New Delhi:

Terming the offence “brazen”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of a constable who shot dead his brother-in-law with his service weapon inside a police station more than two decades ago as he was irked over the victim’s alleged illicit relations with his wife.

A bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Rajesh Bindal trashed the plea of convict Surender Singh that the victim had come to kill him and the offence was committed in self-defence and hence, cannot be termed murder under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

“On every possible count, the case is nothing but a case of murder. The nature of the weapon used, the number of gunshots fired at the deceased, the part of the body where the gunshots were fired — all point towards the fact that the appellant was determined to kill the deceased. Ultimately, he achieved his task and made sure that the deceased was dead. By no stretch of logic is it a case of any lesser magnitude and definitely not culpable homicide not amounting to murder,” Justice Dhulia said in the 23-page judgment.

The top court refused to interfere with the judgments of the trial court and the Delhi High Court and vacated an interim order granting bail to the convict. “The facts of the case would reveal that the present case is of a brazen murder, committed inside a police station in Delhi,” it said.

“Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed. The interim order dated April 2, 2012 granting bail to the appellant hereby stands vacated and the appellant is hereby directed to surrender before the trial court within four weeks from today. A copy of this judgment shall be sent to the trial court to ensure that the appellant surrenders and undergoes the remaining part of his sentence,” the judgment said.

The victim was married to the convict’s first cousin and was also his neighbour, the prosecution told the court.

According to the prosecution, the victim was in an illicit relationship with the convict’s wife and on June 30, 2002, had gone to the Mayur Vihar police station where the convict was posted.

The victim and the convict were last seen together in a conversation with each other inside the police station, minutes before witnesses — other police personnel — saw the convict kill the victim with his official 9-mm carbine.

The convict contended that he committed the crime in self-defence and, in the alternative, if self-defence is not accepted by the court, then it was a case of grave and sudden provocation at best, which led to the victim’s death at the hands of the appellant.

“In other words, if at all, the appellant can be punished only for culpable homicide not amounting to murder,” the convict said, but his plea was rejected by the court.

“Taken together, all these pieces of evidence are unassailable. The case of the prosecution stands secured on this evidence. It is a clear case of murder. The motive for the appellant (admittedly, the deceased was having an affair with the appellant’s wife) and the execution of the crime at the police station — all point towards the murder committed inside the police station by the present appellant.

“The one firearm injury with blackening at the entry point also explains that the deceased was first shot at from a close range. The remaining injuries also correlate with the testimony of the eyewitnesses referred above,” the court said.

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A 63-year-old woman in the US has been arrested and charged with killing two of her adopted children after their bodies were discovered inside a burn barrel. According to the Independent, two of Avantae Deven’s adopted children, Blake and London Deven, hadn’t been seen for years. London was last seen in 2019, but her mother never reported her missing. Blake hasn’t been seen since 2022, but Deven didn’t report him missing until earlier this year. 

Authorities in Fayetteville, North Carolina were alerted of the situation in 2023 after one of her surviving foster children made a mental health call to police. When cops investigated the multiple homes the family had lived in, they found remains at multiple residences. Detectives found a burn barrel with partial human remains inside it. Forensic tests revealed that they belonged to a female aged 15 to 19 and a male aged 7 to 10. 

Investigators believe that Deven abused the children and ultimately killed and dismembered them. As per NBC affiliate WRAL, London died of starvation and neglect while testing continues on the boy’s remains.

More chilling details released by the authorities this week revealed that the siblings, along with three other adopted children, had lived in brutal conditions while in the care of Deven. Blake and London were adopted by Deven in 2013 and 2011 respectively, according to court documents obtained by ABC11.

They were kept in a small, dark room and given little to no food. They were allegedly able to “earn” food by writing hundreds of paragraphs to apologise for their behaviour. The children told social workers that they were also beaten at times to the point where they would have needed medical assistance.

During a press conference, police said they have the forensic evidence to support allegations of torture, starvation, and isolation. 

”We believe he (Blake) was mentally abused and starved. His body could not sustain the inhumane treatment. Then, Avantae developed a plan to hide Blake’s remains. She forced another person in the household to participate,” Sgt. Locklear said. London Deven died ”in the same painful way that Blake died, starvation and neglect,” Mr Locklear added. 

Deven is now facing two counts of first-degree murder, concealment of death, kidnapping and felony child abuse, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.  She is being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center with no bond.

