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NDTV
4 hours ago
- NDTV
In Faridabad Shocker, Father-In-Law Confesses To Killing, Burying Woman
Faridabad: The body of 24-year-old Tanu Singh was exhumed from a pit in front of her marital home in Haryana's Faridabad, nearly two months after she was allegedly murdered and buried by her father-in-law. Tanu, originally from Shikohabad in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district, had been married to Arun Singh of Faridabad's Roshan Nagar for less than two years. Her decomposed body was recovered early Friday morning from a 10-foot-deep pit located on a public lane directly outside the Singh family home. The body was located beneath a recently constructed concrete slab that had been laid shortly after her disappearance. The father-in-law, Bhoop Singh, has confessed to the murder during interrogation. According to the police, on the night of April 21-22, Bhoop Singh allegedly strangled Tanu on the first floor of the house while his wife Sonia and son Arun were not present. He is then believed to have disposed of the body in a pit that had originally been dug for water drainage. "We are currently investigating the possible roles of other family members. The motive appears to be dowry-related, but further inquiries are ongoing," said ACP Rajesh Kumar Lochan. After the alleged murder, Bhoop Singh filed a missing person's report on April 25, claiming Tanu had disappeared. For weeks afterwards, he reportedly maintained that she had "gone to the market." Suspicion grew when Tanu's sister Preeti attempted to reach her by phone and received no response. Preeti said that her sister had been facing harassment over dowry since the early days of her marriage. She said that within months of the wedding in July 2023, Tanu returned to her maternal home and stayed there for over a year. "Tanu came back to live with us at our maternal home just months after the wedding because she was not being treated well," Preeti told reporters. "She stayed with us for over a year. When we finally sent her back, the torture resumed. They wouldn't let her speak to us, not even on phone calls." On April 23, neighbours say they saw an earthmover arrive outside the house. A pit approximately 10 feet deep was dug by Arun Singh and Bhoop Singh under the pretext of drainage construction. Two days later, on April 25, Bhoop Singh went to the police to file a missing complaint for Tanu. Tanu's body has been sent for forensic examination to determine the exact time and cause of death. Four members of the Singh family - Bhoop Singh, his wife Sonia, son Arun, and daughter Kajal - have been named in the First Information Report (FIR). According to ACP Lochan, Kajal and other family members were present in the house at the time of the alleged murder. Police are examining whether any of them had prior knowledge or involvement.
Indian Express
8 hours ago
- Indian Express
Gagged, threatened with sickle, Faridabad elderly couple robbed of valuables
In a case of daylight robbery, two armed men allegedly broke into the house of an elderly couple at Sector 15-A in Faridabad city, tied them up, and made off with ₹1.85 lakh cash, gold and diamond jewellery, and a car on Thursday. According to the police, the crime occurred in the afternoon when Raghunandan Gandhi, 80, and his wife Vijaya Gandhi, 75, were alone at the residence of their elder son Ashish, a London-based doctor. 'The robbers rang the doorbell asking for water and when Raghunandan went inside to fetch it, the duo jumped over the gate, entered the house, and overpowered the couple. They tied the couple's hands, legs, and mouth, and threatened them with a sickle, demanding money and jewellery,' said a police officer. When the couple said that they did not keep cash in the house and all the jewellery was in a bank locker, the robbers searched the premises and took approximately ₹1.85 lakh in cash, two gold bangles, a diamond pendant, four pairs of diamond studs, and a guild ring, stated the First Information Report based on the complaint filed by the couple's younger son Amit Gandhi, 34, of DLF Sector 10. Before fleeing, the robbers allegedly stole the family's Santro car, the police said. Amit told the police that he received a call from a neighbour around 2.27 pm informing him about the robbery and that his parents were in trouble. The police at the Central Police Station have registered a case under Sections 309(6), 333, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The Crime Branch has been roped in to assist in the investigation, a police spokesperson said. Amit said his parents have been injured and are still in trauma. 'They are having trouble speaking up,' he added.
