Male nurse arrested for filming his co-workers, docs in changing room

Male nurse arrested for filming his co-workers, docs in changing room

Accused Is A Contract Worker

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Bengaluru:23.02.2021 

Tilaknagar police on Sunday arrested a male nurse on charges of secretly recording videos of women doctors and nurses by placing his mobile phone in recording mode inside a changing room near the operation theatre at a government hospital.

The accused is Maruthesh, 31, a resident of Jayanagar and from Chitradurga. Maruthesh was appointed as a nurse on contract basis at the government-run Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedics in souther n Bengaluru.

According to police, the incident came to light around 9.30am on Friday, when a 28-year-old doctor entered the room to change her dress. She found a mobile phone in the room and learnt that some miscreant had placed it secretly in video-recording mode. The young doctor checked the phone’s gallery. She found a few videos of nurses and other women employees changing clothes. She found that the miscreant had deleted many such videos.

“The doctor restored several deleted videos from the recycle bin. We learnt that the mobile phone belonged to Maruthesh, a staff nurse appointed on contract basis. He had recorded the videos,” the institute director alleged in his complaint filed on Saturday.

Never shared videos: Miscreant

Tilaknagar police registered a case under IPC section 354C (voyeurism) and 201 (destroying evidence) against Marutesh, who confessed to his crime. He allegedly recorded the videos for personal viewing. “Marutesh claimed that he never shared the videos with any one. We have seized his mobile phone for forensic investigation, which may reveal how many videos he recorded, whether he shared them with anyone before he deleted them and other information,” said police.

Police produced Maruthesh before court, which remanded him in judicial custody.

A young doctor entered the changing room and found a mobile phone inside. She checked the phone’s gallery and found videos of nurses and other women employees changing clothes. Maruthesh had also deleted many of them

Three women killed by their husbands

Three women killed by their husbands

One Set Afire, Throats Of Two Slit; TN Saw 20,000 Domestic Abuse Cases Reported In 2020

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Chennai:23.02.2021 

Three housewives were murdered by their husbands in separate incidents, two in Kancheepuram and one at Kunrathur, on Sunday night.

A 40-year-old woman, Jeeva, was burnt alive by her husband Parthiban, 43, at their home near Achirapakkam because he suspected she was having an affair with an employee of his. The man and the couple’s 19-year-old daughter Pavithra are also in hospital in a critical condition as the fire engulfed them too.

Police said initial reports suggest that Parthiban of Mettu Colony who runs an iron scrap shop believed some acquaintances who told him that his wife fed him sleeping pills at night and was having an affair with an employee of his. On Sunday night he locked the house and set her on fire. The fire spread to Parthiban and his daughter. Neighbours broke open the door and took the trio to hospital where Jeeva died.

A 28-year-old driver Ezhumalai also murdered his wife Sasikala, 26, suspecting she was having an affair. Police said Ezhumalai was addicted to alcohol and used to assault his wife accusing her of having an affair. On Sunday night, he came home drunk and picked a fight with his wife and slit her throat and fled. Neighbours drawn by the cries of the couple’s three children took Sasikala to the Kancheepuram Government Hospital where she was declared on arrival. Later that night Ezhumalai surrendered at the Kancheepuram police station.

The third murder took place at Kunrathur where the woman, Keerthana, died on Sunday after battling injuries for nearly a week. Keerthana had married Panneerselvam, a rice trader, four years ago and the couple lived in Poonamallee. They did not have children and often quarrelled, police quoted relatives as saying. In the first week of February, Keerthana left her husband and returned to her parents’ house in Kundrathur.

On February 15, Panneerselvam reached his in-law’s house on the pretext of reconciling with Keerthana and took her to the terrace for a chat. However, a quarrel broke out between them and Panneerselvam who had a knife hidden in his clothes slit Keerthana’s neck and fled the spot. Keerthana’s family rushed her to a private hospital, but she died without responding to treatment on Sunday. Kundrathur police who had earlier registered a case of assault have altered it into murder and have launched a hunt for Panneerselvam.

The state in 2020 witnessed nearly 20,000 domestic abuse cases. “We used to counsel not less than 10 cases of domestic abuse everyday. In many cases women may be unable to air grievances as their communication is monitored,” said a senior officer attached to Poonamallee all-woman police station.

We used to counsel not less than 10 cases of domestic abuse everyday. In many cases women may be unable to air grievances as their communication is monitored

SENIOR POLICE OFFICER

Poonamallee all-woman station

Doctor slits wife's throat, runs over her with car in Tamil Nadu

Doctor slits wife's throat, runs over her with car in Tamil Nadu

Police said that he assaulted his father-in-law as well and later met with an accident when he tried to escape.

