Crime
Amidst rising crime, Delhi set to hide women in “safe winter wears”
Dec. 14 |With women being randomly abducted, raped, and slashed with blades in the national capital, the state government has decided to curb crimes against women by making it difficult for the criminals to spot women in public places. Government has released a set of winter wears that have been termed “unisex” and “safe”, and have asked all the residents, irrespective of their gender, to wear the same.
Beggars using Wikipedia founder’s picture to swindle money
Nov. 17 |The begging mafia in Delhi is getting ingenious and keeping with modern times. After using pictures of Hindu gods and goddesses to extract money from the believers, beggars are now using pictures of Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and swindling money from internet savvy residents of the national capital in the name of donation to the community driven free web-based encyclopedia.
Chinkara turns hostile in poaching case involving Salman Khan
Sep. 8 |On a day when the ex-maid of Shiney Ahuja retracted her statement over Shiney having raped her, another Bollywood actor Salman Khan has won a major legal reprieve as a Chinkara, which witnessed the illegal poaching, turned hostile in the case. Bollywood personalities and lawyers have hailed both the developments and hoped that all other cases involving high profile celebrities are quashed as soon as possible.
Railways to delay trains indefinitely to fool waiting dacoits
Aug. 11 |Eastern Railways has decided to completely screw up the time table of all the trains passing through Bihar and Bengal to fool dacoits and Maoists waiting in ambush. The decision was taken after two train robberies happened in quick succession in Bihar where armed dacoits looted helpless railway passengers at gun point. Passengers have been advised not to incorporate any train journeys while planning their time-bound engagements.
60 kilos of suspected Monica Bedi recovered from Arthur Road Jail
Jul. 29 |Police have till now recovered 60 kilos of what looks like Monica Bedi from a cell in the Arthur Road Jail after investigations began last Saturday with recovery of a ladies undergarment from one of the bathrooms in the jail. The concerned bathroom belonged to the underworld don Abu Salem, who is currently lodged in the same jail as an accused in the 1993 Bombay blasts case.
Man sets a new record by stealing third blanket from Rajdhani Express
Jul. 6 |37-year-old Rajesh Kumar left his friends and neighbors in a mix of awe and shock when he announced that he had successfully stolen third blanket from Rajdhani Express, the Air-Conditioned trains of Indian Railways, from as many trips in the last one month. Working as an Area Sales Manager in a submersible pump manufacturing company, Rajesh completed his ‘hat-trick’ while on an official trip to meet a client.
Delhi government to hide criminals behind police uniforms
Jun. 2 |Delhi government has decided to give police uniforms to criminals operating in the National Capital Region to hide them from public view and to boost the visual security of the region. It’s not yet known if the criminals wrapped so under police uniforms would have any obligations to stop criminal activities, but the decision is being termed as a major step towards improving security in NCR.
Mujrim Jeevandas loses temper, beats judge with plywood
Mar. 15 |In shocking chain of events, an 85-years-old accused named Jeevandas lost all his control and pounced on the session Judge when the judge announced a new date for another hearing of his case. He apparently tore off a piece of plywood from judge’s desk and started hitting him with that piece. Judge B.M. Dablue, who was badly injured, was taken to a nearby dispensary and was discharged after minor stitches on his back and butts.
Baba calling babe – Godman caught with callgirls claims he has split personality
Mar. 4 |Godman Shiv Murat Dwivedi, also known as Ichchhadhari Sant Swami Bhimanand, who was arrested a few days back for running a high profile sex racket, has claimed that he was suffering from schizophrenia i.e. split personality, and had no idea what his evil twin was doing. Following this, his lawyers have moved a petition in Delhi High Court to get the Godman released on medical grounds.
Mob assaults youth in train for singing television ad jingle
Jan. 28 |C. Sailesh, a resident of Ameerpet in Hyderabad, was violently assaulted on board a local train yesterday by a crowd of angry passengers shortly after he decided to stand up from his seat and start singing an ad jingle of a popular new cellular service provider. “DO TWO RUE” was all Sailesh could sing in tune, before the fellow passengers swarmed towards him and started punching him.
