Two held for creating fake Aadhaar card, social media account to frame man in rape case
Thane (PTI): Two persons have been arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy and framing a Lucknow resident in a false rape case, a Thane police official said on Friday.
On December 30, one Abhishek Singh was booked in a rape case on the complaint of a woman, but a probe found he was in Uttar Pradesh at the time, the Badlapur East police station official said.
"We probed further and found that one Sunny Chouhan and his associates had hatched a conspiracy to implicate Singh. The two are known to each other. Chouhan sent his associate Pratamesh Yadav to Singh's Lucknow home, created a fake social media account to chat with the woman complainant as part of the conspiracy," he said.
"Chouhan got another person, identified as Bhavesh Totlani, to go to a hotel with a fake Aadhaar card that identified him as Singh. The woman arrived at the lodge and later lodged a false rape case against Singh. Chouhan and Yadav have been arrested, while the woman and Totlani are at large," he said.
They have been charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Information Technology for forgery, conspiracy, giving false information to government servant and other offences, the official added.
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'Strong evidence' available against Saif attacker, police tell court while opposing his bail plea
Mumbai, Jul 25 (PTI): Police have opposed the bail plea of the Bangladeshi national arrested for allegedly stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan with a knife and injuring him at his home here in January this year, telling a Mumbai court there was "strong evidence" against the accused.
Citing a Forensic Science Laboratory report, police reiterated before the sessions court their earlier claim knife fragments that got lodged near the actor's spine during the attack as well as a part found at the crime spot have matched with the weapon recovered from the accused, Shariful Islam.
These three pieces were part of the same weapon (knife) used to attack the filmstar, the police said in a written response to the accused's plea submitted in the court on Thursday (July 24).
Khan was repeatedly stabbed with a knife by an intruder inside his 12th floor apartment in upscale Bandra on January 16 during a robbery attempt.
The 54-year-old actor underwent surgery at Lilavati Hospital to remove a piece of knife that got lodged near his spine during the attack. He was discharged from the private hospital after five days.
Shariful Islam, a Bangladeshi national, was arrested two days later for allegedly stabbing Khan.
The police, in their response, highlighted that the accused is a Bangladeshi citizen residing illegally in India.
If granted bail, there was a possibility that he may flee India and not appear before the court during the trial. The crime committed by the accused is of a "very serious nature, and strong evidence" is available against him, they argued.
In his bail plea, filed through advocate Vipul Dushing, the accused asserted he was innocent and had no prior criminal record.
Investigation into the case has practically concluded with only the filing of a chargesheet pending, the accused contended while seeking bail.
The alleged attacker has been booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections related to house trespass, robbery and dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous injury.