Published: 20th February 2021 06:28 PM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: A 35-year-old doctor allegedly murdered his wife by slitting her throat and running his car over her in Kancheepuram district on Friday.

Police said that Dr Gokul Kumar assaulted his father-in-law as well and later met with an accident when he tried to escape.

According to the police, the deceased was identified as Keerthana, 28, who worked as a HR in a private hospital in Kancheepuram, Gokul was a practising doctor in a private hospital near Potheri. Police said that Gokul had stopped going to work after the lockdown.

Keerthana's elder sister was married to Gokul's elder brother. The duo fell in love and were married three years ago, said the police.

After the marriage the couple moved to Anand Nagar near Maturantakam along with Keerthana’s parents.

Quoting the neighbours the police said that the couple used to quarrel often, which became a daily routine during the lockdown since Gokul had left his job.

"Six months ago, both applied for divorce but continued staying in the same house with Gokul leaving town half of the month," said a police officer.

An argument erupted on Friday around 4.30 pm between the couple. Gokul took a knife from the kitchen and slit Keerthana’s throat.

Police said Keerthana’s father Murahari tried to rescue her and was attacked with a sharp tool in the melee. Police said after slitting Keethana’s throat, Gokul dragged her out of the house by her hair.

Meanwhile the neighbours had come out of the house to witness the incident.

"Gokul then ran his car over her. After that he sped away in the same vehicle even as the neighbours tried to stop him and alert the police control room," said a police officer.

The neighbours rushed Keerthana and her father to the hospital. While Keerthana was brought dead on arrival, Murahari has been admitted in the Kancheepuram Government Hospital and is in critical condition, said a police officer

Meanwhile all the police stations on the National Highway limits were also put on alert.

However, Gokul, speeding on Chennai-Trichy National Highway, soon lost control of the vehicle and it turned turtle near Arthur toll booth. The Acharapakkam police team rescued Gokul from the accident site and admitted him to a hospital. Later, Madurantakam police arrested him and further investigation is on.

Man held for duping woman of ₹10L

Man held for duping woman of ₹10L

Chennai:21.02.2021 

Police arrested a 45-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh for cheating a 40-year-old divorcee in the city of ₹10 lakh on the promise of marriage. The woman, who lived in Saidapet, met the accused, Manoharan, on a popular matrimonial site. The two got along well and she accepted his marriage proposal, even gifting him a mobile phone and other valuables.

A few days later, he told the woman that he had met with an accident and urgently required ₹10 lakh. The victim transferred the money following which he was unreachable. The woman approached police, who traced him to Chittoor. Investigations revealed that Manoharan had cheated several single women in a similar fashion. A court sent him to jail on Saturday. TNN

Doctor slits wife’s throat, runs her over

Doctor slits wife’s throat, runs her over

While Fleeing, Car Overturns; Cops Get To Know Of Murder At Rescue

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Chennai:21.02.2021 

A doctor on Friday stabbed his wife and then ran her over with his car in Madurantakam.

Police said Dr Gokulkumar also attacked his in-laws before trying to flee. His vehicle, however, overturned near Achiruppakkam toll plaza, trapping him. A police team got to know of the murder only after rescuing him and admitting him to a GH. He was arrested and a court sent him to jail.

About three years ago, Gokulkumar, a native of Coimbatore and an employee at a corporate hospital in Potheri, married M Keerthana, 35, who worked in the human resource department at a college in Melmaruvathur. Gokulkumar suspected his wife’s fidelity and often quarreled with her till finally, in a fit of anger, she left him and went to her parents’ house in Madurantakam.

On Friday, Gokulkumar went to his in-laws’ home hoping to negotiate with his wife. However, while talking to her, he suddenly pulled out a knife and slit her throat. Hearing her cries, her parents Murahari and Kumari rushed to her side. They tried to nab Gokulkumar, but he overpowered them and attacked them too.

Seizing an opportunity to escape, Keerthana ran out to the street. Gokulkumar quickly followed her in his car and ran her over. Her parents and neighbours took Keerthana to the government hospital in Chengalpet, where doctors declared her dead.

While fleeing, Gokulkumar’s car hit the median near Achirapakkam toll plaza, causing the vehicle to overturn, trapping him inside. Passersby alerted police and an Achirapakkam police team led by inspector Saravanan rescued him. Gokulkumar was sent to Chengalpet GH for treatment. During inquiries, police found out that he met with the accident when escaping after murdering his wife. The team informed the Madurantakam police.

