Court acquits two in dowry death case as complainant-cum-witness turns hostile

A local court on Tuesday acquitted two persons charged with abetment to suicide, as the complainant-cum-witness turned hostile.
Pawan, accused in the case was married to Sunita, who died after jumping from the third floor of her house in Sector 15-C on March 25 this year. Pawan allegedly harassed his wife for dowry. Sunita's brother Rajesh, who is the complainant in the case, had alleged that Pawan and his father Nand Kishore harassed his sister for money, following which a case was registered under Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of Indian Penal Code against them.
According to the complainant, he got a call on March 25 around 4 pm from the accused and was informed that his sister has been injured and has been taken to PGI. Around 7 pm on the same day his brother got a call that Sunita has jumped from the third floor of her house.
Rajesh, in his initial complaint, had alleged that Pawan and Nand Kishore demanded cash and motorbike. He had also told the police that they spent around Rs 12 to 15 lakh in the marriage which took place in 2000.
According to Rajesh, Sunita, a mother of two children, was not given proper food and was not allowed to meet her children. She was also sent to her parents ancestral home after marriage for some time. He said a local panchayat at her parents home tried to resolve the issue on several occasions.
However, Rajesh later turned hostile and refused to accept that he made any statement before the police regarding the amount of money being spent on the marriage. He also denied that he made any statement about any panchayat being held to resolve the dispute.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/court-acquits-two-in-dowry-death-case-as-complainantcumwitness-turns-hostile/1167505/ 

Man dies after son held for 'kidnap'

A 73-year-old man died of cardiac arrest after his son was arrested by Bangalore police for allegedly kidnapping and marrying a girl, a few months ago.

Police have given the name of dead as Somashekhar, a resident of Mooranadu, near Madikeri.

Deviprasad, the son of Somashekhar, met Ramya, a resident of Bangalore, through a social networking site eight months ago and they fell in love. Ramya’s family was against their marriage.

But the couple tied the knot at Ashwini Temple in Madikeri in May and also registered their marriage on June 7. They stayed together for three months.

Missing complaint

On August 28, Deviprasad lodged a complaint at Madikeri Rural police station stating that Ramya had gone missing and suspected that her parents could have kidnapped her.

However, Ramya’s father,  who is a jeep driver for a senior police officer in Bangalore, lodged a kidnap case against Deviprasad at Siddapura police station (Bangalore) on September 1.

In the wee hours of September 2, Ramya’s family members along with a few policemen barged into the house of Deviprasad.

They allegedly manhandled Deviprasad and pushed his father, who had diabetes and blood pressure, before arresting the former.

Somashekar, who suffered cardiac arrest was rushed to a private hospital in Madikeri. Shocked by his son’s arrest, he died of heart attack in the wee hours of Wednesday.

Released on parole

Deviprasad, who was arrested and taken to Bangalore, was produced before a court and was sent to judicial custody. It is learnt that Deviprasad has been released on parole following the death of his father.

Mysore Range IGP Ramachandra Rao said an impartial and comprehensive inquiry will be conducted into the incident.

Kamal Pant, Additional Commissioner (Law and Order), Bangalore, said that stringent action would be initiated against any officer found guilty in the incident.

H S Revanna, DCP (South) the divisional DCP under whose jurisdiction Siddapura police station lies, said that the Madikeri police had registered a case over the death of Somashekhar. case.

He said that they were waiting for the autopsy report and also the investigation report of Madikeri police who are trying to establish whether Siddapura police really assaulted the elderly man leading to his eventual death.

Strict action

He said that if the investigations revealed the involvement of policemen in Somashekar’s death, strict action will be taken against them. Siddapura police refused to comment on the issue.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/355389/man-dies-son-held-kidnap.html 

Man clubs wife to death, hangs himself

Man clubs wife to death, hangs himself

BANGALORE: A 64-year-old man clubbed his wife to death with a stick used to prepare ragi balls and then hanged himself in their residence near Mahalakshmi Layout on Tuesday morning. She was a private financier and entrepreneur and the couple often fought over her chit fund dealings and brusque way of recovering money.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a heated argument broke out between D Nanjappa Dasappa and Shashikala in the morning and he hit her on the head. "Shashikala, in her fifties, sustained serious skull injuries and died on the spot. Nanjappa panicked and hanged himself," deputy commissioner of police (North) Sandeep Patil said.

The couple is survived by son Manjunath and two married daughters, Devika and Dhanalakshmi.

Moolah rage?

Nanjappa Dasappa didn't like his wife Shashikala doing the money-lending business. And Shashikala allegedly taunted her husband that the family was prosperous, thanks to her business.

He spoke to daughter before ending life

Manjunath Nanjappa teaches mathematics at Christ University.

Nanjappa is a former ITI employee. Close relatives told police that Nanjappa didn't like his wife being in the money-lending business. He was upset about the way she recovered money from debtors and chit fund deals with women in the neighbourhood and said it was unbecoming of their family. Shashikala also allegedly taunted her husband on how her business had made the family prosperous and he did not contribute anything, police were told.

Devika was in tears when she recalled her father's phone call around 10.30am. "His trembling voice told me something was wrong and I rushed home to the tragedy," she said. Manjunath and his younger sister, Dhanalakshmi, shocked by the events, refused to say anything.

Sugandhini Malatesh, their neighbour in Srikanteshwaranagar, said the old couple fought often but the clashes never reached this level. "They lived on the first floor and rented out the ground floor," she said.

According to Manjunath's wife Pavithra, her in-laws had asked her to visit her mother's home in Peenya in the morning. "They were arguing and after my husband left around 8am, I took my three-year-old son to my parents' house. I came to know about the tragedy only when my husband called me about it," she said.

