Woman’s body found in suitcase TNN | Apr 12, 2012, 03.17AM IST

MADURAI: A fully burnt body of a woman was found in a suitcase near Madurai on Wednesday. The suitcase, which was also partially burnt was found behind the bushes in an isolated place near Tiruparankundram. Police are yet to ascertain to identity of the woman as well as the culprits. 

Police said that they got information about a fully burnt body of a woman found in a suitcase in a bushy area along the side of the road to government hospital in Austinpatti. A team of police officials immediately visited the spot and found that the body was burnt beyond recognition. 

The police team found the tyre marks of a car close to the body. There were also indications that the body was dragged from the car to the spot where it was dumped. Police suspect that the body must have been brought in the suitcase there and set on fire. The arms of the woman were chopped off to dump the body inside the suitcase. 

Police said the culprits might have brought the body there after midnight. "The culprits must have been aware of this locality. The identity of the woman could not be established. But we have picked up certain clues on the vehicle used to bring the body," said a police officer. 


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Girl student 'gagged' for four hours in school TNN | Jun 28, 2012, 12.16AM IST

HYDERABAD: In an alleged incident ofcorporal punishment, a Class 9 student's mouth was reportedly plastered by the school authorities between 10.30 am and 2.30 pm on Wednesday. The punishment was meted out to her as she was 'caught' talking to her classmate by the school principal, her father alleged.

The victim, Syeda Sadaf Fatima, aged around 14 years, is a student of Sam British High School, Noorkhan Bazaar. Sources said that after the principal Afroze Mazher caught her talking, she instructed the class teacher Sajida Begum to plaster Sadaf's mouth. Soon after the school got over, Sadaf reportedly went home crying and complained to her parents about the inhuman treatment meted out to her by the school authorities.

Her father Syed Mujtaba lodged complaint with the Dabeerpura police station. Sadaf could not even eat her lunch, her family members alleged. Subsequently, Afroze Mazher was taken into custody and a case under Section 341 and 323 (wrongful restraint and assault or criminal force on the girl student). Y Rajasekhar, inspector, Dabeerpura said that the investigation is on and based on the inquiry, action would be initiated. But the school authorities blatantly denied that they had given any such a punishment. "It is totally wrong. We are being blackmailed by the girl's father. They have threatened to shut down our school," Afroze Mazher, principal, told TOI.

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Amritsar judo player raped by coach TNN | Jun 28, 2012, 02.43AM IST

AMRITSAR: A budding judo player has alleged that she was repeatedly raped by her coach, who is absconding after the registration of a case, police said on Wednesday. The girl is a student of Class X here and the coach is a resident of Chheharta in Amritsar.

The girl said that the coach came to her house and persuaded her parents to send her to the camp despite the fact that she wasn't feeling well. A judo camp of three weeks was scheduled from June 7 at Sundarnagar in Himachal Pradesh. The coach apparently came to pick the girl on June 9.

"The coach lied to her that the rest of the girls were waiting for her at the Amritsar railway station whereas the other participants had already left for Sundarnagar," Amritsar police commissioner R P Mittal said.

Instead of taking her to the railway station, the coach took her to his house where he raped her and then took her to Kangra in Himachal the next day before dropping her at Sundarnagar. The coach forcibly kept the girl with him for two nights and three days, said Mittal.

The girl reached home on June 17 and told her parents about the incident. The parents approached the police and lodged a complaint against the coach. Mittal said that the police were conducting raids to arrest the coach.

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Minor raped in Rasulabad near Surat TNN | Jun 20, 2012, 06.22AM IST

SURAT: A 17-year-old girl was raped by a 24-year-old married man with the help of a woman living in the former's neighbourhood at Rasulabad village of Olpad taluka in Surat on Monday.

The victim had gone to pay money for garment washing liquid purchased from Samim Mansuri, who lives alone in the village and runs grocery business from her house. Mansuri called the victim inside the house and when she went inside, the former pushed her in a room in the backside of her house and locked it from outside.

Accused Raes Hasan Mirza, who was already in the room, raped the victim even as she continued to shout for help. After some time, she was allowed to go home. However, Mirza threatened her not to disclose the incident to anyone.

The victim informed her family members about the incident. A complaint was lodged at Olpad police station on Monday evening. Medical examination of the victim confirmed that she was raped. Police arrested Mirza, who is a mason and works at Sayan, on Tuesday. His wife is pregnant.

"The woman helped the accused to make some money. Mirza will be produced in court on Wednesday," said N S Chaudhary, police inspector, Olpad.

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Lets show no mercy to the accused and his accomplice. They should be parade nude in the locality they live for a month.

Woman alleges fraud by husband Yagnesh Mehta, TNN | Jun 26, 2012, 09.25PM IST

SURAT: Sima Patel, a physiotherapist fromVesu area of Surat lodged a police complaint against her US returned husband of fraud in Women Police Station on Monday. Patel alleged that her husband kept his first marriage secret and harassed her during the four year married life.

Patel, married to Mayur, resident of Bardoli, in 2008. Mayur lives with his parents Baldev, father and Nirmala, mother near Astan railway crossing in Bardoli. After marriage Patel went to live with her in-laws. Soon after the marriage Mayur and in-laws started demanding money from Patel. Since Patel was working as physiotherapist she could fulfil demand of the family. She claimed in her complaint that she used to contribute a good amount in family expenditure earned through her profession. 

But the in-laws and her husband continued demanding more money from her. Meanwhile, Patel came to know about Mayur's past that he had stayed in US for around 15 years and got married to a woman. She claimed in her complaint that Mayur did not inform her that he had married in past when she tied knot with him. She also claimed in her compliant that Baldev and Nirmala are equally responsible in harassing her. 

