1. Bengal Triple Murder: Teacher’s Friend, Who Was His Business Partner, Under Probe
A friend and business partner of Bandhu Prakash Pal, who was found murdered with his wife and five-year-old son in West Bengal’s Jiaganj, is under the scanner of investigators probing the triple murder case.
Pal’s relatives have accused Souvik Banik, a resident of Rampurhat town in Birbhum district, of being involved in the crime. According to police sources, Banik has a history of duping people after taking money from them in the name of business investments and chain marketing systems.
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2. Pimpri-Chinchwad Cop Held for ‘Raping’ Russian Woman
The Mumbai Police on Thursday night registered a rape case against a police inspector attached to the Pimpri-Chinchwad police for allegedly raping a Russian national. The complainant has also alleged that the officer was involved in two murders.
Police said they have registered a rape case and will investigate the murder allegations.
Mumbai Police spokesperson DCP Pranay Ashok said, “Based on the woman’s statement, an FIR is being registered against the officer, Anil Jadhav.”
The woman had come to India to join the film industry, her lawyer said. Her passport was about to expire when someone asked her to contact the officer.
(Source: The Indian Express)
3. One Held for Killing 18-Year-Old over Rs 50,000 in Delhi's Shahdara
The body of an 18-year-old man, with his limbs tied up, was found inside the Deer Park in Delhi’s Shahdara on Sunday, 13 October, following which one person was arrested in connection with the killing over monetary dispute, police said.
The man, identified as Kalender Colony-resident Sahil, was killed on Saturday night and his body spotted by some passerby on Sunday morning, they said.
The accused, Arshad (22), a resident of Shaheed Nagar in Ghaziabad, was known to Sahil and had borrowed Rs 50,000 from his family which he failed to return, a senior police official said.
(Source: CNN-News18)
4. Woman Beats her Husband to Death for Coming Home Drunk
A 35-year-old welder was allegedly beaten to death by his wife at their home in outer Delhi’s Narela in the early hours of Sunday, 13 October, after he came home drunk, police said.
Gaurav Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (DCP) [outer-north], said that the suspect, 32-year-old Salma, was a member of the Delhi Commission for Women’s (DCW’s) local panchayat committee in Narela. She has been booked for murder and arrested, the officer added.
But the DCW said that Salma was neither employed by it, nor a staff with the mahila panchayat. “She was a volunteer with the panchayat,” a DCW official said.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
5. Thane Hotelier Shot At
A hotelier from Khar escaped with a minor injury after an unidentified man fired a shot at his car in Thane a little after midnight on Sunday, 14 October. Mehboob Khan (42), owner of Carter's Blue chain of hotels, was at the wheel of his high-end sedan with his family when a man who was riding pillion on a bike fired in Khan's direction near the busy Kharegaon toll plaza, the police said.
The bullet brushed past Khan's right arm, leaving him with a bleeding arm.
The police claimed “personal rivalry” could be the motive for the attack although Khan said he had no clue why anyone would want to target him.
(Source: The Times of India)
6. 17-Year-Old Boy Stabbed to Death in Mumbai, Two Brothers Held
A 17-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death by two brothers at Shastri Nagar locality in suburban Kalina in the wee hours of Sunday, 13 October, a police official said.
The two accused, identified as Gautam Wahman Muneshwar (35) and his younger brother Kshitij (24), were arrested from their residence in Kalina for killing Sahil Shah, the official said.
According to police, the incident was apparently a fallout of some dispute.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
7. Minor, Pregnant After Rape, Dies After Foetus Illegally Terminated; One Held
A 15-year-old girl, who became pregnant after being raped, died on Saturday, 12 October at west Delhi’s DDU Hospital, where she was admitted after her 22-week pregnancy was illegally terminated, the police said on Sunday.
A person who claims to be a minor has been apprehended for the rape, but the police are yet to determine who was responsible for the botched termination of the pregnancy, said Deepak Purohit, deputy commissioner of police (west).
“The child was taken to the hospital by her parents. We are trying to speak to them to find out who terminated the pregnancy, as well as what methods and medication were used,” Purohit said.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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