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suspected case of Honour killing 3 held for girl’s murder
In a suspected case of honour killing, Rengasamy, a tractor mechanic, unable to tolerate the activities of his eighteen-year-old daughter, murdered her with the help of his relatives.
The girl living in Ramanathan Street at S S Colony, used to frequently converse with her boy friends over mobile phone.
To put an end to continuous talk, Rengasamy, suspecting that she was having affairs with several boys, sent her to a relative’s house in Chennai to continue her education.
Even at Chennai, she did not mend her ways.
Her cell phone was snatched and she was returned to Madurai recently.
She was also forced to discontinue her education.
An infuriated Rengasamy colluded with his relatives Moorthy, Velmurugan and a private hospital compounder Balu and hatched a plan to kill his daughter to retain the honour of the family. They administered with a poisonous injection to the girl and also poured the poison into her mouth at her residence.
The incident took place on Tuesday between 9 am and 2.30 pm.
She informed her mother about the treatment meted out to her by her relatives.
The girl was rushed to the Government Rajaji Hospital, where she died on Tuesday night.
Based on a complaint lodged by her mother R Lakshmi, police arrested Moorthy, Velmurugan and Balu.
They are on the look out for Rengasamy, who has been absconding since the report of the incident.
A special team has been formed to arrest Rengasamy.
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab “shall be hanged by neck till he is dead.”
Posted by ganesh in Court, Departments, Health, Information, Murders, Other, Weapons, government, illegal, lawyer, terrorist on May 7th, 2010
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab “shall be hanged by neck till he is dead.” These crucial words were pronounced by the Special Sessions Court in Mumbai on Thursday, while sentencing to death the lone surviving gunman of the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Kasab was given the death penalty on five counts: murder, abetment to murder, waging war, criminal conspiracy and committing terrorist acts. He was also awarded life imprisonment on five counts: attempt to murder in furtherance of a common intention, kidnapping and abducting in order to murder, conspiracy to wage war, collecting arms with the intention of waging war and causing explosion thus endangering life and property.
“Aapko char offences ke liye sazaye maut di jaati hai,” Judge M L Tahaliyani told Kasab after he read out the order. “You have been given the death penalty for murdering Indian citizens, police officers, conspiring with Lashkar leaders and committing terrorist acts. The court has said while giving the judgment that you shall be hanged unto death,” Tahaliyani told Kasab.
The Indian Penal Code Sections under which Kasab has been given death penalty are: 302 (murder), 302 read with 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging war), 302 read with 34 (common intention) and 302 read with 109 (abetment) read with 120 B.
In addition, he has been given death for the offence punishable under Section 16 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. For the other offences, he was awarded rigorous imprisonment, simple imprisonment and imposed with fines.
The special sessions court in its reasoning for the sentence stated: “There is no evidence of mental or emotional disturbance. On the contrary, he appeared to be mentally prepared. The court has taken note that this man voluntarily went to the office of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. No leader took him there. He along with his friend Muzaffar went from place to place without being accompanied by anybody. He offered to become a mujahid. He was prepared to face all kinds of training. He refused the option of returning to his relatives’ place and preferred to [remain at the training. There is no chance of reformation or rehabilitation of such a person. The way he has committed the offence gives the court no scope for considering his reformation or rehabilitation.”
In agreement with the prosecution's argument of unimaginable brutality, the court noted, “[The memory of] brutality was writ large on the faces of the witnesses. When you read the evidence of witnesses at CST [Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus], see the photographs of [photographer] Sebastian D’Souza, I don’t think any words are required to describe the brutality. Some witnesses were not even ready to be police witnesses although having seen the incident, and some were not ready to come to court although their statement had been recorded by the police.”
Commenting on the incident, Mr. Tahaliyani said, “There are no words to explain the exceptional depravity seen in the initial stages of commission of offence. When he fired indiscriminately, it was without any regard; children and women were killed.”
Meanwhile, Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said the verdict in the 26/11 case was a message to Pakistan that it cannot meddle in India’s affairs and to terrorists that they would face the same fate as Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab.
Speaking to reporters, he said, “Pakistan cannot meddle with the lives and properties of [our people] and if any terrorist is encouraged by them, he will meet the same fate as Kasab. The verdict sends a message to all terrorists — you land in India and you will meet the same fate.”
Police have arrested Killers of rowdy, his advocate
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Court, Departments, Information, Murders, arrested, illegal, lawyer, police on May 6th, 2010
Chennai suburban police have arrested four persons in the murder of a notorious rowdy and his advocate near the Poonamallee Court complex recently.
The rowdy Chenna alias Chennakesavalu and his advocate were hacked to death by a 10-member gang while he was having lunch in his car near the court complex where he had come for a trial in an explosives case on 30 April.
Speaking to reporters today, Suburban Police Commissioner S R Jangid said six special teams, formed to catch the culprits, apprehended the four near suburban Parivakkam. Interrogations with them revealed that they were associates of rowdy ‘Arcot’ Suresh, key accused in a murder case.
