Jilted lover kills woman, ends life; clue in his suicide note helps cops find her body after 34 days
Thane (PTI): A 19-year-old woman who had been missing for the last 34 days was found murdered in Kharghar area of Navi Mumbai, with the prima facie probe revealing she was killed by her jilted lover who committed suicide by jumping in front of a local train, the police have said.
The man had left behind a "code" in a suicide note that was retrieved from his mobile phone. After toiling for days, investigators decoded it, which was the number of a tree marked by forest officials. The code helped the cops trace the woman's body, he said on Wednesday.
The woman was allegedly strangled to death in Kharghar hills by the accused who was angry over her snapping ties with him, an official said.
The woman left for her college in Sion on December 12 and never returned, following which a missing person case was registered at Kalamboli police station.
During the investigation, police received a message that one Vaibhav Burungale, a resident of Kalamnboli, had killed himself by jumping in front of a running local train at Juinagar railway station on December 12, following which a case was registered, the official said.
Meanwhile, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Milind Bharambe set up a special task force to investigate the case.
Police found a suicide note saved in the mobile phone of Burungale stating that he had murdered the woman and was going to commit suicide, the official said.
The official said code words such as L01-501' were used in the suicide note which was decoded by the police to crack the case. The code was the number of a tree, marked by the Forest Department, where Burungale dumped the body of the woman.
"The investigation revealed that the woman and Burungale were present in Kharghar Hills area on December 12. Police took the help of voluntary rescuers from Lonavala and collaborated with the Fire Brigade, Cidco, and Forest Department to search the woman's body. Drones were also used," police said in a release.
The breakthrough came when the woman's body was spotted lying in bushes in a dumping ground in the Owe camp area in Kharghar, it said.
The body was identified based on the dress the woman was wearing when she had left for college, the wristwatch, and the ID card.
Further investigation is underway, police said.
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Man arrested in Hyderabad for impersonating police officer using AI videos
Hyderabad (PTI): A 27-year-old man was arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly impersonating a police official and uploading fabricated videos on social media platforms to gain followers, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, who worked as a delivery executive with a food delivery aggregator, created and circulated misleading videos using AI-based software.
He falsely depicted himself as a police official and showcased weapons, potentially causing panic and misleading the public, a release from Hyderabad Police said.
Police said it came to their notice that fake videos were being circulated on social media, showing individuals posing as police personnel and displaying weapons.
Upon preliminary inquiry, it was found that the videos were fabricated using AI software and did not represent any real police activity.
The accused unlawfully impersonated a police official and created deceptive digital content, which is a punishable offence under relevant provisions of law.
Such acts can erode public trust and create unnecessary alarm, the release said.
Acting on credible information, police teams apprehended the accused and seized a mobile phone used in the offence.
A case under relevant sections of the BNS and the IT Act, 2000, was registered at Kalapathar Police Station.
Further investigation is underway to determine whether any other persons were involved in the creation and dissemination of such content, police added.
