QCrime: Gambling Racket Busted; Sex Worker Stabbed to Death
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1. Ghaziabad: Missing Law Student Found Buried in Landlord’s Basement
The body of a 27-year-old law student, who had been missing for almost a week, was found buried inside the basement of his ex-landlord’s house in Ghaziabad.
The victim, Pankaj Kumar Singh, had briefly rented the first floor at the residence of Munna Yadav in Sahibabad’s Girdhar Enclave last month. He moved out earlier this month, and went missing soon afterwards.
His family had registered a missing persons complaint at Sahibabad police station on 12 October.
(Source: The Indian Express)
2. 58 Arrested after Gambling Racket Busted at MG Road Hotel
Two weeks before Diwali, police raided a hotel in South West Delhi on 13 October and arrested 58 men who were found gambling at the time. Apart from gambling chips worth Rs 84 lakh, police recovered over Rs 11 lakh in cash from the hotel on MG Road.
A case under sections 3 (penalty for owning or keeping or having charge of a gaming house) and 4 (penalty for being found in gaming house) of the Delhi Public Gambling Act has been registered at Vasant Kunj South police station.
(Source: The Indian Express)
3. Bike Stolen from Near DCP Office in Northeast Delhi
A CCTV footage of a Royal Enfield being stolen from a road in northeast Delhi, which is a few minutes away from the area DCP office, has surfaced in which a thief can be seen starting the bike using the ignition wire and driving off.
The owner of the motorcycle, Aadim, is an engineering student who had parked the bike outside the colony after returning from his tuition classes.
(Source: The Times of India)
4. Armed Men Attack Car, Rob Businessman of Rs 4 Lakh at Traffic Signal
Four armed men smashed the window screens of a car at a traffic signal in Adarsh Nagar on 13 October and escaped with Rs 4 lakh from a businessman.
The robbers snatched the keys from the victim’s friend, who was driving the car, to unlock the vehicle. The men then held the businessman and his friends at gunpoint and fled with a bag containing Rs 4 lakh.
(Source: The Times of India)
5. Man Becomes Victim of Online Fraud, Loses Rs 1.25 Lakh in 3 Transactions
A deputy manager with a mobile service provider became the latest victim of an online fraud, losing Rs1.25 lakh when he placed a home delivery order for a wine bottle on 12 October.
According to the complainant, he lost his money soon after he called the contact number of Ujwal Wines in Andheri (East) to order a wine bottle. He had got the number through a search engine.
The victim registered a complaint with Andheri police on 13 October. The cops informed him the owner of Ujwal Wines had filed a complaint about his shop name being misused to dupe customers who placed orders for home delivery.
(Source: The Times of India)
6. Man Stabs Sex Worker to Death Over Money Tiff
A 28-year-old man allegedly stabbed a commercial sex worker to death at her room in Kamathipura in Mumbai on 13 October. The accused, Jitendra Singh, who works for a cinema hall as a peon, got into a fight with the 30-year-old woman, Reshma Shaikh, over some monetary issue, said an official from Nagpada police station.
As the argument between Singh and Shaikh took an ugly turn, Singh began shouting and abusing Shaikh.
When she asked him not to abuse her, Singh turned even more violent and pulled out a knife and slashed the woman indiscriminately.
(Source: The Times of India)
7. Auto Driver Held for Navratri Night Murder
Nearly a week after a 47-year-old woman was murdered at her Malwani home while Navratri festivity was on near her home, an autorickshaw driver has been arrested for her murder.
The police said that the arrested accused, Abdul Rehman Shaikh, and his accomplice, Ubaid Shaikh, had information that the woman, Kanchan Gupta, had between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 6 lakh stashed at home.
(Source: The Times of India)
8. Two Arrested, Two Apprehended Over Killing Robbery Gang Leader
The Delhi Police, arrested two men for allegedly stabbing to death a member of their gang following a scuffle over his demand to double his share in the bounty.
The two men, involved in at least 20 cases of robberies, snatchings and thefts, had allegedly killed the man on 10 October at the railway tracks close to Mundka railway station in Delhi. The police have also apprehended two juveniles involved in the murder.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
9. Man Held for Raping 19-Year-Old Co-Worker in Mumbai
Mulund police on 12 October arrested a 27-year old tailor working for a designer garment company for allegedly repeatedly raping a 19-year-old co-worker by threatening her with dire consequences.
Afsarali Hyderali Ansari has been booked for rape and for issuing threats. According to the police, the incident took place on September 19 when the other employees were on leave and the employer had gone on a business trip to Surat.
(Source: The Times of India)
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