Thursday, April 18, 2019

Ahmedabad man killed by wife’s ex-husband

A 25-year-old man of Vasna was stabbed to death by his wife’ ex-husband in Ahmedabad. The deceased has been identified as Nilesh Ramesh Solanki, age 22 years. 

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Jodhpur: Girl fakes her own abduction

Inspired by a series she saw on television, a 13-year-old girl from Rajasthan faked her own abduction allegedly after she got upset with her parents for scolding her. The girl's claims came crashing down when the matter was taken to the police and a preliminary investigation revealed how her story about getting abducted and escaping from the clutches of her captors turned out to be blatant lies.

A day after she was chided by her parents, the girl left home on the pretext of going to her coaching classes but instead went to a relative's residence. Once there, she claimed that unknown men in a white van abducted and blindfolded her before throwing her in the back of the van where she passed out. The girl also said that she managed to escape the clutches of her captors when the vehicle stopped near Paota circle, adding that there was another hostage in the van.

The police examined CCTV footage from Chopasani and Paota which led them to believe that the girl could be lying. Upon questioning, the 13-year-old confessed to fabricating the story of her abduction after she was upset and angry with her parents for scolding her.

Source: TN

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Karnataka: Fake Dowry Case Quashed

A Single Judge Bench slammed a daughter-in-law for filing a false case of dowry against her mother-in-law and quashed the FIR registered against petitioner mother-in-law.

The petitioner was not even residing with her son and complainant daughter-in-law and so she could not have harassed the complainant. Complainant had merely stated that cash and gold was given at the time of her marriage – the same did not mean that it was given at petitioner’s behest. The Court also took note of the forum chosen by the complainant remarking that while the petitioner resided in a remote area of Andhra Pradesh, the case was filed against her in Davanagere Women Police Station. 

In view of the above and placing reliance on the dictum of Apex Court in Preeti Gupta v. State of Jharkhand, (2010) 7 SCC 667, the Court observed that proceedings against the petitioner was nothing but abuse of process of the court and continuance of the same would amount to failure of ends of justice. Therefore, the petition was allowed and proceedings against the petitioner were quashed.

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Tata Motors Managing Director Karl Slym

The success story of Tata Motors Managing Director Karl Slym took a completely different turn when he committed suicide due to apparent domestic problems with his wife. 

As per Wikipedia, Karl Jonathon Slym (9 February 1962 – 26 January 2014) was a British businessman and the managing director of Tata Motors from October 2012 until his death in 2014. Slym was born in Derby, United Kingdom. Before joining Tata Motors, Slym was the executive vice president of SGMW Motors, China, and president, managing director and board member of General Motors in India between 2007 and 2011. He was an alumnus of Stanford University and an Sloan Fellow.

Karl Slym's suicide: 

The wife of a British businessman who fell from a luxury Bangkok hotel in an apparent suicide has told police that they had rowed at length about a “family problem” before his death.

Karl Slym, 51, the managing director of Tata Motors, India’s biggest carmaker, seemingly climbed through a small window and jumped from his room on the 22nd floor of the five-star Shangri-La hotel while his wife Sally was asleep, Thai detectives believe.

Mrs Slym has told officers that they argued for so long that she “could not talk to her husband any more” in the hours before his death on Saturday night.


Apparent reason for suicide:

Tata Motors Managing Director Karl Slym, who died a mysterious death, and his wife Sally were having problems for quite some time over his work and she wanted him to move back to the UK, Thai police said today.

Quoting from Sally's questioning and testimony, chief investigating officer Somyot Booyakaew said the couple, married for almost three decades, were having marital problems for quite some time.

She said they couldn't live a normal family life because of his work. Slym had to travel a lot while Sally wanted him to have more time but his duties did not allow that to happen, Somyot told reporters.

Before moving to India, Slym, a British national, was with General Motors in China, and Sally wanted him to move back to the UK, he said, referring to the wife's testimony.


People who know him are shocked: 

As Firstpost said yesterday and as several newspapers have echoed today, Slym was a people's man. He was that corporate rarity: easily accessible, witty and almost self deprecating. His witty one liners often had us in splits. So it is hard to take in the suicide angle.


Problem element in personal life:

Wikipedia article on him mentions that he and his wife had no children even after 25 years of marriage. They still celebrated their marriage and anniversaries. It is sad end for a life well fought.