Condemned ripper, killer of 7, jumps jail again
Thiruvanthapuram: Ripper Jayanandan has again proved that jails cannot contain him for long. A crude ladder made using poles and dhotis, hung on cloth line for drying, helped Jayanandan and another convict Prakash alias Ooppan Prakash jump the 20-foot wall of the Poojappura central prison during the wee hours of Monday. Five prison officials were suspended in this connection.
Jayanandan alias Jayan, 45, of Kodungallur in Thrissur, was involved in seven murder cases and sentenced to death, while Ooppan Prakash, 45, of Oachira, was involved in 19 cases. Jayanandan had a history of jumping the Kannur central jail in 2010 and a futile attempt to break the Viyyur central jail by making a tunnel from the prison toilet.
After breaking the prison cell's lock using a hacksaw blade, the two cell mates climbed the prison’s huge wall by making a crude ladder using the dhotis and poles used to give support to plantains. The poles were tied together using the dhotis that were put for drying.
Jayanandan (left ) Ooppan Prakash
Afterclimbing the top of the wall, the dhotis were tied together to make a long rope and the two climbed down. The incident came to light after some prisoners noticed the dhotis hanging from the prison wall.
To mislead the jail warders, the two had also placed two crude dummies resembling two persons sleeping in the prison. The incident is suspected to have taken place between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.
Incidentally, a surveillance camera near the cell in which the two were kept had become defunct a few days back, while the recording system of the other surveillance camera systems in the prison was defunct for over the last several months. Senior prison officials, including DGP Prisons Alexander Jacob, visited the spot.
The police launched a massive hunt for the two and sounded an alerted in neighbouring districts and states. A police team led by city crime detachment assistant commissioner K E Baiju is probing into the incident. It is also suspected that the two were involved in the theft of a two-wheeler from Poojappura and chain snatching incidents near Vellayambalam and Manvila on Monday morning.
Deputy jailor P R Rajeev, chief warden P V Ibrahim, head wardens Abdul Rasheed, Prathapachandran and Rajeevkumar were suspended. Police sources said that Jayanandan, who was involved in seven murder cases, was undergoing death sentence for the murder of Devaki, 51, of Puthenvelikkara. He committed murders for robbery.
After jumping the Kannur central prison in June 2010, he was held from Ootty along with his wife. Subsequently, he was shifted to Poojappura. Ooppan Prakash , who was involved in several abkari cases in Thrissur, Ernakulam and Kollam districts, was convicted for a three-year rigorous imprisonment last year.
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Boyfriend pushes woman out of auto
Bengaluru: A woman, who reportedly refused to have a physical relationship with her boyfriend, was allegedly assaulted and pushed out of a moving autorickshaw by him and his friend in Kumbalgod on Monday evening.
The victim, Ghousia (name changed), is a resident of Channapatna and works at a toy shop. The police detained her boyfriend Nayaz, an auto driver and a native of Ramanagar, and his friend Tipu, a resident of Bapujinagar on Mysore Road.
The police said that Ghousia and Nayaz met four months ago and fell in love with each other. Ghousia, an orphan, was staying with her relatives. When Nayaz promised to marry her, she left them and came with Nayaz a week ago. He had kept her at his friend Tipu’s house. Tipu stays with his wife and other family members.
“Nayaz visited Ghousia every day and allegedly pestered her to have a physical relationship with him. But Ghousia reportedly told him that she would not consummate their relationship unless they got married. This had led to a quarrel between them. On Monday evening, Nayaz and Tipu took her in an autorickshaw and were going towards Ramanagar.
On the way, the couple had a quarrel over the same issue and following this, she was assaulted by the duo and pushed out of the moving rickshaw near Kumbalgod,” the police said. The passersby who saw it chased the rickshaw, nabbed the duo and handed them over to the police. Nayaz has reportedly told the police that he is in love with the girl and intends to marry her.
“He claims that she jumped from the rickshaw after a heated argument and denies pushing her out,” a police source said. Ghousia, who sustained minor injuries, was treated as an outpatient at a hospital. She has reportedly accused Nayaz and Tipu of trying to rape her.
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Lady cop jumps from building
Chennai: A woman police constable attempted suicide by jumping from the terrace of the police quarters in Pudupet early Monday morning after a fight with one of her colleagues during roll call.
According to the police, woman constable Santhi, 22, a native of Dindigul, jumped from a height of 15 feet after a quarrel with another constable, Kavitharani, on Mondaymorning.
Kavitharani, also a resident of Dindigul, was dropped at the quarters by a man working in the fire and rescue service department on a two-wheeler. This has led to gossip among policewomen in the quarters that girls from Dindigul were flirtatious in nature.
The building from where the policewoman jumped trying to kill herself. —DC
“Because of this, Santhi stared quarrelling with Kavitharani saying that because of her behaviour all girls from Dindigul were getting a bad name. Santhi had complained about this with an in-charge sub-inspector on Sunday.
