1. Four Held for Killing Woman and Kidnapping her Baby Boy
Four people, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly killing a woman in Hadapsar suburb in Pune by posing as polio vaccination volunteers and kidnapping her 25-day-old baby boy, according to PTI report.
The accused were planning to sell off the infant for Rs 4 lakh, police said. The accused identified as Nikita Kangane (30), Chandrabhaga Krushna (35), Laxmi Jadhav (19) and Akash Krushna (19), all residents of Hadapsar, were arrested on Sunday for the crime that allegedly took place on Thursday.
Kangane and Jadhav had developed a rapport with Madhu Thakur (22) by posing as polio vaccination volunteers and used to come to the woman’s house. On Thursday, the duo came to her house and told Madhu that they would help her receive government subsidy, meant for poor women who have delivered babies.Vishnu Pawar, Inspector, Hadapsar Police Station
2. Man Kills Wife Over Fidelity Suspicions
A 29-year-man allegedly murdered his 25-year-old wife by slitting her throat before attempting suicide at their house in Mahalakshmi Nagar locality in Kankinada, Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, according to PTI report.
According to police, the accused identified as Anil Kumar used to suspect fidelity of his wife Galigala Manga and they used to quarrel frequently. Sub-Inspector Tirupati attached to Indrapalem police station said Kumar allegedly slashed his wife’s throat with a blade before inflicting injury on his throat in a bid to kill himself.
Kumar and Manga were married for last eight years and have two sons. Kumar was shifted to a general hospital, where his condition is stated to be stable, police said.
3. Two Elderly Women Murdered in Thane
Two elderly women were allegedly murdered by unidentified miscreants in Kalyan city of Thane district on Sunday, according to a PTI report.
The duo, identified as Kamlabai Dudhkar (56) and her sister-in-law Leelabai Dudhkar (65), were found dead in their house at Khadegolavali locality.Sukhada Narkar, PRO, Police
The incident came to light when the victims’ relative reached their residence. The main door of the house was ajar, and the visitor found them lying in a pool of blood.
The house was found in a disorderly state, and things were lying strewn, raising suspicions of robbery.
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4. Minor Abducted from Govt Hospital, Raped
A three-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from a government hospital in Jaipur and raped, reports PTI.
The incident occurred on Sunday when the minor’s mother, who is differently-abled, was talking over phone and the girl went missing from the premises of SMS hospital.Babu Lal Vishnoi, SHO, Motidungari
The girl was found bleeding near a gate of the hospital later with injury marks on her face and neck. She was rushed to JK Lone hospital.
Investigation is underway and efforts are on to identify and apprehend the accused, the SHO said.
5. Second Rhino Killed in Kaziranga Within a Fortnight
The less-than-a-month-old government in Assam was has found its second rhino carcass within a fortnight after poachers killed it at Kaziranga National Park and took away the horn on Sunday.
According to the Telegraph, the carcass of the female rhino that was killed last night was recovered this morning, shorn of its single horn. The incident took place at the Bagori range of the national park. This is the ninth rhino to have fallen prey to poachers at the national park this year.
Official estimates have put the number of rhinos killed between 2005 and 2015 at 135.
6. Partially Blind DU Scholar Fights Off Snatchers
A partially blind MPhil scholar at Delhi University fought off three bike-borne assailants who tried to snatch his mobile phone. According to The Times of India report, Shakir Hussain held on to one of the youths despite being brutally beaten.
The 26-year-old is 80 percent visually impaired. He was attacked on his way to an ATM near north campus on Friday night. Hussain grabbed one of the youths by the collar and refused to let go even as the other two rained blows that left him bleeding profusely.
It was only after struggling with the assailants for several minutes that Hussain could attract the attention of people in the vicinity. The youth ‘captured’ by Hussain has been arrested while a hunt is on for the other two.
7. Man Kills Wife in Front of 2-year-old Daughter in Jalna
A 35-year-old man in Jalna Killed his 25-year old wife on Sunday. According to a report in The Times of India, the man stabbed his wife to death in front of his 2 -year-old daughter.
The accused, Ashok Lal Khurana, then walked into the area police station and confessed his crime to area policemen. The policemen on duty, accompanied by the accused, drove to his house located in Paraipura in the vicinity of Maratha building, barely 300 metres from the police station, and found the deceased lying in a pool of blood. Her body was shifted to the Jalna Civil Hospital and the autopsy was performed.
8. Nepali National Sentenced to Life for Murdering Wife
A Nepali man in Mandi was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife and trying to destroy evidence. Parkash Chand, a resident of Naryara village in Karsog area, was sentenced to life imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 by the additional sessions judge, according to PTI reports.
Parkash will have to further undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and pay a fine of Rs 10,000 for trying to dispose of the body of his wife Narvada Devi in order to destroy the evidence. Both sentences would run concurrently.
The court also sentenced Bhim Singh, the brother of Parkash, to rigorous imprisonment for two years and a fine of Rs 5000 for trying to destroy the evidence. A complaint was filed against the two in May 2014 for hiding the body inside a chicken house. The police recovered the body and arrested them. The prosecution examined 17 witnesses to prove its case.
9. Three Men Get Life Term for Murder
A Delhi court has sent three men to life imprisonment for killing a man and trying to burn his body, according to a report PTI. The court, however, refused to award them death sentence saying it did not fall in the ‘rarest of rare’ category.
Additional Sessions Judge Chandra Shekhar handed down the jail term to Bhola, Madan Mohan and Ajay Kumar Mishra for killing Anil following a dispute over money and trying to destroy evidence. The court noted that they were not previous offenders and the crime was not committed in a manner so as to arouse intense and extreme indignation of the community.
According to the prosecution, Anil was with the trio on the night of 2 February 2012 when a quarrel broke out among them, after Anil demanded the money he had loaned to Madan. A complaint was lodged by the victim’s brother after he did not return home the next day, it said, adding that he took the police to Bhola’s house where the body was found.
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