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Bulldozer Action Against Madhya Pradesh Man Accused Of Killing Son-In-Law

Shivpuri:

Following the horrific murder of a 23-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, police sources said they will demolish the house of the accused and also cancel a firearm licence in their name.

The victim, Dheeru Jatav, had married a woman from the village against her family's wishes two years ago in court, and the couple had fled to Ahmedabad in Gujarat where they had lived since. Both of them belong to the same community.

They had recently returned to the village with their daughter to celebrate Diwali, hoping the anger of the relatives would have dissipated. The woman had already received death threats.

The victim along with two others was heading towards a shop on Saturday evening when the accused, including his father-in-law, kidnapped him.

The accused took the victim to a place nearby, where they killed him with an axe, he said.

The victim's father Brakhbhan Jatav, in his complaint, stated that one of the men accompanying his son had informed him about the abduction.

On reaching the spot, Mr Jatav claimed, that he saw the accused beating his son with sticks and a rifle and later killing him with an axe.

The accused reportedly fled the scene on spotting him.

Mr Jatav has said that he had stopped his son from coming to the village, but the latter insisted, thinking the anger in his wife's family would have dissipated in two years.

The incident took place in Machhawali village in the district on Saturday night. One of the seven accused has been arrested.

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Man Allegedly Stabs Friend To Death, Chops Off Private Parts In Maharashtra

Thane:

A 25-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by his friend in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, police said.

Shamim alias Salman Khan was found dead at the entrance of his hotel in Fatima Nagar area of the town in the morning, an official said.

The victim had started the hotel in partnership with some of his friends on October 25, he said.

The victim's body bore nine stab wounds and his private parts had been chopped off, the official said.

Based on the CCTV footage recovered from the area, the police zeroed in on a friend of the victim, he said.

As per preliminary investigations, a love affair might have lead to the murder, he said.

A case under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered in this regard, the station house officer of Shanti Nagar police station said.

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​"Huge Blow": Delhi Rape-Murder Victim's Parents After Court Frees Accused

New Delhi: The Supreme Court's decision today to free three men convicted of rape and murder of a 19-year-old Delhi woman in 2012 has left the victim's parents in a state of shock. Saying that the top court's verdict had dealt a crushing blow, they resolved to continue with their fight for justice.

Speaking to NDTV today, the victim's father said: "This is a huge blow to us. We had come here [Supreme Court] with the hope of getting justice and we had faith in the court, but we didn't get justice."

"If this is what the law does, then how can one have faith in the legal system," he asked. He said lack of justice will only lead to more crimes.

The victim's mother rued the fact that the Supreme Court accepted the argument on behalf of the accused as the truth. She said she and her family will keep fighting for justice.

"We had come to the Supreme Court with a lot of hope, but we are completely broken. The Supreme Court has let us down," she told NDTV.

"Even after 11 years, this is the verdict. We lost the battle. I have lost my will to live. I thought my daughter would get justice," the victim's mother added.

The lawyer for the victim's family said a review petition will be filed once the details of the court order are made available. Speaking to NDTV, she added: "I was surprised that while pronouncing the verdict, there was no mention of the basis for the court order."

"The Supreme Court verdict has come today - which is also the Chief Justice's last day in office - after seven years of court proceedings and that too only after I raised it last Friday that this should be announced after the one on EWS [reservations for economically weaker sections]," she said.

In February 2012, the victim's mutilated and burnt body was found in a field in Haryana's Rewari district, days after she was kidnapped.

Ravi Kumar, Rahul and Vinod were convicted by a Delhi court in February 2014 under various charges including kidnapping, rape and murder. The court sentenced them to death, which was upheld by the Delhi High Court.

However, a Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice of India, Justice UU Lalit, Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Bela M Trivedi today cancelled the High Court ruling and ordered that all three accused would be freed.

The victim's father said that while he and his family were torn apart in 2012 itself, when his daughter was killed, today's verdict came as a fresh blow. He alleged the "legal system is blind".

The Delhi High Court had even described the three accused men as "predators" trawling the streets for "prey".

There were times when the accused would reportedly laugh at the victim's parents and even threaten to kill them while they attended court hearings.

"The law and order system in our country is not for poor people. If this had happened with a rich influential person or a politician, would they also have faced the same fate like us? It's like taking advantage of poverty," the victim's father said.

Recounting their horrific experience all through the trial, the father said: "The judges of the Supreme Court never even bothered to ask us what we were going through. Treating this case just as any other normal one, they let the accused walk free."

He said the ordeal that he and his family had to endure for the last 11 years was completely ignored by the Supreme Court judges in announcing the verdict.

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A Danish woman was allegedly gang-raped in Delhi after getting lost and asking a group of men for directions, police said on Wednesday in the latest high-profile case of sexual assault against women in India

Two person(s) have been arrested in connection with rape case with Danish national,” read a statement from the police, which said both men were “vagabonds” at New Delhi railway station. The two arrested have been identified as Mahender Ganja and Mohammed Raja. A case of gang rape and dacoity has been registered.

She approached the suspects for directions on Tuesday evening while trying to return to her hotel in the bustling Paharganj district of New Delhi, reportedly after visiting a city museum.

Up to six "youngsters" allegedly assaulted and robbed the victim, who was travelling alone and had been in New Delhi since Monday after visiting the Taj Mahal, police and a receptionist at her hotel said.

A senior investigating officer in the Paharganj police station said on condition of anonymity that the victim was held hostage at knifepoint for three hours and had been kicked and slapped.
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Man Rapes, Cheats Woman Of ₹ 30 Lakh After Meeting Her On Matrimony Site: Cops

Noida, UP: Noida Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a Ghaziabad resident for allegedly duping a woman of ₹ 30 lakh and raping her after befriending her on a matrimonial site.

The police said the man had introduced himself as an HR manager of telecom giant Airtel with an annual salary package of ₹ 35 lakh when they first got in touch through 'Jeevansaathi.com' matrimonial site.

The woman claimed she got further lured by the accused, Rahul Chaturvedi, after a series of conversations and chats on WhatsApp, leading to meetings and a promise of marriage, according to a police official.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Ashutosh Dwivedi said, "The accused had created a profile on a matrimonial site with a fake name and identity. He had identified himself as a senior officer in a telecom company and contacted the woman." "They got in touch four months ago and constantly kept lying to her about himself. During this time, he also got into a physical relationship with the woman. Eventually he told her that his sister is suffering from cancer and on this pretext, took ₹ 30 lakh from the woman over a period of time," Mr Dwivedi said.

Later, the man stopped meeting the woman and was not reachable even on his mobile number, prompting her to check with the teelcom company where he supposedly worked, the officer said.

"She was informed by the telecom company that no person with that name (Rahul Chaturvedi) worked there. The woman then approached the Sector 24 police station in Noida. An FIR was lodged and an investigation taken up, after which the accused was arrested," he said.

During investigation, the claims of the man taking ₹ 30 lakh from the woman and engaging in sexual relationship on pretext of marriage were found to be true, the additional DCP said.

The police have recovered a Honda City car, an LCD television, several jewellery items and expensive branded clothes from the accused which were purchased from the money he had fraudulently taken from the complainant, he said.

The police also found that the accused was staying with another woman in Ghaziabad's Khoda area and he would transfer the money into her account which would later be spent by them, he said.

"The role of the woman staying with him is also being probed and action against her would be taken on the basis of evidence. The accused man is being produced in a local court and would be sent to jail," he added.

The FIR has been lodged under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape), 420 (cheating) and 406 (criminal breach of trust), the police said.

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Woman In UP Allegedly Raped By Husband, Brother-In-Law After 'Triple Talaq'

Lucknow: A woman in Uttar Pradesh was allegedly raped multiple times by her husband and his younger brother after 'triple talaq', with the involvement of several other people, including a cleric, police said today.

Police are on the lookout for six people.

According to the complaint filed by the woman, she had married one Salman five years ago. Salman divorced her a few months ago under 'triple talaq' system, which has been outlawed.

"Salman, on the suggestion of a cleric, one Guddu Haji, later told the woman that he would accept her as his wife again if she married and divorced his younger brother," the woman's complaint read.

However, even after she did as she was told, the younger brother refused to divorce her and both the brothers took turns to rape her, said a senior police officer.

"On the assurance of Salman, the woman had married his brother Islam, but the latter refused to divorce her. Since then, the woman has alleged that both Salman and Islam gang raped her on several occasions," Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar told PTI.

The woman went to a local court with her complaint and the FIR was lodged after the court's order on Monday.

"Based on the complaint, we have booked Guddu Haji, Salman, Islam and three of their family members under sections of gang rape and unnatural sex, along with sections of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019," said the officer.

The woman was taken for a medical examination and presented before a magistrate to record her statement.

"Efforts are on to arrest the accused," the police officer added.

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8Man Killed By Brother, Wife To Hide Affair: UP Police

Ghaziabad (UP): A 21-year-old man and his sister-in-law were arrested for allegedly killing his brother, police said on Sunday.

Ayyaz, 35, who originally belonged to Bihar's Seetamarhi district, was found with his throat slit in his house, they said.

Amir, 21, confessed to the police that he along with his sister-in-law killed Ayyaz to conceal their affair.

An embroiderer by profession, Ayyaz had been living with his wife Sazra and their three children in the Khushal Park colony of Tronica city Police Station area since 2005.

"On the intervening night of November 11 and 12, Ayyaz was sleeping alone, while his wife and three children were slept in another room. Around 3 am his neighbours heard him shouting. They immediately informed his brother who lives nearby," SP (rural) Iraj Raja said.

Niyaz, one of the victim's brothers, told the police that he reached Ayyaz's house around 3.30 am and knocked on the door for at least 25 minutes but nobody opened it.

He then noticed a man climbing on the roof of the house through the stairs and jumping into the back lane. When Niyaz entered the house he found his brother's body on the bed in a pool of blood.

Sazra, according to police, said she did not hear her husband cry, the police said.

"We have arrested Sazra and Amir. We have also recovered a knife used by the accused," said the SP.

"The duo has confessed to be having and an illicit relationship of which Ayyaz had come to know about," said the SP.

Amir revealed that he and Sazra, both, were involved in the killing of her husband and also his failed escape.

“As per plan, I reached Ayyaz home wearing a veil (Burqa), opened the door and switched off the light and we both slitted Ayyaz's throat.

“Thereafter I climbed up on the roof by stairs and jumped in the back lane with the help of the terrace of Madarsa,” he said.

Amir said that he hid the knife in a plot, and the blood-stained clothes in a box of his house -- both of which were recovered.

Both accused have been arrested and sent to jail, said the SP.

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Man Tricks Daughter To Write Suicide Note, Then Kills Her: Police

Nagpur: A 40-year-old man allegedly tricked his teenage daughter into writing suicide notes to implicate his relatives and then asked her to enact suicide during which he actually killed her, police said.

The 16-year-old girl was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her house in Kalamna area of Nagpur city on November 6, a police official on Saturday said.

The man, who worked as a labourer, was later arrested and an investigation was on to ascertain the motive behind the murder, he said.

Police initially registered a case of abetment to suicide against the girl's stepmother, uncle, aunt and grandparents on the basis of five suicide notes found in the room, the official of Kalamna police station said.

But an examination of the mobile phone of the victim's father during the probe revealed there was a plot behind what looked like a suicide.

"In the mobile phone, we found a photograph of the victim enacting a suicide bid. It came to light that he had asked his daughter to act as if she was hanging herself and clicked a photograph, claiming he wanted to teach his relatives a lesson," the police official said.
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"Before that the man had asked the girl to write five suicide notes naming these relatives. When the girl did so and tied the noose around her neck and stood on a stool as instructed by him, he clicked a photo and then allegedly kicked the stool, causing her death by hanging. She died in front of her father and 12-year-old sister," the official said.

The accused then left the house. He later called police, claiming he had stepped out for some work and upon return found his daughter had hanged herself, said the official.

The police initially registered a case of suicide abetment under the Indian Penal Code against the five relatives. But the investigators later realised something was amiss.

"After we came across the suicide enactment photo in his phone, we questioned the man and he told the police that he murdered his daughter. His first wife ended her life in 2016 and the second wife had also left home," the official said.

The man was arrested for the alleged murder. The police were conducting a probe into the motive behind the crime, the official added.

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After chopping his girlfriend into 35 pieces, Indian predator bought fridge to store them

The murder of 26-year-old Shraddha, by her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawalla, is throwing up shocking details. Not only did Aftab dismember Shraddha's body, but chalked out a plan to keep her mortal remains unretrievable by the authorities.

After strangulating Shraddha and chopping up her body, Aftab allegedly purchased a 300-litre refrigerator to store the parts that he then threw away in parts of a Delhi forest over 16 days. After being nabbed by police, Aftab said during his interrogation that he had been in a live-in relationship with the murder victim.

He confessed to the police that he kept her body parts in the fridge and used to exit his apartment every night to dispose of a piece of her body. He said that he did so in the national capital and he did it around forest areas. It took him 16 days to completely dispose of the body parts.

Aftab said that he chopped up Shraddha's body into 35 pieces. Disclosing his modus operandi to conceal the heinous crime, Aftab said that he used incense sticks and burnt them to keep the foul smell of her mortal remains at bay.

According to the police, Aftab killed Sharddha following an argument on May 18. He then dismembered her body with a sharp weapon and bought a fridge to store the chopped parts. The crime was solved five months later with his arrest on Monday, November 14.
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Horrible mate, RIP. Thoughts with the family, can’t imagine how they would deal with such information, no justice could undo what that monster did, hope he gets the worst punishment possible.

To summarise:

- He had an argument
- He chopped up his gf
- Then he bought a fridge to store her body parts
- Burnt incense sticks to keep the foul smell away
- Piece by piece he got rid of the body, throwing them away in a Delhi forrest

Excellent police work, how did they solve this? did someone bump into a body part in the forrest or were they able to get some info out of that sick and twisted murderer?
 
How sick you have to be to do something so heinous.

RIP to the victim and condolences to her family.
 
