No SMS or OTP, yet over ₹1L vanishes from bank account

No SMS or OTP, yet over ₹1L vanishes from bank account

Vadodara:  21.11.2021

A principal of a fire academy living in Godhra lost Rs 1.2 lakh from his bank account last month to cyber fraudsters.

The victim, Rohit Patel, who has an account in a private bank’s branch in Udalpur village of Desar taluka, lodged a complaint of cheating under the Information Technology Act on Friday at Desar police station.

Patel said that when he opened the mini-statement of his bank account on October 11, he found that Rs 1.2 lakh had been withdrawn from his account. Patel checked his bank balance as he had to transfer money to someone. Between October 6 and 11, money was transferred from his bank account to different accounts in four different banks. TNN

‘Little girls don’t know what rape is, can’t resist’

CHILD PREDATOR

‘Little girls don’t know what rape is, can’t resist’

After Raping Seven-Year-Old, He Decided To Hunt For More

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Ahmedabad:09.11.2021

Vijay Thakor, the man arrested by Gandhinagar police for allegedly raping three minor girls and murdering one of them, told police that he stalked little girls as they did not know about rape and would not even be able to say what had happened to them.

He said he targeted small girls because they could not resist. He said he realized this after he raped the first girl, seven years old, who he overpowered easily and no one even found out about his crime.

“The accused targeted small girls as they could not resist and he felt they would also not be able to tell anyone,” an investigator said.

He said that Thakor has a six-yearold daughter and his wife is seven months pregnant. For the past 15 days he could not have sex with his wife and decided to hunt for small girls.

“When he raped the first girl ten days ago, she could not resist and nor did anyone find out about the incident, so he felt emboldened and decided to hunt for more,” said the cop.

On Diwali day, he lured away a five-year-old girl with the promise of new clothes, raped her and dumped her.

“He was further emboldened and thought he could keep hunting for such girls,” said a cop.

The police officer said there was garba organized in a village near his on the night of New Year’s, November 6.

“He saw some young girls doing garba and then went looking for his next target. He roamed about in a few villages but people were awake due to the festival. He only found a sleeping tribal family of about eight near Santej Crossroads. Thakor saw the three-year-old girl sleeping next to her five-year-old brother and picked her up,” said the police officer.

He took the girl to a secluded place but as she woke up, he pressed her mouth and nose for around a minute after which she stopped moving. “The girl may have died by itself. Thakor then raped her, or more likely her body,” said a police officer.

When he was caught, he told the cops that after raping the body, he duped her in the culvert where she was found on Sunday.

Nurse cheated of ₹79k on pretext of job at RGI Airport

Nurse cheated of ₹79k on pretext of job at RGI Airport

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Hyderabad:  08.11.2021

Fraudsters duped a nurse of over Rs 79,000 by offering her a job at the RGI Airport. The accused lured the victim with an employment offer on their fake website.

On Saturday, 30-year-old G Gautami, a nurse from Shyam Karan Road in Ameerpet, lodged a complaint with SR Nagar police alleging that she was duped by fraudsters with a fake offer of employment at RGI Airport as a nurse.

The complainant stated that on October 25, 2021, she received a phone call from an unknown person offering her a senior staff nurse job at the RGI Airport.

As per the instructions given by the caller, the victim applied for the job on a fake website. After the victim updated her details on the web link provided by the fraudster, she received another call from the accused asking her to pay Rs 5000 towards examination fee, Rs 5000 towards verification fee, Rs 10,000 for courier charges and Rs 10,000 as application processing fee.

As per the instructions of the fraudsters, the victim deposited Rs 79,596 in various bank accounts.

After receiving the money, the accused stopped further communicating with her. She then lodged a complaint with the police. A case was registered under Sections 419,420 of the IPC & 66(C), 66(D) of the IT Act-2008.

Online frauds continue unabated: 60-year-old duped of ₹99k for refund of ₹640 in app wallet

Online frauds continue unabated: 60-year-old duped of ₹99k for refund of ₹640 in app wallet

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Bhopal:28.10.2021

A 60-year-old man searching for a customer care number for an online payment on the internet, however, fell in the trap of online fraudsters. The accused allegedly siphoned Rs 99,000 from his bank account on the pretext of refunding just Rs 640 that were deducted from his online wallet. The accused sent the victim a link asking him to download a remote access over his smartphone, hacked his mobile phone and siphoned money from his bank account. The victim reported the matter to the cyber-crime branch where a zero FIR was registered and the case was transferred to Habibganj police.

