The Central Bureau of Investigation and Rajasthan’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) believe that the Abhinav Bharat group, suspected of involvement in the Ajmer dargah blast, was also involved in the Macca Masjid blasts in the city on May 18, 2007 in which six people died.
The link, the CBI believes, is Devender Gupta, arrested by the ATS last week for the bomb blast at Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti dargah in Ajmer in October 2007 which killed three and injured 30.
The CBI Delhi team that questioned Colonel Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur of the Abhinav Bharat group and key suspects in the Malegaon blast case at Nashik Central jail, are now in Rajasthan to grill Devender Gupta and Chandrashekar Patidar of Madhya Pradesh, key suspects in the Ajmer blast, to confirm their role in the Macca Masjid blast case.
Deccan Chronicle had reported on November 16, 2009, that the CBI, which was probing the Macca Masjid blast was checking if Lt. Col. P.S. Purohit had any role in it. The CBI’s interest in the case was roused following the claim of the Maharashtra ATS that Purohit supplied RDX for the bombs that exploded in the Samjhauta Express in 2008. The biggest connection between the blasts on the Samjhauta Express and the one in Macca Masjid, Deccan Chronicle reported, was that the safety switch mechanism on both sets of explosives were similar.
Forensic experts have confirmed that the bombs used in the Macca Masjid blasts were serially numbered 1 and 2 and that the bombs used in the Ajmer dargah blasts were numbered 3 and 4. There are striking similarities in the make of the bombs used in both places and a cellphone alarm was used to trigger both explosions.
The two blasts are now said to be part of a single conspiracy. Experts confirmed that black boxes were used to place cylindrical iron case bombs stuffed with RDX in both the Macca Masjid and Ajmer blasts. Devender Gupta was associated with Sunil Joshi of Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Cyber stalker techie arrested
The cyber crime police of the state CID on Saturday attested a techie working with Hewlett Packard of Bengaluru for posting a young woman’s photograph and personal details on sex escorts websites after she spurned his marriage proposal.
He also termed the young woman’s father her broker and gave his telephone number for “clients” to call.
Sleuths finally trapped the cyber stalker, Madisetty Shiva Shankar, 29, a native of Indiranagar in Ramantapur, with the help of the young woman herself.
Shiva Shankar had been harassing the young woman, an employee of an IT firm in the city, from October 2009. Since he used a proxy Internet Protocol Address which led to the United States, police couldn’t trace him all these months.
It all started in 2008 when Shiva Shankar, then in the US, saw the young woman’s photograph in a matrimonial website and made a marriage proposal.
“But she refused the marriage proposal because of personal reasons,” said a police officer. “Shiva Shankar sent his father three to four times to her house. He was obsessed with the young woman and came all the way from the US to see her. He also sent her emails asking whether she liked him.”
She didn’t reply to her mails and this angered Shiva Shankar. Meanwhile, he returned to India and took up work in HP Bengaluru.
To take revenge on the young woman, he morphed her photograph and splashed her details on sex sites.
The young woman’s family approached the cyber police seeking removal of her name from the sites. But the harassment continued. Shiva Shankar even created fake profiles for her on Facebook and Orkut saying she offered body massages at specific rates.
The cyber crime SP, Ms B. Sumati, said after a torturous investigation police realised that the culprit was in Hyderabad itself and was using proxy servers.
Finally, the cyber cops persuaded the young woman to send him an email and later her mobile number. After a while, he called her up and disclosed his identity and cops nabbed him.
The SP said that the cyber crime police was dealing with 12 complaints of such nature. “Even schoolkids are being victimised,” she said.
He also termed the young woman’s father her broker and gave his telephone number for “clients” to call.
Sleuths finally trapped the cyber stalker, Madisetty Shiva Shankar, 29, a native of Indiranagar in Ramantapur, with the help of the young woman herself.
Shiva Shankar had been harassing the young woman, an employee of an IT firm in the city, from October 2009. Since he used a proxy Internet Protocol Address which led to the United States, police couldn’t trace him all these months.