Man Killed Partner In Delhi, Dumped Body Pieces At 2 am For 18 Days: Cops

New Delhi: In a shocking case, a man allegedly strangled his live-in partner, chopped her body into 35 pieces, and dumped them in Delhi's Mehrauli forest over 18 days, say police sources. He got away with the murder for five to six months.

He would step out at 2 am every day to dump the body parts, sources say.

The accused has been sent to five days in police custody.

Aftab Ameen Poonawala, 28, allegedly strangled his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar on May 18 after they had a fight. He then chopped her body into 35 pieces and bought a 300-litre fridge to keep them, sources say. Over the next 18 days, he disposed of the pieces at different areas of the Mehrauli forest, they added.

"The duo fell in love while working in Mumbai and came to Delhi by April-end or May first week after facing opposition from their families. While they were living in the national capital, they had an argument in mid-May over marriage, which escalated, and he strangled her," Ankit Chauhan, Additional DCP-I, South district, said.

"The accused had preserved the woman's body in a fridge and disposed them on different occasions," he added.

26-year-old Shraddha worked at the call centre for a multinational company in Mumbai, where she met Poonawala. The two started dating and moved in together. After her family did not approve of their relationship, the couple eloped and came to Delhi. They started living in a flat in Mehrauli.

In September, Shraddha's friend informed her brother that her mobile phone had been switched off for over two months. Her family also checked her social media accounts and found no updates during this period.

In November, the victim's father, Vikash Madan Walker, approached Mumbai police and lodged a missing person's complaint.

During the initial investigation, the victim's last location was found in Delhi, and on the basis of this, the case was transferred to Delhi police.

The victim's father told the police about his daughter's relationship with Poonawala and suspected his involvement in his daughter's disappearance.

On November 8, Vikas Madaan Walkar came to Delhi to check on his daughter and found a lock on her flat. He approached the Mehrauli Police and filed a complaint alleging kidnapping.

In his complaint, Mr Walkar alleged that Shraddha had earlier told him that Poonawala used to frequently beat her.

On the basis of this, police arrested Poonawala on Saturday. During investigation, he revealed that the two fought frequently as Shraddha wanted to marry him, police sources said. He also confessed to the police how he killed her and disposed off the body.

The police have filed a case of murder against Poonawala.

Police said some remains were recovered from the forest, but it is not known if they are human remains. The knife used by the accused, who was reportedly trained as a chef, has also not been found yet, they said.

"In a heart-wrenching case, a girl was killed by her boyfriend in Delhi and kept in the fridge in 35 pieces! The pieces of her dead body were thrown in different areas of the city. What kind of monsters are living in society? The police have arrested the accused, he should be punished severely," Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal said in a tweet.

The National Commission for Women has asked Delhi Police to conduct a fair and time-bound probe into the killing of the woman.

"Chairperson @sharmarekha has written to @CPDelhi to conduct a fair and time-bound investigation in the matter. NCW has also sought action taken report and medical reports of the victim from the police," the panel tweeted.

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Ways To Clean Blood, Anatomy: Search History Of Man Who Killed Girlfriend

New Delhi:

Aftab Amin Poonawalla, the accused in the gruesome murder case in Delhi, had googled method of blood cleaning and read about human anatomy after murdering his live-in partner Shraddha, claimed Delhi Police on Monday.

Delhi Police interrogation revealed that Aftab killed Shraddha on May 18 and later started planning for disposal of the body. He told police that he had read about human anatomy so that it could help him in chopping off the body.

Police said that they have seized the electronic gadgets of Aftab and it will be checked thoroughly. After verifying gadgets and Google search history, police can establish Aftab's confession.

Delhi Police solved a six-month-old murder case, and arrested a man for allegedly killing his 28-year-old live-in partner, chopping her body into 35 pieces and disposing of them at different places in and around the national capital.

The accused identified as Aftab Amin Poonawalla (28), a resident of Mumbai, was caught on Saturday on the basis of the victim's father's complaint and has been sent to police remand for five days, the police said on Monday.

Aftab and Shraddha met on a dating site and later moved in together at a rented accommodation in Chhatarpur. Delhi police received a complaint from Shraddha's 'father and registered an FIR on November 10.

Police said that Aftab, after searching on Google, cleaned blood stained from the floor with some chemicals and disposed stained clothes. He shifted the body in bathroom and bought a refrigerator from a nearby shop. Later, he chopped the body into small pieces and put them in the fridge.

Officials said that Shraddha Walkar (27) from Mumbai, met Aftab while working at a call center in Mumbai.

"The two got together via a dating app in Mumbai. They were in a live-in relationship for three years and had shifted to Delhi. Soon after the two shifted to Delhi, Shraddha started pressurizing the man to marry her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South Delhi Ankit Chauhan told ANI.

"The two quarrelled frequently and it used to get out of control. In this particular instance that occurred on May 18, the man lost his temper and strangled her," said Mr Chouhan.

"The accused told us that he chopped her into pieces and disposed of her parts in nearby areas in the jungle area of Chhatarpur Enclave. He has been arrested and investigation is going on," added DCP Chouhan.

Aftab allegedly chopped her body into 35 pieces, bought a refrigerator and kept them in it. He later started disposing of the body pieces at different locations in and around Delhi during night hours for the next 18 days, sources told ANI.

Sources further said, Aftab used to sleep every day in the same room where he had chopped the body after killing Shraddha. Aftab had cleaned the fridge after disposing the body parts.

In September, Shraddha's friend informed her family that there was no contact with Shradhha for the last two and a half months and her mobile number was also switched off. Her family also checked her social media accounts and found no updates during this period.

In November, Shraddha's father Vikash Madan Walkar, a resident of Palghar (Maharashtra), approached Mumbai police and lodged a missing person's complaint.

During the initial investigation, Shraddha's last location was found in Delhi, and on the basis of this, the case was transferred to Delhi police.

Shraddha's father told the police about his daughter's relationship with Aftab and suspected his involvement in his daughter's absence.

During the investigation, it was found that Aaftab and Shraddha had come to Delhi and started living in a rented apartment in Chhattarpur Pahadi area. The police during the course of the investigation, traced Aftab and caught him.

Aftab, during questioning, confessed to the crime and said that they fought often as Shraddha was pressurizing him for marriage.

"The accused has been arrested and a case under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed) has been registered at Mehrauli police station," officials said.

Police also recovered some bones from Aftab's rented flat and officials said that the efforts to recover the remaining parts of the body were on.

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Ghaziabad Man Shot, Buried 7 Feet Deep By Wife, Her Lover. Body Found 4 Years Later

Ghaziabad: It took four years of investigation, but Ghaziabad police today pulled out a man's body buried in a neighbour's house, and claimed to have cracked the murder with the arrest of his wife and the neighbour with whom she had an affair.

The woman, Savita, had originally filed a kidnap case about her husband, Chandra Vir, in 2018. Throughout, she had been trying to deflect the blame on to his younger brother, police said.

“The Crime Branch recently got some leads and got to the nub of it,” said Diksha Sharma, Superintendent of Police (Crime), not sharing what exactly prompted a reinvestigation.

The murder case says the woman and her lover, Arun, shot and hacked her husband, and then buried him in a pit six to seven feet deep in Arun's house, from where the decomposed body — reduced to a skeleton — was dug out today.

After covering the pit with cement flooring, Arun had continued to live in the house.

The pit had been kept ready for some days before they found the chance to kill him, it is alleged. “They kept it deep so that there's no stench,” the officer added, and said a pistol and an axe used in the murder have been found.

The murder came to light on a day when another murder was reported from Ghaziabad, and yet another from neighbouring Delhi.

In Ghaziabad's Khushal Park area, the body of a man from Bihar's Seetamarhi district with his throat slit was found at his house in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

In the Delhi case, a man allegedly strangled his live-in partner, chopped her body into 35 pieces and dumped them in Delhi's Mehrauli forest over 18 days.

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Disgusting. Just a few months ago I heard something like this from Pakistan. I think that guy was a therapist from a rich family.

What kind of mental issues must go into these heinous acts. Condolences to her family.
 
How on earth can a human being do this is beyond me. Just hearing the news made me sick to my gut.
 
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he family of Aftab Ameen Poonawala, accused of murdering his live-in partner Shraddha Walker, left their home near Mumbai about a fortnight ago. Aftab was home to help the family move, neighbours said.

The 28-year-old allegedly murdered his live-in partner at their Delhi home after a fight over her wish to marry him. He then chopped off her body into 35 pieces and disposed them off over 18 days. He was arrested Saturday, and police said he had admitted to the grisly murder.

The neighbours of Aftab's family said he appeared "quite normal" during his recent visit home. They also said they knew Shraddha who had visited his home several times.

"Aftab's family has been staying in this society for nearly 20 years. He grew up here," said the housing society chairman Ramdas Kewat, adding, "We are in deep shock."

Aftab's father works in Mumbai. The neighbours say that when they asked him why they were vacating the house, his father said they were moving to Mumbai.

"Aftab's younger brother recently got a job in Mumbai. When I asked his father why they were moving, they said since both he and his younger son work in Mumbai, it made sense to shift to the city," said the society's secretary Abdulla Khan.

Shraddha, 26, and Aftab connected over dating app Bumble. They later started working together at a call centre. When Shraddha's family objected to the relationship, they moved to Delhi and started living in Mehrauli.

"The duo fell in love while working in Mumbai and came to Delhi by April-end or May first week after facing opposition from their families. While they were living in the national capital, they had an argument in mid-May over marriage, which escalated, and he strangled her," Ankit Chauhan, Additional DCP-I, South district, said.

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Aftab installed a dating app while Shraddha’s body parts remained in fridge, brought another woman home.
 
India awards the death sentence only in exceptional cases. This one is a good candidate.

Absolutely horrific, and remorseless to boot.

The man's worse than an animal.
 
Aftab Brought New Girlfriend Home, Moved Shraddha's Body Parts To Cupboard

New Delhi: Aftab Ameen Poonawala, who allegedly killed his live-in girlfriend, cut up her body and dumped the parts across Delhi, brought another woman to his apartment days after the murder, with the body parts still in the fridge, the police said.

The police are investigating whether he brought more women home while he had Shraddha's body parts in the apartment and whether any of them were a trigger for the murder. The police may ask the dating app "Bumble" for details of his profile, sources say.

Aftab Poonawala, 28, had met Shraddha Walkar, 26, on Bumble. They were together for three years before the romance that started in Mumbai ended in a grisly murder in Delhi in May.

Just about 15-20 days after allegedly killing Shraddha, Aftab Poonawala met another woman on the same app and started dating her, police sources said today. He brought the woman home frequently, while the remains of Shraddha's body were still in the apartment.

Shraddha's body parts - he had cut up her body into 35 pieces and had disposed of them one by one - were still in a 300 litre fridge he bought after the killing.

But when he brought his new girlfriend home, he moved the parts to a cupboard, sources said.

Neighbours have told the police that there were more women. "He never mingled with anybody, always stayed away. There used to be parties at their house, but the gates were always shut. Multiple women used to come to his house, even two-three weeks ago. Five or six women came here within a span of 3-4 days," said a woman neighbour.

Aftab Poonawala and Shraddha Walkar moved to Delhi in May. He allegedly strangled Shraddha on May 18, after one of their fights escalated; the two fought frequently over Shraddha wanting marriage.

Aftab, who trained as a chef, allegedly googled how to clean up bloodstains and "anatomy" before cutting up Shraddha's body. The police are still looking for the knife he allegedly used.

To cover up Shraddha's murder, Aftab allegedly used her Instagram account to keep in touch with her friends.

Her friends grew suspicious when her phone remained switched off for more than two months.

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Man Slits Woman's Throat, Posts Video With Body: "Don't Be Unfaithful"

Jabalpur: Even as horrific details of the murder of a woman in Delhi, allegedly by her male live-in partner, are still pouring in, news of another grisly killing has come to light, this time from Madhya Pradesh, where a man allegedly killed a woman, shot a video with the victim's body and posted it on social media.

It has been a week since the incident, but police are still on the lookout for Abhijit Patidar, who claims to have killed Shilpa Jharia, 25, by slitting her throat. The blood-smeared body of the victim was recovered from a room at Mekhla Resort in Jabalpur.

In a shocking video he posted on social media, Abhijit says, "Bewafai Nahi Karne Ka" (do not be unfaithful). He then lifts a blanket to reveal a woman lying in bed, with her throat slit.

In another viral video, identifying himself as a trader from Patna, Abhijit names one Jitendra Kumar as his business partner and alleges that the victim had affairs with both of them.

Abhijit claimed that the victim had borrowed around ₹ 12 lakhs from Jitendra and fled to Jabalpur. It was upon Jitendra's instructions that he murdered the woman, he said.

In a third post, Abhijit says: "Babu heaven mein phir milenge" (dear, we'll meet again in heaven).

Abhijit also named Jitendra's aide Sumit Patel. Both Jitendra and Sumit have been arrested from Bihar and Jabalpur Police are currently interrogating them, police said.

Special Superintendent of Police Priyanka Shukla said Abhijit had stayed at Jitendra's house in Patna for a month. She said that apart from Bihar, police teams had been dispatched to different parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat in search of Abhijit.

Sharing details of the murder, Additional Superintendent of Police Shivesh Baghel said that the accused had booked a room on November 6 at Mekhla Resort.

"CCTV footage revealed, he was alone in his room that night. The next day, the woman came to meet him at the resort in the afternoon and they had ordered food. After about an hour, the accused left the hotel alone after locking the room," Mr Baghel said.

On November 8, the hotel management broke open the door and found the woman's body, the police official said.

Four special teams, along with the police's cyber cell, are on the lookout for the accused, the officer added.

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'Rescue Me Or I'll Die': Shraddha's Friend Says She Once Sent SOS

New Delhi: A college friend of Shraddha Walkar, whose grisly murder by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala in Delhi has shaken the entire nation, said that she was a victim of domestic violence. Rajat Shukla, the friend, also recalled a distress message she had sent months before she was killed.

"She was physically abused. She told this to her best friend. Since we were a part of the same friend circle, we were informed about the same," Rajat Shukla told NDTV.

