People thrash cops mistaking them for criminals

January 6, 2012

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Holenarasipur, January 6: A six-member police team, who had come all the way from Ranebennur in Haveri district, to Hoelnarasipur in?Hassan district, to nab an accused, became victims of a mob, when they were mistaken for child lifters on Wednesday night.

Recently, a driver from Ranebennur who was assigned to transport of sugar disappeared after selling both the truck and the sugar load.

On a tip-off, a team of six police personnel in mufti arrived in Holenarasipur to arrest the accused driver. However, they did not inform the local police and were on the lookout for the accused since three days.

On Wednesday night, the team went to Chowdenahalli, after they were tipped that the accused was hiding here. The local residents, who saw these ‘strangers’ suspected them to be child lifters and forced them into a room and assaulted them.

Even after showing them their police identity, the residents thought that they were fake identities and snatched them away. By the time the town police reached the village, hundreds of residents had gathered and they picked up an argument with the local police. The town police had to resort to a mild lathi charge to disperse the crowd. The angry mob pelted stones at the local police. Circle Inspector Gopal Nayak sustained minor injuries.

Nine persons were arrested for pelting stones at the local police and snatching the identity cards of the Ranebennur police. The accused were produced before the court. Some more persons are likely to be arrested in connection with the incident. Two complaints have been registered in Holenarsipur police station in this regard.

This is the second incident of a mob attacking innocent persons accusing them of child lifting in Hassan district. Some months ago two persons, who were suspected to be child lifters by local residents in Arkalgud, were assaulted by them.

The two persons sustained serious injuries. There is not a single incident of child lifting reported in Hassan district so far, Superintendent of Police Amit Singh said.

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May 1,2020

Lucknow, May 1: Six members of a family were allegedly hacked to death by another family member over a property dispute in Gudauli village in the Banthra area on the outskirts of the city on Thursday, police said.

The accused, Ajay Singh (26), went to the local police station after committing the crime and surrendered, they added.

Singh allegedly had a heated argument with the family members over a property and attacked them with a sharp-edged weapon, the police said.

The accused allegedly killed his mother, father, elder brother, his wife and two children -- a son and a daughter -- they added.

The victims were identified as Amar (60), Ramsakhi (55), Arun (40), Ramdulari (35), Saurabh (7) and Sarika (2).

When asked, Commissioner of Police Sujeet Pandey said six members of a family were killed and the accused surrendered before the police.

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July 22,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 22:An accused in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act jumped into the sea on Wednesday morning when he was taken for evidence collection at Kasaba in Kasargode district, police said.

Accused Mahesh was arrested following a complaint by his neighbour on Tuesday evening.

The police said that they took the accused to the seashore to collect evidence in the case when Mahesh jumped into the sea. Two police officials too jumped in after him to catch hold of him but could not locate Mahesh.

Later, swimmers were deployed to try and locate the missing man.

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June 27,2020

Guna (MP),  Jun 27: A 20-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly eloping with her minor partner and "marrying" her at Guna town in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

The matter came to light, when a resident of Budhe Balaji area approached the Kotwali police station on Monday with a complaint that his 17-year-old daughter had gone missing, additional superintendent of police T S Baghel said.

On investigation, it was found that a relative from a village Shivpuri district, who was living with the family, was also missing, he said.

A team was sent to the village and the duo was caught on Friday, the official said, adding that the woman had married the minor, who claimed that she had eloped of her own volition.

The woman was arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, while the minor was sent back to her family after counselling.

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