Due to torture and constant demand for money she started living separate. Patel is staying separate during last eight months.


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Three held for rape, killing three-year-old TNN | Jun 27, 2012, 06.09AM IST

INDORE: Three persons have been arrested for the alleged rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in LIG here on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Jitu, Babu and Pammi. Police said that the accused have been arrested for rape and murder Shivani, daughter of Arjun Phadase, was resident of Somnath Ki Juni Chal.

It may be mentioned that the girl went missing on Saturday and on Monday she was found dead in the nullah by few people. Her head was reportedly crushed by stones as police found few blood-stained stones near her body.

Police said that the girl before going missing, was seen enjoying a marriage procession passing through the area. Her family members then lodged a missing report with the MIG police station.

It is suspected that the girl might have been a victim of sexual harassment after which she was killed. But police refused to say anything as it would be confirmed only after post-mortem.

Police have sent the body to MY Hospital for autopsy.

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Disabled athletics champ raped by auto driver Subhro Maitra, TNN | Jun 27, 2012, 06.33AM IST

MALDA: A national champion, hailed as a 'pride of Bengal' , was kidnapped by an autorickshaw driver, who took advantage of her speech and hearing disability to lock her up in a room and rape her all of Sunday night. The victim escaped at dawn and wandered about in a state of shock before a policeman handed her a pen and paper to write down her ordeal. She is the reigning champion in 200-metres sprint and has won several medals for the state in disabled athletics. She was also feted as a role model for the state by the governor last year. It is yet another shameful incident for Bengal after the Park Street rape and the rape of a homemaker by aKolkata taxi driver. 

Unable to scream for help, the 25-year-old was helpless as the auto driver drove her to a mango orchard instead of taking her to her home and allegedly raped her there. He then dragged her to his home and raped her repeatedly through the night. The prime suspect, Ranjit Das, was arrested within hours and is now in jail custody. 

Police say the girl took an auto from Raiganj to her village, Islampore, around 14km away, on Sunday afternoon. On arriving there, she found she did not have the change to pay the fare. Unable to explain herself clearly , she could not get out of a quarrel with the auto-driver . Ranjit, who was hanging around the auto stand, realized the girl's disabilities and posed as her saviour . He sorted out the dispute and offered to drop her home, but took her to his village, Baruipur , instead. 

The victim is the reigning champion in 200-metre sprint at the national games for the disabled and has won several medals for the state She was feted as a "role model for the state" by the governor last year Her attacker exploited her disabilities to drag her to his village and rape her through the night 

She broke out of his clutches at dawn and wandered aimlessly for hours before some neighbours spotted her. She looked traumatized but could not explain why she was in that state. Thankfully, someone called police. When Hemtabad OC Abhijit Dutta realized that it was the champion athlete, he personally rushed to her and escorted her to the police station . She wrote down details of the incident. "Based on her written complaint we raided Ranjit's house and arrested him. The victim was sent to Raiganj hospital for medical tests, which have corroborated her statement," Dutta said. Ranjit was produced in court on Tuesday and remanded in jail. 

Last year, the athlete was honoured by the state government as a 'role model' . "She is our pride. We will do everything we can to help her fight against the odds," said Hemtabad block development officer Subhrajit Gupta. 

She is from a very poor family and was fostered in a social welfare home till the age of 18. It was there that her talent for athletics was discovered and she was encouraged to take part in district-level competitions . Soon, she was winning medals at the state level and was chosen to represent Bengal in the national games for the disabled. She is hoping to take the Madhyamik next year. West Bengal Pratibandhi Sammilani general secretary Kanti Ganguly, a former Left Front minister, alleged that the local police had "come under pressure from several quarters in this case" . "However , the officer in charge of Hemtabad took the right step," Ganguly said, demanding exemplary punishment for the culprit.


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I feel so pity for this deaf and dumb girl. And, how could the auto rickshaw driver think of unleashing such a deplorable act on that helpless girl. An exemplary punishment ought to given to him and what other than severing his male organ and maiming him publicly will do the justice.

179 girls trafficked into Goa rescued over last three years TNN | Jun 27, 2012, 01.31AM IST

PANAJI: A total of 179 girls who were trafficked into Goa for commercial sexual exploitationwere rescued in the state over the last three years.

The revelation came from Anyay Rahit Zindagi(ARZ), a nodal NGO working to curb human trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation in Goa. ARZ was participating in a two-day consultation workshop of service providers from Goa and source states to strategize combating human trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation in Goa.

Representatives from eight states including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur and West Bengal are also participating. According to ARZ director Arun Pandey, though Goa is a destination state for trafficked girls, no study has been done on the magnitude of the trafficking.

Pandey said 146 were Indian girls followed by Nepal (27), Bangladesh (4) and Russia (2). From Indian states, 39 girls came from Mumbai. Others were Manipur (31), Goa (16), Andhra Pradesh (14), West Bengal (09), Nagaland (08), Karnataka (07), Maharashtra and Assam (both 5 each), Mizoram (4).

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Eight girls rescued from placement cells TNN | Jun 27, 2012, 01.43AM IST

NEW DELHI: Eight girls from Assam,Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have been rescued from four placement agencies in east Delhi allegedly involved in human trafficking. Four persons, including a woman, have been arrested.

"There was a tip-off from an NGO, Shakti Vahini, and we raided the four placement agencies, Babita Enterprises, India Maid Bureau, Deepika Placement Agency and Mission Welfare Society," said Sanjay Kumar Jain, deputy commissioner of police (crime). The arrested have been identified as Ravinder Yadav, Pradeep Toppo, Vimal Kerketta and Babita, all residents of Shakurpur in east Delhi.

