One arrested for cable theft

GANGTOK, 01 Aug: One person was arrested by the Sadar police and a case of theft registered against him at the Sadar Police Station on 31 July.
On 31 July at around 2.10 PM, the Sadar police received a written FIR from Subedar HR Yadav [SJCO, 2 Company, 17 MDSR] reporting that between 27 to 30 July some unknown person(s) had stolen 280 meters of JFC cable from Ganesh Tok and old Cantonment area.
During the course of investigation, police visited the area and beat patrolling in the area was intensified, which paid off, as later Beat XIII [Chandmari Beat] and Beat XVI [Bulbulay Beat] caught one Pemba Tamang [24], a resident of Chandmari, Gangtok red handed in the jungle at Bulbulay, who was then in the process of burning the JFC cable to extract copper.
He was arrested and the stolen property recovered. He has been booked under section 379 [punishment for theft] of the Indian Penal Code.

Mumbai resident arrested in Gangtok on charges of torturing Sikkimese wife

GANGTOK, 10 July: The Sadar police arrested one Manmeet Singh Khambay of Mumbai here yesterday on charges of subjecting his wife to cruelty. The arrest was made on the basis of a complaint filed by the wife.
In her FIR the wife has alleged that Mr. Khambay conned her into marriage by misleading her about his financial status, giving false picture about his career and making false assurances about her future security and compelled her to leave her regular government job to be with him. Later, the wife alleges, he also sold off all her gold ornaments without her permission or knowledge.
From what the police have pieced together thus far, the complainant came in contact with the accused in 2006 while she was working at a call centre in Mumbai where the accused too was working. On 13 March, 2006, the two got married as per Sikh rituals at the Gurudwara Sahib here at Deorali and moved to Mumbai.
It is learnt that the accused had claimed that he had an export and import business and compelled her to quit her regular government job on the assurance that she will be taken care of properly. On reaching Mumbai after their marriage the complainant found that all the claims made by the accused were false and soon she was allegedly subjected to mental torture.
Finally, in November, 2011, the complainant returned to Gangtok and began to live with her parents. Since then, she and her family members have been receiving threatening calls from him. She had earlier filed a general diary entry at the police station here.
The complainant has alleged that Mr. Khambay was financially dependent on her for basic needs which she was supporting for the past two to three years. Initially she fulfilled his demands, but his demands increased and became more frequent and fearing her own safety she somehow convinced him to reach her home.
Since he knew that she was financially bankrupt and not earning any more, he slowly started to avoid her but kept harassing her with calls threatening her and her parents to give more money or file for divorce.
The accused has been taken into police custody for investigation and a case under section 498-A [husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty] of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against him at the Sadar Police Station.

Peddler busted

GANGTOK, 23 March: A 28 year old youth was taken into custody by the Sadar Police here yesterday after he was reportedly caught red-handed peddling substances of abuse. The arrest led to the confiscation of a substantial cache of contraband substances.
The youth, one Deepak Rai, originally from Nepal and residing here for the past six years, is alleged to have been the peddling business for a while, operating from the house of one Bhakta Bahadur, an elderly resident of Lower Arithang. Police sources inform that the youth used to stash his ‘drugs’ in the senior citizen’s house who was unaware of the trick being played on him.
Deepak Rai is reported to have brought in a fresh consignment from Siliguri yesterday and stored it, as was his routine, in Bhakta Bahadur’s house. The Sadar Police was however tipped off by a source and team caught Deepak Rai in the act of peddling from the house at 1:45 p.m. today. He was immediately taken into custody and a search led to the recovery of 3,240 capsules of Spasmo Proxyvon and 440 tablets of N-10, both much abused prescription drugs.

Juvenile trio booked for theft

GANGTOK, 20 March: Three juveniles were arrested by the Sadar police here on charges of theft. Disturbingly, one of the juveniles arrested yesterday, a 14 year old resident of Dhobi Dara, DPH Road, Gangtok, had been charged and arrested by the police on a similar charge four years ago as well.
As per reports, the trio had broken into a hotel in Development Area on 19 March made away with a substantial cache of goods.
At the time of the theft, both, the owner and the caretaker of property, Hotel Ambience, below TNSS School at Development Area, were out of station. They were out from between 15 to 19 March. On the return of the caretaker, S. Mandal, it was found that various items had been stolen, following which a complaint was registered with the Sadar police.
Soon the police rounded up the 3 juveniles, one a 16 year old resident of Manpari Colony near Paljor Stadium, the 14 year old from Dhobi Dara and a 13 year old also of Manpari Colony. Upon interrogation, it is reported that they confessed to the crime and the police recovered and seized the stolen items. These include a laptop, mobile, an iPod, microwave, a USB modem, a digital camera and a bag.