WANTED: Diwakar Sethia

On or around November 29, 1999, Diwakar Sethia allegedly murdered a 42-year-old Indian jewelry dealer inside a building in Torigoe 2-chome, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan. He had stabbed the victim with a knife numerous times and then set fire to the building. He then used the victim’s credit card to withdraw about 12 million yen and fled abroad.

Diwakar Sethia is an Indian male born on November 30, 1976. He's 182cm and over 100 kg, He's described as dark skinned and well built. He was born in Kolkata, India and previously resided in Matunga, Mumbai in India

At the time he was employed by Suashish Diamonds Japan Ltd.

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Japanese)

Murder of De La Hayes

On October 15, 1919, Principal  De La Haye arrived at the Newton House (school of the Court of Wards that taught minor princes of the Princely States)of Madras (now Chennai) India with his wife around 8:30 to 9p.m. After a while, the two went to bed Mrs. De La Haye was sleeping in a bed on the veranda. 30 minutes after midnight some snuck into the room was shot him in the head while he slept.

This woke up his wife and several boys who lived at the school. One of the boys went and telephoned the police after seeing what had happened. Police soon came and found the distraught Mrs. De La Hayes.

There were various motives in why De La Haye's may have been murdered. It's said his wife seduced a few of the students and that may have been motive. De La Hayes was also known to talk to the students with racist remarks.

All who went to trial were acquitted and this case remains unsolved.

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Revolvy
Wikipedia

Medical Mysteries: Kodinhi, India Twins

India is known for having one of the lowest Twins rates although one village, Kodinhi, would like to say the opposite. In the village, the rates for twins are very high. For a village of around 2,000 people, there are over 200 sets of twins born here. The rate for twins is also increasing.

The average for twins birth is every 1,000 births 1 are a set of twins for most of India. But for the village, it's 45 in every 1,000 births. The numbers may even higher than what is known. This isn't even a recent thing there are twins of all ages residing in the village. Though there have been several studies done it isn't known why the birth rates for twins are so high here.

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New Scientist 
Wikipedia
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