Four of the rescued girls are from Assam, one from Chhattisgarh and three from Jharkhand. "The girls were terrified and have disclosed that the placement agencies had employed them as domestic help across Delhi. When they wanted to go home, the agencies had detained them and withheld their earnings. These placement agencies wanted them to employ further as domestic helps

," Jain said. After medical examination, the girls were sent to the children's home for girls at Nirmal Chhaya in Hari Nagar.

Ten girls, who were lured on the pretext of employment in the capital, were also rescued from GB Road brothels in central Delhi. The girls in the age group of 15-18 years were rescued from GB Road brothels

following a tip-off by Rescue Foundation, an NGO. Nine of them are from West Bengal and one from Bihar.

"They all belong to poor families and were lured on the pretext of providing them employment in Delhi," Devesh Srivastava, Additional Commissioner of Police (Central), said. The raid was conducted after the NGO informed police that a a minor girl who was missing from 24 Pargana in West Bengal is confined at Kotha No- 58, GB Road. Out of ten, nine are residents of West Bengal while one is from Bihar.

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Principal charged with rape of schoolteacher in Haryana TNN | Jun 25, 2012, 03.46AM IST

HISAR: The principal of a school at Sirsa in Haryana has been charged with rape, sexual exploitation and blackmailing of a teacher. An FIR was registered on Saturday against Cristopher Michael after an investigation was carried out by the Hisar deputy superintendent of police Vinod Kumar on the complaint of the woman on the 17th of this month. Michael has not been arrested as yet. 

Another teacher Anjali Rani has been booked as a co-conspirator. Michael allegedly raped and then kept sexually-exploiting the woman during his previous posting some two years ago at a school in Hisar, where the victim was posted as a teacher. Anjali allegedly clicked the nude pictures of the complainant "to pressurize her to have physical relations with Michael", a police source said.


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Class VIII girl raped, man on the run TNN | Jun 25, 2012, 02.32AM IST

NEW DELHI: A girl was raped by her neighbour in Kanjhawala area of outer Delhi, police said. The accused is absconding. The incident took place on Friday when the girl, a Class eight student at a government school, was returning home after meeting her friend. 

The accused stopped her and pulled her into his house and raped her, said the 15-year-old girl. The accused even threatened her of dire consequences if she told anyone about the incident. 

She later narrated the incident to her parents. They approached police and the girl was taken to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital for medical examination. Reports confirmed sexual assault, a cop said. A case of rape has been registered. 


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NRI in Canada asked to pay alimony to estranged wife in India PTI | Jun 22, 2012, 04.34PM IST

NEW DELHI: A non-resident Indian has been asked by a Delhi court to pay an alimony of Rs 33,000 a month to his estranged wife living here.

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Ila Rawat ordered Puneet Arora, residing in Canada with his parents and sister, to pay maintenance to his wife from January 2010 when she had moved the court for the alimony.

The sessions court's order came on the woman's plea for modification of a magisterial court order, which had allowed her an alimony of Rs 33,000 a month but had slated the date of its payment from August 5, 2011, the day the trial court had given its ruling.

"The respondent no. 1 (Puneet) is directed to pay Rs 33,000 per month towards maintenance and for rent amount to his wife (the petitioner) from the date of filing the application," said ASJ Rawat, slating the 10th day of every month as the date for payment of the alimony.

In her plea, the woman had said she was married to Puneet on September 15, 2009 with her parent giving sufficient dowry to him as per his family's demand.

She said Puneet left for Canada after a fortnight of his marriage and when she joined him after five months after grant of visa, she was not treated properly and was not given the status of wife.

She said her in-laws and husband threatened, harassed, tortured, taunted and even beat her up despite receiving ample amount of dowry from her parents.

She also alleged that her husband was having an extra marital affair with a divorced woman in Canada and with whom she had seen him in objectionable position.

Ultimately, she was forced to leave Canada on December 7, 2009 and took shelter at her parental home in India without any monetary help from her husband for her maintenance and day to day expenses, she said.

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This is one of the many true stories; newspapers are full with it. Heartening to see that Indian Court has ordered the alimony to be paid to the wife. Though, I feel very sorry for the wife. With what dreams she moved to Canada only to see her husband having an affair, and her in-laws maltreating her! A life has been devastated here, anyways.

Man kills 2 disabled daughters, ends life TNN | Jun 22, 2012, 11.05PM IST

SURAT: Unable to take care of his two mentally challenged daughters, a farmer killed them and later hanged himself to death in Manpur village of Vansada taluka in Navsari district on Thursday.

The farmer, Navin Chaudhary, murdered his daughters Neha (12) and Rita (17) at their house in Parsi Faliya and hanged himself using a nylon rope.

Chaudhary's wife Kanchan had committed suicide in April and he was left all alone to take care of his daughters. His son Vijay (22) is an alcoholic.

Chaudhary killed and hanged one of the daughters in the bedroom while another was killed and hanged in the drawing room.

Postmortem report revealed that all three died between 4.30 pm and 5 pm.

While questioning the relatives and neighbours, police found that Chaudhary was upset with illness of his two daughters, who were unable to do anything on their own and required 24-hour attention. Chaudhary had to stay home throughout the day to take care of them. He had not gone to work for three months after his wife's death.

Kanchan had hanged herself following disputes with her son. Under the influence of liquor, Vijay used to beat her often.

Police investigation revealed that after treatment in early age the family was not taking any medical help for the girls.