Aftab, 28, strangled 26-year-old Shraddha in May and chopped her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge at his rented accommodation in South Delhi's Chhatarpur before dumping them in a nearby forest over 18 days.

He killed Shraddha after a fight over marriage and the idea of chopping her body into pieces was inspired TV show "Dexter", he confessed to police during interrogation.

"It started with some complications where beatings had begun. She shared it with her best friend. However, she continued to stay with him. She said that she wanted to leave him but she didn't," Mr Shukla added.

Mr Shukla, who met Shraddha in college in 2015, said that she feared for her life. "She (Shraddha) asked her childhood friend to rescue her or else she would be found dead," he said.

Aftab and Shraddha met on dating app Bumble and they were together for three years before the relationship ended in a horrific murder.

Rajat Shukla, tears welling up in his eyes, remembered Shraddha as a very active girl who "had a spark in her". "But then this man just came and took her away," he said.

Mr Shukla said Aftab seemed like a "normal person" and one very "tough to decipher".

Aftab evaded detection for six months and continued to live in the house they shared and was only arrested Saturday after details of the killing and its grisly aftermath came to light during his interrogation.

He allegedly used her Instagram account and messaged her friends to cover up the murder.

The victim's father in Mumbai filed a complaint when one of her friends informed him in September that Shraddha's phone had been switched off for more than two months.

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After Killing Her, Aftab Used Shraddha's Instagram To Trick Her Friends

New Delhi: Aftab Ameen Poonawala allegedly used his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar's Instagram account to keep in touch with her friends in an attempt to cover up murdering her, the police said. This reportedly went on for over a month after he strangled her to death on May 18, and later chopped her body into 35 pieces.

Shraddha's friends eventually got suspicious when her phone remained switched off for more than two months, and contacted her brother, after which her father Vikas Walkar filed a missing complaint in Mumbai and later visited Delhi. He alleged that Aftab had a role in his daughter's kidnapping. The national capital's police picked arrested him, when he broke down and confessed to the crime.

Aftab murdered Shraddha, 26, on May 18, he bought a 300-litre fridge the next day to keep her body, also got a weapon the same day and then chopped her body into 35 pieces and scattered them in a forest at 2 am every day for 18 days.

The CBI's forensics team today reached Delhi's Mehrauli police station to examine the fridge and other evidence in the grisly murder.

The Delhi police earlier in the day took Aftab to the forest area, where he allegedly threw Shraddha's body parts. The search operation went on for three hours, and at least 10 body parts have been found.

Shraddha's father has demanded the death penalty for 28-year-old Aftab Ameen Poonawala, while also suspecting a "love jihad" angle behind the incident.

The couple fought frequently as Shraddha insisted on marriage. But on May 18, their fight escalated and Aftab "sat on Shraddha's chest and strangled her", sources said.

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Eerie Similarities Between Shraddha Murder And Dehradun Horror Decade Ago

Dehradun: Twelve years before Shraddha Walkar's murder shook the country, Dehradun lived its own nightmare with the Anupama Gulati killing, in which her husband sawed her body into 72 pieces and froze them, before dumping them over several days.

The two horrific murders have several aspects in common. Experts here said they not only reveal the brutality of the killers but also the fact that the murders were premeditated, and not committed in a fit of rage.

Former Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police G S Martolia, during whose tenure the Anupam Gulati murder case was uncovered, told PTI that people who commit murders in such manner cannot be considered "normal".

"In my entire career, I had never come across a case like this where the killer perpetrated such brutal atrocities on the dead body," Martolia added.

Such murders do not happen out of the blue. Signals begin to manifest in the form of quarrels and acts of domestic violence, he said.

The killers in both the cases did not just use a saw to chop the body but also used a fridge or a deep freezer to hide the pieces and the foul smell.

Just as Walkar's killer Aftab Poonawala kept going to the forest area of Chhatarpur after midnight to dispose the body parts, Anupama Gulati's husband Rajesh Gulati went to the Mussoorie diversion on Rajpur Road for days to dump them in a drain.

In both cases, the killers were clever enough to not let any of their neighbours get a wind of the gruesome crime for months.

Anupama Gulati's husband misled her family and friends by sending them messages from her mail ID. Poonawala kept updating Shraddha Walkar's social media status for weeks.

Anupama was killed on October 17, 2010, but it came to light on December 12, 2010. It came to the fore when her brother lodged a police complaint after having failed to make contact with his sister for several days.

In Shraddha Walkar's case, a friend informed her brother about her phone being not reachable after which her father approached the police and lodged a missing complaint.

Martolia said families and friends can play an active role in preventing or checking such incidents by staying in touch with their near and dear ones living away.

Anupama Gulati's husband, software engineer Rajesh Gulati, is serving a life sentence.

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Aftab's Family Left Home Near Mumbai 15 Days Ago. He Helped Them Move

Vasai: The family of Aftab Ameen Poonawala, accused of murdering his live-in partner Shraddha Walker, left their home near Mumbai about a fortnight ago. Aftab was home to help the family move, neighbours said.

The 28-year-old allegedly murdered his live-in partner at their Delhi home after a fight over her wish to marry him. He then chopped off her body into 35 pieces and disposed them off over 18 days. He was arrested Saturday, and police said he had admitted to the grisly murder.

The neighbours of Aftab's family said he appeared "quite normal" during his recent visit home. They also said they knew Shraddha who had visited his home several times.

"Aftab's family has been staying in this society for nearly 20 years. He grew up here," said the housing society chairman Ramdas Kewat, adding, "We are in deep shock."

Aftab's father works in Mumbai. The neighbours say that when they asked him why they were vacating the house, his father said they were moving to Mumbai.

"Aftab's younger brother recently got a job in Mumbai. When I asked his father why they were moving, they said since both he and his younger son work in Mumbai, it made sense to shift to the city," said the society's secretary Abdulla Khan.

Shraddha, 26, and Aftab connected over dating app Bumble. They later started working together at a call centre. When Shraddha's family objected to the relationship, they moved to Delhi and started living in Mehrauli.

"The duo fell in love while working in Mumbai and came to Delhi by April-end or May first week after facing opposition from their families. While they were living in the national capital, they had an argument in mid-May over marriage, which escalated, and he strangled her," Ankit Chauhan, Additional DCP-I, South district, said.

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"Yes, I Killed Her," Aftab Said, Claimed He Doesn't Know Hindi: Sources

New Delhi: Aftab Ameen Poonawala, who allegedly killed his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar and chopped her body into 35 pieces, has revealed more details of the horrific crime in police custody, sources say.

The 28-year-old has allegedly been telling the police, "Yes, I killed her." He has only spoken in English since his arrest and has claimed that he can't speak Hindi, police sources said.

Aftab Poonawala is in a prison in Delhi's Mehrauli. This morning, he was taken by the police to the spots where he allegedly dumped pieces of Shraddha's body over 18 days. He went out at 2 am every day for the grisly task, the police said.

He has allegedly told the police he used "sulphur hypochlorite" to clean up the blood after chopping Shraddha Walkar's body.

Aftab and Shraddha Walkar, 26, fought frequently. But on May 18, their fight escalated and Aftab "sat on Shraddha's chest and strangled her", sources said.

He hid the body in the bathroom and set about researching how to get rid of it without being caught.

He googled how to cut up a body and the best way of disposing of evidence without DNA traces, said police sources.

He bought a 300 litre fridge from a neighbourhood shop, then cut up Shraddha's body. The knife he allegedly used has not been found yet.

According to the police, he used sulphur hypochlorite to wash off the blood, hoping it would be enough to remove all traces of DNA that forensic experts could find.

He threw his and Shraddha's bloodied clothes in the garbage van, the police said.

Within 15-20 days, Aftab started dating another woman, whom he brought home with Shraddha's body parts still in the apartment, the police said.

Aftab, a trained chef, met Shraddha, a call centre worker with a multinational firm, on the dating app "Bumble". He met the other woman on the same app, just days after allegedly killing Shraddha.

But when he brought his new girlfriend home, he moved the body parts to a cupboard, sources said.

To cover up Shraddha's murder, Aftab allegedly used her Instagram account to keep in touch with her friends. He kept up the pretence till June.

Her friends grew suspicious when her phone remained switched off for more than two months.

After her father filed a kidnapping complaint with the police earlier this month, Aftab was detained and questioned.

He allegedly broke down and confessed.

The police are trying to find Shraddha's mobile phone, which Aftab may have dumped in Maharashtra.

Shraddha, who had walked out of her father's home after a row over her relationship with Aftab, wanted marriage but he did not, said the police. Their three-year relationship had soured quickly; Shraddha had told her family and friends that Aftab beat her and she feared him.

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Aftab 'Used To See Shraddha's Face' After Keeping Head In Fridge: Report

New Delhi: The Delhi Police, investigating the Shraddha Walkar murder case, is now probing if accused Aftab Ameen Poonawala had rented a flat in Delhi's Chhatarpur as part of a conspiracy to kill her. Aftab was arrested for killing his girlfriend Shraddha, chopping her body into 35 pieces, and disposing them as the Delhi Police solved the six-month-old murder case.

The police revealed Aftab was a food blogger who used to work at a call centre in the national capital. The couple had frequent fights, they said.

The accused and the victim, who met on a dating site, were in a relationship since 2019 and moved to Delhi this year, police sources told news agency ANI. Prior to this, they were in Maharashtra.

They used to travel to various places together and went to hill stations in March-April, said police. In May, they travelled to Himachal Pradesh where they met a man who lived in Delhi's Chhatarpur. After shifting to Delhi, they had initially stayed at the man's flat, reports said.

Later, Aftab rented a flat in Chhatarpur and shifted there with Shraddha. She was reportedly strangled to death on May 18 in the Chhatarpur flat. The police found that the flat was taken on rent only a few days before the murder.

"It is also a matter of investigation whether Aftab had already hatched a conspiracy to kill her," police sources said.

The accused, who allegedly chopped the victim's body into 35 pieces, told the police he used to go out at 2 am to dispose them.

Aftab has done his graduation and his family lived in Mumbai, the police found.

"Aftab's social media handles reveal he had done food blogging for some time, but he didn't make any video for a long time. His last post came in February, after which there was no activity on his profile. He has more than 28,000 followers on his Instagram," sources said.

Till some time back, both Shraddha and Aftab used to work at the same call centre, said police.

"It is learnt that after the murder, Aftab used to return home by 6-7 pm and then take the pieces of the dead body kept in the fridge for disposal." He used to carry the body pieces in a black foil but throw them without the foil in the forest to avoid suspicion, the sources said.

Aftab's arrest came after the victim's father lodged a complaint. He has been sent to police remand for five days, police said yesterday.

Police said that Aftab, after searching on Google, cleaned blood stains from the floor with some chemicals and disposed the stained clothes. He then shifted the body to bathroom and bought a fridge from a nearby shop. Later, he chopped the body into small pieces and put them in the fridge.

"The two met on a dating app in Mumbai. They were in a live-in relationship for three years and had shifted to Delhi. Soon after, Shraddha started pressurizing Aftab to marry her," Ankit Chauhan, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South Delhi told news agency ANI.

"The two quarreled frequently and it used to get out of control. In this particular instance that occurred on May 18, the man lost his temper and strangled her," said Mr Chauhan.

"The accused told us that he chopped her body into pieces and disposed them in forest areas near Chhatarpur Enclave. He has been arrested and investigation is on," he added.

Sources said Aftab used to sleep in the same room where he had chopped the victim's body. He used to see the face after keeping it in the fridge and also cleaned the fridge after disposing the body parts, said sources.

Sources said Aftab had relations with many girls before Shraddha. Before committing the crime, he also watched many crime movies and web series, including the American crime drama series Dexter.

In September, a friend of Shraddha informed her family that they were not in contact with her for the last two and a half months and her mobile number was also switched off. Her family checked her social media accounts and found no updates during this period.

In November, her father, Vikash Madan Walker, a resident of Palghar in Maharashtra, approached Mumbai police and lodged a missing person's complaint.

During investigation, it was found that Aftab and Shraddha had shifted to Delhi and lived in a rented apartment in Chhattarpur Pahadi area. The police then traced Aftab and caught him.

During interrogation, Aftab confessed to the crime and said that they fought often as Shraddha was pressurizing him for marriage.

Police also recovered some bones from Aftab's rented flat and officials said efforts are on to recover the remaining parts of the body.

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On Day Of Delhi Murder, Killer And Live-In Partner's Fight Began Over Expenses: Sources

New Delhi: Though they'd been having arguments for months, it was a fight over who'd pay for household expenses that escalated to Aftab Poonawala killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar in Delhi's Mehrauli on May 18 evening, sources said on Wednesday based on his interrogation so far.

Shraddha's friends and the couple's earlier landlords in Vasai near Mumbai, too, have told NDTV that they had regular quarrels, mostly over suspicions of cheating on each other.

On May 18, their fight began over buying some household items. It escalated as some other issues came in and, sometime between 8 and 10 pm, Aftab Poonawala strangled Shraddha Walkar to death, sources in the police said.

“He kept the body in the same room overnight, and then went to buy a knife and fridge the next day,” an officer told NDTV. Police have corroborated the events with statements from shopkeepers.

He is alleged to have chopped up the body into 35 pieces, kept them in a fridge, and then dumped them in a jungle nearby over the next 18 days.

The story unraveled over the past month after Shraddha Walkar's parents — who hadn't spoken to her in a year as they didn't approve of her inter-faith (Hindu-Muslim) relationship — went to the police in Vasai in Maharashtra, their hometown near Mumbai, after some friends told him she'd been out of touch for months.

Cops from Vasai first called Aftab for questioning and later tied up with Delhi Police as doubts grew. Eventually, bank transfers from her phone app and some Instagram chats, tallied with mobile signal location, helped the police figure out that Aftab had been lying that she had left on her own on May 22. He had been using her phone and apps to make it look like she was alive, probe officials said.

Both worked in call centres and had been living together at least since last year, first near Mumbai, where they had met on dating app Bumble, and then in Delhi since moving here in May this year.

