Crime and crash

Rae Bareli, Apr 19: Seven persons were arrested after a video—that showed a Class 10 Dalit student being assaulted and made to lick the feet of his peers—went viral on social media. A 2 min 30-second video viral on social media shows the boy sitting on the ground with his hands on his ears – a sign of punishment. The accused can be sitting on motorcycles, some of them laughing as the victim shakes

Agra, Apr 16: A mob torched the home of a Muslim man, who apparently converted to Hinduism and married a Hindu girl, in Uttar Pradesh's Agra town. According to eyewitnesses, the mob, which mostly comprised members of a little-known saffron outfit, also set the houses of two relatives of the Muslim man and went on a rampage in the locality, damaging shops and forcing closure of business

Palakkad, Apr 16: A Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh leader has been hacked to death here in Palakkad town on Saturday afternoon. RSS former Saririk Sikshan Pramukh Sreenivasan was attacked at Melamuri here. He was rushed to a private hospital with hack injuries but declared brought dead. Sreenivasan was working in a business unit when a 5-member team on three motorbikes came and attacked him. The

Palakkad, Apr 15: A 45-year old man was allegedly hacked to death in Kerala's Palakkad district on Friday. Subair, aka Zubair, a local leader of the Popular Front of India, was hacked to death at Elappully in the district on Friday afternoon, police said. He was allegedly waylaid by two cars while on the bike and attacked him using sharp-edged weapons. The incident occurred in front of his father

Bengaluru, Apr 7: A 25-year-old man - who was set ablaze by his 51-year-old father over a financial row on April 1 - succumbed to his injuries on Thursday morning. The incident took place in Valmiki Nagar of Chamarajpet in West Bengaluru around 2.30 pm. The father-son duo was identified as Surendra Kumar, alias Babu, and Arpith, respectively. Babu, a businessman, and Arpith had a disagreement in a

New Delhi: Five Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed after one of them indiscriminately opened fire at his colleagues earlier this morning in Punjab's Amritsar, officials said. The shooter, identified as Ct Satteppa S K, was among those who died in the incident. Another personnel is injured and in critical condition. The incident took place at the force mess in the Khasa area, about

Hyderabad, Mar 2: A 15-year-old boy, a Class-10 student, died on Wednesday after allegedly being hit by two of his classmates following an argument in a classroom of a private school here, police said. The deceased, who suffered head injuries in the incident, was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, they added. An official of the Jubilee Hills police station said during the

Madhya Pradesh police has booked seven people and arrested two persons for allegedly beating up a Dalit activist and forcing him to drink urine in Gwalior district. The victim, who has been identified as Shashikant Jatav, is a Right to Information (RTI) activist. The Police said the incident occurred on February 23, however, it came to light on Sunday after an FIR was lodged which alleged that

Kannur, Feb 21: A CPI(M) worker was allegedly hacked to death in north Kerala district of Kannur in the early hours of Monday, police said. Haridasan, a fisherman, was allegedly attacked by a gang of assailants in front of his house at Punnol near New Mahe at around 1.30 am while he was returning home after work, they said. The 54-year-old was rushed to a hospital in Thalassery by the neighbours

Mandya, Feb 6: Six people of a family, including four children, were hacked to death with weapons at KRS Village in Srirangapatna taluk on Saturday night, the police said. The deceased were identified as Lakshmi (30), her children Raju (10), Komal (7) and Kunal (4), her brother, Ganesh, and his son Govind (8). The reason for the murders is not known. The incident took place when Lakshmi's husband