Crime Patrol: Bengal Network: Rina Mukherji's case against The Statesman (Episode 237, 238 on 26th, 27th Apr 2013)
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I was no novice when I joined The Statesman in 2002. I had started writing when in college and thereafter pursued a career in journalism for over a decade following a diploma in journalism in Mumbai. After a short sabbatical to do my doctorate on a UGC fellowship, I had moved to Kolkata and worked for a short time on the Business Standard. The arrival of my baby daughter had compelled me to keep off full-time work for a while.
I intended to put my career on track with this job at The Statesman in 2002.
That was not to be. Sexual harassment at the organisation, and an indifferent management changed my world altogether. I was totally demoralised by the experience and left shattered. I will not dwell on the details here, since a lot is available on this (NWMI) website. I needed gynaecological treatment and medical counselling to get over my trauma.
Once I got going, I realised the truth behind the dark underbelly that characterises the bright imprint of the Indian media. The truth that they boldly claim to espouse is conveniently swept under the carpet if it be unsuitable.
Sure, there were people who supported me. Rajashri Dasgupta, Ananya Chaterjee , Kalpana Sharma –each in her own way – brought the issue centre-stage. So did Sevanti Ninan of The Hoot. There were some colleagues at The Statesman too. Ajoy John and OP Rana tried to persuade the management to investigate into my complaint, to no avail. They had to leave the organisation for daring to speak up. OP Rana went on to make a statement to the police and West Bengal Commission for Women against the manner in which he was made to sign a letter against me by the management under duress.
Yet, the conciliation proceedings at the Labour Commissioner’s office proved unfruitful. The Women’s Commission was also unable to get The Statesman authorities to investigate into and look into my complaint, despite being at it for a year. The Statesman refused to comply. Period.
Once the dispute went into the labour court, it was a harrowing time for me. If you have ever seen a law court in India, you will know what I mean. A dingy, dusty, depressing place, a court in India can make a complainant feel worse than an accused. Once a case enters a court, one can forget about its future. It is best explained by what is so aptly put in a television commercial: “chalta rahe, chalta rahe.”
But try as you might, most organisations will prefer to settle matters in court. Mainly because, given the state of our courts, nothing is settled for years on end.
The first few months saw their lawyers drag the case on without a single hearing, using various pretexts. Although I have been very lucky to get short dates, with few long gaps in between, vacant courts have been my bane. To explain, vacant courts are especially characteristic of the Indian judicial system. Once a judge retires or is promoted to another court, the litigants and their legal suits languish by the wayside for years. In the course of nine years – 2004 to 2013 –I have lost nearly three years since there were four different judges who were either promoted or transferred. The Statesman and its lawyers know all this only too well. They took time and stretched the case until a judge had to leave on either promotion or transfer or retirement, leaving us high and dry for months, and hence hampering progress.
In fact, the moment I managed my first win, with an order in my favour, they appealed to the High Court against it. This made me lose precious time, in spite of the High Court ruling in my favour. Of course, once sent back to the labour court, the case continued.
But it took quite some time to have the first part decided. This was whether the labour court could decide on my case or not and whether I fell within the ambit of a “workman”. By then, I was too exhausted to continue. I was frustrated with the system, and thinking seriously on the amount of time and money that was going down the drain. The way the Indian judicial system is run makes a complainant feel condemned. Even a win feels no success at all. One looks at the unending path to a formal redemption.
My lawyers were unhappy; they had worked hard to get orders in my favour. “Please consider; think of the hard work we put in.” I relented, and I am glad I did.
I must also make a mention of the difficulty in getting a lawyer to fight my case. The senior lawyers were unwilling to try their hand in a case that was difficult, and without precedence. They are people who like to win…hence, only tried and tested varieties are admissible! If not for Ms Sutapa Chakrabarty of HRLN, a legal aid NGO in Kolkata, I would have been compelled to argue my own case.
Notwithstanding what I say about the attitude of senior legal luminaries, my case was certainly without precedence.
Women in Indian society are expected to be docile. A generation ago, educated women with jobs were branded as “badmaash” or “paaji”, since they were believed (perhaps rightly) not to brook any nonsense from anyone. Today, even though educated and employed women are a dime a dozen, women who are sexually harassed or molested are expected to keep quiet. Ditto with raped women (a venerable Hindu seer actually made remarks to that effect on the recent Delhi gang rape).
