The Uttarakhand Police arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly raping and murdering a teenage girl with a sharp-edged blade in Udham Singh Nagar district.
Udham Singh Nagar SSP Manikant Mishra said the accused has been identified as Rajiv Kumar, who was arrested within 12 hours of the incident in Amiyawala village of Jaspur area, PTI reported.
The SSP said that they have seized the blood-stained blade and the clothes worn by the accused at the time of the offence.
He added that the victim was a Class 8 student and had gone to the sugarcane fields to collect peels for her animal. The accused followed the girl and raped her. When she resisted, he brutally killed her.
Delhi Police arrests former advocate in Rs 100 crore ponzi scheme
In a separate incident, The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has arrested a former advocate for allegedly masterminding a massive Ponzi scheme that duped investors of approximately Rs 100 crore by promising exorbitant returns through stock market investments.
According to the police, the accused, identified as Sanjay (36), a resident of Geeta Colony in Delhi, was running the scheme through a network of companies, including Trade Cops Pvt. Ltd. and Tradecop Financial Services. The accused had earlier been lodged in Karnal jail in connection with a similar case.
Sanjay and his associates, including alleged mastermind and fellow advocate Deepak Thakur, solicited funds from the public by guaranteeing a fixed monthly return of 8%. They claimed this profit was generated through sophisticated “in-house algorithms” capable of yielding over 20% monthly in the financial markets.