Investigation officer SI Vivek Sharma said that complainant Sanjay Gadkari, a resident of Sarita Complex in Shivaji Nagar, wanted to get refund of Rs 640 in his online payment wallet. He received a call from an unidentified man who asked him to download an app on his phone and asked him for the OTP. As soon as Sanjay told him the OTP, Rs 98,897 were deducted from his bank account. Subsequently, he reported the matter to police.

In another online fraud case registered at Misrod police station on Tuesday, complainant Vanshika Jaiswal, 21, a resident of Jatkhedi, who wanted to sell her bicycle online, received a call from the accused who sent Re 1 online to her after taking her account details and then siphoned Rs 20,049 from her bank account.

Woman gang-raped by eight workers after couple attacked in AP’s Guntur

Woman gang-raped by eight workers after couple attacked in AP’s Guntur

Ujwal.Bommakanti@timesgroup.com

Vijayawada:10.09.2021

A couple was attacked and the woman gang-raped by eight people near Medikonduru bypass road in Guntur district late on Wednesday night.

According to Medikonduru police, the incident took place between 9.30pm and 12 midnight when eight people waylaid the couple returning home on their bike after attending a wedding in Guntur city.

The police said as the couple crossed Paladugu crossroads, eight people stopped them, threatened them with knives, and robbed gold ornaments and cash from them. They then assaulted the husband, restrained him, and took the woman to the nearby agricultural field and gang-raped her before fleeing from the scene at around 12 midnight. The couple then went to Sattenapalli police station to lodge a complaint. However, as the incident took place at Medikonduru police station limits, the case was transferred to the latter police station. Medikonduru police registered a case. The investigation was later transferred to Disha police.

The Disha police said that they have identified the accused as workers involved in the construction of a cold storage plant in the vicinity. Out of the eight accused, six are from Odisha while the rest are from Vizianagaram district.

The woman was sent to Guntur Government General Hospital (GGH) for treatment. The police said that they are yet to make the arrests and a team led by DSP Jessy Prashanthi visited the crime scene with a dog squad and collected evidence to trace the accused.

Man injects cyanide in wife’s drip, arrested

Man injects cyanide in wife’s drip, arrested

Bharuch:  09.08.2021

A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing his wife by injecting cyanide solution into her drip bottle while she was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ankleshwar town nearly a month ago, police said.

The crime, which was committed by the accused as a result of marital discord, came to light on the basis of a forensic report received by the police on Friday, nearly a month after victim Urmila Vasava (34) died while undergoing treatment for chest pain, an Ankleshwar city police station official said.

The FSL report established that Vasava died as cyanide was injected into her body, which the police said was procured by her husband Jignesh Patel from the factory in Ankleshwar, where he worked.

On the morning of July 8, the victim complained of chest pain and was taken to the private hospital. PTI

Pension wiped off: Senior citizen loses ₹1.67 lakh

Pension wiped off: Senior citizen loses ₹1.67 lakh

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Ahmedabad:  7.8.2021 

Ukabhai Solanki, a retired teacher, has lost Rs 1.67 lakh of his pension money, which has been sucked out by a criminal using a cloned ATM card. Solanki now has only Rs 471 in the account. His money was taken over a period of seven days from July 7 to 14.

Solanki, a resident of Bapunagar, maintains an account in the Saraspur branch of a nationalized bank. His pension was credited every month into this account. Solanki lodged a complaint of cheating with Bapunagar police on Thursday. “According to the FIR, Solanki went to the bank to check the account balance. He was planning a few expenses. When he saw multiple entries of withdrawal on his passbook, he was shocked. He had not used the ATM card for the transactions and claims that the card was with him at the time of the offence,” an investigator said.

The accused withdrew up to Rs 15,000 at a go and used the card almost daily for a week. “Probe is on to ascertain the identity of the person or persons who had visited the ATM for the withdrawals,” said the investigator. “The banks concerned have also been approached to get more details.”

