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Woman ‘dies by suicide’ after her boyfriend refused to marry her due to his sister’s disapproval

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2 weeks ago

May 16, 2023

A woman died by suicide after her boyfriend refused to marry her due to his sister’s disapproval. The police have booked the boyfriend and his sister for abetting her suicide in Mumbai. The deceased had made a written complaint about the sister’s threatening messages a day before her death.

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According to Hindustan times report, a day after a 19-year-old woman died by suicide, the police booked her boyfriend and his sister for abetting her suicide. The mother of the deceased filed a complaint holding the two responsible for the death of her daughter. The woman was allegedly upset about the man refusing to marry her at his sister’s insistence.

The woman, who lived in Bharat Nagar, Bandra East, had consumed rat poison on May 6. She was rushed by family members to Bhabha Hospital and was later shifted to Sion Hospital where she passed away on Sunday. According to the Bandra Kurla Complex police, while still undergoing treatment, she had handed over a letter to her mother which revealed that her former boyfriend suddenly refused to marry her as his sister did not approve of her.

As per the complaint filed by the mother, the deceased woman had met the 23-year-old man while she was living with her uncle in Mumbra, six months ago. “Around four months ago, she had shifted to the place in Bharat Nagar. She had also told me that she was in a relationship and would get married to her boyfriend after Ramzan,” the mother said in her statement to the police.

A senior officer of the BKC police station said that the complainant had also spoken to her daughter while she was admitted at Sion Hospital. “At the time, she was told that the boyfriend had refused to marry the deceased and had broken up with her. As he was not taking the calls she made, she visited his home where his sister spoke very rudely to the deceased,” said the officer. He added that not only did the sister drive the deceased out of their home but used some harsh words, threatening her to not pursue her brother anymore.

Police said that the mother claimed it was the stress caused by this situation that led to her daughter consuming poison. The mother also mentioned that the sister had sent some threatening and abusive text messages to the deceased, about which the deceased had made a written complaint to BKC police on May 5, a day before she took the extreme step.

The police said they have booked the two accused on charges of abetment to suicide, an intentional insult that causes provocation which will cause him to break the public peace or to commit any other offence and threat to cause death or grievous hurt to another person.

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Girl ‘stabbed to death’ by her boyfriend

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2 days ago

May 29, 2023

Agencies

A 16-year-old girl was brutally stabbed to death allegedly by her boyfriend in Delhi’s Rohini On Saturday. The accused have been identified as Sahil and the incident took place in the Shahbad Dairy police station area.

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According to a report by the news agency ANI, Sahil and the girl were in a relationship and they got into a quarrel on Saturday. The accused was going to attend her friend’s son’s birthday when the accused intercepted her, stabbed her multiple times, and also hit her multiple times with a stone.

#WATCH | "A murder case was reported yesterday in the Shahbad Dairy PS limits. A team has been formed and an investigation is underway. The accused has been identified. We will soon arrest him," says Suman Nalwa, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Delhi https://t.co/xInXpM46He pic.twitter.com/bNZC68Aqf6— ANI (@ANI) May 29, 2023

The police have also filed a complaint into the matter under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Shahbad Dairy police station, said officials.

Speaking about the incident, Suman Nalwa, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Delhi said, “A murder case was reported yesterday in the Shahbad Dairy PS limits. A team has been formed and an investigation is underway. The accused has been identified. We will soon arrest him.”

A CCTV video of the incident also went viral on social media. It shows the boy stabbing the 16-year-old several times outside a house. Several people can also be seen stopping by while walking on the road. However, no one came forward to save the girl and all of them silently walked away.

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E-rickshaw battery explodes in Lucknow, 3 of a family killed, 2 injured

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3 weeks ago

May 12, 2023

Agencies

A woman, her minor son and niece succumbed to injuries caused due to an explosion in an e-rickshaw battery inside their house, under the Babu Banarasi Das police station limits, on Thursday night, senior police officials said on Friday.

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According to Hindustan times report, one Roli, 25, wife of Ankit Kumar Goswami, an e-rickshaw driver, was sleeping in their rented house in Niwazpurwa locality, near Juggaur crossing of BBD police station area, along with her daughter, Siya, 8; son, Kunj, 3, and her seven-month-old son, Chotu. Her niece, Riya, 9, was also with them.

“The man was charging a couple of batteries of the e-rickshaw inside their room. Prima facie, it appears that one of the batteries exploded due to overcharging on Thursday at around 5 am,” said station house officer (SHO) of the police station, Vinay Kumar Saroj.

Goswami, who had gone outside the house to attend a nature’s call, narrowly escaped the explosion that shook the entire neighbourhood.

Roli and the four children who were inside the room sustained injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital.

“The woman, along with her son, Kunj, and niece, Riya, succumbed to injuries on Thursday night. The infant and her daughter are currently in hospital,” said the SHO.

Police sent the bodies for a post-mortem examination on Friday and is probing the matter.

According to locals, the family was a native of Barabanki and were living in Lucknow in rented accommodation.

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J&K: Centre blocks 14 mobile messenger apps in big crackdown on terror groups

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1 month ago

May 1, 2023

Agencies

In a big crackdown on terrorist activities, the Centre has banned 14 mobile messaging applications which were allegedly being used by terror groups, largely in Jammu and Kashmir, to communicate with their supporters and Over Ground Workers (OGW) and also receive instructions from Pakistan, sources said.

The banned apps include Crypviser, Enigma, Safeswiss, Wickrme, Mediafire, Briar, BChat, Nandbox, Conion, IMO, Element, Second Line, Zangi, and Threema.

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The action was taken on the recommendation of security and intelligence agencies. A list of apps that pose a threat to national security and do not follow Indian laws was prepared, and the concerned ministry was informed of the request to ban them. These apps have been blocked under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the official added.

In official communications to higher-ups, the intelligence agencies informed that these apps are spreading terror propaganda in the Valley, ANI said.

“Agencies keep track of channels used by Overground workers (OGWs) and terrorists to communicate among themselves. While tracking down one of the communication, agencies found that the mobile application does not have representatives in India, and it is difficult to track down activities happening on the app,” an official told news agency ANI.