Hamlet housing gang of robbers
For the first time in the last 15 years, five members of the Kanja Kherya gang of Kherwa Jageer village in Madhya Pradesh have been caught by the Cyberabad special operations team sleuths. The gang which steals gold, cash and other valuables from the passengers travelling in private buses was wanted by the police of at least 10 states in India.
Since April this year, as many as 12 cases of theft in private buses were reported at Kukatpally, KPHB, Miyapur, Bachupally, Suryapet, Mahabubnagar, Kodad, and Nalgonda. The gang follows the private buses in a car and waits for them to stop at the dhabas on the highways. Once the passengers travelling on the buses get down to have food, two gang members enter the buses and steal the valuables from the bags of the passengers, and flee immediately in their car.
Cyberabad police commissioner Mr. V. C. Sajjanar on Thur-sday said after receiving a tip-off that their families were living on hillocks at Multanipura hamlet in Kherwa Jageer village, a team of 10 police officials went there and stayed for about 25 days and nabbed Md Haider Ali Khasham Multhani,35, Sikhender Razaq, 45, Mohsin Khan, 28, Mohammed Tayyub Khan, 33, and Afsar Khan, 20.
They have been brought to the city and remanded to judicial The habitats are so notorious that they do not allow the arrest of a single person from the village. There was an incident a few years ago, where the police had to open fire at the villagers.” — Cyberabad police custody. The gang has been caught for the first time in the last 15 years. Based on their confession, 780 gm of gold pertaining to nine cases, and one car have been seized from them, said the commissioner. A housewife who had allegedly murdered her husband with the help of her ‘paramour’ was arrested by Banjara Hills Police on Thursday.
The accused Banoth Devika, 30 years, was allegedly into a relationship with one Totha Benarjee, 31, a housekeeping supervisor in a private company. “The duo planned to get married and live together. So, they decided to kill Jagan Naik alias Jaggu, husband of Devika, a few weeks ago. The duo felt that they could live happily after killing the man,” DCP (West) A.R. Srinivas said.
On Monday night, Benarjee, with the help of Devika, strangulated and killed Jagan Naik after spraying pesticide and sprinkling chili powder on his face.
The house owners woke up to the loud noise and went upstairs. “In her bid to escaped from the case, Devika concocted a story saying that her husband came home in an inebriate state, beat her up. In order to save herself, she kicked him on his genitals and later throttled his neck resulting in his death,” the DCP said.