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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
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CASE 240 | 33 y/o businessman | June 25, 2025 | India
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DATABASE RECORD
id 240
date June 25, 2025
original_date June 25, 2025
year 2025
month 6
quarter 2025-Q2
victim 33 y/o businessman
location Bengaluru, India
country India
scenario P2P Trade Gone Wrong
description OTC trade of $240,000 worth of rupees into USDT. Half a dozen men interrupted the transaction and robbed him.
kidnappings 0
violence_torture 0
drugs_alcohol 0
weapons 1
theft 1
life_taken 0
money_wanted Rs 2 crore
coin_type rupees
reports Yes Punjab
notes (null)
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 [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.]
**Victims:** Sriharsha V., a 33-year-old businessman from Kengeri New Town, Bengaluru, India, who came to the meeting with two friends.
**Attackers:** A gang of six to seven men, plus the middleman "Benjamin Harsha" who set up the meeting; police detained Benjamin and one other and were questioning them.
**Attack Method:** Sriharsha had raised ₹2 crore to buy machinery from Germany and meant to convert the cash to USDT; a friend introduced him to Benjamin, who told him to bring the cash to MS Palya Circle in Vidyaranyapura on 25 June. As Benjamin's group counted the money in a shop, six to seven men barged in around 4:30 p.m. and demanded it.
**Violence Used:** Detention — the gang locked the victims in the shop before fleeing (they escaped through the shutters); when the victims resisted, two of the men pulled out knives and threatened to kill them.
**Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** No cryptocurrency changed hands; the gang seized the group's mobile phones and stuffed the ₹2 crore in cash into a gunny bag.
**Status:** The gang warned the victims off reporting it and locked them in the shop before fleeing; they escaped through the shutters. Police registered a case, detained Benjamin and another man, and Sriharsha said he could identify the attackers.
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://yespunjab.com/bengaluru-gang-of-6-attacks-businessman-robs-rs-2-crore-cash/
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 241: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
Source Yes Punjab
URL https://yespunjab.com/bengaluru-gang-of-6-attacks-businessman-robs-rs-2-crore-cash/
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 241, column "Articles"
Length 2,379 chars
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Bengaluru: Gang of 6 attacks businessman, robs Rs 2 crore cash
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Bengaluru, June 27, 2025
An incident of robbery has been reported from the Vidyaranyapura police station limits in Bengaluru, where a gang of six assailants attacked a businessman with a knife and robbed him of Rs 2 crore in cash.
The incident occurred on June 25 but has come to light recently. Police have detained two suspects in connection with the case and are currently questioning them.
Sriharsha V., a 33-year-old businessman from Kengeri New Town, has filed a police complaint regarding the matter.
According to the FIR, Sriharsha ran a private company and was planning to start a cold-pressed oil industry. He had raised Rs 2 crore for the investment through his savings and loans from friends.
As the machinery required for the industry was available in Germany, he intended to convert the cash into USDT (a cryptocurrency). To facilitate this, he approached his friends for help. One of them introduced him to an individual, Benjamin Harsha.
Benjamin assured Sriharsha that he could help and asked him to bring the Rs 2 crore in cash to MS Palya Circle in Vidyaranyapura on June 25.
Sriharsha arrived at the location with the cash and was accompanied by two of his friends at around 3 p.m. Benjamin and his associates led them to a shop and began counting the money using machines.
At around 4.30 p.m., a gang of six to seven men barged into the shop and threatened Sriharsha and the others, demanding the money. When they resisted, two of the assailants pulled out knives and threatened to kill them if the money was not handed over.
The gang snatched their mobile phones and stuffed the Rs 2 crore cash into a gunny bag.
They warned the victims not to report the incident to the police, threatening dire consequences. The gang then locked Sriharsha, Benjamin, and others inside the shop before fleeing the scene.
The complainant and others managed to get out by opening the shop’s shutters. Shortly after that, Benjamin and two of his associates fled the scene, according to the FIR.
Police have since registered a case, detained Benjamin and another individual, and questioning them. Sriharsha has told police that he saw the faces of the attackers and would be able to identify them.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.(
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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 yespunjab.com
URL https://yespunjab.com/bengaluru-gang-of-6-attacks-businessman-robs-rs-2-crore-cash/
Field url
Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:46:59+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
Language unknown
Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 2-15 of 122
Length 2,376 chars
Integrity sha256 52317c126bda5bd733a070539f778f45a3022dbb64df020813501ad621f8b453
Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 2-15 plus headline [0]; dropped 1 leading and 106 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 34.
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)
Bengaluru: Gang of 6 attacks businessman, robs Rs 2 crore cash - Yes Punjab News
An incident of robbery has been reported from the Vidyaranyapura police station limits in Bengaluru, where a gang of six assailants attacked a businessman with a knife and robbed him of Rs 2 crore in cash.
The incident occurred on June 25 but has come to light recently. Police have detained two suspects in connection with the case and are currently questioning them.
Sriharsha V., a 33-year-old businessman from Kengeri New Town, has filed a police complaint regarding the matter.
According to the FIR, Sriharsha ran a private company and was planning to start a cold-pressed oil industry. He had raised Rs 2 crore for the investment through his savings and loans from friends.
As the machinery required for the industry was available in Germany, he intended to convert the cash into USDT (a cryptocurrency). To facilitate this, he approached his friends for help. One of them introduced him to an individual, Benjamin Harsha.
Benjamin assured Sriharsha that he could help and asked him to bring the Rs 2 crore in cash to MS Palya Circle in Vidyaranyapura on June 25.
Sriharsha arrived at the location with the cash and was accompanied by two of his friends at around 3 p.m. Benjamin and his associates led them to a shop and began counting the money using machines.
At around 4.30 p.m., a gang of six to seven men barged into the shop and threatened Sriharsha and the others, demanding the money. When they resisted, two of the assailants pulled out knives and threatened to kill them if the money was not handed over.
The gang snatched their mobile phones and stuffed the Rs 2 crore cash into a gunny bag.
They warned the victims not to report the incident to the police, threatening dire consequences. The gang then locked Sriharsha, Benjamin, and others inside the shop before fleeing the scene.
The complainant and others managed to get out by opening the shop’s shutters. Shortly after that, Benjamin and two of his associates fled the scene, according to the FIR.
Police have since registered a case, detained Benjamin and another individual, and questioning them. Sriharsha has told police that he saw the faces of the attackers and would be able to identify them.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.(Agency)
Follow it for the latest updates and headlines.
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