Crime file: Minor hits 19-yr-old girl with boulder and rapes her in Karnataka; monk arrested for sexually abusing minor boys and more

Minor brutally assaults, rapes 19-yr-old girl in Karnataka

Davangere (Karnataka): A 19-year old girl was allegedly brutally assaulted and raped at a desolate place here by an acquaintance, a minor, who has been arrested.

The victim's classmate who introduced her to the accused and helped him in the crime was arrested on Wednesday, three days after he went absconding since the incident on Saturday night, police said.

According to police, the victim, a Bachelor of Computer Applications student, was returning home from her dance class when the accused offered her a lift, took her on a bike and raped her after hitting her with a boulder for resisting him. Her classmate who was waiting at the spot also helped him, police said.

The Karate-trained girl fought bravely before she was attacked, causing injuries on her head, eye and mouth after which she managed to reach home.

She was also burnt on her thigh with a lighter after the rape, police said.

Police arrested the 17-year-old accused, who was charged with kidnapping, rape and attempt to murder, on Sunday and produced him before a juvenile court, which sent him to remand home.

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Trust, of late, has lost its meaning. The only mistake of the 23-year-old software engineer, who was kidnapped and raped in Hyderabad, was that she trusted the cab drivers to take her to her hostel. There is no answer to why India is increasingly becoming a rape capital and why women in metro cities don't feel safe-- whether in cabs, buses, autos or malls. The techie, who had moved to Hyderabad recently, was so terrified to report the gang-rape that she filed a police complaint saying she had escaped the rape bid when she was returning from a mall around 8.30 pm on Oct 18. But the incident came to light after the police arrested the cab drivers. Read full story here The drivers drove her for nearly four hours in Hyderabad on several stretches, including the Outer Ring Road, and raped her at an isolated area near the Open Mind Birla School, Tellapur. They later dropped her near her hostel at around 2.30am. Read full story here In another shocking incident in Hyderabad in September, a 20-year-old polytechnic student was allegedly kidnapped and raped by the college canteen owner for almost 17 months in Hyderabad. Accused Satya Prakash Singh, 34, a native of Bihar, runs the canteen at TRR College of Technology at Meerpet, allegedly drugged and raped the victim in his flat. Read full story hereAfter the horrendous Delhi bus gang-rape on Dec 16, 2012, and the consequent death penalty to culprits, it was felt that the city would be safer for women. It is only far from it. Over 1,121 rape cases were registered in Delhi alone from Jan-Aug this year, the highest in the last 13 years.A 14-year-old girl was raped by a minor boy at knife-point at Gokalpuri in Delhi in October. The boy took her to an isolated place near the Wazirabad flyover and raped her. Based on the complaint, the juvenile was arrested.A 25-year-old woman was drugged and then raped by four persons in the Welcome area of North-East Delhi in May. The victim, who had separated from her husband and living alone, came across one Yashdev while looking for a job. He, on the pretext of introducing her to prospective employers, took advantage of her along with his friends.In Sept, the sexual abuse of a 9-year-old girl at Sholavaram near Chennai shocked the state. Four youths entered the house at 4am, took the girl who was sleeping. They raped the girl in a hut and fled. Police arrested two people Mohan and Ram in this connection. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. In September, a court in Bangalore sentenced six persons to life term for gang-raping a law student on October 13 last year on Bangalore University's Jnanabharathi campus. The girl and her friend were sitting in a car when they were attacked by the eight-member gang.There is a concern that Bangalore, the IT capital, is turning into rape capital. On Oct 19, three bar girls were allegedly gang-raped by a group of eight men. In Mumbai, the gang-rape of a 22-year-old photo-journalist when she was on an assignment shocked the nation in September. The culprits raped her after bashing up her male friend at an abandoned mill close to the railway tracks in the Mahalaxmi area. The same month, Santacruz police in Mumbai registered three rape cases in three days. That included the arrest of a 37-year-old man for allegedly raping his four-year-old neighbour. The four-year-old victim was allegedly raped by her neighbour when her mother stepped out of her house to buy milk.On September 23, a woman, who was asleep while travelling in an autorickshaw in Mumbai, was allegedly abducted and taken to Sanjay Gandhi National Park and sexually assaulted by a group of unidentified men.

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Crime file: Mentally challenged minor girl raped; Girl forced to take abortion pills dies and more

Mentally challenged minor girl raped, murdered 

Meerut: A mentally challenged minor girl was allegedly murdered after being raped at Rajpura Village in the district today. The 10-year-old girl was strangulated to death in Karkowda area of the village, police said, adding that her family has alleged that she was murdered after being raped. Police, however, said the body has been sent for post mortem and rape will be confirmed only after the examination. A case has been registered against unidendified person in the Karkowda police station, said police

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Man from Chennai arrested in Hyderabad for abducting minor girl to Kerala

Picture for representational purpose only.

