Maha woman arrested for duping people
Jaipur: A 25-year-old woman hailing from Maharashtra was arrested for duping at least 15 people of Rs 1 crore on the pretext of doubling their money in two years through various investment schemes, in Karni Vihar locality here, the police said on Sunday. Madhuri Patil was arrested yesterday during a raid at her house where she returned after being on the run since a case was registered against her, police said. An FIR was filed against Madhuri and her three accomplices on a complaint by one Shankar Singh, who deposited Rs 11.5 lakh in January 2014, they said. Police is searching for Patil’s husband and two other accused in the case, DCP-West K C Vishnoi said. The case under various sections of IPC including 420, for cheating people, was registered against her and three others, and initial estimates indicated that she had received about Rs 1 crore from at least 15 people, the DCP said. (PTI)
Jilted lover sets woman afire; 3 held
Khargone (MP): In another incident of a jilted lover turning violent, a 23-year-old pharmacy student was set afire by her three classmates, including one who allegedly had an affair with her, after she resisted an alleged bid to rape her at her home at Ozhara village here, police said on Sunday. The woman succumbed to her injuries on Sunday. While the victim was alone in her house, her three classmates – Ankit Rathore (who allegedly had an affair with her), Vishal Chouhan and Akshay Joshi – entered her home and set her on fire after pouring kerosene oil on her on Saturday, police said. Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP), Barwah, Sunil Jolly said prima facie it appears that an attempt was made by the accused to rape her and when she resisted, they poured kerosene over her and set her afire. After being set on fire, the woman shouted for help following which some villagers rushed towards her house and caught the three accused as they were trying to escape. The villagers locked them in a room and informed the police and the woman’s parents, police said. The victim, who suffered over 96 per cent burn injuries, was immediately rushed to a private hospital in Indore where she succumbed. Before her death, a magistrate recorded her statement but its contents were not yet disclosed, police said. (PTI)
Road accident triggers rampage in Bihar
Biharsharif: Two persons were killed and five others injured when a bus rammed into a tractor, triggering protests by locals who set ablaze another bus and attacked police in Bihar’s Nalanda district on Sunday. The bus rammed into a tractor, killing a woman and a girl on the spot and injuring five near Gosain Math, Deputy Superintendent of Police Shamsh Afroz said. Soon a strong crowd of local people blocked the NH-30 and set another bus on fire after forcing out its passengers to protest rash driving by bus drivers. The protesters also attacked with stones a posse of policemen when they reached the spot to pacify them. Reinforcements had been sent to the area in view of the situation, the DSP said. (IANS)
‘Honour killing’ in Odisha
Berhampur (Odisha): In a case of so-called honour killing, a 20-year-old girl and her 22-year-old boyfriend were killed allegedly by her brothers here on Sunday just hours before she was to be married off to the man chosen by her family. The girl’s family had organised a dinner last night ahead of her marriage in which the boy and his family were invited, police said. The girl, unwilling to marry the person chosen by her family, fled with the boy to his house around midnight after the feast. Following this, two bothers of the girl along with a relative reached the boy’s house at Haladiapadara on the outskirts of the town and asked her return but she refused. Angry over the refusal, they allegedly killed the couple with sharp weapons inside the house in the presence of the boy’s widowed mother, the police said. Their bodies were recovered by the police lying in a pool of blood from the house in the morning. Berhampur Superintendent of Police A K Singh said the accused were absconding. The girl’s father was detained and investigation was on. (PTI)
Sri Lankan woman refugee murdered
Erode (TN): A Sri Lankan woman refugee was found murdered near the Bhavanisagar refugee camp in the district, police said here on Sunday. They said the 65-year-old woman had left the camp last night to collect firewood for cooking from the nearby Mudukkanthurai forest area. As she did not return till this morning, the other inmates informed police, who launched a search for her. Her body was found one km away from the camp, police said, adding she had been strangulated. (IANS)
DMK wants review of SC ban on jallikattu
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday urged the Jayalalithaa Government in Tamil Nadu to seek review of the Supreme Court’s verdict banning ‘jallikattu’, describing the popular bull taming sport as a symbol of Tamil culture. In a statement here, he said the state government should immediately take steps to secure the apex court’s permission to allow continuation of jallikattu considering the sentiments and appeal made by all quarters, including organisers of the sport, and “law and order consequences” due to the ban. The government should also take into account the danger of 60,000 bulls being sent to Kerala for slaughter and protect the “symbol of Tamil culture and tradition”, he said. The apex court on May 7 banned using bulls for jallikattu events or bullock-cart races across the country, observing that jallikattu demonstrates a link between actions of humans and the fear, distress and pain experienced by bulls and the torture and cruelty meted out to the bulls is unimaginable. Tracing the history of ‘jallikattu’, widely held in southern Tamil Nadu mainly coinciding with harvest festival of ‘Pongal’ in January, Karunanidhi said it was a sport of Tamil valor and there were even references to it in ancient ‘Sangam’ period literature. Maintaining that it did not cause death of either the animal or the bull tamers, he recalled various steps taken during the DMK regime to secure the permission of Supreme Court for holding jallikkatu in 2007 as per its guidelines and enactment of an act in 2009 for this purpose. (PTI)
Gujarat Governor admitted to hospital
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Governor Dr Kamla Beniwal was admitted to hospital after she complained of stomach pain, a doctor attending her said on Sunday. Beniwal, 87, was taken by the Raj Bhavan staff to Apollo Hospital at Bhat village near Gandhinagar last night where doctors performed various tests, he said. “She was admitted to our hospital for gastrointestinal problems last night. We have done several tests to find out the cause of her problem. Luckily, she is not having any major problems and will be discharged by today evening,” said a senior doctor of Apollo Hospital. (PTI)