New Delhi:

A 30-year-old female graphic designer and a henchman, who she had hired to burn the face of her ex-boyfriend, have been arrested in outer Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area, an officer said on Monday.

The woman wanted to take revenge from her ex-boyfriend and colleague for jilting her and getting engaged to someone else, the officer said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Jimmy Chiram said Omkar, 24, who is also a graphic designer, was attacked by three people in Ranhola area on June 19.

The three came on a motorcycle and attacked him with a knife, cut him at several places, he said.

Police pulled the CCTV camera footage of the area and the call details of Omkar to zero in on the woman and the three attackers.

On June 23, based on a secret input, a trap was laid near Dwarka Mor and one of the suspects, Vikash, was arrested, Chiram said.

During interrogation, Vikash revealed that he, along with Harsh alias Bali and Rohan, had attacked Omkar with a knife.

He also disclosed the hideout of the woman at whose behest they carried out the attack.

The woman, whose name was withheld by police and lives near Tilak Nagar Metro Station, was held from Nihal Vihar, he said.

The woman revealed that she and Omkar both were colleagues and had been having an affair for the last three years.

She became infuriated when he became engaged to some other woman and hired the three men for Rs 30,000 to carry out an acid attack and also gave them a bottle filled with acid, police said.

The woman also alleged the victim threatened to upload her private pictures online when she objected to his engagement, the DCP said.

According to the plan, the men contracted were supposed to throw acid at Omkar’s face, but couldn’t and had to decamp after knifing him, he said.

A hunt is on for two other accused, he added.

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New Delhi:

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for an alleged extortion attempt on a doctor who runs a private clinic in the Janakpuri area here, police said on Friday.

During the interrogation, the accused, Ashok Kumar, told the police that he was in urgent need of money to purchase a new flat in Delhi and therefore planned to extort money from the doctor, they added.

According to the police, Kumar delivered an extortion letter in the doctor’s clinic. He threatened to kill the doctor if he failed to meet his demand and named jailed Haryana gangster Manoj Baba in the letter to create terror to yield the extortion money.

“On June 3, a man who was wearing a mask had delivered a letter in the clinic of a doctor in Janakpuri. The man threatened the doctor to kill him if he failed to meet the extortion demand. He also named the jailed Haryana-based gangster Manoj Baba in the letter,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (special cell) Manoj C said.

Following the incident, an FIR was registered and the case was handed over to the special cell, the DCP said.

On June 15, the police got a tipoff that the accused was near the Jai Vihar area here, after which a team laid a trap near Chhath Park and the suspect was apprehended, he added.

“During interrogation, he (accused) admitted that in order to gain quick money he delivered a letter with the threat to kill the doctor,” the DCP said.

Kumar also revealed that he worked in a private firm but did not have any fixed source of income. He was in urgent need of money in order to purchase new flat as he was pressured by his wife, the officer said.

The police said the accused chose three high profile clinics in Janakpuri and then zeroed in at a clinic with heavy rush of patients, believing it to be minimum risk target.

Kumar hails from Kurukshetra in Haryana but has been residing in Delhi for a long time. He is a B.Com graduate and he told the police that he was hatched the extortion plan after inspiration from from TV serials, the DCP said. 

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Noida:

A Greater Noida resident has allegedly fallen victim to a cyber fraud that cost him Rs 20.54 lakh after he was lured into the scam through a text message offering a work-from-home job, which involved rating hotels on Google Maps for monetary rewards.

The police said they have registered an FIR against an unidentified accused and launched investigation into the case, which took place in January this year but reported to them only on Monday.

In his complaint to the police, Sandeep Kumar, who lives in Chi-1 sector of Greater Noida, said, “I received the text on his WhatsApp number that I can do a work-from-home job in which I need to rate hotels on Google Maps and I will receive money in return as rewards.” He was then added to a Telegram group with about 100 members, where he started performing the rating tasks. As he continued, the tasks soon included investment activities, according to the FIR.

“I started rating the hotels etc. With these tasks, there were some investment tasks too where I invested Rs 50,000 first, but I couldn’t withdraw the money from the website,” Sandeep Kumar said, adding that when attempted to withdraw his money, he was asked to pay an additional Rs 5 lakh as tax.

Realising he had been defrauded,Sandeep Kumar found himself unable to access the Rs 20,54,464 he had invested, he claimed.

“They asked me to pay Rs 5 lakh more as tax to their account, where I got to know that I have been a victim of financial fraud. I am not able to withdraw my approximately Rs 20,54,464 invested money,” Sandeep Kumar stated.

In addition to the financial loss, Sandeep Kumar alleged he has been receiving “death threats” from the fraudsters via Telegram and phone calls.

“I am getting death threats from these people on Telegram as well as on calls to defreeze the accounts,” he added.

A police official said an FIR was registered at the Cyber Crime police station in Noida Sector 36 and the matter is under investigation.

“The FIR has been registered under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 506 (criminal intimidation), and provisions of the Information Technology Act,” the local police official added.

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New Delhi:

A 22-year-old woman was strangled allegedly by her husband over matrimonial dispute on Wednesday in southwest Delhi, police said.

The killed woman was identified as Pooja, a resident of Rajokri, they said.

“On Wednesday at 12.38 pm, a PCR call was received regarding a murder at Vasant Kunj South police station following which a team was rushed to the spot,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Rohit Meena said.

“Prima facie matrimonial dispute seems the reason behind murder. From the initial examination of the dead body, it has been found that the death is due to strangulation,” said the DCP.

During the initial enquiry, the police found that Pooja and her husband Abhishek had gotten married a month ago. Both had married for the second time. While Abhishek had no children from his first marriage, Pooja had a son.

Police said that the Forensic Science Laboratory team and crime team have inspected the spot. A case is being registered and multiple teams are working to nab the accused.

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New Delhi:

A 20-year-old man was stabbed to death by eight attackers in Delhi’s Sangam Vihar on Saturday night.

Shocking CCTV visuals show the 20-year-old surrounded by his killers and dragged down a narrow street as they stab and kick him in a blind fury. The horrific assault continues for several seconds – even as over half-a-dozen eyewitnesses, including several on two-wheelers, stand by and do nothing.

As the minute-long CCTV clip plays out, some of the attackers break off and watch as four of them drag their victim back down the street while continuing their savage attack.

Thirty seconds into the clip – it is unclear how long the attack went on before it was caught on camera – the teen is pushed to the side of the road, and his bloodied shirt reveals the multiple stab wounds.

Police Case Filed

Police were alerted after staff at the Majeedia Hospital said they had admitted a patient – identified as Dilshad, a resident of the area – who had been assaulted with a knife and was in “critical condition”.

Authorities rushed to the hospital and found Dilshad being treated for multiple stab injuries on his chest and other parts of his body. He was on a ventilator to assist in breathing and was swiftly referred to the Delhi government-run Safdarjung Hospital for better treatment. He was not able to give a statement.

However, a police case was filed on the basis of information provided by the hospital and eight suspects – all minors – were taken into custody. All are also residents of Sangam Vihar.

Initial inquiries have revealed the murder followed a fight that took place last year.