Crime Patrol: Five held for murder of two engineering students (Episode 496, 497 on 18th, 19th Apr 2015)

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Several weeks after a youth and his girlfriend, both engineering students, were found murdered atop a fort, police have arrested five persons for the crime but the alleged mastermind remains at large.



Sharukh Firoz Khan Pathan (22) and Nilofar Khalid Baig (20), students of an engineering college at Pusad in Yavatmal district, were found hacked to death atop Ramgad Fort near temple city of Mahur in Nanded district on September 10.



According to police, the duo was in a relationship and had travelled to the fort in Sharukh's car.

Police arrested five persons yesterday who they claimed carried out the double murder at the behest of a man who promised them Rs 5 lakh for carrying out the task.



The five -- Raja Raghunath Gadekar, Sheikh Javed Sheikh Husain alias Painter, Rangrao Shyamrao Babatkar, Sheshrao alias Pintoo Shyamrao Babatkar and Krisha alias Babu Marotrao Shinde, all residents of Mahur -- were today produced before a court which sent them in police custody till November 3, said Nanded Local Crime Branch chief Shivaji Doifode.



Police have recovered the weapons used in the cold blooded murder, he said.



However, Raghu Rokad alias Don, who offered them Rs 5 lakh for eliminating the duo and paid an advance of Rs 20,000 to the accused, remains at large.



Despite the arrest, police remain clueless about the motive.



"Unless Don is arrested, the exact cause of the cold- blooded murder cannot be ascertained. We have some clues about his hideouts and are confident of arresting him soon. Some others may also be involved in the case," Doifode said.



After groping in dark for several weeks, police zeroed in on Raju Gadekar, from whose house Nilofar's mobile phone was recovered. During interrogation, Raju disclosed the names of the other accused, who too, were nabbed, police said.



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Crime Patrol: Two held for murder of youth (Episode 493, 494 on 11th, 12th Apr 2015)

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Hyderabad: The Chandanagar Police have arrested two persons in connection with the sensational murder of the youth, Nayeem, 19, of Bapunagar on January 31.



Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Kiran, 22, and Kishore, 20, both residents of Lingampally on Tuesday.



Explaining the details, Additional DCP (Madhapur) M Srinivas Rao said, “Nayeem along with his friends used to frequently consume alcohol in the weekends. For quite some time, Nayeem avoided partying with his friends. His friends- Kiran and Kishore - got infuriated with the sudden change in Nayeem’s behavior and decided to teach him a fitting lesson. On January 31, they took Nayeem to Gopinagar lake and made him consume alcohol up to sedation and took him to a secluded place and killed him mercilessly. They stabbed him repeatedly with knives on throat, chest and stomach, resulting in his instant death.

The accused were produced before the court.



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Crime Patrol: Half-burnt ID card helps cops solve murder case (Episode 492 on 10th Apr 2015)

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It turned out a man set ablaze his father-in-law who was demanding money



The cops at Kodihalli police station had just sunk into their chairs after hectic patrolling when the phone started ringing. A constable took the call, and as everyone looked at him, his expression became grim. He told his colleagues, "There is a halfburnt body in the forest area."

That marked the beginning of a challenging crime case for the cops attached to Kodihalli police station (on the outskirts of Bengaluru) in neighbouring Ramanagaram district. The macabre news came as a shock for the Kodihalli cops, who otherwise usually deal with trivial fights between villagers. A team led by sub-inspector Deepak Gowda arrived around 7:30 pm on December 15 at the spot in Talli forest where the charred body was found by a few forest guards who were on patrol.

Gowda said: "We found that the body was burnt beyond recognition. It seemed like a well-planned murder and the accused had tried to ensure that all possible evidence would be destroyed.We scanned the area for clues, but did not get any that could help us establish the identity of the victim. However, we found a partially burnt laminated card when we were going through the heap of ash.The details on the card were not visible as the plastic had melted and the paper inside was charred. We put the card into the container and took it for examination."



The cops sprayed a chemical (they refused to name it) on the card and the imprint became partially visible. Gowda said: "It was a voter identity card. We searched for the number on the Election Commission website to get details of the victim, and identified him as 56-year-old Gangireddy, marriage-broker from Gauribidanur in the state."



When the cops contacted his family, they learnt that he had been missing for the past two days. But the question was, who killed him? The cops took the mobile number of Gangireddy from his family members and started analysing his call-data records from the day he went missing. And the needle of suspicion pointed to Gangireddy's son-in-law Vijayendra as the last four calls were from him and he also did not attend the funeral. Four days later, the cops picked up Vijayendra and he spilled the beans.