Consequently, laws made by the State to protect women remain untested at the ground level. Women’s commissions were set up in the various Indian states to deal with crimes and injustices perpetrated on women many years ago. But they remained quasi-judicial bodies with very limited powers and “no teeth” to bring offenders to book. These flaws in our system emerged scathingly when the West Bengal Commission for Women started dealing with my case, under the redoubtable feminist and academician Prof Jashodhara Bagchi.
Speaking up against a frustrating system can also work against a complainant, as I have discovered. Given the libel laws in our country, one can easily be brought to task. I have two civil and criminal libel suits filed against me in Kolkata and Delhi respectively. This has meant shuttling between two cities, and three suits, leaving me little time to work.
I have had some supportive friends and colleagues, and wonderful women like Sutapa Chakrabarty who headed the HRLN and helped me legally. But, beyond the initial help, one must go it alone. Be it the police, the Women’s Commission, and your lawyers, one has to juggle one’s professional demands, family, fellowships, and legal disputes with the finesse of a trapeze artiste.
The labour courts are considered comparatively faster that regular courts. But they provide no relief when an individual fights a case. One scrounges for money while spending precious years for reinstatement and relief after being illegally terminated. Unless there is a labour union to do so, one is doomed.
It also means that no one will employ you easily. In my case, even though jobs were not difficult to come by, given my credentials as a prolific writer, I found it difficult to work with three cases in three different courts to attend do. Thus, I had to take up and leave jobs, both full time and part-time, that paid well and promised much. In fact, in one case, the employer offered me a two-fold raise to prevent me from leaving, assuming I was not happy with my pay packet.
I would like to mention here, fighting my case has taught me to bolster my inner reserves as I travelled up and down, seeking lawyers, undergoing medical treatment and counselling, gathering information and attending courts all on my own while continuing writing for publications, full-time or part-time. At no stage was I ever accompanied by a friend or family member, and neither did I seek to share my misery with anyone else. My husband was a passive support, who sometimes extended financial help. Of course, given the kind of patriarchy prevalent in India, this is something one must be grateful of.
A word here about the attitude of colleagues in the profession, especially in Kolkata. I became a member of the NWMI-Bengal Chapter when I met Rajashri and Ananya in connection with my case way back in 2003. This was perhaps when it had just been set up by Rajashri Dasgupta. When details of my case on NWMI went viral, we had a lot of colleagues pledging support. However, when matters picked up, several of the members decided to shun me altogether. A few even moved away from the NWMI altogether since I continued to be a member. This, in spite of the fact that I was invited to write on other newspapers that had business links with The Statesman.
Since a lot is being said about women’s unity, I want to mention the attitude of some women journalists here as well. A look at the documents put up on the NWMI website will say it all, when you do a rough count of the number of women who have signed it. A certain lady, who was then the senior-most woman in the editorial section, had point blank refused to help me with a parting note on my work done for The Statesman publications, even after I had explained why I needed it. Even when the Sexual Harassment Complaints Committee was formed after pressure from NWMI’s Bengal chapter, she had never bothered, as someone with considerable clout on it, to initiate an investigation into my complaint. Today, she is out telling everyone about how she had helped me with my case. Truly, all the world loves a winner.
There are others who, like Oindrilla Mukherjee, have gone on to contest my credentials as a reporter and journalist, without ever having had any contact with me, save knowing who I was. Interestingly, I already had a decade’s experience working and writing for publications nationwide, while they were just a few months or a year in the profession. A few others have even sworn on what a thorough gentleman the accused offender is, and how unfounded my accusation is.
Of course, I am not surprised. Think of how many women laugh at your plight when you get teased on the streets; I know of many women who think nothing of delivering a sharp rebuke to a young girl when her clothes are tugged at or her dupatta pulled away by miscreants on the streets.
Contrast this with the help extended by several male colleagues like Partho Pratim Nag who not only supported me, but helped guide me on my path to justice.
By the same token, I cannot but be grateful for the promptness with which the Kolkata police and the Women’s Commission responded when asked to testify in court. Even though it was several years since my complaint had been filed, their representatives did not spare the necessary effort to take the case ahead. The police, particularly, plod on to investigate into my complaint despite the lack of co-operation they met with at The Statesman at every stage.
I feel particularly happy with the commitment and enthusiasm that characterises youngsters in the legal profession, going by my own experience. Debashis Banerjee of HRLN, Kolkata, ably assisted by his other colleagues, managed to win favourable orders in a row, ultimately clinching the Award from the Industrial Tribunal. One of them, Ambalika Roy, has since moved to Delhi and is now handling my libel suit as a private lawyer in Delhi. Unlike several senior lawyers in Kolkata and Delhi, they were all keen to venture into uncharted territory. The case may have been difficult for them too, with no previous judgement to fall back on, and uncertainty of success looming large. But they were willing to take the plunge, and addressing what they saw as a “human rights violation.”
