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Cops thrash auto driver after accident, suspended
Three cops were suspended for allegedly thrashing two men after their auto bumped into a police vehicle in Mukherjee Nagar area of New Delhi on Sunday.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest Delhi) Vijyanta Arya suspended Assistant Sub-inspector Sanjay Malik and Devendra and constable Pushpendra in connection with the case.It is alleged that the policemen dragged the driver and his son, belonging to the Sikh community, out of their auto and thrashed them for "no reason".However, the police have blamed the auto driver for the incident saying that he attacked a police officer with a sword and injured another with the vehicle."The alleged incident was followed by an accident caused by a Gramin Sewa tempo to a police vehicle. Thereafter, a police officer was also assaulted on the head by the tempo driver with a sword," a police communique said.It said, "Further, the tempo was driven dangerously and caused injuries to a policeman in the leg."The police said that matter was being ...
Four members of Indian-origin family shot dead in US
Four members of a family with Indian origin, including two teenagers, were shot dead inside their home in West Des Moines, United States.The incident took place on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Chandrasekhar Sunkara, 44; Lavanya Sunkara, 41; and two boys, ages 15 and 10, reported CNN.The police have found multiple gunshots on the victim bodies.The matter came into light after the guests who were staying in the victims' residence saw the bodies and informed the local authorities."We are continuing to work through this investigation. We will follow through until we have answered as many questions as the evidence allows," said Sergeant Dan Wade with the West Des Moines Police Department.A motive behind the killings remains unclear. No suspect has been identified.
Body of minor girl missing for two days found
A minor girl who had gone missing two days ago was found dead near her house on Sunday, police said.
Body of missing minor girl found in Narela
The body of a minor girl, who had gone missing two days ago, was found near her house in Outer-North Delhi's Narela on Sunday, police said. The girl had gone missing on Friday, they said. A search was initiated but the girl could not be traced till Saturday. She was found dead in the area behind her house on Sunday evening, a senior police officer said. The body was sent for post-mortem, police said, adding that it did not carry any external injury marks. Police have ruled out the possibility of sexual assault but said that the medical examination report is being awaited to confirm anything in this regard.
Suspected thief beaten to death by shop-owner
A man was beaten to death here for allegedly stealing a mobile and another electronic item from a shop here last month, police said on Sunday. The shop-owner has been arrested.
Delhi: Dead body of 8-yr-old missing girl found in Narela
Dead body of an eight-year-old girl was found in Narela here on Sunday, said police. The girl was missing for the last two days."The family members of the girl had complained to police on Saturday. The dead body was found at the backside of their home," said police.The cause of death will be ascertained after the post mortem, said police.
Delhi Police finds girlfriend guilty of throwing chemical on victim in Vikaspuri
The Delhi Police have solved the chemical attack case and found that the victim's girlfriend was the one who threw chemical on his face on June 11 in Vikaspuri area of the national capital."Police received the information from DDU Hospital in Police Station in Vikas Puri, that a 24-year-old man has been admitted with burns on his right side face, neck and chest. The police immediately rushed to the hospital. He was shifted to RML Hospital for further medical treatment," the police said.The police said, "The victim informed the police that the attack took place in Vikaspuri when he was coming back from Alipur on a scooty. Someone hurled some hot substance on his face, causing burn injuries. He suspected the role of old friends of his girlfriend.""The victim's girlfriend also sustained injuries in the attack. Initially, it was not clear what has been thrown on the victims. On the statement of the victim, a case was registered and an investigation was taken up," the police added.The ...
Hyderabad: Cong leader Hanumanth Rao meets families of Hajipur serial rape victims
Senior Congress leader V Hanumanth Rao on Sunday extended help to families of the serial rape victims of Hajipur village in Yadadri district.On the occasion of his birthday and Father's Day, he extended economic support to the families of three minor girls who were kidnapped, raped and murdered in Hajipur.The three minor girls from Hajipur were found raped and their bodies were found from wells.However, the Rachakonda Police has already arrested the accused named Srinivas Reddy.Speaking to ANI, Rao said, "In 2015, a school girl went missing, the family members along with the villagers filed a report, and started a search operation, following which the girl was found dead in a well. Later, the same thing happened with the other two girls."Attacking Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, he said, "I request Chief Minister KCR, to visit the village, look into their problems and support the families of the victims. Right now the villagers are afraid to send their girl children to ..