Hyderabad: A man from Chennai was arrested from the Mallepally area here on Thursday on charges of abducting a minor girl from Old City and taking her to Kerala after making false promises of training her in singing.

Accused Mohammed Mustafa, rented a house in Asif Nagar and allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl staying in his neighbourhood on December 11, took her to Alappuzha and kept her in his friend's house, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) V Satyanarayana told reporters here.

Allegedly, he made false promises of getting her trained in singing and abducted her from the custody of her parents, the DCP said.

Mustafa allegedly prepared a fake 'voter ID card' for the victim with a fake name and showed her to a few people, the senior police officer said, adding the accused wanted the victim to change her name.

Allegedly, he planned to traffick the minor girl to Dubai, the DCP said. Following a complaint, the Humayun Nagar police registered a case under Section 366 (kidnapping) and Section 345 (wrongful confinement)of the Indian Penal Code against Mustafa, rescued the girl from his friend's house at Alappuzha and arrested Mustafa on Thursday.

Besides this case, Mustafa allegedly collected huge amounts from several people telling that his consignment was held up in the airport for customs clearance, the police said.

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DC special: Dad rapes schoolgirl, sires 3 kids

Thanjavur: Like most teenagers, Mala (name changed) too had great dreams but they were shattered when her father raped the schoolgirl and made her pregnant. She is 24 now and recently delivered his third child as he repeatedly abused her over the years after drugging her. Her mother had deserted the family long back and the father had remarried.

The rapist, an auto-rickshaw driver, was arrested last month following Mala’s complaint.

Mala and her third child, aged six weeks, are now being taken care of by a kind woman cop and some hospital staff near Thanjavur while the two older kids are with her stepmother.

“I had dreamt of a career in commerce and economics, but fate decided otherwise. My own father destroyed my life and made me mother of his three children. But I am determined to resume studies and stand on my own feet”, Mala told Deccan Chronicle here on Friday. She expressed hope she would get help “from some kind souls, from this society”.

Father warned her of serious harm if she informed anyone

The question that comes to mind as to why Mala (name changed) did not fight back when her father repeatedly raped her and sired three children, and why she did not report him, evaporates when she narrates her scary story.

After the first abuse—she does not want to go into too many details saying it’s “too traumatic to even think leave alone recall in detail”—he threatened her of serious bodily harm if she talked to anyone about it.

On the other hand, he would even allow her to continue studies and pursue her dream of doing a degree in business administration if she cooperated, he told her. And when she resisted, he shaved her head and branded her all over with hot iron, Mala told DC on the sidelines of a ‘public hearing’ on abuse of women and children, organized by All-India Democratic Womens’ Association (AIDWA) here on Friday. “My first child, a boy is now four-years-old. The second is a girl, 2-1/2 years old. He even allowed me to join the BBA course but I had to discontinue when I became pregnant third time.
Throughout my tenure at school and college, I would keep away from classmates and rush back home as otherwise I would be beaten up”, Mala said.

She said her mother had deserted the family and the father remarried. Together, the two subjected her to physical and mental abuse.

To ensure she suffered in silence, her father had even drugged her. After delivering her third child, a boy, last month, Mala left the baby in a church with a note saying she would not be able to take care of the child.

People found the baby crying and saw the note beside him. Police traced Mala at the bus terminus and took the sobbing mother back to the hospital, where she made a detailed statement about her terrible ordeal over the years.

The auto driver was picked up by the police after that and remanded to custody.

A case under various penal sections of law, including rape, physical assault, threat of life and illegal custody, has been registered against the alleged rapist, according to AIDWA officials.
A kind policewoman and some hospital staff are now taking care of Mala and the baby, but they need a better and permanent arrangement.

“It is sad that in this democratic and civilised country, a girl is not safe even in her house”, said AIDWA vice-president U Vasuki.

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2013: Criminal cases dip in Hyderabad, cyber crimes shoot up

Hyderabad: There has been a dip in number of criminal cases registered under IPC and SLL (Special and Local Laws) during 2013 in Hyderabad City, which saw 18,013 cases as compared to 18,744 cases during 2012, city Police Commissioner said on Monday.

However, crimes against women and cyber crimes rose in 2013. "The year 2013 has been a year of challenges for Hyderabad Police. There had been several meetings, besides protests (series of pro and anti-Telangana agitations) in Hyderabad which posed a challenge for the city police," Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma said.

"The ultimate aim was to maintain law and order in the state capital and with lot of efforts and team work we have been able to maintain that," Sharma told reporters as part of the annual press conference. Crime prevention and detection during 2013 was good.

Though, offences of murder for gain, murder, snatching, kidnapping and rape increased, dacoity, robbery, house burglary and automobile theft cases decreased, Sharma said.

Cyber crimes showed almost 350 per cent increase with 47 cases in 2012 to 162 cases this year.

Similarly, crimes against women rose to 2,124 in 2013 compared to 1,823 in the previous year, the Hyderabad Police chief said.

