Woman kills husband with firewood

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/22/stories/2010062261560400.htm
Karnataka - Bangalore

Man clubbed to death

Staff Reporter

Bangalore: A 35-year-old woman allegedly murdered her husband by hitting him on the head with firewood at their residence in J.P. Nagar in the early hours of Monday.

The police said that alleged torture at the hands of her alcoholic husband drove the accused to club him to death in his sleep.

Police gave the name of the victim as Appaji (40), a resident of J.P. Nagar sixth phase. The police have arrested Shivarathna, the accused.

Appaji and Shivarathna were married for 15 years and have three daughters. The couple are natives of Mallanayakanahalli in Maddur taluk. Appaji was working as a watchman and mason at a building under construction in J.P. Nagar.

Nurse arrested for multiple thefts

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/22/stories/2010062261770500.htm
Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad 

Nurse arrested, jewellery recovered

Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD: A nurse, who took to stealing to lead a luxurious lifestyle and burgled 12 houses in the past six months, was arrested by the Trimulgherry police on Monday.

Diamond jewellery worth Rs. 20 lakh allegedly stolen by the woman, Mary Sunitha, from the house of the daughter of Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy, MP, in Visakhapatnam was recovered from her. The accused was earlier arrested by the Punjagutta police. Sunitha from Guntur split with her husband and started living separately. “Yearning for a lavish lifestyle, she started committing thefts,” the Trimulgherry Inspector, P. Sridhar, said. The woman would join hostels for working women , befriend inmates moving closely with them and disappear with whatever she could lay her hands on within two or three days. She also used to approach homes for the aged and through them inquire if any rich family required maids. She allegedly joined for work in the house of Niveditha Reddy, daughter of the MP, in May and disappeared with the jewellery.

Wife harasses husband, drives him to suicide

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/22/stories/2010062261970500.htm

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

Lecturer commits suicide

HYDERABAD: A lecturer working in a corporate college committed suicide by hanging himself at his house at RTC Colony in Ramanthapur on Sunday midnight following a family dispute.

Police said that G. Banu Prakash (29), hailing from Nizamabad district, was working in a corporate college in Ramanthapur.

A suicide note stated that he was committing suicide due to harassment by his wife Naga Jyothi and her parents over trivial issues, according to police.

Woman involved in fraud in name of self help group

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/25/stories/2010062559960700.htm

Three held for cheating

Staff Reporter

Tirunelveli: A three-member gang was arrested here on Thursday on charges of committing a series of fraudulent activities. Police said that the trio collected upto Rs. 10 lakh from people.

Based on complaints about cheating from the residents of Maavadi in Nanguneri taluk, a special team . nabbed the gang. Investigations revealed that Gangadevi, alias Jenifer, (44) was the brain behind the frauds. Jenifer had cheated many people after assuring them that bank loans would be sanctioned. Under the pretext of taking loans in favour of a women's self-help group “Sooryagandhi” in Pallikondankudiyiruppu in Maavadi, Jenifer swindled one Reginal, the SHG leader, of Rs. 4 lakh. Another resident, Annaparvathi of Maavadi Kulathukudiyiruppu, was also deceived. Sheik Babu (38) and S. Balasubramanian, Branch Manager, Pandyan Grama Bank, Koodangulam were also arrested.

Woman kills and buries husband

Killing husbands with help from paramours is becoming a fashion of sorts through out India
e.g.
http://crimeabettingwomen.blogspot.com/2010/06/woman-kills-her-second-husband-with.html
http://crimeabettingwomen.blogspot.com/2010/06/woman-plots-chain-snatching-to-kill.html
http://crimeabettingwomen.blogspot.com/2010/06/woman-having-extra-marital-affair-kills.html
http://crimeabettingwomen.blogspot.com/2010/05/lady-kills-husband-with-help-from.html

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http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/25/stories/2010062551870300.htm
Andhra Pradesh - Anantapur

Woman kills husband

Staff Reporter

Anantapur: A woman allegedly killed her husband with the help of her paramour at Veerapallepeta in Kadiri mandal here on Wednesday.

According to the Patnam police, the accused Shakunthala with the help of her paramour killed Nagireddy and buried him in the bathroom of her house and later gave the impression that Nagireddy was missing. However her mother-in-law Kondamma got suspicious on noticing her Shakunthala taking bath outside instead of using the bathroom.

Suspecting something fishy she went into the bathroom and found a foul smell emanating from it. She complained to the villagers and they dug up the bathroom and found the body of Nagireddy. The police took Shakuntala into custody for questioning. The Patnam police have registered a case and investigation is on.

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Hoax bomb scare - Woman let off with no arrest

Woman just don't leave any opportunity to nag their husband and also to take full advantage of the sympathy showered upon them by the media, society and the judges!!
As if not satisfied enough with nagging her husband, she went ahead to make a hoax bomb scare at the husband's employer which is a bank.
Obviously, she had scant regards as to the sensitivity of the issue and inconvenience it caused to the bank, customers and authorities.
Strange is the modus operandi of the police in this case. Normal course is to arrest the person who makes such hoax calls. But, all such "normal course" was bent to suit for the woman!!

