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Bihar court awards death penalty to two women for murdering four-year-old boy during ‘black magic’ ritual
A sessions court in Bihars Gopalganj sentenced a woman named Sankesha Devi (40) and her mother-in-law Durgawati Devi (60) for murdering a four-year-old boy as sacrifice? while practicing black magic. The duo was held responsible for the crime on July 5 earlier this year. Notably, in the last five years, this is the fourth capital punishment awarded by the Gopalganj court.
Hindustan Times quoted Gopalganj government counsel Jairam Prasad as saying, Additional district and session judge Lavkush Kumar awarded capital punishment to Durgawati and Sankesha, holding that this was among the rarest of the rare cases and the accused deserved maximum punishment for the inhuman and heinous crime.
As per reports, the horrific incident took place at Chhitauna village under Vijaypur police station in Gopalganj district on September 5, 2017. On the day, the minor, who was identified as Dev Kumar, was playing outside his home, when he went missing under mysterious circumstances. The following day, the boys mutilated body was found under a pile of grass, in front of the house of the suspected accused in Chhitauna village.
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After the two suspects were arrested, it came to the fore that Sankesha Devi lured the boy to her house on the pretext of giving him a chocolate bar, informed the prosecution. Then in the name of sacrifice? in order to give birth to a male child, she along with her mother-in-law slit the little boys throat with a knife. The police later recovered the murder weapon used in the crime scene.
During interrogation, the duo confessed to their involvement in the murder of the four-year-old. Nine witnesses, including the doctor who conducted the autopsy of the little boy, were investigated by the court during the trial. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, both convicts were announced guilty on July 5 via virtual hearing. The government counsel, however, informed that11 out of 13 witnesses supported the prosecutions case and two witnesses never turned up.
In the last several years, this is probably the first time that women have been awarded capital punishment in Bihar.
Monitor Lizard (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
In the most unbelievable incident ever, four men were arrested for allegedly raping a Bengal monitor lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). The reserve is spread over four districts of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
The gruesome incident took place at Gothane village in Ratnagiri district on March 31 when the four accused illegally entered Chandoli National Park (part of the reserve). One of the four was also carrying a gun for hunting.
The Maharashtra Forest Department checked the mobile phone of one of the accused and that’s when he learnt about the incident. The officials found the recording of the act, which showed the accused allegedly gang-raping the monitor lizard.
A forest official said the four accused were identified as Sandeep Tukaram Pawar, Mangesh Kamtekar, Akshay Kamtekar and Ramesh Ghag.
The official said, “During the investigation, the forest officials found that the accused had allegedly raped a Bengal monitor lizard. Their act was also recorded in a mobile phone of one of the accused persons. We have recovered all the related evidence from the accused and they were granted forest department custody initially, but are out on bail now. They have been asked to mark their presence before the forest officer, who is probing the case, every Monday.”
“The four accused have been booked under various sections of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972,” said field director of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), Nanasaheb Ladkat.
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ED attaches Sanjay Raut’s properties in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case; Raut tweets ‘Asatyamev Jayate’
Sanjay Raut
Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attached Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut’s property in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case. The ED, in February, had also arrested his close friend Pravin Raut.
The ED attached Raut’s plot in Alibaug and one flat in Mumbai’s Dadar area.
After ED attached Raut’s properties, the latter tweeted, “Asatyamev Jayate (the lies win)”
The attachment is linked to a money laundering probe linked to an alleged scam related to the re-development of a chawl in Mumbai.
More details are awaited.
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