“All of us have soft spots for children and cases with children are the most difficult that we deal with. The fact that this involves allegations of the abuse in the death of children was certainly the thing that grabbed my attention first, particularly how the allegations suggest the way they died,” Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West said. 

Tyrese Haspil, a former assistant of tech mogul Fahim Saleh, has been convicted of murdering his former boss in his Manhattan apartment back in 2020. Prosecutors said that Tyrese Haspil killed his former boss to cover up his theft of $400,000 from the 33-year-old businessman.

Mr Saleh was a successful tech entrepreneur and the CEO of Gokada, a Nigeria-based scooter startup. 

The 25-year-old was found guilty of multiple charges, including murder in the first degree, grand larceny, burglary, tampering with physical evidence and concealment of a human corpse. He faces up to 25 years to life in prison and will be sentenced on September 10. 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said, “Tyrese Haspil tragically cut Mr Saleh’s life short – a man who came from a close-knit immigrant family and followed his passions to become a successful entrepreneur. I hope the accountability delivered by today’s verdict can provide a measure of comfort to Mr Saleh’s loved ones as they continue to mourn his loss.”

Mr Saleh was found murdered in his $2.4 million 7th-floor high-rise condo on East Houston Street, reported the NY Post.

Planning the murder

Tyrese Haspil’s scheme to steal from his former boss, Fahim Saleh, began in 2018, but it wasn’t until July 2020 that his plan turned deadly. He embezzled money from Mr Saleh’s companies to purchase lavish gifts for his girlfriend, The NYT reported.

Haspil created a bogus corporate entity and bank account to funnel the stolen money. When Mr Saleh discovered the theft in January 2020, Haspil agreed to a repayment plan but continued to steal more money through a fraudulent PayPal account.

Concerned that Mr Saleh would discover the more lucrative theft, Haspil began plotting to kill him. 

Tyrese Haspil’s online activity showed that he searched for “Fahim Saleh” and “murder of tech CEO in New York”, as well as “dismembered body” and “anatomy of the human neck”. He also looked up building plans and searched for contractor-grade trash bags, weapons and cleaning supplies, as per the NYT.

Haspil also tracked Mr Saleh’s whereabouts on social media and purchased clothes to conceal his identity. 

Execution of the murder

On July 13, 2020, Tyrese Haspil entered an elevator with Mr Saleh in the latter’s apartment building wearing a dark plastic face shield, a baseball cap and sunglasses. Mr Saleh, unaware of the impending danger, joked with Haspil about taking Covid precautions seriously. However, as soon as the elevator doors opened, Haspil’s demeanour turned deadly. 

According to his testimony, Tyrese Haspil tased Fahim Saleh in the back, rendering him immobile, and then pulled out a knife. With a targeted strike, Haspil aimed for Mr Saleh’s neck, delivering a fatal blow, reported the NYT. 

He then left the apartment and returned the next day to dismember Mr Saleh’s body with an electric saw. He stuffed the body parts in plastic bags, which were later found strewn across the apartment.

However, before completing the task, he left again to purchase a battery charger, and it was during this time that Fahim Saleh’s cousin discovered the scene when he went to check up on him. 

Tyrese Haspil was arrested four days later at an Airbnb he booked for his girlfriend’s birthday celebration. 

His public defenders argued that he murdered his ex-boss due to “extreme emotional disturbance” and “unconditional love” for his girlfriend. He feared she would leave him if she found out he had been embezzling money from his boss, as per reports. 

Ghaziabad:

Police on Tuesday arrested two youths for killing a 24-year-old man and dumping his body in a drain in Tibrha village.

The deceased has been identified as Deen Mohammad (24), a resident of Meerut. An FIR was lodged by Mohammad’s father on May 16 at Modinagar police station after the body was found on May 15.

The victim’s two ‘friends’ – Taj Mohammad (20) and Puneet Gosain (20) – were arrested from near the drain in Tibrha, DCP Rural Vivek Chand Yadav said.

During interrogation, the accused told the police that they have two more friends — Nikit Gujjar (21) and Tushar (21).

A few days ago, Deen Mohammad and Nikit had a quarrel following which Mohammad, in a fit of anger, damaged Nikit’s car. To take revenge for the loss, the four planned “to teach him a lesson” and Mohammad was abducted in a car and beaten to death, the police alleged.