About the future of the media, I am not that certain. My experience at The Statesman, and the quality of journalists I have had to encounter, makes me wonder as to how much of a pillar of our democracy the media can prove to be. Journalism is not about merely holding a job in a publication, but living a life of personal and professional integrity. Newspapers are not mere documents that witness history; they make and change history. Journalists make newspapers. To embody the values that our state stands for, and uphold the Constitution, we need fearless journalists who can stand for the truth. Only then, can the media serve as the Fourth Estate, and defend our democracy. Alternative media has already made a beginning to break off from the morass; one hopes that it shall lead in bringing back the values that once spelt our media.
March 2013
The Industrial Tribunal order in Rina's case is available on the website of Feminists India
Thanks To:
http://www.nwmindia.org/articles/lessons-learnt-ten-years-on
Cronology of the case:
http://www.nwmindia.org/articles/bengal-network-rina-mukherjis-case-against-the-statesman
Shaitan A Criminal Mind: Murder cases of kabaddi player Manisha Kumari ans Badminton player Rasul Amin (Episode 33 on 21st Apr 2013)
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Story One:
CRPF man who killed woman kabaddi player dies
Patna: A CRPF trooper who had shot himself after killing a national level woman kabaddi player succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in the Bihar capital, police said on Friday.
Jaswant Singh was being treated at the Patna Medical College and Hospital. "He died Thursday night," a police official said.
Singh had shot Manisha Kumari, the woman kabaddi player, with his AK 47 on Wednesday evening when she refused to give him her phone number and then turned the gun on himself.
Singh was posted at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at the Moinul Haq Stadium, where young women players have come to attend practice sessions for the 34th National Games in Jharkhand beginning February 12.
Manisha, a native of Himachal Pradesh in her early 20s, was a member of the Bihar women's kabaddi team. Police say he had been stalking her for the last few days.
Police said Singh, who hails from Rajasthan, belongs to the 131st CRPF battalion.
Thanks To:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/crpf-man-who-killed-woman-kabaddi-player-dies/143013-3.html
Story Two:
Syed Modi case closed, motive unclear
LUCKNOW: Twenty-one years after national badminton champion Syed Modi was gunned down in cold blood, a Lucknow sessions court on Saturday sentenced the lone surviving accused Bhagwati Singh to life without establishing any motive for the murder. It also refused to go into alleged links of the murderer with politician Sanjay Singh and Modi's ex-wife Amita Singh, saying no conspiracy was established by the CBI.
Trial judge Shashank Shekhar also fined Bhagwati Singh Rs 50,000 for the crime, which was accompanied by a heady dose of politics and passion that rocked the country in 1988. He noted that even after 21 years, the CBI couldn't find a motive for the murder and pinpoint the conspirators behind the crime. The court pronounced its sentence on the basis of eyewitness accounts without going into the motive part of the crime.
The trial judge awarded Bhagwati life sentence and Rs 40,000 fine as also five years' RI and Rs 10,000 fine for recovery of unauthorized weapon from his possession. He turned down the plea of CBI to award him death penalty, holding that the agency had not been able to establish that Bhagwati acted at the behest of persons with a motive to kill the eight-time national champion in the manner of a professional killer. Modi was India's reigning number one badminton player when he was murdered on July 28, 1988 near Lucknow's KD Singh Babu Stadium.
The subsequent probe had pointed a finger at his wife Amita, then UP minister Sanjay Singh, politician Akhilesh Singh, and Akhilesh's henchmen — Bhagwati Singh alias Pappu, Jitendra Singh alias Tinku, Amar Bahadur Singh and Balai Singh. The UP government had recommended a CBI probe into the case and the agency named the seven in its chargesheet filed on Nov 7, 1998. While Amita, Sanjay and Akhilesh were chargesheeted for conspiracy, the others were named for executing the act.
Amita and Sanjay challenged the chargesheet before the sessions judge who dropped the case against the duo on Sept 17, 1990. Akhilesh also got a clean chit from Allahabad HC in 1996. The discharge of these three high-profile accused was also upheld by the SC. Thus, four accused remained before the trial court. Out of them, while Amar Bahadur Singh was murdered and Balai Singh died during the course of trial, the remaining two accused — Bhagwati and Jitendra — were put on trial by the CBI.
