Crime Diary: August 9
9 Aug 2012 2:56 AM GMT
CARJACKING GOON DIES BY HIS OWN GUN
In a bizarre incident in Greater Noida on Wednesday, a goon trying to flee after robbing a car succumbed to bullet injury from his own pistol that backfired. The incident took place near to the inauguration site of the Yamuna Expressway, to be opened for the public on Thursday.
Ironically, Noida police has been claiming fool-proof security for the inauguration of the expressway.
According to police, two robbers on a bike were waiting for one Nitish Kumar, driver of an Innova car, who had come to receive the staff of a Dental College in Greater Noida. As Kumar came at the gate of the college, the duo stopped him on the pretext of asking for route and overwhelmed him on the gunpoint.
They tied his hands and feet with a rope and put him on the rear seat of the vehicle. They then drove towards Pari Chowk. All these places concerned, including the inauguration site, fall in the jurisdiction of Kasna police station of Greater Noida.
It’s pertinent to mention that several VVIPs and senior officers are slated to witness the inauguration on Thursday.
‘The robbers had put their pistol on the dashboard, which fired as the car stopped with a sudden jerk on a speed breaker. The bullet hit one of the goons and he died on the spot,’ said a senior police official of Kasna police station in Greater Noida.
The other goon left the vehicle and ran away. Meanwhile, the staff in the college alerted the police, who reached the spot and chased the car. The injured goon was rushed to the nearby Sharda Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
The police, however, could neither identify the deceased nor the absconding goon. ‘Initial investigation in the case indicates personal rivalry among two groups,’ said an investigation officer.
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22-YEAR-OLD GANG-RAPED BY FELLOW COLLEGE STUDENTS
A 22-year-old college girl was repeatedly gang-raped by four boys in Gurgaon in the first week of August. The main accused in the case, 23-year-old Rahul was arrested by Gurgaon Police on Tuesday night. It has been alleged that was the victim's lover, while the other three boys were his friends. Both the victim and Rahul are students at the DSD college in New Railway Road in Gurgaon.
'The victim's parents had reported that their daughter had missing since 3 August. On Tuesday, we found both the victim and Rahul and brought them to the police station, said Surender Pal, deputy commissioner of police (West).
Pal added that the victim has said that she was assaulted and gang-raped by the four accused. 'A medical examination has confirmed hat she was been gang-raped and assaulted. A case under section-366 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against Rahul and the three other boys,' Pal added.
'The victim and the main accused were both second year students at the DSD College and residents of Gurgaon. She was taken to Alwar on 3 August and gang raped for several days,' police said.
'Rahul's other friends, who have been identified as Manish, Sawant and Rambir are being hunted,' the police officer said. Manish and Rambir are fellow students at the same college as Rahul and the victim, while the fourth accused, Sawant, is a resident of Alwar.
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OLD KARMA CATCHES UP WITH ‘ASCETIC’ ON THE MOVE
A middle-aged man, who calls himself an ascetic, was arrested for allegedly killing his friend after an argument over loan money in 2010.
Anand Swaroop Rathi, who last stayed in a rented accommodation in Ghaziabad, was arrested for the murder of 57-year-old Peter Franklin on 27 July, 2010 in Connaught Place in the capital, police said.
The case was cracked by a Special Team that was formed on the orders of the Police Commissioner for dealing with old, heinous, blind and pending cases.
Police concluded that Rathi had murdered Franklin as both were last seen together and the former had vacated his rented room after the latter was found murdered. ‘He used to roam all over India in the garb of sadhu, Sikh nihang or shanti bhakt. He was not using any mobile phone and was not in constant touch with any person,’ K C Dwivedi, additional commissioner of police, New Delhi, said.
He said Rathi had earlier worked with the Air Force and Delhi Home Guards. Based on a specific input, police arrested Rathi from Connaught Place.
‘On questioning, Anand Swaroop Rathi admitted to have known Peter Franklin. He further informed that Peter Franklin had extended a loan of Rs 40,000 to him and was pressurising him to return the same.
‘On 27 July, 2010 they had a heated argument and things got out of hand. Rathi stabbed Peter in a fit of rage,’ Dwivedi said.
TWO HELD IN FAKE PAPERS RACKET
With the arrest of two persons, Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have smashed a gang allegedly involved in printing and selling fake driving licences and registration certificates.
