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Mumbai Crime: 64-Year-Old Woman Raped, Assaulted & Dumped Naked On Road In Mankhurd; Accused Arrested

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Mumbai: A 64-year-old woman was found naked, unconscious with bruised marks all over her body on Tuesday early morning in the Maharashtra Nagar area of Mankhurd, located in the eastern suburbs of the city.

Accused offered to drop victim home in an autorickshaw

The victim, a resident of Mahul village, was on her way to her house on Monday night when the accused, named Umesh Dhok, 38, met her. He was inside an autorickshaw and offered to drop it near her house as well.

Accused and victim knew each other

They lived close by, said the police, and knew each other, which is why she agreed to it. However, as their auto reached his house, he got off the auto and asked her to get down as well. He allegedly took her to his house by giving some excuse, and as they entered the house, he trapped her.

In the statement given to the police, the victim said that she was repeatedly raped by the accused. When she tried to refrain, he started hitting and abusing her. She also added that she was hit by the man on her private parts with a bamboo stick. 

Passerby and a woman alerted police

At around 5 pm on Tuesday, she was thrown out of the house by the accused. Some of the passersby who were returning from night shift work noticed the aggrieved woman lying helpless, without clothes. A random woman immediately rushed to her house and got a gown which she gave to the victim. 

They alerted the police and several teams of police reached the spot. The woman was taken to Rajawadi Hospital, under critical care. As she gained consciousness, her statement was recorded by the police, and subsequently, a case was registered against the accused.

Victim was assaulted

The police added that the woman’s face was in a bad condition due to the assault. 

Based on the description provided by the victim, a team was sent to locate and nab the accused, along with the help of the locals, the police said, adding that Dhok immediately confessed to the crime, yet the motive is unclear.

The accused has previous crime cases against him

During the interrogation, police found out that Dhok had a previous record of crime. In 2017, Dhok was arrested by the Mankhurd police for allegedly assaulting and sexually harassing a minor girl.

He was charged and convicted under sections 354 (assault or criminal force against a woman), 354 (a) (sexual harassment), 354 (b) (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 506 (2) (death threat), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code and sections of sexual assault, sexual harassment under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Accused slapped with charges

In the case, Dhok has been slapped with charges under section 376 (rape), 376 (2) (n) (repeated rape on the same woman), 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code.

At this point, it’s not clear if Dhok was tagged along with someone else, the police said. However, he will be further interrogated to know about the chain of events and the motive behind the crime. Meanwhile, the victim, a widow, sold fish in a local market at Mankhurd and lived with her daughter at an apartment in Mahul Village, Chembur. 

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NIA nabs 2 human traffickers from Delhi, HP for role in sending over 100 youths to US via ‘donkey route’

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New Delhi, July 5: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested two human traffickers from different locations in Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. The duo, accused of sending more than 100 youths to the United States using the notorious ‘donkey route’ were nabbed after extensive searches.

The accused were identified as Sunny Donker, a resident of Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) and Shubham Sandhal, a resident of Punjab who was currently residing in the national Capital.

Both are said to be associates of Gagandeep Singh alias Goldy, arrested earlier in March.

Gagandeep was arrested over a victim’s complaint who was illegally trafficked to the US using the infamous ‘donkey route’ and was deported back to India in February, this year.

Goldy, a resident of Tilak Nagar in Delhi, was subsequently chargesheeted by the NIA.

As per the findings of the law enforcement agency, Gagandeep Singh used to take around Rs 45 lakh from each victim on the pretext of sending them to US on a valid visa.

He would then illegally send them on an arduous journey via multiple countries, including Spain, El-Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.

He had sent more than 100 victims illegally to the US, in this manner before being arrested.

Sunny was the main associate of Gagandeep Singh and played a key role in facilitating the journey of the victims on the ‘donkey route’.

Also, the victims were physically and mentally harassed on the way by agents to extract more money.

Shubham Sandhal operated as key hawala conduit, who transferred funds to agents in Latin America. Gagandeep used him to transfer part of the money taken from the victims to the agents based in Latin America.

The NIA, took over the case from Punjab Police in March this year. As the investigation proceeds, it continues to unravel dark secrets of the human trafficking racket.

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Kolkata law college rape: Monojit Mishra made 16 calls in 3 hours, police probe details

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Kolkata, July 4: Monojit Mishra, one of the three accused and reportedly the main architect in the law college student gang-rape case, made as many as 16 calls in three hours after the crime incident took place on the evening of June 25.

Those call details are currently being examined by the investigating sleuths, and at the same time, the process of interrogation of those with whom Mishra conversed during that period has started.

The tower locations of the mobile phones of the three accused, namely Mishra, Jaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukhopadhyay, during that period are being tracked by the investigating officials to have an idea of the places they went to immediately after the crime.

Sources said that one of the calls that Mishra made from his mobile phone during that period was to a member of the governing body of the same college. Although the governing body member concerned has already been questioned by the investigating officials, the latter are not willing to disclose anything on the interrogation findings for the sake of the investigation.

This week, the investigation into the case was handed over to the Detective Department of the city police, which has started the probe process by adding new sections against the three prime accused persons.

Before Detective Department took over the charge of the investigation, the three accused persons were charged under sections on rape. However, with the Detective Department taking over the investigation sections relating to abduction and causing injuries with weapons were also slapped on the three.

On Friday morning, around 3 a.m., the sleuths of the detective department reached the campus of the law college in Kolkata along with the three accused for reenactment of the incident.

Sources said that the findings of the reenactment process will be cross-checked with the statement given by the victim soon after the event of sexual harassment took place last week. Earlier, a member of the special investigation team, which was initially investigating the matter, had gone to the college campus with the victim for reenactment purposes.

The woman, a student of the South Calcutta Law College, was allegedly raped by two senior students and an alumnus of the institute in the guard’s room on June 25. Apart from the three, the college guard has been arrested in the case so far.

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ED raids eight locations linked to ex-Cong MLA Amba Prasad in Jharkhand

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Ranchi, July 4: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out raids at eight locations linked to close associates of former Congress MLA Amba Prasad from Jharkhand’s Barkagaon Assembly constituency.

The raids are part of an ongoing money laundering probe involving a prominent company engaged in coal transportation, infrastructure, and the power sector.

According to sources, simultaneous searches were conducted in Ranchi, Hazaribagh, and Barkagaon.

Among the locations searched are the residence of Amba Prasad’s aide Sanjeet in Kishoreganj (Ranchi) and the homes of her personal assistants — Sanjeev Sao, Manoj Dangi, and Pancham Kumar — in Barkagaon.

Security forces have been deployed in large numbers at all the premises where raids are being conducted.

This move comes months after the ED conducted a similar crackdown between March 12 and March 14 this year, targeting Amba Prasad, her father, and former Minister Yogendra Sao, brother Ankit Raj, and several other relatives and associates.

During those raids, the agency had seized Rs 35 lakh in cash, digital devices, fake stamps of banks and government offices, handwritten receipts, diaries, and other incriminating documents.

Officials believe that the current searches are based on evidence and leads gathered during the earlier raids. The ED is now closely examining documents related to financial transactions, land deals, and mining activities.

Ten companies reportedly registered in the names of Amba Prasad and her family members are under scrutiny.

Earlier, the ED had questioned Amba Prasad, her father Yogendra Sao, and her brother Ankit Raj at its zonal office in Ranchi in connection with the same case.

Amba Prasad was elected to the Jharkhand Assembly from Barkagaon in 2019 on a Congress ticket. Her parents — Yogendra Sao and Nirmala Devi — have also represented the same constituency in the past.

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