Top crime stories of the week: Woman kills husband with help of TikTok lover, Nawab Malik on Sam D'Souza

A 17-year-old girl lost her life due to a driver's negligence at Worli BEST depot. Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik alleged a quid pro quo between Sam D'Souza and NCB in the Aryan Khan drugs case. A Khar bungalow owner was beaten up and threatened for her Rs 25 crore property. 72-year-old killed her son-in-law to death with a hammer for ‘harassing’ her daughter. Woman killed her husband with TikTok lover and relative in Bengaluru. Here are the top crime stories of the week.

Updated On: 2021-11-20 08:40 AM IST

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Worli BEST depot accident: Family of 17-year-old demands 'strictest punishment' for driver

17-year-old Preeti Kori was crushed between two BEST buses when a driver reversed the vehicle at Worli Village Depot on November 16. During a ground report, on November 17, mid-day discovered the poor condition of rear-view cameras on BEST’s AC buses. It checked several of BEST’s air-conditioned buses, the only ones with reverse cameras, and saw that dust had gathered on its lenses, blurring the visibility on the monitor. The family has demanded strict punishment for the accused bus driver Gautam Siddharth Bhalerao.

Aryan Khan case: Sam D'Souza was working with NCB since June, says Nawab Malik

Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on November 14 said that an informer named Sanville D’Souza, alias Sam orchestrated a deal between NCB officer Sameer Wankhede and Shah Rukh Khan’s manager Pooja Dadlani to let Aryan Khan walk away. Malik said Sam is an accused in the agency’s weed bakery case, but he was never arrested despite being summoned. Malik also shared an audio clip purportedly between a top NCB officer and D’Souza. Earlier, on October 30, Aryan Khan was released from Arthur Road jail and is currently out on bail for his alleged involvement in a drugs case.

Mumbai: Khar bungalow owner beaten, humiliated and threatened for her Rs 25 crore property

A bungalow owner, who has been struggling to keep her Chuim Village home out of the clutches of the land mafia. The 54-year-old woman, Marietta Fernandes, said the main culprit, Clarence Pereira alias Peter, had been trying to take over her ancestral property in Khar for years. The accused executed his nefarious plan to take over her ancestral property after she was admitted to Thane Mental Hospital (TMH), where she was an inmate for six months.  However, Peter or Clarence Pereira, a Bandra-based developer who has been involved in several crimes including cheating, molestation, rape, theft, etc., claimed he bought the 1,800 sq ft property for Rs 4.50 crore from Marietta’s mother in 2013.

Mumbai Crime: 72-yr-old woman beats son-in-law to death with hammer for ‘harassing’ her daughter

The Wadala TT police have arrested a 72-year-old woman for beating her son-in-law to death with a hammer. The investigation has revealed that the deceased was allegedly harassing her daughter but cops said that the accused had an affair with the man 35 years ago, but later they broke up and he married her elder daughter. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Vimal Khanna, 56, and accused Shanti Suresh Pal, 72. The accused has been sent to four days of police custody.

Woman kills husband with help of TikTok lover, relative in Bengaluru

A 37-year-old woman had allegedly confessed to killing her husband in Bengaluru claiming that he was forcing her to commit adultery. However, there was a twist in the case. The accused, Netra, had earlier surrendered before the police saying that she had killed her husband Swamiraj, a realtor, with an iron rod. When the Madanayakanahalli police further investigated the matter, they found that Netra murdered her husband with the help of her TikTok lover Bharat. Netra and Bharat with the help of a relative named Vijay planned Swamiraj’s murder.

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