Lover's family pours kerosene on girl, burns her to death

Lucknow, June 14 (IANS)---  A woman was brutally assaulted and her daughter burnt alive in public view, and in the presence of the village panchayat, Uttar Pradesh Police said Friday. The incident occurred at Karahkol village of Deoria, 475 km from state capital Lucknow. Police have so far arrested two people in this connection and raids are being conducted at several places to apprehend other culprits. Police said a girl named Manju was in love with a boy named Ranjit of the same village. The boy's family opposed the relationship, and the matter was taken to the panchayat. At the panchayat meeting, Manju's mother pleaded that since the two loved each other, they should be allowed to marry. Incensed by the proposal, Jai Hind, Ranjit's father, and members of his family assaulted Manju's mother Gyanwati and rained blows and kicks on her. Manju rushed to help her mother as she was being attacked, and members of Ranjit's family doused her with kerosene and set her on fire. Police reached the spot on being informed of the incident. By that time, Manju, who was taken to a nearby medical facility, had died of burn injuries. A first information report (FIR) was filed based on the sequence of events narrated by Gyanwati, the girl's mother. Seven people have been charged with the crime, and two of them have been arrested. Policemen said the absconding five would soon be nabbed.

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Reingamphi Murder Case: Govt board conducts 2nd postmortem of Manipur girl

New Delhi, Jun 05, 2013 --- A medical board formed by the Delhi government at the request of the crime branch conducted the second postmortem of the Manipuri girl, Reingamphi Awungshi (22), for the second time on Tuesday.  The postmortem, led by Dr Anil Aggarwal from Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), was videographed following norms. Her viscera have also been preserved. The board included two more doctors from MAMC and Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital.  "We are expecting the results soon, following which we can decide on the direction of the probe. Besides the family's allegations of a possible murder, we are also investigating the south district's abetment-to-suicide case," said a senior police officer.  Reingamphi was found dead in her newly rented flat at Chirag Dilli last Wednesday. The family, which had refused to take her body alleging murder, accepted it after Tuesday's postmortem.  An additional DCP and an ACP, who are heading the probe, have visited the rented accommodation. "We have got all the required files and collected evidence from the spot. We saw the spot three days after the incident. Hence, we can't arrive at a conclusion easily," said an officer. The claim of an open rear door is the most "unusual" part of the entire scene, he added.  Investigators believe that questioning the landlord might provide leads. Cops will also question the landlord's brother-in-law, a male friend of the girl and the victim's roommate.  Police will also go to the Gurgaon beauty parlour where Reingamphi used to work. "We are trying to determine why she suddenly decided to move to Chirag Dilli two months ago" a source said. [TOI] --------------------------------------------------------- Manipuri girl's death: Cousins remember her as thoughtful, fun-loving Reingamphi Awungshi belonged to a small village called Choithar in the hills of Ukhrul, a three-hour ride from Imphal. Like most other youth of her village, she had to move out of the politically disturbed state in search of a job in the metros. Her skills as a make-up artist and beautician got her jobs in Chennai and later in Delhi.  She longed to visit her picturesque village often but had to cater to the demands of her career here. Even though she earned a meagre salary, she would send a part of it to her younger siblings and parents. Reingamphi and her cousins had already started planning for this year's Christmas feast back home.  On Tuesday, Reingamphi's cousins waited outside Maulana Azad Medical College mortuary for her postmortem to end. They looked worn out after close to a week of protests and petitioning to investigate her case. "She was jovial and fun-loving. She would make us laugh. Reingamphi loved taking photos. Whenever I used to visit her she would take so many pictures. She was certainly not depressed," said Chirmayo (24) who works in a BPO.  Reingamphi was fifth among eight siblings and her parents are farmers. They have not come to Delhi. "When I had informed them about her death, they did not say a word. They have lost their power to react. Her mother has fainted several times," said Chirmayo.  Reingamphi moved to Chennai after Class XII in search of a job.  "We don't have a college in our village. The job opportunities there are also not good. So we move to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai or Bangalore. But Delhi is increasingly becoming hostile to outsiders like us, especially women," said Singlai Athot, president of Tangkhul Katamnao Long, a student union. "Why is even registering an FIR so difficult in this city? The police could have cooperated with us. A section of cops sees us as outsiders which makes us vulnerable."  Another cousin of Reingamphi, Thotreithem (24), who works in the hospitality sector, remembers that his cousin loved cooking Tangkhul food. "She liked dressing up and she would cook her own food," he said. Reingamphi's cousins met her at the Chirag Dilli house on the 18th of last month. "She had complained to us about a relative of the landlord. We had told her that she could call us anytime if there is a problem. She had also come to our place in Kotla a few days ago," Thotreithem added.  Reingamphi's body will be taken to her village on Thursday. "She will be buried in her village," her cousin said. (Source: TOI)