After about a week in a hotel, they had taken a flat on rent on May 14. He allegedly killed her four days later.

Recently Aftab was fired from his job in Gurugram for being absent without leave, police sources said.

He has led investigators to some bones in the Mehrauli jungle; police said they've have sent those and her father's DNA samples to a forensics lab to check if the bones are Shraddha's. Some bloodstains have also been found from the flat, sources said.

Yet, key evidence remains to be gathered, such as the knife he used; the victim's severed head or any other identifiable body part; the clothes she was wearing that day; or her phone that Aftab dumped either in Maharashtra or Delhi. He has been changing his statements, so police intend to conduct a lie-detector test. A psychiatrist has also been engaged to help during interrogation.

The accused is to be presented in a local court on Thursday. Police will seek further custody to be able to find more material evidence.

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Shraddha Walkar WhatsApped Photo Of Face With Injuries To Manager

New Delhi: Shraddha Walkar's WhatsApp conversations and Instagram chats with friends and co-workers from two years ago show that she was once beaten so badly by her boyfriend Aftab Poonawala — now charged with having killed her in Delhi — that she couldn't get off the bed and had to later be hospitalised, police sources today said.

These chats are from when they lived together in their hometown Vasai near Mumbai, and reveal a pattern of abuse that ended up in murder in May this year, say investigators.

"I won't be able to make it today because from all the beating yesterday my BP is low and my body hurts. I don't have the energy to get off the bed," she wrote to her work manager in the WhatsApp chat, attaching a photo of her face with injury marks. Screenshots of the conversations are now with Delhi Police, and are corroborated by her hospital admission around the same time.

She told the manager she needed to "make sure he (Aftab) moves out today" and referred to having spoken to his parents too, in the chat from November 24, 2020, which suggests that they'd probably broken up in between.

The manager asked for her "husband's name", which suggests she'd told her office that they were married. "Don't worry. We are all with you," the friend responded, telling her he could ask his mother and sister to help her too.

In an Instagram chat with a friend, when Shraddha shared a photo to show off a new hairstyle, the friend noticed injuries. Shraddha said her nose got fractured because she "tripped while climbing the stairs".

Around a week after this, she was in a private hospital in Vasai between December 3 and 6, records show. The doctor there said Shraddha had "only internal injuries" at the time. The hospital report listed "severe back pain, nausea, neck pain, difficulty in movement of neck, and tingling and numbness in lower limb". She did not go there for a follow-up.

Rahul Rai, her friend, has said he'd gone with her to the police and the hospital. "He (Aftab) had attacked her two-three times. There was a deep mark on her neck, as if he had tried to strangle her. The police had persuaded Shraddha to go home, though she was terrified," claimed Mr Rai.

Her friends have now told the police that she routinely suffered domestic violence at Aftab's hands.

"She kept saying she'd leave Aftab. But she did not," said her friend from college, Rajat Shukla, who told NDTV about her SOS months before she was killed. "She was physically abused. She told her best friend. Since we were a part of the same friend circle, we were informed about the same."

Shraddha, 26, and Aftab, 28, both call centre employees, had moved to Delhi in May and four days later, following yet another argument over expenses and infidelity, he strangled her to death, later chopping up the body into 35 pieces that he kept in a fridge and disposed of in a jungle over 18 days, police have said.

The crime was revealed over the past month as her father — who hadn't spoken to her since May 2021 as he didn't approve of her inter-faith (Hindu-Muslim) relationship with Aftab — went to the police as her friends alerted him that she'd been out of touch with them, too, for months.

Aftab was, on November 17, sent to five more days of police custody by a Delhi court as police said key evidence — such as identifiable body parts, the knife he used, their clothes from the day of the murder, and Shraddha's phone — need to be found.

Police have also got permission to conduct narco-analysis, a chemical-based lie-detection test, which may lead the police to material evidence and corroborate his alleged confession, which isn't valid evidence on its own.

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Delhi Murder Case: Maharashtra To Set Up Safety Squad For Eloped Girls

Mumbai: Prabhat Lodha, the minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in Maharashtra, said on Saturday that the government has decided to set up a special squad for the protection of girls leaving home after a fight with their parents, in the wake of the Shradhha Walker murder case.

A native of Mumbai, Shraddha Walker was murdered by her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawala who also chopped off her body into 35 pieces and dumped them in the forests of Delhi's Chhatarpur.

While the accused confessed to his crime and is currently in police custody, a team of Delhi Police is currently in Mumbai as part of their ongoing probe in the case.

The Maharashtra government on Saturday said the state women's commission will put together a special squad to ensure the safety of women, who run away from their homes against their parents' wishes, or elope while being in a relationship.

"I've directed the state women's commission to form a special squad (to ensure protection of girls fleeing their homes). Once a girl becomes an adult (attains 18 years of age), she can't be forcibly either by her family or the police. However, when she gets into a fight with her family members, marries against their wish and elopes, she knows she won't get any help from her family in the event of trouble," Mr Lodha, told ANI.

Shraddha Walker allegedly left home after a fight with her parents, saying that she wanted to live-in with her bodyfriend. The couple later shifted to Delhi and set up residence at a rented apartment in Chhatarpur.

Delhi Police solved the six-month-old 'blind murder case' with the arrest of Aftab.

On the receipt of a complaint from Shraddha Walker's father, Delhi Police had registered an FIR on November 10.

During his inerrogation, Aftab confessed to killing Shraddha Walker on May 18 after which he planned to dipose of her body in a manner so as not to arouse suspicion.

He reportedly told police that he borrowed ideas from his favourite crime shows on streaming devices and also researched on human anatomy before chopping off Shraddha Walker's body.

After searching on Google for was to erase evidence, Aftab mopped off blood stains from the floor using some chemicals and disposed of the blood-stained clothes, police said.

He then bought a refrierator to preserve the chopped body parts, police said.

A Delhi court, meanwhile, directed the Rohini Forensic Science Laboratory to conduct a narco test of Aaftab Poonawala within five days.

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Interfaith Couple's Reception Cancelled In Delhi Murder Victim's Hometown In Maharashtra

Mumbai: A reception of a newly married Hindu-Muslim couple was cancelled in Maharashtra's Vasai town following opposition from local organizations in the wake of Shraddha Walkar's murder, police said on Saturday.

Shraddha Walkar (27) and her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala who is arrested for allegedly murdering her brutally in May this year hailed from Vasai in Palghar district near Mumbai.

A news channel editor on Friday morning tweeted a picture of the reception invite and linked it to the Walkar murder case using hashtags 'LoveJihad' and 'ActOfTerrorism'.

The event was to take place on Sunday evening at a hall in Vasai West area, a local police official told PTI.

After the tweet went viral, local Hindu and Muslim organisations in Vasai called the owner of the hall and asked him to cancel the event for the sake of peace in the area, the official said.

The families of the couple on Saturday visited Manikpur police station and informed that the reception had been put on hold, he said.

The woman, who is Hindu, is 29 years old while her husband, a Muslim, is 32 years old and both knew each other for the last 11 years, the official said.

Members of both the families supported their relationship and the couple had a registered marriage in a court on November 17.

Around 200 guests were expected for the reception on Sunday, they told police.

There is no so-called Love Jihad angle to this case, the official said.

'Love Jihad' refers to allegations by some right-wing organizations that there exists a conspiracy to convert Hindu women to Islam by marrying them.

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UP Man Kills Ex Girlfriend, Cuts Body In 6 Parts, Arrested: Police

Azamgarh, UP: An ex-lover has been arrested in the killing of a woman whose chopped body was found in a well here, officials said on Sunday.

Prince Yadav was hit by a bullet in a gunfire encounter with the police on Sunday when he was taken to a spot for the recovery of the head of the woman, police said in a statement.

According to police, Yadav, who was arrested on Saturday, had concealed a country-made pistol at the spot and used it against police in an attempt to flee from their custody.

The incident had come to light on November 15 after some locals found the body inside a well located outside Paschimi village.

The body of the woman, who was later identified as Aradhana, was found in a semi-naked condition, and seemed to be two to three days old, Superintendent of Police (Azamgarh) Anurag Arya had earlier said.

The incident comes in the wake of a similar one reported in Delhi where a 28-year-old man allegedly strangled his live-in partner and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence before dumping them across the city over several days.

Yadav with the help of his parents, cousin Sarvesh, and other family members had planned to kill Aradhana, who was stated to be in her mid-20s, out of resentment because she had married someone else and not him.

She lived in Ishaq Pur village of Azamgarh district.

It has so far come to light that Yadav had an affair with the victim, who had got married earlier this year to some other person.

On November 9, Yadav had taken Aradhana on his bike to a temple.

When they reached there, he, with the help of Sarvesh, strangled her in a sugarcane field. The two then cut her body in six parts, packed them in a polythene bag, and threw it into a well, police said.

They threw the head into a pond some distance away.

A sharp-edged weapon, a country-made pistol, and a cartridge have been recovered by police in the case so far.

Sarvesh, Pramila Yadav, Suman, Rajaram, Kalawati, Manju, Sheela, all of whom allegedly helped Yadav in the crime, are still at large.

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Cops Empty Delhi Pond Looking For Shraddha Walkar's Head

New Delhi:

As investigation into the gruesome murder of Shraddha Walkar continues, Delhi Police today launched a search for the victim's head in a pond in the city's Mehrauli area.

According to sources, Shraddha's boyfriend and the alleged killer, Aftab Poonawala, told the investigating team that he had dumped his girlfriend's dismembered head in a pond.

Following the sensational disclosure, a team of officers from Delhi Police, along with personnel from Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), today started emptying out the water from a Mehrauli pond.

Shraddha and Aftab had moved to Delhi from Mumbai in May this year and were live-in partners at a rented apartment in Chhatarpur.

Following an argument over expenses and infidelity, Aftab reportedly strangled Shraddha to death. He later cut up her body into 35 pieces and kept them in a fridge at their apartment, before disposing them of in a jungle in Mehrauli over 18 days, police had said.

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Man Shot Daughter In Delhi, Wife Helped Pack Body In Suitcase, Say Cops

New Delhi: A 22-year-old Delhi woman, whose body was found inside a suitcase near the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura last week, was killed by her father, Uttar Pradesh police said today.

Aayushi Chaudhary's parents have been arrested for her murder, according to the Mathura Superintendent of Police.

Nitesh Yadav allegedly shot his daughter dead, furious that she had "gone out for some days" without telling him. He was also enraged that she had married a man from a different caste, and that she often stayed out till late night, sources said.

Aayushi Chaudhary was pursuing a Bachelor of Computer Application in Delhi.

After the police recovered the suitcase, they began tracing phones, checked CCTV footage, used social media, and also put up posters in Delhi to identify the woman.

Concrete information about her, however, was received from an unknown call on Sunday morning, and later, her mother and brother identified her through photographs.

The father, who lives in Badarpur in south Delhi, was arrested after the police questioned him when he went to identify the body.

According to the police, Aayushi had married a man named Chhatrapal, from another caste, without telling her family.

Her parents were angry at what they believed was her defiance and 'stubborn' attitude.

After shooting Aayushi with his licensed gun, Nitesh Yadav allegedly packed her body in a suitcase and dumped it in Mathura.

Aayushi's body was found wrapped in plastic in a large red suitcase near the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura last Friday.

There was blood on the face and head and there were injury marks all over the body, the police had said.

The suitcase was spotted by labourers, who then called the police.

The family is a native of Baluni in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and migrated to the national capital after Nitesh Yadav found a job there.

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I Did It, Aaftab Poonawala Said In Court. Why It Can't Be Used Against Him

New Delhi: Delhi's most notorious murder in recent times -- that of Shraddha Walkar by her boyfriend Aaftab Poonawala -- has presented the police with a perplexing problem. Though the accused confessed to the murder and disposal of the body, it will not count as evidence.

Poonawalla's initial confession was not made before a magistrate, which is needed to make it admissible evidence. While he repeated the statement in court today, that won't count either, as it was a remand hearing and not the actual trial.

There are no primary witnesses and all the police have at this point is circumstantial evidence of a murder committed six months ago. The police are relying on forensic science to build a watertight case, where every step has to be independently corroborated.

Aaftab Poonawalla has told the police that he killed Shraddha Walker on May 18.

But in absence of a body, the police now have to establish that Sharaddha was not alive post May 18. They are reaching out to her close friends and acquaintances to see if she contacted them after May 18.

Next, the human remains recovered with Poonawalla's statement, have to be established as Sharaddha's. The police are trying for a DNA match with her father and brother. The report from Central Forensic Science Laboratory is expected within a week.

There is no murder weapon, since Poonawalla claimed he had strangled the 26-year-old. The police have recovered the tools he used for dismembering the body, but after six months, there is little hope of extracting forensic evidence from them.

Today, the police focussed on the bathroom where the body was apparently chopped into 35 pieces. After breaking the tiles, they found evidence of blood, which has also been sent for DNA test, sources said.

Though the police plan to hold a polygraph or narco-analysis test on Poonawalla, the reports would not be admissible in court either. The preliminary processes for the lie-detector test conducted today.

The motive of the murder is also a problem, since Poonawala has claimed that it was not premeditated and he strangled her in a fit of rage during an altercation.

The police are working on finding digital evidence and statements of her friends that would establish that the woman was routinely beaten and tortured.

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Tantrik Kills Couple Having Sex In Jungle Using Superglue: Rajasthan Cops

Jaipur: A man with his throat slit, and a woman stabbed to death - their naked bodies smeared with superglue seemingly while having sex in the middle of a forest near Rajasthan's Udaipur - stirred the kind of consternation last week that the area has rarely known.

The police have now said they have cracked the case, with the arrest of a 52-year-old tantrik or occultist on Monday, presenting murky details into the bizarre double murder.

Rahul Meena, a 32-year-old government school teacher, and Sonu Kanwar, 31, were found dead in the Kela Bawdi forest area under Gogunda police station limits last week.

Both were married to separate people and, senior police officers Bhupendra Singh and Kundan Kuwariya said, they had an extra-marital affair.

Following the startling discovery, nearly 200 people were questioned and footage of CCTV cameras installed at around 50 places was examined, the officers said.

