QCrime: 11-Year-Old Found Dead at Neighbour’s House & More

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1. Four Persons Convicted of Man’s Murder

A Delhi court on Friday convicted four persons of the murder of a man, who had died of septicaemia from a stab injury. The case dates back to July 30, 2013, when Vishal (single name), 18, was attacked by four members of a family from his neighbourhood and stabbed near his house in Delhi’s Nangloi.

The same night, prior to the incident, Vishal’s family had confronted the family of the main accused, Abdul, for ‘defaming’ his sister. According to the case papers, in 2011, Vishal’s sister had married a man of her choice and Abdul’s relative, Juned, used to call her names.

Following the confrontation, the accused family started beating Vishal’s family and then returned to his house, dragging Vishal to the Sabji Mandi in the alley, outside their house. Abdul with the help of relatives Juned, Jamil and Ashfaq, stabbed Vishal in the abdomen.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

2. Delhi: 11-Year-Old Found Dead at Neighbour’s House, Probe On

An 11-year-old boy was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his neighbour’s house in central Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar Friday. While the boy’s family has alleged murder, police suspect the boy may have committed suicide or hanged himself accidentally while playing.

“Prima facie, it seems the boy committed suicide. The post-mortem will shed more light,” said DCP (central) Mandeep Singh Randhawa. Police have initiated inquest proceedings into the matter and have already questioned the boy’s family and neighbours.

On Friday afternoon, the boy did not return home from school, following which his parents began searching for him. The boy’s mother later got a phone call from a neighbour, who informed her that her son is ill.

(Source: The Indian Express)

3. Largest-Ever Drug Bust at IPS Officer’s Home, He Says Getting Tenant Verification Done Not My Job

A day after a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) team arrested two Nigerian nationals and seized nearly two tonnes of drugs from their rented home in Greater Noida, the house owner, who is an IPS officer, has claimed that he did not get the mandatory tenant verification done by local police because “it is the duty of the property dealer”.

On Saturday, the NCB team arrested Henry Ideofor (35) and Chimando Okora (30) from the house owned by Devendra P N Pandey, an IPS officer posted as an SP in the Economic Offences Wing of UP Police.

The NCB also seized over 1,818 kg of pseudoephedrine and 1.9 kg of cocaine from the house, calling it the “biggest ever seizure of pseudoephedrine outside factory premises”.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

4. Woman Gang-raped, Friend Assaulted on Mysuru Outskirts

A 23-year-old woman was gangraped and her male friend assaulted by three men in Mysuru, Karnataka, on Wednesday night, the police have said.

The police said a few suspects have been detained and they are awaiting their identification from the victims.

Jayapura police have registered a case under IPC Sections 376 (rape) and 379 (theft).

According to the police, the victim and her friend were attacked by a group of men in Lingambudhi Palya, on the outskirts of the city, on Wednesday night. The accused were consuming liquor in a car in the area when they saw the duo, the police said.

(Source: The Indian Express)

5. A Year On, Cops Yet to Ascertain Cause of Death

A year after Atharva Shinde, son of a police inspector attached to the Economic Offences Wing, was found dead near a lake in Aarey Colony, police are yet to make a headway in the case. Not only are they yet to take action against the drug peddlers whose names cropped up during investigation, the cause of death has also not been ascertained.

On May 7, Shinde, 20, left from his home in Kandivli to attend a friend’s house party at Aarey Colony. When he did not return the next morning, his father sent out a search party. His body was recovered 500 metres from the bungalow.

The Aarey Colony police registered a murder case, which was then transferred to the crime branch unit 11. The eight youngsters at the party tested positive for drugs.

(Source: Hindustan Times)

6. Mumbai: Man Arrested for Rape of Minor for 3 Years

A daily-wager has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl, living under his guardianship, over the last three years in Mahim, police said on Saturday. The incident came to light after an NGO alerted the police about the matter.

Parents of the girl, 10, reportedly had handed over her custody to the accused several years ago. Police said the man had been sexually assaulting her since 2016.

Earlier this week, an NGO working with children received information about the case and alerted the police. A case of rape under the Indian Penal Code and of sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered at Mahim police station on Thursday, Milind Gadankush, senior inspector, Mahim police station, said.

(Source: The Indian Express)

7. Two Held for Molesting Woman Cyclist

Two men were Sunday arrested for allegedly molesting a woman cyclist at Worli here, police said.

The incident had occurred in the wee hours of Saturday, when the woman was on her way to Haji Ali, an official said.

"The accused, who were going on a motorcycle, had touched the cyclist inappropriately and even went ahead smiling at her," he said.

The woman had later lodged a complaint at Tardeo police station against the duo, following which an offence under section 354, 34 of IPC was registered, the official said.

(Source: PTI)

8. Uttar Pradesh: Killer Dumped Head 50 km Away, May Have Kept It for a Day, Says Police

A woman’s body with head and palms chopped off, dumped in a small village in Bulandshahr on Friday, has the local police on its toes and the village on edge. On Saturday, police recovered the severed head in Anoopshahr, almost 50 km away.

It was around 6 am in Utrawali village on Friday when people passing by a farm between a hospital and a school saw the body of the woman in a white top and light brown pants. Word travelled fast, and panic followed.

Rajkali, the farm’s owner, said: “I was in the village when I got to know that a body had been found in my farm. A huge crowd had gathered when I saw a glimpse; I have never seen anything like this before. No one knows who she was but it seems she is not from our village. It is possible that whoever did it, chose the time of the night since this stretch is completely deserted.”

(Source: The Indian Express)

9. 60 Bottles of Illicit Imported Liquor Seized in Delhi, 2 Arrested

Delhi's Excise Department seized 60 bottles of illicit foreign liquor and arrested two accused, police said on Sunday.

Police said the liquor, seized from Punjabi Bagh area of west Delhi on Saturday, was being sold to restaurants and bars in the area.

The two accused have been handed over to police, a police official said, adding that they had registered a FIR, but further proceedings will be conducted by the Excise Department.

(Source: IANS)