IAF officer found hanging at Raipur residence; probe on
Raipur (PTI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) officer has allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, police said.
Wing Commander Vipul Yadav, 39, was posted in tasks related to anti-Naxal operations.
His domestic help found him hanging with a rope from the ceiling fan inside his room at his residence in Vidhayak Colony under the Telibandha police station area on Wednesday morning, a police official said.
Wing Commander Yadav's son and daughter were sleeping in another room, he said.
The officer's wife, who previously served in the IAF, now works in the IT sector in Bengaluru. The couple had a love marriage in 2014, the official said.
According to preliminary information, the couple reportedly had frequent disputes, and personal issues may have prompted him to end his life, the official said.
No suicide note was found at the spot, and further investigation was underway to ascertain the trigger behind the extreme step, he added.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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Woman arrested for cheating, robbing wealthy men after luring them in Karnataka's Belagavi
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Belagavi Police have arrested a woman who allegedly lured wealthy men and robbed them, officials said on Thursday.
The accused has been identified as Deepa Avatagi (33), a native of Mahalingpur in Bagalkot district. She claimed to be a fashion designer, they said.
Her associate, Shivanand Mathapati, a resident of Hukkeri taluk in Belagavi district, is currently absconding.
Police said Mathapati allegedly supplied information about affluent individuals to the accused.
According to investigators, Deepa befriended wealthy men through social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. After establishing contact, she allegedly engaged them in obscene chats and later invited them to meet her at a lodge in Belagavi city.
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Once the victim arrived at the lodge, she would ask him to take a shower.
While the man was inside the bathroom, she would allegedly lock the door from outside and flee with his mobile phone, cash and car keys, Belagavi Police Commissioner Bhushan Gulabrao Borase said.
Police said some of the incidents were captured on the lodge's CCTV cameras. The accused would later call the victim from another phone number and allegedly demand money, threatening to lodge a police complaint if the victim refused to pay.
A case has been registered at the Tilakwadi Police Station in Belagavi. A police team led by Inspector Parashuram Poojari arrested the accused during the investigation.
Police have seized property worth approximately Rs 32.86 lakh from the accused. The seized items include cars, 11 mobile phones, a tablet, a dongle, three car keys and Rs 14,000 in cash, the senior police officer said.
Further investigation into the case is underway, and efforts are on to trace the absconding accomplice, police added.
"The recovered items will be returned to the rightful owners. Shivanand is still absconding and will be secured very soon. He was earlier arrested in Bengaluru by the Bengaluru Police. We are currently working out to find how many people have been targeted by them," the officer added.
