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StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1 439e83a4cb feat(sources): Wayback pass, automatic trimming, detention rule, ten cases re-sourced 
Second and third rounds on the dossier pipeline, reviewed locally before commit.

Retrieval
- wayback_pass.py: retries every BLOCKED/DEAD/THIN/ERROR linked source through
  the Wayback Machine; blocks carry the snapshot date, archive URL and the live
  verdict. 143 slots retried: 93 fetched, 37 no snapshot, 12 script shells, 1 PDF.
- fetch_sources.py: fetch_wayback() helper.
- add_extra_sources.py: files staged extra_* finds (web search, not on the DB
  record) into the store with a provenance note.
- Cases re-sourced by web search: 248 (Oslo: Document.no, Avisa Oslo, NRK; the
  linked Le Parisien piece is case 242 and is marked OFF-CASE), 258 Kharkiv,
  260 Singapore, 358 Bangkok, 365 Las Vegas, 388 Verneuil-sur-Seine, 390 Zoersel,
  430 Homestead. 341 of 364 cases now hold a fetched article; 11, 66 and 399
  have no public text source (podcast, police video, direct victim report).

Trimming
- auto_trim.py: case-anchored furniture cut for UNTRIMMED blocks. Finds the body
  run that mentions the case, merges across subheadings and short furniture
  gaps, drops teasers, share bars, date/URL/caption lines and subscription
  pitches; refuses pages with no record term or almost no body. 302 blocks
  trimmed; 16 left on auto-trim-review.md (7 OFF-CASE suspects). Every cut is
  labelled AUTO-TRIMMED, UNREVIEWED in the dossier; the full extract stays in
  staging/. Decisions with anchors in trim-decisions-auto.json.
- build_cases.py / verify_all.py: banners for auto-trimmed and archived blocks,
  staged-file check extended to Wayback blocks, flag legend under the record.

Detention rule
- README "Definitions": the DB field `kidnappings` is the DETENTION violence
  type (victim, guard, staff or relative held to force submission or execute
  the theft), distinct from the Kidnapping scenario (taken away and held).
- detention-flag-review.md / detention-flag-corrections.json: 40 records
  reviewed with evidence; 30 set-to-1 proposals accepted by the owner on
  2026-09-06 (listed in corrections-approved.md), 10 still open.
- apply_detention_wording.py: "Violence Used" in the 70 reviewed summaries now
  names detention explicitly (62 of 70 labelled), supported by the summary's
  own text; idempotent; supersedes the batch scripts' wording.

Worklist and docs
- sofia-worklist.md: 248 decisions, detention rule item replacing the old
  "no abduction" item, fresh-search section for the textless cases.
- README-START-HERE.md: progress notes, run commands, next steps.
- Bug fixed in passing: Wayback blocks stored in-memory text with carriage
  returns; now stored as read back from disk.

verify_all.py PASSES (2321 checks).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
2026-09-06 19:36:45 +02:00

