A sub-inspector of the Uttar Pradesh Police was arrested on Tuesday in
connection with the murder of a 25-year-old woman, who had filed a rape case
against the police official's son a year ago.
Bachchu Singh, a resident of Ghaziabad in UP, had allegedly hired a contract
killer for Rs. 1.5 lakh to execute his plan. The woman was murdered in
November last year and her body was disposed of in an irrigation canal in
Aligarh, 336 km west of state capital Lucknow. The contract killer, his
journalist wife, Singh's son and a police constable have also been arrested.
During interrogation, Amarpal, the hitman, admitted to killing the woman and
accused the sub-inspector (SI) of hatching the plot. The woman, who used to
run a mobile store in Ghaziabad after parting ways with her husband, went
missing on November 30, 2013. After two days, her family members filed an
abduction case, which said the woman left home after receiving a call from
Rashmi Chaudhary, a journalist who had promised her a job. The police zeroed
in on Chaudhary, a frequent visitor to the woman's house and believed to be
Amarpal's wife. The couple is from the Aligarh area. "The woman's younger
brother had clicked her (Chaudhary's) photograph on a mobile phone (which
helped the police in the chase)... The couple was arrested late on Monday
night," a superintendent-level police official said. "Our investigations have
revealed the SI sought help from a police constable... Amarpal was roped in
for Rs. 1.5 lakh," the official added. Chaudhary took the woman to Aligarh,
where Amarpal and an aide strangled her, the police official said. "The body
is yet to be recovered." The woman, who was Singh's neighbour, had filed a
case of rape in March 2013 against the police official's son Tarun, who was
chargesheeted in the case and is out on bail. Thanks To:http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/up-cop-held-for-death-of-woman-who-accused-his-son-of-rape/article1-1185460.aspx
In a shocking incident, 31-year-old Ankit Garg, a teacher in Delhi, was shot dead in broad daylight by a masked gunman in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area. Garg was reportedly in a relationship with his student, a Muslim girl, and while they wanted to get married, the girl’s family was opposing the same. According to police, Ankit was shot at by a gunman who was waiting for him for 25 minutes at the staircase of the coaching centre where he used to teach.
How the Media Went Horribly Wrong With Ankit Garg’s Murder Case
Ankit Kumar Garg, a 31-year-old teacher was shot dead on 1 October in Delhi. Soon after the incident, multiple news organisations reported that this was a case of honour killing. The basis of the reports was the accusation by the victim’s family that Ankit was killed by the family of the Muslim girl he was in a relationship with.
मुंबई [मिड-डे]। सिनेमा प्रेरक हो सकता है। लेकिन यह उस व्यक्ति पर
निर्भर करता है कि वह प्रेरणा को किस रूप में लेता है। चारकोप पुलिस ने रविवार को
नकली आयकर अधिकारी बनकर अपने चाचा को चूना लगाने वाले एक आठ सदस्यीय गिरोह को
गिरफ्तार किया है।
पुलिस ने बताया कि गिरोह के मास्टरमाइंड ने पिछले महीने टीवी पर फिल्म 'स्पेशल 26'
देखकर अपने चाचा को शिकार बनाने का पड्यंत्र रचा। पीडि़त ने अपने एक दोस्त के यहां
छिपाकर रखे गए 1.65 करोड़ रुपये, कीमती घडि़यां और ज्वैलरी नकली आयकर अधिकारियों के
सुपुर्द कर दिया।
चारकोप पुलिस के अनुसार, मलाड के बिल्डर रामजीभाई शाह
ने आयकर विभाग से छुपाकर अपने दोस्त जयंती भाई सरवैया यहां नकदी, ज्वैलरी व अन्य
कीमती सामान छुपाकर रखे थे। उन्होंने कहा कि आयकर विभाग ने तीन महीने पहले शाह के
घर पर छापा मारकर नकदी और अन्य कीमती सामान जब्त किए थे। पुलिस ने दावा किया कि
मास्टरमाइंड व सरवैया के भतीजे जगदीश मेवाडा की गिरफ्तारी के बाद गिरोह का पर्दाफाश
हुआ।
पुलिस ने कहा कि मेवाडा ने पिछले महीने टीवी पर पांच बार फिल्म 'स्पेशल 26' देखकर
अपने चाचा को शिकार बनाने का पड्यंत्र रचा। इसके लिए उसने अपने पांच दोस्तों को
तैयार किया और दो जून को सुबह साढ़े सात बजे चाचा के घर पर छापेमारी की। पांच आरोपी
