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People thrash cops mistaking them for criminals

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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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March 7,2020

Palghar, Mar 7: Police have arrested a man for allegedly cheating several shopkeepers in Maharashtra's Thane, Pune and Nashik by making phone calls in a woman's voice, police said on Friday.

The accused, Shashikant Ambekar (42), a resident of Palghar, was arrested in the last week of February, they said.

"He used to note down the phone numbers mentioned on different shops and call the owners in a woman's voice to order some things from them. He would tell them that he had a Rs 2000 currency note and needed change," an official said.

"He would ask the shopkeepers to send smaller denomination notes for exchange. He would wait at the entrance of buildings and when the delivery man arrived, he used to tell that he was there on behalf of the ''caller woman''.

"He would then take the currency notes from the delivery man saying he would get the Rs 2,000 note from the woman. However, he would disappear from the scene," the official said.

Police have seized Rs 1,85,000 from the accused and found that so far he has committed 22 similar crimes in different parts of the state.

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April 5,2020

Nagpur, Apr 5: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Imambada area in Nagpur on Saturday due to financial distress, police said.

Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.

"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.

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July 21,2020

Nagpur, July 21: In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy allegedly killed self in Maharashtra's Nagpur city after being reprimanded by his mother for buying a samosa, police said on Tuesday.

Veeru Natthu Sahu was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home in Ganga Nagar in Gittikhadan area on Sunday night, an official said.

The deceased boy's family was struggling to make ends meet after their small business was hit because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, he said.

The Class 7 student had taken Rs 10 from home without asking his mother and bought a samosa, which was then eaten by his elder brother, the official said.

The boy's mother scolded him for taking money without her permission and asked him to get the snack for himself, following which the distraught minor allegedly went into the kitchen and hanged himself using a saree, he said.

The Gittikhadan police have registered a case of accidental death in this regard, the official added.

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