Times View

Over the past two years, there has been a steep rise in senior citizens becoming easy targets of cybercrooks. These criminals approach the elderly while pretending to offer tech support, or governmental assistance and services or even bait them with online friendship requests which turn in to blackmail. The cybercrime department, like in Delhi, Bangalore, and Hyderabad, should initiate targeted campaigns to raise awareness among senior citizens and arm them with simple strategies to avoid falling into such traps and losing their hard-earned money.

TN woman kills potential rapist, let off under Section 100 of IPC

TN woman kills potential rapist, let off under Section 100 of IPC

A 23-year-old woman who allegedly killed a man to protect herself from an attempted rape was let go by the police on grounds that she had acted only in self-defence.

Published: 16th July 2021 05:01 AM 

By Sahaya Novinston Lobo

Express News Service

CHENNAI: A 23-year-old woman who allegedly killed a man to protect herself from an attempted rape was let go by the police on grounds that she had acted only in self-defence. The police said the woman, a mother of two, was struggling to free herself from the clutches of the deceased when she pushed him.

The man, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, is believed to have hit his head against a rock and died on the spot. After preliminary inquiries pointed that the woman had only acted in her self-defence, Tiruvallur police invoked section 100 of the IPC (right of private defence) and released her on station bail.

According to the police, the locals reported a man found dead in a fish farm near Minjur on Wednesday afternoon. His body was retrieved and sent to the Tiruvallur Government Hospital for post-mortem. A case of suspicious death under Section 174 of CrPC was registered. From his appearances, police suggested that he could be a migrant worker. On investigation, it was found that the man had been stalking one Lakshmi (name changed).

Woman kills rapist in self-defence

The woman lived with her husband and two children in a small room-like structure in the property and the family was employed at the fish farm. A senior police officer said,

“On Wednesday, the man sneaked into the farm, allegedly gagged the woman and dragged her to a secluded place in the farm where he tried to force himself on her.” As the man held her from behind, Lakshmi pushed him, following which he slipped, and hit a rock on the ground. The ground was slippery from rain the previous night.

When the man fainted, Lakshmi dragged the body and dumped it on the roadside, after which she returned to the farm and informed her husband. He and other workers rushed to see the man only to find villagers standing around the man lying unconscious.

On information, the Minjur police rushed to the spot, and alerted the ambulance. He was confirmed dead due to concussion by the para-medic staff. Inspector Vadivel Murugan said, “We inquired about the suspect in the neighbourhood and they had spotted him for a couple of days in the area. But the residents confirmed that he was not employed in any company there.”

Earlier in January this year, police had invoked the same section to allow a 19-year-old woman to walk free after she killed a man who attempted to rape her.

How Blood On Fridge Led Cops To Killers

How Blood On Fridge Led Cops To Killers

72-YR-OLD’S MURDER: Couple Thoroughly Cleaned House Several Times To Wipe Away Signs Of Crime

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New Delhi: 15.07.2021 

The young couple that was arrested by Dwarka district cops for the gruesome murder of a 72-year-old woman had almost got away with it.

After strangling the woman and hacking her body into three parts, the suspects, Tanu and Anil Arya, thoroughly cleaned the entire house multiple times to wipe away any signs of the crime. However, a few drops of the victim’s blood had splashed onto the fridge, which the couple failed to notice and eventually led police to them.

The investigation, which TOI had reported on Wednesday, revealed that the elderly woman, Kavita, was murdered on June 30 and the couple disposed of the body parts on July 1 in Najafgarh drain.

Confident that they had not left any trails, the couple stayed put in their house till July 3 to thwart any suspicion on them. When Kavita’s son and daughter-in-law returned from their hometown, they lodged a missing complaint on not finding her at home. This was when the accused couple left for their hometown.

Initially, it was believed that Kavita may have gone somewhere, but after minutely checking the house police discovered the blood drops on the fridge. Though they became suspicious of a mishap, they could only file an FIR of abduction on July 6-7 in the absence of a body.

Soon, police stumbled upon two leads. CCTV footage from an adjacent house showed the couple entering the house and exiting with trolley bags. When cops looked around for the couple, they found their house locked. They then became the prime suspects. Technical surveillance and inquiries ended in the couple being caught from their hometown.

Police said they had recovered a part of the body and suspect that the rest either got dispersed with the flow of the water or may have been eaten by animals.

On Wednesday, Tanu blamed her event manager husband for the crime and claimed innocence while talking to reporters. “I haven’t killed anyone. After killing Kavita, my husband tried to kill me and my daughter too. He has assaulted me several times. I kept quiet fearing for mine and my daughter’s life,” she claimed.

