Man held for threatening BJP MLA
Gonda (UP): A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly threatening a BJP MLA and demanding Rs 10 lakh, police said. Tarabganj MLA, Prem Narayan Pandey, had received a call on February 11 and was asked to pay Rs 10 lakh as extortion, ASP Mahendra Kumar said. Acting on the complaint of the MLA, police arrested Anand Mishra. Police said Anand confessed that he had purchased a SIM card in the name of Manoj Kumar, with whom he had some differences. He called the MLA so that Manoj is trapped in the case and arrested by police. (PTI)
Godman, 2 others booked for duping
Thane: A self-styled godman and two others were booked on Saturday in Mumbra for allegedly duping five persons of Rs 20 lakh, Thane police said. Baba Kalim Shah Varshi and his accomplices Yakeen and Fazal told complainant Sohel Qureshi that they could alleviate his sufferings and bring him prosperity and then went on to take money from him for various rituals, said Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar. They also duped four others on separate occasions using the same modus operandi, police said. “The accused took Rs 11 lakh cash and Rs 9 lakh worth of ornaments from Qureshi and four other victims in this way. The three have been booked under the IPC and Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013,” he said. No arrests have been made in the case, the official added. (PTI)
Man kills 19-year-old daughter
Mahasamund: A man allegedly killed his 19-year-old daughter after being suspicious of her ‘character’ and objecting to her use of mobile phone in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district, police said on Sunday. The accused, Santosh Diwan (42), was arrested from his residence at Kanekara under Kotwali police station limits here on Saturday, Superintendent of Police, Jitendra Shukla said. His daughter, Sulochana Diwan, was found dead with multiple head injuries, near a drain in Kanekera area on the city’s outskirts on February 1. The police launched an investigation after registering a case of murder, he said. During the probe, one Chovaram, believed to be a close friend of the deceased, revealed to police that the victim’s father doubted her character and was against her use of mobile phone, the official said. According to Chovaram, the accused also used to reprimand his daughter whenever she went outside the house. During questioning, the accused initially tried to mislead the police, but later broke down and admitted to have bludgeoned his daughter to death with a stone, Shukla said. The accused’s younger sister had earlier married a man from a different caste against the family wishes, which he perceived as disrespect to the family. He suspected that his daughter will also do the same, the official said. On January 31, when Sulochana Diwan reached home late in the night, the accused asked her the reason for the delay but she did not reply. Both had an argument after which the victim went outside the house and her father followed her, he said. The accused caught hold of the victim near Muda nullah and allegedly hit with a stone on her head multiple times, leading to her death, the official said. The accused has been booked under relevant sections, he added. (PTI)