Shiv Kumar Yadav, 31, and Bappi Hussain, 50, were apprehended here on Tuesday on a tip-off, DCP (Crime) Sanjay Kumar Jain said.
Hussain was the first to be arrested from Jahangirpuri allegedly with six forged driving licences and his questioning led to Yadav.
Hussain told police that he was lured into crime allegedly by someone named Shokeen three years ago.
‘When Shokeen stopped his illegal activities and shifted to an unknown location, Hussain started looking for another accomplice and came in contact with Yadav, who used to make rubber stamps.
The two started making forged driving licenses. ‘Yadav was computer savvy. Hussain would look for people and offer them driving licenses for Rs 1,500 and registration certificates for Rs 2,000,’ Jain said.
GUARD TURNS THIEF AT MULTIPLEX, CCTV SPILLS THE BEANS
Abhinav Kumar, a security guard at DT Cinemas, has been accused of stealing cash worth Rs 15.90 lakhs from a locker of the multiplex at DLF Place mall in Saket. A case has been lodged against him at the police station in Saket. A CCTV footage helped identify Abhinav as the person who committed the theft.
As per the compliant lodged by Anuj Bakshi, the manager of DT Cinemas, 'There is a safe in the manager's room. The collections from the sale of tickets used to be put in this locker. There are two keys to the locker, one of which is kept with the manager on duty, while the accountant of the multiplex has the other key. The lock is such, that until both the keys are placed together, the locker can't be opened.'
He added, ' According to customs, we put Saturday's and Sunday's collections in the locker in the presence of the guard. The guard was on duty through the morning and evening. On Monday morning when we entered the room, we found that the locker was open and the cash was gone.'
'The CCTV footage of the multiplex office showed Abhinav, who was on night shift enter the manager's room at 5.25am on Monday. He is seen coming out of the room at 6.07am with a white packet in his hand,' the police said.
Anuj told the police that after stealing the cash, Abhinav went to Anuj’s house on some work.
Rakesh, the supervisor on duty spotted him and asked him about the packet. But Abhinav said it was food and left.
'A case has been registered against Abhinav and a hunt is on nab him,' a police official said.
In a bizarre incident in Greater Noida on Wednesday, a goon trying to flee after robbing a car succumbed to bullet injury from his own pistol that backfired. The incident took place near to the inauguration site of the Yamuna Expressway, to be opened for the public on Thursday.
Ironically, Noida police has been claiming fool-proof security for the inauguration of the expressway.
According to police, two robbers on a bike were waiting for one Nitish Kumar, driver of an Innova car, who had come to receive the staff of a Dental College in Greater Noida. As Kumar came at the gate of the college, the duo stopped him on the pretext of asking for route and overwhelmed him on the gunpoint.
They tied his hands and feet with a rope and put him on the rear seat of the vehicle. They then drove towards Pari Chowk. All these places concerned, including the inauguration site, fall in the jurisdiction of Kasna police station of Greater Noida.
It’s pertinent to mention that several VVIPs and senior officers are slated to witness the inauguration on Thursday.
‘The robbers had put their pistol on the dashboard, which fired as the car stopped with a sudden jerk on a speed breaker. The bullet hit one of the goons and he died on the spot,’ said a senior police official of Kasna police station in Greater Noida.
The other goon left the vehicle and ran away. Meanwhile, the staff in the college alerted the police, who reached the spot and chased the car. The injured goon was rushed to the nearby Sharda Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
The police, however, could neither identify the deceased nor the absconding goon. ‘Initial investigation in the case indicates personal rivalry among two groups,’ said an investigation officer.
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22-YEAR-OLD GANG-RAPED BY FELLOW COLLEGE STUDENTS
A 22-year-old college girl was repeatedly gang-raped by four boys in Gurgaon in the first week of August. The main accused in the case, 23-year-old Rahul was arrested by Gurgaon Police on Tuesday night. It has been alleged that was the victim's lover, while the other three boys were his friends. Both the victim and Rahul are students at the DSD college in New Railway Road in Gurgaon.
'The victim's parents had reported that their daughter had missing since 3 August. On Tuesday, we found both the victim and Rahul and brought them to the police station, said Surender Pal, deputy commissioner of police (West).
