Bengaluru: Teen, friends kill woman; stage suicide, say police
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Bengaluru (PTI): A 17-year-old girl, along with her male friends, allegedly killed her mother and staged the crime as a suicide at their home in Uttarahalli, police said on Friday.
The deceased, identified as Netravathi (35), worked as a helper at a loan recovery firm, they said.
The incident occurred on October 25. When the girl went missing from home soon after her mother’s death, Netravathi’s sister grew suspicious and filed a complaint at the Subramanyapura police station, following which a murder case was registered, police said.
During the investigation, police found that the minors had strangled Netravathi to death with a towel and then hanged her body from a ceiling fan using a saree to make it appear as a suicide before fleeing, a senior police officer said.
Citing preliminary findings, the officer said Netravathi had recently discovered that her daughter was in a relationship with a boy who frequently visited their house. She had objected to it and warned him to stay away. The two had met through the girl’s cousin, the officer added.
“The girl herself was involved in the murder, which was plotted by her boyfriend after they were caught spending time together at home on the same day,” the officer said.
Police apprehended five minors—the girl and her four male friends, in connection with the crime and sent them to a juvenile home, officials added.
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Four held for Rs 33 lakh online investment fraud; interstate racket busted
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has busted an interstate cyber fraud syndicate involved in an online investment scam and arrested four persons, an official said on Saturday.
A crime branch team arrested the accused in a case where a victim was allegedly cheated of Rs 33.83 lakh on the pretext of lucrative returns through online trading platforms.
“Police said the accused lured victims with promises of high returns and later coerced them into depositing more money on the pretext of unlocking or withdrawing earlier investments,” the officer said.
Police said the racket operated across several states, including Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan, and used a network of mule bank accounts to route and layer the defrauded money to conceal its origin.
“During the investigation, the cheated amount was traced to 15 bank accounts. Thirteen of these accounts were registered outside Delhi, indicating the organised and interstate nature of the syndicate,” said the police officer.
The accused have been identified as Mohammad Khalid (26) and Atiur Rahman (23), both residents of Delhi, Ramandeep Singh (29) from Punjab, and Tanish alias Heera Ram (27) from Rajasthan.
According to the police, Khalid was arrested on March 15 and allegedly disclosed that he gave his bank account details and SIM card to a co-accused for a commission.
Rahman, who was already lodged in a jail in Haryana in a similar case, was later formally arrested. Ramandeep Singh was arrested on April 6 and allegedly admitted to sharing his account credentials for monetary gain.
Tanish was apprehended from Rajasthan on April 9 for facilitating the use of such accounts in the fraud network.
During the probe, officers analysed over 100 call detail records, IMEI data and transaction-related digital evidence to track the accused and establish the money trail.
Three mobile phones and SIM cards used in the crime have been recovered.
Further investigation is underway to identify other members of the syndicate and trace additional financial linkages, the police said.