Inspector Rukmangathan of the Madurantakam police registered a murder case and arrested Gokulkumar.

Gokulkumar slit his wife Keerthana’s throat at his in-laws’ residence and ran her over when she tried to escape. When nearing Achiruppakkam toll plaza, he hit a median

PG student shoots at friend in class, later kills girl; held

PG student shoots at friend in class, later kills girl; held

Arindam Ghosh TNN

Jhansi:20.02.2021

A misunderstanding over the relationship between three classmates took a grisly turn on Friday when a 24-yearold postgraduate student of Bundelkhand Degree College in Jhansi first shot at and critically injured his male classmate in a classroom and then shot his woman classmate dead in front of her house. He waslaterarrested.

All the three students, said to be close friends, are students of first year MA.

Manthan Singh Senger entered the classroom carrying a pistoland shotathisfriend Hukmendra Singh Gurjar, 22, from behindon hisheadwhile he was attending class. He went on to the blackboard and wrote ‘Manthan Finished’.

He then went to the house of his classmate Kritika Trivedi

(22), who was sitting in front of her house with her grandmother. Hearing gunshots, her neighbours overpowered the accused, tied him up and called the police, reports added.

Police arrested Manthan while both the victims were rushed to hospital where Kritika succumbed. Hukmendra is in a critical state. He was later shifted to Delhi.

Unconfirmed reports said Manthan was in a relationship with Kritika and unhappy over Hukumendra’s interference.

SSP Jhansi Dinesh Kumar P said, “The accused and the victims were close friends. They had developed some misunderstanding over relationship issues.”

Officials at the site in Unnao on Friday where bodies of two minor girls were found

Cops say spurned lover poisoned Unnao girls; 2 held

Claiming it to be a diabolic act of a spurned lover, police on Friday said the three minor Dalit girls found unconscious in their field at Baburha village of UP’s Unnao on Wednesday were poisoned by a Dalit youth from a neighbouring village. They arrested Vinay Kumar

(25) and his 15-year-old accomplice, also a Dalit, as the two accused in the case.

While two girls, aged13 and15, died on way to hospital, the third one, aged 17, is battling for life. IG Lakshmi Singh said Vinay said he wanted to kill the third girl and made her drink water spiked with insecticide, but the other two also drank from the same bottle. TNN

Man kills ex-colleague over loss of job

Man kills ex-colleague over loss of job

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Chennai:04.02.2021

Police on Wednesday arrested a 44-year-old man in connection with the murder of his former colleague at Peerkankaranai two days ago.

On Saturday, police found the body of a man identified as Johnrajasingh, 68, of Mangadu. The victim, who was a cashier at an iron ore manufacturing company at Annanur, had multiple injuries.

Police said the accused, Kovilraj, was also employed at the same firm. Kovilraj seemed uninterested in the work and would often dodge any project that came his way, an investigating officer said. This behaviour irked his colleagues, who complained about him to Johnrajasingh. When joining duty, Kovilraj had informed Johnrajasingh that he was sacked from his previous job at a firm in Hosur for being lazy. He had also been warned by employers at his other workplaces.

Irked over Kovilraj’s irresponsible ways, Johnrajasingh complained about him to the owner and Kovilraj was fired. Police said Kovilraj had been furious with Johnrajasingh ever since. On Saturday night, when the victim was heading home, Kovilraj intercepted him. He told Johnrajasingh that it had been difficult for him to make ends meet without a job and asked the victim to drop him at Perungalathur bus stop so he could leave Chennai for his native village in Tuticorin district. On the way to the bus stop, Kovilraj suggested a pitstop at a Tasmac shop in Tambaram. The two bought some alcohol and got drunk near a lake in Peerkankaranai.

Kovilraj picked up a fight with Johnrajasingh and stabbed him to death. He escaped with the victim’s bike. Police, after recovering the body, launched a search for the victim’s bike and caught the accused. Kovilraj was booked under murder charges and a court sent him to jail.

Irked over Kovilraj’s irresponsible ways, Johnrajasingh complained about him to the owner and Kovilraj was fired. A furious Kovilraj later stabbed Johnrajasingh to death

Man poses as doc, govt official to dupe scores

Man poses as doc, govt official to dupe scores

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New Delhi: 08.01.2021

Before being nabbed for swindling people while masquerading as a doctor or an important government official, Devender Mishra used to live an ordinary life in a small town in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. A pathologist by profession, Mishra would collect blood samples by the day and then return home to his wife and two children.