Hyderabad City again came under terror attack this year on February 21 with two blasts killing 17 persons and injuring over 100 at Dilsukhnagar here, he said.

The officer pointed out that this case was cracked by NIA with the arrest of Asadullah Akhtar alias 'Haddi' and IM's co-founder Yasin Bhatkal.

However, three other accused including Pakistan-based Riyaz Bhatkal and two others Tahsen Akhtar and Iqbal Bhatkal were absconding.

80 accused, including three foreigners, were arrested in connection with 40 NDPS cases registered this year, and 72 grams of cocaine and 100 grams of brown sugar and other contraband were seized from them, the senior police officer said.

Replying to a query on an incident in which some young people were seen in a video clip doing sit-ups against the backdrop of Golconda Fort and Qutub Shahi Tombs here recently in the presence of police, the Hyderabad Police Commissioner said he did not support the action of one Inspector who had allegedly engaged in "moral policing".

"No," Sharma said in reply to a query if he supports the act by the Inspector in connection with this incident. "... Police should act as per law... morally whatever may be your stand. While one is working in police department we are bound by law and we should go by law and we will go by law," Sharma added. 

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International drug cartel busted, heroin from Afpak to India, Lanka

Under the racket, several conduits based in Afghanistan and Pakistan push heroin into India through Punjab border (image for representational purpose)

New Delhi: An international drug cartel was smashed by the Special Cell of Delhi Police with the arrest of three of its members and recovery of nine kg of heroin with street value of Rs 30 crore. According to the police, A Venugopal Reddy (29), a resident of Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh, Ragmeet Singh (25) and Shurbir Singh (28), both residents of Delhi were arrested recently.

Under the racket, several conduits based in Afghanistan and Pakistan push heroin into India through Punjab border from where it is carried by road, rail into Delhi and delivered to conduits like Shurbir, Ragmeet and some other Afghani Sikhs From here it is taken to southern part of the country from where Sri Lankan conduits receive it for smuggling into Sri Lanka, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav. Initially, a tip off was received on Wednesday that Reddy would come to Shankar Road here to collect drugs from suspected suppliers of the syndicate.

"Following the tip off, a trap was laid and Reddy was apprehended and three kg of heroine seized from his possession. By the time he was located, identified and apprehended, the supplier had managed to leave the scene," said Yadav.

During sustained interrogation, he disclosed that he has been into this illegal trade for the last six months along with his associates Gopi, Durra and others, he said. Reddy also revealed that in this month alone, he had received two big consignments from a Sikh man known to him as 'Mr Singh' and one Tamilian known to him as 'Arun', both residents of Delhi.

Venugopal Reddy provided inputs about the identities of two Afghani Sikhs who were coordinating this trade and were living somewhere in the area of Mahabir Nagar. While efforts were afoot to locate the two Afghani Sikhs involved in the trade, on Thursday a team of Punjab Police also arrived in the office of Special Cell and sought assistance in the identification and apprehension of a suspect known to them as Shurbir of Delhi.

This Shurbir was wanted in a case of NDPS Act registered in Punjab and finding the similarities in the suspects being pursued by Special Cell and the Punjab Police, a joint team was formed, police said.

"Sources were put on work and soon, it was learnt that suspects Shurbir Singh and Ragmeet Singh were present in the area of Majnu Ka Tila where they were supposed to meet another courier member of this syndicate for delivering another consignment of heroin. The joint team reached the spot and nabbed the duo. They were found in possession of 6 Kg heroine," said Yadav.

During their preliminary interrogation, the duo allegedly told police that they are members of a large trans-national narcotics racket which is being jointly coordinated by one Ali of Kuwait and one Samiullah of Afghanistan.

"Ali finds customers while the delivery is done by Samiullah who controls production in Afghanistan," said Yadav, adding, from there it istaken to Pakistan and pushed through Punjab border from where it is carried by road and rail to Delhi. In Delhi, the Tamil and Telugu regulators of the syndicate take over and utilise several south Indian conduits to distribute the heroin into the southern part of the country from where Sri Lankan conduits receive it for smuggling into Sri Lanka, he said.

"The accused have disclosed that since January itself, they have, in the manner stated above, received around 125 kgs of heroin which has been pushed down the chain for intending processors as well as bulk and retail consumers," said Yadav. Efforts are on to identify other members of this syndicate and to apprehend them. Further investigation is in progress, police said.

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Crime file: Ambulance driver rapes minor girl, attempts suicide on remorse; Mother beaten to death by son for not giving money for booze and more

Ambulance driver rapes minor girl, attempts suicide on remorse

Raipur: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an ambulance driver in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on December 23, police said on Monday. 

However, apparently filled with contrition, the accused, identified as Kiran Kumar, allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire after the incident, they said.

"A case of rape was registered against Kiran, a driver with Sanjeevani 108 ambulance service, last evening on the complaint of the minor girl in Amabeda police station," said Kanker SP RN Dash. 

