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Delhi woman gets philanderer husband killed by contract killer

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A 28-year-old woman was arrested for getting her philanderer husband, having two wives, killed with the help of a contract killer in the national capital, an official said on Wednesday.

The accused woman was identified as Chander Kala alias Chanda and the contract killer Jumman alias Jumma, a history-sheeter of the Ranhola area, surrendered before the Tis Hazari Court.

DCP (outer district) Sameer Sharma said a PCR call regarding a murder near Holy Convent School Deep Enclave, Part 2, was received at Police Station Ranhola on May 18. The police staff rushed to the scene of crime and examined it thoroughly, where they found that a man was lying on a bed in a pool of blood. The deceased, identified as Veer Bahadur Verma (50), was shifted to the DDU hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Accordingly the police registered a case under section 302 (punishment for murder), 120 B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and initiated an investigation.

During the probe it was found that the deceased and his wife used to fight very often. The wife of the deceased was interrogated, but she kept on changing her version and statement. She told the police that some robbers entered her house and looted money along with the jewellery after brutally assaulting her husband. However, the police were not satisfied as her statements pertaining to the ‘robbery’ were inconsistent. After this the police examined CCTV footage in which history-sheeter Jumman, a bad character of the area, was seen roaming suspiciously near the scene of crime.

The police obtained call detail records of Chander Kala and during the analysis it was revealed that the wife of the deceased was in touch with Jumman and had made several calls to him in the past few weeks.

Finally after sustained interrogation, accused Chander Kala confessed to the crime.

Accused Chander Kala disclosed that around 13-14 years ago she used to work at the garment shop of the deceased Veer Bahadur Verma where he used to molest her but due to her weak financial conditions she never opposed. Thereafter, she got married to Veer Bahadur Verma although she was aware of the fact that he was already married and had children too. But her husband used to spend more time with his first wife. She also came to know that her husband had two or three more extra-marital affairs.

The accused Chander Kala just a few weeks back shared her ordeal with Nargis, a woman who used to work at their garment shop on the ground floor of their building.

“Nargis told Chander Kala that her brother Jumman is a criminal and recently came out of jail and can help her. So, she came in contact with Jumman but later Nargis died due to blood cancer,” the senior official said.

Later, Chander Kala, finally, decided to get rid of her husband and offered Rs 1.5 lakh to Jumman tol eliminate her husband. On May 18, she deliberately left the gate of her house open when her husband was sleeping. Jumman entered and struck two blows of hammer on deceased Veer Bahadur’s head. They also tried to make it look like a robbery turned wrong.

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At least 18 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

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Gaza, Dec 21: At least 18 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the central and northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources.

Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that Israeli warplanes targeted an apartment in the multi-story “Yaffa” tower in the al-Nuseirat camp, located in central Gaza.

A statement from Al-Awda Hospital in the camp confirmed that eight people were killed and 14 others injured, some seriously, in the attack.

In northern Gaza, Israeli shelling struck a house belonging to the “Khilla” family in Jabalia Al-Balad, killing 10 people and injuring several others, according to the Gaza Strip’s Civil Defence.

The Israeli army has not commented on these incidents.

Also on Friday, the military wing of Hamas, Al-Qassam Brigades, announced that one of its fighters had carried out a suicide attack targeting an Israeli force of six soldiers in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza.

The Israeli army has not issued a comment on this incident.

Earlier on Thursday at least 16 Palestinians were killed by Israeli bombings in northern Gaza, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.

At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday night and some others injured when the Israeli aircraft bombed the house of the Al-Najjar family in the town of Jabalia, WAFA said.

Six more people were killed due to Israeli bombing on the house of the Al-Zaytouniya family near the Al-Tabi’in School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City, it added.

The Israeli army has not commented on these incidents.

Israel has been conducting a large-scale offensive against Hamas in Gaza in retaliation for the October 7, 2023 Hamas assault on southern Israel, which resulted in approximately 1,200 deaths and 250 hostages taken.

As of Friday, the Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has risen to 45,206, according to Gaza-based health authorities.

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Maharashtra: Govt Employee Accused Of Attacking Marathi-Speaking Family In Kalyan Surrenders Before Cops

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The Maharashtra government employee accused of attacking a Marathi-speaking family at Kalyan in Thane district surrendered before police on Friday, a senior officer said.

Akhilesh Shukla (48), an employee of the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), his wife Geeta (45) and others have been named in an FIR related to the alleged attack on the family, their neighbour, on December 18 after an argument.

Akhilesh Shukla surrendered before the Khadakpada police, senior inspector Aamarnath Waghmode said.

“We will trace the other accused,” said the police.

Meanwhile, before surrendering, Shukla posted a video on social media in which he claimed his wife was beaten up by family members of the victims.

The police have registered a case against Shukla and his wife Geeta (45) under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 74 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 115 (voluntarily causing hurt), 351(3) (criminal intimidation), 189 (2) (3) and (5) (unlawful assembly) and others.

According to police, the attack took place around 8.45 pm on December 18, and the accused as well as the victims live on the same floor of a building in Kalyan.

As per the FIR, the victim saw Shukla quarrelling with one of their neighbours over lighting of an incense stick. The victim asked Shukla to maintain peace and not to abuse and insult the entire Marathi-speaking community.

The accused couple got angry on hearing this and beat up the victim and his wife with the help of eight to ten others. They attacked the male victim using some sharp weapon, iron rod, pipes and wooden sticks, and inflicted wounds on his arms, legs and face. The accused also molested his wife and threatened the couple, it added.

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RG Kar tragedy: Calcutta HC rejects Bengal government’s objections on venue of protests by doctors’ body

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Kolkata, Dec 20: The Calcutta High Court on Friday rejected the state government’s objections on the venue for the sit-in protest by the West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors, an association of senior doctors, against the default bail granted to two accused of tampering with the evidence in the case of the ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital within the hospital premises in August.

The single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh on Thursday already gave permission to the doctors’ body to hold the sit-in-demonstration at Doreena Crossing in central Kolkata.

At the same time, the bench gave the opportunity to the administration to furnish its views by Friday on the possible restrictions on the programme.

However, on Friday, the counsel for the state government objected to the venue of the demonstration on grounds of traffic congestion on occasions of Christmas and New Year’s Eve and suggested an alternative location in the area for the event.

However, Justice Ghosh refused to accept the argument and said that when he had already given permission on Thursday for the demonstration to be conducted at Doreena Crossing, there was no reason for the administration to raise objections on the venue.

He advised the state administration to raise a seven-foot tall guardrail around the protest venue and ensure the protesters stayed within the enclosure during the protest period. He also said that under no circumstance, the protest programme can be extended beyond December 26.

He also ruled that the protesters should not make any objectionable comment from the protest venue or do anything that might hamper the festive mood of the city in this part of the year.

Justice Ghosh also ruled that under no circumstance the number of protesters assembling at the venue should exceed 250.

Last week, a special court in Kolkata granted default bail to the former and controversial principal of R.G. Kar Sandip Ghosh and the former SHO of Tala Police Station Abhijit Mondal as the CBI failed to file the supplementary charge sheet against the two within 90 days from the day of their arrests. Both were accused of misleading the investigation and tampering with evidence while the initial investigation was being carried out by Kolkata Police. Following the development, the representatives of the medical fraternity in the state as well as the victim’s parents accused the CBI of gross incompetence

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