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CASE 153 | Virendra Malik | March 20, 2023 | India
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DATABASE RECORD
id 153
date March 20, 2023
original_date March 20, 2023
year 2023
month 3
quarter 2023-Q1
victim Virendra Malik
location Noida, India
country India
scenario Malicious Invitation - SocialEng
description Couple stages robbery to steal bitcoin from their friend, but he doesn't comply.
kidnappings 1
violence_torture 1
drugs_alcohol 0
weapons 0
theft 0
life_taken 0
money_wanted (null)
coin_type (null)
reports IndiaTimes
notes fake friends stage a robbery, let themselves be beaten to steal from their victim - investor in crypto. Subjected to beating ,he refused to give access to his wallet
has_processed_date 1
created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
**Victim:** Virendra Malik
**Attackers:** Known associate(s) who betrayed victim
**Attack Method:** Malicious Invitation - SocialEng - victim kidnapped
**Violence Used:** Physical violence
**Crypto Stolen:** No theft completed
**Status:** Investigation ongoing
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/noida-couple-stage-robbery-in-home-to-get-friends-crypto-investment-details-596936.html
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 154: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
Source IndiaTimes
URL https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/noida-couple-stage-robbery-in-home-to-get-friends-crypto-investment-details-596936.html
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 154, column "Articles"
Length 3,046 chars
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Noida Couple Stage Robbery In Their Home To Get Friend's Crypto Investment Worth Crores, Arrested
Ajit alias Rahul Singh, his wife Mahi and their accomplice Ankur Payal were arrested. The trio was arrested during the probe of a robbery at the couple's flat in Arania society.
The Noida Police on Thursday arrested three people, including a couple, for staging a robbery in their own flat to get the cryptocurrency of a businessman-friend.
According to the police, the accused have been identified as Ajit alias Rahul Singh, his wife Mahi and their accomplice Ankur Payal.
The trio was arrested during the probe of a robbery at the couple's flat in Arania society in Sector 119 on the intervening night of March 20 and 21.
The couple and their friend, Virendra Malik, a businessman, had filed a complaint at the Sector 113 police station that a group of men had robbed their house and also attacked them.
"The three people had come to the police station in an inebriated condition. They requested a medical test, which showed minor injuries to all three. The next day, they filed a loot complaint," additional deputy commissioner of police (Noida) Shakti Avasthy, said.
How the plot was exposed
However, during the probe, the couple's actions put them under the scanner of the investigators. The cops found that the businessman, Virendra Malik, was invited to their apartment by the couple.
But the breakthrough came after the arrest of their accomplice, Payal, who was caught with their car. Payal told the police that he and the three other men who robbed the flat were entrusted to stage the act by the couple.
Couple knew about friend's crypto investments
According to the police, the couple was going through a financial crisis and they hoped to find a way out of it by robbing their 'friend'.
Police said that Malik had told the couple about his large investments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
The couple then roped in four more people to stage the robbery at their home. During the staged episode, the "robbers" made off with some gold jewellery worn by the businessman and also administered some narcotics, leaving him unconscious for more than 24 hours.
Tried to get crypto details
According to police, a wristwatch, a neck chain, three mobile phones, and Rs 5,800 in cash were robbed from Malik by the assailants who colluded with the couple.
They also asked him for his cryptocurrency details and mobile passwords, which Malik refused to share despite being beaten up.
Couple also beaten up by robbers
The 'robbers' also beat up the couple, probably to allay any suspicion that they were together in the act.
The accused have been booked under IPC sections 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 394 (causing hurt during a robbery), 506 (criminal intimidation), and sections 34 (act done by several people with common intention), 342 (wrongful confinement).
Police said that three more people, identified as Deepak, Mathu and Anjum, all natives of Meerut who were part of the robbery gang, are still on the run.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED]
!! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person.
!! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article.
!! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting.
Source indiatimes.com
URL https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/noida-couple-stage-robbery-in-home-to-get-friends-crypto-investment-details-596936.html
Field url
Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:51:25+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
Language unknown
Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 2-19 of 30
Length 3,052 chars
Integrity sha256 98d4eea5320ce15e29ed2599746248ae9aebfc07b09dcdcdcd8bdcd2c9cb9e29
Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 2-19 plus headline [0]; dropped 1 leading and 10 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 29.
Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
Noida Couple Stage Robbery In Their Home To Get Friend's Crypto Investment Worth Crores, Arrested
Ajit alias Rahul Singh, his wife Mahi and their accomplice Ankur Payal were arrested. The trio was arrested during the probe of a robbery at the couple's flat in Arania society.
The Noida Police on Thursday arrested three people, including a couple, for staging a robbery in their own flat to get the cryptocurrency of a businessman-friend.
According to the police, the accused have been identified as Ajit alias Rahul Singh, his wife Mahi and their accomplice Ankur Payal.
The trio was arrested during the probe of a robbery at the couple's flat in Arania society in Sector 119 on the intervening night of March 20 and 21.
The couple and their friend, Virendra Malik, a businessman, had filed a complaint at the Sector 113 police station that a group of men had robbed their house and also attacked them.
"The three people had come to the police station in an inebriated condition. They requested a medical test, which showed minor injuries to all three. The next day, they filed a loot complaint," additional deputy commissioner of police (Noida) Shakti Avasthy, said.
However, during the probe, the couple's actions put them under the scanner of the investigators. The cops found that the businessman, Virendra Malik, was invited to their apartment by the couple.
But the breakthrough came after the arrest of their accomplice, Payal, who was caught with their car. Payal told the police that he and the three other men who robbed the flat were entrusted to stage the act by the couple.
Couple knew about friend's crypto investments
According to the police, the couple was going through a financial crisis and they hoped to find a way out of it by robbing their 'friend'.
Police said that Malik had told the couple about his large investments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
The couple then roped in four more people to stage the robbery at their home. During the staged episode, the "robbers" made off with some gold jewellery worn by the businessman and also administered some narcotics, leaving him unconscious for more than 24 hours.
According to police, a wristwatch, a neck chain, three mobile phones, and Rs 5,800 in cash were robbed from Malik by the assailants who colluded with the couple.
They also asked him for his cryptocurrency details and mobile passwords, which Malik refused to share despite being beaten up.
The 'robbers' also beat up the couple, probably to allay any suspicion that they were together in the act.
The accused have been booked under IPC sections 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 394 (causing hurt during a robbery), 506 (criminal intimidation), and sections 34 (act done by several people with common intention), 342 (wrongful confinement).
Police said that three more people, identified as Deepak, Mathu and Anjum, all natives of Meerut who were part of the robbery gang, are still on the run.
For more on news and current affairs from around the world, please visit Indiatimes News.
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