfight with the criminal that a team of Special Task Force (STF) shot him dead,” police inspector Sanjay Mishra told reporters here.

Ranchi, March 30: Maoist rebels torched four trucks and blew up a school building in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, police said Tuesday.

Four trucks were fired on by 20 to 25 rebels, suspected to be from the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), near Piperwar coal mines of the district, around 170 km from Ranchi, Tuesday morning.

The drivers, however, managed to escape, abandoning the trucks which were later set on fire by the rebels.

In another incident, Maoist rebels blew up a school in Sohar village of the district late Monday night. The building was badly damaged.

Mumbai, March 30: A city-based builder who was acquitted by the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court for lack of evidence has now moved High Court, seeking action against Director General of Police and DG (CID) Meeran Borwankar.

Petitioner Mahendra Agarwal has alleged that he was falsely implicated by DGP Anami Roy and others in the case related to a construction dispute in which gangster Ravi Pujari is involved.

State has filed appeal against the acquittal of Agarwal and six others.

Mumbai, March 30: A city-based builder who was acquitted by the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court for lack of evidence has now moved High Court, seeking action against Director General of Police and DG (CID) Meeran Borwankar.

Petitioner Mahendra Agarwal has alleged that he was falsely implicated by DGP Anami Roy and others in the case related to a construction dispute in which gangster Ravi Pujari is involved.

State has filed appeal against the acquittal of Agarwal and six others.

Midnapore (WB), March 30: In yet another killing in the ‘jangalmahal’ area, suspected Maoists today shot dead a villager at Salboni in West Midnapore district.

The body of Binod Mahato was recovered by joint security personnel from Kalsibhanga jungle, with his hands tied to the back side and bullet holes in head, police said.

Mahato had earlier received threats from Maoists who accused him of being a police informer, police said.

Lucknow, March 30: Notorious criminal Aijaz carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000 on his head was killed in an encounter in Gudamba area here this afternoon.

Aijaz, an active member of the Salim gang, had escaped from police custody while he was being taken to jail last year, Inspector General of Police, Crime, GP Sharma said here.

Salim gang is active in western districts of the state and is allegedly involved in several heinous crimes, Sharma added.

–Agencies

Ahmedabad/New Delhi, March 30: Nearly 100 Indian sailors have been captured and seven dhows seized by pirates off Somalia’s coast, a shipping association today said.

“Around Saturday afternoon we got information that seven of our vessels were hijacked by Somalian pirates in mid-sea,” Kutch Vahanvati Association (KVA) president Kasam Ali Bholim told.

“Over 80-100 crew members of these vessels have been captured. We have already approached the port authorities and the Director General Shipping in this regard,” he said.

Kochi, March 30: A special CBI court, which is the designated court of the National Investigation Agency, today issued non-bailable arrest warrants against two absconding persons who are accused in the 2006 Kozhikode twin bomb blasts case.

The warrants were issued against Mohammed Ashar and K P Yusuf, who hail from Kannur.

The NIA is probing various terror-related cases in Kerala. There are nine accused in the case of which five have been arrested so far.

Erode (TN), March 30: A local AIADMK functionary allegedly set himself afire today as he was upset over party’s performance in Pennagaram assembly bye-election, police said.

50-year-old Thangavel suffered severe burns after he poured petrol over his body and set himself ablaze in front of his house.

He was admitted to the Government hospital where his condition was stated to be critical.

London, March 30: The owners of the prestigious Rajput Indian restaurant in Harrogate have been found guilty of a conspiracy to traffic their own chefs from India into the UK and exploit them for financial gain.

Chef Shahnawaz Ali Khan, once lauded in press reviews for his skills, his brother Raza Ali Khan and their mother Parveen Khan were found guilty of trafficking up to nine members of staff, following a three month trial at Leeds Crown Court.

Karnal, March 30: In a historic judgment, a Session Court in Karnal on Tuesday sentenced five members of Khap Panchayat to death for the ‘honour killing’ of a couple who married despite opposition from the community.

Manoj and Babli were kidnapped and brutally murdered, by family members of Babli, in June 2007 for going against the wishes of the all powerful caste council Khap Panchayat.

The Panchayat was against their marriage as Manoj and Babli were from the same sub-caste, hence siblings as per the beliefs.

Muzaffarnagar, March 30: A 27-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by three youths at pistol point in Morkuka village of the district, police said here.

Three youths identified as Rohit, Mangal and Rajnish gangraped the woman last night and threatened her with dire consequences if she disclosed the matter to anyone, they said, adding a case has been registered in this regard.
–PTI

Jaisalmer, March 30: A Pakistani intruder was Tuesday arrested by the Border Security Force from Kishangarh locality of this Rajasthan district.

According to a BSF spokesman, the Pakistani national has been identified as Javad Ashraf. He is under interrogation.

However, no incriminating document was recovered from him, the spokesman added.

The BSF personnel had yesterday shot dead a Pakistani intruder near the Indo-Pak border in Samba district.

-PTI

Mumbai, March 28: A man was today killed after being attacked by an elephant inside Byculla zoo here when he entered the mammoth animal’s enclosure, police said.

The man entered the enclosure of the elephant at Veermata Jijamata Prani Sangrahalay in south Mumbai and tried to attract the attention of the animal following which it attacked him, injuring him seriously, Byculla Police Station Senior Inspector T Ghodge told reporters.