India Today
14 hours ago
- India Today
Four arrested for impersonation, unauthorised entry at Military college campus
In a significant security breach, four civilians, including one impersonating an Indian Air Force officer, gained unauthorised entry into the highly secured Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) campus in Secunderabad on June to an official complaint filed by MCEME authorities with Trimulgherry Police Station, one of the suspects, Rajat Kumar Mishra, falsely claimed to be a Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force. He used a forged identity card to enter the premises through the MI Techno Chowk Gate at around 1:00 PM. He was accompanied by three others—one man and two group's movement raised suspicion when they reached the Jubilee Gate of the military facility and started taking photographs and recording videos. Acting promptly, the guards alerted the Provost Unit TASA and officials from the Southern Command Intelligence. The Quick Reaction Team (QRT) of MCEME swiftly apprehended all four individuals and handed them over to authorities for a joint investigation. The four individuals have been identified as Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Kumar, Aaliya Abbshi and Nagma Bano. The nature and intent behind their unauthorised entry, as well as the impersonation, are currently under investigation. Authorities have requested a First Information Report (FIR) be filed to initiate a full enquiry into the incident. The police have registered a case under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code, including Section 419 (cheating by impersonation), Section 420 (Cheating), Section 468 (Forgery for the purpose of cheating) and Section 471 – using forged documents as genuine. Must Watch
The Hindu
2 days ago
- The Hindu
Madras High Court directs DGP to ensure names of sexual offence victims do not find place even in FIR
Shocked to come across the name of a sexual harassment victim having been mentioned in the First Information Report (FIR), the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Director General of Police/Head of Police Force as well as Greater Chennai Commissioner of Police to ensure such incidents do not recur. Justice P. Velmurugan directed the DGP and Commissioner to issue strict instructions to all their subordinates that offences related to sexual offences against women and children must be dealt with the sensitivity that they deserve and the identity of the victims should not be revealed in any form. 'If any deviation is found, the entire police department would be held responsible and the court will take stringent action by way of initiating suo motu contempt,' the judge wrote and directed the Inspector of Kilpauk police station in Chennai to delete forthwith the name of the victim from the FIR before the court. 'The honourable Supreme Court has clearly given directions that the identity of victims of rape and other sexual offences should not be revealed in any form. But the investigating officers are not following either the law or the directions of the honourable Supreme Court,' the judge lamented. The orders were passed on a writ petition filed by the accused seeking a direction to the police to expedite the investigation and file a final report. Since the prosecution reported to have already filed the chargesheet, the judge disposed of the petition with general directions to the DGP and the Commissioner.
The Hindu
2 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
HDFC Bank CEO moves Bombay High Court over FIR by Lilavati Trust
HDFC Bank's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sashidhar Jagdishan has moved the Bombay High Court, seeking quashing of the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against him by Prashant Mehta, a permanent trustee of the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust, which oversees Lilavati Hospital. The FIR accused him of accepting a sum of ₹2.05 crore as a bribe to help the Chetan Mehta Group allegedly retain illegal control of the charitable trust. In his petition, Mr. Jagdishan has denied all allegations, terming the complaint as 'false and motivated,' and arguing that the FIR is a clear abuse of the process of law intended to malign his reputation. When the petition came up for hearing on Wednesday (June 18, 2025) before a Division Bench of Justices A.S. Gadkari and Rajesh Patil, both the judges recused themselves from hearing the case. Later in the day, the case was mentioned before another Division Bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Shyam Chandak, but Justice Kotwal recused from hearing the matter. The matter will now be reassigned to a new Bench by an administrative order of the Chief Justice and will be heard in due course of time. The FIR lodged earlier this month on June 6, with the Bandra Police Station under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant), and 420 (cheating) under Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, by the Trust through its authorised representative Prashant Mehta. The FIR was filed pursuant to an order of a Magistrate court at Bandra, following the Trust's application under Section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. A June 9 statement by the Trust claimed that the purported payment was part of a wider plan to loot the Trust and that the banker and his family enjoyed free medical treatment at the hospital. The Trust has further alleged that it has placed deposits and investments worth ₹ 48 crore with HDFC Bank since the financial year 2022, suggesting a conflict of interest. It also accused Mr. Jagdishan of offering ₹ 1.5 crore under the pretext of corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds, allegedly, to destroy and forge evidence in an internal Trust dispute. The Trust has also alleged that despite judicial findings and multiple complaints, HDFC Bank failed to act, violating Section 166 of the Companies Act and SEBI governance mandates. Senior advocate Amit Desai, representing Mr. Jagdishan, denied all the allegations and called them 'outrageous' and 'preposterous'. 'One of the most absurd allegations was that he received money from trustees. The absurdity of the allegation is that he allegedly received ₹2 crore to harass HDFC Bank borrowers,' Mr. Desai submitted. The FIR is a retaliatory measure stemming from HDFC Bank's recovery proceedings against Splendour Gems Limited — a company owned by the Mehta family — which has defaulted on loans amounting to ₹ 65.22 crore in loans as of May 31, he said. 'These actions follow recovery proceedings initiated by the bank against a company owned by the father of one of the trustees. They now use the façade of Lilavati Trust to take action against us,' Mr. Desai said. The petition read that the FIR is liable to be quashed by the High Court as it is an abuse of the legal process, and the allegations made in the FIR are wholly motivated by mala fide intentions and do not prima facie constitute any offence or make out a case against the petitioner. It also said that the petitioner has no relation whatsoever to the commission of the alleged offences, if any, and in fact the FIR is nothing but a malicious retaliation in relation to the ongoing recovery and enforcement proceedings initiated by HDFC Bank. 'The impugned order also ought to be quashed and set aside on the grounds that the impugned order is erroneous, bad in law as it has been passed in disregard to the mandatory requirements under Section 175 (3) of BNSS that should have been followed by the complainant.' The petition claimed that the present case against Mr. Jagdishan who has been recognised for his work by numerous awards and accolades, is nothing but a malicious attempt to scathe his name and reputation and of HDFC Bank that plays a significant role in the financial sphere of the country. 'Such criminal proceedings against the petitioner and the bank are the larger scheme of the debtors to scuttle away from paying the debt owned.'
