Crime and crash

Chennai, Sep 5: More than nine kg of jewellery was stolen from a showroom in Ayanavaram in the city on Saturday. Goparam, proprietor of Balaji Gold House, opened the showroom on Saturday morning to find the gold and Rs. 2 lakh missing. Based on a complaint, the Ayanavaram police filed a case and visited the showroom on Somasundaram Street. A senior official of the Chennai City Police said that as

Bengaluru, Sep 5: Central Crime Branch (CCB) police on Sunday busted a prostitution racket at a massage parlour on 10th Cross, HAL 3rd Stage, east Bengaluru. Seven persons were arrested and six women were rescued. Police also seized Rs 94,000. The women from West Bengal had been promised jobs here and brought to Bengaluru. The arrested are Jayanth Shetty, 27, from Bommanahalli, Dheeraj Sharma, 24

Mumbai, Sep 4: A 19-year-old engineering student from Virarwas hacked to death by her boyfriend's friend on Friday after she resisted his attempt to rape her. The victim was reportedly hit over 17 times and the axe was found stuck to her abdomen when police arrived at the house of the accused where the crime took place. Aishwarya Agarwal, a second -year student of Viva College, used to meet her

New Delhi, Sep 3: Spelling fresh trouble for Sandeep Kumar, who was sacked by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday night, the lady in the `sex CD` on Saturday filed a case against the ex-legislator at a Delhi police station. She claimed that Kumar had given her a 'cold drink spiked with drugs' and after drinking it, she lost her consciousness. The CD was made after Kumar was appointed as the

Bengaluru, Sep 2: He first asked for gold, valuables and cash. On finding nothing, he raped the woman he intended to rob. South east Bengaluru police have formed three special teams to nab a man who allegedly raped a 25-year-old technical analyst after barging into her paying guest accommodation at Parappana Agrahara limits last Friday. The woman, who hails from Tamil Nadu, has been living in the

Dubai, Sep 1: Bogus companies are into the art of persuasion to cheat social media users who are keen to invest money in trading projects. Gullible people fall into the net of those swindlers who lure them into trading projects that could generate plentiful returns. In a startling case of online cheating, a woman lost over Dh500,000 she invested after receiving a message from a man through social

Sangareddy, Sep 1: Tourists visiting a colonial-era jail here in Medak district of Telangana can now get a first-hand experience of prison life by paying a fee of Rs 500 for a day's stay. The 220-year-old district central jail at Sangareddy, which has now been converted into a museum, offers a 24-hour confinement under an innovative initiative called "Feel the Jail" launched by the prisons

Kolkata, Aug 31: Two drivers of a popular online cab aggregator service were arrested today for their alleged involvement in raping and killing a 12-year-old pavement dweller in the city. The duo — Shankar Shaw and Guddu Singh — allegedly kidnapped the girl last night by forcing her into an Ola taxi and drove her to the Park Circus flyover where they took turns to rape the minor inside the vehicle

Hyderabad, Aug 31: A 24-year-old air hostess was allegedly molested, robbed and later abandoned at an isolated spot on the outskirts of Hyderabad early Tuesday morning. The driver, identified as Imran, has been booked for attempt to rape and robbery. He had not been arrested till the time of going to press. The police have formed six special teams to hunt down Imran. The incident occurred around 2

New Delhi, Aug 30: In another tragic incident, an ailing boy died on his father's shoulder in Kanpur city of Uttar Pradesh on Monday after the government-run Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital(LLR) allegedly denied admitting him. The emergency section of the hospital refused to admit 12-year-old Ansh and asked his father, Sunil Kumar, to take him to a children's hospital. Further, Kumar was not even