Father held for abusing minor
Thiruvananthapuram: One person was arrested by the Palode police near here on Sunday on charges of sexually abusing his seven-year-old daughter. According to police, the arrested man was  Sisupalan, 44, of Tenoor near Peringamala. The matter was reported to the police by Mahila Samakhya workers to whom the girl revealed the abuse during a counseling at her school.
Sisupalan, a casual labourer, was suspected to have sexually abused his daughter under the influence of alcohol. The girl’s mother seemed to be unaware of this. Their elder daughter was staying at a hostel. The victim  was shifted to a children’s home.
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Youth mistaken for rapist, thrashed
Bengaluru: A 21-year-old youth was beaten up by a mob when they mistook him for sexually harassing a three-year-old girl at Kammasandra in Hebbagodi on the outskirts of the city. He was saved only after the girl’s father intervened.
Police said the youth has been identified as Sira­juddin, an apprentice to a carpenter in Kam­masandra. On Sunday afternoon, Sirajuddin’s employer asked him to take his three-year-old daughter to a nearby shop and buy her chocolates.
Police said that when Sirajuddin and the carpenter's daughter were returning from the shop, she excused herself as she had to attend nature’s call. “Sirajuddin took her to the nearby bushes and was helping her. A few passersby saw this and were under the impression that he was trying to rape the girl. They caught hold of Sirajuddin and thrashed him before he could say anything. He also found it difficult to explain as he did not know the local language.”
“The mob tied him to a pole and informed the police. He was taken to police station and later, the girl's father came to the spot," the police explained. “The carpenter expla­ined that Sirjauddin was his helper and he himself had sent his daughter along with him. The employer also told his daughter and Sirajuddin’s version to police and convinced them that his apprentice had not,in fact, harmed his daughter,” police said.
“Sira­juddin did not wish to file any complaint against those who assaulted him,” the police added.
Next: Woman immolates herself, dies

Woman immolates herself, dies
Hyderabad: Upset with her husband constantly questioning her character, a 26-year-old woman committed suicide on Saturday ni-ght by setting herself on fire at her house in Malkajgiri.
Verpula Shashi Rekha’s husband Megha Raj would question her character and regularly pick fights with her. Sources said that on Saturday evening, the couple had an argument after Rekha received a phone call and this led to her suicide.
The couple had been married for seven years and had a daughter and a son. Raj would often accuse his wife of having extramarital affairs and also physically assaulted her at times.
On Saturday night, Rekha got a phone call and Raj suspected that it was from her lover. SI of police, Malkajgiri, E. Jahangir Yadav said, “The couple argued over the issue. On Sunday morning at 6 am she was found dead in the cooking area of the house.”
Based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s family, a case under Section 306 has been registered on Raj.
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Man shot dead on city footpath
Hyderabad: A 55-year-old cobbler was shot dead at Leelanagar of Sanjeev Reddy Nagar early on Sunday morning by unknown assailants. The body of P. Ashok, from Bidar, Karnataka, was found in the morning by locals on the footpath near his temporary shed.
S.R. Nagar police found three bullet injuries on his body and suspect that a country-made weapon was used to shoot him. While robbery is being suspected as the cause of the attack, the police is yet to confirm the motive or the assailants behind the murder.
After being informed by passersby at around 6 am about Ashok’s bullet-ridden body, a police team reached the spot. The cops found three .32 bullet cases from the spot. “While one bullet injury is on his chest, two are on his neck and below,” said S.R. Nagar police inspector S. Prabhakar.
Three people who sleep in temporary sheds in the same area have been taken into custody for questioning. The police has also enquired with locals wh-ether they saw anything or heard gunshots.
“We have booked a case under Section 302 for murder, and a Section under the Arms Act. Investigation has started and we are collecting more information,” said Prabhakar, adding that they were verifying whether the victim was robbed before being killed.
The body was shifted to the Gandhi Hospital mortuary for post-mortem. This is the third incident in the city recently wherein assailants have attacked victims with firearms. While one person was injured when a robber shot at him last week at Kukatpally, another person was injured when he was shot at in Balanagar two months ago.
Next: Boy ends life over rejection

Boy ends life over rejection
Hyderabad: Depressed over the rejection of his marriage proposal, a teenager immolated himself at his house in Indiranagar, Jeedimetla. The victim was in love with a girl from the same colony.
A couple of days ago his parents approached the girl’s parents with a marriage proposal, which was rejected. Depressed over this, he poured kerosene on himself and set himself alight. He died while undergoing treatment.
The deceased M.D.Yaseen 19, son of Zameeruddin, works in a welding shop. For some time, Yaseen was in love with Saida Begum, a resident of Indira Nagar, the same colony where he resides. Yaseen had recently informed his parents about his love for Saida and his desire to marry her.
His parents responded positively and accepted this. He also asked them to meet Saida’s parents and convince them to give their consent for their daughter’s marriage. Accordingly, his parents approached the girl’s parents with a marriage proposal some days ago. The girl’s parents, however, rejected it, reasoning that Yaseen was not the right choice for their daughter.
M.Sudhakar, Sub-Inspector of Police, Jeedimetla said, “It was as per his wish that his parents approached her parents with a marriage proposal, but her mother rejected it outright, pointing out that he was not a suitable match for their daughter.”
Dejected by this rejection, he attempted suicide by immolating himself at his house on Saturday. He was immediately shifted to the Gandhi Hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his burns on Sunday morning. Based on a complaint, a case under section 174 of the CrPC has been registered and is being investigated.
Next: 19-year-old held for molesting girlfriend