However, Mishra soon got bored of this dull life and came to Delhi to make it big. In 2008, he opened a sample collection centre in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar, said additional commissioner (crime) Shibesh Singh. But his business failed and he had to shut shop. Refusing to accept the fact that he might have to go home, Mishra decided to take to crime.

Police said that his first target was a friend, who had approached him to help him acquire an arms licence. The accused claimed that he called up the office of district magistrate of Aligarh and got it done. He then took to duping people full time.

“He started off by posing as a doctor and opened a clinic at Lakhimpur Kheri, UP in 2016 in the name of ‘Shraddha Mother & Child’ where he posed as assistant professor, paediatrics, AIIMS,” said DCP (crime) Bhisham Singh.

He also claimed to be a MD in Paediatrics and Cardiology and a visiting faculty at Army Hospital, Delhi Cantonment, the DCP added.

In the last four years, Mishra donned many roles,police say. When he was not playing a doctor, he was posing as an advisor at Niti Aayog or a joint secretary at the health ministry who helped his acquaintances by pretending to call government officials to get a job done.

With all his avatars, police said that the accused duped many but his life of crime ended after the Crime Branch got a tip-off about his activities. On January 5, the cops laid a trap in central Delhi and arrested Mishra after an informer spotted and identified him. His mobile phones and his collection of fake ID cards describing his various roles were seized.

Police raided his hideout in Dasna, Ghaziabad and also seized Rs 68,000 in cash. He was booked for impersonation and forgery, etc under the IPC and produced before the court.

DIFFERENT HUES: The accused, Devender Mishra, opened a clinic in Uttar Pradesh in 2016 posing as an assistant professor of paediatrics, AIIMS

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THOUSAND RUPEES SEIZED FROM ACCUSED

Pollachi rape case: AIADMK worker, two more arrested

Pollachi rape case: AIADMK worker, two more arrested

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Coimbatore:  07.01.2021

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested three men, including an AIADMK student wing functionary, in connection with the sensational Pollachi sexual assault and extortion case. The arrested were identified as K Arulanantham, 34, of Vadugapalayam in Pollachi, T Heron Paul, 29, of Achipatti in Pollachi and P Babu, 27, of Vadugapalayam.

Arulanantham, Pollachi town secretary of AIADMK students’ wing, was expelled from the party following the arrest. The party has instructed members not to have any links with him.

The arrests were made after a magistrate court recorded the statements of three survivors a few weeks ago. “The women said that the arrested men, along with N Sabarirajan abducted them in a car in June 2018, sexually assaulted them and threatened to leak the footage,” a source said.

The accused were booked under sections of 354 A (sexual harassment), 354 B (assault or use of criminal force against woman with intent to disrobe), and 39 4 (robbery) of the IPC; Section 66 E of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 1998. They were produced before the mahila court in Coimbatore. Judge R Nandhini Devi remanded them in judicial custody till January

20.

In February 2019, a 19-year-old woman from Pollachi had registered a complaint with the district police alleging that a gang sexually assaulted her in a car, shot a video of the incident and used it to demand money from her. After a case was registered, a few more videos filmed by the accused surfaced. The accused allegedly befriended women using fake accounts on social media, sexually abused them, filmed it and used the videos to threaten them.

A month later, the case was transferred to CBI and five people - K Thirunavukkarasu, 27, N Sabarirajan, 25, M Sathish, 29, T Vasanthakumar, 25 and R Manivannan, 29 – were arrested. They are lodged in the Salem Central Prison. Members of All India Democratic Women's Association and the women’s wing of DMK staged a protest in front of the court demanding justice for the survivors.

K Arulanantham, 34, of Vadugapalayam, Pollachi town secretary of AIADMK students’ wing, was expelled from the party following the arrest. The party has instructed members not to have any links with him

In ‘self-defence’, TN teen stabs rapist to death with his own knife

In ‘self-defence’, TN teen stabs rapist to death with his own knife

Cops Seek Legal Opinion; She May Not Be Arrested

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Chennai: 04.01.2021

In what police believe to be an act of self-defence to escape from a rapist, a 19-yearold woman stabbed a 24-yearold man to death with a knife used by him to threaten her in his rape bid at Sholavaram in Tiruvallur district late on Saturday.

According to Ponneri DSP Kalpana Dutt, a legal opinion has been sought and the victim may not be arrested in the case.

The incident happened around 8pm when she went to relieve herself in a poorly-lit area surrounded by bushes. She failed to notice S Ajithkumar, 24, her relative from the same village, following her to the spot. The teenager panicked on seeing him standing with a beer bottle. Before she could move, the man placed a knife on her neck and threatened to rape her, police sources said quoting the victim.

