Gauri Lankesh murder case: Plot hatched in cop’s house !
Bengaluru: A special investigation team has reported that the accused in the murder of Journalist Gauri Lankesh had hired a police officer’s home and hatched the plot there itself.
Suresh Kumar, a resident of Tumkur, had hired the house belonging to an ACB Inspector in Seegehalli on Magadi Road to reside with his wife and children. After few days, he sent his family to the town and allowed Amul kale of Pune, Maharashtra’s Sujit Kumar and other accused to stay in the house. Besides, he facilitated food and other things for them.
After killing Gauri, the arrested Parshuram Waghmore and Ganesh Miskin returned to the house and picked up their belongings and vacated the home on September 06, 2017. Even Suresh also escaped.
After their arrest, Maddur’s Naveen Kumar and Parshuram Waghmore, who gave these statements in front of the SIT officials, attempted to derail the investigation by telling the officials that they did not know about the Gauri’s murder in later stages.
Officials said that the Suresh's role was found recently when Rajesh Bangera and Mohan Nayak of Madikeri and a few others were arrested and interrogated.
A police officer was unaware
The police officer had given his Seegehalli house to his relative to look after it. That relative rented it out to them. Therefore, this matter had not come to his attention. Even the accused Suresh had hired the house by telling that he wanted to reside with his family and shown his wife and children, the officials said.
Custody hearing on Monday
The court has adjourned to Monday for hearing the petition filed by SIT officials seeking the custody of accused Suresh Kumar for inquiry.
The special prosecutor for SIT argued that Suresh had provided shelter and other facilities to the accused. Therefore he needs to be detained and prosecuted. But Suresh's advocate has asked for more time to argue. The trial was held on Friday and was adjourned to Saturday.
"Suresh is likely to have concealed or destroyed the important evidence, including the weapon. He has to be taken into custody," SIT officials said.
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Thane police nab two women for stealing ornaments from bus passengers, in public places
Thane (PTI): The Thane Crime Branch has arrested two women for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from citizens and solved nine such cases with the recovery of jewellery worth Rs 37.19 lakh, an official said on Friday.
Senior Inspector Sachin Gaikwad of Crime Unit-I said the accused targeted elderly commuters and passengers on crowded buses.
The latest case came to light after a 72-year-old woman recently approached the police, saying a gold-encrusted purse was stolen from her bag when she was travelling by bus from Kharegaon Naka to Ozone Valley bus stop in Thane.
A team examined CCTV footage from the area and gathered information about the suspects, he said. “Acting on technical inputs and surveillance, the Crime Branch team arrested the two accused women on May 7,” Gaikwad said.
The accused were identified as Sangeeta Dashrath Peethkar (45) and Surekha Bajrang Gaikwad (47), both residents of Mumbai’s Mulund, which is located adjacent to Thane.
Police said the two women are involved in nine theft offences. Gold ornaments collectively valued at Rs 37.19 lakh have been recovered from the duo, said police, adding that further investigation is underway.
