1. Dawood's 14 More Assets May Go Under the Hammer
Barely two weeks after underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's flat was auctioned for Rs 1.8 crore in Mumbai, the anti-smuggling agency wants to put the remaining 14 properties in the name of Haseena and her mother in their native town, Mumbke, a village in Khed, Ratnagiri, on the block.
The properties include a ground-plus-two-storey bungalow where Dawood was a frequent visitor and a plot allocated for a petrol pump (in the name of Haseena). The authorities under the Smuggling and Foreign Exchange Manipulator's Act (Safema) have written to the district valuation officer (DVO) in Pune to evaluate the price of the 14 properties. All the properties registered in the name of Dawood's family are said to have been bought with proceeds of crimes.
"We still don't know the total value of these properties. It will be clear once we get the report," said an officer.
(Source: The Times of India)
2. Criminal Wanted in Cases of ATM, Vehicle Theft Arrested in Delhi
Delhi police, on Tuesday, 23 April, arrested a 32-year-old criminal hailing from Tauru in Nuh, who is allegedly wanted in several cases of ATM thefts, carjacking from Rajiv Chowk, attempt to murder, robbery and dacoity. Police recovered master keys, three stolen motorbikes, magnetic chips, two key remotes and one mobile phone from the accused.
The accused, identified as Sher Mohammad alias Sheru, was arrested when he was trying to steal a motorcycle from the district court complex. He was out on bail in a case of vehicle-lifting.
The accused is taken on three-day police remand. During interrogation, he has allegedly confessed to his involvement in more than 20 incidents in which he and his gang members have uprooted ATMs in three states, said police.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
3. Ghaziabad Engineer Murders Wife, 3 Children; Sends Confessional Video on Family WhatsApp Group
A 34-year-old software engineer allegedly murdered his wife and three children at their home in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram and sent a video confessing the murders to a family group on WhatsApp, police said on Sunday, 21 April.
Police said Sumit Kumar, who fled after the murder, also said on WhatsApp that he has purchased potassium cyanide to kill himself. Upon seeing the video, Kumar’s sister, who also stays in Indirapuram, alerted her brother-in-law, Pankaj Singh, who rushed to the flat.
“I found the door locked. I called the police who broke it open. We found the body of my sister and her three children with stab injuries,” Pankaj Singh claimed.
Prima facie, it appears Kumar killed his family as he was not able to sustain them financially, police said. Sumit Kumar was booked under section 302 (murder) of IPC.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
4. Mysuru Man Pretends to Be Cop to Get Police to Pay for His Road Trip, Lands in Jail
A Mysuru man allegedly posed as an IPS officer and tried to con the police into paying for his ride. On the afternoon of 14 April, 35-year-old Dileep allegedly walked into the Krishnaraja Police Station in Mysuru city, putting on an air of authority and demanded to meet with the sub inspector in-charge.
He was soon directed to SI Sunil’s cabin, where he introduced himself as an IPS officer on probation, who was from the Kerala cadre. Dileep is said to have demanded that Sunil arrange an Innova car for him as he wanted to go on a trip to Mangaluru and stated that all expenses of his trip must be borne by the station officials.
“We arrested him and after questioning, he told us that he had failed the civil services exam thrice and that his family members would always demean him saying he is a failure. So, he decided to forge the Home Ministry document and obtain benefits from it. He had promised his mother that they could go on a fully paid trip to Mangaluru and so he pretended to be an IPS officer to con us,” Inspector Narayanaswamy said.
(Source: The News Minute)
5. Wife Of ND Tiwari's Son Quizzed For Third Day In Murder Case
The Delhi Police interrogated Rohit Shekhar Tiwari's wife Apoorva at her residence for the third consecutive day on Monday, 22 April. Rohit Shekhar was allegedly smothered to death on 16 April.
Experts from the Forensic Science Lab in Delhi's Rohini area also visited Rohit Shekhar's home in Defence Colony on Sunday where they recreated the crime sequence and opined that no signs were found which showed that he had resisted while he was smothered.
The team also conducted examination of the vehicle in which Rohit Shekhar was made to lie down before being shifted to the ambulance.
On Monday, Apoorva, along with two of her domestic helps, was taken by police for questioning. She was also questioned on Sunday and Saturday.
Police are collecting evidence to strengthen their case and are close to cracking it.
(Source: PTI)
6. Man Buys Bike Online, Taken for Rs 4 Lakh Ride
A man from Jaipur was arrested on Sunday, 21 April, for allegedly duping a Mumbai resident of Rs 3.56 lakh after he put out an ad on an online platform for the sale of a two-wheeler.
The accused, Ravindrakumar Baswal (22), who claimed to be an Army man, had agreed to sell the bike of “Rs 50,000 value” at half its price, said an official from Saki Naka police station. The complainant, Prashant Kumar (24), who came across the ad in March had contacted Baswal who asked him to make an e-payment to a particular bank account at at Govindgarh in Jaipur district, said the police.
In his complaint, Kumar has said: “I got trapped in the web and went on paying without realizing that the actual price for a brand new bike is around Rs 50,000... Despite the series of transactions, the two-wheeler was not delivered.”
(Source: The Times of India)
7. Gurugram: Two Pedestrians Among 3 Killed in Hit-And-Run Cases
At least three persons, including two pedestrians, were killed within 24 hours in separate hit-and-run cases in the city.
On Sunday, 21 April, a 70-year-old woman lost her life when an unidentified vehicle allegedly hit her while she was crossing the road near the bus stand on National Highway-8 in Manesar on Sunday.
The police said three members of her family were walking ahead of her and had cross the road, but she was hit by an approaching vehicle. Assistant sub-inspector Manoj Kumar at the Manesar police station said the accused driver of the unidentified vehicle was yet to be traced.
In another incident, an 18-year-old man died after he was allegedly hit by a tempo near Singha Chowk, on Sector 6-Sector 12A Road on Saturday, 20 April, around 10.30 pm.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
8. Man Arrested for Sodomising Minors in Agra
A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sodomising four minors aged between 6 and 8 on the afternoon of Sunday, 20 April, near Mehtabagh in Agra city.
The accused, identified as Raj Kumar alias Raju of Mainpuri district, was booked under section 377 (unnatural offence) of IPC. He used to work as a cook in a local ashram.
“Parents of the four boys have claimed that Raj Kumar lured their kids (age 6-8) with Rs 100 note and took them to a secluded place. He forced himself on one of them and made the others watch. The accused was arrested on Monday and sent to jail,” Station House Officer of Itmad-ud-daula, Udayveer Malik, told TOI.
(Source: The Times of India)
9. UP: Accident Turns out to Be Murder in Muzaffarnagar
Nearly a week after three bodies were fished out of the Ganga canal in Muzaffarnagar, police have found that the trio was murdered and their bodies thrown in the water body.
The three were found dead on Wednesday, 17 April and police had said that they died after their car plunged into the canal.
However, later investigation found that the three were murdered and their bodies thrown in the canal, SHO, Harsharan Sharma said on Monday, 22 April.
The three were identified as Ravi, Pradeep and Akshay.
(Source: PTI)
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