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Father arrested for killing 18-month-old TNN | Jun 23, 2012, 04.22AM IST

NEW DELHI: Suspecting his wife of infidelity, a man not only tried to kill his wife but also bludgeoned his 18-month-old daughter to death in the city. The accused, Ramesh, was nabbed by the southwest district police from Bijwasan on Friday.

On June 14, Kapashera police station had received a PCR call regarding a child's body found near Usha studs farms. A woman was also found lying in the open field. Both were rushed to Safdarjung Hospital where the woman was saved but the girl was pronounced brought dead. "Two railway tickets, issued on June 12, were found on the victim. A police team was sent to Maholi Railway station,'' said additional CP (southwest) A K Ojha.

The injured woman, Renu, took name of a village named Pahila Kisa and police was successful in tracing one Ram Gulam who identified her photo. He informed cops that Renu is his daughter and is married to one Ramesh of Gulrahiya village. Police team visited the village and found that the couple had strained relations as Ramesh suspected his wife of infidelity. Ramesh would often beat his wife over the issue.

Accused Ramesh was finally nabbed from Bijwasan. He accepted attacking his wife and hitting his daughter repeatedly with bricks after he suspected that she was an illicit child,'' said an officer.


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How can be a person so, so cruel!
Let not the word "father" be maligned with such acts. The heading should have been.."A devil human killed his own child"

Principal held for ‘harassing’ teacher TNN | Jun 23, 2012, 01.24AM IST

HYDERABAD: A school principal who allegedly tried to sexually abuse a teacher was arrested byKukatpally police late on Thursday night. 

Assistant commissioner of police (Kukatpally division) M Malla Reddy said 55-year-old Narender, principal of Rajadani High School,Allwyn Colony, was taken into custody. 

He was charged with harassing the teacher sexually on Thursday. 

The victim managed to escape from his 'custody' and informed her family members, who in turn lodged the complaint. 

Narender was arrested and sent to judicial remand. He was held by the police under sections 354 (Assault or criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 506 (Criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).


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Woman hacked husband to death for trying to rape daughter PTI | Jun 22, 2012, 11.03AM IST

SALEM ( TAMIL NADU): A woman allegedly murdered her husband after he tried to rape their teenaged daughter in an inebriated state, police said here today.

The 43-year-old man, a real estate business man, had come home drunk last night, picked up a quarrel, and then attempted to rape their daughter following which the woman allegedly attacked him with a sickle, police inspectorRajnikanth said.

The woman then telephoned police and informed them about the incident, he said, adding, she has been arrested.

They have a 19-year-old son and three daughters in the age group of nine to 13, he said.


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This is the real essence of a mother, and her act tells how brave she is!..indeed justice has been done in true terms.

Pipili 'rape' points to pitiable state of women Rajaram Satapathy | Jun 22, 2012, 05.31AM IST

BHUBANESWAR: Just when Odisha was in a festive mood on Thursday, the SCB Medical College and Hospital announced the death ofBabina Behera, drawing curtains on the suffering of the 19-year old dalit girl from Pipli. She endured her suffering silently for nearly seven months since she was allegedly subjected to rape and then attempts of murder through strangulation.

The crime against Babina was said to be linked to her being the key witness in a molestation case involving her next-door friend, who later committed suicide, in the village. The miscreants reportedly wanted to silence Babina once and for all. They succeeded to a large extent as the teenager till her death remained in a coma, but the incident brought to the fore the degree of helplessness people not close to the corridors of power can pass through.

The follow-up developments like police refusing to accept the FIR, hospitals not showing much interest in her treatment, doctors administering snake bite medicines, reported attempts of shielding the criminals and threats to her family and attempts to tarnish her image ostensibly to defend the crime are cited as pointers to the pitiable state of affairs of women victims in the state.

The Pipli incident would have perhaps melted into thin air like many others, but for some civil society activists who took up the case for justice leading to intense public outcry, which was never seen since the sensational Anjana Mishra gang rape incident in early 1999.

The ensuing protests shook the government. Agriculture minister and local BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy was forced to resign, while the beleaguered government announced a judicial inquiry. The SCB Medical College, which once discharged the girl even when she was battling for life, had to readmit her for treatment, thanks to the intervention of the high court. The inspector in-charge of Pipli police station, Amulya Champatiray, was first suspended and then dismissed. The district SP, A N Sinha, was transferred as the government handed over the investigation to the Crime Branch.

The Babina episode also caught the attention of the National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC), which visited the state and recommended Maharathy's arrest. As the probe progressed, the Crime Branch filed chargesheets implicating the superintendent of the SCB Medical College and Hospital and two doctors of the Capital Hospital here.

No sooner the SCB made public Babina's death, chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced Rs 10 lakh compensation to her family. The Cuttack collector rushed to the hospital to hand over the cheque even while the family members were still undecided where to take the body for cremation. "I have lost my daughter. I hope justice will be done to her. Let the case be handed over to the CBI for investigation," Babina's father Babuli Behera said.

In Bhubaneswar, several political parties and Odisha Gana Samaj, the organization floated recently comprising people from all walks of life and political parties, demanded justice for the girl and staged a road blockade at Master Canteen square. They echoed the demand for CBI inquiry and Rs 50 lakh compensation to the families of Babina and her deceased friend. The protesters also demanded murder charges against all the accused. The Bhubaneswar policesensing trouble refused to allow the vehicle carrying the girl's body into central areas of the city and diverted it to her village near Pipli for cremation.

