Pastor in Kerala ‘threatened’ over conversion charges
Wayanad, Aug 3: A case has been registered after a group of right-wing activists allegedly threatened a pastor over accusations of religious conversion. The police initiated the action on their own, without a formal complaint. Sources said the incident is believed to have taken place a few months back, and the case was registered on Saturday based on a video circulated on social media platforms in this regard. In the purported footage aired by local media, a group of people can be seen confronting the pastor and issuing threats of physical harm. According to the FIR, the accused had tried to threaten a person alleging religious conversion, videographed the incident, and circulated it on social media platforms with the intention of destroying the peaceful atmosphere existing in the society. (PTI)
Panchayat booked over mass killing of stray dogs
Kerala, Aug 3: An animal rights activist from the Idukki-based animal rescue team filed a complaint against the Munnar panchayat authorities, alleging they had recently culled hundreds of stray dogs. Following the complaint, police registered a case under relevant sections of the law. A video showing stray dogs being captured and transported in a panchayat vehicle went viral on social media and was aired by several TV channels. The complainant also alleged that the authorities attempted to secretly shift the carcasses from the site where they had been buried. (PTI)
Tailor who kidnapped, murdered boy held after 26 yrs
New Delhi, Aug 3: A man convicted of kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old boy in 1993 has been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police after evading law for over 26 years, an official said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Raj Kishore (55) alias Bade Lalla, a resident of Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1996 for the brutal murder of a businessman’s son. “He was later granted a six-week parole by the Delhi High Court in 1999 but he never returned to prison,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said. The officer further mentioned that after several years of evasion and being declared a proclaimed offender in 2014, Kishore was finally apprehended from Ghaziabad’s Khoda Colony on August 2. According to the police, the incident occurred on December 28, 1993, when Kishore and his associate abducted the son of a garment factory owner from Kalyanpuri. The accused then demanded a ransom of Rs 30,000 from the child’s father, promising the boy’s safe return. However, after receiving the money, the accused strangled the child and dumped his body in a drain in the Kalyanpuri area, the police said. Kishore was lodged in Tihar jail when he jumped parole in 1999, following which he kept changing his location to evade arrest. He stayed in Patna for four years, lived in Jaipur for nearly 13 years, and then shifted to Barnala in Punjab for another three years. During this time, he worked odd jobs and kept a low profile, occasionally visiting his native village in Kanpur Dehat. (PTI)