On May 17, 2012 Times of India reported that a 39-year-old paediatric cardiologist working at a hospital in Mogappair was arrested on charges of rape on Tuesday night. Police said Dr C Yogesh, a native of Maharashtra, began an affair with Dr Preethi, an anaesthetist, four months ago with a promise of marriage. He also told her that he had filed a petition in the family court to dissolve his first marriage.

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On May 17, 2012 Times of India reported that an executive engineer from the Thane division of the PWD was arrested by anti-corruption bureau officials for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 1.5 lakh on Wednesday. Balkrishna Zodge was arrested in his office while accepting the money from a PWD contractor, Sunil Jadhav.

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On May 16, 2012 Times of India reported that five jewel thieves, including two women,were arrested by the Thane crime branch recently after enjoying a free run for close to a year. Subhash Dhondu Sawant (48), his wife, Sujita (38), and aides Soni Raj Shetty (44), Dyaneshwar Namdeo Shinde (32) and 65-year-old Subhash Govind Pawar used to target shops that had a lone attendant. The women would keep him busy by asking to see ornaments, while the others stole jewellery and sneaked out of the shop.

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On May 16, 2012 Times of India reported that a 32-year-old woman was found dead in her south Kolkata home on Tuesday. Initial probe confirmed unnatural death and police suspect she died after consuming sleeping pills. The victim’s husband and father-in-law were arrested after her father lodged a complaint against them with the police.

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On May 16, 2012 Times of India reported that city police have nabbed two brothers for allegedly running a cricket betting network from a car in the city on Monday. Police had got specific information about a duo taking bets on Rajasthan and Pune IPL match. A watch was kept at Gandhi Baug and it was found that the duo was taking bets in a moving car to mislead police and avoid arrest.

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On May 16, 2012 Times of India reported that on the day when police sub-inspectors (PSIs) and deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) were passing out at the Karai police academy, a complaint of dowry harassment was being filed at Vastrapur police station against one of the fresh graduates. In the complaint, a police inspector’s daughter Bhavna Desai, accused her husband a police sub-inspector Hiren Desai and his family members of physical and mental harassment for dowry. M R Sharma, Vastrapur police inspector, said, “We have registered Bhavna’s complaint.”

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On May 16, 2012 Mid-Day reported that a 16-year-old deaf and dumb girl was gangraped by three men at knifepoint in Bhandup on Monday afternoon. All three of them were later arrested. According to the Bhandup police, the victim is a Std VIII student and lived with her family at Jamil Nagar, Bhandup (West). The incident occurred when the teen was playing outside her house. The three accused – Kallu Sureshchandra Jaiswal alias Shivkumar (23) and two other 16-year-olds – forcefully escorted the girl to Jaiswal’s home nearby and then raped her one by one at knifepoint.

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On May 16, 2012 DNA reported that a fight between husband and wife ended on a rather bad note with the wife losing her nose, literally. Ashwinlalji Parmar, 35, picked up a fight with his wife Meena after suspecting her of infidelity. In a fit of rage, he bit off her nose. Till the last report came, Parmar was still absconding.

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On May 16, 2012 DNA reported that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested two persons red-handed allegedly accepting bribe, in two separate incidents. In the first incident, ACB nabbed Kailash Chand Pareekh, a second grade operator of Jaipur Dairy for taking a bribe of `13,000 from a packaging contractor in the office. The ACB also recovered the bribe money from him. ACB taking stock of the matter also seized his account and further started searching his house for more recovery.

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On May 16, 2012 DNA reported that a local court sentenced a man and his parents to life imprisonment in connection with a dowry death case. The sentence was awarded on Monday by District and Sessions Judge Jagdish Baheti to – Saleem (27), his mother Zubaida (65) and father Nyadar Sheikh Nannu (75) in connection with the death of his wife Sabeena (21). According to prosecution, Sabeena got married to Saleem in 2009 after which she was tortured by her in-laws for dowry. They later set her ablaze by pouring kerosene over her on July 31, 2011.

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