As he began to undress, she pleaded with him to spare her. Realizing he was drunk, she pushed her away and he banged his head against a tree and dropped his knife. The victim picked up the weapon and stabbed him on his neck multiple times until he swooned. Leaving him dead at the spot, she reached Sholavaram police station on her own around 9pm and narrated the incident to the cops there.

‘Deceased man was an alcoholic’

Police personnel rushed to the spot, retrieved Ajithkumar’s body, and sent it to Stanley Hospital for postmortem. Police registered a murder case but no arrests have been made.

The DSP said the teenager was a Class X dropout. Ajithkumar, who had two children, was her aunt’s son. He got separated from his wife a few months back after a domestic dispute. According to police, the man was a jobless alcoholic and had theft cases pending against him. He always moved with a knife looking for easy targets.

“So far it appears to be an act of self-defence and there seems to be no other motive,” the police officer said.

“We will submit a final report in the court where it will be decided whether an action is warranted in the case,” the DSP added.

According to police, the man was a jobless alcoholic and had theft cases against him

Fake marksheet gang was active for 22 yrs

Fake marksheet gang was active for 22 yrs

Mastermind A Retd Jal Nigam Employee: STF

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Lucknow:  03.01.2021

The gang running a degree and marksheet racket unearthed by Special Task Force from Alambagh on Friday was active for the past 22 years and had given fake marksheets and degrees to hundreds of people for jobs and admissions, said officials on Saturday.

As many as 342 marksheets and 115 degrees of Lucknow University, eight marksheets of Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, 34 marksheets of MA and 50 blank marksheets of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, were seized along with eight blank marksheets of Government Polytechnic in Lucknow, and marksheets of various schools and institutes.

The officials said the gang charged price for marksheets as per the need of the seeker.

Dy SP, STF, Avnishwar Chandra Srivastava, who is conducting the probe, said the interrogation of the three arrested accused, identified as Sunil Kumar Sharma, Lallan Kumar and Vishwajeet Kumar, has revealed that the gang was active since 1998.

“Sunil Sharma, the gang’s mastermind is a retired government employee from Jal Nigam, Lallan worked as a private school teacher, and Vishwajeet was the printer,” said the officer.

“The trio used to charge money as per the requirement. If one needed marksheet for a job then they charged from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh depending upon the post, while for admissions they charged Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000, depending upon the course,” he said. Marsksheets with masters in science were the most sought ones, the officer said.

“We are tracing some people who came in their contact and took fake marksheets,” the DySP said.

They used to target candidates studying in coaching institutes of tier-two cities and those approaching offices of job consultants.

They started the fraud in 1998 when there was huge demand for fake certificates, their business dipped when digitization started in 2014, he added.

Officials said the gang charged price for marksheets as per the need of the seeker

2 Chinese held in loan app case, ₹300cr under lens

2 Chinese held in loan app case, ₹300cr under lens

₹5,000 To ₹50,000 Given To 1L People At 36% Interest

A.Selvaraj@timesgroup.com

Chennai:  03.01.2021

The Chennai police have arrested four people, including two Chinese nationals, and unearthed an extensive network of illegal micro-financing apps offering instant loans at interest rates as high as 36%. According to police sources, more than two dozen illegal apps which could have cumulatively disbursed ₹300 crore in sums ranging from ₹5,000 to ₹50,000 to more than one lakh people across the country have been unearthed.

“The source of the money and to whom and how was the principal and interest credited back is not known and is being probed,” an official said. Two bank accounts with ₹48 lakh and ₹1.96 crore balance in ICICI Bank and RBL Bank branches in Bengaluru have been frozen by police.

While two Chinese nationals Xia Ya Mau, 38, and Yuvan Lun, 28, have been arrested, two others, Hong and Wandish, managed to escape to Singapore.

Two others from Karnataka — S Pramoda of Doopanahalli and C R Pavan of Chikkanahally — too were arrested and remanded in judicial custody in Chennai. “Though the Karnataka duo were cited as ‘directors’ of many of these lending companies, they were paid ₹20,000 as monthly salary, while the Chinese took full possession of cheque leaves, ATM debit cards and the company’s internet banking access credentials,” said a senior official of Central Crime Branch. A CCB team worked on the racket for 20 days and camped in Bengaluru for about a week to nab the suspects.

The Chennai breakthrough has come after the suicide of at least four men in Telangana and one in Bengaluru owing to shaming and humiliation meted out to them by recovery agents engaged by these loan app firms.