घर में दाखिल हुए और दो बाहर गेट पर खड़े रहे। ये सभी वहां करीब एक घंटे तक रुके और
नकदी और कीमती सामान लेकर चलते बने।
उन्हाेंने सरवैया से कहा कि वे
सामान वर्ली स्थित आयकर विभाग के प्रधान कार्यालय लेकर जा रहे हैं। वे वहां रिपोर्ट
करें। लेकिन सरवैया को शक हुआ तो उन्होंने चारकोप पुलिस से संपर्क किया और शिकायत
दर्ज कराई। जांच के बाद पुलिस ने शक के आधार पर मेवाडा को हिरासत में लेकर पूछताछ
की। तब उसने सारा राज उगल दिया।
Mumbai: Movies can be inspiring. But it depends on what kind of inspiration a
person wants to draw from them. Officials from Charkop police station on Sunday
nabbed a gang of eight for deceiving one of their uncles by posing as Income Tax
(I-T) officials.
Cops say the plot was hatched after the mastermind
watched Bollywood movie Special 26 on television last month and decided to scam
his uncle. The accused fooled the victim into giving them ₹ 1.65 crore,
expensive watches and jewellery that was hidden at his residence by one of his
friends to keep it out of reach of genuine I-T officials.
The police
said Malad-based builder Ramjibhai Shah had stashed the cash and valuables at
his friend Jayantibhai Sarvaiya's residence at sector 8 in Charkop, to prevent
I-T officials from confiscating it.
They said I-T officials had
raided Shah's residence three months ago and seized cash and other valuables. A
police official, requesting anonymity, claimed that the gang was busted after
the arrest of Jagdish Mewada - Sarvaiya's nephew and the mastermind.
He
said Mewada hatched the plot after watching the movie at his Dharavi residence
last month. The official said Mewada trained five of his friends to act as I-T
officials by making them watch Special 26 at least five times. He said the
accused prepared themselves at a rented apartment in Govandi.
Raid
day As per the plan, Mewada's friends raided Sarvaiya's residence on June 2
at 7.30 am. They arrived at his residence in a car they had hired from Govandi,
the official said. While five of them entered Sarvaiya's residence posing as I-T
officials, Mewada and two others kept vigil outside the house.
The
impostors who entered the house collected the cash and valuables within an hour
and took Sarvaiya along before leaving his residence. One of them told Sarvaiya
that they were taking him to the I-T department headquarters in Worli.
However,
the gang halted on the Western Express Highway (WEH) at Goregaon on the pretext
of taking a tea break and asked Sarvaiya to directly report at the headquarters.
Realising that something was amiss, Sarvaiya later approached the Charkop police
and lodged a complaint against the five accused.
Cop speak API
Rao Rane from Charkop police station said, "After this scam, Mewada kept calling
Sarvaiya and asked for money. He was addicted to playing lottery and had gone
broke. This raised our suspicion and we took Mewada into custody. During
interrogation he confessed to the crime and revealed the identity of his
friends.
He even disclosed that it was one of his relatives who
informed him about the cash and valuables at his uncle's residence. While we
have arrested Mewada and his friends, a manhunt has been launched to nab the
insider who tipped him."
The other seven accused were identified as
Paresh Goswami (35), Bharat Wegda (30), Kadar Sheikh (32), Pankaj Chavan (34),
Firoz Sheikh (30), Balkrishna (35) and Yunis Sheikh, all residents of Dharavi.
Cops said Kadar had earlier been arrested for his involvement in stealing
cellphones.
Bhule Chauhan (70) and his wife Rani Chauhan (55) were found murdered in their three-storey house in Noida Sector-44, where they lived alone on Saturday morning, police said.
The incident reportedly came to the light around 8:30 am when a local priest reached their house to invite the duo in a religious programme organised at a nearby temple.
After finding their bodies under semi-decomposed condition, the priest informed the local police immediately that reached the spot and took away bodies for autopsy after breaking the door locked from inside.