The police finally zeroed in on a tantric named Bhalesh Joshi. He was detained and interrogated, following which he confessed to having murdered them, they said.

An influential figure in the area who counted businessmen and local politicians among his followers, Bhalesh Joshi was sought after by people in trouble, according to the police. He lived in a temple in Bhadvi Guda, they said.

According to the police, Sonu and Rahul's affair began after they met at the temple. Sonu also appeared to be frequently in touch with the tantrik, they said.

The affair apparently led to strife in Rahul's marriage and when his wife approached the tantrik for advice, he told her about his relationship with Sonu, police officer Vikas Kumar said.

When Rahul and Sonu came to know, they threatened to file a case of molestation against the tantrik to defame the tantrik, the police said.

Fearing public humiliation, Bhalesh plotted to kill them. He bought 50 tubes of a quick-drying superglue for ₹ 15 each and poured all of them in a bottle, the police said.

On the evening of November 18, promising some kind of detente, he called Rahul and Sonu and took them to an isolated place in the forest.

According to the police, he then asked them to have sex there to rid them of their troubles. He pretended to go away but returned once they began and poured the superglue on them. He then slit the man's throat and stabbed the woman.

When the police were called about the bodies, lying 300 metres from the road in the forest, they found that the couple had been injured trying to free themselves from the quick-drying adhesive. The man's genitals also appeared cut, and there had been attempts at burning the bodies.

The police said they were convinced of the tantrik's involvement when they found superglue residue on his fingers. Given his clout, several prominent individuals came to have him freed when he was detained but quickly dispersed once they were informed of the grisly details of the case, they said.

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For the past few days, India has been gripped by what's being described as a "murder most foul".

Police in the capital, Delhi, have arrested a young man - Aftab Poonawala - on allegations of murdering his live-in partner of three years.

They allege that Mr Poonawala murdered 27-year-old Shraddha Walkar in May, chopped up her body into dozens of pieces, stored them in his home fridge and, over the past few months, went around disposing them off - a piece at a time - in different parts of the city.

Mr Poonawala is in custody and has not yet made any public statement, but on Tuesday, he told a court that "the information being spread against me is not correct" and that he was "fully cooperating with the police investigation".

The death came to light only last week after Ms Walkar was reported missing by her father.

Since then, lurid details of the alleged murder have made daily headlines in India, with nuggets of unverified information being fed by unnamed policemen to local journalists.

The crime has been dubbed "the fridge murder" and the huge interest in the case has seen news websites running live pages on the investigation that are being updated every few minutes.

And anger has spilled over onto the streets - protesters have burnt Mr Poonawala's effigies, demanding strict punishment for him.

Lawyers, activists and former police officials have expressed concern at the intense media coverage.

Vikram Singh, who retired as director general of police in the state of Uttar Pradesh, called it "extremely irresponsible".

"A ball-by-ball commentary is detrimental to the cause of the investigation and disrespects the deceased," he told the BBC.

The breathless coverage has also made it hard to separate the grain from the chaff - reports are mired in inconsistencies with little clarity on the facts of the case, including on how the couple met.

The relationship
Though Ms Walkar and Mr Poonawala lived in the same area in Mumbai city, police say they met on Bumble, a dating app.

But in the missing complaint to the Mumbai police in early October, her father says they met in 2018 at a call centre where they both worked.

Ms Walkar's relations with her family were strained as they disapproved of her relationship with Mr Poonawala.

In his police complaint, her father said he had tried to dissuade her from moving in with Mr Poonawala since "we are Hindus and Aftab is Muslim and we don't marry outside of our caste or religion".

But the couple started living together in 2019 and moved to Delhi earlier this year and rented an apartment in Chhatarpur Pahadi area.

The couple's friends and the police say the two quarrelled frequently and accuse Mr Poonawala of abusing her.

Senior police official Ankit Chauhan told ANI that Shraddha started putting pressure on Mr Poonawala to marry her and that "on 18 May, he lost his temper and strangled her".

Ms Walkar's father approached Mumbai police after being alerted by her friends that they had not heard from her for a few months and that her phone had been switched off.

On Wednesday, a handwritten note surfaced that Delhi police said was written by Ms Walkar in 2020 in which she had complained to the Mumbai police that he had beaten her up and "was threatening to kill her and cut her up into pieces" - exactly what police allege happened two year later.

Following criticism, Mumbai police responded that the case had been investigated, but "it was closed after she gave a written statement that it had been resolved and there was no dispute".

What we know so far?

On Tuesday, when Mr Poonawala was asked by a court if he knew what he had done, he replied that "whatever happened took place in the heat of the moment and was not deliberate".

His statement was interpreted by some as a confession, but his lawyer Abinash Kumar rejected that Mr Poonawala had confessed to murder and said that he was "fully cooperating with the investigation".

Soon after his arrest, police had said that Mr Poonawala had confessed to his crime and given them some leads to find evidence.

Thereafter, they searched his apartment and took him to a nearby forest where - they said - "he had disposed of body parts".

Police say they have recovered some bones and body parts which have been sent for forensic analysis and will be matched against the DNA samples of her father to find out if they are indeed Ms Walkar's.

Armed with metal detectors, police have also been combing bushes in Gurgaon, a Delhi suburb, for knives that were allegedly used to hack the body and after divers fished out some bones from a pond in Delhi's Maidan Garhi area, it was emptied to find more evidence.

India's 'criminal-turned-actor' who hid for 30 years

On Thursday, the accused underwent a polygraph and is later expected to be put through a narco-analysis test - in which a drug known as "truth serum" is injected into the person before they are asked questions.

Even though they are not admissible in court, a judge ordered the tests after police said that Mr Poonawala was misleading them by giving contradictory statements.

The missing links

On Tuesday, police told a court that 80% of their investigation was complete, but reports say that they are still looking for crucial evidence that would help them build a watertight case.

No belongings of Ms Walkar have been recovered from the apartment where the couple lived and some of the evidence may have been compromised as it's been months since the alleged murder.

Police say they believe that a "heavy, sharp weapon" like a hack saw or a butcher's knife was used to dismember the body but they are yet to recover it.

It is also not yet established if the bones they have recovered are really of the victim and some reports say their quality may be compromised since the remains have been found months after the alleged murder.

There has been criticism of Delhi police that they have little concrete evidence and that their case is entirely built on circumstantial evidence that would not stand scrutiny in court.

The BBC reached out to Delhi police but officials said they were "busy with the investigation".

But retired police official Vikram Singh says there is "abundant evidence and a skilful investigator will be able to get a conviction".

"Sometimes it takes time to recover a weapon used in the crime but if you've got a drop of blood or spit or a shred of meat, you can build a watertight case."

Besides, he says, there is "enough circumstantial evidence" against Mr Poonawala - "they were living together, there are accounts of neighbours and CCTV footage that shows Shraddha regularly coming in and leaving the house, so he has few escape routes available".

Talking to a Hindi newspaper, Mr Kumar, Poonawala's lawyer, said he understood that it was a "challenging" case.

"But unless I know the full charges against him, I'm unable to say how easy or difficult it would be to defend him," he added.

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Australia Offered $1 Million Award To Find Him, He's Arrested In Delhi

New Delhi:

An Indian nurse accused of killing an Australian woman in Queensland in 2018 was arrested by Delhi Police on Friday.

Rajwinder Singh, 38, allegedly killed Toyah Cordingley, 24, at a beach before fleeing to India. Cordingley, a pharmacy worker, was walking her dog at Queensland's Wangetti Beach when she was killed. Singh fled Australia two days later, leaving behind his job, wife and three children.

The Queensland Police had offered a reward of 1 million Australian dollars, the largest ever offered by the department, for information leading to Singh's arrest.

The accused was produced before a Delhi court and was sent to five days of judicial custody till November 30.

The Australian government, in March 2021, had requested India to extradite Singh. The request was approved in November this year.

Singh lived in Innisfail Town where he worked as a nursing assistant but is originally from Buttar Kalan, Punjab.

Cordingley's mother Vanessa Gardiner describes her daughter as "beautiful, spiritual".

"Her life was taken way too early. I see her friends and stuff getting married with kids and that now and think of everything she has missed out on in her life," Gardiner was quoted as saying a few months ago.

"She was just about to start her first full-time job on Monday, which never happened," she added.

Cordingley was reported missing on Sunday, October 21, 2018. Her body was found the next morning at Wangetti Beach, just north of Cairns.

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Indian Man Killed Australian Woman After Her Dog Barked At Him: Cops

New Delhi:

An Indian man who allegedly killed an Australian woman in Queensland in 2018 has been arrested by the Delhi Police. Rajwinder Singh, who had fled Australia after killing a woman, was carrying a 1 million Australian Dollars reward on his arrest.

Investigators say that Rajwinder killed 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley because her dog barked at him.

Rajwinder Singh, 38, went to Queensland's Wangetti Beach after a fight with his wife. During the investigation, he told Delhi police that he was carrying some fruits and a kitchen knife.

Cordingley, a pharmacy worker, was walking her dog at the beach. When Cordingley's bog started barking at Rajwinder, the two argued. This resulted in the Indian attacking and allegedly killing Cordingley, police said.

He then buried the body in the sand and tied the dog to a tree.

Rajwinder Singh fled Australia two days later, leaving behind his job, wife and three children.

Interpol had issued a Red Corner Notice against Rajwinder following which a non-bailable warrant was issued by the Patiala House Court on November 21 under the extradition act.

A senior police officer said that based on inputs shared by the CBI, which is the nodal agency of the Interpol in India, and their Australian counterparts, the accused was arrested near the G T Karnal Road by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police.

Following his arrest, a Delhi court sent Rajwinder Singh to five-day judicial custody.

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Bengaluru Techie Kills 2-Year-Old Daughter As He Didn't Have Money To Feed Her

Kolar: A 45-year-old techie allegedly killed his two-year-old daughter and claimed that he did not have money to feed his daughter, said police.

According to the police, after killing his daughter, the techie tried to die by suicide.

The body of the two-year-old child was found in the lake of Kendatti village of Kolar taluk on Saturday night. Besides, a blue car was also found on the bank of the lake, the police added. Suspicious of this, the locals informed the Kolar rural police station.

After the investigation, the police arrested the accused for the murder of his daughter.

The accused has been identified as Rahul Parmar who belongs to Gujarat and got settled in Bengaluru with his wife Bhavya two years back.

Rahul informed the police that he hugged his daughter in the car and spent time with her, played with her then killed her as he did not have any money and was not able to feed her.

The accused and his daughter went missing on November 15, after which, the child's mother Bhavya filed a missing complaint with the police station.

According to the police, Parmar was unemployed for the last 6 months and incurred a financial loss in his Bitcoin business.

Parmar had also lodged a complaint with the Bengaluru police station about the theft of gold jewelry from his house. He used to go to the police station and inquire. When the police investigated the complaint, it came to know that Rahul himself had stolen the jewels from the house and pledged. He registered a fake theft case with the police.

The police warned him and asked him to come to the police station.

It is suspected that Rahul might have done something due to fear of facing the consequences of filing a fake case with the police.

Police are investigating the case.

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On Camera, Men With Swords Attack Police Van Carrying Aaftab Poonawala

New Delhi: A police van carrying Aaftab Amin Poonawala -- accused of the horrific murder of girlfriend Shraddha Walkar in Delhi -- was attacked by a group of sword-wielding men this evening. The police managed to control the situation and Poonawala is safe, sources said.

The right wing group Hindu Sena has taken responsibility for the attack. A statement from Vishnu Gupta, the National President of the organisation, said the whole country is "watching how Aftab cut a Hindu girl into pieces".

Sources said the police van was taking Poonawala back to jail from west Delhi's Forensic Science Laboratory, after his second polygraph test.

The attack took place outside the FSL building.

Sources said the men had parked their car ahead of the police van, blocking it. Then five men emerged from the car, waving swords, and targeted the van. Sources said the police pulled out their weapons and fired in the air. No one was injured and two of the attackers have been taken into custody.

They have claimed that their names were Nigam Gujjar and Kuldeep Thakur and they were residents of Gurugram. They also claimed that they were members of Hindu Sena -- which the police are verifying

"I will move court seeking protection for Aaftab," Poonawala's lawyer told NDTV.

Poonawala has claimed that he killed Shraddha during a heated altercation. Later, he chopped the body into 35 pieces and after storing them in a refrigerator for days, disposed of them in various parts of Delhi. Less than 20 parts have been recovered and sent for DNA tests.

He has admitted to the murder in court too, but it would not count as evidence since the proceedings were a hearing about the extension of his police remand.

The results of the polygraph test or the narco-analysis which will be held later, are not admissible in court either.

There are no primary witnesses in the case. Currently, the police only have circumstantial evidence of the horrific crime that has shocked the nation.

Poonawala has been kept in his Tihar's jail number 4, under round-the-clock camera surveillance.

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Delhi: Crime Branch arrests mother-son duo for 'killing father, chopping and dumping his body'

In a chilling recall of the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a woman and her son were arrested for allegedly killing her husband, chopping the body into 22 pieces and keeping them in a fridge in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar, police said on Monday. Anjan Das was killed sometime before June 5 when his body parts were found stuffed inside a bag at the Ramlila Ground in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri, police said.

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In Jail, Aaftab Poonawala Asked For Paul Theroux Travelogue, Given A Copy

New Delhi: On the request of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused of murdering his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar, the Tihar jail authorities gave him a copy of 'The Great Railway Bazaar', jail sources told news agency ANI on Saturday.

"Murder accused Aaftab, who is currently lodged in Tihar Jail, requested police for an English novel to read inside jail," Tihar Jail sources added.

The Delhi Police provided Aaftab with the book 'The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia', a travelogue by American novelist Paul Theroux. The jail authorities gave him the book as it is not based on crime and does not have content that could make him harm others or himself, sources said.

According to the police, most of the time in jail, Aaftab plays chess. "Poonawala spends time by plotting chess moves, often solitary and occasionally sparring with two fellow inmates," jail authorities said.