It all started in 2008 when Shiva Shankar, then in the US, saw the young woman’s photograph in a matrimonial website and made a marriage proposal.
“But she refused the marriage proposal because of personal reasons,” said a police officer. “Shiva Shankar sent his father three to four times to her house. He was obsessed with the young woman and came all the way from the US to see her. He also sent her emails asking whether she liked him.”
She didn’t reply to her mails and this angered Shiva Shankar. Meanwhile, he returned to India and took up work in HP Bengaluru.
To take revenge on the young woman, he morphed her photograph and splashed her details on sex sites.
The young woman’s family approached the cyber police seeking removal of her name from the sites. But the harassment continued. Shiva Shankar even created fake profiles for her on Facebook and Orkut saying she offered body massages at specific rates.
The cyber crime SP, Ms B. Sumati, said after a torturous investigation police realised that the culprit was in Hyderabad itself and was using proxy servers.
Finally, the cyber cops persuaded the young woman to send him an email and later her mobile number. After a while, he called her up and disclosed his identity and cops nabbed him.
The SP said that the cyber crime police was dealing with 12 complaints of such nature. “Even schoolkids are being victimised,” she said.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Cyber stalker held in city
The CID Cyber crime police on Saturday arrested a computer graduate who stole personal data of 150 net users and harassed them by sending obscene e-mails and messages.
P. Venkata Sai Krishna, 28, was arrested based on a complaint lodged by one of the victims, Ms Usha Reddy, an advocate. He was staying with his grandparents at Mahendra Hills here and is jobless.
Krishna used phishing techniques to get the e-mail IDs and passwords. He designed a web page in a free-hosting site resembling Yahoo.com login page. He used chat rooms to lure people by entering text like ‘photos of beautiful ladies’. When a person clicked the URL, it would lead to the web page resembling Yahoo.com login page. The page used to show that the session had expired, following which the unsuspecting users would type their e-mail IDs and passwords. These were captured by the fake web page.
The SP, CID Cyber Crime, Ms B. Sumati, said using the data the accused got access to information like address, phone numbers, date of birth, etc. He also used to send SMSes to the mobile numbers of woman victims.
The cyber crime police booked a case under section 66 read with 43 A (getting e-mail IDs illegally) identity theft, 67 (publishing of obscene information in electronic form) of IT Amendment Act 2008.
P. Venkata Sai Krishna, 28, was arrested based on a complaint lodged by one of the victims, Ms Usha Reddy, an advocate. He was staying with his grandparents at Mahendra Hills here and is jobless.
Krishna used phishing techniques to get the e-mail IDs and passwords. He designed a web page in a free-hosting site resembling Yahoo.com login page. He used chat rooms to lure people by entering text like ‘photos of beautiful ladies’. When a person clicked the URL, it would lead to the web page resembling Yahoo.com login page. The page used to show that the session had expired, following which the unsuspecting users would type their e-mail IDs and passwords. These were captured by the fake web page.
The SP, CID Cyber Crime, Ms B. Sumati, said using the data the accused got access to information like address, phone numbers, date of birth, etc. He also used to send SMSes to the mobile numbers of woman victims.
The cyber crime police booked a case under section 66 read with 43 A (getting e-mail IDs illegally) identity theft, 67 (publishing of obscene information in electronic form) of IT Amendment Act 2008.
Naidu arrested for price rise stir
The Telugu Desam chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, CPI leader, Mr K. Narayana, and the CPI(M) leader, Mr B.V. Raghavulu, were arrested here on Saturday when they tried to take out a rally from Indira Park to the Secretariat in protest against the rise in prices.
The three leaders along with other activists were taken to Banjara Hills police station and later released.
Earlier, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, said the agitations will continue till the Centre rolls back the fuel prices and controls prices of essential commodities.
He took strong objection to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s statement that development cannot be achieved and jobs cannot be created without raising taxes.
“The Prime Minister is threatening the people and indulging in blackmail tactics. The Central government’s decision is anti-people, anti-farmer and anti-middle class,” he charged.