19-year-old held for molesting girlfriend
Kochi: Perum­bavoor police on Sunday arrested a 19-year-old boy for allegedly molesting his 17-year-old girlfriend after the victim personally filed a police complaint against him.
Police said the girl came to the station on Thursday and complained that her boyfriend had cheated her by sexually exploiting her after promising wedlock. The youngster was arrested on Sunday after the police found that the complaint was true.
The arrested was identified as Muneer, son of Aliyar, of Karothukudy House in Kandanthara near Perumbavoor. According to police, Muneer and the victim were classmates in a school in Perumbavoor.
Muneer, who promised the victim that he would marry her, sexually exploited her in cars twice and once at his home. Later he started avoiding the girl and gave out hints about breaking up the relationship.
The girl, in anger, allegedly went straight to the police station and complained against her boyfriend, without even telling the matter to her parents or teachers. “The exploitation happened last month once in a Wagon R car, another time in an Innova car and once at his home.
Both of them are from strong financial backgrounds and from upper class families,” said the sub inspector of Perumbavoor police. Muneer was produced before the magistrate and was remanded in judicial custody.
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Traffic SI assaults man
 
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Hyderabad: In yet another incident of highhandedness by traffic policemen, a sub-inspector of traffic police allegedly assaulted a person physically after an altercation over a traffic challan issued by the former.
S. Ramesh, the sub-inspector, allegedly assaulted  Naresh Patel following an argument. Police officials said that an inquiry will be conducted into the incident and if found guilty, action will be taken against the police official.
The incident occurred in the evening at Narayanguda when Naresh was stopped and asked to pay a pending amount of Rs 1,820 against frequent violations.
Twelve counts of traffic violations committed in 2011 and 2012 were pending against his vehicle. Police officials said there was an altercation following the cop pointing out the pending challans as Naresh allegedly refu-sed to clear the pending dues. The traffic cop then allegedly took Naresh to the Naray-anguda traffic police station and assaulted him.
Naresh went to the Narayanguda police station after this. No criminal case was booked as officials assured him that an inquiry would be conducted into the incident. “No case has been booked and it has been referred to the traffic police. Higher officials will conduct an inquiry,” B. Narsimha Reddy, inspector of Narayanguda, said.
Amit Garg, additional commissioner of police (traffic) said an inquiry will be conducted and action will be taken if the cop was found guilty.
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Murder accused hangs himself
Hyderabad: A murder accused committed suicide by hanging from a tree in Fatehnagar near Sanathnagar. Accused for the murder of his wife, a month ago, he was on the run since then. Though the cops had launched a search he was not traceable. However, he was found dead by the locals who informed the cops.
The deceased Bishwanath Das, a native of Odisha, was a labourer. He was residing with his wife Ashalatha and children. His family claimed the body from the mortuary on Sunday. His children are currently in Odisha.A case under Section 174 of the CrPC has been registered and is being investigated.
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Nephews murder 50-year-old daily wage labourer for property
Bengaluru: Two men were murdered in separate incidents in the city on Saturday night. A 50-year-old man was murdered over a property dispute in Bagalur, while a 35-year-old man was murdered in a drunken brawl in Rajagopalnagar.
In the incident reported in Bagalur police station limits, Chikkahonn­appa, 50, was clubbed to death by his nephews, who also attacked his son Manjunath. Both of them were daily wage labourers. The incident was reported in Hoovinanayaka­nahalli on Saturday even­ing and the police have arrested three persons in this connection.
Police said that Manj­u­nath was reportedly sitting on patio in front of Chann­amma’s house and smoking. Her sons objected and this led to a fight betw­een the two families. “Chikkahonnappa intervened and tried to pacify his nephews, but they attacked the father and son with wooden sti­cks. Both sustained severe head injuries and were rushed to NIMHANS, where Chikka­honnappa succumbed aro­und 9 pm,” the police said.
In another incident reported in Rajagopal­a­nagar, xBasavaraj, 34, a farmer and a native of Hav­eri, was stabbed to death in a drunken brawl near Laksh­midevi Nagar.
Police said Basavaraj along with his namesake friend, who wanted to start a bakery, had come to the city on Friday night to buy some electronic goods. The duo along with another friend, Mehabood, had gone to a bar on Saturday night.
They had a quarrel with a group of youths, but the bar managed to pacify them. After the trio left the bar, the three youths, who had quarreled with them earlier, came on a bike and stabbed Basavaraju.
Next: Another jeweller ends life in city

