Crime

The Maharashtra Police on October 18 gunned down five Naxals, including four women, in Gadchiroli district. During a combing operation in Kosmi-Kisneli forest region, the C-60 commandos of Gadchiroli police faced firing from the Naxals. SP Gadchiroli Ankit Gotal said the police killed five Naxals in a retaliatory fire while others fled away. Reportedly, the deceased are still unidentified and the police have recovered five weapons including… read-more

Ahead of the state assembly elections, a Maoist-turned-gangster Jitendra Singh, also known as 'Tiger', was killed on October 18 by a group of unknown men in Bihar's Aurangabad district. He was driving with three other men when his car was attacked by the assailants. Reportedly, one companion also suffered injuries while two survived the attack. The police informed that the attack appeared to be a result of a gang-war.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 14 told the special court that the accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case might have links with the mobster Dawood Ibrahim. The NIA cited that the two accused, M Sharafuddin and KT Ramees had visited Dawood's network area Tanzania, Africa. Reportedly, Ramees has confessed about his intentions of setting up a diamond business in Tanzania. 

In Gujarat's Vadodara Central Jail, gangster Ajju kania was killed on October 14 by a fellow inmate. Reportedly, Kania was declared brought dead at hospital after the inmate had cut Kania's throat with a broken piece of the tin roof. Earlier, Kania, who had nearly 30 criminal cases against him, was arrested in September after being absconding for months. The police are awaiting reports from the hospital and prison.

The Bengaluru Police have arrested an accused who used to steal money from the store he was working in. Reportedly, the accused, Tejas S, had stolen around Rs 4.3 lakh while working as a cashier in the store. The crime surfaced when the store underwent audit exercise and found discrepancies in sales' records. However, it was revealed later that Tejas had lost all the money stolen in the share market already.