Xia Ya Mau & Yuvan Lun

Instant debt trap: T’gana man kills self

In yet another tragedy triggered by the instant debt trap, a 36-year-old warehouse labourer in Hyderabad took his own life on Saturday after being allegedly threatened and then shamed in front of family and friends for defaulting on repayment of a loan procured through a lending app. G Chandramohan’s death is the fifth suicide in Telangana linked to loan apps in a month. Family members suspect Chandramohan may have borrowed between ₹60,000 and ₹70,000. P 11

Over 100 hired at ₹8K/month to harass loan defaulters

At least five more Chinese nationals have been arrested in different parts of the country, including Delhi, in recent weeks.

Commending the CCB team, Chennai city commissioner of police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal said: “We are looking into the flow of money to the company -- True Kindle Technologies Solutions Private Limited -- floated by the Chinese. The two arrested Chinese nationals have been staying even after the expiry of their visa period.”

Another officer said they would engage a translator to interrogate the suspects and obtain more information about their apps after taking them into police custody. The laptops and mobiles seized from them will be scruitinized.

The officer said CCB has sent requests to Google Play Store to suspend 25 mobile applications as they are illegal and existed against the investment as well as lending norms in the country.

Pramoda and Pavan told the CCB sleuths that they came across an online advertisement posted by the Chinese requiring them to set up a call centre in Bengaluru. “Their role was to register a company and recruit tele-callers, while the money partwastaken careof by theChinese. More than 100 telecallers were recruited at₹8,000 as monthly salary andthey were given a targetof at least 10 loan referrals every day. Their job was to make abusive phone calls to defaulting customers, access the contact list of the defaulters andshamethem by sending messagesto alltheir contacts,” said a CCB official.

After three of the customers caught in the debt trap committed suicide in a single month, Hyderabad police have arrested a Chinese national and15 others and registered 27 cases.

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31.12.2020

இறந்தவரின் பெயரில் போலியான ஆவணங்கள் தயார் செய்து ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் வசிப்பவரின் ரூ.4 கோடி மதிப்புள்ள சொத்தை அபகரித்ததாக 2 பேரை அடையாறு போலீஸார் கைது செய்துள்ளனர்.

சென்னை, கிழக்கு தாம்பரம், திருமங்கை மன்னர் தெருவில் வசிப்பவர் சுவாமிநாதன் (65). இவர் அடையாறு காவல் துணை ஆணையர் அலுவலகத்தில் அண்மையில் புகார் மனு ஒன்று அளித்தார். அதில், அவர் கூறியிருப்பதாவது: ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் வசித்து வரும் நிர்மலின் சந்திரிகா ப்யூட்லர் என்பவருக்கு சொந்தமான ரூ.4 கோடி மதிப்புள்ள மனை அடையாறு, கஸ்தூரிபாய் நகர், 3-வது குறுக்குத் தெரு, தனலட்சுமி அவென்யூவில் உள்ளது.

அந்த மனையை நான் பராமரித்து வருகிறேன். இதை சில மர்ம நபர்கள் போலி ஆவணங்கள் மூலம் பட்டா பெற்று அபகரித்துள்ளனர். அவர்கள் மீது நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க வேண்டும் என குறிப்பிட்டு இருந்தார். இதுகுறித்து உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க அடையாறு துணை ஆணையர் விக்ரமன் உத்தரவிட்டார். அதன்படி, அடையாறு காவல் நிலைய குற்றப்பிரிவு போலீஸார் விசாரணை மேற்கொண்டனர்.

இதில், ‘சம்பந்தப்பட்ட மனை எவாலின் கேளிப் என்பவருக்கு சொந்தமானது என்றும், இவர் 1989-ம் ஆண்டு இறந்து விட்டதால், அவரின் வாரிசுதாரரான நிர்மலின் சந்திரிகா ப்யூட்லர் என்பவர் பெயருக்கு மாற்றம் செய்து பட்டா பெறப்பட்டதும், நிர்மலின் சந்திரிகா ப்யூட்லர் ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் வசித்து வருவதால் அந்த மனையை தனக்கு தெரிந்த சுவாமிநாதன் பராமரித்து வந்ததும் தெரியவந்தது.

இந்நிலையில்தான் இறந்துபோன எவாலின் கேளிப் வேறு ஒருவருக்கு மனையை அனுபவிக்கவும், விற்கவும் அங்கீகாரம் கொடுத்தது போல போலி ஆவணங்கள் தயார் செய்து மோசடி நடந்துள்ளது தெரியவந்தது. இந்த மோசடியில் ஈடுபட்டதாக சாலிகிராமம், திருவள்ளுவர் தெருவைச் சேர்ந்த நேசன் டிக்சன் கிரிஸ்டோபர் (44), விருகம்பாக்கம், பள்ளிக்கூடம் தெருவைச் சேர்ந்த சிவசங்கர் (45) ஆகிய இருவரை போலீஸார் கைது செய்துள்ளனர்.