However, police said they had ample evidence of her involvement in the murder. Cops said the couple owed Kavita Rs 1 lakh and were unable to return it due to financial crisis. Therefore, they planned to kill her. When her son and his wife were away, they went to her house on the pretext of returning the money and strangled her to death. They then hacked the body into pieces, packed it in bags and dumped them in Najafgarh drain.

Gold recovered from burglar’s stomach

Gold recovered from burglar’s stomach

Mangaluru:31.05.2021 

Dakshina Kannada district police have arrested two burglars and seized 182 grams of gold, including 35 grams of jewellery which was swallowed by one of them.

Tangacha, 50, resident of Kannur district in, Kerala and Shibu, from Thrissur had broken into Mohan Jewellery, in Sullia, on April 1 and decamped with 180 grams of gold valued at Rs 7.5 lakh and Rs 50,000.

The duo was arrested on Saturday and gold worth Rs 6.6 lakh was seized. Tangacha was sent to judicial custody. Hours after the arrest, Shibu complained of abdominal pain. A radiography report revealed jewellery in his intestine. On Sunday morning, 35 grams of gold was recovered from him. Shibu told police that he swallowed the jewellery with ice cream. TNN

Man held for cheating over 200 traders with fake payment app

Man held for cheating over 200 traders with fake payment app

He used Paytm clone to dupe people into thinking money was transferred

30/05/2021

Staff Reporter NEW DELHI

A 21-year- old man has been arrested for allegedly cheating over 200 shopkeepers using a PayTM clone, making the victims believe he paid them, the police said on Saturday.

DCP (South-West) Ingit Pratap Singh said the accused has been identified as Kunal Sharma alias Sonu from Uttam Nagar.

The case came to the fore when a general store owner in Palam Village, Ramesh Kumar, complained to the police that on May 20, a man came to his shop to buy refined oil for ₹2,560.

During payment, the man allegedly told the victim that he is not carrying cash and asked if he accepted payment via Paytm.

Next, Mr. Kumar gave him his Paytm QR code for scanning. The accused told Mr. Kumar that his mobile phone camera was broken, and he would pay him using the victim’s number on Paytm.

“Then the accused took the shopkeeper’s mobile number and entered it in the spoof app. Next, a notification similar to that of Paytm flashed on the accused’ mobile screen which he showed to Mr. Kumar,” the officer said, adding that the complainant got an impression that the payment was done. The accused also forwarded a pre-drafted message regarding his payment to the complainant.

A probe was taken up and Sharma was arrested. During interrogation, he allegedly told the police that he has cheated more than 200 shopkeepers this way.

Sharma is a Class X graduate and currently unemployed. “As he is well versed with online payment apps, he hatched this conspiracy to cheat shopkeepers,” Mr. Singh said.

How tech foiled MBBS’ cheating bid

How tech foiled MBBS’ cheating bid

TNN | Mar 13, 2021, 04.58 AM IST

NEW DELHI: After failing to clear the examination to enrol as a doctor in India six times in a row, 35-year-old Manohar Singh decided to use a proxy candidate to pass the test. He almost got away with it, but got caught when the face detection system flagged the difference in the photograph of the exam writer and Singh.

DCP (Southeast) RP Meena said the accused has been arrested and his degree seized. The paper writer has been identified, but is absconding. A manhunt is on to arrest him.

Singh had completed MBBS from Tajik State Medical University in Tajikistan. A probe revealed that he had hired a doctor for Rs 4 lakh to appear on his behalf for the exam.

While the doctor successfully wrote the paper, Singh’s result was frozen due to mismatch of his face ID captured on the examination day with the photo in the application form. He was later called in for verification in person and the mismatch persisted. The board then asked him questions from the exam paper, which he failed to answer.

National Board of Examinations (NBE), an autonomous body under Union ministry of health, was formed to standardise postgraduate medical education and examination in India. The board conducts Foreign Medical Examination (FME), which is a licentiate examination for Indian or overseas citizens who have completed primary medical qualification from other countries. Foreign medical graduates need to qualify FMGE to get registered with Indian Medical Council.