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Married man kills lover, burns her body Raj Shekhar, TNN | Jun 21, 2012, 02.11AM IST

NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old married businessman, who wanted to get rid of his girlfriend, allegedly strangled her, stuffed her body in a suitcase and took it to Haryana where he burnt it, police said. However, his return to his flat to wipe out evidence proved to be his undoing. A neighbour had spotted him when he was leaving to dump the body and informed the police. They were waiting for him. The incident took place on Tuesday in Rohini area of northwest Delhi. The businessman, identified asUmakant Pandit alias Anil, dealt in garments and was smitten with the woman, identified asRachna (24), who too was married. The police are also looking for a man, identified as Sumit, who allegedly helped the accused in the murderand disposal of the body. They have reportedly recovered half of Rachna's burnt body from the spot and are trying to find out if the accused cut the body into parts before burning it. Pandit allegedly told the cops that he had got into a relationship with Rachna, who was his employee at his garment factory about a year ago. "He had been living with her for the past seven months at a flat in Rohini. Lately, he says, she had become a problem for him as she had started to 'expect' too much and therefore he hatched a plan to eliminate her," said a senior police officer. "On Monday, he bought a red suitcase and consumed liquor at night. In the morning, around 9:30am, he strangled Rachna. We suspect he cut the body into two parts to stuff it into the suitcase. During the day, he didn't get a chance to dispose of the body and it was only around 11pm that he and his friend left the Rohini flat. They took the body to a desolate spot near Rasoi village, on the Panipat highway, and poured five litres of petrol on the suitcase before setting it on fire. Pandit later dropped Sumit at Ashok Vihar around 2.30am, parked his car in Rithala and went home," the officer added. The police said they had received a call from a neighbour at 11.20pm that there may be a body in a red Alto. "We rushed to the spot but the two had left. Pandit and Sumit had been seen dragging a red coloured bag on the staircase. The eyewitness said he had seen blood dripping from the bag. They were apparently wearing gloves. During inspection of the suspected scene of crime, bloodstains were detected on the floor of the flat and there was a foul smell inside the room," said Tajinder Luthra, Joint CP, Northern Range. The eyewitness got suspicious because of a foul smell. When he noticed bloodstains on the stairs, he dialled 100 even as they were heading for their car. He gave the registration number of the car to the cops who obtained the address of the owner and raided a house in Sultanpuri. It turned out that Pandit had sold off the house. Addl DCP P Karunakaran said, "A team of officers, led by SHO South Rohini, Jai Prakash, was deployed in the area in outer Delhi to nab the accused. One team was stationed around Kumar's original house where his wife and children lived and another around the scene of crime." Pandit returned to wipe out evidence, including bloodstains and photographs inside the house, and walked straight into the arms of the police.


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Man can do anything what an animal is incapable of. Big shame on Indian society and its degrading moral values and compassion for the fellow human beings. When will the Indian Law rise to the occasion and stem such gory acts is to be seen. The world is watching.

Parents adopt new methods to kill baby girls Vimal Bhatia, TNN | Jun 18, 2012, 02.29AM IST

JAISALMER: The father of a baby girl, who died in suspicious circumstances, was arrested and sent to judicial custody for 15 days. Police claim that Deen Singh alias Dileep Singh, the father of the girl, deliberately denied her treatment, which led to her death.

According to the local medical authorities, members of some communities, infamous for killing baby girls, have now found a new way to make the deaths look 'natural'. The baby girls are either not fed enough or denied treatment. The authorities came across three such cases in Tejmalta and Mandi villages of the district during the last 10 days.

On Friday, Dileep Singh was arrested after his daughter, who was born on June 13, died in the absence of proper treatment. According to SP Mamta Vishnoi, SDM Fatehgarh has submitted a report to Sangad police station in this regard, following which a case was registered and action was taken. A special team recovered the body of the baby for post-mortem.

Vishnoi said investigation into the case revealed that Singh did not make any efforts to save the child. "During the investigation, contradictory information came to light pointing that Singh was completely careless towards his daughter. He was arrested on Friday and sent to judicial custody on Saturday,'' added Vishnoi.

In last 10 days, three newborn girls died suspiciously in the area. According to reports, Keku Kanwar delivered a healthy baby at Tejmalta on June 8 but was brought to the Jhinjhinyali primary health centre in serious condition the next day. The baby did not survive. On the same day, the death of yet another baby girl was reported, following which the entire family is missing.

District collector Shuchi Tyagi accepted the fact that some people are deliberately resorting to inhuman methods in order to save themselves from the law. Tyagi said it is a planned conspiracy and of the three recent cases, the newborns were buried in the backyard of the house. They also use chemical or salt so that body gets destroyed quickly. "The reasons could not be found in the post-mortem. Therefore, viscera has been sent to FSL for investigation and after the report comes, the reasons of death would be known. We are also talking to experts about what can be done to avoid such incidents,'' she said.

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Minor raped in Barabanki, girl in Jhansi kills self TNN | Jun 20, 2012, 03.05AM IST

LUCKNOW: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Dewa policecircle of Barabanki, located barely 20 kilometres from the state capital. In another incident reported from Jhansi, a 13-year-old girl committed suicide after she was held captive and repeatedly raped by a local youth. Both the incidents came to light on Tuesday.

Reports from Barabanki said the incident came to light on Tuesday morning after the body of a minor girl - aged around 8 years was recovered from a field in Mamapur village under Dewa police circle. The girl was later identified as Munni of the same village. Prima facie, the condition of the body suggested that the minor had been sexually assaulted and then strangulated.

After the victim's parents told the police that the girl had gone missing since early evening on Monday and was last seen with a local youth Bhanu Yadav who too was found missing till late on Monday night, police raided Bhanu's house and nabbed him. Though the accused tried to wriggle out of the dragnet on the pretext that he had nothing to do with the girl and had not met her for more than 2 days, he gave in after he was confronted by some local residents who had met Bhanu, while the victim was with him.

