Techie jumps on top of train, dies
Chennai: A software professional from West Bengal, working in Infosys Ltd in Mahindra city, near here, committed suicide by jum­ping on top of a moving train from the Tamb­aram railway station foot overbridge on Sunday. 
 
A mobile bill on the body helped to identify him as Sudir Kumar Jana, 33.  According to the police, Jana’s depression had made his colleagues call his parents over, and they had come to Chennai to stay with him 10 days ago.
 

Depression led to techie suicide 

Police personnel inspecting the scene where software professional Sudhir Kumar Jana jumped to death in Tambaram railway station on Sunday. — DC

 
This is the fourth incident of suicide by software professionals in the city in the last one month.
 
The deceased, Sudir Kumar Jana, 33, working as a senior system engineer, jumped from the bridge over platform No. 6 when Pearl City Express from Toothukudi to Egmore chugged into Tambaram railway station around 7.40 am.
 
“He jumped over a 3 feet railing on the bridge, fell on the engine and died on the spot. His body fell on the platform,” the police said. They traced his identity with the help of a mobile bill he was carrying. 
 
Jana was staying in a house in Selaiyur. According to the police, his colleagues had noticed that he was depressed for the last two weeks. Ten days ago, his parents from West Bengal had come to Chennai to stay with him as his friends had told them about his depression. 
 

On Sunday, Jana left the house around 6 am and reached Tambaram railway station where he jumped off the overbridge and killed himself. The police said he was not married. “It is not clear what prompted him to end his life in this manner. We are trying to find out if he had any personal problems or any issues at  work,” they said.
 
Next: Man forces women to watch porn

Man forces women to watch porn 
 
Koppal: A computer operator at Gunnal gram panchayat allegedly forced some women to watch porn movies, and later fled when questioned.
 
The women, who had gone to get their ration cards on Saturday at Bevoor village, were subjected to sexual harassment made to watch porn clips by the computer operator, identified as Yamanur Talawar. 
 
When the women questioned him, Yamanur allegedly told them that the ration cards would be distributed to them only if they watched the clips. 
 
The women complained to their husbands after reaching home. When they questioned, Yamanur fled.
 
The women alleged that the staff at Bevoor police station refused to register a complaint against Yamanur, buckling under pressure from Yelburga MLA Basavaraj Rayaraddi, who is allegedly protecting Yamanur. Yamanur had earlier been warned in a similar incident, police sources said.
 
But sources at the Bevoor police station that the women had given in writing that they would not lodge a complaint against Yamanur.
 
Next: Woman found dead in water sump in city

Woman found dead in water sump in city
 
Chennai: Residents of Injambakkam, near Neelankarai, were in for a shock when the body of a woman, missing since Thursday, was recovered from a water tank in her house on Sunday.
 
The woman, Shyla, 37, a resident of Bethel Nagar, Injambakkam, is survived by her husband and three daughters. The police said they were probing the case from various angles, including murder. 
 

Neighbours gather near the house in Injambakkam where a woman's decomposed body was recovered from a water sump. — DC
 
Shyla was last seen on Thursday midnight by her daughters after which she was reported missing. Her husband, Mani, 40, a building contractor, lives in Andhra Pradesh for business purposes and visits the family on weekends. 
 
When Mani came home on Friday, his daughters informed him that his wife was missing. On Sunday, after suspecting foul smell from the water tank, Mani opened the tank to find his wife lying dead inside. On information, Neelankarai assistant commissioner Uma Shankar arrived at the spot along with a team and recovered the body from the sump. The woman’s body was in a decomposed state and could not be made out if it was an accident or a murder, the police said. The body was sent to the government Royapettah hospital for postmortem.
 
The family decided not to lodge a compliant on Friday thinking that she could have gone somewhere like the way she did four years back when she disappeared with a male friend and returned after 10 days.

 
Next: Girl abused for not wearing socks

Girl abused for not wearing socks
 
Hyderabad: A school principal alle-gedly abused a Class VIII girl student for not wearing socks.
 
Principal of Boduppal Narayana School, K. Prakash Rao, allegedly made abusive comments about the student and made her stand in front of the office for hours. The girl’s parents all-eged that though she had pleaded to be allowed to sit, the principal did not relent.
 
Rao, however, de-nied the allegations and said that he had just scolded the girl for not wearing proper uniform.
 
The girl’s parents, meanwhile, approached the Child Welfare Co-mmittee, Ranga Reddy, and lodged a complaint. “She did not wear socks as they had got wet in the rain. She tried to explain it to the principal, but he did not listen,” stated the student’s father in the complaint.
 
The parents said that they had approached the school management for an explanation but did not get a proper res-ponse.  Later, the principal allegedly argued with them, which compelled them to file a complaint with the CWC. 
 
CWC officials said that they had summoned the principal and fined him `25,000 following the complaint. When contacted, Rao said, “I have not misbehaved with any student, but the parents of this girl came and abused me.”
 
Next: Drunken cop rams jeep into pavement

Drunken cop rams jeep into pavement
 
Chennai: A police inspector, attached to the Mylapore police station, is facing departmental enquiry after he drove his official jeep in a drunken state, lost control and ran into a platform alongside a road in R.A. Puram on Saturday night.
 
Inspector Sivalingam, attached to the crime wing of the Mylapore police station, was returning home after a get-together with his friend when the incident happened. A traffic police team rushed to the spot and sent Sivalingam for a medical test. “We found him drunk. He was not only booked for drunken and rash driving, but also for damaging government property. He was arrested and let off on a personal bail,” the police said.
 