His body was dumped at the drain in Tibrha village.

Taj Mohammad and Puneet Gosain have been sent to jail, while their two accomplices Nikit Gujjar and Tushar are still absconding, the DCP said.

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Gurugram:

Police on Monday registered a case against a woman for allegedly killing her live-in partner by striking him on the head and neck with a pan.

The woman allegedly carried out the murder in Tikri village with the help of her brother, police said.

Neetu alias Nisha (34), a resident of Ashok Vihar, Gurugram and Vicky (28) have been in a relationship for the past six years, police said.

The woman is married but separated from her husband. She is the mother to a 15-year-old, police said.

Police have been given a one-day custody of Neetu by a city court, they added. The woman’s brother is on run and police are trying to nab him.

According to police, Vicky was found lying dead in a house in Kachchi Colony late on Friday night.

His brother filed a complaint that Vicky was murdered by someone. An FIR was registered at Sadar police station under sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) on Saturday, police said.

A police team led by Inspector Arjun Dev, SHO of Sadar police station, cracked the case and arrested Neetu from Ghata village on Sunday.

Police have also recovered Vicky’s mobile phone from her possession.

The SHO said, “The accused, Neetu, revealed that on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, she and her brother reached Vicky’s room. Her brother and Vicky consumed alcohol and later a brawl broke out between them. Meanwhile, Neetu attacked Vicky on his neck and head with a pan and Vicky died.” “After committing the crime, she ran away with the mobile of the deceased to mislead the police, but we arrested her. We are questioning her and are conducting raids to nab her brother,” Mr Dev said.

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Jaipur:

A 55-year old woman and her minor grandson were allegedly killed by a tenant here on Monday.

Police said accused Manoj Bairwa attacked Prem Devi with a sharp-edged weapon after an argument in the Sanganer area of Jaipur. Her seven-year-old grandson Gaurav, who was standing there, was also allegedly killed by the accused, they added.

Bairwa allegedly dumped the bodies in the water tank of the house.

The accused was later taken in police custody for questioning, they said, adding that the bodies were shifted to the mortuary of a nearby hospital for postmortem.

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A horrific video has surfaced online showing a trans woman in the US running over a man twice with a car before kissing and stabbing him multiple times in broad daylight. According to Fox News, Steven Anderson, 64, was on his way to pick up the mail in his Houston neighbourhood on May 3 when the incident happened. A CCTV clip of the incident which has gone viral on social media, shows Mr Anderson getting struck by a white vehicle that then backed over him, hitting him for a second time. 

The suspect, with a knife in hand, was then seen flipping the elderly man over, straddling him, kissing him and then stabbing him nine times. She then tried to enter another car before leaving the scene on foot, jumping over the victim’s lifeless body. Mr Anderson was found by officers with multiple stab wounds already dead. 

NEW: Man killed by transgender driver who plowed into him, backed over him and stabbed him 9 times before kissing him and prancing over his body.

Absolutely horrific.

20-year-old suspect Karon Fisher is a man according to court papers.

After trying to flee the scene in a car,… pic.twitter.com/XuG8KcPIZw

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 11, 2024

”It’s very disturbing. I have kids here; they could have been out here playing, and imagine them,” one neighbour told Eyewitness News.

”Broad daylight. People around every time and it happened right under our noses,” another added.

Witnesses led officers to the suspect at a nearby location. According to KTRK, the suspect identified as Karon Fisher is identified in court records as a man but was described by officers as a woman. Fisher was eventually arrested and charged with murder, evading arrest with a vehicle, and assaulting hospital personnel, according to Harris County records.

“Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the fatal stabbing of a man in 7000 block of Woodridge Square Drive about 7:50 p.m. last Friday (May 3), “The suspect, Karon Fisher, 20, is charged with murder in the 185th State District Court,” the police statement read.

After the disturbing footage of the incident went viral, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk also reacted to it and called it ”Terrible.”

Terrible

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2024

She is expected to appear in court on May 24.

New Delhi:

Ecuadorian influencer, Landy Parraga Goyburo, was shot dead after her Instagram post gave away her location to the attackers, reports say. Just before her death, Goyburo had posted a picture of her having ‘octopus ceviche’ for lunch at a restaurant, which is where she was targetted by two armed men.