In Jhansi, the suicide by a 13-year-old girl, that took place on Sunday, turned out to be a result of rape. After sexual assault was established in the post-mortem examination on Monday, the victim's family members admitted that the girl had told them about what all had happened to her before she consumed poison on Sunday.

A resident of Dubki village in Babina area, this student of class VII was attending stitching classes at a nearby village as it was her summer vacation time. The only child of her parents, her father was employed in Delhi and the girl lived with her mother in Dubki. The victim left her house on Saturday morning at the usual time to attend her stitching classes, but went missing thereafter. When she failed to turn up by late evening, her mother went out looking for her only to learn that she had left her stitching classes at the usual time in afternoon.

The girl however reached home on Sunday morning in a visibly shaken state and told her mother that she was on her way home when a local youth Gaya Prasad alias Raja Ahirwar kidnapped her. He held her captive in a house situated in a deserted corner of the village and repeatedly raped her all through the night. The girl somehow managed to escape from the confinement after the accused went to sleep early in the morning.

Even before the victim's mother could decide what to do next, the girl reportedly went inside a small store room in the house and consumed poison. She died by the time any medical help could be provided to her. Police have arrested the accused. The police have also charged the accused of compelling the victim to commit suicide apart from rape and assault.

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Every such act is a slap on Indian Judicial system. God be India's saviour.

Woman promised job, 'raped' for 5 days Sanjay Yadav, TNN | Jun 20, 2012, 01.35AM IST

GURGAON: The Badshapur police have lodged an FIR against a man who allegedly raped a woman of his village for five successive days in his rented accommodation in Gurgaon after promising her a job in the city. A medical examination has confirmed the victim's rape. The accused, however, is on the run. 

According to the police, 23-year-old girl Priya (name changed), a native of Hisar and married to a native of Bhiwani, had got in touch with Naresh, a resident of her village, Ghamana, last month, as she was looking for a job. Naresh, who was working in Gurgaon and was living in a rented accommodation in Begampur Khatola village, promised to get her a job in the city. 

On May 18, the accused allegedly called the victim and told her that he had found a job for her in a reputable company in Sector 73, Gurgaon. The interview, Naresh said, was scheduled for May 19. But when she reached Gurgaon, Naresh took her to his Begampur Khatola room and on the pretext that the interview has been postponed he raped her for five days. 


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Girl 'raped' in taxi, dumped on road TNN | Jun 20, 2012, 03.30AM IST

BARASAT: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside a taxi and dumped near the Kolkata airport in the wee hours of Tuesday. The girl was unconscious when police rescued hear from near the boundary wall of the airport. It took her a while to regain sufficient consciousness and tell the police that a youth named Monu, a friend of her brother-in-law, had offered her a ride in a taxi and then misbehaved with her.

The incident follows close on the heels of the rape of a homemaker in Rajarhat by the driver of a luxury taxi. On June 9, the woman was offered a ride to Sealdah station by the driver from near the Exide crossing. Instead of driving to Sealdah, the driver drove to Rajarhat and raped the woman. He was arrested within hours.

In Tuesday's case, the accused is yet to be traced. Though the 15-year-old girl and her mother refused a medical examination, the police have registered a case of rape against Monu, based on her version. As the girl is still unable to give a full account of what actually happened, officers aren't sure whether Monu is a taxi driver or hired the cab. Even the victim'a mother, a resident of Paschim Beraberi in the Airport police station area, wasn't able to shed much light into the identity of the accused.

"A police patrol from Madhyamgram spotted the girl lying unconscious near the airport wall at Narayanpur. They picked her up and got her admitted to the Barasat Hospital. Throughout the day, the girl flitted from consciousness to unconsciousness and her complete statement could not be recorded," an officer said.

According to him, the girl developed a relationship with the youth during her visits to her sister's house at Belgachia. Even her mother or other relatives weren't aware of the relationship. On Monday evening, the youth seemed to have offered her a ride in a taxi. The two travelled to several locations across the city. On the way to drop her back home, Monu is suspected to have raped her.

"We suspect that she was raped in the taxi. Though a medical examination could not be conducted, we have registered a case of rape based on her complaint. If the victim is not ready to undergo a medical examination, we can't force her. We have begun a search for Monu. We have also alerted all police stations along the border to keep a lookout for him as he may try to leave the country," said Champak Bhattacharya, SP, North 24-Parganas.

Even if the medical examination is not held, the police hope to get vital clues once Monu is held. According to an officer, it makes no difference whether the girl knew Monu or not. He will be charged if the girl alleges sexual assault even if it is found that they were having an affair.

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2 minors raped in Bassi, Dausa areas TNN | Jun 19, 2012, 03.56AM IST

JAIPUR: Two minor girls were 'raped' in separate incidents in the Bassi and Dausa areas of the state during wee hours on Monday.

The 16-year-old victim who hails from Manpur village of Dausa district came out of the courtyard of her house to attend to nature's call early on Monday. A youth identified as Jeetu (22) and his aide were already hiding in the bushes. They forcibly covered the girl's mouth with a cotton cloth and put her on their bike and fled the scene, the police said.

"The girl was taken to an isolated place at Adepura area, nearly 10 kms from her village, where she was allegedly raped by the two youths. Her parents, after realizing that she has gonemissing, raised an alarm and informed the police," said a senior police officer.

A massive hunt to trace the girl was launched. At 6 in the morning, she was found lying unconscious near a nullah at Adepura village.

"The girl was admitted to a hospital in Sikarai village. After regaining senses, the girl narrated the chain of events to her parents and the police. She said she was abducted and raped by two youths," said a senior police officer with Dausa police.