2 held for forging govt documents
Two persons were arrested here on Sunday for allegedly preparing fake government documents of various officers and issuing to the people, officials said. A police team intercepted a vehicle with bovines at the Sidhra bridge. They arrested Zahoor Ahmed and registered a case for bovine smuggling, the police said. The accused produced a permission issued by the Jammu deputy commissioner regarding transportation of bovines. The permission was scrutinised and it turned out to be fake, the police said. Based on Ahmed's disclosures, a person named Bipin Singh was immediately apprehended. Singh revealed that he used to make fake registration certificates, driving licenses, insurance certificates, route permits from a person named Vikram Seth, the police said. Seth was also arrested and he confessed to making various type of fake government documents of officers, the police said More arrests cannot be ruled out, the police added.
Girl throws acid on boyfriend for ending relationship
In an unprecedented case, a girl attacked her boyfriend with acid after he ended their relationship, in the belief that he would be forced to marry her if he was defaced.
Three held for robbing man in Delhi
Three alleged members of the Gala Ghotu Gang were arrested on charges of robbery in the national capital, police said Sunday. The accused have been identified as Vakeel (32), a resident of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, Parvesh (26), a resident of Sonia Vihar here and Mithlesh (22), a native of Bihar, they said. A policeman on patrolling duty near Lady Harding Medical College here on Saturday around 9.30 pm found a man shouting for help, they said. "The man approached the officer and told him he was going to visit his ailing relative at Kalawati Hospital. When he reached Panchkuia Road, two persons got down from an auto rickshaw and robbed him of his mobile after choking him. The attackers fled towards Nehru Chowk," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Madhur Verma. The officer took the complainant in another auto-rickshaw and intercepted the accused persons at Nehru chowk, he said. Vakeel, the driver of the auto-rickshaw, was apprehended whereas the other two managed to escape ...
Woman held in Delhi for hurling 'chemical substance' on boyfriend
A 19-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly hurling a "chemical substance' on her boyfriend in Vikaspuri area of West Delhi after he wanted to get out of their three-year-old relationship, police said Sunday. Police said they were informed by the DDU hospital on Tuesday that the woman and her boyfriend were attacked by some unidentified persons with some "chemical substance". The alleged attack occurred when the man was on a scooter with his girlfriend riding pillion. The man had burns on the right side of his face, neck and chest, while the woman had sustained minor burn injuries, police said. Investigation revealed while riding the scooter, the woman had asked her boyfriend to remove the helmet as it was disturbing her, a police official said, adding when he removed his helmet, someone hurled a chemical substance on his face. "The woman was questioned at length and she confessed about her involvement in the case," Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Monika Bhardwaj ...
Man kills wife on suspicion of her character, held
A25-year-oldman has been arrested from Bhiwnadi in Maharashtra for allegedly killing his 22-year-old wife on suspicion of her fidelity Sunday, police said. According to police, the accused Sabealam Abdul Gafar Ansari stabbed Nazia during a heated exchange at their house earlier in the day. The accused also attacked the mother of the deceased when she went to check on her, police said, adding that Nazia was taken to hospital where she was declared brought dead. Nazia sustained at least six grievous injuries in the attack, a police official said. Meanwhile, neighbours of Ansari overpowered him and handed him over to police, he said, adding that a case of murder has been registered.
Man held for Fb post on Tripura CM remanded in police custody for 2 days
A man who had been arrested for allegedly posting "fake news" on Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's personal life was Sunday remanded in police custody for two days on charges of forging documents. Anupam Paul, who had been on the run since April 26, was arrested by the crime branch of Tripura Police from New Delhi on Wednesday. The police had registered an FIR against Paul for forgery, cheating and conspiracy after the April 25 Facebook post went viral on social media. He was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Sharmistha Mukherjee on Sunday who remanded him in police custody for two days. Paul will again be produced before the court on Tuesday, Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Sadar, Dhruba Nath told reporters here. The chief minister has described the post as a "deep rooted conspiracy" to tarnish his image. "It is a baseless and motivated post which is in bad taste," Deb has said. The state BJP has demanded strict action against the guilty. A ...