The incident was captured by surveillance cameras, revealing how two unidentified gunmen stormed into the eatery where Landy Parraga Goyburo was seated. As she conversed with a companion, the gunmen barged in. In a matter of seconds, the tranquility of the restaurant shattered as gunshots rang out, sending patrons diving for cover and leaving Goyburo and another person defenseless.

Despite the chaos, the 23-year-old’s attempt to seek refuge proved futile as one of the gunmen mercilessly fired at her. The attackers then made their escape, leaving behind a scene of horror and disbelief. Images captured in the aftermath depict Goyburo, a former beauty queen, lying in a pool of blood.

Just before the attack, the influencer had shared a picture of her lunch with her 173,000 followers on Instagram. Investigators believe that the gunmen learned of her location from the post.

The motive behind the heinous crime is still not known. Speculations abound, with theories ranging from Goyburo’s alleged involvement with a notorious gang boss to her entanglement in a corruption inquiry linking judicial officials to organized crime. Rumors swirl that the killing may have been orchestrated by the widow of a drug lord, whom Goyburo allegedly had an affair with.

New Delhi:
Thousands in Kazakhstan are currently following the trial of former minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev charged with beating his wife Saltanat Nukenova to death. The Supreme Court proceedings are being live-streamed on social media like a dark reality show.

1. 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova was found dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband, where the couple had spent almost a whole day and the previous night.

2. Shocking footage played in the court showed Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a former economy minister, repeatedly kicking and punching a slender young woman wearing only a coat and boots, and dragging her around by her hair.

3. Video evidence presented in court captured the harrowing moments of abuse, showing Bishimbayev assaulting Nukenova outside the restaurant, pulling her hair, kicking her while she was on the ground, and delivering a powerful blow to her jaw.

4. The 8-hour-long assault video also showed Bishimbayev breaking down the door when Saltanat tried to hide in a bathroom.

5. The restaurant staff was instructed not to call emergency services and to delete CCTV footage, according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

6. As she lay on the floor, covered in her blood, Bishimbayev called a fortune-teller, who assured him his wife would be fine.

7. The ambulance arrived 12 hours later, and the medical staff declared her dead at the scene.

8. A coroner’s report unveiled that Nukenova succumbed to brain trauma, with evidence of severe physical abuse including a broken nasal bone and numerous bruises on her body.

9. Bishimbayev, 43, is charged with torture and murder with extreme violence and faces up to 20 years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty and has argued in court that Nukenova died from self-sustained injuries.

10. His lawyers initially challenged medical evidence indicating Nukenova’s cause of death and attempted to portray her as a violent and jealous individual.

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The trial of a former Kazakhstan minister charged with beating his wife to death has become the talking point across the nation, with some seeing it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s promise to build a fairer, more equitable society.

Saltanat Nukenova, 31, was found dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband Kuandyk Bishimbayev, where the couple had spent almost a whole day and the previous night. She had been unconscious for hours.

In a recent hearing, the court was shown 8-hour-long footage of 44-year-old Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a former economy minister, beating his wife Saltanat Nukenova. The surveillance footage shows Bishimbayev kicking and punching the 31-year-old repeatedly in a restaurant owned by his family.

He is then seen dragging her by the hair to a separate room, where there were no cameras.  

When she tried to escape by hiding in the toilet, Bishimbayev “broke down the door, pulled her out, and continued beating her,” the prosecutor said during the trial.

“He grabbed her by the throat after dragging her out of the toilet. This is when she lost consciousness,” the prosecutor added.

As she lay on the floor, covered in her blood, Bishimbayev dialled a fortune-teller, who assured him his wife would be fine. The ambulance arrived 12 hours later, and the medical staff declared her dead at the scene.

According to a coroner’s report, Saltanat died from brain trauma. One of her nasal bones was broken and there were multiple bruises on her face, head, arms, and hands.

Bishimbayev is charged with torture and murder with extreme violence and faces up to 20 years in prison. The murder trial, which is being livestreamed on social media, has gripped public attention and sparked a debate about gender equality and domestic violence.

Many Kazakhs see Bishimbayev as a typical member of the country’s wealthy ruling elite and fear that, even if found guilty, he may somehow escape proper punishment – as was the case with a previous conviction.

Bishimbayev was arrested in 2017 on bribery charges and sentenced to 10 years in prison but walked free after less than three years behind bars thanks to an amnesty and parole.