He said the poor and middle class were the worst affected due to the hike in prices of petrol and diesel which would have cascading affect on commodities particularly food grains.
“There are various other ways to improve resources. We will not keep quiet till the taxes are rolled back,” he added.
Mr Narayana and Mr Raghavulu also criticised the Centre for the price hike.
Later speaking to mediapersons at Banjara Hills, Mr Naidu said in the name of economic reforms the poor are squeezed to the hilt.
The Congress is to be blamed for all the problems confront the people, particularly poor.
It’s unfortunate that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister, Prime Minister
are supporting Dr Manmohan Singh statement ruling out roll back of prices. “Government is pro rich going by the reduction in prices of electronic goods and other items used by
rich. Price of petrol is highest in Andhra Pradesh compared to other states,” he said.
The three leaders along with other activists were taken to Banjara Hills police station and later released.
Earlier, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, said the agitations will continue till the Centre rolls back the fuel prices and controls prices of essential commodities.
He took strong objection to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s statement that development cannot be achieved and jobs cannot be created without raising taxes.
“The Prime Minister is threatening the people and indulging in blackmail tactics. The Central government’s decision is anti-people, anti-farmer and anti-middle class,” he charged.
He said the poor and middle class were the worst affected due to the hike in prices of petrol and diesel which would have cascading affect on commodities particularly food grains.
“There are various other ways to improve resources. We will not keep quiet till the taxes are rolled back,” he added.
Mr Narayana and Mr Raghavulu also criticised the Centre for the price hike.
Later speaking to mediapersons at Banjara Hills, Mr Naidu said in the name of economic reforms the poor are squeezed to the hilt.
The Congress is to be blamed for all the problems confront the people, particularly poor.
It’s unfortunate that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister, Prime Minister
are supporting Dr Manmohan Singh statement ruling out roll back of prices. “Government is pro rich going by the reduction in prices of electronic goods and other items used by
rich. Price of petrol is highest in Andhra Pradesh compared to other states,” he said.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Seven suspected Maoists held
In a major crackdown on the Maoists in the wake of the incident where the ultras had raided a police camp in West Bengal’s Bankura district late on Monday, security forces raided two Maoist hideouts in the State’s Paschim Medinipur district on Wednesday leading to the arrest of seven suspected extremists and seizure of a large cache of arms and ammunitions.
Meanwhile, one of the two Indian Reserve Battalion constables who was suspected to have been abducted by the Maoists during the attack on the police camp on Monday showed up at the Barikul police station near the camp on Wednesday on his own.
Vishal Garg, police superintendent of Bankura, told The Hindu on Wednesday that Ajay Pandey, the constable who returned, will be “questioned about the chain of events that led to his disappearance to his reappearing at the police station.”
The body of the other constable, who went missing with Mr. Pandey, was found inside a dense forest near the camp on Tuesday.
The police superintendent of the Paschim Medinipur district, Manoj Kumar Verma, told The Hindu over telephone: “We were receiving a lot of information about the movement of the Maoist group that had raided the camp in Bankura and were tracking them since Monday. Acting on specific inputs, we organised raids at two locations.”
Fierce exchange of fire took place between the forces and the Maoists in the dense forests at Talpukur in Belpahari and Madhupur in Salboni region during the day, before the ultras were forced to retreat.
Mr. Verma said that two suspected Maoists were arrested from Talpukur and five were arrested from Madhupur. Several firearms, ammunitions, improvised explosive devices and traditional weapons were recovered from both the sites.
Body recovered
He said that a body was also recovered from Talpukur though the police was yet to ascertain the identity of the person, adding that there was a possibility of it being of a Maoist who died during the encounter.
The body of a Trinamool Congress supporter was also found by the banks of the Kansavati river at Jhargram in the Paschim Medinipur district on Wednesday.
Several Maoists posters were also found around Rishi Dolui’s body, that claimed that he was executed for spying on the Maoists on behalf of the police.
