Crime
Maha stunned by 2 grisly ‘beheadings’ of recently-wedded women

Two gruesome cases of ‘beheading’ of recently-married young women, including one who was pregnant and another allegedly a victim of dowry, in just a week have rocked the state, officials said here.
The latest incident occurred in the tiny hill-station of Matheran in Raigad on Sunday, preceded by the ‘honour-killing’ of a pregnant woman in Aurangabad the previous Sunday.
“We have arrested the accused, an IT engineer from Panvel, who allegedly killed his wife, dismembered her head, carried it around 200 metres away from the homestay and flung it into a 200-feet-deep ravine at an isolated spot in the hill-station,” Matheran Police Station Assistant Police Inspector Sanjay Bangar told IANS.
Early on Sunday the accused — Ramsilochal Pal, 30, hacked off the head of his wife, Poonam Pal, 27, left her naked body in the bathroom of the homestay and decamped from there under cover of darkness.
After he was nabbed from Panvel, during police interrogation, Pal revealed the spot where he had hurled his wife’s head and a local trekker helped the police recover it from the deep valley.
A local resident said that there was another family living in the homestay but they had checked out early on Sunday, leaving the Pal couple alone.
“The Pals had checked in on December 11 (Saturday) evening without prior booking. They appeared like a happy and normal, recently-married couple on a honeymoon… Nothing appeared amiss till around 3 a.m. on Sunday morning when the man left the place for some urgent work,” the local told IANS, requesting anonymity.
It was only around 9 a.m. when a friend of the homestay owners reached the place to find the Pal couple’s room locked, indicating they had checked-out.
Only much later, when they opened the door for the daily housekeeping chores did the ghastly crime come to light, jolting the residents and hundreds of weekend tourists thronging the sleepy hill resort, barely 90 kms from Mumbai.
Bangar said the names and addresses they provided were fake, but they zeroed in on Pal after scanning the CCTVs in the vicinity and swooped on him in Panvel, and also located Poonam’s purse in which a Goregaon address was found.
“The accused has confessed to the crime, he will be produced before the Karjat Court later today (December 14)… Further investigations are on,” the police official said.
Detailing the probe so far, he said the couple hailed from Sant Ravidas Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh, and the victim Poonam was working as a nurse in Goregaon, north-west Mumbai.
The duo had been married in May, but the post-nuptials rituals and wedding consummation had not taken place.
During this period, Pal suspected his wife of adultery, while the woman’s family has alleged that despite spending nearly a million rupees on their wedding, the boy’s side demanded expensive gifts and other articles as dowry.
According to Bangar, with the dowry angle surfacing alongside infidelity, Pal’s family would also be made part of the investigations.
Investigators said the cold-blooded murder was apparently pre-planned as the accused had visited Matheran a few days earlier and conducted a recce of various spots.
This is the second such incident, coming a week after the murder and beheading of a 19-year-old pregnant woman, Kishori alias Kirti Thore, with a sickle in Goygaon, Aurangabad, by her mother Shobha S. Mote and younger brother Sanket S. Mote.
After committing the heinous, premeditated deed of ‘honour-killing’, the mother-son later clicked selfies with Kirti’s severed body, placed her head outside her home before surrendering to the Vaijapur Police.
Crime
DRI seizes 2 leopard skins, wild boar horn; two suspects apprehended

Bhopal, May 6: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Nagpur unit, under the Mumbai Zonal jurisdiction, successfully apprehended two individuals engaged in illegal trade and possession of leopard skins.
Following the seizure, the confiscated wildlife articles and the detained individuals were handed over to the District Forest Division of Ujjain for further investigation in accordance with the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
The operation, conducted in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, resulted in the seizure of two leopard skins with heads, along with an ivory (wild boar horn), from the suspects.
Acting on specific Intelligence regarding attempts to sell these prohibited wildlife items, the DRI team intervened at a hotel in Ujjain on the morning of May 4 leading to the suspects’ capture.
The seized leopard skins and ivory were confiscated under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, which strictly prohibits the trade, purchase, or possession of leopard skins or any part of the animal, as leopards are listed under Schedule I of the Act.
The agency is active in various wildlife enforcement actions, including a recent operation in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district, where it seized two leopard hides and 18 leopard nails, leading to the arrest of five individuals.
In March 2024, another mission in Vizag city resulted in the seizure of a leopard skin and the apprehension of four traffickers.
Additionally, DRI’s Pune unit intercepted a leopard skin in Akola, Maharashtra, leading to the arrest of three persons.
This operation is part of DRI’s ongoing efforts to combat wildlife trafficking.
Earlier in January 2025, the Nagpur unit intercepted three individuals in Maharashtra’s Akola district and recovered one leopard skin.
These successful missions reaffirm DRI’s steadfast commitment to curbing illegal wildlife trade and safeguarding India’s biodiversity.
Employing its Intelligence-based approach and enforcement capabilities, the DRI continues to dismantle trafficking networks and enforce wildlife protection laws in collaboration with other agencies.
Crime
12 more militants apprehended in Manipur, large cache of arms recovered