According to prosecution evidence, in the evening of July 28, 1988, as soon as Modi came out of KD Singh Babu stadium, he was shot dead by some unknown assailants. Jitendra was allegedly driving the car and other three were sitting inside, armed with a pistol and revolver. Modi received five shots. Kishan Bahadur, a rickshaw-puller, saw the accused at the crime scene. Prem Chandra Yadav, who was working in a canteen in the stadium, saw the assailants and recognized Bhagwati, as the accused was a frequent visitor to the stadium. It was argued on behalf of Bhagwati that he had no motive to commit the crime. The judge, while convicting Bhagwati on the basis of direct eyewitness evidence, acquitted the other accused Jitendra, giving him the benefit of doubt as none of the witnesses could recognize him.
In the judgment, the judge wrote that since Amita, Sanjay and Akhilesh had already been discharged of charges, there was no question of examining evidence against them.
Syed Modi (1962-1988) : Achievements
• Eight-time national badminton champion; won the Austrian International in 1983 and '84; won singles bronze in '82 Asian Games; got the Arjuna Award in 1981• Hailing from a lower middle-class Muslim family, he was born and brought up in small town Sardarnagar, 5km from Chauri Chaura• He worked with NE Railway in Gorakhpur and later shifted to Lucknow• His original name was Syed Mehdi but while playing a junior tourn-ament in Mumbai his surname was wrongly written as Modi• Ranked No. 1 in the country at the time of his death• Was married to player Amita Kulkarni• Was murdered on July 23, 1988 outside KD Singh Babu stadium in Lucknow. Amita later married Congress leader Sanjay Singh
Guilty after two decades
July 28, 1988: Eight-time national badminton champion Syed Modi gunned down as he came out of KD Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow
1988: After a nation wide furore and apprehensions of political interference the then Cong govt in UP recommends CBI probe
1989: CBI chargesheets 7, including Amethi-based Congress leader Sanjay Singh and his associate Akhilesh Singh. Modi's wife Amita too named
1990: Sessions court clears Sanjay & Amita for lack of evidence. Later, the two married
1996: Akhilesh Singh also cleared. Another accused Jitendra Singh exonerated later. Two of the other accused, Amar Bahadur Singh was murdered while Balai Singh died during trial
Aug 21, 2009 : Sessions court pronounces the sole remaining accused, alleged contract killer Bhagwati Singh alias Pappu guilty but without establishing the motive for the crime
Aug 22, 2009: Bhagwati Singh given life term
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Crime Patrol: Man fakes kin's death, claims insurance (Episode 235, 236 on 19th, 20th Apr 2013)
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Aug 26, 2012, 01.44 AM IST
JAIPUR: In a meticulously planned forgery that has left the police shocked, a man cremated the body of a man who had died in an accident claiming him to be his brother-in-law and asked for the insurance amount of over Rs 20 lakh.
Subhash Chowk police found the brother-in-law alive and lodged an FIR against the fraudster and his friends who helped him in the crime. The insurance claim is yet to be approved.
According to the police, the accused has been identified Jitendra Kumar, a resident of Sikar town.
"Jitendra had approached the accident police to claim a body in May last year. He claimed that his brother-in-law Kishore had died in an accident in front of Samrat Cinema Hall in the city and said the body belonged to Kishore," said Subhash Chowk police station sub-inspector Hari Singh who is investigating the case.
Jitendra cremated the body and got about half a dozen people record their statements before the police. He also provided fake documents to support his claim.
"On the same day when Jitendra lodged an FIR to claim the body, a missing complaint had also been registered with Ramganj police station. The compliant said one Santosh had gone missing," the officer said.
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Following the missing complaint, Ramganj police put Santosh's mobile on surveillance. "The mobile was traced recently and seized from a man. The man said that the owner of the mobile phone had died in an accident in front of Samrat Cinema Hall. All of them are being interrogated," Singh said.
The man also told the police that he and some others had rushed the accident victim to SMS Hospital. "The man took away the mobile phone belonging to the accident victim," the officer said.
"When the Ramganj police checked the records, it came up that an insurance claim had been filed for the accident victim with Subhash Chowk police station. It led to a confusion as Kishore and Subhash as both have no apparent connection," the officer said.
A team was rushed to Sikar where Kishore was found to be alive.
"It seems that Jitendra read the death of an unidentified man's death in newspapers and faked the body to be that of Kishore. We have lodged an FIR under section of 420 of the IPC against him and some other people. We are looking for his whereabouts," the officer added.