The murder was a fallout of a personal enmity between ‘Arcot’ Suresh and Chenna, he said and added that the duo had constant trouble for more than 15 years since the former’s wife Anjalai eloped with Chenna.
The Commissioner said that over 21 persons were involved in the whole murder plan however only nine of them were present on the scene of crime. ‘We are on the lookout for 17 more persons who were involved in the crime. We have seized a motorcycle, a car and three sickles from the accused,’ he said.
The arrested were Velmurugan (24) of Nandambakkam, Rakesh (24) of K K Nagar, Satheesh (23) of Kunrathur and Raji (23) of Nandambakkam.
Chenna was residing in Chennai for the past 18 years and set up a gas agency at Pulianthope, he said and added that Chenna was arrested by the police in about 23 criminal offences, most of which ended in acquittal.
He was involved in the murder case of one Vijayakumar in Egmore Court in year 1996 and two other murder case in 2006. He was detained under the Goondas Act in 1994, 1996 and 2003.
‘Arcot’ Suresh was an accused in the murder case of one Srinivasan in Vijayawada in 2002 and Paramasivam of Kancheepuram.
The Supreme Court has imposed a stay on the double murder case
Posted by ganesh in Chennai, Court, Departments, Health, Information, Murders, illegal, police on April 22nd, 2010
The Supreme Court has imposed a stay on the direction of the Madras High Court to the Tamilnadu government to appoint a special officer or hand over probe to the CBI in the double murder at Ashok Nagar, Chennai.
It may be noted that the city police went on an appeal in the apex court against the direction stating that the court had overlooked many facts.
The police, in its appeal, further stated that the court observation that the investigation officer did not make any attempt to secure Senthil Kumaran who, according to Varadharajan, a fingerprint expert and private detective, was the real killer and that it had not recorded his statement was not correct.
Senthil was secured after a Tamil magazine published an article based on video clippings submitted by Varadharajan, giving a different twist to the murder case.
The investigating officer also secured Krishnakumar, who makes the statement on the video that it was his friend Senthil Kumar who murdered Ananthalakshmi and her son Suraj.
Ananthalakshmi and her son Suraj were murdered in their house in September last. Ashok Nagar police conducted the investigation and arrested four persons in connection with the crime.
While so, a bi-weekly magazine, published an article in its issue dated 18 October, 2009, stating that a compact disc (CD), giving more particulars about the murder, was handed over to the police officer concerned by a responsible person, but no action was taken on that.
Varadarajan submitted to the police that the CD contained the statement of another accused Krishnakumar giving more details about the murder.
The police contended that the statement given by Krishnakumar was fabricated, recorded only to give a twist to the murder case.
Varadarajan, an advocate, could not do private detective business. He also cannot interfere in the investigation which was already in progress.
The unwarranted act of Varadarajan had caused trouble to the investigating agency (IA) and marred the reputation of the police. This act should be considered as a serious offence and his custodial interrogation was necessary.
In his petition seeking advance bail, Varadarajan submitted that he had done so in good faith. It was not his intention to divert the investigation process.
It was only to help the police find out the real culprits. Instead of verifying the statement made by Krishnakumar, the police wanted to arrest the petitioner and harass him.
Following which bail was granted to him.
Two notorious criminals were hacked to death by an unidentified gang
Posted by ganesh in Death, Departments, Health, Information, Murders, Other, Raid, Virudhunagar, illegal, police on April 8th, 2010
Two notorious criminals were hacked to death by an unidentified gang at Manjal Odaipatti village near Sattur, here early today.
Police said the deceased Muthu Ravi (39) and his associate Karthick (33), against whom several cases, including of murder, attempt to murder, robbery, money extortion were pending were waylaid and brutally murdered by an armed gang, when they were going to Manjal Odaipatti village in a two-wheeler.
On information, senior police officials rushed to the spot and held enquiries.
The bodies were removed to the Government Hospital at Sattur for post-mortem.
A large number of policemen were deployed in and around the village to prevent any untoward incident following the double murder.
Gang attacked habitual offender in Madurai
A nine-member armed gang attacked a 29-year-old habitual offender in Teppakulam police station limits on Tuesday, in which he died. Four persons surrendered in a court in Usilampatti on Wednesday.
Police said that Pandithurai, son of Dharmaraj, alias Pandi alias ‘Rogue’ Pandi of Deiva Kanni Amman Street, Anupanadi, had been detained under Goondas Act thrice under various charges in the past.
Apart from this, over 10 criminal cases were pending in Teppakulam, Keerathurai and Avaniapuram police station limits.
The modus operandi of Pandi would be to commit robbery and kill the victims, a senior officer said.
The rival gang, which chased Pandi on Tuesday night, attacked him with deadly weapons. He suffered as many as nine injuries all over the body, which was lying in a pool of blood near Teachers’ Colony. Teppakulam police registered a case of murder and seized a mobile phone from the scene of crime.
Shutters downed
As the news spread, shops in and around Anupanadi downed shutters fearing trouble from antisocial elements belonging to Pandi group. A large posse of policemen were deployed in the area.