According to the officer, the incident occurred on the night of December 23 after the victim's mother, a native of Amabeda village, was shifted to Kanker district hospital in the ambulance driven by Kiran. 

"Kiran Kumar reportedly took the ill woman to hospital in the ambulance and returned to the patient's house. Kiran, who was in an inebriated condition, asked the 10-year-old girl to accompany him saying her mother is serious and needs her at the hospital," Dash said.

However, Kiran allegedly took the minor girl to an isolated place in a forest area and raped her, the SP said.

He said relatives of the victim failed to inform police about the incident even after she confided in them on December 24. 

The incident was reported to police on Friday, following which medical examination of the girl was conducted, which confirmed rape, the officer said. 

When a police team was sent to arrest Kiran it came to know that he had allegedly attempted suicide at his residence on Thursday and suffered minor burns. 

A case under section 376 (rape) of IPC and Prevention of Children from Sexual Offence Act has been registered against the accused, Dash said, adding that Kiran would be arrested after he gets discharge from hospital. 

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Crime file: Wife helps lawyer in raping minor girl for 13 days; prostitution racket busted in Bangalore, five girls rescued and more

Advocate rapes minor girl for 13 days, wife helps to tie up victim

Ujjain: An advocate has been arrested along with his wife on charges of raping and holding a teenager girl hostage for 13 days at their residence here, police said on Thursday. 

The 17-year-old who had gone missing since December 12 had gone to advocate Balkrishna Nagar's residence in Sampat Nagar here that day to get her caste certificate made.

Soon after the girl entered his office, the advocate downed the shutters and sexually assaulted her after which his wife Angrooabla helped her husband to tie the victim to a bed. 

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According to police, the advocate raped the girl for 13 days but on Wednesday when the residents heard the girl scream, cops reached the spot and freed the victim. 

The advocate and his wife have been arrested and a case has been lodged against them under various sections of the IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Meanwhile, the victim has been sent for medical examination. 

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Exactly a year ago, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student was gang raped on a moving bus in Delhi. That led to a national outrage with people questioning inefficiency of the government to provide security to women. There was such anger with protests across the nation that anyone would have thought it would be the last rape in the nation. That wasn't to be. Safety of women in the national capital was questioned, and in fact that was one of the reasons why chief minister Sheila Dikshit and the Congress suffered a humiliated defeat at the hands of political newcomer Arvind Kejriwal and his party Aam Aadmi Party. Political implications apart, the December 16 gang rape made headlines in international media, exposing how insecure women are in India. Despite the magnanimity of the most brutal rape of the country, very little has changed in one year.The conviction rate for rape is a mere 27 per cent which is why rapists aren't scared.The four accused in the December 16 rape case, gym instructor Vinay Sharma (20), bus cleaner Akshay Thakur (28), fruit-seller Pawan Gupta (19) and Mukesh Singh (26) were awarded death penalty as the court felt it was a rarest of rare cases. Main accused Ram Singh was found dead in jail while another is a minor.Notwithstanding pressure, the Central government in April amended the Anti-rape bill, which now provides life-term or death sentence for rape convicts. According to the new law, an offender can be sentenced to rigorous imprisonment that is not less than 20 years. The law also fixed age for consensual sex at 18 years. One thing that has changed is, none will take things lying down. But it doesn't mean that the incidents have gone down. Shockingly, a rape is reported every 20 minutes in India. A young girl's sexual harassment complaint resulted in the arrest of Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal. The girl was bold enough to report against her boss, putting her career at stake. Neither death sentence nor new law has acted as a deterrent. The number of rape cases in Delhi have almost doubled. Till November this year, 1,450 cases of rape cases were registered against 706 in 2012. There is an element of positivity about it, as police say that more women are coming forward to report rapes. But as Indian women are known for, not all aren't comfortable reporting about rape.The only mistake of a 23-year-old software engineer, who was kidnapped and raped in a cab Hyderabad, was that she trusted the cab drivers to take her to her hostel. But she ended up being raped.Unlike the Tehelka journalist, this girl was scared to report it, she filed a false complaint that there was an attempt to rape her. But the incident came to light when the police arrested the cab drivers, who admitted to raping her.Rapes are tarnishing the image of the country as a whole. Internationally, India is perceived as the rape capital with governments of foreign countries warning women against travel to India.A photojournalist was gang raped when on duty in Mumbai. That wasn't the first time for the accused, who thought when others didn't complain why would she? Experts debate if raping is a psychological problem? Most of the rapists won't have any remorse or guilt feeling. In many cases, they deny the crime or feel what they did wasn't wrong.There is a need for a systemic social change and the solution doesn't lie in the law, but in changing the mindset of people.

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Crime file: Agents chop off labourers' palms, one arrested; Class 10 girl raped in Hyderabad, and more

Agents chop off labourers' palms, one arrested

Bhawanipatna (Odisha): Three days after the right palms of two labourers of Odisha's Kalahandi district were chopped off allegedly by middlemen, one person was arrested on Wednesday and four others detained in connection with the gruesome incident. 