Thanks To:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/man-fakes-kins-death-claims-insurance/articleshow/15713697.cms
Crime Patrol: Gujarat surrogate mom's rape plaint 'false', DCB wants it trashed (Episode 233, 234 on 14th, 15th Apr 2013)
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Gujarat surrogate mom's rape plaint 'false', DCB wants it trashed
After thorough investigation, officials of Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) have decided to file ‘B’ summary report in the court, claiming that the rape complaint filed by a surrogate mother was false.
Six months back, a married woman from Saraspur had filed a complaint at the women police station against Rajkumar, a resident of Nadiad. According to her complaint, Rajkumar was her friend. He had raped her after promising to pay Rs2 lakh for becoming a surrogate mother through a well-known doctor in Ahmedabad.
During investigation, the woman stopped co-operating and expressed a desire to withdraw her rape complaint. She even called up DCB officials on phone. Investigation revealed that she had given birth to a child through surrogacy and the baby was sold to a couple by the doctor.
The entire deal was executed through Rajkumar, who worked as an agent between the woman and the doctor. It is also learned that the woman had lodged a complaint just to pressurise Rajkumar, who allegedly took Rs2 lakh from the doctor but did not give it to the woman.
Based on these findings, DCB officials have decided to file a ‘B’ summary report, which means that the complaint was false and is to be discarded. In addition, it is also learned that DCB is also planning to file a fresh FIR in the case, as the child was illegally sold by the doctor. Thus, it is likely that the doctor might be booked on charges of illegal human trafficking.
Thanks To:
http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/1784159/report-gujarat-surrogate-mom-s-rape-plaint-false-dcb-wants-it-trashed
Another doctor booked in human trafficking case
AHMEDABAD: A Porbandar-based doctor has been booked by the crime branch for human trafficking. After Ahmedabad-based gynecologist Dr Bharat Atit, this is the second doctor to be booked in this case.
On Friday, police inspector of crime branch B M Desai lodged the second complaint against Atit. Dr Dilip Vyas is the second accused in this complaint. In the FIR, Vyas is accused of purchasing two baby boys from Atit in 2011 for a sum of Rs 8 lakh.
Deputy commissioner of police, crime branch, Himanshu Shukla said: "We have documentary and scientific evidence against him for both. The first baby's biological mother is an Ahmedabad-based woman called Manjula. We are now hunting for the second baby's mother."
Crime branch had blood tests carried out on Vyas, his wife and their two children. "The Porbandar civil hospital has told us in its report that the two babies were not biological children of the Vyas couple. We will now get DNA test done on the four. The babies' DNA will then be matched with their biological parents to ascertain the truth," said a crime branch official.
Desai said: "During investigation we learnt that Vyas and his wife Deena had approached Atit for infertility treatment in 2011. The first two attempts failed since Deena was not ovulating.
Then Atit suggested that Vyas donate his semen for artificial insemination in other women to facilitate surrogate pregnancy. Vyas agreed to it and soon, Atit told him that he had to pay Rs 4 lakh each as two babies were due for birth through that procedure. Atit had also given Vyas a file that said twin babies were born to Deena at Atit's clinic at Saraspur.
Porbandar couple were unaware of Atit's activities
Dr Dilip Vyas and his wife were apparently unaware of the illegal status of their babies. "The doctor from Porbandar says he was told by Atit that the two were his biological sons, born through artificial insemination to two different surrogate mothers. Vyas told us that Atit had called up in December 2012 and revealed the truth after a complaint against the latter was lodged at the Mahila police station here. Vyas says that Atit had asked him to keep the matter a secret," said inspector crime branch B M Desai.
Thanks To:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-02/ahmedabad/36702712_1_atit-crime-branch-porbandar
Crime Patrol: Kanpur engineers, inspired by Ocean's 11, arrested after Bank robbery (Episode 230, 231 on 7th apr 2013)
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Four people, including two students, who carried out a sophisticated robbery - inspired by Hollywood film Ocean's 11 - at a bank here last month, have been arrested and most of the stolen Rs.23 lakh recovered, police said.
Announcing the solving of the case, Kanpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Yashaswi Yadav said that out of the Rs.23 lakh looted from the Bank of Baroda branch in Nirala Nagar here, Rs.19 lakh had been recovered from the three persons - Anshul, Shailendra and Jitendra, who were arrested earlier in the day.
Their accomplice Atif was picked up by a team of Kanpur police from New Delhi.