Statement of slain woman constable's mother recorded
Police Sunday recorded the statement of the mother of a woman police constable who was hacked and burnt to death allegedly by a policeman in broad day light here. She later claimed the assailant, undergoing treatment for burns suffered in the attack Saturday, had been insisting her daughter to marry him though she was already married and had three children. Police, however, said the motive behind the brutal killing could be ascertained only after detailed interrogation of the accused and others. The investigating officer in the case said the statement of the mother of the victim was recorded Sunday. However, police were yet to take the statement of the accused policeman as he has suffered 40 per cent burns and was undergoing treatment at government medical college hospital at Alappuzha, the officer told PTI. The officer also said the post-mortem report confirmed knife wound and burns to be the cause of death. In the shocking incident, the 34-year-old Soumya Pushpakaran, .
Debt-ridden Guj businessman held for printing fake notes
A Rajkot resident was Saturday arrested in a raid by personnel of the Gujarat police's Special Operations Group at his house for allegedly printing currency notes, an official said. Sixty fake currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000 denominations, having a face value of Rs 75,000, were seized in the raid near the Laxman Jhoola Park area in Rajkot, he said. "Akbari is the co-owner of a factory in Jetpur which closed down recently and he was facing financial troubles. He was using a printer to create fake currency notes to pay off debts," said the official. He has been arrested under section 489 (counterfeiting currency notes) of the Indian Penal Code.
1 killed in post-poll clash in West Bengal
One person was killed, while some others were attacked with rods and bamboos in continuing post-poll clashes in West Bengal, in two districts, police said. Eight persons have been arrested in connection with the incidents that took place on Saturday, they said. A TMC member of a block panchayat samiti of Khanakul in Hooghly district, Manoranjan Patra, was attacked when he was sitting outside the party office, resulting in his death, police said. Three BJP supporters have been held for their alleged involvement in the crime, Superintendent of Police, Hooghly (Rural), Sukhendu Hira told newsmen. The victim's brother, Sandip Patra said, "Attempts had also been made earlier to eliminate my brother and the police had been apprised of it." Abhishek Banerjee, TMC MP and leader of the party's youth wing, visited the house of the deceased on Sunday and expressed condolence to the bereaved family members. Banerjee claimed that BJP supporters, who were earlier with the CPI(M), had .
Man beaten to death in Delhi's Prem Nagar
A 23-year-old man was beaten to death in Rohini's Prem Nagar area, police said Sunday. Police around 7 pm on Saturday received information that a thief has been caught at the Main Mubarak Pur Road in Prem Nagar and a team was sent to the spot, a senior police officer said. It was found that a man was lying unconscious on the ground and there were injury marks on his body, police said, adding that he was taken to the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital where he was declared brought dead. The person, Amit, who had made the call to inform the police, alleged that last month, a mobile and a DVR of a CCTV camera were stolen from his shop, they said. He said he had the CCTV footage on his mobilephone and the thief can be seen in it, police said, adding that Amit was also taken to the hospital. On Saturday, the suspected thief along with one more person had come again to the shop and were peeping into it, they said. Amit recognised him and he, along with his neighbours, caught both of them and beat them
Two armed robbers arrested in separate incidents
The Delhi police have arrested two armed robbers in two separate operations and recovered two country-made pistols, one each from the possession of the two accused, the police said on Sunday.
8 of family on way to Agra killed in road accident on Yamuna Expressway
Eight members of a family were killed on their way from Greater Noida to Agra after their car rammed into a truck on Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Sunday, police said. The incident happened around 9 am in the Baldeo police station area, about 30 km from Mathura city. They were going to Agra when their car rammed into a truck moving ahead of it, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Aditya Kumar Shukla said. Five persons of the family, who were from Jewar in Gautam Budh Nagar district, died at the spot, while three others succumbed to injuries at a hospital, the officer said. Police said the car was completely mangled and they had to use gas cutters to bring out the bodies . The deceased have been identified as Neeraj (30), Anita (30), Vishnu (23), Taruna (21), Santoshi (19), Shalu (20), Anjali (11) Gabbar (24), the SP said. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem. The truck driver fled with his vehicle from the spot after the incident, the officer said.