QCrime: Teenage Girl Gangraped; 2 Held for Duping ATM Card Holders
Here’s The Quint’s compilation of crime stories from dailies across the country.
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1. Class X Girl Gangraped in Allahabad Village, Two of Four Culprits Arrested
A teenage girl studying in Class X was allegedly gangraped by four youths late on Saturday night in Dhokhri village under Phulpur police station.
The victim’s father has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against two youths of the same village and two of their aides in connection with the crime.
The girl reached home and informed her parents about the incident. Her father then took her to the local police station and filed a police complaint. A case was registered against Brijesh, 19, and Kuldeep, 20, of the same village and two other unidentified youths.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
2. SC to Decide Quantum of Punishment in Nitish Katara Murder Case
The Supreme Court will on Monday pronounce its verdict on the quantum of punishment to be awarded to Vikas Yadav, his cousin Vishal and their aide Sukhdev Pehalwan, who were convicted in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case.
A Bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra will decide the appeals filed by Vikas and Vishal against a Delhi High Court order enhancing the life term to 25 years in jail without remission and an additional five years for destruction of evidence in the case terming the murder of Katara as “honour killing”.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
3. Two Held for Duping ATM Card Holders
Cyber cell of crime branch on Sunday nabbed two persons, Subash Bishnoi of Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and Wasim Akram Khan of Noonh in Haryana, for several offences of ATM thefts in Gujarat as well as in Jaipur, Delhi, Jodhpur, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune and Dehradun.
The crime branch has seized six ATM cards, cash worth Rs 76,000 and a car from the accused.
(Source: Times of India)
4. Cops Arrest Arun Gawli Gang Member After 24 Years
After evading police for 24 years, a gangster from the Arun Gawli gang was arrested by NM Joshi Marg police from Raigad.
According to police officials, the accused, identified as Uttam Pandurang Pansare, was arrested from his native district – Raigad – on Thursday, where he had taken up farming for a living.
In 1992 the accused, along with two others, had attacked two members of a rival group, where one Gopinath Jadhav died while another man, Mangesh Mahadankar, somehow managed to survive.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
5. Elderly Couple's Throat Slit, Burnt on Suspicion of Practising Black Magic
An elderly tribal couple was allegedly burnt after their throats were slit by a group of unidentified persons for practising black magic at Badinichkel village of Khunti district, police said on Sunday.
About eight people barged into the house of 65-year-old Das Munda and dragged him as well as his wife Simni Mundain (60) outside their house and slit their throat suspecting them of practising witchcraft, Sub-Divisional Police Officer Ranveer Singh said.
(Source: Deccan Chronicle)
6. Man Arrested With Fake Coins of Face Value Rs 40,000
In a crackdown on counterfeit currency, Delhi Police on Sunday arrested a 42-year-old man from Rohini in outer Delhi and seized fake coins of Rs 40,000 face value from him.
During a surprise vehicle checking drive in Outer District, a car was stopped by the Anti Auto Theft Squad (AATS). On checking, the car was found to be containing 20 packets each of counterfeit Indian coins and each packet contained about 100 coins.
During questioning, Naresh Kumar (42), who was driving the car, confessed that after suffering losses in business, he joined hands with Sonu and Raju to supply counterfeit coins in the market for easy money, a police officer claimed.
(Source: PTI)
7. Delhi Youth Kills Self in Jaipur Hotel
A week after a 21-year-old youth went missing from his New Delhi home, he was found hanging from the ceiling fan of a hotel in Sindhi Camp area in the city on Sunday.
Though police did not find any suicide note from the room, they believe stress and poor health may have forced the youth to take the extreme step. His parents have been intimated and post-mortem will be conducted on Monday.
(Source: Times of India)
8. Man With Suspected Naxal Links Arrested in Mettur
A man wanted in a double murder case and also suspected to have links with Naxals, has been arrested in Mettur in Salem district, police said on Sunday.
Palanivel, a native of Pulikadathanur in Salem district, was wanted in a double murder case in Veeranam in 2004 and a special team had been formed to nab him.
Meanwhile, a branch of police wing received information that Palanivel was staying in Namakkal and working as a painter and used to visit Mettur as part of his profession, they said. He has many cases against him in Salem and Theni police stations.
(Source: PTI)
9. Kanda Brothers Booked for Unauthorised Construction in Sirsa
Haryana's ex-Minister of State (MoS) for Home Gopal Kanda, who had hit the headlines following the arrest in the suicide of his ex-employee Geetika Sharma, is faced with another criminal action.
Kanda and his younger brother, Govind Kanda, are among the people booked for carving out the residential colony in Sirsa in the violation of Haryana Unregulated Development Act 1963.
Both Kanda brothers are also heading Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP), a political outfit floated by them ahead of Haryana Assembly elections. Gopal Kanda is facing trial in a Delhi court.
(Source: Times of India)
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