Crime file: Man hacks senior’s email account, held, Father-son duo cheat doctor of Rs 32L and more

Man hacks senior’s email account, held Hyderabad: A B.Tech student allegedly hacked into a senior girl student’s mail account and registered it on a porn website with the same account as hers. The accused, Goli Subhash Chandra Bose, 22, a second year student of Vivekananda Global Group of Institutions, Hayathnagar, also put up photos of the victim and her sister on the porn website.Cyber Crime police arrested the accused on Monday. Cops suspect the accused wanted to harass the victim, who is a fourth year engineering student in the same college, due to a personal grudge.Subhash, who stole the ID and password of the victim from a common friend of theirs, logged into her account and linked it to the porn site. “He got her password from their common friend. He has a habit of browsing porn sites frequently, and he registered on a website using her email ID giving her photos and other details,” said additional DCP (Crime) Janaki Sharmila. The victim started receiving thousands of abusive emails from different parts of the world. She approached the police and lodged a complaint. However, the police are yet to find out why Subhash developed a grudge against the victim. The investigation officer said that it was one of the accused’s ‘wicked activities’. Police tracked down the accused by following the IP address of the computer he used and arrested him. He has been sent to judicial remand. Next: Father-son duo cheat doctor of Rs 32L Father-son duo cheat doctor of Rs 32L Chennai: Central Crime Branch of city police on Monday arrested a father-son duo for cheating a doctor of Rs 32 lakhs by promising his son a MBBS seat in a city college. The duo had cheated the complainant by claiming to be employees of Anna University who could get a seat at a medical college through their sources. The arrested were identified as Mohammad Nabi, who claimed to be an assistant professor at Anna University and his son, Imran, who claimed to be a personal assistant to the Vice Chancellor of Anna University. Investigations revealed that the son was a temporary office staff at Anna University, police said. The complainant, Dr Venkatesh, had approached the accused at Anna University quarters in April to get a MBBS seat for his son, Naveen Balaji. The accused had promised to get a seat in a Chennai college and demanded Rs 40 lakhs, police said. They also took an advance of Rs 32 lakh from the complainant and later deceived them without getting the seat and also dodged him when the complainant approached them for a refund, police added. Next: Smugglers’ novel MO fails Smugglers’ novel MO fails Chennai: One of the biggest hauls of gold in the recent history of Chennai airport was intercepted officials from the directorate of revenue inte l l igence who seized 32 kilos of pure gold worth over Rs 9.6 crore. They arrested four Sri Lankan nationals, incl uding two passengers who arrived from Dubai and two who were to fly to Delhi on the same aircraft. Knowing very well that the same AI aircraft that arrived from Dubai was going to Delhi the two smugglers from the Gulf had hidden the gold in the toilet. Their accomplices had checked in as passengers to Delhi in same flight when the DRI sleuths caught them. The smugglers may have used a new modus operandi but DRI managed to spot and seize the gold while acting on specific intelligence that some passengers from Dubai were bringing in a huge quantity of gold, M M Parthipan, additional director general, DRI, Chennai, said. When the DRI team questioned Abdul Gafoor and Mohammed Hussain who arrived from Dubai they refused any knowledge of the gold. The DRI team had also kept a surveillance on two other Sri Lankan nationals — Mohammed Yosuf and Mohammed Yasin with a track record of smuggling — who were to board the same flight to Delhi Suspicious officials who conducted a detailed inspection of the aircraft found two black bags containing 32 kg gold, concealed in the toilet. “There were 32 bars of pure gold, each weighing one kg,” a DRI official said. All four arrested have admitted that they had smuggled the gold for monetary benefit. Next: Watchman held for stealing Rs 16 lakh Watchman held for stealing Rs16 lakh Chennai: City police on Monday arr es t ed a watchman and his two relatives for stealing Rs 16 la k hs from a residence in Va la s aravakkam last Wedn e s day. Investigations revealed th a t the watchman of the house, Ra ma lingam, 44 along with his younger brother, Srin iv as an, 40 and a relative Boop at hi, 54 of Kudiyatham had plan ned the heist and had escaped after the same. A special team nabbed the accused from their hideout and recovered Rs 11 lakh cash from them, police said. The accused were arrested and remanded to judicial custody. Next: Wife gets husband killed by paramour Wife gets husband killed by paramour Meerut: Facing opposition from her husband over her illicit relationship, a wife allegedly got him killed by her paramour and his accomplices here, police said. The police has arrested wife Shaba (30) and her lover Ashok Khurana (45) and Khurana's cousin Devender while servant Sonu and Khurana's friend Brijesh are still on the run. Shaba and Jamal were married with each other. Shaba, who was working as a salesgirl in Khurana's shop, fell in love with him there. When Jamal came to know he asked Shaba to immediately quit her job, which she refused. The couple used to fight regularly over the issue. On September 30, Khurana called Jamal from a fake sim card and asked him to meet him at Ghanta Ghar here. Jamal was taken to Panchgaon where he was murdered by Khurana and his friends. Jamal's body was thrown in the jungle and acid was thrown on his face to cover up his identity, Singh said. Victim Jamal's brother Farhat lodged a missing complaint and expressed doubts over Khurana. Before the police could interrogate Khurana he switched off his cell phone. On Sunday, the police arrested Khurana from Punjab and on strict interrogation he confessed to his crime, SP Onkar Singh said.