Pallavi Purkayastha

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  Updates: Mumbai Top Cop Himanshu Roy Allegedly Kills Himself

  Himanshu Roy, a senior Mumbai police officer involved in many high-profile investigations, committed suicide at his home on Friday. Himanshu Roy was an Additional Director General of Police. He had earlier headed the Anti-Terror Squad of Maharashtra. He was believed to be battling cancer and had gone on a long leave on medical grounds. The 1988 bat...

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  Killer Of Lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha Makes Chilling Revelation

  After getting furlough from Nashik jail authorities, lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's murderer, Sajjad Mugal alias Pathan, 28, who'd killed her while working as a security guard at her residential complex, had again worked as a guard at two societies in the city, right under the Mumbai Police's nose, as per his statement (a copy of which is with mid-da...

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  'I Knew Crime Branch Would Find Me': Lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's Killer

  Mumbai lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's killer Sajjad Mughal, who had jumped parole last year, was arrested on Tuesday near Srinagar. On his trail for over a year, a Mumbai police team that staked out in Kashmir sported beards and firans to blend in.

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  No Parole For Rapists In Maharashtra After Pallavi Purkayastha's Killer Escapes

  Rapists who also murdered their victims will no longer be allowed to leave jail on parole in Maharashtra.

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  Jailor Suspended Over Parole To Mumbai Lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's Killer

  The Maharashtra Home Department has suspended the then prison superintendent of Nashik prison for granting parole to convict Sajjad Mogul, who was serving life sentence in the sensational Pallavi Purkayastha murder case and later went missing.

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  Mumbai Lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's Murderer Sajjad Mogul Jumps Parole, Gone Missing

  Sajjad Mogul, who was serving a life sentence at Nashik Central Jail in the sensational Pallavi Purkayastha murder case in Mumbai, has gone missing after he was out on parole in February.

• Life Sentence for Mumbai Lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's Killer

  A Mumbai court will today sentence a man found guilty of assaulting, molesting and killing young lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha in her flat in 2012.

• Mumbai Lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's Killer Likely to Be Sentenced Today

  A Mumbai court is today likely to sentence a man found guilty of assaulting, molesting and killing young lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha in her flat in 2012.

• In Mumbai Lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's Murder, Watchman Found Guilty

  Pallavi Purkayastha was killed in her own home in Mumbai, allegedly by the security guard of her apartment building. Two years after the killing that jolted a city known to be safe for women, a court will announce its verdict on the case.

• Mumbai woman returning home after dinner allegedly sexually assaulted by security guard

  A 25-year-old woman who was returning home after dining out with a friend was allegedly sexually assaulted by a security guard of her apartment building in Mumbai on Friday, the police have said.

• Pallavi Purkayastha case: setback for Mumbai Police

  The murder of Pallavi Purkayastha in her apartment in a posh South Mumbai building raised a national debate over the safety of women. The 25-year-old lawyer was killed in August by a security guard who had allegedly been stalking her.

• Pallavi Purkayastha murder case: Draft charges framed, adds attempt to rape

  Draft charges were framed in the murder case of 25-year-old lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha in a Mumbai court today. An additional section of attempt to rape was invoked against the suspect apart from murder and trespassing.

• It was an act of perversion: Mumbai police on lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha's murder

  She had been stabbed with a knife and was bleeding profusely. But Pallavi Purkayastha managed to escape the attacker who was trying to rape her in her flat in Central Mumbai in the middle of the night. She rushed outside her apartment on the 16th floor - and ran down the corridor, her blood staining the walls and the floor. There are four other fla...

• Crime Branch describes the sequence of events in Pallavi murder case

  Pallavi Purkayastha was found murdered in her house on Thursday morning. Today, Himanshu Roy, Joint Commissioner Crime Branch, described the sequence of events.

• Mumbai lawyer murder: Cops arrest security guard, claim case solved

  After 25-year-old lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha was found dead with her throat slit in her rented flat in Mumbai's Wadala area, a security guard of her residential building has been arrested for the murder. Police sources say that the murder weapon has also been recovered.