On March 11, two officials from the board approached police with a complaint regarding Singh’s alleged impersonation. “The FMGE screening test was conducted on December 4, 2020. Singh’s centre was at Mathura Road. After the mismatch was detected, he was called for verification of the face ID on February 3, but he did not come. On March 10, he finally visited and the board caught him,” stated their police complaint.

The accused was arrested and his admit card, MBBS degree and application form were seized. During interrogation, he confessed to hiring a doctor to take the exam in his place for a fee. A chargesheet will soon be filed against Singh, said an officer.

Gujarat: MBBS student makes fake profile, arrested

Gujarat: MBBS student makes fake profile, arrested

TNN | Mar 26, 2021, 04.03 AM IST

AHMEDABAD: A medical student who was pretending to be a female MBBS student on dating sites and other social networks was arrested by cybercrime cops. The accused was identified as Kush alias Chotu Patel, 20, a MBBS student and a resident of Modasa.

Kush was arrested following a complaint lodged by a Chandkheda MBBS student whose fake profile was created by Kush. The police said that Kush has created a fake profile of the girl as she was ignoring him and was not responding to his messages.

According to the officials the complainant claimed that on a dating application a profile was created with IDs of Naiya, Cutie, Sweet Girl and the accused had uploaded her profile picture there. He even gave the mobile number of the girl and her Instagram ID to others with whom he chatted posing as the complainant.

The complainant claimed that she recently got messages from an unidentified person who informed her that he had got her number from a dating profile. The girl also started receiving messages from unidentified persons who informed her that they had got the number from dating sites. The girl later approached police.

The accused Kush stated that he knew the girl as they were from the same community. He even included the girl in the MBBS students group of which he was the admin.

When the girl ignored his overtures, Kush took to cybercrime to get back at her.

After the girl had lodged the complaint, cops obtained the IP address of the device from which the fake IDs had been created and zeroed in on Kush in Modasa.

MBA student finds her morphed pics online, registers complaint

MBA student finds her morphed pics online, registers complaint

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Bhopal:16.03.2021 

A 28-year-old MBA student was shocked to see her morphed pictures uploaded on social media through an unknown girl’s account. The photos were accompanied by an obscene caption. The woman reported the matter to Hanumanganj police on Sunday, following which a Zero FIR was filed and the case diary was sent to Bajaria police station for further action. Bajaria police registered a case on charges of forgery under relevant sections of IPC and IT Act against the unidentified girl and started investigations.

The complainant came to know about her morphed photos when her friends and relatives saw her photographs being circulated over social media and informed her.

Investigating officer, SI Ankit Baghel said that the victim stated in her complaint that an unidentified accused, who went by the name of Riya Kushwah, had posted her morphed photographs with an obscene caption on social media on March 10. When her friends and relatives saw the photographs, they informed her. She was shocked to find her photos.

SI Baghel said that the victim stated in her complaint that the obscene photographs were posted online to defame her. Subsequently, she approached Hanumanganj police and filed a complaint. Police have transferred the case to Bajaria police.

SI Baghel said that police were trying to ascertain the real identity of the accused.

Elderly couple get 10 years’ RI for sexual assault of 4-year-old

Elderly couple get 10 years’ RI for sexual assault of 4-year-old

Rebecca.Samervel@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:11.03.2021 

In a rare instance, a now 81-year-old woman and her 87-year-old husband were found guilty of the 2013 sexually assault of their 4-year-old neighbour and sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment. This is probably thefirst case in the city where a woman has been found guilty for such a crime under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. The special Pocso court relied on testimonies of the child and her mother, and medical evidence.

Special judge Rekha N Pandhare ordered the accused to pay Rs50,000 each to the child as compensation within a month. The court observed that the victim being a child and the accused being of the age of her grandparents, were supposed to take care of her. Instead, they sexually assaulted her, the court ruled.

In the trial by special public prosecutors Veena Shelar and Geeta Nayyar, seven witnesses deposed. The child was eight at the time of deposition.

In a statement to police, the child said she returned from school at 10am on September 4, 2013. She had something to eat, watched cartoons on TV and at noon went to the fourth floor of her building to play with a friend. The child said that as her friend was sleeping, she decided to return home. She said at that time, the accused, whom she referred to as ‘dada’ and ‘daadi’ (grandfather and grandmother), called out to her.