Online fraud: Man loses ₹4L while updating KYC details

Online fraud: Man loses ₹4L while updating KYC details

31.12.2020

A 65-year-old man lost Rs 4 lakh to cybercriminals recently after he responded to a text message asking him to update know your customer (KYC) details with his mobile service provider. Mahesh (name changed) from Kasavanahalli approached Whitefield CEN Crime police on December 28, two weeks after he lost the money. He told cops he received a text on December 14. It asked him to update his KYC to enjoy uninterrupted service. Mahesh called the number from which he got the text and the person on the other side claimed to be a representative of the mobile service provider. He asked Mahesh to fill the details in a link he would send. “Mahesh received the link on December 15 and clicked on it. He later noticed that Rs 4,06,472 had been debited from his account. He approached us after discussing the matter with his family,” police said.

CB-CID registers case on gold missing from CBI custody

CB-CID registers case on gold missing from CBI custody

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Chennai:26.12.2020

The CB-CID police have registered a case to find the whereabouts of ₹30 crore worth gold that went missing from CBI custody, two weeks after the Madras high court directed it probe and wrap up the case within six months.

The 103.9kg gold that is missing was part of gold bars weighing a collective 400.5kg seized by the CBI in 2012 when it raided premises of gold importer Surana Corporation Limited in Chennai. The raids were the result of a case against the officials of Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation (MMTC) for favouring the importer. Following the seizure and registration of a case, the seized valuables were deposited in vaults belonging to the corporation and the premises were locked and sealed by the CBI.

The accused corporation filed for insolvency subsequently following dues it owed State Bank of India and C Ramasubramaniam, a liquidator, was brought in to mediate and settle the debts. A special court in 2017 ordered that the seized gold be transferred to SBI and in the process, it was weighed and found to amount to only 296.1kg. The CBI, when asked about the discrepancy, said it had deposited keys to the 72 vaults with the gold to Chennai principal special court for CBI cases. It further stated that the gold bars were weighed together during the seizure and amounted to 400.5kg, but that they were weighed individually during the liquidation process, giving room to discrepancies.

Based on a complaint by Ramasubramaniam, the CBCID has registered a case under Section 380 (night burglary) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Teacher writes woman cop’s number in toilets; booked

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Teacher writes woman cop’s number in toilets; booked

Was Angry With Her For Ignoring Calls At Odd Hours

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Bengaluru:  24.12.2020

A 33-year-old teacher landed in trouble after he allegedly scribbled a woman constable’s name and her contact number on the walls of public toilets at the KSRTC bus stand in Kadur town, Chikkamagaluru district.

Yelahanka New Town police registered a criminal case on Monday against Satish CM, a resident of Kadur, based on a complaint filed by Sarah (name changed), 32, working at the northeast division of city police.

The incident came to light recently when unknown people started calling Sarah at odd hours seeking sexual favours. She learnt the callers had found her mobile number and name in the men’s toilet at Kadur bus stand.

Sarah and her husband visited Kadur on December 15 and found the walls of the toilet displaying her phone number an describing her as a sex worker.

Sarah identified the hand writing as that of Satish, her classmate at a teachers’ training college during 2006-07 at Doddapete.

In 2017, her classmates had created a group on WhatsApp and Satish was one of the members.

Satish reportedly used to post unwanted messages in the group and also call her regularly. When she started avoiding his calls, Satish removed Sarah from the group. When she was added to the group by other members, Satish removed her again. A few months ago, she called Satish to know the reason and they had heated arguments.

“Satish scribbled my mobile number in public toilets to harass and defame me,” Sarah stated in her complaint to police.

Yelahanka New Town cops have registered a case under the IPC sections 354d (stalking) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) against Satish.

Man held for selling same plot of land three times

Man held for selling same plot of land three times

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Bhopal:19.12.2020

A man, identified as Nandkishore, allegedly sold a plot of land to three different people for around Rs17 lakh.

According to police, complainants Vinod Kumar Thakur, a resident of Jehangirabad and Akhilesh Dwivedi, a resident of Soubhagya Nagar Govindpura, stated in their complaints that Chhoti Bai, mother of accused Nandkishore Lodhi, a resident of Maholi village, sold a plot of land to Akhilesh Dwivedi for Rs7 lakh in 2017. Later, the accused Nandkishore sold the same plot to Vinod Kumar for Rs5 lakh in January 2020, and sold it once again to Heeralal Jatav for Rs5 lakh in July. Acting on two victims’ complaints, police registered a case of fraud and arrested the accused. He was produced before the court from where he was sent to jail.