A senior police official said the couples owned properties worth crores, including three houses and valuable lands in posh sectors of Noida. Police suspect that they might have been killed by some known person over alleged undertaking of their properties.
Superintendent of police, Noida, Dinesh Yadav said the couples were attacked by blunt objects on their head and police are investigating the case from all angles.
Also, Inspector General (Meerut Range) Ajay Aanad, along with senior police officials, inspected the spot.
The deceased had a 21-year-old son Gaurav Chauhan who died five years ago under mysterious circumstances, police said.
After the death of his first wife, Bhule had married another woman, said police, adding that he had a daughter with his first wife who got married with one Krishna of Shapur village but they were not in contact from a long time.
Police said Bhule had two elder brothers who died a few years ago. There is no legal heir of their property and they lived on the rent collected from their properties, said police. Sources said the murder was committed over a matter of property overtake.
"Both of them were seen by the locals last time on Friday around 10 am. We suspected that they were killed on the same day. There was also a friendly entry into the house. The valuables were not ransacked which denies robbery bids,” said some local residents.
"We are questioning a shopkeeper to ascertain the identity of the people who were friendly with the couple. Also, we are questioning their relatives to find out their involvement in this case," the SP said.
An FIR was registered against unknown persons under section 302(murder) of the IPC in sector 39 Police Station.
घर से आ रही थी बदबू, जब खुला दरवाजा तो देखने वालों की फटी रही गईं आंखें
सेक्टर-39 कोतवाली क्षेत्र के छलेरा गांव में एक बुजुर्ग दंपति के सिर पर चोट मारकर हत्या कर दी। घटना शुक्रवार की है और पता शनिवार को चला। घटना की सूचना मिलने पर सेक्टर-39 पुलिस मौके पर पहुंची और घटनास्थल का मुआयना करने आईजी आनंद कुमार भी पहुंचे। दंपति की बेटी की ओर से अज्ञात हत्यारे के खिलाफ मामला दर्ज कराया है। पुलिस हत्या के पीछे संपत्ति को मान रही है हालांकि अभी कोई साक्ष्य पुलिस के हाथ नहीं लगा है। मगर हत्या का संदेह किसी परिचित पर है और मोबाइल आदि से जांच पड़ताल की जा रही है।
जानकारी के मुताबिक सेक्टर-39 कोतवाली क्षेत्र के छलेरा गांव निवासी भूले चौहान(72) अपनी पत्नी रानी चौहान (55) के साथ रहते थे। उनकी यह दूसरी शादी थी। पहली पत्नी सुक्खो देवी ने ही वारिश की चाह में अपने पति की दूसरी शादी रानी से कराई थी। चूंकि सुक्खो और भूले को केवल एक बेटी थी और वह शाहपुर गोवर्धनपुर गांव में अपने पति के साथ रहती हैं। दूसरी शादी के बाद भूले को एक बेटा गौरव हुआ था मगर उसकी बीमारी से मौत हो गई थी।
उसके बाद से भूले और रानी अपने घर पर ही समय बिता रहे थे। इनके बाद करोड़ों रुपये की संपत्ति है और हर माह लाखों रुपये किराया आता है। पुलिस ने बताया कि दंपति अपने घर के ग्राउंड फ्लोर पर रहते थे और फर्स्ट फ्लोर पर रसोई बना रखी थी। शुक्रवार सुबह 11 बजे तक पड़ोसियों ने भूले और रानी को घूमते हुए देखा था, मगर इसके बाद वह घर से बाहर नहीं आए। शनिवार को जब वह तय समय पर मंदिर की आरती में शामिल नहीं हुए तो पंडित राम और भूले के भाई का पोता सचिन दोनों उनके घर आए तो वहां पहुंचने पर बदबू आ रही थी।
