WORLDWIDE
Well, without doubt this month’s collec- tion of WWTF has to be filed under the category YCMIU (you couldn’t make it up). From the guy it took two attempts to kill in North India (love the wife’s name!)… to the taxi
owner who stole cars to replace parts in his taxi (the song “One piece at a time” by Johnny Cash comes to mind)… to the Scottish tourists who were fleeced big time in New Zealand… to the Irish driver who went back to work after having won a million Euros… and the next unfortunate Korean driver who set himself/his taxi alight in protest at the local ride-sharing service (fortunately this time the driver survived). Of course we have to throw in the crook in Canada who used a taxi as a getaway car. D’oh!
TV for the crime, a charge denied by the police inspector. The following Sunday, Jogender’s body was found in a ravine, four days after he was reported missing from his house in Sheetla Mata Colony. Seven persons, including his wife, had allegedly attacked Jogender and when he resisted an accused pointed a gun at him and smothered him. The accused wrapped his body in a quilt and carried it on a motorcycle to the ravine, the police said.
MUMBAI MAN STOLE CARS TO REPLACE PARTS IN HIS CABS
from India
WIFE KILLS TAXI DRIVER HUSBAND AT SECOND ATTEMPT IN FIVE DAYS
An investigation into the murder of a taxi driver, whose body was found in a ravine in the district of Gur- gaon, North India, revealed that
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January 15 attack on his life was the sec- ond attempt to kill him. According to the Hindustan Times, his wife, who was the main conspirator and among the seven people arrested for his mur- der, had first planned to kill the man in his sleep on January 10, the police said, adding that the plan failed when the 36-year-old came home late from work and failed to doze off until the early hours of the morning. His insomnia gave Jogender five more days to live, a police officer privy to the case said. Police said Sweety, 24, a homemaker who suspected her husband of having an extramarital affair and feared that he would transfer all their property to his lover, took two months to plan the murder. Police said she roped in her friend and her husband and their rela- tives by promising them Rs 16 lakh (£17,000) as a contract fee. When the group was not convinced that she would cough up the money, she promised to pay them by selling the same property she feared her husband would give away. A police officer privy to the investigation added that Sweety con- vinced them by giving cash, earrings and a gold chain as a token. She even said they could go to the police if she reneged after the crime, the police said. An interrogation of the accused helped police recover Sweety’s jewellery, vehicles used to dispose of the body and the weapons used in the crime. Police said Sweety took inspiration from a late night crime show on
Police have made seven arrests in the case 82 from New Zealand
SCOTTISH COUPLE CHARGED £500 FOR 5-MIN TAXI JOURNEY IN NEW ZEALAND
Scottish couple John and Susan Barrett were shocked to find them- selves charged $930 (£483) for a five-minute taxi ride while on holiday in New Zealand. According to the Sun, the pair were travelling from Wellington Rail- way station to an apartment on Johnston Street - just 500m away. After arriving in Wellington on January 21, the couple found a white car parked in the taxi rank with a Wellington roof sign, with the driver showing them a photo ID card, according to
Stuff.co.nz. John admitted ‘nothing at the time’ made them suspicious of the driver. The meter reader said the price was under $10 but the driver’s hand obscured the card reader, which he handed over for payment when they arrived at their destination. It was only later that day when John’s bank card was refused at a supermarket that they found they had been charged $930 by “Taxi Wellington”. To make matters worse, he was not given a receipt and has been unable to track down the driver in question.
MARCH 2019
A 65-year-old man who runs a taxi business and had allegedly been stealing cars for two decades in order to replace parts in his taxis that needed repair, has been arrested. Mumbai police said that after removing the parts he needed from the stolen cars, the accused sold them to scrap dealers. During the inquiry, police learnt there are 43 cases registered against Mohammad Kamil Noor Mohammad Ansari, a resident of Nagpada area. Ansari, who has been in the taxi business for four decades, owns four taxis. He hired drivers to drive his cars in two shifts, during day and night, a police official said. “He stole private cars parked outside buildings or in parking areas using a master key. He took the stolen vehicle to an isolated place where he removed the parts he needed,” said police inspector Dheeraj Koli. Ansari was caught after he stole a car from Matunga last month. The owner of the stolen car filed a case in Matunga police station and an inquiry was started. “As Ansari’s name is on record we immediately started looking for him. He was nabbed in Byculla area when he was heading to his Nagpada residence,” said Koli. The car was recovered because he could not get the chance to remove the tyres and sell it to scrap dealers, added an official.
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