10 booked for 'assaulting' IT professionals over parking row in Kerala
Kochi (PTI): A parking-related row between neighbours has led to registration of a criminal case against 10 people, including three members of a family, for allegedly assaulting two IT professionals and threatening them by entering their home near Palarivattom here, police said on Friday.
Police said that an FIR under sections 115 (voluntarily causing hurt), 118(voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 296(obscene acts and songs), 329(criminal and house trespass), 351(criminal intimidation), 3(5)(common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered against the 10 accused.
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The IT professionals have claimed that on Wednesday night, some members of their neighbouring family verbally abused them, forcibly entered the compound of their home and beat them with flower pots over an argument related to parking of their vehicles, police said.
Their complaint also claimed that later around 4 am on Thursday, a man claiming to be a local thug trespassed into their home and made threats of violence against them on behalf of the neighbouring family.
Visuals of the incident aired on TV channels showed broken flower pots strewn within the compound of the IT professionals home and the neighbouring family hurling insults at them.
The visuals also showed a man claiming to be a thug entering their home, shutting the door from inside and then threatening to beat them up.
The 10 accused, included the man, who claimed to be a thug and threatened the IT professionals, police said.
At present, no one has been arrested or taken into custody as the claims and counter-claims of both sides were being examined, police added.
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Meghalaya: Interstate ATM theft racket busted, 6 arrested
Shillong (PTI): An interstate racket involved in ATM thefts across several states has been busted, with the arrest of six persons in connection with a break-in at an electronic banking outlet in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused were allegedly involved in breaking into an ATM of the Meghalaya Cooperative Apex Bank on April 5, 2024, they said.
Three of the accused were arrested from Barpeta in Assam, while the remaining were apprehended from Haryana, police said.
Ri-Bhoi SP Giri Prasad M said a special police team was constituted to investigate the case.
"With coordinated efforts and assistance from Assam and Haryana Police, we were able to apprehend the accused involved in the ATM break-in," he told PTI.
The case was registered at Umiam police station under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
According to police, the gang used gas cutters to break open the ATM safe and fled with the cash within minutes.
"The group is part of a larger network involved in similar ATM thefts across different states. Further investigation is underway to dismantle the entire network," the SP added.