Some samples below on how men making hoax bomb calls were arrested:
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/man-detained-making-hoax-bomb-calls-from-hospital-pay-phone_100245219.html
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/bomb-hoax-on-indigo-flight-to-jammu_100378334.html
http://news.oneindia.in/2009/11/30/bomb-threat-flight-indigo-hyderabad-igi-hoax-call.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Hoax-bomb-call-at-Gurgaon-railway-station-/articleshow/5698852.cms

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Woman makes bomb scare call to bank, let off with warning

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/24/stories/2010062461980300.htm
Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: Tired of asking her husband to take leave and spend time with her, a woman allegedly called a private bank in Parrys where he works early on Wednesday and warned of bomb blasts.

Her intention was that the bank would close down for the day and her husband, who works there as a security guard, might come home early. An hour later, police personnel swooped down on the house and took the woman into custody for interrogation. According to police sources, the private bank authorities received a phone call around 8 a.m. that a bomb would explode in the premises. On information, police and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad personnel conducted a thorough check and declared the threat as a hoax.

Since the caller’s number was recorded in the bank’s telephone, police located the suspect’s house in Vysarpadi and went there. Scared on seeing the police, the woman confessed to making the call.

“She thought that the bank would close down following the bomb scare. The fact remains that she had no intention of committing any crime. Her idea was only to spend more time with her husband. We referred her to a counseling centre,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) M. Shakeel Akhter said. Though the routine process would be to register a case and arrest the accused, the Chennai Police took a lenient view and let the woman go. Her husband was also advised to spend more time with family, a police official added.

Narcotics - Woman gets only light punishment

Woman having a cache of 10kg narcotics is let of with light imprisonment and fine
Not many men folks are as lucky to get away with light punishments once found guilty!!!

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/24/stories/2010062457620400.htm

New Delhi: A Delhi court has awarded lighter punishment of six months' prison term to a woman for possessing ganja, taking into account the fact that there is no one else to look after her physically-challenged son.

Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain imposed a fine of Rs.30,000 on Gullo Devi after holding her guilty under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The court also awarded the 55-year-old woman a six-month prison term that she has already served during her judicial custody.

Convicted

Gullo Devi was arrested on May 30, 2006, for allegedly possessing 10 kg of ganja, declared as a controlled drug under the NDPS Act. She was convicted under Section 20(b)(ii) of the NDPS Act for possessing ganja which carries maximum punishment of five years besides the fine.

During arguments on the quantum of sentence, she submitted that she has the responsibility of bringing up five children and her eldest son is a patient of polio and dependent on her even for basic needs. “The proceedings reveal that she was released on interim bail on the ground of examination of her child as there was no other to look after his well-being. Keeping in view the special circumstances and the pathetic condition of her child and the fact that after this incident she is not involved in trafficking of drug and has rehabilitated herself, I am not inclined to incarcerate the accused further,” the Judge said. - PTI

Woman advocate arrested on misappropriation charge

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/21/stories/2010062155020200.htm


Staff Reporter

TIRUNELVELI: Police have arrested a woman advocate for allegedly misappropriating the funds of a self-help group.

According to Superintendent of Police Asra Garg, A. Francis Ruby of Achchampaadu village near Valliyoor is a member of a self-help group headed by lawyer S. Pon Mari, wife of one Sudhakar, also an advocate. As Ms. Ruby and fourteen others came to know that their money had been siphoned off without their consent, they filed a complaint with the SP against Pon Mari.

When Mr. Garg forwarded the complaint to District Crime Branch DSP Balakrishnan, he found that the funds of the SHG had been misappropriated by her. The DSP arrested her on Sunday.

Woman kills new born

Killing of children by own mother is not a new thing.
It's prevalent since the days of Mahabharata - remember 'Ganga' who was married to king Shantanu and killed her 8 off-springs one after the other.
Read more on this here - Shantanu - The King of oppressed men
 
http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/21/stories/2010062160750300.htm

Woman ‘kills' new-born

Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD:A 21-year-old woman allegedly smothered to death her new-born girl child after putting her in a bucket filled with water at her house at Kukatpally on Sunday morning, police said.

S. Sujatha initially told her neighbours that three unidentified persons wearing masks entered her house and tied her hands with a rope. They threw chilli powder in her eyes and killed her one-and-a-half-month-old baby by putting her in a bucket, she claimed. “We did not find any traces of chilli powder in her eyes. After questioning her, she confessed to committing the crime,” police said.

Woman held with the missing baby

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/21/stories/2010062160870300.htm
Tamil Nadu - Madurai  
Special Correspondent

MADURAI: The newborn baby which was allegedly missing from the maternity ward of the Government Rajaji Hospital was found and a woman was arrested in this connection.

Police said that Podhumani had given birth to a child in the hospital recently. In the early hours of Friday, she found her baby missing. Madhichiyam police registered a case of missing child. Special teams were formed. The police received information that a woman in Virudhunagar district claimed that she had delivered a baby recently and approached a hospital there. Suspecting her claims, the team rushed and found the woman _ Poongodi of Saminatham village near Sivakasi with the stolen child.

Inquiries revealed that she had stolen the baby as she did not have a child even after 10-years of marital life. Moreover, she had told her relatives sometime back that she was pregnant following which a function was conducted. She told her relatives that she had given birth to a baby. Hence, she committed the crime.

Based on the confession, a case was registered and she was produced before a judicial magistrate. Since she had claimed to have been pregnant, the police have admitted Poongodi in the GRH for a medical report. Further investigation is on.