उन्होंने कमरे के बाहर दरवाजे पर ताला लगा देखा तो उन्हें कुछ संदेह हुआ। कमरे में झांककर देखा तो दोनों के शव पडे़ थे। सचिन और राम ने पुलिस को सूचना दी। पुलिस मौके पर पहुंची और दोनों के शवों की जांच पड़ताल की तो देखा कि दंपति के सिर में गंभीर चोट है। जिससे उनकी हत्या हुई है। साथ ही गला दबाने का भी प्रयास हुआ है। दोनों शवों को पोस्टमार्टम के लिए भेज दिया है।
कुछ सवाल जिनके पुलिस को तलाशने हैं जवाब: भूले चौहान के घर में एक कुत्ता था जो किसी भी बाहरी व्यक्ति को प्रवेश नहीं करने देता था। वह कई लोगों को काट भी चुका था। यदि शनिवार को कुत्ता भौंका नहीं तो कोई परिचित ही व्यक्ति घर में आया था। आखिर वह कौन था।
इसके अलावा भूले चौहान और उनकी पत्नी घर की ग्राउंड फ्लोर पर रहते थे तो हत्या के समय रसोई में गए थे। आखिर वह कौन था जिसके लिए चाय बनाई थी। कहीं ऐसा तो नहीं कि हत्यारे ने पहले कुत्ते को कुछ नशीला पदार्थ खिलाया हो।
चूंकि कुत्ता शनिवार को भी अस्वस्थ्य था और भौंक भी नहीं पा रहा था। यदि दंपति की हत्या हुई तो इसका सबसे अधिक लाभ किसे है। ऐसा तो नहीं कि किसी रिश्तेदार ने कोई वसीयत बनवाई हो और इसी के चलते दोनों को रास्ते से हटाया हो।
पुलिस का कहना है कि भूले का अपनी बेटी से करीब 6 साल से विवाद चल रहा था और वह अपने मायके भी नहीं आई थी। इसके पीछे गौरव की रहस्यमय मौत है।
भूले और रानी को लगता था कि गौरव की मौत के पीछे उनकी बेटी का हाथ है। जबकि उनकी बेटी इस बात से इंकार कर रही है। पुलिस का दावा है कि यदि लुटेरे हत्या करते तो जेवरात ले जाते लेकिन सब कुछ घर में ही मिला है।
बुजुर्ग दंपति की हत्या सिर पर चोट लगने के कारण हुई है और शवों को पोस्टमार्टम के लिए भेज दिया गया है। पोस्टमार्टम में ही खुलासा हो सकेगा कि हत्या कैसे हुई है। हालांकि हत्या के पीछे प्राथमिक कारण संपति प्रतीत हो रही है। चूंकि उनके पास काफी संपत्ति है और हत्या का संदेह भी किसी परिचित पर ही हो रहा है। जांच की जा रही है जल्द ही हत्या का खुलासा कर दिया जाएगा।-बीआर जैदी, कोतवाल सेक्टर-39
Thanks To: https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/delhi-ncr/crime/double-murder-in-noida?pageId=10
बुलन्दशहर। उत्तर प्रदेश में बुलन्दशहर के कोतवाली क्षेत्र में पिछले दिनों प्रापर्टी डीलर की हत्या के सिलसिले में पुलिस ने आज दो लोगों की गिरफ्तार किया है। वरिष्ठ पुलिस अधीक्षक अनीस अहमद अंसारी ने आज यहां पत्रकारों को बताया कि क्षेत्र के चांदपुर मोहल्ला निवासी गीता ने चार अक्टूबर को रिपोर्ट दर्ज कराई थी कि उसका पति विनोद कुमार दो अक्टूबर से लापता है।
उन्होने बताया कि पुलिस ने मामला दर्ज कर संदेह के आधार पर पुलिस ने ज्ञानचंद उर्फ ज्ञानी को हिरासत में लेकर पूछताछ की। ज्ञानचंद ने विनोद की हत्या कर शव को काली नदी में फेंके जाने का इकबाल किया, जिसके आधार पर पुलिस ने कल शाम विनोद का क्षतविक्षत शव काली नदी से बरामद कर लिया। एसएसपी ने बताया कि हत्या के पीछे अवैध संबंधों की बात सामने आई है।
विनोद ने जुलाई में अभियुक्त ज्ञानचंद उर्फ ज्ञानी की बहन से दो बाहर दुष्कर्म किया था। लोकलाज के डर से बहन ने जहर खाकर आत्महत्या कर ली। बाद में विनोद ने ज्ञानी की पत्नी के साथ भी अश्लील हरकत की और कई बार छेडख़ानी का प्रयास किया। इससे आहत होकर ज्ञानचंद ने अपने बहनोई कुलदीप के साथ विनोद की हत्या की योजना बनाई।