Based on her allegations, a case of abduction and rape has been registered at the Manpur policestation and search for the accused is on.

In another incident, a 13-year old girl studying in Class 8 was abducted and allegedly raped by a man whom she called uncle in the Bassi village in the outskirts of Jaipur.

The incident occurred on June 8 when the accused Ramratan Meena took the girl to an isolated place and raped her. The girl stayed mum for many days before breaking her silence on Sunday. A case of rape against Meena has been registered at Bassi police station. "Teams have been sent to various places and we are raiding shis possible hideouts," said a police officer.

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Honour killing: Man sets daughter on fire in Surat TNN | Jun 19, 2012, 07.05AM IST

SURAT: A 20-year-old girl was set on fire in the city on Monday by her father, who had a heated argument with her for insisting on getting married to her boyfriend. The victim died on the spot. 

Rubina Shaikh was allegedly set ablaze by her father Urhan at their house in Azad Nagar slums at Bhatar. The father sprinkled petrol on the victim after a heated argument and then threw a burning matchstick on her. Rubina was completely burnt within seconds. 

On witnessing smoke coming out of the house, neighbours rushed in and tried to help Rubina but were attacked by other family members of the victim. 

Police investigation revealed that Rubina was in love with one Javed Yusuf, who lived in the neighbourhood. Both had run away and lived together for sometime. Rubina's father asked her to return home and promised that he would get the two married. The couple returned home and Rubina started living with her parents again. 

However, Rubina's father refused to keep his promise. The issue was discussed several times in the family. Everyone in the family was opposed to Rubina's marriage with Javed.


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Lets not dishonor the word honor. Its a plain cold blooded murder to which death penalty and only death penalty, ought to be awarded

MP: 15-year-old girl gang raped & set ablaze 05 Jun 2012, 11:15AM IST| Duration: 01:44

'Rapist' French diplomat held in Bangalore TNN | Jun 19, 2012, 09.09AM IST

BANGALORE/NEW DELHI: Pascal Mezuier,French diplomat allegedly accused of raping his four-year-old daughter, was arrested in Bangalore on Tuesday.

According to TV reports, the accused has now been taken for a medical check up and will be produced in court later in the day.

The Bangalore Police earlier on Monday had refused to arrest the man despite the French embassy in New Delhi stating that Pascal did not enjoy diplomatic immunity.

French embassy in New Delhi confirmed that Mezuier (39), deputy head of chancery in the French consulate in Bangalore and accused of raping his daughter by his wife, does not hold a diplomatic passport, but the police said it's waiting for a written statement from the ministry of external affairs on Pascal's status before arresting him.

Following a complaint from Pascal's wife Suja Jones Mazurier, cops had registered a case against Mazurier under Section 376 of IPC on Thursday but did not arrest him, first saying he may have diplomatic immunity, then seeking the confirmation that he does not, in writing.

Woman charges doctor husband with rape TNN | Jun 18, 2012, 07.10AM IST

KOLKATA: A woman has lodged a complaint of rape and torture against her doctor husband at the Survey Park police station on Saturday. 

Police said the woman married the doctor , an eye specialist, four years ago. "The two knew each other before marriage," said an investigator . But within two years of tying the knot, the couple fell out and started living separately. While the woman returned to herKalighat home, her husband stayed at his Survey Park house, where he has a clinic. 

The woman alleged that on Friday, her husband came to her place and assaulted and raped her repeatedly. "We have initiated a case and started a probe," said an officer. 


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Tutor held for molesting Class VI girl TNN | Jun 18, 2012, 07.21AM IST

KOLKATA: A 44-year-old private tutor was arrested on charges of molesting a Class VI student at Jagaddal in North 24-Parganas on Sunday afternoon. 

According to police, the girl went to Bijoy Shaw's house at Jagaddal's Baruipara every afternoon to attend private coaching classes. On Sunday, she went there as usual but there was nobody else in the house at that time. Taking advantage of the situation, Shaw allegedly molested the girl, who returned home and informed her parents about it-. Before a formal complaint could be lodged at the police station, news spread in the locality . 

A mob gathered at Shaw's house before long and went on a rampage. They dragged Shaw out of the house and beat him up severely . Officers from Jagaddal police station later rescued and arrested him.


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Diplomat accused of raping daughter 16 Jun 2012, 0920 hrs IST, AGENCIES

The wife of the French diplomat, who has been accused of raping his three-and-a half year-old daughter, has appealed to the Government to ensure that the official faces trial in India even if he enjoys diplomatic immunity. In a letter to Home Minister P Chidambaram and External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, Suja Jones Mazurier has requested that her husband, Pascal Mazurier, be restrained from leaving the country till legal proceedings were completed and that under no circumstance should he be allowed custody of their children, who are French nationals. 

Asha S Basu, counsel for Suja Jones Mazurier, who has written the letters on her behalf, sought protection for her client and her children. Suja Jones also wanted the French Embassy to be directed to help her with legal and financial assistance, as she was currently unemployed and has to take care of their children. Suja Jones, an Indian citizen, said she is married to Pascal Mazurier, Deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France, Bangalore and have three children- a seven year-old son, the victim and a 20-month-old son. 

She said apart from High Grounds police station here registering a case of rape against the diplomat, in view of the "medical evidence", the Baptist hospital, Bangalore has also registered a medico-legal case against him. Suja Jones said she has already written to the Ambassador of France intimating the details of alleged domestic violence and repeated child abuse. 

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law & Order) Suneel Kumar said "the victim (the daughter) has been taken to Government-run Bowring Hospital for a medical examination. The medical report will take some time". However, he said the police are checking the status of the diplomat with the Union Government to decide on future course of action. DCP (Central Division) Ravikante Gowda said the diplomat was just questioned and sent back to his consulate, adding, "if necessary, we will question him again."