"One person has been arrested and some others were detained in connection with the palm chopping incident," Kalahandi district Collector B.K. Upadhyay said declining to give details saying investigation was in progress.

Superintendent of Police Sarthak Sarangi said labour agent Bimal Rout was nabbed from Dabugaon area of Nawrangpur district, while another labour agent Parsu Naik, labour sardar Parvez Dundi and two other accomplices - Baikuntha Rout and Bana Majhi were rounded up from Khariar area in Nuapada district.

While one of them has been arrested for his alleged involvement in Sunday's incident, the other four were now being interrogated, police said The SP said three investigating squads were formed and sent to different locations to apprehend the accused persons. A team led by SP Sarangi is interrogating the persons nabbed in the crime.

The two labourers, who hail from Kalahandi district, are in a critical state since the incident on Sunday. The two had got themselves admitted to a hospital here on Monday and were later shifted to VSS Medical College and Hospital at Burla.

The Collector said efforts were being made for replacement of the palms of the wounded labourers. The two labourers, identified as Nilambar Dhangada Majhi and Bialu Nial were among the 12 people, including five women from different villages of Jaipatna block in Kalahandi district, who were taken by two agents about a fortnight ago to Raipur in neighbouring Chhatisgarh.

A complaint lodged by the victims' relatives with the police said they were taken on the assurance of providing them work.

At Raipur, however, the two agents Bimal Rout and Parshu Nayak handed over the two labourers to another person, Parme Rout who asked them to go to Hyderabad from there.

"After reaching Raipur, we were asked to go to Hyderabad. We did not agree and escaped from the agent's clutches. While 10 of us managed to flee and returned to our village, Majhi and Nial got caught," one of the labourers said.

The two men were taken to Nuapada district, kept confined in a village and subsequently taken to Belpada jungle where the agents demanded that they repay the advance taken by all the 12 labourers.

When they pleaded their inability, the agents allegedly cut off their palms, the police said. The other labourers, who had meanwhile, reached their villages, had alleged that they were getting threat calls from the agents demanding refund of the advance money given to them. 

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Trust, of late, has lost its meaning. The only mistake of the 23-year-old software engineer, who was kidnapped and raped in Hyderabad, was that she trusted the cab drivers to take her to her hostel. There is no answer to why India is increasingly becoming a rape capital and why women in metro cities don't feel safe-- whether in cabs, buses, autos or malls. The techie, who had moved to Hyderabad recently, was so terrified to report the gang-rape that she filed a police complaint saying she had escaped the rape bid when she was returning from a mall around 8.30 pm on Oct 18. But the incident came to light after the police arrested the cab drivers. Read full story here The drivers drove her for nearly four hours in Hyderabad on several stretches, including the Outer Ring Road, and raped her at an isolated area near the Open Mind Birla School, Tellapur. They later dropped her near her hostel at around 2.30am. Read full story here In another shocking incident in Hyderabad in September, a 20-year-old polytechnic student was allegedly kidnapped and raped by the college canteen owner for almost 17 months in Hyderabad. Accused Satya Prakash Singh, 34, a native of Bihar, runs the canteen at TRR College of Technology at Meerpet, allegedly drugged and raped the victim in his flat. Read full story hereAfter the horrendous Delhi bus gang-rape on Dec 16, 2012, and the consequent death penalty to culprits, it was felt that the city would be safer for women. It is only far from it. Over 1,121 rape cases were registered in Delhi alone from Jan-Aug this year, the highest in the last 13 years.A 14-year-old girl was raped by a minor boy at knife-point at Gokalpuri in Delhi in October. The boy took her to an isolated place near the Wazirabad flyover and raped her. Based on the complaint, the juvenile was arrested.A 25-year-old woman was drugged and then raped by four persons in the Welcome area of North-East Delhi in May. The victim, who had separated from her husband and living alone, came across one Yashdev while looking for a job. He, on the pretext of introducing her to prospective employers, took advantage of her along with his friends.In Sept, the sexual abuse of a 9-year-old girl at Sholavaram near Chennai shocked the state. Four youths entered the house at 4am, took the girl who was sleeping. They raped the girl in a hut and fled. Police arrested two people Mohan and Ram in this connection. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. A 22-year-old engineering student in Chennai committed suicide at Chengam, 180km from Chennai, after her cousin E Ezhilarasan, also a student, posted photos of her sexual abuse on the internet. He along with his friends had raped her intimidating her with threats to circulate the clip. In September, a court in Bangalore sentenced six persons to life term for gang-raping a law student on October 13 last year on Bangalore University's Jnanabharathi campus. The girl and her friend were sitting in a car when they were attacked by the eight-member gang.There is a concern that Bangalore, the IT capital, is turning into rape capital. On Oct 19, three bar girls were allegedly gang-raped by a group of eight men. In Mumbai, the gang-rape of a 22-year-old photo-journalist when she was on an assignment shocked the nation in September. The culprits raped her after bashing up her male friend at an abandoned mill close to the railway tracks in the Mahalaxmi area. The same month, Santacruz police in Mumbai registered three rape cases in three days. That included the arrest of a 37-year-old man for allegedly raping his four-year-old neighbour. The four-year-old victim was allegedly raped by her neighbour when her mother stepped out of her house to buy milk.On September 23, a woman, who was asleep while travelling in an autorickshaw in Mumbai, was allegedly abducted and taken to Sanjay Gandhi National Park and sexually assaulted by a group of unidentified men.

