Crime and crash

Jamshedpur, Dec 24: The rape and murder of a missing four-year-old girl, whose eyes were gouged out and hands chopped off, brought back horrors of witchcraft in Jharkhand where killings linked to superstitious beliefs are rampant. The mutilated body of the girl, missing since December 15, was found near her village in East Singhbum district on Thursday. Villagers suspect a sorcerer was behind the

Jaipur, Dec 23: A Rajasthan police officer recently posted in the Anti-Terror Squad was found dead in his official car last night. Ashish Prabhakar, 42, an additional Superintendent of Police, allegedly shot himself with his revolver. The body of a woman in her early thirties was also found next to him on the front seat of the car, which was parked on a road on the outskirts of Jaipur. The police

Sharjah, Dec 22: The siblings and uncles of a man who killed his mother after suspecting her of practicing sorcery have pardoned him. They submitted a waiver in writing to this effect at the Sharjah Shariah Court and said they did not want blood money. The 29-year-old had killed his mother and stayed with the corpse for some days before being discovered by the police. The police discovered the

Panaji, Dec 21: An FIR was filed today against two senior Goa Cricket Association (GCA) officials, including its president, and two former office-bearers, in connection with alleged misappropriation of Rs 1 crore, police said. The Economic Offences Cell of Goa police registered the First Information Report against GCA president Chetan Desai, secretary Vinod Phadke, the association's former chief

Palanpur (Guj), Dec 21: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and sold off for Rs 80,000 to a man, who repeatedly raped her for five months at a village in Banaskantha district, police said. The minor was rescued from Manpura village in the district last night and six persons, including the alleged rapist to whom she had been sold, have been arrested in this connection, police said. "The girl

Chennai, Dec 20: The Income Tax department has seized Rs. 10 crore cash and 6 kg gold jewellery as part of its anti-black money crackdown operations in the city. Officials said the seizure, all in demonetised notes of Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500, was made after searches were conducted against a trader dealing in imitation jewellery located in Periamet area of the city. They said that the department

Mumbai, Dec 20: A woman in Mumbai allegedly threw the five-year-old daughter of her neighbour from the 15th floor of a building after a heated argument. The child died on the spot, police said. The incident took place at Vighnaharta building, Byculla in central Mumbai at around 12.30 pm on Monday. The five-year-old's mother had a fight with the accused following which she allegedly threw the child

Hyderabad, Dec 18: As a part of anti black money crackdown operations in the city, income tax department officials have recovered Rs 66 lakh in cash, all in new Rs 2000 notes. The first incident, that occurred on the night of December 16, was reported at the Telugu Academy in Himayatnagar when an I-T teamintercepted few people who ran into a nearby apartment on seeing the team. "Search of the

New Delhi, Dec 18: On the eve of the horrific Nirbhaya gang rape anniversary, a 15-year old girl was brutally gang raped by her landlord and his two accomplices after being drugged while she was preparing dinner for her relatives on Thursday evening in East Delhi's Ashok Nagar. Police have arrested all three accused in the case. In her statement to the police, the girl has said that the three

Kochi, Dec 17: Three students from Delhi's St Stephen's College and a resort owner from Kerala drowned in the Periyar river in the state this evening, police said. Third year Sanskrit students Anubhav Chandra and Aditya Patel, first year Chemistry student Kenneth John, and Benny, a private resort owner from Kerala, drowned around 6.30 PM at Paniyeli Poru -- a tourist spot. The bodies were