On May 18, 2012 Times of India reported that an autorickshaw driver was held by the police on Thursday for attacking a family which had come to Kochi from New Delhi as tourists. The arrested was identified as Salahuddin, 28, of Pallilankara, Kalamassery. The accused was along with a group of auto drivers who attacked the family comprising women. The incident occurred when the family was returning to New Delhi from Kochi after spending their vacation in Kerala. It was on May 11 that the family of Prem Malhotra of Rani Bagh, New Delhi, hired three autos to go to the KSRTC bus stand. While two auto drivers demanded Rs. 50 from the family members, the third driver demanded Rs. 80, to which the family members objected.

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On May 18, 2012 Mid-Day reported that mindless stunts pulled between three passengers travelling on two parallel local trains cost an innocent co-passenger his life on Wednesday afternoon. The Borivli Government Railway Police (GRP) officers arrested two men last evening for allegedly causing the death of 26-year-old Maqbool Ansari on a Borivli bound local, while they engaged in frivolous antics with another unidentified accused travelling in a train that was moving towards Churchgate in the next track.

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On May 18, 2012 DNA reported that principal of the Upchar College of Nursing in Mansarovar was arrested by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting the bribe of Rs. 20,000 from two students while the warden of the hostel was arrested for helping the principal to hide the money on Thursday.

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On May 18, 2012 DNA reported that the police on Thursday arrested five miscreants while betting on 'Mumbai-Kalyan Satta'. The team also recovered around Rs. 1 lakh from them. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Banganga police raided a hut erected near Khan Runnel at Bhagirathpura Bridge and nabbed five miscreants Basantilal, 34, Bhagwan, 28, Vikash, 34, Kamlesh, 26 and Chetan, 34.

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On May 18, 2012 DNA reported that three drunkards set a 14-year-old dalit boy afire after pouring liquor on his body in VIdisha town on Wednesday night. The barbaric incident occurred in front of hundreds of people at a liquor shop near Kararia square. The boy’s crime was that he had refused to bring a glass. He is admitted in a hospital with 30% burn injuries.

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On May 18, 2012 The Pioneer reported that Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a 30-year-old doctor for allegedly raping a 28-year-old girl in Mayur Vihar Phase-I area of East Delhi. The accused, Pradeep Kumar Bharti works with a private Hospital in East Delhi. Police said that the doctor had gone to the girl's house for treatment.

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On May 18, 2012 Ahmedabad Mirror reported that a gang comprising youngsters that had been smashing car windows for past one year was busted by the Sector 1 police. Cops recovered a motorcycle and four gearless scooters from them. Interestingly, three of the scooters didn’t have number plates. According to cops, the youths targeted luxury cars like Audi, Pajero, Honda City and Chevrolet. “They did it for the thrill,” cops said. This year, the biker gang broke window panes of 50 luxury cars in 13 incidents.

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On May 18, 2012 Times of India reported that the Amberpet police on Thursday arrested a chain snatcher involved in eight cases and recovered 23 tolas of gold worth Rs. Six lakh from his possession. The Amberpet police said Mohammed Amer, a glass-fitting worker, was arrested near Mahaveer Jewellers. Amer along with his friend Salim had resorted to snatching offences in the past several months.

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On May 17, 2012 Times of India reported that two men have been arrested for allegedly cheating businessmen by posing as CBI and sales tax officials. Kishan Lal (62), involved in 24 cases of cheating, and Rajender Kumar (40), wanted for 9 such cases, were picked up from near Rohini west Metro Station, said Sanjay Jain, DCP (crime).

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On May 17, 2012 The Pioneer reported that a miscreant was nabbed while attempting to snatch a purse from a young woman in Bairagarh township on Tuesday night. The miscreant was nabbed by the locals when he tried to flee after being unsuccessful in the robbery bid. The police said that on Tuesday at around 10:30 pm, victim Neha Vaswani had gone for shopping. While on her way back home she was accosted by the miscreant Ajay Mishra (20) on a scooter made an unsuccessful attempt of snatching her bag near the Punjab National Bank branch of Bairagarh.

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