Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh):

In a ‘shocking’ incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri, a woman gave electric shocks to her husband who had taken away her mobile phone, claiming that she was spending too much screen time on it, the police said.

The 33-year-old woman first sedated the husband and tied him to the bed. She went on to thrash him and give electric shock.

When their 14-year-old son tried to save his father, he too was beaten.

The husband, Pradeep Singh, is undergoing treatment at Saifai Medical College, officials said.

Singh got married to Baby Yadav, the daughter of Diwan Singh from Aurraiya, in 2007.

In his complaint, he alleged, “My wife used to talk to someone every day on her mobile phone. I objected to it and informed her family. At their request, I took her mobile phone. This made her angry, and she threatened to kill me and my son. Last weekend, she sedated me and subjected me to brutal torture. She repeatedly struck me with a cricket bat, causing severe injuries on my head and body. She also gave me electric shocks. When my son attempted to intervene and save me, she assaulted him as well.”

Kishni police station Station House Officer, Anil Kumar, said, “A case under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison, etc, with intent to commit an offence) and 506 (criminal Intimidation) has been registered against the accused woman, who is currently on the run.

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Budaun:

A barber was kept in a lockup at a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun for allegedly reaching late at a police officer’s residence for a haircut, officials said on Thursday.

The incident occurred when Circle Officer (CO) Sunil Kumar had called Vinod Kumar, a barber, at his residence for a haircut, they said.

Talking to the media, the victim’s brother Shiv Kumar said, “Vinod was busy with other customers so he got a bit late in reaching the residence of the CO. A few hours later some police personnel came to our shop. They closed it and took Vinod to the Bisauli police station.” “They kept Vinod in the lock-up till Wednesday afternoon,” he added.

Following the incident, the Superintendent of Police Alok Priyadarshi said that the matter has come to his notice and an investigation is underway.

“Action will be taken against the person responsible,” Priyadarshi said.

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On a narrow street in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi, a Toyota Fortuner ran over a 70-year-old man who was behind the vehicle. The bone-chilling incident occurred in the Sipri Bazaar area of Jhansi when the driver was reversing the car in a narrow street with cars parked on either side.

The four-minute-long video, captured on CCTV, shows a white Uttar Pradesh-registered Toyota Fortuner reversing in a narrow street. A few seconds later, a man, Rajendra Gupta, was seen getting hit and falling under the SUV. The driver, unaware that a man was under the car, reversed the vehicle for a few metres.

The man was screaming in pain as he was getting dragged by the car. When people heard the screams, they ran toward the car and the driver moved his vehicle forward. The bleeding man was lying on the road and was dragged for a few feet when the driver moved it forward.

The driver of the Fortuner got down from the vehicle as a crowd had gathered on the street, which pulled out the man from under the car. The SUV weighs over 2.5 tons and the man suffered serious injuries in the incident.

The police were called, and the driver of the vehicle offered to help. He took the elderly man to a hospital in his vehicle.

The police have registered a case of reckless driving, endangering the life of a person and causing grievous injuries under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code after the elderly man’s son filed a complaint.

New Delhi:

A girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti allegedly died by suicide by jumping into a river from a bridge. The horrific incident was caught on camera by a passer-by.

The 17-year-old, identified as Hevanti, walked up the bridge, climbed the railings, and jumped into the river. The people gathered on the bridge screamed for help as she jumped but could not save her.

The disturbing video showed the girl struggling in water after the fall and thrashing her arms around before slowly drowning. According to her family, the teen had been struggling with a mental condition for which she was being treated.

“The body was taken out of the river with the help of local divers,” police officer Satyendra Bhushan Tiwari said. The family said the girl’s mental condition had been deteriorating for some time and she was not well. She was being treated, they said. 

The body has been sent for an autopsy and the matter is being probed, the police said, adding that legal action will be taken after the autopsy report comes in.

Bareilly:

A purported video of a murder accused lodged in Bareilly Central Jail hosting a live video on a social media platform has surfaced and a probe has been ordered into the matter, police said on Thursday.