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Cop, aide held for raping girl

Hyderabad: A home guard of the Vanasthalipuram traffic police and his friend were arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl.

Earlier, the cops had taken three suspects into custody in the case and they revealed the names of the culprit. While the home guard was booked for rape, his friend was booked for concealing the incident.

The accused were identified as Muthyam Goud, the home guard, and Chandrashekhar, a cab driver. During the interrogation, Chandrashekhar had revealed Muthyam Goud’s name.

According to  P. Gopala Krishna Murthy, inspector of Vanasthalipuram police station, Chandrashekhar saw the victim at an Internet centre in Turkayamjal and informed Muthyam Goud about her.

Muthyam came on his bike and offered her a lift till her relative’s house, but instead took her to a secluded place on the outskirts of the city and raped her.

Based on a complaint lodged by the victim’s uncle, a case was registered earlier. Police picked up other suspects in the case and zeroed in on the home-guard. The victim, who is a Class X student, lives in Kamaguda.

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Serial "cyanide" killer sentenced to death by court

The "cyanide killer"Mohan Kumar.

Mangalore: A serial killer known for his alleged modus operandi of using cyanide to kill his victims, was sentenced to death by a court here in three cases of murder.

Mohan Kumar, known as the "cyanide killer", was awarded the death sentence by the fourth additional district and session's court here, which had convicted him on Tuesday last and pronounced the quantum of punishment today.

Judge B K Naik held Kumar guilty of murdering Leelavathi, a resident of Vamadapadavu, and Anitha (22), a resident of Barimar village of Bantval taluk, and Sunanada of Peruvaje.

Naik observed that "this is the rarest of rare cases" and the convict deserves nothing less than death penalty.

During the hearing,Kumar defended himself saying none of the post-mortem reports had mentioned presence of cyanide.

Kumar was arrested on October 21, 2009.The trial of murder cases had commenced in the Fast Track Court in November 2011, and it was later shifted to fourth additional district and session's court here. 

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Crime file: Newly-wed killed by husband in Hyderabad; Illicit affair drives man to kill wife in Coimbatore and more

Newly-wed killed by husband

Hyderabad: A newly-wed woman was killed by her husband who suspected her fidelity. He strangled her at their home in Shamshabad. They were married only a fortnight ago.

The incident came to light on Saturday morning when the victim’s sister visited the couple’s house.

The victim, Anjali, 20, was married to John Adamson, 25, a native of Amalapuram, East Godavari district. John works as an electrician at the Sumo Foods Company in Gagan Pahad near RGIA.

According to police,  Adamson began  suspecting Anjali’s fidelity  soon after their marriage. On Friday night, the couple reportedly had an argument following which he murdered her.

“He strangled her after his attempt to smother her failed. After that, he fled the spot.”  Durga Prasad, inspector RGIA police station said.

Adamson is absconding. A murder case has been booked.

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Sab Khelo Sab Jeeto serial has been added for Sab Tv

Sab Tv serial Sab Khelo Sab Jeeto online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Sat - Sun at 07:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Sab Khelo Sab Jeeto online. Free episodes and updates of Sab Khelo Sab Jeeto available online. Download and watch Sab Khelo Sab Jeeto episodes. A bi - weekly game show hindi serial hosted by popular celebrity and host Cyrus Sahukar . The game show involves 60 minutes of non-stop fun where four members of a family can participate as a team that includes 6 rounds. There are no terms and conditions and families can keep whatever they win. Families participate in a buzzer round, where the host asks a question based from all walks of life. The family that hits the buzzer first, gets to answer first and if they win, they play a 2 min family game for the gifts. . Each game will be followed by another buzzer round and the team that wins the buzzer round gets to play the next game.

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Confessions serial has been added for Channel V

Channel V serial Confessions online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Mon - Tue at 05:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Confessions online. Free episodes and updates of Confessions available online. Download and watch Confessions episodes. Your friend has a BF/GF and you don't. Your parents keep comparing you to that over-achieving cousin. Everyone looks good on their Facebook display picture, but what about you? There's endless pressure to be perfect - have the perfect first kiss, ace your first interview, be invited to the most happening parties... But hey, you know what...Life is sometimes a bit imperfect. And we get that. Vaibhav takes you on a journey to meet people like you in Confessions serial, with stories like yours. Official.