According to sources, "Aaftab is fond of chess and he prepares different strategies and plays the board from both ends," sources said, adding that he is a "good player, in this game."

Both the undertrials who share Aaftab's cell have been accused in a theft case and according to sources they have been asked to keep a close watch on him.

The jail sources also informed that Aaftab plans his own moves against himself and that is something the Delhi Police have been suspicious of from the very beginning "Aaftab is very cunning. His every move seems part of a well-planned conspiracy as if he is playing alone from both ends..."

Earlier, talking to ANI, one of the investigators in the case said that Aaftab had totally followed what the police told him to do. He confessed his crime, co-operated with police, and agreed to the polygraph and narco tests. But now the police are becoming suspicious of his "good" behaviour.

Apart from the 'obedient' behaviour of Aaftab, Delhi Police are suspecting the 'rehearsed' answers given by him. "Aaftab's behaviour and good conduct are under question. How can there be one answer to each question? It looks like the accused has already rehearsed the answers," officials said.

However, during the interrogation, Aaftab confessed that he used a Chinese chopper to dismember Shraddha's body, news agency ANI reported.

Delhi Police could do a brain mapping to read Aftab's mind to find out what's brewing inside. "We are still waiting for the DNA report, only after that will consider the Brain mapping test," police said.

Initially, Aaftab was trying to misguide the Mumbai Police. But, once the case came under the jurisdiction of Delhi Police, he started confessing his crime. The police say they suspect it to part of his "devious" scheme.

As per information, the jail authorities have increased the security outside Aaftab Poonawalla's jail quarters, and deployed an additional guard outside his barrack, especially after an attack on a jail van ferrying Shraddha's alleged killer outside the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Delhi's Rohini.

The Tihar Jail Authority has also said that in view of the danger to Aftab inside the jail, "special vigil is being kept around his cell", adding, "Aftab neither talks much to anyone nor does he mingle".

According to jail officials, Aftab has no remorse for his actions.

"It seems from his actions that the murder of Shraddha Walkar was also a part of a deeper conspiracy like his chess strategies," the jail sources stated.

Police had earlier said Aaftab, confessed to killing Shraddha and chopping her body was giving misleading answers to questions.

Delhi Police had submitted in court that Aaftab was giving wrong information and was misleading the investigation.

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Mumbai Man Dies Of Slow Poisoning. Cops Find His Wife's Deadly Secret

Mumbai: A shocking incident has come to light in Mumbai, where a woman and her lover allegedly killed the woman's husband by slow-poisoning him.

Police have arrested both the wife and her lover on charges of conspiracy and murder. The duo has been remanded in police custody until December 8.

According to the police, the woman, who has been identified as Kavita, had separated from her husband Kamalkant a few years ago, but later moved back to his house in Santacruz, citing their child's future.

Kamalkant and Kavita's lover Hitesh Jain were childhood friends and both came from business families, police said.

Meanwhile, Kamalkant's mother suddenly died of a stomach disease.

Few months later, Kamalkant too developed stomach ache and his health deteriorated. Tests revealed very high levels of arsenic and thallium in his blood, which doctors said were unusual metallic substances to be found in human blood.

Kamalkant died on November 19 while he was under treatment in Bombay Hospital.

Police had initially filed a case of accidental death, but suspecting conspiracy, the probe was later handed over to the Crime Branch of Mumbai Police and Kavita and her lover Hitesh were arrested.

According to Inspector Sanjay Khatale, the medical report of the victim, the statement of his family members, including his wife, as well as information related to the victim's diet helped expose the conspiracy and the motive behind the murder.

Investigation revealed that the accused, Kavita, along with her boyfriend Hitesh, had gradually poisoned Kamalkant's food with the intention of killing him.

Police are now investigating whether the victim's mother had also been poisoned, since the symptoms of Kamalkant's illness were similar to hers.

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Accused In Ankita Bhandari Murder Case To Undergo Narco Test: Cops

Dehradun, Uttarakhand:

The Uttarakhand Police on Sunday said investigation into the Ankita Bhandari murder case involving an expelled BJP leader's son is almost complete with just the Narco tests of the accused remaining.

"An application will be filed in the court for the narco test of Ankita's killers, including the main accused Pulkit Arya.

"Things will be clearer after the narco test is done. Our investigation is almost complete," Chief Spokesperson of the Uttarakhand Police headquarters Additional Director General (ADG) V Murgeshan said addressing a press conference.

The body of 19-year-old Ankita, who worked as a receptionist at a resort run by Pulkit Arya, the son of expelled BJP leader Vinod Arya, was recovered from Chilla canal in Rishikesh on September 24.

She was reported missing for at least six days before her dead body was found by the officials.

The expelled BJP leader's son was arrested for his alleged involvement in the case. Under fire from the Opposition parties over the incident, the BJP government led by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami promptly expelled Vinod Arya.

Pulkit Arya was arrested in the case for allegedly pushing her into the canal following an altercation. Two more people - Ankit Gupta and Saurabh Bhaskar, were also arrested in the case.

The Uttarakhand Police said on November 29 that its Special Investigation Team (SIT) was probing the murder case of Ankita Bhandari and has considered conducting a narco-analysis test of all the three accused in the case.

Ankita's mother Sona Devi and father Virender Singh Bhandari had filed a petition in the Nainital High Court, in November, seeking an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the case.

Amid calls from the victim's family that the probe be transferred to the CBI, the Gangster Act was invoked against the three accused in the case, including main accused Pulkit Arya.

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11-Year-Old Allegedly Kidnapped, Raped In UP's Meerut: Cops

Meerut, UP: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped by a car's driver, raped, and then dropped on a road in Meerut on Saturday, police said.

Based on a complaint from the girl's mother, a case was registered at the Ganganagar police station, they said.

She has alleged that on Saturday morning her daughter had gone to get milk and on the way, she was taken away by someone in a car, and then dropped on a road about an hour later, Circle Officer (Sadar Dehat) Devesh Singh said, adding that the woman has alleged that her daughter was raped.

Mr Singh said on the basis of the complaint, a case was registered against an unknown person under Indian Penal Code section 376 (rape).

During investigation, a lot of information regarding the incident was gathered from CCTV camera footage, he said. Footage shows that the girl sits in the car after opening its door, Mr Singh said.

The girl's medical examination has been done and once the report comes, it will be known whether she was raped, he said and assured that the car and its driver will be traced soon.

The girl's mother in her complaint has said that at 9 am, she got information that her daughter was lying on a divider in a delirious condition.

She said as soon as she got the information, she reached the spot and brought her daughter home from there, and added that when her daughter told her about what had happened, she lodged the police complaint.

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"There's An Error": Family Asks Supreme Court To Review Order In Rape Case

New Delhi: The father of the 19-year-old girl, gang-raped and murdered in Delhi's Chhawla area in 2012, moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a review of its November 7 verdict by which it had acquitted three men, who were earlier sentenced to death.

The top court had acquitted the three men by setting aside the Delhi High Court's August 26, 2014 order upholding the death sentence awarded by the trial court.

The review plea said, “It is respectfully submitted that this Court has erred in observing that the case being purely dependent upon the circumstantial evidences, the prosecution failed to prove the circumstances beyond reasonable doubt and failed to prove the identity of the accused persons, the circumstances pertaining to the arrest of the accused persons and the seizure of the car used in the crime…”.

It said the top court has also erred in holding that the prosecution has failed to prove the circumstances pertaining to the discovery of the body of the deceased victim, the discovery and seizure of incriminating articles at the scene of the incident and from other places at the instance of accused persons, and the forensic evidence linking the accused persons with the crime.

“It is respectfully submitted that there is an error apparent on the face of record as this Court has erred in not appreciating and examining the testimonies of material witnesses which only direct towards the guilt of the accused persons/ Respondents and are incompatible with the innocence of the accused persons/ Respondents,” it said.

The father of the deceased girl said in his review plea that "grave injustice" would be caused to the victim, her parents, and the society in case the accused are allowed to walk free despite "strong circumstances" pointing towards their guilt which have been duly proved beyond reasonable doubt.

“The chain of evidence against the accused persons comprising the circumstantial evidence is complete and points towards the guilt and involvement of the accused persons...”, it said.

The plea added other evidence brought on record and testimonies of various prosecution witnesses also form a complete chain of circumstances which only point towards the guilt of the accused.

“Absence of Certificate under Section 65B only pertains to the CDRs of the deceased victim whose location is not in dispute as she was kidnapped from Tajpur, Delhi and her dead body was found in Haryana and not the CDRs of the accused persons”, the plea said.

It added no explanation was provided by the accused in relation to their location matching with the location of the deceased victim at the relevant time.

“The CDRs in the present case are substantial and important pieces of documents which clearly show the similarity in the location of the accused persons and the victim at the time of incident and ought not to be thrown out on the basis of procedural defect and that too in absence of any objection at the time of trial,” the review plea said.

It added there is no motive attributable to the investigation agency to implicate these three particular accused persons in the present case.

“In view of the facts, it is expedient in the interest of justice that the present Review Petition may be heard and allowed,” it said.

On November 7, the top court while acquitting the three convicts had said the law does not permit courts to punish an accused on the basis of moral conviction or on suspicion alone.

It had made the observation while noting that a kind of agony and frustration may be caused to the society in general and to the family of the victim in particular if the accused involved in the heinous crime go unpunished or are acquitted.

It, however, said the prosecution failed to provide leading, cogent, clinching and clear evidence, including those related to DNA profiling and call detail records (CDRs), against the accused, and said the trial court also acted as a “passive umpire”.

The three men were accused of abducting, gang-raping and brutally killing the 19-year-old woman in February 2012.

Her mutilated body was found three days after she was abducted.

In 2014, a trial court awarded death penalty to the three accused, terming the case “rarest of rare”.

According to the prosecution, the woman worked in Gurgaon's Cyber City area and belonged to Uttarakhand. She was returning from her workplace and was near her home when the three men abducted her in a car.

When she didn't return home, her parents lodged a missing person report, the prosecution said, adding the woman's mutilated and decomposing body was found in a village in Rewari, Haryana.

The police found multiple injuries on the woman's body. Further investigation and autopsy revealed she was attacked with car tools, glass bottles, metal objects, and other weapons. She was also raped, they said.

Police arrested the three men allegedly involved in the crime and claimed one of them took revenge after the woman spurned his advances.

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Andhra Woman's Body Parts Found In A Drum, Cops Suspect Over A Year Old

Hyderabad: Since Aaftab Amin Poonawala's arrest last month in Delhi for allegedly killing his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar and chopping her body into 35 parts, several similar cases have been reported from across the country. In a fresh incident, a woman's body parts have been found from inside a drum kept inside a locked rented house in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam. The police suspect the body has been there for over a year.

The owner of the house broke open the door of the house since the tenant hadn't paid the rent, and found the woman's body parts.

"The said case has come to light from Maduravada of Visakhapatnam today when the owner of the house forcefully entered the house to clear the belongings present in the house. In June 2021, the tenant vacated the house without clearing the dues, citing wife's pregnancy. But it is said that he had come to the house through the back door once after, but yet hadn't paid the owner. After waiting for over one year, the owner today forcefully entered the house to clear the belongings of the tenant when in a drum body parts of a woman has been recovered," Ch. Srikanth, Commissioner of Police, Visakhapatnam city, said.

Initial evidence shows that the body was cut into pieces a year ago, which was discovered now, police said.

"We're suspecting that it could be his wife. The (house) owner has given a complaint, based on which a case has been registered," Mr Srikanth added.

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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Bail Plea Hearing Of Rape Accused

New Delhi: It will take ten seconds to dictate an order, but it will push a person to lose his liberty and be in jail for one more week, the Supreme Court said today while declining a request from an alleged rape victim to stay the trial court order, listing the bail plea of an accused for hearing.

The top court said everyone should take pride in liberty and no wrong has been done by the trial court by listing the bail plea for hearing on December 7.

A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said: "Ultimately, what wrong has he (Additional District and Sessions Judge, Panaji) done? He has just said that he will hear the bail plea of the accused tomorrow."

The bench added: "On the one hand, we say that trial courts don't grant bails and here is a case where he has just said that he will take up the matter tomorrow. For Supreme Court to stay the trial court order will not be appropriate at this stage. You move the high court for remedy," the bench said.

It ordered that the woman can approach the Bombay High Court bench in Goa tomorrow itself, the day of the bail plea hearing, and challenge the trial court order.

The bench said: "For us, it will take ten seconds to dictate an order, but that person will lose his liberty and be in jail for another one week." It added: "You can move the high court against the trial court order. We must also take pride in liberty. We will not like to interfere when there is a remedy available."

It requested the trial court, which is scheduled to hear the bail plea of the accused, to hear the matter at 3 pm tomorrow.

The bench said, after the woman's appeal is filed and mentioned before it, the high court may take it up for hearing and pass the order as per law.

Senior advocate ADN Rao earlier argued: "If the trial court grants bail to the accused, who is a very influential person, there will be a threat to my life." He urged the top court to stay the trial court order by a week or till the high court disposed of the victim's plea to stay the bail plea hearing.

The case was registered against the accused by the anti-trafficking unit of Panaji on a complaint by the woman who had alleged rape.

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Mumbai Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Jail For Forcefully Trying To Kiss Girl

Mumbai: A special court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to five years of rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping and forcibly trying to kiss a minor girl in Dharavi area of central Mumbai.

Special judge Jayshri Pulate on Monday found the accused guilty of the offences committed under section 363 (kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for aggravated sexual assault.

The detailed order was made available on Tuesday.

At the time of the incident in 2015, the victim was nine years old and was studying in a civic school.

The victim, in the deposition, said that the accused took her to the top floor of a building, pulled her towards him and tried to kiss her. The girl somehow managed to free herself and run.

The accused had taken her to the spot on the pretext of giving her a dress, the victim had deposed.

The court noted that the defence had argued a lot claiming that there was variance between the victim's statement and her evidence before the court as to whether the accused kissed her or was trying to kiss her.

The judge observed that there was no substance in the variance, as it has been proved on record that the accused kidnapped the victim, took her to the terrace and pulled her towards him, which revealed that he had done the said acts with sexual intention.

