Nilesh Gawli, 21, whose mother Nanda allegedly constantly nagged him about being unemployed, picked a fight with her one evening after she again repremanded him for being without a job. Nilesh flew into a fit of rage and strangled his mother. To drown out her screams he turned up the volume of the TV and suffocated her with a pillow. Just then his 12-year-old stepsister came into the room and tried to stop Nilesh but she could not save Nanda.

Nilesh then called the police and informed them of the crime and then went personally to the police station in Andheri, Mumbai, and gave himself up. He told police he is relieved and has no remorse but instead feels a heavy burden was lifted, because of her he could not achieve anything in life.

Two years ago after Nilesh failed his Grade X exams he tried his hand at various hotel jobs, but kept job-hopping. He quit his most recent job some three months ago and stayed at home all day.

Nilesh has been charged with murder and was remanded to police custody.

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S Anjalai has been arrested by city police for extorting money from E Jayakumar, who said he had borrowed Rs.7 lakh from her and paid up the debt, but Anjalai now wants him to pay 10 percent interest. She has been threatening him with dire consequences if he did not comply.

Police have now registered a case against her and have remanded her to judicial custody.

Anjalai is the wife of gangster Arcot Suresh who is involved in several murder related cases. She and her husband were both involved in a kidnap and extortion case last year. She also has 4 other cases pending against her.

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A businessman who was in the middle of getting married at a Delhi five-star hotel, was surprised by the arrival of his former live-in-in partner who claimed she was already married to the would-be groom.

Police were informed and promptly arrested the man and registered a case of rape against him.

The lady live-in-partner claimed she met the man several years ago and they lived together as he had proposed marriage. The two were married last year, but the husband asked her to move out of their flat because his parents were coming to stay with him. She obliged and moved to another accommodation and soon her husband avoided her and her calls. When she heard he was marrying she decided to put a stop to it and went to the ceremony and told her story to everyone.

She was later taken to a police station where her statement was recorded. The thwarted businessman bridegroom has been sent to judicial custody.

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Anna Hazare has expressed his lack of confidence in the government in bringing a strong Lokpal, saying he would return to agitate if required. He said the government has betrayed the people and he will tour the country to raise awareness against the government, if need be.

In contrast Kiran Bedi supports the Bill saying at least there are some anti-corruption mechanisms in place.

Hazare was accompanied by former army chief V K Singh who when asked about reports on Pakistan's General Pervez Mushsharaf entering territory said "As a military commander he appreciates the step taken by Mushsharaf when he entered Indian territory and spent the night with his troops, but questions how he was allowed inside.

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Senior police officer Rahul Sharma who provided call data records of the 2002 post-Godhra riots has been issued with two more chargesheets by the Gujarat government.

He has been accused of being seriously negligent in his duty in 2011-12 in Rajkot for allowing his clerk to sign official communications on his behalf. Another chargesheet accuses him of bestowing prizes on State Reserve Police jawans when the government had no such official scheme, and he has been accused of encouraging wrong practice in the department.

He was earlier chargesheeted for misplacing a CD with crucial details in 2011, but he claimed immunity on the grounds the government learned of the episode after he deposed before the Nanavati commission that probed the 2002 riots.

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