प्रापर्टी डीलर हत्याकांड का गुरुवार को पुलिस ने खुलासा कर दिया। प्रापर्टी डीलर की हत्या एक हत्यारोपी की शादीशुदा बहन से दुष्कर्म का बदला लेने के लिए की गई थी। दुष्कर्म से आहत होकर पीड़िता ने खुदकुशी कर ली थी। तभी से मृतका का भाई और पति बदला लेने की फिराक में लगे हुए थे। पुलिस ने हत्यारोपी युवक और उसके बहनोई को गिरफ्तार कर चालान कर दिया है।
गुरुवार को एसपी सिटी मान सिंह चौहान और नगर कोतवाल राजवर्धन गौड़ ने घटना का खुलासा करते हुए बताया कि चांदपुर क्षेत्र निवासी गीता ने नगर कोतवाली में अपने प्रापर्टी डीलर पति विनोद की अपहरण की रिपोर्ट दर्ज कराई थी। पुलिस ने दर्ज रिपोर्ट के आधार पर देवीपुरा प्रथम निवासी ज्ञानचंद उर्फ ज्ञानी को दबोचकर पूछताछ की तो उसने विनोद की हत्या कर शव काली नदी में फेंकना स्वीकार कर लिया। 5 अक्तूबर की शाम काली नदी से शव बरामद हो गया। पुलिस की पूछताछ में पता चला कि प्रापर्टी डीलर विनोद का चरित्र बेहद खराब था। उसने 9 जुलाई और 13 जुलाई को हत्यारोपी ज्ञानी की शादीशुदा बहन को नशीला पदार्थ खिलाकर दुष्कर्म किया था। इससे आहत होकर शादीशुदा बहन से जहरीला पदार्थ खाकर खुदकुशी कर ली। इसके बाद भी विनोद नहीं सुधरा और उसने ज्ञानी की पत्नी के साथ भी अश्लील हरकतें कीं। इसके चलते आरोपी ज्ञानी ने अपने बहनोई कुलदीप निवासी चांदपुर के साथ मिलकर प्रापर्टी डीलर विनोद की हत्या की योजना बनाई। विनोद को घर बुलाकर शराब पिलाई गई तथा साड़ी के फंदे से उसका गला दबाकर हत्या कर शव को बोरे में भरकर काली नदी में फेंक दिया। जबकि विनोद की स्कूटी को लावारिस हालत में नुमाईश ग्राउंड में छोड़ दिया। एसपी सिटी ने बताया कि हत्यारोपी ज्ञानी से पूछताछ के आधार पर उसके बहनोई कुलदीप को भी गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया। पूछताछ के बाद दोनों आरोपियों का चालान किया जा रहा है।
शादीशुदा बहन से रेप का बदला लेने के लिए प्रापर्टी डीलर विनोद की हत्या की गई थी। पुलिस ने आरोपी जीजा-साले को गिरफ्तार कर हत्याकांड का खुलासा कर दिया। साथ ही आरोपियों की निशानदेही पर विनोद की स्कूटी को नुमाइश ग्राउंड से बरामद कर लिया।
एसपी सिटी मान सिंह चौहान ने बताया कि दो अक्तूबर को चांदपुर निवासी प्रॉपर्टी डीलर विनोद लापता हो गया था। विनोद की पत्नी गीता देवी ने देवीपुरा निवासी एक व्यक्ति के खिलाफ अपहरण की रिपोर्ट दर्ज कराई थी। आरोपी को हिरासत में लिया तो उसने बताया कि विनोद की हत्या कर शव को काली नदी में फेंक दिया था।
बुधवार शाम काली नदी से शव को बरामद किया। पूछताछ में देवीपुरा निवासी आरोपी ने जो बताया उससे पुलिस अधिकारियों के होश उड़ गए। आरोपी ने बताया कि उसकी की शादी चांदपुर गांव में हुई थी। चांदपुर निवासी विनोद ने नौ जुलाई 2016 को अपनी विधवा चाची के माध्यम से उसकी बहन को बुलाया।
विनोद ने चाय में नशीला पदार्थ देकर उसके साथ रेप किया। इसके बाद विनोद लगातार उसकी बहन को ब्लैकमेल करने लगा। 13 जुलाई 2016 को उसने जहर खा लिया। मरने से पहले उसने अपने पति को असलियत बताई थी लेकिन लोकलाज के चलते उसने एफआईआर दर्ज नहीं कराई। जीजा से ही आरोपी को मामले का पता चला। तब से दोनों विनोद से घृणा करने लगे। साथ ही विनोद और आरोपी का सात लाख रुपये के लेनदेन को लेकर भी विवाद चल रहा था।
एसपी सिटी मान सिंह चौहान ने बताया कि दो अक्तूबर को देवीपुरा निवासी आरोपी ने अपनी पत्नी के जरिए फोन करके विनोद को घर बुलाया। विनोद स्कूटी से देवीपुरा पहुंचा तो तीनों ने मिलकर शराब पी। नशे में विनोद ने आरोपी की पत्नी से भी अश्लील हरकतें कीं।
