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Young woman techie chased, stabbed to death

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December 25, 2016

Pune, Dec 25: A young software engineer from Kolkata was stabbed to death by a youth on Friday night barely 500 metres from her office in Pune. The assailant chased her with a knife after a heated argument and hit her on the head and neck, a motorcyclist who witnessed the attack told police.Murder-1

Antara Das, 23, was a resident of Sarsuna in Behala and worked for Capgemini.Her father, Debananda Das, reached Pune by a late evening flight on Saturday.

Antara was attacked on a footpath in Talawade, about 22km from here, around 8.35pm when the street lights were off. She ran towards people screaming "Bachao, Bachao" and collided with the motorcyclist, Satyandra Krushnanand Sinha (36), who was on his way home.Sinha took the help of a passing vehicle and rushed her to a private hospital, but doctors pronounced her dead on arrival.

Sinha later lodged a complaint with the police. He told the cops that the assailant was wearing a T-shirt with black and blue stripes. The police are yet to identify the attacker.

Dehu Road police said Antara stayed as a paying guest and usually took a bus home.But on Friday night, she deci ded to walk to a friend's place nearby . She left office at 8.25pm and started walking towards KNB Chowk when she was attacked. She suffered serious injuries on her head and nape of the neck.

SP (Pune rural) Jay Jadhav and other senior officers rushed to the spot after the attack. Police found Antara's Kolkata address from documents inside her purse. They also found an identity card on her and immediately contacted her parents.

This is the fifth incident of a woman techie being killed in Pune by known or unknown assailants. In one of the earlier cases, the assailants are yet to be nabbed.

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July 20,2020

Kozhikode, Jul 20: A 17-year old boy died of head injuries while trying to protect his mother from being assaulted by his drunk father here, police said on Sunday.

The youngster suffered the fatal injury after his head hit against the door when his father shoved him at their home on Saturday. Venu, had come home in an inebriated state and picked up a quarrel with his wife and started beating her up, they said.

On seeing this, Alan tried to intervene. Though the boy was rushed to the hospital, his life could not be saved, they added. Venu was arrested and a case has been registered.

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July 7,2020

Meerut: The licence of a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut has been suspended after a video showing its staff member providing fake Covid-19 report had gone viral.

"A video had gone viral in Meerut. We have registered a case in this regard. We have suspended the licence of the nursing home. Today, we have sealed it also. Strict action will be taken against anybody who will do something like this in this time of crisis,” said Anil Dhingra, District Magistrate, Meerut.

In the video, the person can be heard saying that they provide Covid-19 negative report for Rs 2,500, Dhingra stated.

Meerut CMO Rajkumar said, “In the video, a man from the hospital can be heard saying that he can arrange COVID-19 negative report and the person can get operation or other things done. We have identified the man. We have suspended the licence of the hospital and an FIR has been registered.”

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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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