After conducting post-mortem on Wednesday, when the body was being taken to Pandi’s home from Government Rajaji Hospital, some of his supporters pelted stones against two SUVs and an auto rickshaw on the Panagal Road. Tension prevailed for sometime. Madhichiyam police picked up three persons in this connection.
The body was cremated amid tight security and there was no untoward incident, police added.
Surrender
Meanwhile, four persons identified as Mohan, Vicky alias Vignesh, Ramaguru and Satish surrendered before the court in Usilampatti in connection with the murder. While three persons figured in the FIR registered by Teppakulam police,
Satish surrendered as the police had reportedly seized his mobile phone from the scene of crime, an investigation officer said. Special teams have been formed.
Supporter of the Opposition AIADMK was hacked to death
A supporter of the Opposition AIADMK was hacked to death by supporters of a ruling DMK functionary due to previous enmity at suburban Guduvancherry last night.
Police said Ibrahim (23), who owns a juice shop, was having dinner with three of his friends, when a wordy duel broke out between him and Arun, son of DMK local functionary George.
The wordy duel turned ugly when Arun and his friends attacked Ibrahim with lethal weapons, killing him on the spot.
Police arrested Arun (28) and his friends Selvamani(26), Saravanan(25) and Prasanna (28) in connection with the murder.
Notorious Criminal Vice President Sridhar arrested under the Goondas Act
Posted by ganesh in Attack, Information, Kancheepuram, Murders, Other, Rape, Smugglings, Vellore, arrested, bomb, cheating, illegal, police, terrorist on March 12th, 2010
Notorious Criminal, Bootlegger and Kancheepuram Panchayat Union Committee Vice President Sridhar was arrested under the Goondas Act.
Following a directive from District Collector, Sridhar was yesterday formally arrested under the Act.
The orders were served at the Vellore Central Prison where he was lodged.
This was the fifth time the Act was being invoked against Sridhar.
Police had recently arrested Sridhar, against whom 60 cases were pending, at a five star restaurant in Chennai along with seven others and seized a car carrying country-made bombs and lethal weapons.
He was later taken to the Vellore Central Prison.
Following a recommendation from SP Prem Anand Sinha, Sridhar was formally arrested under the Goondas Act.
Sridhar had more than 60 cases pending against him including those involving murder and illegal sale of liqour.
CPI(M) workers attack a private Tamil Channel which claimed WRV’s death row
Posted by ganesh in Attack, Chennai, Communication, Culture, Information, Murders, Other, Political, illegal on March 5th, 2010
Enraged activists of CPI(M) today attacked a private Tamil Satellite Channel which claimed that the missing Marxist leader W R Varadarajan, who had presumably committed suicide, had in fact been murdered.
The Channel owned by the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), in its news bulletin since last night, quoted the post mortem report and said the veteran CPI(M) leader, who went missing on February 11, was strangulated to death.
To substantiate its claim, the channel said the strangulation marks on the either side of the neck suggested that Varadarajan was strangulated to death and his body was thrown into a lake.
Taking objections to the report, CPI(M) workers, carrying party flags, picketed the Channel office, staged an agitation and pelted stones, damaging the window panes.
Not to be outdone, a PMK Ward Councillor, along with his supporters attacked the CPI(M) State Office at Vaidhyaraman street in T Nagar and damaged the window panes.
A highly decomposed body was recovered from a lake on February 13 and was kept in the mortuary of the Government Hospital. Later it was identified as that of Varadarajan by his family members and the Party leaders and the body was cremated on February 20.
Wanted UP criminal nabbed in Chennai
Posted by ganesh in Attack, Chennai, Departments, Information, Murders, Other, arrested, illegal, police on March 4th, 2010
A most wanted criminal from Uttar Pradesh carrying a reward of Rs 50, 000 on his head was arrested in suburban Madhavaram last night.
Sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) and Chennai suburban police, in a joint operation, arrested Israr Paggal who was accused in crimes such as kidnapping, murder and attack on policemen.
Israr, who had been absconding for the past nine years, hails from Unnao district. He came to Chennai where he was working as a scrap-dealer near north Perumbakkam under the Madhavaram police station limits.
Based on a tip-off that Paggal had shifted his base to Chennai, UP police sought the help of Suburban Police Commissioner S R Jangid. In a subsequent joint operation, police trapped him near Madhavaram.
Paggal was allegedly involved in at least 37 cases of heinous crime registered with the Beconganj police station in Kanpur. He was notorious in Kanpur and Lucknow and had injured a sub-inspector in Gomtinagar, Lucknow. He used to extort money from many of the high profile people of the Industrial City.
Keeping in view his criminal activities, the UP police had also announced a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest.
Paggal is a wanted criminal and his name also figures into a kidnapping incident reported with the Gangaghat police station in Unnao on 5 May 2000.
The accused along with his associates had abducted an 18-year-old youth Farhatullah, son of Zafarullah of Gangaghat. The accused had demanded Rs 5 lakh as a ransom for the safe release of the youth.Paggal will be produced before the Chennai Metropolitan Magistrate Court later today and taken to Kanpur later.
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