The child said when she went to the man, he carried her and took her into the house. He made her sit on the swing but he slapped her when she tried to leave. The child alleged that while the woman held her, the man undressed her and sexually assaulted her. The woman repeated the act. She said once again, when she tried to run, the man spat on her face. The child said she got afraid and after the accused let her go, she dressed up and ran home.

The child’s mother had told police that after she returned from work and finished household chores, at10pm she tried to put the child to bed. The mother said the child said she wanted to tell her something and pleaded with her not to scold her. After the mother assured the child, she confided in her about the incident. The mother said she checked the child’s private parts and found inflammation. The mother informed the father and complained to police. The accused was arrested the next day.

Father of two sets 16-year-old girl on fire for rejecting his advances

Raipur:

A married man with two children, who was stalking a minor girl for months, allegedly set her on fire in the early hours of Thursday after she spurned his advances.

He also got burnt when she fought back, engulfed in flames. He managed to flee the spot, but was arrested within hours. Now, both of them are in hospital with severe burns.

The incident took place in a residential locality on the outskirts of Raipur. The accused, Karan Porte, broke into the house of a 16-year-old girl, and poured kerosene on her while she slept, say police. Despite being ablaze, the teenager grappled with him, burning him in the process. Injured, Porte ran out of the house before the girl’s family members could understand what was going on. They doused the fire but by then she had suffered 50% burns. She was taken to hospital where she is in a critical condition.

Police traced Porte through his mobile phone location and arrested him. He has suffered 25% burns and was admitted to hospital, say sources. The girl’s parents said they had repeatedly warned him not to harass her but he persisted, say police. Preliminary probe indicates he tried one last time to force her into ‘marriage’ on Wednesday evening, and decided to kill her when she refused, say police. TNN

Three held for grabbing land worth Rs 1 crore

Three held for grabbing land worth Rs 1 crore

Three men, who allegedly grabbed 2,400 sq feet of land valuing upto Rs 1 crore from its owner without his knowledge using forged documents were arrested in Thiruninravur.

Published: 10th March 2021 04:07 AM 

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Three men, who allegedly grabbed 2,400 sq feet of land valuing upto Rs 1 crore from its owner without his knowledge using forged documents were arrested in Thiruninravur. Police said that the land belongs to K Natesan from Thiruninravur, who is settled in Bengaluru.

“In 2020, he came to know from a neighbour in the area that his land was being encroached. Natesan rushed to Chennai and on inquiring, the encumbrance certificate revealed that the land had been transferred to one Yesudas as if Natesan’s father registered it as a settlement,” said a police officer. Shocked by this, Natesan approached the Central Crime Branch (CCB).

Professor gets death sentence for killing wife

Professor gets death sentence for killing wife

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Chennai:05.03.2021 

A 49-year-old professor, who killed his wife in 2012, was on Wednesday sentenced to death by a trial court in Chennai.

The man, V Kannan, was the head of the MBA department at a private college in Kavaraipettai and was married to Mohanambal of Mettur. The couple lived in an apartment in Anna Nagar. The two had a troubled marriage as the woman was unhappy with the low income of her husband.

According to public prosecutor V Muralikrishnan, Mohanambal was from a wealthy family and often the couple fought over the disparity in wealth between the two families.

On December 16, 2012, the two went shopping in T Nagar but returned home after a quarrel. The next day, during an argument, Kannan picked up a grinding stone and bludgeoned Mohanambal’s head. After she swooned, he slit her throat.

The Thirumangalam police, who were investigating the case, said Kannan had confessed to the murder and said that his wife’s behaviour had provoked him to murder her. The defence counsel denied the allegations against the accused at the fourth additional sessions court.

However, judge A R V Ravi observed that the prosecution had proved the case beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced Kannan to death for the gruesome murder.

Thirsty girl enters house, is ‘raped’, killed and buried

Thirsty girl enters house, is ‘raped’, killed and buried

04.03.2021 

After working on a farm in UP’s Bulandshahr last Thursday with her mother and elder sister all day, the14-year-old girl was exhausted. She wanted water. The girl had a mild speech impairment, stammering while she spoke, but she knew a family that lived nearby.

After she entered the house, the girl was allegedly raped and strangled by Harendra (22), a labourer, when she tried to resist, and dumped in a pit. Five days later when police went to question him, they found the house locked. A cop scaled the wall and landed on loose, soft mud. When they dug a little deep, they found the girl’s body — naked, strangled and brutalised, reports Sandeep Rai.

