Fabricator murders colleague over work pressure in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A 22-year-old fabricator, Dilkhush, has been arrested by the Begur Police in Bengaluru for allegedly killing his colleague, Gulfam, on the pretext of facing excessive work pressure.
Dilkhush, a native of Varanasi who had been in the city for three months, was employed at a building in Devarachikkanahalli (DC Halli), where the incident occurred.
According to reports, frequent arguments arose between Dilkhush and Gulfam, a native of Murshidabad in Uttar Pradesh, due to Gulfam's claims of having more experience in the field and his alleged pressure on Dilkhush to work longer hours. Enraged by the continuous pressure, Dilkhush reportedly struck Gulfam on the head with a stone while the latter was sleeping in the building.
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The incident came to light when Gulfam's relative, residing in the city, filed a missing person complaint at the Begur Police Station. Suspicions arose when Dilkhush abruptly left for Varanasi after the alleged crime. Within 24 hours, the police tracked and apprehended Dilkhush in Varanasi.
During the investigation, Dilkhush confessed to committing the crime in response to Gulfam's constant pressure to work more. The police have registered a murder case in connection with the incident at the Begur Police Station.
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UP man gets life term for electrocuting mentally challenged wife to death in Bareilly
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): A local court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his mentally challenged wife by repeatedly electrocuting her while she was tied to a cot, lawyers said on Thursday.
Additional district government counsel Harendra Singh Rathore said Additional Sessions Judge Avinash Kumar Singh on Wednesday convicted Vinod Kumar (45) for killing his wife, Satyavati, in Chaina village of Bareilly district and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on him.
According to the prosecution, he was allegedly frustrated with his wife Satyavati's mental illness and often assaulted her.
Rathore said the prosecution examined nine witnesses to establish the charges against him.
As per court records, on the night of May 1-2, 2022, when Satyavati was asleep, Vinod tied her hands and legs to a cot using ropes and then connected an aluminium cable to an electric board to repeatedly administer electric shocks to her.
"She writhed in pain, but the accused continued to electrocute her until she died," the prosecution said.
The court observed that the murder was carried out in an inhuman manner.
After committing the crime, the accused threw the rope and cable on the roof and left for work at a brick kiln around 2 am to create a false alibi.
He later tried to mislead the police and the victim's family by claiming that Satyavati, whose mental condition was unstable, had accidentally died by suicide after grabbing a live electric wire.
However, the victim's brother, Sanjeev, a resident of Shahjahanpur district, suspected foul play and lodged an FIR under sections 498A (husband subjecting wife to cruelty) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code at Nawabganj police station.
During the trial, the prosecution relied on the post-mortem report prepared by Dr Faraz Anwar, who stated that multiple electrocution marks found on different parts of the victim's body could not have been self-inflicted.
The police also recovered the rope and electric wire used in the crime on the accused's identification, officials said.