On Monday morning, during roll call, Santhi reportedly raised the issue again. Her superior, however, was not very keen on taking action on oral complaints. Seeing the cold response from the sub-inspector, Santhi went up to the terrace and jumped from there,” said police sources.
The woman suffered head injuries besides multiple fractures on her bones.“She is serious and it will take at least three days for her condition to improve,” doctors attending on her at the Rajiv Gandhi government general hospital said.
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MBA clones credit cards
Hyderabad: An MBA graduate who stole money from around 150 people after cloning their debit and credit cards was arrested by the Central Crime Station police on Monday together with three accomplices.
The accused, Syed Jaber, 24, who is a call centre employee in HSBC, captured the data of the victims’ debit/credit cards with magnetic strip readers (skimmers) at two petrol pumps.
Police said that the four accused managed to pull out approximately Rs 10 lakh from the victims’ bank accounts. “He has also sold the data of many cards to other people,” CCS DCP Ranga Rao said. Jabbar, who did a crash course in hacking from a private computer institute, came into contact with a Nigerian national named Omorye.
The four men who were caught cloning and skimming data from credit cards being presented in front of the media on Monday. — DC
“The Nigerian national taught him how to extract debit/credit card details using the magnetic strip readers. He approached employees of two petrol pumps and started his operation with their help,” the DCP said.
The skimmers were installed at an IOC and a BPC petrol pump. “When the customers give their cards for paying the bill after filling petrol, his associates, who worked in those petrol pumps, would swipe the card in the skimmers of the main accused. The data gets transferred and the accused use it for cloning the cards,” Mr. Ranga Rao said.
The other accused are Rasalu Krishna, 21, who worked in the IOC petrol pump, Kanthalolla Venkat-esh, 21, a cashier at the same petrol pump, and Nitta Vasanth Kumar, 60, a cashier in the BPC petrol pump.
Police recovered credit cards, skimmers and laptops from Jabbar's possession. The police started the investigation after a victim, N. Sridhar, who used his card at the Habsiguda petrol filling station, lodged a complaint.
Next: Youth take to crime to fund lavish life
Youth take to crime to fund lavish life
Hyderabad: Youngsters in pursuit of living a lavish life have taken to a life of crime to fulfil their dreams. In many chain snatching cases in the recent past, it has been found, involved youngsters including college students.
Most of the youngsters involved in chainsnatching cases were found to be aged 15 to 25, and came from economically backward families with little scope to fulfil their ambitious dreams leading to committing such offences, pointed out Srikanth, deputy commissioner of police North Zone.
“Peer pressure could also be a reason. Most of the youngsters confessed that a desire to have a girl friend and visit restaurants made them commit the offences,” he added.
Deputy commissioner of police, East Zone, E. Jayalaxmi said, “These youngsters commit offences for easy money. They commit the crime, sell the booty and roam around happily until they are caught. Those who are not caught repeat the offence with confidence.”
Another police official said, “These offenders are also in the habit of visiting the snooker parlours, pubs, and when they are unable to meet the expenses, they resort to such offences.”
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35-yr-old married women attempts suicide, dies later
Hyderabad: A 35-year-old house wife, Rosy, who attempted suicide by hanging herself on Sunday afternoon, died in a city hospital on Monday. She was rushed to a private hospital on Sunday, and after treatment was sent back home.
However, when her condition deteriorated on Monday, she was again taken to the hospital. The reason for her suicide attempt is allegedly the illicit relationship her husband, Albert Joseph, was having with her sister.
Rosy was resident of Venkatapuram. She had been married for 20 years and had two children. K. Narasimha, SI of Alwal said, “A complaint lodged by M. Selvaraj, Rosy’s brother, stated that Joseph had been harassing his sister for the past two years. He was into an illicit relationship with Sharadha, who is Rosy’s sister.”
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Robber gang attacks 2 night patrol cops
Bengaluru: A couple of days after a traffic cop was run over by a motorist, two law and order policemen were assaulted by a gang of five robbers. The gang attacked the cops with lethal weapons when they tried to avert a robbery on Mahadevapura Main Road early on Monday.
Head constable Kumar and constable Prabhakar, both attached to Mahadevapura police station, were attacked when they tried to nab the gang that had robbed a lorry driver. The police said the driver, Satynarayan, a native of Dharmavaram in Ananthpur district in Andhra Pradesh, was transporting beds from Andhra Pradesh to the city.
He reached the city in the night. While he was passing in front of the Hyundai showroom near Lowry Memorial School on Mahadevapura Ring Road around 12.30 am on Monday, the five-man gang on three bikes waylaid the van. As Satyanarayan got down, they assaulted him and robbed him of Rs 3,000 cash and a mobile phone. Passersby informed Kumar and Prabhakar who were on night patrol.
“The two cops rushed to the spot but were attacked with swords by the gang who escaped on two bikes, leaving behind a bike (KA-51-V-1501). Kumar was injured in his left hand, while Prabhakar on his face. We are on the lookout for the accused based on several clues, including the registration number of the bike they left behind,” the police said.