It may be noted that at least two policemen have been in the news in the course of the last week after they indulged in drunken activities.
 
The city police, which conducted a drive against drunken driving on Saturday night, booked as many as 197 people during vehicle checks throughout the city.
 
Next: Customs seize gold in Chennai Airport

Customs seize gold in Chennai Airport
 
Chennai: With the curb on gold imports increasing, customs officials had a hectic Saturday night and Sunday morning at Chennai airport as they seized undeclared gold from 14 passengers who reached the city from three different countries. 
 
Airport sources said the smuggling of gold has increased in recent times, especially after the government increased the customs duty. 
 
According to sources,  customs sleuths seized a total of 2.450 kg gold biscuit and jewellery worth a total of `70 lakh from the 14 passengers who reached the city airport from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Colombo on four different flights.
 
While 13 passengers belonging to the districts of Ramanathapuram, Sivagangai and Tiruchy were let off with a fine, as the value of the gold that they carried was below `5 lakh, the lone Sri Lankan, R. Mohammed (25), was arrested as he tried to smuggle 200 grams of gold worth `5.5 lakh.
 
“We believe that there is some big smuggling group that has been using all these people as carriers.” said a customs official.at airport
 
Next: Molested girl attempts suicide

Molested girl attempts suicide
 
Nagappatanam: As a youth forcibly molested her, a 17-year-old girl near Mayiladuthurai set herself ablaze reportedly unable to bear the ignominy.
 
The girl, residing at Melapathi village, near Sembanarkoil, went to the backyard of her house on Saturday late evening when Kabilan (17), a fitter of the same area, came there and molested her.
 
Upset over the incident, the girl ran into her house crying. Then, she poured kerosene on her body and set herself ablaze.
 
Hearing her screams, her neighbours went to her house, rescued her and rushed her to the government hospital in Mayiladuthurai. Her condition is said to be critical.
The Sembanarkoil police have registered a case and are on the look out for Kabilan who is said to be absconding.
 
Next: BPO staffer sends SMSs from Radhika Pandit’s number, held

BPO staffer sends SMSs from Radhika Pandit’s number, held
 
Bengaluru: A call centre employee has been arrested for allegedly disconnecting actress Radhika Pandit’s SIM card and getting another card with the same number. He had allegedly misused the number to send messages to her friends and several film producers.
 
The arrested, Abhishek (20), is from Kolar town. A second PU dropout, he was reportedly working at a call centre in Whitefield.
 
The Subramanyanagar police, who carried out the arrest, said that Abhishek had befriended a girl working with a mobile service providing company and posed himself as Jagannath, a serial actor, and a relative of Pandit. He had also assured the girl of a role in some serials.
 
“He misled her by saying that Pandit’s phone was lost and asked her to disconnect her number.
 
 He also gave her the number of a SIM card and asked her to activate Pandit’s number on that card. The girl trusted him and did it. Meanwhile, Pandit did not know why her number had stopped working,” the police said.
 
“The accused then started sending messages to Pandit’s friends and some film producers, whose number he had managed to get. When they told Pandit about getting unnecessary messages from her number, she was shocked and filed a police complaint. 
 
After the news was aired on some television channels, the accused had thrown the SIM away. But based on the complaint, the police swung into action and arrested him,” the police said.
 
“Abhishek was earlier working for serials and had managed to get the phone numbers of Pandit and other producers. The girl working with the service providing company was not aware of his prank,” the police said.
 
Abhishek had tried a similar prank earlier by misusing the number of actor Master Anand. The Kengeri police had let him off after a warning, the police said.
 
Next: 58-yr-old’s gold chain snatched

58-yr-old’s gold chain snatched
 
Bengaluru: A 58-year-old senior citizen was robbed of her gold chain weighing 25 gms in Ashoknagar police limits on Saturday morning.
 
 The victim, Padmavathi, had gone to the Anjaneyaswamy temple in Y.G. Nagar around 7.30 am when the incident occurred.
 
The police said two men walked into the temple around the same time as the victim, pretending to be devotees. Officials suspect the duo must have decided to snatch the gold chain after observing Padmavathi, who was wearing jewellery. 
 
As she was leaving the temple, they came up to her, snatched the chain from around her neck, and fled.
 
Padmavathi raised an alarm, but the duo could not be caught as there were not many people around, the police said. A case has been registered.
 
Next: Molest bid: TTE arrested in kannur

Molest bid: TTE arrested in kannur
 
Kannur: The Kannur Railway Police arrested a Train Ticket Examiner on Sunday for allegedly trying to molest a 23-year-old woman in the Nizamuddin-Ernakulam Mangala Express. 
 
The police identified the official as Rajan of Chembarathi House, from Vadakara in Kozhikode district. The accused was later released on bail by the Kannur judicial first class magistrate court.     

                                                                       Rajan
“The incident occurred  around 4 a.m. in the train at Kanhangad”, the police said. According to the complaint, the TTE tried to molest the woman who was sleeping. The woman, who was a nurse in a hospital in Maharashtra, was on the way to her home in Kottayam along with two other nurses of the same hospital. She raised an alarm and the other passengers caught hold of the official.
 
The passengers then handed him over to the railway police at Kannur. The official, a staff of the Konkan Railway Corporation, was on duty from Madgaon to Mangalore. 
 
Although his duty was over on Sunday morning at Mangalore, he continued to travel in the same train to his hometown at Vadakara, the police added.