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Home guard shoots wife dead
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He allegedly used Additional SP’s weapon, probe ordered
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A home guard allegedly shot dead his wife at Bhavanipuram in the city on Monday.
The accused, Vinod Kumar, was attached to the Additional Superintendent of Police, Sashikanth, in the Intelligence Security Wing (ISW), and was looking after the Chief Minister’s security.
The Additional SP reportedly handed over his 9 mm pistol (service weapon) to the home guard before going out of station.
According to reports, Vinod Kumar fell in love with Surya Prabha (25) and married her two years ago. Recently, he had mortgaged her gold jewellery with a private finance company, and the couple had been quarrelling over the issue for a few days. On Sunday night, Surya Prabha had questioned him about her ornaments, and they had a heated argument, following which Vinod Kumar reportedly opened fire killing her on the spot.
A total of 9,154 cases registered in 2020, says Commissioner of Police
As many as 9,154 cases were reported in the limits of the Vijayawada Police Commissionerate in 2020, a 12.05 % drop when compared to the previous year, according to Police Commissioner B. Srinivasulu.
Briefing this to the media here on Sunday, the Police Commissioner said 23 murders, 37 attempt to murder, 32 robbery, 197 house burglaries, 392 cheating, 57 sexual assault (rape) and 12 kidnap cases were registered this year. Of the total 9,154 cases, 1,080 were booked under special and local laws, he said.
The percentage of property crime cases detected was 69.7 this year, which was 75.16 in 2019. In all, 831 cases of crime against women were registered in 2020, which were 944 in the previous year.