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Girl elopes with lover; 4 family members commit suicide

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October 10, 2017

Udaipur, Oct 10: Four members of the family of a private school teacher died on Monday after consuming poison.The family comprised Vinod Sharma (the teacher aged 42), his wife, daughter and son. All of them died in the hospital.

Sharma, a resident of Jyoti Nagar in Khempura near the glass factory under the Pratapnagar police station, allegedly consumed food laced with pesticides along with his wife Kalpana, 40, daughter Anju, 22, and son Nikhil, 19.

According to neighbours and close friends, the family decided to take the extreme step after the elder daughter allegdly eloped with her lover from another caste on Monday morning.

Though the neighbours rushed the family to the hospital, Kalpana and Nikhil were declared dead on arrival. Others breathed their last during the treatment.

"Neighbours and friends said the family may have decided to commit suicide as their elder daughter had eloped with her lover on Monday morning. During investigations, we found that the girl had an inter-caste marriage some time back. But the family was not aware of it till Monday when the girl left home without informing anyone," DySP Bhagwat Singh Hingar told a news paper.

This came as a big shock for the family who tried to locate the girl. However, later in the afternoon, they allegedly decided to end their lives.

Sharma didn't go to school on Monday and put up a board outside their home cancelling tuitions for the day. "We found an empty bottle of poison and four glasses in the house. They drank poison and vomited all over," Hingar said.

Death note

A note found at the victims’ house said they were committing suicide of their own free will. “We are committing suicide and after our death, our property will belong to my brother Purshotam,” a note read.

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Agencies
May 10,2020

Mumbai, May 10: A 32-year old man, running a bakery here has been arrested for alleged promotion of products using a tagline that said his firm does not employ Muslims, police said on Sunday.

The man, who is also selling his products online had allegedly said "made by Jains on orders, no Muslim staff" for promotion purposes in his WhatApp group.

A complaint was lodged against him saying the words depicted Muslims in a bad light and Mambalam police registered a case and arrested him, a release said adding a probe was on.

Recently, a man was arrested in Mumbai after he allegedly refused to collect groceries he had ordered online since the delivery person was a Muslim.

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Agencies
January 11,2020

New Delhi, Jan 11: Assets worth Rs 78 crore have been attached by the ED in connection with a money laundering probe against former ICICI Bank Chairman Chanda Kochhar and others, officials said on Friday.

A provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued for attachment of the properties that includes Kochhar's Mumbai-based house and some other assets belonging to a company linked to her, they said.

The book value of the attached assets is Rs 78 crore, they said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and others in a case of alleged irregularities and money laundering in giving loans by the bank to the Videocon group.

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January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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