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Class 8 student murders senior citizen to buy video games

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June 13, 2012

Chennai, June 13: Police have arrested a class 8 student along with two others for murdering of a 69-year-old woman and throwing her charred body in the bushes near Thiruperumbudhu. The boy had allegedly devised a plan to kill her for money to buy video games.

Mahesh (name changed) of Ambattur studying in a private school visited his aunt Saritha's house in Eakaadu village near Tiruvallur. He asked Saritha to buy him a video game that cost Rs 8,000 but she told him she did not have the money. Mahesh and Saritha had invited their neighbour, Rajammal, to their house on Sunday afternoon. Mahesh and Saritha strangled the woman using a towel and smothered her to death before taking away her five sovereign gold chain and earstuds. Saritha then informed her husband Baskar, who was away at work. Initially, they decided to bury Rajammal's body behind their house, but decided against it after they watched a TV show that telecast how the police crackdown a three-year old murder in Villupuram.

On Sunday night, Baskar and Mahesh wrapped Rajammal's body in a gunny bag and took it to Sengadu village near Thiruperumbudhur on a scooty. They dumped the body in the bushes, doused petrol and set it on fire.

Rajammal's husband Jayaseelan had died due to illness several years ago. Their son Daniel, a businessman in Purasawalkam, tried to reach his mother and inquired with the neighbours. Meanwhile, Thiruperumbudhur police teams narrowed down on Baskar and Saritha after some villagers had told police that they saw the old woman entering Saritha's house on Sunday afternoon. The police took Daniel to the morgue in the government hospital in Tiruvallur, where he identified his mother's body.

Baskar and Saritha were arrested after they confessed the murder. "We also arrested the boy," said Thiruperunbudhur police inspector M Ramamurthy. Police recovered the stolen gold chain and earstuds from Baskar's house and seized Baskar's scooty. Mahesh will sent to the juvenile home soon, he said.

On Monday morning, police recovered the charred body of a woman in Sengadu near Thiruperumbudhur. Based on the complaint of the village administrative officer (VAO) Amsavalli, police registered a case and arrested three accused.



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April 24,2020

Thane, Apr 24: A 34-year-old man was allegedly attacked on suspicion of being a COVID-19 patient and died after falling into a gutter during the assault in Kalyan town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Wednesday morning, when Ganesh Gupta had stepped out of his home to purchase some essentials amid the COVID-19 lockdown, an official said.

On noticing some policemen manning the street, the victim took an alternate route, where a few passersby assaulted him after he coughed while walking, he said.

The men suspected him of being a COVID-19 patient and attacked him, causing him to fall into a gutter and die, the official said.

The deceased's body was sent for post-mortem and a case of accidental death has been registered as of now, the station house officer of the Khadakpada police station said.

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July 28,2020

Noida, Jul 28: A doctor admitted at a private hospital in Noida has been accused of sexually harassing a patient in his isolation ward, where both were undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police said.

The 20-year-old woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that the incident took place on Monday and based on that a case was filed at the local expressway police station, they said.

A senior police official said an investigation is underway and there might be lapses on part of the hospital which allegedly admitted a man and a woman in the same isolation ward, in violation of the norms.

The woman and the doctor had tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to officials.

"The woman was in the isolation ward of the private hospital. There was a man, a medical practitioner, who too was infected with coronavirus and was sharing the ward with her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.

He said the woman alleged molestation and upon being informed, the police immediately lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.

"There appears to be some irresponsibility on part of the hospital too. We are communication with the medical departments to check whether the patients were being kept in accordance with the guidelines," Mr Singh said.

He said the accused is still in isolation but the police will reach out for his statement following due protocols of COVID-19.

"All necessary action will be taken as per the truth that will emerge after a thorough investigation," Mr Singh said.

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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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