Fake marksheet racket busted in Anand

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Fake marksheet racket busted in Anand

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Vadodara/ Anand:  16.12.2020

Acting on a tip-off, the Anand special operation group (SOG) busted a racket of making and selling marksheets and certificates and arrested three persons.

One of them is from Anand and two from Vadodara. As the trio is linked with a visa consultancy firm, cops suspect that the arrest could lead to a bigger fake visa racket as well.

SOG sleuths had got specific information that one Kanu Rabari, a resident of Atithi Apartment in Anand’s Mangalpura area, was running a visa consultancy firm through which foreign aspirants were sold fake marksheets and degree certificates of several educational institutes. When the cops raided his house, they found huge stacks of files containing fake marksheets and certificates of a number of educational institutes including Sardar Patel University, Gujarat University, Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) apart from colleges. As many as 106 fake marksheets and certificates, 16 original ones, 30 passports, mobile and cash worth Rs 22.50 lakh were seized from Rabari’s house. Rabari revealed that he was in touch with Vadodara resident Aditya Patel, who through another accused resident Hiren alias Sonu Satham, provided bogus documents to those seeking jobs abroad.

“The trio have confessed that they have forged hundreds of such marksheets and certificates,” said Anand district superintendent of police Ajit Rajian. “The trio used their knowledge of visa consultancy to execute the fraud. They were aware of the companies and countries where chances of marksheets and certificates getting cross-verified is low,” said Rajian. They have also seized 52 other fake marksheets and certificates, 57 rubber stamps, sophisticated printers and dye-making items among others from Satham.

The arrested trio ran visa consultancy in Anand

Girl forges NEET scorecard to secure medical seat

Girl forges NEET scorecard to secure medical seat

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Chennai: 14.12.2020

In yet another NEET scam, the Chennai City Police are probing into an alleged malpractice by a woman candidate, who tried to get a medical seat by forging her NEET scorecard and the provisional rank list by replacing another candidate’s credentials with her own.

The issue came to light after a complaint was lodged by Dr G Selvarajan, additional director of Medical Education and Secretary of Selection Committee, at Periamet police station against the candidate, N B Deeksha of Paramakudi in Ramanthapuram district, and her father N K Balachandran, a dentist.

According to the complaint, on November 30, Deeksha, who had scored only 27 marks in NEET-UG 2020, and her father approached them at a counselling centre claiming that Deeksha had scored 610 marks but not called for counselling. While checking her credentials, officials found that she had scored less marks and did not make it to the rank list to be eligible to appear for the counselling. They then sent them back. The duo also produced a rank list in which Deeksha’s photo and roll number were present.

A probe into the matter revealed that she had applied for the counselling with a forged scorecard, showing she had scored 610 marks.

The officials made an internal probe to look into the matter, when they found out that the scorecard and the rank list produced by Deeksha was forged as she had replaced the photo and roll number of another candidate called N Hrithika, who had scored 610 marks.

However, Deeksha’s father did not accept their claim, leading to police suspecting the daughter to have done it without her father’s knowledge. Police said that the original candidate, Hrithika, had already appeared for counselling and opted for a medical seat.

Periamet police registered a case under Sections 419 (punishment for cheating) , 464 (making false document), 465, 468 (forgery), 471 (using genuine as forged) and 420 (cheating) of IPC against the candidate. A special team has gone to question the girl and his father.

Meanwhile, city police commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal said that an inquiry has been initiated on the alleged malpractice.

Phone seller delivers empty box, arrested

Phone seller delivers empty box, arrested

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Chennai: 08.12.2020

An 18-year-old student of an arts college was arrested for cheating a woman while selling a phone. The boy had handed over the woman an empty box and collected cash.

Police said Padmapriya, 45, a resident of Taylors Road, Kodambakkam, was browsing the internet for phones at a cheaper price.

Padmapriya came across an advertisement and contacted the seller. She gave her address and asked the person to deliver her the phone. The seller said he would collect the money after delivering the phone, said an investigating officer.

On Sunday morning, a youth came to her house, handed over a box and took ₹20,000. When Padmapriya opened the box, she found it empty. She raised alarm and her neighbours caught hold of the man. They bashed him up and handed him over to the police.

Police identified the man as Nithesh Kumar of Kottur. He was arrested and produced before a magistrate who sent him to judicial custody.