QCrime: 12 Held With ₹350Cr Heroin; Stepfather, Uncle Molest Minor
Crime stories of the day.
1. Stepfather, Uncle Molest 10-year-old for 4 Months
A 10-year-old girl was repeatedly molested by her 50-year-old stepfather and his younger brother over the past four months. Both are absconding.
Though she was warned not to tell anybody about her ordeal, traumatised by the repeated molestation, she finally confided in a member of a Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) team that had gone to meet her mother. The commission then rescued the girl and got an FIR registered against both men.
In her complaint, the woman said her parents had arranged her second marriage as her first husband, a habitual drinker, used to beat her up frequently. The daughter is from the first marriage. But the second husband also assaulted her and refused to give her money for even petty expenses, she added.
(Source: The Times of India)
2. Heroin Worth ₹332 Cr Seized, 12 Held in Interstate Swoop on Narcotics
The Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have made one of the biggest seizures of heroin yet, recovering 83 kilograms of the contraband worth at least ₹332 crore in the international market.
The drug was seized from four separate gangs, busted in the last one week. Police said they are probing narco-terrorism links with the seized contraband.
Twelve alleged drug peddlers, including a 54-year-old woman from Assam and four foreign nationals, were arrested in four separate operations.
The woman, Shamuta Banu, is allegedly the kingpin of one of the busted syndicates, from which 44.5 kg of heroin was seized, police said.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
3. Man Held for Raping Two Minor Girls in Karnal
Police have arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly raping two minor girls in Gharunda of Karnal district.
The accused has been identified as Shambhu Partap, a migrant labourer from Bihar, who is a resident of Balwan colony near Kohand village in the district.
Gharaunda police station in-charge Sandeep Kumar said the family members of the two victims, who also live in the same locality, had filed a police complaint against the accused on Thursday, accusing him of raping the girls, aged 15 and 16, on 12 March.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
4. Six-year-old Was Shot for Being a Witness
Days after a six-year-old child was shot dead by a group of criminals while he was looking out of the window of his house to check a firing incident at a gym in Inderpuri, cops have arrested two men for the crime.
The accused claimed to have seen the child, Prince Kumar, at the window of his house and decided to shoot him since he had seen their faces and could have identified them later. The men had gone to the gym to shoot the owner, with whom they had a dispute.
Kumar’s father, Sarvesh, recalled how the bullet made a hole through his son’s head. “All he did was to look out of the window to check the commotion outside. We suddenly saw him fall backwards and lay motionless. I wonder what the men must have thought to have shot a six-year-old fearing that he might report them to the police,” he said.
(Source: The Times of India)
5. Naval Officer Sparks Bomb Scare at Metro Station, Fined
A 25-year-old naval officer carrying a bag sparked panic at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Metro station on Wednesday morning when he refused to undergo a security check, pointed at his bag and shouted “Ismein bomb hai, pakad sakte ho pakad lo ( There is a bomb in this. Catch me if you can).”
Officers said the station had to be partially cordoned off for the public till the dog squad and bomb detection teams arrived and cleared the man’s bag as non-threatening.
The man was let off after a ₹500 fine and a written apology. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) did not clarify the man’s rank.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
6. Two Men Loot People Using Lighter Shaped Like a Pistol
A pistol-shaped lighter and pollution masks were among the items two Ghaziabad residents used to rob several people in Gurugram and Delhi over the last two months, said police.
The men, who lured people into their car under the pretext of offering them a lift, were arrested near NH-48 Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Sumit (26) and Sandeep Sharma (24), both residents of Ghaziabad. While Sharma worked as a delivery boy with an online retail website, Sonu was recently released from prison.
(Source: The Indian Express)
7. Brick Kiln Owner Forces Worker to Eat Faeces, Arrested
The Hinjewadi police on Friday arrested a brick kiln owner for allegedly making his worker eat human excreta at Jambe village the previous day.
The employer has been identified as Sandip Pawar (40). As per the complaint, the accused manhandled the victim and his father for alleged insubordination and delay in resuming work.
The victim, in order to escape the ordeal of physical torture, succumbed to the pressure of eating faeces at the kiln, officials said.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
8. Maharashtra Security Force Guard Stabbed at Station
A Maharashtra Security Force (MSF) personnel landed in hospital after being stabbed by a man who he apprehended on suspicion at Borivli station on Thursday.
The victim, Sumit Karande (24), was shifted to the ICU at Nair Hospital on Friday as he has sustained a deep cut in the liver. “His condition is serious,” his brother Rohit told The Times of India.
This could be the first such attack on a personnel of the MSF since its formation in 2010 to patrol city railway stations.
(Source: The Times of India)
9. Fish Trader Held for Loan Fraud of ₹4.8 Crore
Oshiwara police on Thursday arrested a fish trader, Raghuprasad Mekhala (37), for taking the help of three officials of Dena Bank, UCO Bank and Fullerton to get loans using bogus flat documents of Sangeeta Jhunjunwala.
She had mortgaged two flats at Rishi Tower, Lokhandwala Complex in Andheri (W). She recently complained to police, after learning that her documents had been forged and used to get a mortgage for Rs 4.8 crore from Fullerton in Powai in 2016.
Police found that at least 16 people were involved. A team has been formed to arrest all.
(Source: The Times of India)
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