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Doli Armano Ki serial has been added for Zee TV

Zee TV serial Doli Armano Ki online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Mon - Fri at 09:00am. Watch hindi drama serial Doli Armano Ki online. Free episodes and updates of Doli Armano Ki available online. Download and watch Doli Armano Ki episodes. With promos already on air, Doli Armano Ki hindi serial will be telecast from 2nd December and will replace the on going serial Punar Vivah. Revealing further on the cast a source informs, "Actor Gaurav Rana, who has bagged the main negative lead role in Big B's aspiring TV show will play brother to the character played by Neha Marda while Vibhuti will be paired opposite Gaurav." Read more...

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Yeh Hai Mohabbatein serial has been added for Star Plus

Star Plus serial Yeh Hai Mohabbatein online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Mon - Fri at 10:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Yeh Hai Mohabbatein online. Free episodes and updates of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein available online. Download and watch Yeh Hai Mohabbatein episodes. Star Plus along with Balaji Telefilms brings Yeh Hai Mohobbatein hindi serial, an emotional story of love and loss that launches on December 2, 2013, and will air from Monday ? Friday at 11 PM. The drama marks the return of popular TV stars Divyanka Tripathi and Karan Patel in lead roles. The show also brings together veteran artists like Neena Kulkarni, Abhay Bhargav, Kaushal Kapoor, Shenaz Rizwan and Ruhanika Dhawan in pivotal characters. Read more...

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Boogie Woogie serial has been added for Sony TV

Sony TV serial Boogie Woogie online. This currently Off-air drama is scheduled Wed - Thu at 08:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Boogie Woogie online. Free episodes and updates of Boogie Woogie available online. Download and watch Boogie Woogie episodes. The original dance show, only one of its kind, to hit Indian Television, Sansui Boogie Woogie, recently completed 10 glorious years. The dance show, that continues to rock the small screen with its undying energy, enthusiasm and great dancing, has over the years entertained and enthralled viewers who are now addicted to this show. Brainchild of the inimitable trio of Jaaved Jaffery, Naved Jaffery & Ravi Behl, over the years Sansui Boogie Woogie has become a platform to showcase talent across all backgrounds, age groups, genders and cities.

The show, now in its 11th year, will go bi-weekly, Friday-Saturday at 8.00 p.m. From now on viewers will be treated to great new sets that will give the participants and viewers a feel of a colorful fiesta or mela that calls for celebration at all times. The popularity of the show has helped Sansui Boogie Woogie to come up with an entire new gamut of specials & championships?Kids championships, Group championships, Teen championships, Item numbers, Horror special, Look-alike special, Celebrity special, Family special and recently the Mahayudh and Moms championships.

With Moms championship it became evident that Sansui Boogie Woogie is not just a platform for talented dancers but also a unique platform that gave opportunity to several moms who had put their dancing talent on hold and concentrated on setting up a home for their husbands and children. It was with the Moms championship that these young mothers realized that if you have the talent then all you need is to show it ?and the world and your husbands will be at your feet!

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Bhoot Aya serial has been added for Sony TV

Sony TV serial Bhoot Aya online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Sun at 10:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Bhoot Aya online. Free episodes and updates of Bhoot Aya available online. Download and watch Bhoot Aya episodes. Bhoot Aaya hindi serial is an upcoming horror drama on Sony Entertainment Television. It will be weekly horror show produced by Akashdeep and Sheeba's Cinetek Telefilms Pvt. Ltd. This gripping series will feature such inexplicable happenings as re-enactments of real life stories, bringing to life actual stories of people who have lived through these eerie events. Read more...

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Ek Nayi Pehchaan serial has been added for Sony TV

Sony TV serial Ek Nayi Pehchaan online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Mon - Fri at 08:00am. Watch hindi drama serial Ek Nayi Pehchaan online. Free episodes and updates of Ek Nayi Pehchaan available online. Download and watch Ek Nayi Pehchaan episodes. An inspiring story in Ek Neyi Pehchaan serial of how when two women come together they can become a force to reckon with. A beautiful journey of how Sakshi helps her mother-in-law Sharda, by motivating and educating her. While in return, Sharda guides Sakshi by sharing her wisdom and teaching her the virtues required to keep a family together. Official.

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Sadda Haq serial has been added for Channel V

Channel V serial Sadda Haq online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Mon - Sat at 06:00am. Watch hindi drama serial Sadda Haq online. Free episodes and updates of Sadda Haq available online. Download and watch Sadda Haq episodes. The story of a brilliant and curious girl who has harbored the dream of becoming an engineer. But she belongs to a very conservative family where the men are everything and women are just supposed to be wives, daughters and sisters. They aren?t supposed to have dreams or aspirations. Coming from a patriarchal family, she makes her way to a premier engineering college where the patriarchy continues ? in an all-boys world with less that 10% of the student being girls. With the backdrop of a top-notch engineering college, a setting quite different from usual, watch how Sanyukta Agarwal makes her presence felt in Sadda Haq serial and sets out to take over the man's world! Official.

