As printed in the Pioneer, the police laid a trap and arrested six people and a customs official for selling heroin at Central Railway Station. They seized one kg of heroin worth Rs 1 crore in the international market from the suspects. The arrested persons were customs official Natarajan, his associates Soundara Rajan, Ravi, Kannan and Charles. Police recovered the contraband from a house in Mogappair.

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As reported in the Times of India, the Tardeo police have arrested two youths in a rape and molestation case of two minors on August 28. The accused had allegedly lured the minor girls on the pretext that they would take them to the beach. One of the arrested accused, Nagesh raped one of the victims at his residence and his accomplice helped in the crime and molested the victim’s friend.

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As reported in the Hindustan Times, the police arrested Suman Kumari, a lady teacher based in Moga for stealing a Honda Activa parked at the basement near the office of Deputy Director, Punjab Education Department at Vikas Bhawan in Phase VIII. She was caught on the basis of CCTV footage. The accused has been produced in the court and sent to one-day police remand.

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As published in the Deccan Herald, the Upparpet police arrested five suspects in connection with a kidnapping and murder case of a man on August 16 near Kengeri and Mandya. The accused held were Chandrashekhar, Prasanna, Raghavendra, Anil Kumar. Another suspect Paramesh is still absconding. The suspects kidnapped the victim, collected his ATM cards and PIN numbers and strangled him with a wire and murdered him.

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As published in the Times of India, the police arrested Santosh Bhukan on charges of kidnapping, murder and destroying evidence of his lover who was also worked as a receptionist in his company. The accused on August took the victim to his farmhouse which is under construction at Ponde village in Malshiras, Purandar taluka. After offering her a sedated drink he strangled her with a rope and murdered her.

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As reported in the Hindustan Times, the police held two employees among the four accused from Education Department in connection with the Rs 1.50-crore GPF fraud case in the education department block. The accused had withdrawn money by fraudulently obtaining fake ID proofs and bills of government teachers and opening bank accounts in their names. A case has been registered against accused under various section of the IPC. The accused were identified as Sukhbir Singh, Parveen Bala, Shashi Bala and Darampal. The latter two are still to be caught and a search has been launched to nab them.

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As reported in the Times of India, the Meghaninagar police nabbed two persons for stabbing a youth to death after a scuffle in Meghaninagar late on August 25. The accused Ramesh Rawat alias Shetty and his associate attacked the victim near Shantinagar bus stand where they had gathered for a meeting.

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As published in the Statesman, the Police arrested two women on charges of torturing their 14-year-old domestic help in Shimlagarh of Pundooah block of Hooghly today. The victim who is an orphan, stayed with the family of the accused Rehnaz Begum and her mother Mahela Bibi. They have been held under charges of exploitation of child labour.

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As published in the Times of India, the Police arrested A. Raju, and his wife Jayabharathi for allegedly murdering a pawnbroker and stealing ornaments valued at Rs 1.60 crore from his safe in Madurai on August 21, 2010. The accused smothered the victim with a pillow and slashed his neck.

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As reported in the Times of India, the Deccan Gymkhana police have registered a case and arrested two suspects identified as Irfan Sayyad and Vijay Belad for duping 16 people to the tune of Rs 22.59 lakh on the pretext of giving them good returns. The accused posed as managing directors of an investment firm ‘Cash n Dollar’ and allegedly used a fake website, whose domain name had been banned and sealed by government of Malaysia in the past.

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