Woman accused of 13 murders flees, nabbed in one hour

April 6, 2012
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Tumkur, April 6: An alleged serial killer, accused of committing 13 murders, gave policemen the slip on Thursday, while they were escorting her to a court. But she was arrested within one hour.


Prema, alias Shantha, 39, a native of Theerthahalli in Shimoga district and resident of RT Nagar, is accused of killing 13 women with her nephew, Raghavendra, and Sundaresh as her accomplices. Prema ran a brothel in Bangalore, and the trio identified sex workers and robbed them of their valuables, before killing them. Three of the murders were allegedly committed in Tumkur district. All 13 murders were committed between March 2010 and April 2011.


Prema is housed in Central Jail, Parappana Agrahara. On Thursday, Tumkur police brought her for trial to a local court. After the court proceedings, they took her back to the KSRTC bus stand. On Prema's request, her police escorts took her to the toilet in the bus stand. Prema fled the spot, Tumkur SP in-charge Mohan Reddy told TOI.


An alert was flashed and all buses heading out of Tumkur were searched. Prema was found travelling in a private bus to Bangalore at Jas Toll gate within one hour, Reddy said.


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June 8,2020

New Delhi, Jun 8: A 10-month-old girl allegedly lost her life in an accident in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar area, the police said on Sunday.

"The incident took place when the baby was in the compound of the parking area at the ground floor of her residence and the driver of Mercedes Benz was reversing the car," a police official said.

The deceased was identified as Radhika, whose father Rakesh used to work as the security guard in the said residence.

The unfortunate incident occurred at around 3.30 p.m. in the afternoon following which the baby was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital where she was declared brought dead.

The owner of the said Mercedes Benz SUV is identified as Jassbir Singh who is into elevator business. At the time of the incident, his driver Akhilesh was driving the said vehicle.

"The offending vehicle has also been taken into possession and the FSL team is being summoned for inspection. Investigation in this matter is underway," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West Delhi.

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February 16,2020

Five Bajrang Dal activists have been arrested for allegedly indulging in vandalism in the city on Valentines Day, police said.

They said about 10 to 15 activists on two wheelers vandalised a shop in Kattupalli area in Hyderabad on February 14.

They held aloft flags and raised slogans against celebration of Valentines Day and "created havoc" at different malls, a police press release said.

On receiving information, police rushed to a mall, but the Bajrang Dal activists escaped from the spot.

Five of them were later identified with the help of CCTV footage and arrested, police said.

The others too have been identified and efforts were on to nab them, police said.

Two cases have been registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code on a complaint from shop owners, the release said.

 

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July 12,2020

Visakhapatnam, Jul 12: A man of Kotturu village in Anakapalle mandal in Visakhapatnam has allegedly died by suicide after losing money in online gambling.

According to his friends, 24-years-old Doddi Venkata Aravind died after losing money in online gambling. However, Police is yet to ascertain the cause of death.

"This noon at around 1 pm (July 11), one Bhavani reported to us that her son Doddi Venkata Aravind (24), has committed suicide by hanging himself at their house," said Sub-inspector Chakradhar Rao.

"We think he might have committed suicide due to financial or any other problems. Full details will be known in the investigation. Whether he had lost in online gambling, we don't know the details," he added.

The police have filed a case and an investigation is underway.

DV Aravind worked as a junior engineer in a private mining company at Rayagada, Odisha. He came to his mother's place three days ago. 

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