[1]Rs 3 crore gone in 10 mins
Bengaluru: In a broad daylight gold heist on Friday afternoon, two masked men barged into the office of India Infoline Finance Limited in Rajarajeshwarinagar and escaped with 9.092 kg of gold jewels, worth about Rs 2.8 crore, and Rs 6 lakh in cash after threatening the staff with a revolver and a dagger.
Police said the office, located at the first floor of a commercial complex on Jawaharlal Nehru Road in BEML Layout third stage, had three women staff — Bhamini, the branch manager, Uma, customer care executive, and Pramila Kumar, gold officer — office boy Gangadhar and security guard Shivakumar.
Around 12.45 pm, two men, wearing helmets, black leather jackets and gloves, came to the office and dragged the guard inside. They reportedly pointed a revolver and a dagger at the staff and asked all the five to sit in the strong room.
The duo asked Bhamini to open the locker and collected the gold jewellery, pledged with the company, andcash into two bags they had brought. The duo left behind around one kg of gold jewellery as the bags were full.
“Later, they locked the staff in the strong room and escaped with the valuables. After a while, the staff managed to come out by breaking open the back door of the strong room and informed the police. The robbers were there for just five to ten minutes,” the police explained.
“There are two CCTV cameras installed in the office and the wire of the camera near the strong room was cut by the one of the robbers. However, their movements have been captured in the CCTV footage, which is being examined,” the police added.
The police also said that there were lapses in the security arrangements at the firm.
“The manager failed to press the button of the anti burglar alarm system, that was right beneath her desk. Further there no weapon was provided to the security guard and he was also not trained. The firm had not installed CCTV camera at the entrance of the office. No one has seen how the miscreants came and left,” the police pointed out.
Following the incident, senior police officers rushed to the spot along with sniffer dogs.
Police Commissioner Raghavendra H Auradkar, who visited the spot, said, “It is a well planned robbery and the miscreants might have visited the office a few times to plan it. We have collected the visuals captured by the CCTV cameras installed in the office and are trying to identify the miscreants.”
Three special teams have been formed to crack the case.
Rajarajeshwari Nagar police have registered a case and are investigating.
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17-year old girl murdered by brothers in honour killing
Tirunelveli (TN): In a case of honour killing, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her two brothers for falling in love with a Dalit boy in the district, police said today.
The two brothers poured acid into the mouth of their sister Gomathy and hanged her at their house in Seevalaperi village last night. They have been arrested on a complaint from the Village Administrative Officer Regina, police said.They said the duo confessed to have killed their sister.
According to police, Gomathy had fallen in love with Murugan of Tiruvengadapuram, who was working in a fish processing unit. A few days ago, she had gone to his house and stayed with his family there.Her brothers Murugan and Sudalaimuthu, who were angry by her conduct, went to Thiruvengadapuram and persuaded her to come back home and later killed her, polie said, adding further investigation was on.
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Hyderabad: The CBI in its chargesheet had stated that actor Ram Charan Tej, son of Union minister K. Chiranjeevi, had purchased a 1,545-square yard plot (No. B-30). The CBI had also recorded the actor’s statement.
An official said, “Ram Charan purchased the plot and made the payment. However, registration was not done in his name and on paper the plot still belongs to EHTPL. Since this makes the plot unsold, it has been attached. The plots of former cricketer Chamundeswarinath and one Madani also have been taken over.”
Chamundeswaranath had bought three plots one of which, B-44 measuring 1,458 sq. yards, had not been transferred to his name.
The official also added, “The concerned parties of these 19 properties are hereby prohibited and restrained from transferring or charging the properties by sale, gift, mortgage, pledge or otherwise in any manner and all persons are restrained from buying or receiving them too.”
It was alleged that though the plots were sold at Rs 50,000 per square yard, only Rs 5,000 was shown in the accounts thus causing huge losses to the AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation.The residential land spread over 25,810 square yards, identified by CBI as belonging to fictitious companies of EHTPL, was attached.
Next: Gang busted for killing woman, gold recovered
Gang busted for killing woman, gold recovered
Hyderabad: The Saroornagar police on Friday arrested a gang of four in connection with the murder of 60-year-old Vemparala Dhanalakshmi on August 28 in Venkateshwara Colony, Saroornagar. They robbed and killed her. Cops recovered gold ornaments worth about Rs 5.5 lakh from the accused.
Next: 13-year-old goes to police, accuses teacher of stalking
13-year-old goes to police, accuses teacher of stalking
Hyderabad: Police on Friday arrested a teacher for allegedly stalking a minor girl student.The Urdu teacher, Saber Pasha, was arrested by the Mirchowk police and charged under Section 354D of the IPC after the 13-year-old victim herself complained to the police.
According to the police, Pasha teaches at a government school in Darulshifa where the minor girl is a student.
