Two men strangle housemate for refusing to fill water bucket during 'his turn'
New Delhi, Jan 18: A man was allegedly strangled by two of his housemates after a fight over “his turn” to fill a bucket of water, police said on Thursday.
The accused, one of them a juvenile, tried to evade arrest by making it look like a suicide, they said. They were apprehended from Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi.
“On January 11, a PCR call was received at Nihal Vihar police station about a suicide case in a rented house. Our team reached the spot and found a dead body lying on the bed in a room at the first floor,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (outer) Jimmy Chiram said.
The officer further said that initially the matter seemed to be suicide case as per the caller’s version.
Police ruled out hanging as the ceiling was very high and there was no way to reach it. “Our staff suspected the matter may not be a suicide case. An inspection of the body was conducted. The team also discussed the matter with doctors who conducted autopsy,” the DCP said.
“Doctors told the team that there was some ligature marks present on the neck of the deceased who was identified as Rachit, a labourer by profession. He was strangulated to death,” Chiram said.
Police said that an FIR under sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), and 34 (common intentions) of the IPC was registered on January 16.
“We got to know that the victim was residing with two other people in a rented house. When we inquired about them, the staff found their mobile phones off.
The team located them in Hardoi of Uttar Pradesh and a raid was conducted there, the officer said.
A juvenile was apprehended and another accused identified as Abhay Kant Mishra (27) was arrested,” he added.
During interrogation, the accused told police that they had a verbal spat with the victim after the latter refused to bring a bucket of water during “his turn”.
“They were drunk. They strangulated him to death using a rope and fled from the spot,” the DCP said.
A rope and a knife was recovered from the accused’s possession, he added.
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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.