Imphal, May 6: Security forces have arrested 12 more militants, including a woman cadre, of different outfits and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.
A police spokesman said that of the 12 militants apprehended, 11 belong to the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) outfit and one to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) group.
The militants, including a woman cadre, were arrested from four districts — eight from Imphal East, one from Imphal West, two from Thoubal, and one from Kakching.
A large cache of arms and ammunition, including AK series/A1/M4/self-loading rifles, .303 rifles, pistols, camouflage uniforms, mobile phones, various electronic devices, incriminating documents and various other materials were recovered from the militants.
These extremists were involved in kidnapping, threatening people, various types of crimes, forcible collection of money from government employees, contractors, traders and common people.
The security forces, comprising Central and state forces, arrest militants of different outfits almost every day.
Meanwhile, police, during the past 24 hours, have recovered six more stolen vehicles in a special drive conducted for the recovery of stolen/snatched vehicles from anti-social elements/ miscreants.
Amid the ethnic violence in Manipur, widespread theft of cars and two-wheelers was reported, and 151 stolen cars and 30 two-wheelers have been recovered since April 16 from different places in the state when a special drive for the recovery of stolen/snatched vehicles was launched.
Combined security forces have continued search operations and area domination in the fringe and vulnerable areas of hill and valley districts. Manipur has two National Highways — the Imphal-Jiribam National Highway (NH-37) and the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway (NH-2), both very crucial to bring in foodgrains, various essentials and useful items, medicines, transport fuels, construction materials, machineries, and numerous other commodities from outside the state. To prevent any attack or any untoward incident, the security forces provide escorts to all kinds of vehicles when they move through the National Highways.
Crime
ED raids 10 locations in Ahmedabad linked to Rs 100 crore Waqf Board fraud

Ahmedabad, May 6: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids at 10 locations in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in connection with a Rs 100 crore fraud involving Salim Jummakhan Pathan, who is accused of illegally posing as a Waqf Board trustee and siphoning off rent from Waqf properties.
The action follows an FIR registered by the Gaekwad Haveli police, where five individuals were earlier arrested for allegedly misrepresenting themselves as trustees of the Waqf Board.
The group is accused of illegally collecting rent from properties associated with the Waqf Board, including the historic Kaanch Ni Masjid (Glass Mosque) and Shah Bada Qasam Trust in the Jamalpur area.
According to police investigations, the accused were never officially appointed as trustees by the Gujarat State Waqf Board.
Despite this, they allegedly posed as authorised representatives to extract rent from tenants occupying Waqf-owned properties and commercial establishments built on land leased to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).
A key revelation in the investigation points to a plot originally allotted by the Waqf Board to AMC for constructing a school.
The school building was damaged during the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. In 2009, the accused allegedly demolished the remaining structure and began renting out the land. One of the main accused, Salim Pathan, is said to have set up an office — Sodagar Construction — in one of the shops, while leasing out the rest. Neither the rent collected was deposited in the Waqf trust’s official account nor reported to the municipal body, leading to a misappropriation of public and religious assets.
The ED’s raids are part of a broader probe into the alleged financial misdeeds and money laundering linked to this case.
Further investigations are ongoing, and more details are awaited.
The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, enacted on April 8, introduces significant reforms to the governance of waqf properties in the country, aiming to enhance transparency, inclusivity, and administrative efficiency.
The Act mandates the inclusion of non-Muslim members in the Central Waqf Council and State Waqf Boards, allowing for broader representation. Specifically, it permits up to 12 out of 22 members in the Central Waqf Council and 7 out of 11 members in State Waqf Boards to be non-Muslims. Additionally, it requires at least two Muslim women to be part of these bodies, promoting gender inclusivity.
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