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Techie Slits Medical Students Throat For Refusing To Marry Him

A third-year MBBS student of a private medical college in Vijaywada was allegedly stabbed to death in Takkellapadu village of Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district, by a man for refusing to marry him, police said.
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The incident took place on December 5.

The woman Tapaswi had gone to meet her friend in Takkellapadu when the accused Gnaneswar followed her and allegedly slit her throat after an argument.

"On Monday evening, the accused planned to kill her after she had gone to meet her friend in Takkellapadu, a village in Guntur. The accused arrived on a bike and killed her. Later, the accused cut his hand with the same surgical blade. Gnaneswar murdered Tapsavi after finding out that she is going to marry another man", Pedhakakani circle inspector said.

According to locals, Tapasvi was seriously injured in the attack and they rushed her to a hospital in Guntur where she was declared brought dead.

"Locals caught Ghanehwar after the murder and handed him over to police," Pedakakani police said. The accused was found to be working in an Information Technology (IT) company.

PedhaKakani circle inspector said, "Gnaneswar killed Tapasvi with a surgical knife around 9 pm. During our investigation, it was found that both of them met through Instagram two years ago".

Police said that both Ghansehwar and Tapsavi were seeing each other but had frequent fights.

Tapasvi had also approached the police accusing Ghansehwar of "harassing" her, but the police did not register her complaint.

Upon hearing the news of her death a pall of gloom descended on Pamidimukkala village in Krishna district, the hometown of Tapsavi, in Andhra Pradesh.

A grief struck Gopalakrishna, grandmother of Tapasvi said, "How did he kill, Tapsavi, she had a bright future."

Police have registered a case and have begun investigations.

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In Delhi, Woman's Body Found Inside Suitcase

A decomposed body of an unidentified woman has been found in a suitcase in West Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area on Wednesday evening, Delhi Police said.

According to police their control room received a call about a suitcase from which a foul smell was emanating.

A team from the Delhi Police reached the spot and pulled it out of the drain with the help of local divers, and found on opening the suitcase a highly decomposed body of a woman was found inside.

The woman, whose body was found highly decomposed, has not been identified yet.

The age of the woman is estimated to be about 28-30 years, Police said.

The body has been sent to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital for an autopsy.

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Woman Killed By Brothers Over Relationship In UP's Gorakhpur: Police

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her brothers over a love affair in Gorakhpur, police said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Naushad Ansari and Amjad Ali, were arrested near the Singhapatti area in Kushinagar district on Thursday, they said.

A rope and a shawl used in the murder have been seized from their possession along with a motorcycle, they said.

According to police, the woman was in love with one Mobin Ansari of her village and they wanted to marry.

Although the couple was of the same religion and caste, the woman's family was against their marriage and her brothers often harassed and thrashed her, they said.

On Tuesday, the accused thrashed the girl with a stick and then strangled her to death with a rope. Later, they wrapped the body in a shawl, carried it on a motorcycle to an agricultural field and dumped it there, police said.

Superintendent of Police (Kushinagar) Dhawal Jaiswal said the girl's body was found in the Kotwali area of the district the same day.

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Supreme Court Stays Death Penalty Given To Man For Killing Wife, Children

The Supreme Court stayed the execution of the death sentence given to a man by an Allahabad High Court bench, till further orders and directed to constitute a suitable team for carrying out a psychological evaluation of the appellant man, convicted of killing his wife and children.

The directive came on a plea filed on behalf of the convict, Deen Dayal Tiwari, challenging the order by the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on May 9, awarding him the death penalty.

A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala on December 7 ruled, "There shall be a stay of the execution of the sentence of death, pending further orders."

The court directed that the head of King George's Medical University, Lucknow constitute a suitable team for the purpose of carrying out a psychological evaluation of the appellant.

The report of the evaluation shall be submitted to the Supreme Court through the standing counsel for Uttar Pradesh within a period of eight weeks, the Bench further directed.

The bench further directed that a psychologist shall have access to the appellant, who is presently lodged in District Jail, Ayodhya, and will submit a report on his psychological assessment of the convict.

The court took into account the principles laid down during the judgement in the Manoj v State of Madhya Pradesh matter and issued several directions to the respondent in the case -- the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The respondent state was directed to place a report of all probation officers on the appellant within a period of eight weeks.

The court also directed the superintendent of the District Jail, Ayodhya, to submit a report on the nature of work done by the appellant in jail, and another on the conduct and behaviour of the convict behind bars, within a period of eight weeks.

Tiwari was convicted for killing his wife and four daughters in November 2011.

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Maharashtra Toddler Flung Out Of Cab, Dies; Mother Molested: Police

The driver of a van from which a woman jumped off with her 10-month-old daughter to escape molestation, resulting in the death of the toddler, has been arrested, police in Maharashtra's Palghar district said on Sunday.
The woman and her child had boarded the van, which operates from Chinchoti to Vapi, between 11am and 11:30am on Saturday to go to Mastan Naka in Manor, a police official said.

The woman was allegedly molested by the cab driver and some other passengers in the van while she and her child were returning from Pelhar to Poshere in Wada tehsil.

It is being probed whether she jumped off the vehicle with the child or whether she was pushed off and the infant flung out by the accused, he said.

"The child was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital, while the woman is undergoing treatment for injuries. The driver was arrested during the day," he said.

The driver has been charged under sections 302 (murder) and 354 (assault or criminal force to outrage modesty of woman) of Indian Penal Code, he said.

While the case has been registered at Mandvi police station, the probe has been handed over to the Crime Branch and it will be supervised by Deputy Commissioner of Police rank officials, he added.

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7-8 Men Posing As CBI Officers Loot Kolkata Businessman In 'Special 26'-Style Raid

A group of men posing as CBI officers raided a businessman's house in the Kolkata's Bhowanipore area and allegedly looted ₹ 30 lakh and jewellery, police said.

According to the complaint lodged by 60-year-old Suresh Wadhwa at Bhowanipore police station, a group of 7-8 men posing as CBI officers barged into his residence on Rupchand Mukherjee lane at around 8 am on Monday and started what they said was a "raid".

"The men arrived in three vehicles having police stickers pasted on them. I opened the door and they barged in telling me that they are CBI officers. I had asked them to show their identity cards, but they did not bother," Mr Wadhwa said when contacted.

The businessman claimed that the men left with ₹ 30 lakh cash and jewellery worth another several lakh and told him that the "seizure list" would be sent to him sometime later.

"They had prepared a seizure list at my residence but told me that they will send it later. They even told me that I will be summoned by them to their office later," Mr Wadha said.

Kolkata Police have started an investigation after the businessman lodged a complaint.

Sleuths of Kolkata Police's detective department along with their colleagues from Bhowanipore Police Station have started a probe into the "crime", a senior police officer said.

Initial probe revealed that the men were tall and well-built and they were carrying "lathis" during the "operation" at Mr Wadhwa's residence.

Detectives are suspecting the role of insiders or people who are close to the Wadhwa family in the crime, the officer said.

"We are talking to the servants at Wadhwa residence and others who are employed with their farm. These culprits had details of the Wadhwa household, where the cash and jewellery were kept," the police officer said.

"We are collecting CCTV footage from the locality to spot the three vehicles used in the crime", the officer said.

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Karnataka Man Chops Up Father's Body Into 32 Pieces, Dumps In Borewell

In what appears to be a reprise of the Shradha Walkar murder, a man in Karnataka's Bagalkot allegedly killed his father, chopped his body into 32 pieces, and dumped them in an open borewell, police said.

After the murder was revealed, the police used earthmovers to recover the man's body parts. The accused, Vithala Kulali, has been arrested and sent to judicial custody.

On December 6, Vithala, 20, allegedly murdered his father Parashuram Kulali, 53, in a fit of rage using an iron rod. According to the police, Parashuram used to get drunk and abuse Vithala, the younger of his two sons, regularly. Parashuram's wife and elder son live separately.

Last Tuesday, Vithala, unable to take his father's abuse anymore, picked up an iron rod and killed his father.

Following the murder, Vithala chopped up Parashuram's body into 32 pieces and disposed of the parts in an open borewell of their own farm located near the Mantur bypass in the outskirts of Mudhol, a city in Bagalkot district.

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Delhi Lt Governor Seeks Report From Police Chief On Acid Attack On Schoolgirl

Delhi LG VK Saxena today sought a detailed report on the west Delhi acid attack incident from the city police commissioner, including information on how the acid was procured despite a ban on its sale.

A 17-year-old girl was attacked with acid by two people on a motorcycle near Uttam Nagar in west Delhi on Wednesday morning. The girl was admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital, where doctors said she suffered seven to eight per cent facial burns and injury to her eyes.

"The Lt Governor spoke to the Police Commissioner about the unfortunate incident of acid attack that took place at Dwarka More today and sought a detailed report into the incident, including as to how the acid used was procured despite a ban in the City," the Raj Niwas Delhi said in a series of tweets.

"LG has instructed for swift and thorough investigation so as to ensure exemplary punishment to the guilty. The LG is also in touch with the hospital authorities and has urged them to ensure the best treatment. He has also assured all possible assistance to the victim and her family," it added.

One of the suspects behind the attack has been detained, the police said.

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Delhi Acid Attack: Schoolgirl Is Able To See, Says Family

The family of the 17-year-old acid attack survivor on Thursday said that the girl's eyesight has not been affected and her facial burn injuries, as per doctors, will also heal over time.

Two masked men on a bike flung acid on the teen minutes after she left her home in west Delhi for school on Wednesday, leaving her with serious injuries.

She is still in the ICU of Safdarjung Hospital, said the victim's uncle.

"Doctors at the hospital said the facial burns will heal, but it will take time," he told PTI.

The girl had also suffered injuries to her eyes in the attack allegedly planned by her neighbour Sachin Arora.

"Her vision has not been affected. She is able to see and is talking," the uncle said, adding that it was "shocking" for them to learn about his (Sachin Arora's) involvement.

Three people -- prime accused Sachin Arora and his two friends Harshit Aggarwal (19) and Virender Singh (22) -- have been arrested.

As outrage spread over the attack, many also raised questions over the availability of acid in markets despite a ban.

Special Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Sagar Preet Hooda had on Wednesday said that the acid used in the attack was procured through an e-commerce site and payment was made by Sachin Arora through an e-wallet.

In a statement, police said on the basis of technical evidence, it was found that the acid was procured from Flipkart, that has also been issued a notice by the police.

Flipkart said it strongly condemns the "unfortunate incident", and "our thoughts and prayers are with the victim and her family".

"The Flipkart marketplace closely monitors and delists products that violate expected standards. Strict action is taken against sellers who are found to be engaged in selling products that are illegal, unsafe, and prohibited. The concerned seller has been blacklisted, and we are extending all support to the authorities in their investigation," the e-retailer said in a statement.

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Kerala Man Kills Live-In Partner With Machete, Probe Launched: Police

Kerala Police on Thursday took into custody a man accused of killing his live-in partner in broad daylight in Kerala capital Thiruvananthapuram. Rajesh, the accused, allegedly attacked his partner Sindu with a machete, a sword-like weapon, on Thursday morning.

The victim was rushed to the hospital but was declared brought dead.

"The victim and the accused were living together for the past two years. Initial investigation suggests that a brawl escalated into a physical fight between the two. We have taken the accused into questioning," the police said.

An investigation into this matter is underway. Further information is awaited.

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Rights Body Notice To Delhi Government, Police Chief Over Acid Attack

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Delhi government, the city's police commissioner, and the member secretary of the State Legal Services Authorities over an acid attack on a 17-year-old girl in the national capital, officials said on Friday.

Two bike-borne, masked men threw acid on the girl on Wednesday, minutes after she had left her west Delhi residence for school, leaving her with serious injuries. Police have arrested three men, including a neighbour of the survivor, in connection with the incident.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of the incident. The girl was admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital's ICU (intensive care unit), the NHRC said in a statement.

The commission has observed that the reported incident raises serious issues of human rights violations of the victim.

"It is really very disturbing that despite several amendments in the criminal laws and various measures taken by the authorities to ban the sale of acid or corrosive substances, other than for commercial or scientific purposes, it appears nothing much has changed on the ground, as the attackers are easily procuring acids - be it through off-line or on-line," the rights panel said.

This clearly demonstrates that there is a "lack of a monitoring system" within the administration for the sale of acid or acids of various natures, it said.

"Therefore, prima facie, it appears that there is culpable negligence" on the part of the public servant for failing to regulate the sale of acid(s) within whose territorial jurisdiction the incident took place," the statement said.

Accordingly, it has issued notices to the chief secretary of the Delhi government, commissioner of police, and the member secretary of the State Legal Services Authorities, and sought detailed specific reports within four weeks, it added.

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Man Allegedly Chops Up Aunt's Body, Dumps Parts Near Delhi Highway

A man allegedly murdered his aunt, chopped the body into pieces and dumped them at different places near Delhi highway, police said on Saturday.

He then informed the police that his aunt was missing and also started looking for her along with other relatives, they said.

However, police got suspicious of him and interrogated him, following which he revealed that he bludgeoned his aunt to death with a hammer on December 11.

The man, Anuj Sharma alias Achitya Govind Das (33), was arrested on Thursday, police said.

Sharma had been associated with ‘Hare Krishna' movement for the last seven-eight years.

However, a spokesperson of the organisation in Jaipur said Sharma was not active for the past one year after the death of his mother.

Sharma had informed the police on the night of December 11 that his aunt Saroj Sharma (65) had gone to the temple in the morning and was missing since then.

During the probe, it was found that his statements were misleading, following which his activities were monitored, police said.

In CCTV footage, he was seen leaving his house with a suitcase. A relative had seen him cleaning blood stains near the kitchen of the house, they said.

Subsequently, Anuj Sharma was detained on December 13. During questioning, he confessed to have murdered his aunt by hitting her head with a hammer, police said.

Saroj Sharma was the wife of his father's elder brother and had been living with them after the death of her husband in 1995, they said.

Anuj Sharma's mother had died last year, they added.