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Tumhari Pakhi serial has been added for Life Ok

Life Ok serial Tumhari Pakhi online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Mon - Fri at 09:00am. Watch hindi drama serial Tumhari Pakhi online. Free episodes and updates of Tumhari Pakhi available online. Download and watch Tumhari Pakhi episodes. Tumhaari Paakhi hindi serial is a love story. Shraddha Arya is essaying the lead role of Pakhi who is very grounded and down-to-earth. She being a woman of a positive nature knows how to turn around a negative situation into a positive one. Simplicity is the USP of the Tumhari Paakhi - Intezaar Mein. According to the sources "The hindi drama serial will have a love triangle as well as the twists and turns which are never seen before on Indian television". Tumhari Pakhi serial will have a Rajasthani backdrop with cultural values and beliefs of the Rajasthani culture and dialect. Read more...

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Ringa Ringa Roses serial has been added for Life Ok

Life Ok serial Ringa Ringa Roses online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Sat - Sun at 10:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Ringa Ringa Roses online. Free episodes and updates of Ringa Ringa Roses available online. Download and watch Ringa Ringa Roses episodes. Ringa Ringa Roses hindi serial is a new horror serial to be aired on Life Ok channel. The new Life Ok horror show is a supernatural thriller. Life Ok?s new hindi serial Ringa Ringa Roses story is based on supernatural series, where Sameer, Megha, Abigail along with their team will rescue and help people who are facing problems with supernatural activities. The new Life OK drama will start from November 30 at 11 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Read more...

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Firangi Bahu serial has been added for Sahara One

Sahara One serial Firangi Bahu online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Mon - Fri at 07:00am. Watch hindi drama serial Firangi Bahu online. Free episodes and updates of Firangi Bahu available online. Download and watch Firangi Bahu episodes. Firangi Bahu serial is the journey of a British girl, Camili Jonathan who is married into a conservative Gujarati family. Pranay Desai, the youngest son of Desai family goes to London for higher studies. There he meets Camili and through her eyes and heart, gets to understand his own motherland, in a completely new perspective. Aware of his conservative family background, he decides to marry Camili in London and returns back to India. The show depicts Camili?s struggle after getting married in to a traditional, conservative Indian family and how she wins over the family members with her knowledge and love for Indian culture.

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Bh Se Bhade serial has been added for Zee TV

Zee TV serial Bh Se Bhade online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Sat - Sun at 07:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Bh Se Bhade online. Free episodes and updates of Bh Se Bhade available online. Download and watch Bh Se Bhade episodes. Bh Se Bhade serial is a story of a kind, loving, sensible, sensitive common man with a unique ability to take away the pain of those around him. While he is a boon for those in stress around him, the situation usually turns into a bane for his wife and family. The result of all the difficulties that Bhade faces is a hilarious comedy of errors that eventually turns out into Bhade giving out a social message to his audiences at the end of each episode.

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Its Complicated serial has been added for Channel V

Channel V serial Its Complicated online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Fri - Sat at 05:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Its Complicated online. Free episodes and updates of Its Complicated available online. Download and watch Its Complicated episodes. Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus, or so the saying goes. It truly becomes complicated when these two polar opposites meet. Relationship Status: It's Complicated hindi serial is the story of three guys and three girls with completely different and opposite personalities and the fights, frights and quirks of knowing each other. Read more.

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Main Naa Bhoolungi serial has been added for Sony TV

Sony TV serial Main Naa Bhoolungi online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Mon - Fri at 07:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Main Naa Bhoolungi online. Free episodes and updates of Main Naa Bhoolungi available online. Download and watch Main Naa Bhoolungi episodes. Main Naa Bhoolung serial is the thrilling journey of a 25 year old young, beautiful and independent girl Shikha Gupta. Shikha is married to Sameer Verma, a 29 year old successful businessman. Sameer?s caring nature and affection, makes Shikha fall in love with him. Her life seems fairytale perfect with a doting husband and a baby. But her husband?s character in Main Naa Bhoolungi hindi drama is layered with different shades which she explores soon in life. Shikha embarks on a puzzled journey where reality collides with illusions, where love, deception, hate, revenge are merely words and not feelings. Official.

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Paanch serial has been added for Channel V

Channel V serial Paanch online. This currently On-air drama is scheduled Wed - Thu at 05:30am. Watch hindi drama serial Paanch online. Free episodes and updates of Paanch available online. Download and watch Paanch episodes. Paanch hindi serial is the story of 18 year old Roshni, a shy girl who enters a college in Mumbai to ?right some wrongs.? She takes upon the mammoth task of transforming herself into someone who she isn?t, unforgiving and brutal. All this to avenge something that has deeply affected her in the past. Her target ? five seniors in college. She believes that reaction isn?t going to get her anywhere, and to make any difference ? she needs to act. Official.

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