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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July 9,2020

Etawah, Jul 9: Another aide of the Kanpur encounter accused Vikas Dubey, Bahua Dubey, died in an encounter with the police, here on Thursday.

"Today at around 4.30 AM, in an encounter with the Etawah Police, one person has died. from him, a rifle and a pistol too has been recovered. When we shared the information with the Kanpur Police, they identified him as Bahua Dubey," said SSP Etawah Akash Tomar.

"He was involved in the Kanpur encounter alongside Vikas Dubey and there was a bounty of Rs 50,000 on him," he added.

"Around 3 AM on the highway near Mahewa Police Station Bakewar, a Swift Dzire car was looted by four armed assailants on a Scorpio. Around 4:30 AM, they were intercepted at Kachaura road under Police Station Civil lines by the police. When police parties chased them, the car collided with a tree, and criminals started firing at the police," he further said.

Dubey sustained injuries during the encounter and was pronounced dead when taken to the hospital. However, the other three managed to escape. One pistol, a double-barrel gun, and several cartridges have been recovered, he informed further.

Earlier today, Prabhat Mishra, also an aide of the main accused, died after being shot at by the police.

Mishra had sustained an injury on the leg after being shot at by the police and was rushed to a hospital before being pronounced dead.

Vikas Dubey is the main accused in the encounter that took place in Kanpur last week, in which a group of assailants allegedly opened fire on a police team, which had gone to arrest him. Eight police personnel were killed in the encounter.

A search operation is currently underway to nab Dubey.

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June 7,2020

Lucknow, Jun 7: From Anamika Shukla to Anamika Singh and finally Priya. The primary school teacher who was found to be teaching simultaneously in 25 schools, not only has multiple jobs but also multiple identities.

Anamika was arrested on Saturday from Kasganj district when she went to submit her resignation after she was served a show cause notice by the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA), Anjali Agarwal.

Agarwal informed the police and Anamika was arrested.

According to the Kasganj BSA, Anamika Shukla, originally a resident of Kaimganj in Farukhabad is currently doing her B.Ed from the Raghukul Degree College in Gonda. Her other documents are also from the same college.

During interrogation, Anamika Shukla said that she was actually Anamika Singh but as questioning proceeded, it turned out that she was Priya from Farrukhabad.

She has been booked for cheating and forgery under IPC sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will etc.) and 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating).

According to the police, the woman claimed that she had paid Rs five lakh to a Mainpuri-based man to get this job.

She used Anamika Shukla's credentials to get the job while her real name is Priya, daughter of Mahipal, a resident of the Lakhanpur village of the Kayamganj police circle in Farrukhabad district.

Soron station house officer (SHO) Ripudaman Singh said, "During interrogation, the accused initially claimed to be Anamika Singh, daughter of Subhas Singh. However, her documents are in the name of Anamika Shukla, daughter of Subhas Chandra Shukla."

The accused claimed that she paid the hefty amount to Raj, a Mainpuri-based man for the job and was posted in Faridpur Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) since August 2018.

The police are now trying to zero in on the man who got her the job.

The police also believe that it could be possible that multiple candidates used credentials and 'eligibility' of Anamika Shukla - the real one still remains elusive.

According to the Uttar Pradesh government, five more Anamika Shuklas have been found working in KGBVs in Ambedkar Nagar, Baghpat, Aligarh, Saharanpur and Prayagraj districts. She has reportedly drawn a combined salary of Rs one crore in the past one year.

Teachers in KGBV, a residential setup for girls from weaker sections of the society, are appointed on contract and are paid approximately Rs 30,000 per month. Each block in a district has one Kasturba Gandhi school.

Basic Education Minister Satish Dwivedi said that the incident was 'shocking' and the police would unravel the entire racket in the case. "No officer, employee who connived with this teacher in providing her job at KGBV and subsequently hiding it, will be spared," he said.

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January 3,2020

Unnao, Jan 3: The Uttar Pradesh Police has submitted a charge sheet in a court here in connection with the death of a 23-year-old Unnao rape victim, who was allegedly set ablaze by five men.

Additional Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Pandey, who is heading a Special Investigation Team in the case, said the charge sheet was submitted on Wednesday.

"There is ample proof against the five accused persons, and the charge sheet was prepared based on those evidences," he said on Thursday.

The 23-year-old Unnao rape victim, who was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 per cent burns after being set on fire, died following a cardiac arrest on December 6, 2019.

The woman was set afire by five men, including two of her alleged rapists, on December 5 morning when she was going to Rae Bareli to attend a court hearing in the rape case filed by her.

In her statement to Sub Divisional Magistrate Dayashankar Pathak, the woman had said she was attacked when she reached Gaura turn near her home on her way to the court.

She had specifically named Harishankar Trivedi, Ram Kishore Trivedi, Umesh Bajpai, Shivam Trivedi and Shubham Trivedi as the persons who set her on fire.

The woman had also alleged that Shivam and Shubham Trivedi had abducted and raped her in December 2018.

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