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North East girl found dead in South Delhi's rented room Relatives suspect landlord’s hand

NEW DELHI, May 29, 2013 [The Sangai Express] --- A 21 year old girl, identified as Reingamphi Awungshi was found dead today at her rented room in Chirag, South Delhi. Reportedly, her landlord informed the Police and one of her friends who stays nearby, who in turn passed on the information to her relatives in Delhi. One of the relatives of the deceased told The Sangai Express that they came to know of the incident at about 11 am. Awungshi hailed from Chuithui in Ukhrul district. A CBI team was also called in and after thorough investigation inside closed door, the body was taken to AIIMS morgue at around 5.30 pm. The autopsy will be carried out tomorrow. Not ruling out the hand of the landlord and denying allegations of suicide by the landlord, Ningshen, a family representative said, "It cannot be suicide, her (Reingamphy) nose was broken, there was blood spread around her neck and face, there is a wound on her bare feet. She was also holding her mobile phone as well. We suspect murder." He further told reporters that he also came to know that the brother of the landlady had been trying to get close to her. The said person had also reportedly told her (Awungshi) to not worry about her rent and he repeatedly invited her to his room. Moreover , other family relatives also alleged, rape and sexual assault. After persistent enquiry despite all the neighbours who had gathered around the house keeping away from revealing the name of the landlord, two names came up, Raju Pandit and Surender Serawat, the former is the landlord and the latter the builder. Reingamphy had stayed in the room for about two months. Her rented room was just adjacent to the room of the landlord and his family.

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Teenaged girl shot dead in Delhi's Munirka area, father suspects role of relative

New Delhi, May 10, 2013 [INDIAN EXPRESS] --- A girl studying in Class XII was shot dead this morning allegedly by a youth in her house in south Delhi with her father alleging that a distant relative, who was stalking her, could be behind it.

The youth entered the house in Budh Vihar in Munirka area, closed the girl's room and pumped bullets into her chest, a senior police official said.

The victim has been identified as Pinki (18), a student of government school in RK Puram Sector 5.

"Her aunt was present in the house when the incident took place. After shooting her, the boy whose identity is yet to be ascertained, fled from the scene," the official said. The victim's aunt tried to chase the youth but he fled from the spot.

Pinki was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital where she was declared brought dead.

The victim's father Pritam said that he suspect one of his relatives to be behind the murder.

"He is a relative of my sister-in-law and my nephew. The person used to call me and threaten that he will kill my daughter. He was following my daughter since she was 13. He was forcing her to marry him," he claimed.

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25-year-old woman found murdered, husband suspected

Imphal, May 8, 2013 [Hueiyen News Service] --- A 25 years old housewife was found murdered after hitting with a club at Monumphai area near Kondong Lairembi, Moreh. The incident occurred around 2 pm yesterday. The victim has been identified as Nekhohat Kilong, w/o Vijay, a Non Manipuri worker of BRTF presently living at Moreh Ward No 9. There were injuries on the head of the victim. Police have also recovered a blood stained club from near the site where the victim was found. Even though police are yet to identify  the murderer, locals suspect the involvement of her husband. Moreh Police have registered a case over the incident and the body has been deposited at the mortuary of JNIMS for post mortem.

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Dr Rajesh Talwar killed Aarushi and Hemraj: CBI

