A 30-year-old self-proclaimed godman bobbitised himself in Rajasthan's Taranagar of Churu district today, police said. 
Santosh Das severed his penis after a man in his neighbourhood accused him of having a illicit relationship with a woman in the area, police sources said.
After initial treatment in Taranagar, Das has been referred to a Bikaner hospital. He is said to be stable now.
Police said his statement was yet to be recorded.
A man posed as Superintendent of Police (SP), called up a subordinate police official and asked him to get his mobile phone repaired or face the consequences. But, his bluff was later called and the man landed in lockup.
Azamgarh SP Triveni Singh said the 23-year-old youth, Shubham Upadhyay, is the son of a farmer. He was preparing for competitive exams when his phone developed a snag on Saturday. He tried to reach out to local mechanics, but they were unavailable to fix it due to the lockdown.
Upadhyay used a free caller identification app to call up the in-charge of the Kotwali police station, K. K. Gupta, and threatened to shunt him out, if he failed to swiftly get the work done. Gupta grew suspicious and eventually caught the youth.
n his statement to the police, Shubham Upadhyay said, "On Sunday noon, I tried to breach the district borders to reach Lucknow to repair my phone, but since there was heavy police presence and barricading, I returned home. Later, I installed a free caller identification app in my handset and mentioned the name as SP Azamgarh and even uploaded a photo of the cop to appear genuine."
He first called SHO, Kotwali to get the phone repaired and was told the handset would be picked up from the SP office in an hour. Then, he called a businessman to bring his SUV and hand over his mobile to the SHO.
But when Upadhyay called the police again to suggest a separate meeting point, he raised suspicion. When the SHO tried to confirm the venue, Upadhyay got hesitant and said he would send a peon.
"I suddenly realised something was fishy and rang up the public relation officer of SP Azamgarh, who denied any such order from the SP. When the caller's number was scanned, it displayed the name of SP Azamgarh," said SHO Gupta.
A trap was laid and when the SHO reached the venue, he found one Praveen Shukla sitting in the vehicle. Police got the address of the accused from Shukla and reached Upadhyay's home in Bilariya locality and arrested him.
Upadhyay has been booked under IT Act and for threatening a public servant.
Jun 25: A 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at her house in east Delhi and her family members secretly buried her body, which was later exhumed for post-mortem, police said on Wednesday.
The girl, whose family hails from Jharkhand, allegedly hanged herself in a room in her house on Monday, they said.
No suicide note was recovered from the spot, police said.
Her body was exhumed on Tuesday as per the directions of the Sub Divisional Magistrate of the area. The process was carried out as her family members secretly buried her without informing the police.
The post-mortem will be conducted after Covid-19 tests, police said.
The incident took place on Monday. The reason behind her taking the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, they said.
Police said the girl lived with her mother and two siblings. The family hails from Jharkhand and are financially extremely weak. Her father died two years ago, they said.
After the father’s death, the girl's mother along with her siblings took her body to a burial ground and buried her, police said.
The police said the matter came to their notice after a neighbour alerted them about it. Following the information the body was exhumed, they said.
On questioning the girl's mother, she told police that she didn't know that one has to inform police in a suicide case, a senior police officer said.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated, police said.
Kochi, Feb 6: A 46-year-old Thailand national was allegedly raped by two men here, following which they were arrested, police said on Thursday.
The accused hailing from a north Kerala district have been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the woman.
Police said the accused-- Mohammed Insaf and his friend Ansaruddin from Kondotty in Malappuram district were arrested after recording the statement of the victim.
The woman from Thailand had been a Facebook friend of Insaf for the last seven months after she enrolled her child in a school in Malappuram district.
The woman who came from Bangkok recently to visit her child and was staying in a hotel here.
When Insaf came to meet the woman, he was accompanied by his friend Ansaruddin and both allegedly raped the woman at the hotel room, police said.
All formalities including medical examination of the woman were completed, police said.
The accused will be produced before the court on Thursday, they added.
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