Girl burgles home for love & revenge

January 20, 2012


New Delhi, January 20: She was young, suave with dreams of a life in bliss with her boyfriend. But love failed to blur caste barriers at home. Her uncle stood in the way of marriage. So she decided to get even.

However, law finally caught up with the couple, Shruti and Rohit.

Shruti Khosla, who is pursuing second-year BCom through correspondence from Delhi University and working with a multi-national company, decided to burgle her uncle's house with help from her boyfriend, police said.

The incentives were three-fold. Besides seeking revenge, this was also a way for the couple to financially secure their future and set aside a part of the booty for Rohit's family, the police said.

Shruti's boyfriend Rohit works with a leading power company.

And the couple was assisted in the crime by servant of the house, Pradeep. Police recovered most of the booty comprising jewellery worth Rs 15 lakh and Rs 2.8 lakh out of stolen cash worth Rs 10 lakh.

The police had received a PCR call on January 16 morning from Shruti's uncle, Rajesh Puri, about a burglary.

He said he had gone to Ambala to attend a marriage when his house was burgled. Surprisingly, Puri's son and parents were present in the house at the time of the incident. Police were puzzled at the way the crime was committed, despite the family's presence in the house.

"A special team under the supervision of ACP, Kamla Market Estate was set up. Investigations revealed there was no access to the house except through the stairs of their house or through the terrace of the adjoining house of the victim's brother. We suspected an insider role in the burglary. Surveillance of mobiles revealed that Shruti was in touch with Rohit on the day of the incident. "We found Rohit was present in the area. During interrogation, Shruti broke down after giving conflicting statements to mislead us and confessed to her involvement in the crime," said Devesh Chandra Srivastava, additional CP, central district.

Rohit and Pradeep were also nabbed on the basis of her statement made to the police.

The trio told the interrogators they had together hatched the conspiracy. When Rajesh left for Ambala and the family was asleep, they entered through the terrace door, broke open the ventilator and got inside the house.

As they were familiar with where the valuables were kept, they quickly laid their hands on them and fled.

Shruti told the SHO, IP Estate, she had been adopted by her family and that she wanted to help her boyfriend marry off his three sisters as soon as possible so that they could get married.

She also wanted to seek revenge, as her uncle had upbraided her and had not approved of her relationship with Rohit, the police said. They said investigations were underway.

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March 18,2020

Jaipur, Mar 18: Initially buried as per Islamic traditions, an unidentified man's body was exhumed and later cremated after he was found to be a Hindu in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said.

The family members identified the body of Mahaveer Sahu on Tuesday, a day after the burial, as they stumbled upon photos of the deceased that had circulated on social media.

The man was brought to a government hospital by locals in an unconscious state on March 12 and he died on March 13, according to Purani Tonk police station SHO Shivlal.

The man was said to be a liquor addict and was found unconscious on the road, he added.

The body was kept at the mortuary for three days awaiting identification. Despite efforts to trace the next of kin, the identity could not be ascertained and members of Hindu and Muslim communities were brought in to take a decision, Shivlal said.

The community leaders presumed that he was a Muslim after examining the body and the burial took place as per Islamic funeral traditions on Monday, he added.

Meanwhile, Sahu's family members saw the photo of his body that had circulated on a WhatsAapp group and identified him later that day. They rushed to the hospital and then to the police station in the night where they were informed that the body had been buried.

“The body was exhumed with permission from the sub-divisional magistrate on Tuesday and handed over to the family members after proper identification. Members of the Muslim community led by an Imam were also present and gave in writing that they have no objection,” Shivlal said.

The body was later cremated by his family members.

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February 20,2020

Nagpur, Feb 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation said that it has arrested a former employee of Union Carbide Bhopal, who was absconding since 2016.

A senior CBI official said on Wednesday that the agency sleuths arrested S I Qureshi from Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Tuesday, who was convicted by a local court here in connection with the Bhopal gas tragedy case.

The official further said that he had been absconding since 2016.

He added that the convict would be produced in a district court.

On December 3, 1984, forty tonnes of methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory and settled over slums in Bhopal

A Bhopal court convicted eight people in 2010 to two years each in jail over the gas plant leak that killed thousands of people.

The eight convicted included the Chairman of the Indian arm of the Union Carbide (UCIL) Keshub Mahindra, Managing Director V P Gokhale, Vice-president Kishore Kamdar, Works Manager J Mukund, Production manager S P Chowdhury, Plant superintendent K V Shetty and Production Assistant Qureshi.

The CBI had taken over the Bhopal gas tragedy case on December 12, 1984.

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May 27,2020

Mumbai, May 27: "Crime Patrol" actress Preksha Mehta has committed suicide. She was 25.

Preksha took her life by hanging from a ceiling fan on Monday night at her residence in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, reports timesofindia.com.

The actress reportedly left a suicide note but it does not mention why she decided to end her life. As per reports, Preksha went into depression due to lack of work amid the lockdown.

Her last few social media posts hint at mental agony she was going through. In her last Instagram story, Preksha wrote: "Sabse bura hota hai sapno ka mar jaana" (the worst thing is the death of your dreams)."

Apart from "Crime Patrol", Preksha has appeared in TV soaps like "Meri Durga" and "Laal Ishq".

This is the second suicide by a TV actor during the ongoing lockdown, when all shooting activity has come to a halt for two months now. A few days ago, actor Manmeet Grewal took his life by hanging from the ceiling fan at his Mumbai home. Reportedly, the actor was in a financial crisis and had run into huge debts.

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