QCrime: Two Convicted for Actor’s Murder; Man Rapes Stepdaughter
Here’s a roundup of the top crime stories.
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1. Two Attempt to Rape Sister-In-Law, Booked
Two men have been booked for allegedly trying to rape a relative and sexually assaulting her.
The complainant, a 35-year-old resident of Samaspur village in Uttar Pradesh, told police she was doing some work on a vacant plot near their house around 9 am on Tuesday, 8 May, when her two brothers-in-law accosted her.
“They took advantage of me being alone and grabbed me from behind. They pushed me to the ground and sat on my chest, and assaulted me brutally. I was bitten on my nose, lips and nipples as they attempted to overpower me and rape me. Some people heard my screams for help and came to the rescue. When the accused saw people gathering, they fled,” she said in her complaint.
The woman then approached cops and filed a complaint.
(Source: The Times of India)
2. Kochi Woman Stabbed to Death Publicly by Husband
A 32-year-old man stabbed his wife to death at a busy junction in Kochi on Wednesday, 9 May.
The deceased was identified as Sumayya, 27, a native of Vattapalli in Alappuzha, who worked as warden at a ladies’ hospital near Palarivattom. The police have taken Sajeer, a native of Punnapra in Alappuzha, into custody in connection with the incident.
The incident took place around 5 pm on Wednesday when the husband and wife picked up an argument near the SNDP auditorium at Chathangad near Palarivattom. The couple, who have two kids aged seven and four years, had been living separately for the past several months.
Eyewitness accounts suggested that Sajeer had been in conversation with Sumayya for a long time prior to the incident. “People who rushed to the spot hearing a scream saw Sumayya lying in a pool of blood. Her husband had already fled the scene. The woman was rushed to a private hospital,” they said.
(Source: The Hindu)
3. Neighbour Gets Life Sentence for Murder of Woman, Grandchild
A sessions court Tuesday, 8 May, sentenced a 29-year-old man to life imprisonment for the murder of a 50-year-old woman and her three-and-half-year-old granddaughter in Sion, Mumbai, in 2011. The accused, Vishal Srivastava, a neighbour of the victims, was convicted by the court on 12 April for murder, house-trespass and robbery, among other charges.
The prosecutor, Mangesh Arote, had submitted before the court that due to the brutality shown by the accused, he should be sentenced to death.
Srivastava’s lawyers had sought leniency, stating that the case was based on circumstantial evidence and did not fall into the rarest of rare category. Additional sessions judge Salman Azmi sentenced Srivastava to life imprisonment.
(Source: The Indian Express)
4. Stunt Biker-Turned-Chain Snatcher from Delhi Held
Karan Shivpuri, 25, is a stunt biker and once participated in MTV’s ‘Stuntmania’ show. He, however, could not pursue his passion professionally and ended up becoming a chain snatcher in Delhi.
Dehradun police arrested the man in connection with a chain snatching incident in the state capital, an official said on Wednesday, 9 May.
According to police, Shivpuri is the most wanted criminal of Delhi’s Dwarka police station area. Eight cases are lodged against him different police stations of Dehradun and 27 in Delhi.
“We formed a special operation group after the repeated chain snatching incidents in the city. Several CCTV footages were reviewed and suspected were interrogated,” Nivedita Kukreti, senior superintendent of police (SSP), said.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
5. Girl Raped by Stepfather, Sold to Other Men
A teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad district has accused her stepfather of raping and selling her to nine other men over the past two years. The survivor met Farrukhabad district magistrate (DM), Monica Rani, on Wednesday, 9 May, after failing to lodge an FIR at the local police station.
Her stepfather, who is currently absconding, has been booked on charges of rape. The girl has a two-year-old child.
According to police, the survivor, whose age is yet to be confirmed, is a resident of Gwaltoli colony under Fatehgarh police jurisdiction. “We contacted the Farrukhabad Superintendent of Police (SP), Mrigendra Singh, and an FIR against the accused stepfather was lodged. We will also provide help to the girl and her child,” said DM Rani.
(Source: The Times of India)
6. Two Convicted of Actor Meenakshi Thapa’s Murder
A sessions court on Wednesday, 9 May, convicted two persons for the murder of actor Meenakshi Thapa in 2012. Amitkumar Jaiswal (41) and Alveena alias Preeti Surin (32) were found guilty of murder, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.
The headless body of Meenakshi was found in a water tank in Allahabad nearly a month after the murder.
The duo, who worked as coordinators in the film industry, had befriended 26-year-old Meenakshi, who had appeared in several films, including Kareena Kapoor-starrer Heroine in 2012. According to the prosecution, Jaiswal and Surin took Meenakshi to Uttar Pradesh on the pretext of work in March 2012 and wanted to seek a ransom from her family as they believed she came from an affluent family.
(Source: The Indian Express)
7. Youth Gets Life Term for Causing Teen’s Death by Inserting Pipe Into Rectum
A local court in Ludhiana on Wednesday, 9 May, sentenced a youth to life imprisonment for causing the death of his 16-year-old co-worker by inserting a hose pipe into his rectum in a tyre workshop in May last year.
Additional district and sessions judge Jagdeep Kaur Virk also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on the convict, Kashmir Singh, a resident of Vishkarma Colony, Ludhiana.
The quantum of punishment was announced the same day the judge held him guilty.
A case under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) was registered on 11 May, 2017, a day after the incident took place.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
8. 13-Year-Old Girl Raped by Two in Mahisagar
A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two persons and in Rozav village of Mahisagar district’s Virpura taluka of Gujarat. The accused are yet to be identified and are still at large.
According to police, the girl had reportedly gone to the village cooperative to deliver milk late on Monday, 7 May, evening. On her way back home, she was waylaid by two persons who forcibly took her to an isolated place. One of them tied the girl’s hands while the other raped her.
The girl went home and only told her parents that she was having pain in the abdomen. However, after she started bleeding from her private parts, her parents rushed her to to a hospital in Vatrak. From Vatrak, the survivor was taken to Bayad in Sabarkantha district and later rushed to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital where she was being treated, said police Sub-Inspector Sunil Israni who is probing the crime.
(Source: The Times of India)
9. Missing 15-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Bihar’s Ara
A 15-year-old Dalit girl who went missing Tuesday, 7 May, night was found dead in a field Wednesday morning, police said. Police said the postmortem would establish whether she was sexually assaulted.
The girl was resident of Pachaina Bazar’s Pasi Tola of Bhojpur district. Police said the assailant had used her duppatta to strangulate her.
Family members told police that they had searched for the teenager all through Tuesday night only to final her body the next morning from the fields. Police were soon informed.
The incident sparked angry protests by local people who blocked the Sakaddi Jamalpur Road before police intervened and pacified them. But the police denied that the protest affected traffic movement.
Police have launched an investigation into the murder.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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