Action will be taken against whoever is found guilty in the investigation, they said.

Asif is accused of shooting a public works department (PWD) contractor Rakesh Yadav (34) to death on December 2, 2019, in the Sadar Bazar Police Station area of Shahjahanpur.

Another accused Rahul Chaudhury was also accused of having killed Yadav and the duo are currently lodged in Bareilly Central Jail.

A video of a murder accused lodged in prison went viral on social media, Deputy Inspector General (Prison) Kuntal Kishore said.

In the 2-minute-long video, Asif is heard saying, “I am in heaven and enjoying it.” On seeing the video on social media, the victim’s brother met District Magistrate Umesh Pratap Singh on Thursday and gave him a complaint letter.

He said in the letter that the murder accused were getting special facilities in the jail. He said that the two accused had been hired from Meerut to kill his brother.

DIG Kishore told PTI over the phone that he had seen the video. “A probe in the matter is underway. After investigation, legal action will be taken against whoever is found guilty,” he said.

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The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested Bulandshahr-based alleged land mafia Sudhir Kumar Goyal and his wife Rakhi Goyal in connection with a money laundering case. They were produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Ghaziabad that sent them to ED custody till March 13, the central agency said in a statement.

The money laundering case against the couple and their associates stems from multiple FIRs registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police against them on charges of fraud, cheating and intimidation of gullible land buyers.

“Sudhir Kumar Goyal is an infamous land mafia active in Bulandshahar and also listed as a gangster under the UP Gangsters Act,” the ED said.

The man indulged in “fraudulent” sale and purchase of immovable properties and “illegal” development of residential colonies in Bulandshahr, it said.

The agency claimed Sudhir Goyal and other gang members plotted more than 10 colonies, where even change of land use was not done and which are also not approved by the Bulandshahr Development Authority or other relevant authorities.

He “fraudulently” executed more than 250 sale deeds, power of attorneys and agreements worth Rs 100 crore with gullible buyers and cheated them of crores of rupees, the agency said.

The agency said the sale deeds were considerably “under-valued” to evade stamp duty and a major part of the actual value of the property was dealt with in cash, which was unaccounted and laundered.

In January, the agency had seized as many as 58 immovable properties worth Rs 27.49 crore belonging to Sudhir Goyal and his associates.

The Bulandshahr police had arrested the couple and their associates last year under the UP Gangsters Act.

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Kaushambi:

Three people, including a seven-year-old girl, died and six were injured when their speeding car collided with a stationary truck on Tuesday, police said.

Circle Officer (CO), Sirathu, Awadhesh Kumar Vishwakarma said the occupants of the car were returning after attending a wedding when their driver fell asleep and crashed the vehicle into the truck parked on the roadside near the Kasiya village under the Kokhraj police station area.

The injured passengers were taken to the district hospital, where three of them — Divyanshi (7), Harendra Sharma (55) and Rajkumar (45) — were declared dead, the CO said.

Of the six injured, four were seriously wounded and admitted to a hospital in Prayagraj, Mr Vishwakarma said.

He said a case has been registered in the matter.

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Banda:

A headless body of a woman was found in Chamraha village here with four of her fingers missing, police said on Friday.

The woman, aged about 30-35 years, was only partially clothed and her head was found at some distance from her body, Superintendent of Police Ankur Agarwal said.

She was identified as Maya Devi, wife of Ramkumar Ahirwar, a resident of Pahra village of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

After a prima facie investigation, police made the family members suspects.

During interrogation, Ramkumar, the husband, his sons Suraj Prakash and Brijesh, and nephew Udaibhan, confessed to have hatched the plan for the woman’s murder, the SP said.

According to Ramkumar’s testimony, Maya Devi was his second wife, and had an illicit relationship with one of his sons and wanted to start a similar thing with the other son, Agarwal said.

Infuriated, the four took Maya Devi to Chamraha village in a vehicle, strangled her to death, and cut her head with an axe. They also cut four of her fingers.

The vehicle and axe used in crime have been recovered by the police, the SP said. 

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