1. Adivasi Man Beaten to Death For ‘Stealing Rice’ by Kerala Mob
The death of Madhu, a 30-year-old Adivasi man who was assaulted by a self-righteous mob in Attappadi in Kerala, has left a wound in the conscience of the state. Accused of stealing rice and groceries worth Rs 200, Madhu was confronted and assaulted with sticks by a group of men, who then handed him over to the police. When the police were taking him to the station, Madhu vomited blood and died before he could get medical help.
As Kerala comes to terms with the ugly incident, one person who has been left completely devastated by this is Madhu’s mother, Malli.
“My son would have managed to survive somehow in the forest, by eating whatever he got. And I would have had the solace of knowing that he was alive. Now, he has been lynched,” Malli told Manorama News.
The incident has been condemned by people across the state, including the DGP, Lokanath Behera, who has insisted that people should not take the law into their own hands.
(Source: The News Minute)
2. Villupuram Horror: 8-Year-Old Boy Killed, Mother Assaulted And Sister Allegedly Raped
Latha, 14, had her face smashed beyond recognition. She lay unconscious, half clad without her pants, at her home in Vellamputhur village of Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram district.
Though there were bloodstains around her fragile frame, Latha survived. Her eight-year-old brother, who lay next to her, his eyes staring at the ceiling unseeingly, did not make it. But the horror didn't end there.
Next to the brother's corpse lay her mother, unmoving, her face similarly damaged. The 45-year-old widow was barely breathing.
This is the scene that the Arakandanallur police witnessed on Thursday morning when they were alerted of a brutal crime in a Dalit settlement.
The police denied that this was a caste crime. The fact-finding team constituted by SASY, however, alleges that the family had an ongoing dispute over a property in the area with some members of the upper caste community.
(Source: The News Minute)
3. UP Man Enters Class, Shoots 17-Year-old girl and Kills Self
Armed with a belt hiding 16 live cartridges and carrying a .315 calibre country-made pistol, a 22-year-old youth shot dead a 17-year-old girl minutes before she was to take her class XII chemistry Board exam on 22 February Thursday in Firozabad.
The accused later turned the gun on himself even as people standing nearby watched the horror unfold in front of their eyes.
The incident happened in the Sant Gyananand Inter College, under Nagla Khangar police jurisdiction in the district. According to police, Vikas Yadav shot the girl, Deepika Yadav, after she refused to enter into a relationship with him.
“Initial investigation has revealed that Vikas was forcing the girl into a relationship with him,” the police said.
(Source: Times of India)
4. Gurugram School Teacher Puts in Papers After Rape Threat From Student
A teacher who was threatened with rape, by a class seven student in an elite Gurugram school, sent her resignation letter to the school on Thursday 22 February. Her minor daughter, who is the accused student's classmate has not attended classes since the incident.
A 13-year-old student, studying in class seven of the elite Gurugram school, threatened to rape his teacher and her minor daughter, in a post on social media site Facebook, while another teenage student emailed a teacher offering a date and sex, rattling the institution’s administration.
In her resignation letter the teacher wrote that she was emotionally distressed and felt that “overexposure to technology is damaging the mind and conduct of young children.”
The teacher’s husband has filed a complaint at Gwalpahari police post, which has been forwarded to the Gurugram cyber crime cell, but no FIR has been registered yet.
(Source: Times of India)
5. Kidnappers Hold Businessman Hostage in His Mercedes
The three men, who kidnapped Harpreet Singh, the 35-year-old son of Gurdev Singh, the owner of Gurdev Studio-17 in Chandigarh, held him hostage in his new white Mercedes for nearly one-and-a-half hours, making him drive to Sukhna Lake and then Mohali, before they arrived at Elante Mall in the same vehicle to collect the ransom.
Harpreet was kidnapped in his Mercedes from outside the BodyZone gym at Sector 9 and he was made to drive first to Sector 8, then to Sukhna Lake, and from there to Sohana on Landra road in Mohali before turning around towards Chandigarh.
During the ride, they asked Harpreet to call anyone known to him who could give them Rs 2 crore. Harpreet’s cousin Jaskaran arranged a ransom of Rs 3 lakh. “They did not take any of this other belongings, including his expensive smartphone,” said the police officer.
(Source: The Indian Express)
6. Delhi: 5-Year-Old Girl, 6-Month-Old Sister Killed by ‘Mentally Ill’ Mother
Two minor girls were found smothered to death in the Moti Nagar area of west Delhi and their mother was named as the prime suspect in the case, police said on Friday.
The autopsy report pointed at smothering as the cause of the deaths, a senior police officer said.
The mother, Suman, allegedly suffered from mental illness and claimed to have “divine visitations”, he added. “She is the prime suspect in the case and is presently undergoing counselling,” the officer said.
The father of the victims said he was asleep and found out about the incident the next morning, the officer added.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
7. Man Arrested For Raping Film Artiste After Offering Ride
A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a film artiste, police said on Friday 23 Februrary.
Police said that Pradeep Tiwari, the accused, had offered the 31-year-old victim a lift on his motorcycle when she was returning from a photoshoot in Vasai.
Police said that instead of taking the victim to Dahisar railway station as was agreed upon, Tiwari took her to an isolated building enroute and allegedly raped her.
Officials said that Tiwari was a habitual offender and had been charged with nine cases of rape and sexual harassment since 2003.
(Source: PTI)
8. Teen Hurls Kid on Floor as Her Mom Refuses to Cook Fish
Police have arrested a 19-year-old man for allegedly flinging a 3-year-old girl on the floor in Mumbai's Kandivli area.
Nawaz Saha, the accused was staying at his relative's house and had an argument with girl's mother following which he scooped the toddler up and flung her forcefully on the floor.
The police said that Nawaz asked the girl's mother to cook fish for him. As it was a tad too early for dinner, the woman refused. This angered Nawaz who started hurling expletives at her. As Sharif intervened, he abused him too. He then started assaulting both of them.
The child, who was around, started bawling. Nawaz scooped her up and flung her forcefully on the floor. An injured Gudiya was rushed to a public hospital.
(Source: Times of India)
9. Navi Mumbai Man Arrested For Forcibly Kissing Woman at Turbhe Station
The Navi Mumbai Railway Protection Force on Thursday, 22 February, arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly forcibly kissing a girl at the city's suburban Turbhe railway station.
The act, captured on a closed circuit television (CCTV) camera, shows the accused, identified as Naresh K Joshi, walk up to the unsuspecting woman and allegedly force himself on her.
The woman, seemingly in her 20s, pushes Joshi away, and he casually strolls off, even as the woman is left dumbstruck.
The accused person was reportedly been handed over to the Vashi police station after he allegedly confessed to his crime.
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