On December 11, Anuj Sharma's father had gone to Indore and the accused and the victim were alone in the house, police said.

Anuj Sharma wanted to go to Delhi but the woman refused. It led to a heated argument and he hit her with a hammer, they said.

The incident took place in the kitchen. The accused dragged the body to the bathroom and cut it into eight-10 pieces with a marble cutter, police said.

“The accused took the body parts in a suitcase and dumped it at separate places on Delhi highway. Most of the body parts have been recovered,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Paris Deshmukh said.

The incident is similar to the murder of a 27-year-old girl, Shraddha Walker, allegedly by her live-in partner in Delhi.

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Jharkhand Man Allegedly Killed 22-Year-Old Second Wife, Chopped Body

In a horrific murder similar to the Shraddha Walkar case that grabbed national headlines, a 22-year-old woman was killed, and her body chopped into several pieces in Jharkhand Sahibganj district, police have said. They have so far recovered 18 pieces of the body and detained the victim's husband as a suspect in the crime. Some weapons suspected to have been used in the crime have also been recovered, police said.

The accused has been identified as Dildar Ansari. According to the police, the victim was the second wife of the accused, and she was killed as part of a conspiracy over marital discord as the first wife objected to Dildar Ansari's second marriage. The accused's family has confessed to killing her, police said.

The victim, Rubika Pahadin, was murdered, and her body cut into pieces and thrown in different places. The police swung into action late Saturday evening after a piece of human leg was found from behind the under-construction Anganwadi center in Borio Santhali area.

Speaking to the media, her elder sister said it was a 'love marriage' and that the accused husband told her he wasn't home at the time of the incident. "He told me his family members did it while he was out," she said, adding that she feels threatened and suspects his family would try to kill the rest of her family too. "We demand they be hanged," she said.

Rubika Pahadin had moved in with Dildar a month back.

During the investigation, a piece of the body kept in a sack was found in a closed house nearby. Local Superintendent of Police Anuranjan Kispotta, along with a team, reached Borio police station at night for further investigation.

According to the police, some people killed Rubika Pahadin and threw pieces of her dead body in several places to hide the evidence. A sniffer dog was called from Dumka to help locate the body parts. Some people have been arrested after investigation, and the police are interrogating them at an undisclosed location. Doctors were also called from the district headquarters to examine the human organs. All the body parts are being packed and will be sent for forensic examination.

Police have been deployed in the locked house from where the human body part was found. "In view of the possibility of breach of peace, several police personnel have been deployed in Borio," police said in a statement.

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Angry Karnataka Teacher Kills Class 4 Student, Beats Up Mother: Cops

A 10-year-old died in Karnataka today after his teacher beat him and pushed him off the first-floor balcony of the government-run school. The police said Muthappa, teacher at Adarsh Primary School at Hagli village in the northern part of the state, beat the boy with a shovel. Bharat was a student of Class 4.

Shivprakash Devaraju, a senior police officer of Gadak district, told reporters, "The reason is not clear now...prima facie it looks like some family issues among them".

Muthappa had even thrashed Bharat's mother, Gita Barker, who is also a teacher at the school. She is receiving treatment at a local hospital.

The man, who was a contract employee, is currently missing.

A similar incident was reported from a school in Delhi last week. The teacher, in a fit of rage, had attacked a student of Class 5 with scissors and flung her from the first floor of a government school building.

The attack took place during the craft class.

The police said the teacher apparently locked herself inside a classroom with students and "violently" threw water bottles before she picked up the girl, cut her hair and tossed her from the balcony.
Another teacher tried to intervene Geeta Deshwal from flinging down the student, but failed.

The child, who was immediately taken to the hospital, is stable, doctors have said. She has fractured her cheekbone and is unable to eat or drink. She also bruised her head and leg in the fall.

The school in question is run by the civic body of Delhi. The teacher has been arrested and is facing charges of attempt to murder.

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<b>Eight men arrested in India for gang-raping a 16-year-old girl</b>

Eight men have been arrested in India for the rape of a 16-year-old girl who was held for more than 12 hours in a bungalow in Palghar, in the state of Maharashtra, Police said.

According to the complaint, one of the men allegedly lured the teenager on Friday to the bungalow, located on the coast, where she was raped consecutively until the following morning.

"The complaint filed on Saturday shows that the victim states that the assault began at 8 p.m. on December 16 and continued until 11 a.m. the following day," explained a police spokesman quoted by the Indian channel NDTV.

"The accused took her to an empty bungalow and raped her in turns. Then they took her to the shore and abused her again," he added.

Sex crimes and rape in India have been in the public spotlight for years, especially since the brutal rape and murder of a young student on a New Delhi bus in December 2012.

According to a 2019 National Crime Records Bureau report, more than 30,000 rapes are committed in the country each year, about 88 a day.

The executions of those responsible for the rape of the young woman in New Delhi, according to the bureau, "have had no effect" on the criminals.

Impunity is notorious: only 30 percent of reported rapes result in convictions, and the socio-cultural stigma attached to the victims prevents most cases from coming to light.

Source: (EUROPA PRESS)

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<b>Man arrested under India’s national security law for obscenity in temple</b>

A man has been arrested in India’s central Madhya Pradesh state for allegedly performing obscene acts inside a Hindu temple.

The man, identified just by his first name Wasim, has been detained under the National Security Act (NSA), police said on Sunday. Under the NSA, a suspect can be detained for up to a year without formal charges.

A video of the incident, now viral on social media, appears to show a man sitting inside a temple to Lord Shiva in Indore city and flashing his genitals.

Following complaints, local police said the man was traced with the help of surveillance footage and later detained.

“We received information yesterday (Saturday) that a man did obscene acts in Prakash Nagar’s [area in Indore] temple. The investigation was undertaken,” said T Qazi, a local police officer.

Officers conducted the investigation with the help of surveillance footage, he said.

According to the police, the accused was an addict.

Action is being taken under the NSA and the police will further investigate his phone and his other activities.

Earlier in October, a routine offender in Indore city was arrested under the NSA for assaulting the director of a private school.

The accused, Sanjay Mishra, who already had over four registered complaints against him, allegedly attacked Arun Kharat with a knife.

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Sheena Bora Murder Accused-Turned-Approver Shyamvar Rai To Leave Jail Soon

Shyamvar Rai, accused turned approver in the Sheena Bora murder case is likely to walk out of jail soon as he was allowed bail in Arms Act by Bandra Magistrate Court for a bond of ₹ 15000, sources said today.

Shyamvar Rai was initially arrested by Khar police in the said arms act case in the year 2015 before he was arrested in the Sheena Bora murder case. Rai was allowed bail in Arms act case by Bandra magistrate court for a bond of 15000 rupees.

Before this, Rai has been allowed bail in the Sheena Bora murder case by the Bombay High Court in August 2022 but is still to complete the formalities of the bail order.

Shyamvar Rai was given bail in the Arms Act case by the Bandra court on December 19 and he completed the formalities in the court on December 21. But he was not released from jail as he is still to complete the formalities of the Bombay HC bail order in the Sheena Bora Murder case.

Rai was given bail by Bombay HC in August 2022 and was asked to furnish a surety of ₹ 1 lakh rupees but he could not arrange for a surety so his counsel Satyavrat Joshi filed an application before the High Court and requested to amend the bail conditions of relaxation of surety and allowing a cash bail. After hearing Rai's counsel's appeal, HC allowed Shyamvar Rai a cash bail on November 30, 2022, but Shyamvar Rai is believed to be still arranging to file that cash bail. After the completion of formalities in Bombay HC and special CBI court, Shyamgar Rai will be out of Jail.

According to his lawyer Satyavrat Joshi, "He has got bail in both the cases now and he can walk out of Jail as soon as the formalities are completed. It is up to his family now in how much time they can arrange and furnish the cash bail of ₹ 1 lakh."

Other accused in the Sheena Bora Murder case Indrani Mukerjea, Peter Mukerjea, and Sanjiv Khanna are already out on bail.

Earlier in May, Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, was granted bail by the Supreme Court.

Later in June, the Bombay High Court granted bail to Sanjeev Khanna, ex-husband of Indrani Mukerjea, who was in custody since 2015.

Indrani, facing trials for the alleged killing of her daughter Sheena Bora, was lodged at the Byculla women's prison in Mumbai, following her arrest in August 2015, and had spent over six years there.

Following this, the Special CBI court granted bail to Indrani on ₹ 2 lakh surety.

Indrani had challenged the Bombay High Court order of 16 November 2021 that denied her bail. Earlier, the bench had asked the CBI to file an affidavit on Indrani's bail plea.

Indrani has always maintained that Sheena was not murdered, and had gone abroad for her education in 2012, although Indrani could never prove her claims.

The CBI has been investigating the Sheena Bora case since 2015, after taking over the case from Mumbai Police. According to the case registered by Mumbai Police, Sheena Bora was kidnapped and murdered by strangulation in April 2012.

This case first came to light after the arrest of Indrani's driver, Shyamvar Rai in another case in August 2015.

During the investigation, he confessed to the killing of Sheena Bora in April 2012 and said that he dumped her body in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. He had also told Mumbai Police that Sheena's mother, Indrani and Sanjeev Khanna (ex-husband of Indrani) were also involved in this murder.

According to CBI's case before the court, Indrani killed Sheena Bora because she was furious over the relationship between Sheena Bora, whom she introduced as her sister to everyone, and Rahul Mukerjea, son of Peter Mukerjea (third husband of Indrani Mukerjea) from his first marriage.

As per CBI, she (Indrani) had killed Sheena Bora as the latter was threatening to expose her in public over the fact that she was not her sister, but her daughter.

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Kerala Man Rapes, Impregnates Daughter; Sentenced To 31 Years In Jail

A Kerala court on Friday sentenced a man to a cumulative of 31 years of imprisonment for raping and impregnating his own daughter in 2016.

Fast Track Judge T G Varghese convicted and sentenced the man based on the DNA evidence retrieved from the aborted foetus as many of the important witnesses, including the victim and her mother, turned hostile and gave statements in favour of the accused.

A sample collected from the aborted foetus matched against a blood sample of the accused indicated that he was the father of the foetus, Special Public Prosecutor Shijo Mon Joseph said.

The court held that a father raping and impregnating one's own daughter was an "extremely heinous act" and the accused does not deserve any mercy, the SPP said.

While the accused was sentenced to a cumulative of 31 years for various offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he would only be serving 10 years which is the highest of the differing quantums of punishment given to him, the prosecutor said.

The court also imposed a fine of ₹ 75,000 upon the man and besides that directed the District Legal Services Authority to pay ₹ 50,000 to the girl for her rehabilitation.

The SPP said that the incident happened in 2016 when the man sexually assaulted his daughter (who was then 14-years-old) several times during the night in their home in Konnathadi village of Idukki district.

The victim, her brother and her parents lived together, the SPP said.

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NEW DELHI: Indian police are investigating the sudden deaths of a wealthy Russian politician who reportedly criticised the Ukraine war and his travelling companion at a luxury hotel, authorities said on Tuesday.

The body of Pavel Antov, 65, was found in a pool of blood outside his lodgings in eastern Odisha state, where he was on holiday with three other Russian nationals. His death came two days after another member of the travel party, Vladimir Bidenov, was found unconscious after suffering an apparent heart attack at the same hotel and could not be revived.

Police said they were reviewing CCTV footage, questioning hotel staff and were waiting on detailed autopsy reports, but so far there was no sign of foul play.

“All possible angles as regards to the deaths of two Russian nationals are being verified,” regional police chief Rajesh Pandit said.

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Third Russian Found Dead In Odisha In Less Than 2 Weeks, Body Was On Ship
The Russian, identified as Milyakov Sergey, was found dead in a ship anchored at Paradip Port in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha.

Another Russian was found dead in Odisha on Tuesday, the third such incident in a fortnight, police said.
The Russian, identified as Milyakov Sergey, was found dead in a ship anchored at Paradip Port in Jagatsinghpur district.

The 51-year-old man was the chief engineer of the vessel, M B Aldnah, which was on its way to Mumbai from Chittagong Port in Bangladesh via Paradip.

He was found dead in his ship chamber around 4.30 am.

Police could not immediately ascertain the cause of the death.

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<b>Indian guru accused of raping and blackmailing over 100 women is jailed for life</b>

A special court in India sentenced a self-styled godman to 14 years of imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping more than 100 women.

Amarveer, popularly known as “Jalebi baba”, was also awarded a jail term under a law related to the protection of children from sexual offenses, after being found convicted of raping a minor.

The sentences for rape and child abuse will run concurrently, advocate Sanjay Verma, who is the lawyer for the victims told local media, adding that the godman was acquitted in a separate case pertaining to the law on arms and ammunition.

“He has been in jail for the last 4.5 years and will have to stay in jail for nine-and-a-half years. The accused Baba was acquitted in the Arms Act. Other details of the judgment will be revealed after seeing the copy of the order,” he added.

Police in the northern Indian state of Haryana had arrested him from Tohana town in Fatehabad district in 2018 after an informer tipped them off.

The 63-year-old widower, who developed a reputation for being an occultist, used to drug women disciples, rape them and film the act, revealed the investigation.

He used to later blackmail his victims for money by threatening to make the clips public. According to media reports, up to 120 such clips were recovered from his phone.

“It appears the person indulging in sexual activities in these clippings is the same baba, though we will get it examined from the cyber cell,” said a police official at the time, according to a report in the Hindustan Times.

“Two of the victims have already come forward, though, it is yet to be verified whether their videos were also prepared. All video clippings have been prepared with the help of mobile phones.”

This is not the first time a self-styled godman was convicted for sexual abuse.

Religious leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh “Insan” was held guilty on two counts of rape by a special court in Haryana in 2017. His arrest had led to large-scale violent protests and vandalism in parts of India, with over 200,000 people gathering near court premises ahead of his verdict.

The controversial godman had gained a cult-like following and had produced and starred in several music videos and larger-than-life action movies portraying him in a positive light.

Another religious leader, Asaram Bapu, was convicted for raping a minor in 2018 and is currently serving a life sentence.

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