इसके बाद आरोपी ने साड़ी से गला घाेंटकर विनोद की हत्या कर दी। जीजा-साले विनोद की लाश को लेकर काली नदी में फेंक आए। इसके बाद स्कूटी को नुमाइश ग्राउंड में छोड़कर चले गए। आरोपियों की निशानदेही पर स्कूटी बरामद कर ली है। पुलिस ने दोनों आरोपियों को जेल भेज दिया है।
Lucknow: A man and his wife were sent to prison on Saturday for murder of a
businessman whose body was taken out of a nullah in Aashiana area late on
Friday. Body of Ruchi Khand, Aashiana resident Gurpreet Singh (31) who went missing on April 30 had been dumped in the nullah located in
Aurangabad locality. Gurpreet's close friend Amit Kumar Pasricha and his wife
Mamta were arrested by city police for the act. Complex nature of relationship
between Gurpreet and the Pasricha couple led to the gruesome murder on April
30 and they confessed during questioning by police. Both Gurpreet and Amit
belonged to the same community and owned bicycle stores in Aashiana.
A 28-year-old banker was murdered by his wife's ex-lover with the help of a physiotherapist, who injected him with a lethal dose of poison in the neck in a market in Delhi.
According to reports, the victim, Ravi Kumar, who worked in Sadar Bazar, was headed home on Saturday evening, when he felt a prick on his neck. Although he collapsed within moments, he managed to turn and grab his assailant, Prem Singh, who had been contracted to kill him by Anish Yadav, a gym trainer, who was in love with Kumar's wife.
Singh was caught by the people and Kumar taken to a hospital, where he died of poisoning within hours. In his testimony to the police, Singh said he was paid ₹150,000 to finish off Kumar by Yadav, who had been in a relationship with the latter's wife.
Police sources said Kumar's wife had broken off her relationship with Yadav after she got married about a year ago. Yadav, too, tied the knot in July last year, but continued to be in touch with his former lover. When Yadav's wife found out about their relationship, she left him, at which point Yadav started putting pressure on Kumar's wife to leave her husband too.
Since Kumar's wife resisted Yadav's plan, he decided to plot the murder to get the "hurdle" out of the way. Singh allegedly procured several deadly drugs — Midazolam, Fortwin and Phenergan — from a hospital to make a lethal cocktail, which he tried to inject into Kumar while he was travelling in an auto rickshaw in October last year. However, he missed his chance that time and Kumar too didn't complain to the police.
Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov was killed in a similar manner, poisoned by the tip of an umbrella as he was waiting for a bus in Central London, in 1978.
>In love with woman, man gets her husband injected with poison in spy-style murder >
> >According to police, the incident took place on the evening of January 7, when the victim, Ravi Kumar, who worked at Sadar Bazar, was heading home. > >
According to police, the incident took place on the evening of January 7, when the victim, Ravi Kumar, who worked at Sadar Bazar, was heading home.
Police said Kumar was rushed to St Stephen’s Hospital nearby, where he died of poisoning the next day.