Harendra was arrested from Shimla, where he had fled, on Wednesday.

Accused held from Shimla, admits to crime

Last Thursday, when the girl didn’t return home in two hours, her mother and sister went looking for her. Harendra was found lying inebriated on a cot. No one else was home. They couldn’t find out much. They again went to Harendra’s house on Sunday. It was locked.

Her father, a marginal farmer, then approached the Anupshahr police station to register a missing person case. On Tuesday, police took him along to question Harendra. “He worked as a labourer in Delhi and had come for a few days,” Anupshahr SHO Ram Sen Singh said. No one answered the door. One cop scaled the wall to enter the premises. By this time, Harendra had fled. “We detained his father and put Harendra’s number under surveillance,” he said. “It turned out he was in Shimla.” A police team was sent from UP to arrest him. Police said he was arrested on Wednesday, adding that he has confessed to the murder.

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Assured double cash? You may get just one coconut! Tantric Cheats Man With Lure Of Doubling His Money

₹5.5 LAKH LOST

Assured double cash? You may get just one coconut!

Tantric Cheats Man With Lure Of Doubling His Money

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Vadodara:25.02.2021 

A man's greed to double his money through tantric rituals left him only with a coconut in the end and losing Rs 5.5 lakh cash!

The victim, Jaideepsinh Parmar, who lives in Bavla, lodged a complaint at Bodeli police station as the unidentified tantric and his two accomplices, Shankar and Abdul, fled with Rs 5.5 lakh which Parmar and his cousin Dhanrajsinh had given.

Dhanrajsinh had learnt from his two friends, Sahil and Manish, that a tantric who has an ashram in Chhota Udepur doubles money by performing some rituals. The four went to the ashram on February 17 along with Abdul and Shankar and initially gave Rs 2.5 lakh cash. The tantric kept the cash in a steel case and after the rituals gave the case to Parmar with instructions to not open it until told. After the rituals got over late in the night on February 17, the tantric asked them to return home.

On February 20, the tantric called Dhanrajsinh to inform that the money will be doubled only after 11 days, but if he wanted immediate results, then he should give Rs 3 lakh cash more. When Dhanrajsinh informed Parmar about it they went to a temple in Bodeli on February 22 where they gave the cash for rituals. The tantric abruptly stopped the rituals when a PCR van stopped outside the temple and he and Abdul fled with the cash.

Parmar said that he initially did not realize what had transpired, but when he opened the steel case which the tantric had given, he could not find the cash but only a coconut in it. Parmar realized that the tantric had conned him. On Tuesday he lodged a complaint of cheating against the tantric, Shankar and Abdul.

“The PCR van was coincidentally passing by the temple but the tantric got scared and fled. We are questioning the complainant’s friends about the tantric’s two accomplices,” said subinspector A S Sarvaiya of Bodeli police station.

Gang murders Muthupettai Panchayat Union ward member

Gang murders Muthupettai Panchayat Union ward member

According to sources, Rajesh of Manalmedu was elected as an independent from Ward 11 in the elections held in 2020.

Published: 23rd February 2021 03:19 AM 

By Express News Service

TIRUVARUR: A gang on Monday murdered Muthupettai Panchayat Union ward member R Rajesh (38) and reportedly severed his head, creating panic in the town. The murder is said to be a follow-up of another murder which took place in 2015 in which Rajesh was an accused.

According to sources, Rajesh of Manalmedu was elected as an independent from Ward 11 in the elections held in 2020. He later joined the AIADMK.On Monday, a gang which came by a car hit Rajesh while he was riding a two-wheeler from Kovilur to Alangadu through East Coast Road. Rajesh, who fell off the bike, got up and broke into a run. The gang gave him a chase and hacked him to death. The members then severed his head, wrapped it up in a lungi and left on a two-wheeler. However, when the bike rode over a speed-breaker in Azad Nagar, the head reportedly fell on the road.

People who were around panicked and ran helter-skelter, even as the gang sped away. Police retrieved the head, the body and also a revolver from the site. Preliminary inquiry revealed that Rajesh reportedly tore a banner of a particular community association in 2014. Following this, members from the association reportedly attacked his supporters. In a bid to avenge his death, Rajesh’s gang murdered Madan in 2015.