“She walked up to us and registered a complaint that Pasha was stalking her continuously,” said S. Venkat Reddy, the Mirchowk police inspector.
In her complaint, the girl said that Pasha would stalk her and had also misbehaved with her at school showing mala fide intentions. The teacher has been sent to judicial remand.
Next: CBI raids BDL doctor’s house
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Hyderabad: The CBI on Friday raided the residence of Bharat Dynamics Limited Kanchanbagh chief medical officer Dr Venugopal, and booked a case for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to known sources of income. The book value of the assets is around Rs 2 crore. It would be higher if market value is considered.
Next: Teen ends his life after parents’ fight
Teen ends his life after parents’ fight
Hyderabad: A Class IX student, who was home on vacation, hanged himself to death at his house in Fatehnagar in Sanathnagar, on Friday. The boy was allegedly depressed due to the frequent quarrels between his parents.
The parents even had an argument on the day the boy ended his life. M. Sampath, 16, son of Venkata Subramaniam and Laxmi, was studying at a private school in Nandyala and was living with his grandmother. He had come to his parents’ house as schools were closed due to the Samaikyandhra agitations.
Next: Rs 27 lakh worth gold seized at Chennai airport, 3 passengers held
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Chennai: Customs officials seized 885 grams of gold, worth Rs 27 lakh, from three passengers who reached the city airport on Thursday night and Friday morning.According to airport sources, Sisubalan (30) of Pudukottai, who reached the city in a Jet Airways flight on Thursday, was apprehended for not declaring three gold biscuits worth Rs 9 lakh. He was arrested.On Friday, a husband and wife duo from Sri Lanka, Suppaiah Kumar (38) and Latha Thangavel (28), who reached the city by a Jet Airways flight from Colombo, were caught by the customs for possessing 585 grams of gold jewels worth Rs 18 lakh.
According to customs sources, the customs air intelligence unit detained the two Sri Lankans. Investigations are on, the sources added.
Next: 3 held for selling charas
3 held for selling charas
Bengaluru: Three drug peddlers selling charas in Vyalikaval were arrested by the CCB sleuths . Among the arrested, one was a Nepali youth who used to procure drugs from his contacts in Delhi and was selling it in the city with two associates. Sleuths have recovered around three kg of charas worth around Rs 15 lakh.The accused have been identified as Gourav Surana (23) of Vasanthanagar, Ameen Ali (34) of Wilson Garden and Uajar Bahaddur Gharti (34) of Nepal.
CCB sleuths have also recovered three mobile phones, Rs 5,200 in cash, some Nepali currencies, a moped, a bike and other valuables. Gharti, a waiter at a Delhi restaurant Delhi would procure charas from his contacts there and supply it to associates here, who sold it to college students and private firm employees in the city, the CCB sleuths said. A case has been registered with the Vyalikaval police.
Next: 56-year-old woman jumps to death
56-year-old woman jumps to death
Bengaluru: Depressed over health problems, a 56-year-old woman committed suicide on Friday morning by jumping from the terrace of Karnataka Housing Board apartment at Surya City near Anekal on the outskirts of the city.
The deceased has been identified as Rajeshwari Hiremath. She was the wife of Mallikarjun Hiremath, a retired employee of a private company. The family hailed from Gulbarga and was staying in a flat at the MIG ‘B’ Block apartment complex.
Police said that Rajeshwari was suffering from diabetes and other health problems. She was reportedly depressed over her ailments and to add to her misery she was bitten by a dog, about a week ago.
On Friday around 8.30 am, when her husband was taking bath and her son was reading newspaper, she went to the terrace of the six-storey building and jumped from there. She sustained fatal head injury and multiple fractures, and died instantly.
“Rajeshwari’s family had settled in the city five years ago, as their son is working here. Their elder son is working in USA. She was very friendly with her neighbours, who are shocked by her move. Her husband has made a statement that she had lost mental balance and was very upset with her health condition. He suspects that it might have led her to take the extreme step,” the police explained.
Next: Senior citizen run over by private bus
Senior citizen run over by private bus
Kochi: A 68-year-old woman was killed in an accident at Palarivattom Junction on Friday morning. She was hit by a private bus while crossing the road. The deceased was identified as Pauly George, wife of George of Poovathumparampil House at Thevakkal near Kakkanad.
According to police, the accident occurred at 11.30 am when she was mowed down by a service bus on the Kakkanad-Ernakulam route.
“The driver of the bus did not see the woman crossing and ran over her. She was immediately taken to the Ernakulam Medical Centre near Palarivattom, but succumbed to her injuries at the hospital,” a police officer at Ernakulam Traffic (East) station said.
The postmortem was held late on Friday evening. Police have registered a case against the driver and owner of the private bus. The bus was also taken into police custody after the accident.
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