Yadav said that what had even stunned the cops was the robbers' modus operandi - use of technology and social networking sites in the crime.
"The robbers had put tape on their fingers so as not to leave any finger prints, they were wearing helmets and goggles to prevent identification and talked to each other on ear phones," he said, and said that soon after the bank robbery, they broke and threw away their SIM cards and separated.
During interrogation, the trio told cops that they had taken inspiration from Hollywood flick "Ocean's 11", a film on robberies in Las Vegas casinos.
One of the bank robbers is a computer science engineer and other an information technology (IT) engineering student. One of them had also used some of the looted money to pay his college fees.
The police team that cracked the case has been awarded Rs.50,000 by the inspector general of police (IG) and the district police chief said he would be additionally giving them Rs.10,000 as a reward.
Read more at:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kanpur-engineers-arrested-after-bank-robbery/1/239821.html
2 engineering students held for Kanpur bank robbery
Lucknow The police on Thursday arrested two engineering students of a Kanpur-based institute for allegedly robbing Rs 23 lakh from a Bank of Baroda branch in Kidwai Nagar police station area of Kanpur last month.
Additional Director General (Law and Order) Arun Kumar said the police arrested Jitendra Singh Rajpoot and Abhyuday Singh alias Anshul, both residents of Kanpur, who are students of B Tech at Apoorva Institute in Maharajpur area of Kanpur district. Kumar said the police has recovered Rs 18.59 lakh and also seized a bicycle and mobile phone bought with the looted money.
Kumar said Jitendra and Abhyuday, along with one of their friends who studies in Delhi and is yet to be arrested, had planned the robbery. He said they had also stolen a motorbike from a parking stand a few days before the incident and this motorbike was used for fleeing after the robbery. According to police, on November 29, two boys had entered the bank wearing helmets, they bolted the main door from inside and held the manager, cashier and five visitors at gunpoint. The robbers had collected cash from the cashier’s counter and the strongroom with the help of the manager and the cashier. Kumar said there was no security guard deployed at the bank on the day of the robbery.
Later, the accused dumped their clothes, helmets and shoes, and also burnt the motorbike. The police said, Jitendra and Abhyuday submitted Rs 25,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively from the robbed money for their college fees. They also bought a bicycle, a mobile phone and some clothes from the money.
Meanwhile, Kumar added that the police was considering to develop a separate cadre of security guards specially dedicated for the security of banks in the state.
Thanks To:
http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/latest-news/2-engineering-students-held-for-kanpur-bank-robbery/1051266/
Crime Patrol: Father held for Meerut murder (Episode 229 on 5th Apr 2013)
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The arrest came on Sunday after the SSP Meerut, K Satyanarayan, confirmed that the "accused (Bhim Singh) had owned up to his crime". The reason, police claimed, was Preeti's closeness to Saqib, a classmate of her elder sister Neha.
On Friday, Preeti was to take some documents to her mother Shashi at her work place. When she didn't turn up, Shashi called up Neha and told her to check the first floor, where Preeti lived with her parents. Neha went up and knocked several times. Singh opened the door much later and Neha couldn't find Preeti. She informed her mother and Saqib. Both rushed to the house in Shastri Nagar and found Preeti in the bathroom, drowned inside a tub.
Singh (49) told cops that he attacked Preeti when she was sleeping. He first banged her head at the corner of the bed. When she became unconscious, he throttled her. He later dragged her to the bathroom to make it appear like an accident.
He said his daughters had failed him. "He told us that his elder daughter Neha married against his wishes but stayed back at their house. His wife Shashi Bala had also supported Neha. Now, his younger daughter Preeti was also not agreeing to marry a senior government officer," said an investigating officer.
Singh claimed his relatives told him that it was a shame that his daughter was planning to marry outside the religion. "The accused felt that he had to save his honour," said a senior officer.
According to police, Singh tried to convince Preeti to cut off all ties with Saqib and cancelled his plans to return to the ONGC office in Ahmedabad, even after his leave ended, to convince her.
"We got a call from Lokapriya District Hospital on Friday about a woman who had died abnormally at Shastri Nagar. We responded to the call and met Shashi Bala, who claimed Preeti was found dead inside their second floor bathroom, drowned inside a tub," said a police officer.
Shashi claimed she was not home when her daughter was killed and alleged that her husband Bhim Singh could be behind the murder. "Shashi said Singh had always wanted a male child and had frequently quarreled with her for bearing two daughters," said the station officer.
Thanks To:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-14/delhi/36331061_1_preeti-meerut-murder-neha
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