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Man kills wife for property, blames it on snake bite

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February 18, 2017

Bagalkot, Feb 18: A man who strangled his wife to death on Tuesday at Chichakhandi village in Mudhol taluk, and later claimed she died of a snake bite, was arrested by Lokapur police on Friday.

snakebiteChandru Kirabanur, a native of SK Koppa village, married Ratnavva of Chichakhandi eight years ago. Chandru settled down at his wife's house in Chichakhandi. Ratnavva was the eldest of three sisters. While one sister had married and subsequently moved to her husband's house, the youngest sister was still unwed. Chandru reportedly hatched a plan to kill Ratnavva so that he could marry the youngest sister, and take possession of his father-inlaw's property.

Chandru allegedly purchased a harmless snake from a charmer, paying him an advance of Rs 5,000 on February 11, and hid the animal in a sugarcane field. On Tuesday, when Ratnavva set out to work in the fields, he followed her and strangled her to death. He allegedly started shouting for help, and sought help to kill the snake, which he claimed killed his wife. He then proceeded to beat snake to death and placed the lifeless reptile near his wife's body.

While the villagers did not suspect any foul play, police realized that something was amiss when they spotted rings around Ratnavva's neck.

A postmortem of Ratnavva's body confirmed their suspicions. Chandru also confessed to the crime during interrogation.

Lokapur police have booked a case of murder against Chandru and have taken him into custody.

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January 11,2020

New Delhi, Jan 11: Assets worth Rs 78 crore have been attached by the ED in connection with a money laundering probe against former ICICI Bank Chairman Chanda Kochhar and others, officials said on Friday.

A provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued for attachment of the properties that includes Kochhar's Mumbai-based house and some other assets belonging to a company linked to her, they said.

The book value of the attached assets is Rs 78 crore, they said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and others in a case of alleged irregularities and money laundering in giving loans by the bank to the Videocon group.

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January 19,2020

Belagavi, Jan 19: Miscreants have murdered a couple and their son at Dodwad Village, about 50 km from here, in the wee hours on Sunday.

The victims were identified as Shvananda Basavanthappa Andanashetty, his wife Shanthavva and their son Vinod.

Senior Police officials visited the spot and a case was registered at Dodwad Police Station.

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June 17,2020

Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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