Crime and crash

Ulhasnagar, Mar 22: A 30-year-old woman was set ablaze allegedly by her lover at a garment store in Ulhasnagar on Tuesday where the two worked. While Parvati Mehetre died, her lover, Narasimha Talari (40), has been admitted to hospital in a critical condition after suffering 80% burn injuries. On Tuesday afternoon, Mehetre and Talari were the only two present at the shop located in Sona Market.

Hyderabad, Mar 22: The Hyderabad Police today arrested an IAS officer of Telangana and his son in connection with the murder of their driver here last week. Dharavath Venkateswara Rao, Joint Secretary at Agriculture Corporation, and his son Dharavath Venkata Sukruth were arrested in connection with the murder of B Nagaraju, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) A Venkateshwara Rao

Mysuru, Mar 21: A 35-year-old pregnant woman who checked into the HD Kote government hospital complaining of stomachache, had an abortion, leading doctors to file a complaint that it could be a case of forceful abortion. Lakshmamma, a resident of Krishnapura village in HD Kote, 200km from state capital Bengaluru, was widowed five years ago. The couple had a child. Police said after her husband's

Chandigarh, Mar 20: A 40-year-old man was killed allegedly by his wife and her brother in Mohali near here, with the murder coming to light while they were trying to dispose of the body stuffed in a suitcase. The body of Ekam Singh Dhillon was found in a suitcase kept in a BMW car near his rented house in Mohali yesterday, police said. Dhillons wife was arrested and police claimed that she had

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 19: A man arrested on charges of sexually abusing a minor boy was remanded in judicial custody, police said on Saturday. Thampanoor police, who arrested Haneefa of Thalassery in Kannur district, said he befriended the 16-year-old boy who had run away from his home. The man took the boy to a lodge on the pretext of offering him a job and subjected him to unnatural sex. After

New Delhi, Mar 18: A couple from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra invited wrath of local community leaders after a video of them hugging in public went viral on the internet. The boy is seen proposing to the girl in the middle of a busy road in Thane as the locals looked in bewilderment, some cheering the young couple. The incident is reported to have taken place on March 11. However, leaders from the

Banahatti, Mar 18: A former member of the Town Municipal Council (TMC) tried to immolate himself demanding taluk status for Terdal here on Friday. Members of Terdal Taluk Action Committee had organised a protest in Terdal. While submitting a memorandum to the tahsildar, Subhash Rayannavar, a former TMC member, doused himself in kerosene and tried to set himself ablaze, shouting slogans. Police and

Dahod, Mar 17: In a shocking incident, two teenage girls were allegedly gang-raped by six men in front of their father in a moving vehicle in Devgadh Baria tehsil of Dahod district in Gujarat Thursday, police said. Five of the 13 persons said to be involved in the abduction and rape case have been arrested, they added. Kumat Baria, Gopsinh Baria and others abducted the two sisters, aged 13 and 15

Sharjah, Mar 16: The Sharjah Police is investigating the death of an unidentified man whose body was found during the demolition of an eight-storey building in Al Mussalla area in Sharjah. According to the police, the body has been lying there for more than four months now and only the skeletal remain of the deceased - dressed in his pants and shirt - had been found. Police said that they received

Hyderabad, Mar 15: A 21-year-old woman from Hyderabad has told the police that her husband has forced her into having unnatural sex with him and his friend. He had physically and mentally tortured her till she agreed and his family, who knew about it, had insisted that obeying his wishes was her duty as a wife, she said in her complaint. The 26-year-old man, who had gone to Australia to study