New Delhi, April 24, 2013 [TOI/TNN] --- A CBI officer on Tuesday placed on record his view of the motive for the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder and the manner in which the crime was committed. On the fourth day of his cross-examination, CBI's investigating officer AGL Kaul told the Ghaziabad court that Aarushi's father Dr Rajesh Talwar killed her and Hemraj after finding them in an "objectionable position on Aarushi's bed". Kaul's statement supports Noida police's theory of May 23, 2008. The two were killed on the intervening night of May 15-16, 2008. Kaul also recreated the sequence of events relying on circumstantial evidence. However, defence counsel Satyaketu Singh told TOI: "It is all Kaul's imagination. His theory negates the circumstantial evidence he has talked about so far. If Hemraj was attacked in Aarushi's room, how come there was no trace of his blood in that room?" He also said Kaul was unable to explain the mix-up of pillows taken from the rooms of Hemraj and another domestic help, Krishna. CBI had initially cited a CDFD-Hyderabad report to claim that Krishna's pillow had Hemraj's DNA on it. Later, it verbally informed the Allahabad high court that the submission was based on a typographical error. "For this, CBI also got a fabricated reply from CDFD and they never put anything on record. Kaul personally managed the whole frame-up," Singh alleged. Kaul told court on Tuesday that both the accused (doctors Rajesh and Nupur Talwar) and the victims (Aarushi and Hemraj) were present in the house. There was no forced entry or theft, and the accused could not give a clear account of what happened that night, he added. The postmortem report says death occurred between midnight and 1am on May 16, 2008. Kaul claimed that Dr Rajesh Talwar, who was awake in his room, heard a sound around midnight and came to Hemraj's room through the lobby to investigate. He didn't find the help there but picked up one of the two golf sticks kept there. He next came to Aarushi's room which was shut but not locked. "He opened the door and saw Aarushi and Hemraj in an objectionable state on her bed," Kaul said, adding, Dr Talwar then attacked Hemraj on the head with the golf stick. The second blow, he claimed, fell on Aarushi's forehead. By the time Dr Nupur came to the room, Hemraj had fallen off the bed. The Talwar couple checked Aarushi's pulse and found her dead. They got scared and made a plan to kill Hemraj and hide his body, Kaul told court. He claimed Hemraj was wrapped in a sheet and dragged to the terrace where his throat was slit. The Talwars placed a cooler panel on the body, and locked the stairs from inside, before rearranging things in Aarushi's room and slitting her throat to make the murders seem like the handiwork of one person. "Nupur cleaned Aarushi's private parts and changed her clothes. After that they cleaned the bloodstains and collected the bloodstained clothes to dispose of in the morning along with the weapon."

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Man axes nine women to death in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, April 9, 2013 [CNN-IBN] --- A mentally unstable man carried out a bloodbath in Chhattisgarh's impoverished tribal-dominated Balrampur district on Thursday (Apr 4), axing to death nine girls and women aged between 2-65 years, police and eyewitnesses said. The bodies of four female adults and five minors, were lying in a pool of blood for hours in the terror-hit Barhatola village under Samri police station, and the accused, Pandu Nageshia, 35, was tracked down when Balrampur District Collector CR Prasanna and Superintendent of Police GS Darro reached there with a police contingent. "Its brutal killings by a man who is reportedly mentally unstable," Prasanna told IANS over phone from the village which comes under state's northern region, more than 400 km from Raipur. The bodies of four female adults and five minors, were lying in a pool of blood for hours in the terror-hit Barhatola village. "I am too in a state of shock after visiting the village and watching dead bodies scattered outside a house where the deceased belonging to two to three families had assembled as their male family members had gone out on daily work," he said. Prasanna along with Darro found extremely difficult to console several poverty-hit tribal people whose innocent relatives were butchered. Unfolding details of the shocking incident, Darro, quoting eye-witnesses, said Nageshia, who was armed with a sharp-edged weapon "tangia", suddenly went on a killing spree at around 1.30 pm and no one had an idea why he killed the nine - identified as Lalki Bai (60), Kusum Nageshia (4), Manju Nageshia (3), Sitamuni Bai (25), Priyanka (2), Machki Bai (65), Kalgi Bai (60), Sangeeta (10) and Sanjeeta (3).

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16-yr-old girl murdered by youth in Andhra, rape suspected

Hyderabad, Dec 31, 2012 (IANS) --- In yet another shocking incident, a 16-year-old girl was murdered by a youth in Andhra Pradesh's Ranga Reddy district. She was suspected to have been raped by the accused before killing her.

The girl, a student of Class 10, was found hanging from a tree Sunday evening in a farm in Dasarlapally village in Ranga Reddy district, about 100 km from here.

According to police, the girl, a student of a school at Kandukur, came to the village on a holiday and went to the field for some work. A few hours later, her body was found hanging from a mango tree.

A police officer said they found a 16-year-old youth in unconscious state nearby.

Police arrested U. Naresh, who allegedly attempted to rape the girl. When she resisted, he brutally assaulted her and hanged her from the tree.

The body was sent for autopsy. The police said they were investigating if the girl was raped before being killed.

The latest incident came even as four incidents of rapes and attempts to rape were reported from different parts of the state in last two days.

A police constable and a Village Administrative Officer (VAO) in Krishna district were booked on charges of raping women in two different incidents.

In another incident, a six-year-old girl was molested by a man in Prakasam district.

In the fourth incident, a police constable tried to kidnap a 16-year-old girl in Nalgonda district with an intention to rape her. Locals foiled the cop's attempt and handed him over to police.

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