Another jeweller ends life in city
Bengaluru: In the second such suicide the city has seen in two days, a 38-year-old debt-ridden jewellery maker hanged himself at his residence in 5th cross, Azabnagar in Chamrajpet police limits in the wee hours of Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Shyamsundar Tantra, a native of Hooghly district in West Bengal. Police said Tantra shifted to the city from West Bengal twenty years ago and had opened a jewellery manufacturing unit in Cubbonpet.
Tantra married for thirteen years to Madhumati is survived by his wife and two sons — Saroj (12) and Sumit (2). Tantra, an employer of seven workers at his unit borrowed large sums of money over the years. A month ago, Tantra had reportedly confessed to his wife that he had been incurring heavy losses and was worried about repaying his debts.
Police said  Tantra’s financial stress  in the past few months had made him a heavy drinker and smoker. On Saturday, around 10.30 pm, he returned home in an inebriated state and refused to have his dinner. He later locked himself up inside the bedroom.
His wife, Madhumati told the police that she found nothing unusual about her husband’s behaviour, as it had become routine. She slept in the living room  with her two children, police said.
Around 7.30 am on Sunday, Madhumati tried waking up her husband, but to no avail. Finding the door locked from the inside, her eldest son Saroj reportedly climbed on to the ventilator shaft and entered the bedroom, only to find his father hanging from the ceiling fan.
Mad­humati shouted for help, and her neighbours rushed to the scene and brought down the body, taking it to the nearest hospital, where  he was declared brought dead.
Police suspect that Tantra may have committed suicide in the wee hours of Sunday. No death note was found, but according to Madhumati’s statements to the police, he had accrued huge debts and was unable to pay them off. This may have provoked him to take the extreme step.
A case of unnatural death has been registered by the Chamrajpet police, who are investigating the case. It may be recalled that on Friday a jewellery shop owner, his wife, and their seven-year-old daughter ended their lives by consuming cyanide inside their car, after parking it near Chikkasanne Gate near Devanahalli.
The deceased were identified as Sandeep hailed from Chintamani in Kolar and had settled in Bengaluru. The exact reason for the suicide is not known, but police suspect that financial losses is perhaps the cause for their death.
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Gang arrested for extortion
Chennai: Three members of an extortion gang including a history sheeter were arrested by the Police on Sunday after they tried to extort money from a businessman in Erukkancherri near Vyasarpadi. The accused were identified as Babloo, Vinodh and Anbu of Vyasarpadi.
The main accused, Babloo alias Prabhu of Vyasarpadi was convicted in two murder cases in the past three years under the Goondas Act and got released only recently, a senior police official said.  According to the police, the history sheeter had been threatening shopkeepers and businessmen.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, Babloo had threatened Annamalai, 39, a timber businessman demanding a sum of Rs 10 lakhs from him. Police said that when the victim had approached the accused with a lesser sum, he kidnapped him and contacted the victim’s elder brother, Shankar, 41 to provide the money.
A complaint was registered with the police and special teams under AC Thamaraikannan were formed. Police said that the gang had earlier driven the victim to Chengalpet, Guduvanchery and other areas with the victim. 
On Sunday, Police personnel in disguise nabbed the gang near Red Hills and secured the vehicles and dangerous weapons. Two other accused Vinoth and Arun were also arrested. MKB Nagar police have registered a case and are investigating.
Police are also on the lookout for four others who were suspected to part of the gang, a senior police officer said.
Next: Three girls drown in Kanchi lake

Three girls drown in Kanchi lake
Chennai: Three girls drowned on Sunday when they went to bathe in a lake in Karai in neighbouring Kanchipuram district. The girls, daughters of agricultural labourers, were identified as V. Shalini, and B. Dhanalakshmi, 14, both in Class 9, and E. Ajitha, 11, a Class 7 student. They had left home around 1 pm with their cattle to a pond dug in the Karai lake bed.
When the girls failed to return even after two hours the parents got worried. “Even the cattle came back on their own," the police said. "The family members rushed to the lake bed. The girls' soaps and other bathing accessories were found near the small pond on the lake bed. Their search led them to find the bodies of the three girls, which were fished out,” the police noted.
The girls had their hands linked to one another's. “It looks like one of them drifted into a slushy area of the pond. It is possible that the other two tried to rescue the trapped girl and they themselves got trapped and drowned,” the police said.
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Newly-wed woman commits suicide
Chennai: A twenty five year old woman committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Old washermanpet area on Saturday. According to the Police, the victim, Sathya had been married only for two months.
Her husband, Manikandan works in a private firm. The couple allegedly had frequent arguments and depressed over this, the girl committed suicide, Police said.