Mizoram girl dies of stab wound in south Delhi flat

October 18, 2014

Mizoram girlNew Delhi, Oct 18: A 24-year-old call centre executive from Mizoram was found dead at her flat in south Delhi's Munirka Village on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Juliet Zonunmawi from Aizawl.

Juliet's boyfriend Virender Singh, who was visiting her on Thursday, and her landlady took her to Safdarjung Hospital where she was declared dead on arrival. Her body had several injuries, including a deep stab wound on one thigh.

Virender is a suspect in the case. Police said the stab injury probably caused heavy bleeding that led to her death. However, they will wait for the postmortem report to ascertain if Juliet stabbed herself or was attacked by someone else. They have registered an FIR under sections of murder and detained Virender along with a few others but have not arrested anyone. A medical board has been formed for the postmortem and action will be taken on the basis of its findings. Police have found the knife used in the crime.

Joint commissioner Vivek Gogia and DCP Prem Nath did not answer calls through Friday but a press statement they issued caused a furore as it said the deceased belonged to "Aizawl in Manipur". Later, police issued a correction.

Juliet had been staying in a third-floor flat near Moti Chaupal in Munirka Village for the past two years after joining a coaching centre near Ber Sarai.

Virender, an engineering graduate from Dehradun, had also joined the centre to prepare for the civil services entrance exam. Juliet, however, left the centre in a few months and took up a job to pay for her studies.

Police have found out that Juliet partied with her friends at the one-room flat on Thursday night. Virender, who stays in Ber Sarai, said they had an argument at the party, and when he made to leave, Juliet tried to placate him by offering to cook noodles. When Juliet did not return from the kitchen even after 20 minutes, Virender went inside to check on her and found her lying in a pool of blood. He claimed she had stabbed herself.

Virender called Juliet's landlady and they rushed her to hospital. He told police that Juliet's friend Pari, who is also from Mizoram, was in the kitchen but he did not see her leaving as he was playing video games. Police have asked Pari to join the investigation.

Dileep, a common friend, said Juliet used to blackmail Virender with suicide threats. "Virender had even planned to walk out of the relationship but stayed on because she blackmailed him."

Another friend, who was at the party, has also been detained for questioning. He said a group of men claiming to be policemen had come to the area looking for Juliet around 10pm but left after they did not find the house. Police are yet to verify these claims.

Juliet's brother reached Delhi on Friday evening. The body will be handed over to the family after the autopsy.

A CFSL team inspected the house on Friday afternoon and collected evidence from the spot. They found bloody shoe prints on the stairs and these samples have been sent for analysis to a lab.

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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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January 2,2020

New Delhi, Jan 2: A 20-year-old man set his motorcycle on fire after he was challaned by the traffic police in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area on Wednesday, police said.

Vikas, a resident of Sangam Vihar, was challaned by the traffic police for riding the motorcycle without helmet, a senior police official said.

The traffic police challaned him and impounded the motorcycle, following which Vikas set the bike on fire, the officer said.

A case has been registered and the accused arrested, the officer added.

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July 16,2020

Surat, Jul 16: Woman police constable Sunita Yadav, who had a confrontation with a minister's son over lockdown violation which led to his arrest here in Gujarat, claimed she has resigned from service. However, a senior police official has denied it.

Prakash Kanani, the son of Gujarat Minister of State for Health Kumar Kanani, and his two friends were arrested on Sunday for allegedly violating the lockdown and night curfew orders in Surat, a COVID-19 hotspot, a senior police official earlier said.

Yadav, who is being hailed on social media for taking action against the minister's son, told news channels on Wednesday that she had put in her papers.

"I have resigned because I did not receive support from my superior officers. I was only doing my duty as a constable. It's the fault of our system that these people (like the minister's son) think they are VVIPs (very very important persons)," she said.

However, a senior police official here denied that she has resigned.

"She has not given her resignation. The inquiry is still on and technically she cannot resign at this juncture," Surat Police Commissioner R B Brahmbhatt said.

Yadav's action had led to the registration of an FIR and arrest of Prakash Kanani and two of his friends for alleged violation of lockdown and curfew norms in Surat city.

The arrests came after a video of a heated exchange between them and Yadav, who pulled up the trio for violation of curfew, surfaced on social media. The trio was later released on bail.

Since the incident, Yadav is being hailed on social media.

While some social media users called her "Lady Singham" (referring to the tough cop in the Hindi film "Singham"), some suggested she contest the 2022 state Assembly polls against Kumar Kanani, who represents Varachha constituency in Surat district.

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