Woman BJP leader found killed in her flat in Palghar
Palghar (Maha), Oct 9: The decomposed body of a 38-year-old local woman leader of the BJP was found at her residence here in Maharashtra Tuesday, a police official said.
Police suspect the victim, Rupali Chavan, a local leader of the BJP's Mahila Morcha who resided in Nallasopara area on outskirts of Mumbai, was killed two days ago.
Some neighbours of Chavan, on noticing a foul stench emanating from her house, alerted police officials who broke open the door and found her dead, the official said.
She had several injuries and burn wounds on her body, he said.
"We suspect she was killed by an unidentified person two days back," he said, adding the exact cause of her death would be known after the postmortem.
"We have registered an offence of murder and further investigation is on," he added.
Inspector K G Kolhe of the Nallasopara police station told the media Chavan resided on the first floor of a multi- storey building and her body was found in the afternoon.
According to her neighbours, an attempt was made to dispose of the body by burning it.
One of her friends told the media that on October 5 Chavan was with her and they went out for shopping.
The next day the victim went alone for shopping and called her friend in the night. That was the last time they spoke to each other, she said.
For the next two days the woman said she tried to reach Chavan on the phone, but in vain. Finally, she called her father who showed her a message purported to have been sent by the victim stating she was going to Surat for a couple of days, she said.
Doubting the authenticity of the message, the woman said she and her father decided to file a missing person complaint with the police.
But before that they Tuesday went to Chavan's flat to enquire about her and found it to be locked from outside.
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Three juveniles held for stabbing 16-year-old over past grudge in northwest Delhi
New Delhi, Mar 18 (PTI): Three juveniles, including one who was recently out on bail in a murder case, were apprehended in connection with the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar over to past dispute, an official said on Wednesday.
A PCR call on March 12 reported a stabbing incident in Ashok Vihar area in which one Altaf (16) sustained grievous injuries.
Police said the victim was rushed to hospital in a critical condition. With no eyewitnesses, and the victim initially unfit to give a statement, the case posed a challenge for investigators.
An FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and a team was constituted to probe the matter.
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After regaining consciousness, the victim disclosed the name of one of the assailants, providing a crucial lead. Acting on local inputs and surveillance, police conducted raids and tracked down the suspects.
Subsequently, three juveniles were apprehended and, during interrogation, they confessed to their involvement in the crime, police said.
The accused disclosed that they knew the victim and had a prior altercation over a trivial issue, which escalated into bitter enmity. Nursing a grudge, they conspired to attack him and stabbed the boy after intercepting him on the day of the incident.
Police said one of the apprehended juveniles had recently been released on bail in a murder case registered last year at the same police station.
The weapon of offence, a knife, was recovered at the instance of the accused.
