Man kills welder in Thane for refusing to give money to buy liquor
Thane (PTI): A man allegedly stabbed to death a 29-year-old welder in Maharashtra's Thane city after the latter refused to give him money to buy liquor, an official said on Monday.
The incident took place at around 1 am on Sunday when the victim went out of his house in Ram Nagar area of Wagle Estate to answer nature's call and met the 32-year-old accused, who worked as a driver and resided in the same locality, Srinagar police station's senior inspector Kirankumar Kabadi said.
The accused, who was inebriated, asked the victim for money to buy liquor. When the victim refused, the accused allegedly stabbed him to death with a knife. The victim died on the spot, the official said.
After being alerted, police rushed to the spot. They sent the body to a government hospital for post-mortem and recovered the blood-stained knife, he said.
The accused was later arrested and booked under Indian Penal Code Section 302 (murder). He was produced before a local magistrate who remanded him in police custody till October 26, the official said.
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Three arrested for running fake Aadhaar racket in UP's Badaun
Budaun (UP), Apr 30 (PTI): The Budaun Police on Thursday busted a gang allegedly involved in preparing fake Aadhaar cards and forged documents, and arrested three of its members, officials said.
The action was carried out in the Hazratpur area, where the accused were found operating an illegal setup to generate fake identity documents, they said.
The accused have been identified as Farman Ali, a resident of Munshi Nagla, Anuj Kumar of Uprela, and Brajnandan of Sirsauli.
The police said a fingerprint scanner, three laptops, a hard disk, a scanner, a large number of Aadhaar cards and several suspicious documents were recovered from their possession.
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During interrogation, it was revealed that the gang had been involved in preparing fake identity documents for a long time, misleading people and earning money through illegal means, officials said.
Station House Officer Pushpendra Singh said the accused have been produced before a court, and efforts are underway to identify and arrest other members of the gang.
He added that further revelations are likely as the investigation progresses.