Pal added that the victim has said that she was assaulted and gang-raped by the four accused. 'A medical examination has confirmed hat she was been gang-raped and assaulted. A case under section-366 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against Rahul and the three other boys,' Pal added.
'The victim and the main accused were both second year students at the DSD College and residents of Gurgaon. She was taken to Alwar on 3 August and gang raped for several days,' police said.
'Rahul's other friends, who have been identified as Manish, Sawant and Rambir are being hunted,' the police officer said. Manish and Rambir are fellow students at the same college as Rahul and the victim, while the fourth accused, Sawant, is a resident of Alwar.
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OLD KARMA CATCHES UP WITH ‘ASCETIC’ ON THE MOVE
A middle-aged man, who calls himself an ascetic, was arrested for allegedly killing his friend after an argument over loan money in 2010.
Anand Swaroop Rathi, who last stayed in a rented accommodation in Ghaziabad, was arrested for the murder of 57-year-old Peter Franklin on 27 July, 2010 in Connaught Place in the capital, police said.
The case was cracked by a Special Team that was formed on the orders of the Police Commissioner for dealing with old, heinous, blind and pending cases.
Police concluded that Rathi had murdered Franklin as both were last seen together and the former had vacated his rented room after the latter was found murdered. ‘He used to roam all over India in the garb of sadhu, Sikh nihang or shanti bhakt. He was not using any mobile phone and was not in constant touch with any person,’ K C Dwivedi, additional commissioner of police, New Delhi, said.
He said Rathi had earlier worked with the Air Force and Delhi Home Guards. Based on a specific input, police arrested Rathi from Connaught Place.
‘On questioning, Anand Swaroop Rathi admitted to have known Peter Franklin. He further informed that Peter Franklin had extended a loan of Rs 40,000 to him and was pressurising him to return the same.
‘On 27 July, 2010 they had a heated argument and things got out of hand. Rathi stabbed Peter in a fit of rage,’ Dwivedi said.
TWO HELD IN FAKE PAPERS RACKET
With the arrest of two persons, Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have smashed a gang allegedly involved in printing and selling fake driving licences and registration certificates.
Shiv Kumar Yadav, 31, and Bappi Hussain, 50, were apprehended here on Tuesday on a tip-off, DCP (Crime) Sanjay Kumar Jain said.
Hussain was the first to be arrested from Jahangirpuri allegedly with six forged driving licences and his questioning led to Yadav.
Hussain told police that he was lured into crime allegedly by someone named Shokeen three years ago.
‘When Shokeen stopped his illegal activities and shifted to an unknown location, Hussain started looking for another accomplice and came in contact with Yadav, who used to make rubber stamps.
The two started making forged driving licenses. ‘Yadav was computer savvy. Hussain would look for people and offer them driving licenses for Rs 1,500 and registration certificates for Rs 2,000,’ Jain said.
GUARD TURNS THIEF AT MULTIPLEX, CCTV SPILLS THE BEANS
Abhinav Kumar, a security guard at DT Cinemas, has been accused of stealing cash worth Rs 15.90 lakhs from a locker of the multiplex at DLF Place mall in Saket. A case has been lodged against him at the police station in Saket. A CCTV footage helped identify Abhinav as the person who committed the theft.
As per the compliant lodged by Anuj Bakshi, the manager of DT Cinemas, 'There is a safe in the manager's room. The collections from the sale of tickets used to be put in this locker. There are two keys to the locker, one of which is kept with the manager on duty, while the accountant of the multiplex has the other key. The lock is such, that until both the keys are placed together, the locker can't be opened.'
He added, ' According to customs, we put Saturday's and Sunday's collections in the locker in the presence of the guard. The guard was on duty through the morning and evening. On Monday morning when we entered the room, we found that the locker was open and the cash was gone.'
'The CCTV footage of the multiplex office showed Abhinav, who was on night shift enter the manager's room at 5.25am on Monday. He is seen coming out of the room at 6.07am with a white packet in his hand,' the police said.
Anuj told the police that after stealing the cash, Abhinav went to Anuj’s house on some work.
Rakesh, the supervisor on duty spotted him and asked him about the packet. But Abhinav said it was food and left.
'A case has been registered against Abhinav and a hunt is on nab him,' a police official said.
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