Youth tails woman, stabs her to death

February 16, 2014

Youth_tails_womanNew Delhi, Feb 16: An assailant plunged a knife into the heart of a 26-year-old married woman in Karol Bagh around 7.30pm on Valentine's Day, killing her almost instantly.

The victim, Simranjeet Kaur, worked as human resources manager for a Noida MNC. She was about to enter her cousin's house when the killer, who was following her, waylaid and stabbed her with a new double-edged knife which he left behind.

Video footage from CCTV cameras installed in nearby houses showed a young man in a dark jeans and white jacket trail the woman, stab her and scamper off in a flash. Investigators said the murder could have resulted from personal enmity or could be the doing of an admirer she did not know.

A robbery is being ruled out because the assailant did not touch the victim's purse, mobile phone and laptop, and rarely do robbers use new knives. Her husband hasn't been given a clean chit yet. "We are probing all angles. Teams have been formed to crack the case," Sandeep Goyal, joint CP (central range) said.

Simranjeet lived with her husband of two years at Nanakpura in south Delhi. Her husband, Manveet Singh, works for IT major HCL, police said. Her parents live in Karol Bagh's West Extension and her cousin resides in a house two blocks away.

Killer ran away leaving behind knife, valuables

The victim's cousin had given birth a week ago and returned home from hospital on Friday. Simranjeet was visiting her and had left her Noida office around 6.30pm. She boarded the Metro and spoke to her husband 15 minutes before the train pulled up at Karol Bagh.

Her cousin's house is a 10-minute walk from the station and Simranjeet left the station between 7.15pm and 7.20pm. It's not clear where the killer began stalking her, for the metro station's CCTV didn't catch him. But two close-circuit cameras mounted on houses near the crime scene show her casually walk down the lane leading up to her destination .

It's here that the assailant, seemingly in his twenties, shows up for the first time. Around 7.35pm, both are visible in the footage.

The man furtively looks behind to check if someone else is in the lane. Just about that time, a scooterist zips past and takes a u-turn. He's among the suspects. The killer strikes between 7.36pm and 7.37pm and the victim cries out for help. Moments later, relatives rush out. "I heard her scream 'chor chor'. She lay on the road drenched in blood.

The knife, her laptop, phone and wallet were strewn around. We raised an alarm, picked her up and rushed to Ganga Ram hospital where doctors declared her dead," Prabhjot Singh, the victim's uncle, said.

The view from another camera showed the same suspect running away. Policemen rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. The murder weapon was seized and forensic teams lifted fingerprints . The body was sent for postmortem , which was conducted on Saturday and handed over to the family. Simranjeet's husband and family took her body to their hometown in Jalandhar on Saturday where her last rites were performed.

Unanswered questions

She was stabbed in the heart on Valentine's Day. Was this handiwork of a secret admirer? Was it a failed robbery attempt? Simran screamed 'chor chor', indicating she didn't know the attacker If she was killed during a robbery bid, why didn't the man take her laptop, phone and wallet? Nobody knew about her plan to visit the cousin's house other than the husband, whom she had called from Metro. How could an outsider manage to follow her? Was it a case of mistaken identity?

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February 11,2020

Mumbai, Feb 11: A 65-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her husband over debt and illness in suburban Powai here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident came to light when Sheela Ajit Lad was found dead by her neighbours at Sukh Shanti Co-operative Society at around 9.30 pm on Monday, an official said.

The victim was allegedly killed by her husband Ajit Lad, who hit her on the head with a heavy object, slit her wrists and strangled her to death, he said.

The accused absconded at around 7.30 pm, leaving a note at the crime scene, saying he was going to commit suicide and had killed his wife because he was heavily in debt and she was suffering from an ailment, the official said.

The childless couple lived alone in the apartment, he added.

"On the basis of the note, we have registered a case of murder against Ajit Lad and have launched a manhunt for him. We have not traced him or found his body as he had mentioned suicide in the note," deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Zone X Ankit Goyal said.

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May 12,2020

May 12: A Madhya Pradesh Police sub-inspector was fined Rs 5,000 after he performed a daredevil act of balancing himself on two moving cars, copying the famous stunt from Ajay Devgn-starrer 'Singham'.

Manoj Yadav, the in-charge of Narsinghgarh police post in Damoh district, was also warned against any such daredevilry in future, police sources said on Monday.

Sporting shades as the hero of the cop drama film and wearing his police uniform, Yadav got the entire episode video-graphed, they said.

As the video of the stunt went viral on social media, senior police officials took serious note of it as it will send wrong signals to youngsters, the sources said.

Inspector General, Sagar range, Anil Sharma directed Damoh Superintendent of Police Hemant Chauhan to probe the matter.

After an investigation, Chauhan imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the sub-inspector and warned him not to repeat such mistakes.

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January 16,2020

Cuttack, Jan 16: At least 15 passengers were injured as five coaches of the Mumbai-Bhubaneswar Lokmanya Tilak Express derailed and three more were displaced after colliding with a goods train amid heavy fog near Cuttack in Odisha on Thursday, railway officials said.

Railway officials had earlier said that 25 passengers were injured in the incident but later officers who reached the site reported that four passengers were found to have suffered major injuries and 11 had received minor injuries.

Passengers with major injuries have been sent to Cuttack Medical College. All passengers are stated to be out of danger.

Officials said the accident happened when the passenger train hit the guard van of a good train around 7 am between Salagaon and Nergundi stations.

The officials said there was heavy fog at the site but it was not clear what led to the accident. The speedometer of both the trains have been seized for inquiry, East Coast Railway Spokesperson J P Mishra said.

Buses have been arranged for all remaining passengers to move towards their destination.

Cuttack is around 10-12 km away and Bhubaneswar(Terminating station) is 35 km.

The accident disrupted train services in the area.

Five trains have been affected due to the accident where restoration work in underway. These include the Bhubaneswar-Mumbai LTT SF Express, the Puri-Rourkela Express, Dhanbad-Bhubaneshwar Rajyarani Express which have all been diverted via Naraj.

"East Coast Railway acknowledges with deep gratitude help of nearby locals and villagers who have displayed great humanitarian values and come to the rescue of injured passengers," Mishra said.

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