Vijayendra, a farmer, had married Gangireddi's eldest daughter Hema and the couple was staying near Ramanagaram. Police said the couple had a fight and Hema had returned to her parents' house in Gauribidanur some time ago. Vijayendra had made several attempts to convince her to return home, but in vain. He knocked on the doors of his father-in-law Gangireddy and urged him to direct Hema to return home.But Gangireddy gave him a shock by demanding money to facilitate Hema's return.Both Gangireddy and Vijayendra continued to haggle over the issue. As Vijayendra's desperation increased, Gangireddy's demand too intensified, police said.



Burnt with diesel On realising that Gangireddy had not kept the other family members in the loop about his demand for money, Vijayendra laid a trap, police said. On the pretext of making the payment, Vijayendra told Gangireddy to come near the Talli forest and wait at a designated spot. While Gangireddy was on his way Vijayendra bought 10 litres of diesel from a nearby petrol bunk. When Gangireddy came, Vijayendra reportedly hit him on the head twice and the former fell unconscious.He set Gangireddy on fire, threw the diesel can in another part of the forest and fled the scene, thinking that he would never be caught, police said. Vijayendra told the police that committed the crime as he was being mentally tortured by his father-in-law.



Said Gowda, "Had it not been for the burnt identity card it would have been a difficult murder mystery to solve."



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Crime Patrol: Man who killed 7 people in 15 days held in Salem (Crime Patrol 490, 491 on 3rd, 5th Apr 2015)

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SALEM: Police arrested a serial killer and rapist in Salem district late Saturday night and charged him with murdering seven people, including five women and a two-year-old girl, in a bloody rampage that lasted 15 days.



Investigators said A Subbarayan, 27, a truck driver from Kathiripatti village near Pethanaickenpalayam in Salem, went on his horrific killing spree in Salem, Ariyalur and Trichy districts. He targeted women who lived alone in secluded areas. Police have also charged him with the rape of three of his victims.



Policemen arrested Subbarayan after he attacked a shopkeeper in Periyeri village near Thalaivasal, in an attempted robbery. "Villagers caught him and handed him over to police the Thalaivasal police," an investigating officer said. "During interrogation, he confessed to seven murders in Salem, Ariyalur and Trichy districts."



Investigators said Subbarayan fit the profile of a serial killer. "He said he was raised in a broken home by his stepmother who tortured him. His father, who married three times, does not appear to have done anything to stop the torture," the officer said. "Though he took money he found in the victims' houses, robbery was clearly not the motive for the murders."



Subbarayan left home at 17 and found a job as a truck cleaner. He later learned to drive and worked as a truck driver, but remained a drifter, moving from town to town with no apparent permanent address. He lived in north India for five years before returning to the state.



Subbarayan's first victim was his grandmother Ayyammal, who was 65 when he killed her in 2012. Police arrested him and he was in Salem Central Prison till a month ago, when he received bail. "Subbarayan said he started to rob travellers on highways in Salem and Ariyalur districts after his release," the officer said. "He appears to have snapped around a fortnight ago."

The officer said Subbarayan raped and murdered Chinnathayee, 45, on August 20 in Ulipuram in Salem district. He killed her by smashing her head with a boulder and took Rs 10,000 from her house. He killed Jayamelu, 82, of Kallakudi in Trichy district, the next day and made away with Rs 1,000 from her house.



After lying low for eight days, Subbarayan resurfaced on August 29 in Kairalabath in Ariyalur district, where he murdered Lakshmi, 75, and Savithri, 50. "He raped Savithri before murdering her and took a total of Rs 900 from their houses," the officer said.



Subbarayan murdered three members of a family on September 5, including a 2-year-old girl, in Senthamangalam village in Ariyalur district. He attacked Parvathy, 25, who was asleep with her husband Velmurugan, 33, and their daughter. "Subbarayan slit Velmurugan's neck with a knife when he tried to rescue his wife. He then raped Parvathy and stabbed her to death. He killed the child by banging her head against a wall," the officer said.



Attur DSP Kasinathan said police have charged Subbarayan with seven murders and the rape of three women. They had initially charged Subbarayan with the attempted murder of shopkeeper Selvam, 45, and robbery.



After Subbarayan's confession, the Thalaivasal police alerted Salem SP R Sakthivel, who rushed to Thalaivasal. Salem range DIG Vidya Kulkarni, SP Sakthivel, Ariyalur SP Ziaul Haque and DSP M Sreedharan questioned Subbarayan about the murders.



A senior police officer said investigators suspect that Subbarayan could be responsible for other murders as well. "We will know the full extent of his crime only after a thorough investigation," he said.



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