Crime and crash

Belagavi, Sept 7: A 22-year-old call centre employee from Mumbai was raped and killed allegedly by her boyfriend on Wednesday. The accused and his three friends had taken her from Mumbai to Ratnagiri on the pretext of a picnic. After spending a few hours in a hotel in Ratnagiri, the accused raped and killed her. He and his associates later stuffed the body in a suitcase and brought it by taxi to

Jaipur, Sept 5: In yet another case of the infamous Blue Whale Challenge, that has claimed hundreds of lives across the world, Jodhpur police averted a suicide on Monday night by rescuing a 17-year-old girl who was trying to kill herself by jumping into the Kaylana Lake situated in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. From Rajasthan, this is the first case reported of Blue Whale Challenge, which has

Ambala, Sep 3: A Dera Sacha Sauda follower, arrested in connection with the violence in Panchkula on August 25, allegedly hung himself in the toilet of the Ambala Central Jail, the police said. The deceased was identified as Ravinder (28), a resident of Sarsawa in Uttar Pradesh. The Dera follower was arrested on August 25 in Panchkula where violence broke out after the conviction of the sect's

Puducherry, Sept 1: In a suspected case of suicide over Blue Whale Game Challenge, a student of Pondicherry Central University was found hanging from a tree campus at midnight of Thursday. According to Kalapet police, Sasikumar Bora (23), a first year MBA student hailing from Assam, hanged himself from a tree near his hostel room. Bora, who was chatting with his friends last night, left for his

Ongole, Sept 1: Unable to bear the alleged sexual harassment by a group of men, a 21-year-old woman software professional working in Chennai jumped from the moving Kanniyakumari-Hazarat Nizamuddin Express train at Singarayakonda in Prakasam district on Thursday. The woman was returning to her hometown of Vijayawada along with two of her friends, Government Railway Police Sub-Inspector T. Ramanaiah

Bengaluru, Aug 31: A 55-year-old manager of a co-operative bank, believed to have committed suicide on August 16, was actually strangled bya real estate agent who had borrowed Rs 1.05 crore from him. The suspectroped in three of his associates to make the murder look like a suicide, police said. Muniyappa, of Matadahalli in RT Nagar, was found dead in his carnear Malagala underpass, West Bengaluru

Jaipur, Aug 30: In a shocking video, that has gone viral, two doctors at a state-run government hospital at Rajasthan's Jodhpur are seen fighting inside an operation theatre while a pregnant woman lies on the bed. The 30-minute long fight went on even as the woman and newborn baby was lying in front of them. The doctors can be seen getting into a fight and pouring abuses at each other. One can

Lucknow, Aug 28: A 13-year old child, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district, about 200 kilometres from here, became the first victim of the online killer game 'Blue Whale' in the state. According to the police sources, Parth Singh, a student of seventh standard, was found hanging from the ceiling fan at his residence in Maudaha town on Sunday evening. Parth's father Vikram Singh said

Bengaluru, Aug 28: A nine-year-old girl, said to be speech impaired, was killed by her mentally unsound mother who pushed her twice from the third floor of their rented house at Jaraganahalli near JP Nagar on Sunday afternoon. The victim is identified as Sherya. Police said that the mother, Swathi, is a native of West Bengal. She is said to be mentally ill. The incident took place at around 3.30

Lucknow, Aug 28: In yet another shocking incident, a 13-year-old boy hanged himself to death, following instructions on the infamous 'Blue Whale' online game. The class VI student identified as Parth Singh was found hanging in his bedroom in Maudaha village on Sunday night. The police said the class sixth student had his father's phone on his hand in which the game, that directs the player to