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Barely alive, Rohini sisters rescued from home Dwaipayan Ghosh, TNN | Jun 17, 2012, 04.17AM IST

NEW DELHI: The middle class neighbourhood of Rohini's Sector VIII woke up on Saturday to a shocking story of neglect and social apathy. Two sisters - allegedly suffering from depression and malnutrition for months with their bodies having started to rot - were sent to hospital by one of their relatives who stays in the area after the stench from the house became unbearable. How the 65-year-old mother of the two women and her grandson, 14-years-old, managed to live in these conditions without seeking help is a mystery.

The neighbours admitted that they chose to ignore the screams and stench for over two years believing that "the matter did not concern them.'' And on Saturday morning, they came to know the truth only through television.

Doctors at Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital said the two sisters, one 40-year-old and the other 29-year-old, were admitted between 11.40 am and 1.40 pm. "A CAT ambulance brought the elder sister to the hospital at 11.40 am. A look at her and the foul smell from her body shocked us. She was infected with maggots and had bed sores all over. It seemed she had been completely neglected for at least the past four months, and though she did consume some food, the quantity must have been very less. She had developed contractions due to non-movement of limbs and weighed hardly more than 15 kg and resembled nothing more than a skeleton,'' said a doctor at the casualty who first examined her.

Another doctor, Kaustuv Kiran, said he was unable to even record her blood pressure as the normal instruments proved too big for her arms. ``Her hair was unkempt and she had huge nails. She groaned with pain every time we touched her. She also had several infected wounds that can be critical for her. We have formed a team of doctors from the medicine, surgery and orthopaedics departments who will monitor her. We have dressed her after washing her up and are most likely to put her on drip. She is conscious though but semi-oriented,'' said Dr Kiran.

The doctors said the condition of the younger sister was comparatively better. "She has flexation reformity (non-movement of limbs) from around her limbs. She is able to talk to us too. She has been insisting that her mother and her nephew (son of the elder sister) were taking good care of her. We think she too needs counselling which will begin soon,'' added Dr Kiran. The delay in bringing the two sisters, explained doctors, was due to the younger sister's insistence that she was ``absolutely normal and needed no medical attention.'' The CAT ambulance staff had to forcefully remove her from her bed, said a police source.

The neighbours claimed they were woken up by an animated discussion between the mother and her nephew on Friday night around 11 pm. ``It was evident that the condition of the sisters had deteriorated. In the morning, they called CAT and took them to the hospital,'' said a neighbour.

Sources said the elder sister had married 18 years ago but got divorced within the next two years. Her husband did try to establish contact with their son but she put her foot down claiming he was alcoholic. Her sister never got married.

According to neighbours, the elder sister first got bedridden six years ago but no one had any idea about the exact cause. Till about two years ago, she was often heard screaming - and as her neighbours claimed - even swearing at them. However that too stopped. The child who attended a local government school too seemed to have been pulled out this year.

For the past four months, the only person who came out of the house was the mother. She told doctors she lived on monetary support from her husband's four brothers but since the death of her husband five years ago, that help too has been slowly drying up."The brothers did not visit them in the past six months and the nephew visited once in a while,'' said a neighbour.

Joint commissioner (Northern Range) Tajender Luthra said they have been informed by the hospital of the incident. No case has been registered so far.

The incident, coming after similar incidents were reported from Kalkaji in southeast Delhi and Noida in the past five years, has once again exposed the callousness of a city where there is little time for neighbours to care for each other. And all claims of NGOs and beat constables that they take care of the weak, old and destitute sound quite hollow.

Neighbours chose to ignore stench

The stench outside the sisters' Rohini residence is hard to miss. And so is their neighbours' indifference. Hours after the malnourished women were taken to Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, most residents in the vicinity preferred to maintain a safe distance from the media.

"I moved in barely one year ago. I do not know much about the people here," a resident told TOI. Even the RWA president P P Kaushik denied having much knowledge regarding the sisters. "I came to the locality five years ago. I have often encountered their mother in the area. She used to enquire about pending bills and complained of the high electricity tariff. But I have never seen either of the two sisters. We had heard that they having some mental trouble but we didn't know the magnitude of the problem," said Kaushik.

However, the sisters' immediate neighbours were more forthcoming. "We have seen them here for the past 16 years. The elder sister, who stayed on the ground floor, used to scream and even swear at us. But this was about two years ago. We haven't seen any doctor attending to them. In fact, we haven't seen them open the gate in the past four months. What's worse is that they stopped the 14-year-old from attending school or even play with children in the neighbourhood. Their mother (65) used to visit often. She watered the plants outside their residence and kept them in excellent shape,'' said a neighbour.

On asking others in the colony why didn't they alert the police earlier since the stench was becoming unbearable, one of the men retorted, "We do not want to be seen as pesky neighbours who interfere in others' lives. Another neighbour claimed that he had often heard arguments between the mother and daughters, but the tiffs didn't strike him as 'unnatural'. "I assumed that the sisters' condition must have deteriorated but didn't share the thought with others," he said.

Suresh Kumar Gupta, an RWA member said he was aware that the sisters hadn't stepped out of the house in four months. "We thought it was a family decision,'' said Gupta. Even with the mother, his conversation was limited to matters concerning the RWA.


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We are not living in a jungle where animals have their territories demarcated and one dares not to venture out in another's, but we, human beings, live in a society where we ought to have the know if something bad or strange is happening in one' neighbourhood. In this case, had the neighbours taken an active interest the sisters would not have suffered this much.