Crime and crash

New Delhi, Feb 26: A 20-year-old Delhi University student was allegedly gangraped by five men, including her friends in Faridabad, police said today. The accused were identified and four have been arrested, police said. The girl is a history student in a DU college in south Delhi. Two of the accused study in the same college as the victim, police said. According to the police, two of her friends

Kochi, Feb 25: A court in nearby Aluva today granted nine days police custody of thetwo key accused in the abduction and assault of a popular Malayalam actress. The custody of the two till March 5 was granted a day after theywere remanded in nine days judicial custody by the Aluva First class Judicial Magistrate court. Seeking the custody of the key accused 'Pulsar' Suni and V P Vigeesh, police

Bengaluru, Feb 25: A 24-year-old habitual offender was arrested for allegedly molesting an air hostess in HRBR Layout, east Bengaluru, on February 12. U Prem Kumar, a resident of Maruthi Seva Nagar near Banaswadi, was released on bail from jail only four months ago. He was arrested in 2015 for stealing a Yamaha motorcycle. The air hostess, an HRBR Layout resident, and her friend were walking back

Lucknow, Feb 23: A drug addict sent shockwaves through Amariya in Pilibhit district after he allegedly beheaded a seven-year-old boy and ate his flesh. The victim, Mohammad Monis was reportedly playing outside his house with other children on Tuesday afternoon when Nazim who is in his twenties, lured him into the house of a relative where he killed the boy. Neighbours informed the police about it

Vasco, Feb 22: A 19-year-old college student was assaulted inside his college on Tuesday, by three men after an alleged argument over a 'fake' post of a girl being kidnapped . Murgaon Education Society's (MES) college at Zuarinagar was tense after three boys entered the college premises and assaulted third-year BBA student Prathamesh Shetye. Verna police was called in by the college teachers to

Hyderabad, Feb 22: Six people were killed in a major fire that broke out at a small scale industry unit in Attapur of Hyderabad on Wednesday morning. Police said that they notice flames erupting from the spot at around 5 am. The fire broke out at EVON Battery at PVNR Express way Pillar No 253, Upperpally under Rajendernagar police station limits in early morning hours of Wednesday. Four deceased

Chennai, Feb 20: The body of a three-year-old girl, who was reported missing on Saturday, has been found from a dumping yard at Ennore on the city outskirts, police said today. The body was found yesterday with a piece of cloth stuffed inside her mouth, police said, adding two persons have been arrested in the case. Stating that the jewels worn by the girl were missing from her body, police added

New Delhi, Feb 20: Even though registration of crimes against women dipped marginally in 2016, Delhi reported six rapes on an average every day, indicating that much more was needed to be done to bring the numbers further down. In 2017, the numbers have dipped further. Delhi Police registered 140 rape cases in January. Last year, the figure was 147 by January end. Delhi Police officers said that

New Delhi, Feb 20: A man allegedly raped a 24-year-old student from a northeastern state at south Delhi’s popular Deer Park around 2.30am on Sunday when she was returning home with a cousin after dinner at a restaurant in Hauz Khas Village. The woman said in her complaint that the man, who she couldn’t identify, raped her twice at the park adjacent to the Capital’s signature hang-out with 48

Gonikoppa, Feb 20: Forest officials have arrested five people who were poaching wild animals by laying a trap at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve near Gonikoppa. The arrested are Kutta, Basava, Mutha, Kavala and Chubra, all residents of Paldalla Haadi. It is said that they were poaching animals by laying a trap near the periphery of the reserve forest. Assistant Conservator of Forest Satyanarayana said