“Kumar was injected on his neck by one Prem Singh, a physiotherapist. He told police he had murdered Kumar after being approached by his friend Aneesh Yadav, a gym trainer. Initial investigation revealed that Yadav planned the murder as Kumar’s wife was in a relationship with him before she got married,” said additional DCP (north) Esha Pandey. Police said Singh allegedly took Rs 1.5 lakh from Yadav for the murder.
“It looks like two chemicals were mixed into the injection. The drugs have been identified as Midazolam and Fortwin. We are seeking medical help for clarity,” said the police officer.
Police said Kumar’s wife broke her relationship with Yadav after she got married in February last year. Yadav, too, got married in July but they kept in touch.
“Yadav’s wife got to know about this and she left him. Yadav then started pressuring Kumar’s wife to leave her husband, which she refused. This irked Yadav and he planned the murder,” claimed the police officer.
Police said Singh had also made an attempt on Kumar’s life in October, when he injected the same chemical while he was in an auto. But Kumar survived at the time and did not file a complaint, his father Pramod, an ex-serviceman, said.
“When we reached the hospital on Sunday morning, his neck was swollen. He passed away in the evening,” Pramod said. “I wish he had filed a police complaint the last time.”
Online shopping records help police to unfold a murder case
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PUNE: A 'kurta' (top) purchased by the victim through an e-commerce website helped the Osmanabad police solve a six-month-old murder of a woman from Pune, whose body was found in a well at Wagholi village in Osmanabad district on December 21 last year.
The woman, identified as Kanchan Pardeshi (22), had been missing from Pune since July 2015. A missing person's complaint about her was registered with the Faraskhana police station. The Osmanabad police have arrested Pardeshi's former colleague, Prakash Chaphekar (28), and his accomplice for allegedly hacking her to death and dumping her body in the well. The team was led by sub-divisional police officer, Tuljapur division, Raj Tilak Roushan.
Harish Khedkar, inspector of the local crime branch of the Osmanabad police, told TOI that on December 21, 2015, the body of an unidentified woman was found in a well at Wagholi village. The woman's throat had been slit and she had stab wounds on her stomach, neck and other parts of the body.
"We had alerted all the neighbouring police stations and circulated photographs of the body. But we did not get any clue to identify the deceased woman," Khedkar said.
In May 2016, Roushan reopened the case and began investigations. As the woman was found wearing a blue 'kurta', police started collecting information about the manufacturer of such tops. "We came to know that these tops were manufactured somewhere in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and sold all over the country through an e-commerce website," Khedkar said.
Police contacted the e-commerce company and acquired the information of people who had purchased such kurtas. "We got their cellphone numbers and even started searching profiles on a social working website," Khedkar said.
Police traced one of these cellphone numbers to Wagholi village. Investigating further, they identified a person from the village who may have knowledge of the crime and summoned him for questioning. This man turned out to be Chaphekar's accomplice. "During sustained interrogation, he narrated the entire incident," Khedkar said.
The police officials were able to identify the woman as Pardeshi. "We checked with the Pune police and found that a missing person's complaint about Pardeshi had been registered in July 2015 with the Faraskhana police station," Khedkar said.
The Osmanabad police then took Chaphekar into custody from Pune. "During sustained interrogation, Chaphekar spilled the beans," Khedkar said.
Chaphekar, who has an MBA, worked in a Pune-based private firm, where he met Pardeshi. He had an extra-marital relationship with Pardeshi. In 2015, he left the job in Pune and started working in a firm in Nagpur. When Pardeshi started asking him to marry her, he asked her to come to Nagpur. In July last year, Pardeshi went to Nagpur.
Chaphekar stayed with Pardeshi in Nagpur till December. "As Chaphekar did not want to marry Pardeshi, he hatched the plot to eliminate her," Khedkar said.
In the second week of December, Chaphekar took Pardeshi on a trip. They reached Osmanabad on December 20 in a car. "Chaphekar had already contacted his accomplice and had informed him about the murder plot," Khedkar said.
As soon as they reached near Wagholi, Khedkar's accomplice joined them. "The two men stabbed Pardeshi with a sharp weapon and also slit her throat. They dumped her body in the well. Chaphekar then returned to Pune," Khedkar said, adding, "We arrested him from Pune on June 17 and also seized the car used in the crime."