The last words

Minutes before ending his life, Nanjappa called Devika, who works with a private hospital in Malleswaram. "I have kept all the gold inside a bag and you take it all. I may not call you again ever," he said, before ending the call.
Devika thought her father may have been miffed after one of his usual scraps with her mother and rushed home to check if all was well. When she reached the house around 11am, she saw the main door slightly open. She was shocked to find her mother lying dead in the hall and father hanging from the ceiling fan in the bedroom.

There was blood splattered all over the hall and the ragi ball stick too had blood stains.  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Man-clubs-wife-to-death-hangs-himself/articleshow/21499519.cms 

पत्नी ने प्रेमी संग मिल रची थी हत्या की साजिश

पत्नी ने प्रेमी संग मिल रची थी हत्या की साजिश

रायबरेली, संवाददाता : मिल एरिया पुलिस ने शनिवार को असलम हत्याकांड का खुलासा कर दिया। हत्यारोपी पत्‍‌नी नसरीन, उसके प्रेमी रोहन समेत चार लोगों को जेल भेजा गया है। मामले में एक आरोपी अभी फरार चल रहा है। पुलिस अधीक्षक राजेश पांडेय ने मिल एरिया पुलिस को ढाई हजार रुपये का पुरस्कार देने की घोषणा की है।
एसपी ने वारदात का खुलासा करते हुए बताया कि दो मई को कल्लू का पुरवा निवासिनी नसरीन (18) पुत्री अजीज का निकाह हरदासपुर निवासी असलम (22) पुत्र मो. रसीद के साथ हुआ था। नसरीन का तकरीबन डेढ़ वर्ष से रोहन शर्मा पुत्र श्रवण कुमार निवासी कल्लू का पुरवा के साथ प्रेम प्रसंग चल रहा था। शादी के बाद भी नसरीन रोहन से बात करती थी, जो कि असलम को नागवार लगता था। असलम ने कई बार नसरीन को समझाया और पीटा भी, लेकिन बातचीत बंद नहीं हुई। नसरीन ने पिटाई की बात रोहन को बताई। रोहन और नसरीन ने मिलकर असलम की हत्या की साजिश रची।
22 जून को नसरीन ने फोन करके असलम को सहेली के घर चलने की बात कहकर बुलाया। वह असलम को लेकर त्रिपुला के पास पेट्रोल पंप के पीछे बने मकान में ले गई। यहां पहले से रोहन व उसके साथी अंशु शर्मा पुत्र पवन शर्मा निवासी कल्लू का पुरवा, अतुल कुमार दीक्षित पुत्र रमाकांत दीक्षित निवास लहुरिया कोड़रस बुजुर्ग और संजय मौजूद थे। असलम को कमरे के भीतर ले जाने के बाद नसरीन ने रोहन को बुलाया। रोहन को सामने देख असलम को गुस्सा आया और उसने दोनों की पिटाई कर दी। तभी अंशू, संजय और अतुल आ गए। रोहन ने नसरीन को दूसरे कमरे में भेज दिए। फिर चारों दोस्तों ने मिल कर आटो के एक्सीलेटर वायर से असलम का गला कस दिया। असलम बार-बार जान बख्शने की गुहार लगा रहा था लेकिन रोहन बेरहम हो गया और उसको मौत के घाट उतारने के बाद ही रुका। बाद में नसरीन को बाइक से उसके घर भेज दिया गया। रोहन, संजय और अतुल ने असलम के शव को आटो की डिग्गी में डाला और फतेहपुर के हुसैनगंज में नहर में फेंक दिया। 23 जून को उसका शव व एक्सीलेटर वायर हुसैनगंज पुलिस ने बरामद किया।
सीओ सदर पंकज पांडेय और मिल एरिया एसओ मनोज मिश्र ने मामले की तहकीकात शुरू की। नसरीन को हिरासत में लेते ही पूरा मामला सामने आ गया। बाद में रोहन, अतुल और संजय को पुलिस ने गिरफ्तार कर लिया। असलम हत्याकांड में गिरफ्तारी सभी आरोपियों की उम्र 18 से 24 वर्ष के मध्य है।
गलती हो गई..
पति की हत्यारोपी नसरीन पुलिस आफिस में रो पड़ी। बोली, गलती हो गई। मुझे नहीं पता था कि इतनी बड़ी गलती करने जा रही हूं। भावावेश में आकर गलत कदम उठ गए। इसके लिए मैं कभी खुद को माफ नहीं कर पाऊंगी।

http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/raebareli-10520744.html

Techie's death: ‘girlfriend' arrested

Techie's death: ‘girlfriend' arrested 

The Mahadevapura police on Friday arrested a 23-year-old woman in connection with the death of software engineer S. Sreerag (25), whose body was found in his car in AECS Layout, off Whitefield, Tuesday morning.

The police said the arrested woman was Gayathri alias Jennifer, a K.R. Puram resident and a team leader with a telemarketing firm in Indiranagar.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) T.G. Krishna Bhat said she has been charged with impersonation.

Wrong picture

The police suspect that HP employee Sreerag, a native of Kozhikode in Kerala, committed suicide after his marriage proposal was turned down by Gayathri, whom he had met on a social network website in January. She had introduced herself as Jennifer and had emailed her friend's photograph to him, claiming that it was her. A smitten Sreerag started texting and chatting with her without ever seeing her.

When he proposed marriage a few days ago, she turned him down saying she was engaged to a London resident. A dejected Sreerag, police suspect, ended his life. He was found on the rear seat of his car near a park in AECS Layout where he had rented a house. His face was covered with four plastic covers and sealed with several layers of duct tape. A teddy bear, purportedly a gift for Jennifer, was found in the car.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/techies-death-girlfriend-arrested/article3458623.ece