Crime and crash

Belagavi, Jun 30: At least five persons were killed on the spot and two others suffered serious injuries after a speeding MUV they were travelling in, hit the road divider and turned turtle near Vantmuri village on Pune-Bengaluru national highway late on Thursday night. According to the police, four of them died on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital. Two injured

Agra, Jun 28: Three days before he was set to retire, an assistant sub-inspector posted at Manth chowki of Mathura at the Agra-Delhi Yamuna Expressway was arrested on Tuesday for raping his 35-year-old married daughter. According to his colleagues, it was difficult for them to believe that the 58-year-old who was looking forward to be with his grown-up sons and grandchildren in superannuation

Bhind (MP), Jun 27: In a tragic incident, an eight-year-old boy who was playing with his father’s licensed pistol, shot dead his 10-year-old sister in the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, police said. The incident occurred when the boy and his sister were playing on a bed in their house in Dharmpuri area under Kotwali Police Station limits, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP)

New Delhi, Jun 24: Delhi Police have arrested a 40- year-old man for allegedly cheating more than 2,000 people from all over India of crores on the pretext of providing luxurious holiday tour packages in five-star hotels. The accused, Raman Kapoor, is wanted in several cases of cheating in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. He was arrested on the intervening night of June 19 and 20 outside Kalinga

New Delhi, Jun 23: A 22-year-old woman allegedly chopped off genitals of her 35-year-old boyfriend after he refused to marry her and have physical relationship with her in outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri on Wednesday night. The woman has been absconding along with her family members since the crime. The victim was admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital where he was stated to be out of danger

Bengaluru, Jun 22: An unidentified man bludgeoned a 69-year-old man to death and injured a 12-year-old boy when they resisted his bid to barge into their houses in Yelahanka New Town, in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The deceased, Ananta Ramaiah, was a retired private company employee. The thief had attempted to enter an independent house in the Vth sector before targeting Ananta's house, police said

Kasargod (Kerala), Jun 21: Twenty-three persons, who allegedly celebrated Pakistan's victory over India in the Champions Trophy cricket final, have been booked on various charges including rioting and unlawful assembly, police said today. Cases have been registered against Razaq, Masood, Siraj and 20 others of Kumbadaje panchayat on a complaint from a local BJP leader Rajesh Shetty yesterday, they

New Delhi, Jun 20: A woman was allegedly gang-raped in a moving car for hours in Gurgaon near Delhi last night before being dumped near a hospital in Greater Noida, around 70 km away, police said. The woman, a resident of Gurgaon, told the police that she was forcibly pulled into a Maruti Swift by some men at Sohna Road around 8.30 pm who then took turns to rape her before dumped her. No case has

Bengaluru, Jun 18: A traffic constable has filed a complaint, claiming that a woman on a two-wheeler attacked him when he tried to stop her from rushing towards AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi's convoy last week. Venkatesh R G, 26, from KG Halli traffic police station, said that he was manning traffic near the Cunningham Road-Queen's Road junction on June 12 when the incident occurred. Rahul's

Jaipur, Jun 17: A 44 year old man social worker was reportedly beaten to death by muncipality employees in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan as he tried to stop them from taking photographs of Muslim women who had come out of their homes and were relieving themselves in open. The incident took place on Friday morning. The women were defecating in open as they had no toilets in their homes. The