Crime and crash

Chennai, July 8: Call them killjoys or spoilsport, police teams are at work in the city with the sole instruction to shame couples cozying up on beaches, parks and such public places. The teams, comprising about six policemen led by an inspector in each of the 12 police districts in Chennai, have so far 'netted' 500 couples. While most couples are students and young people, also found to be

Patna, July 8: A 14-year-old girl, Reena (name changed), was raped by a mason, Ajit Kumar (22), at Sheikhpura under Ramkrishna Nagar police station in Patna late on Friday night. Ramkrishna Nagar police station SHO Raghav Dayal said Ajit, a native of village Rauniya under Naubatpur police station in Patna district, was staying in a rented house at Sheikhpura with his brother-in-law for the last

Mumbai, July 7: Mumbai Police's social service branch, which is headed by hockey stick-wielding cop Vasant Dhoble, raided a bar in suburban Mumbai on Friday night. The raid was conducted on Sangam Bar in Malad and the police say 14 bar girls were rescued and 28 customers and three employees of the bar were arrested. They have been booked under various sections of the Prevention of Immoral

Bangalore, July 7: Three labourers who were on their way to work on a motorbike were crushed under the wheels of a college bus near Devanahalli Friday morning. The accident occurred when Kantharaju (22), Gangaraju (35) and Naveen (23), all residents of Kurubarakunte, were proceeding towards Doddaballapur. Kantharaju was riding the two-wheeler. According to police, the bike suddently entered the

Bangalore, July 6: A 28-year-old man jumped to death from the Visvesvaraya Towers, which houses several government offices, on Ambedkar Veedhi on Thursday noon. The dead has been identified as Narasimha, 28, a resident of Kalidasa Layout, Srinagar. The identity card found in the trouser pocket helped identify the body. His family members learnt about the suicide through electronic media in the

Bellary, July 6: A speeding lorry mowed down three girls, who were crossing the road on their way to school near Halakundi on Bellary-Bangalore Road in Bellary on Thursday morning. The accident occurred at around 8.45 am. Bellary Rural police said the sisters Saziya Anjum, 7 and Naziya Anjum, 6, daughters of Mehboobsaab and Shabana Begum, 7, daughter of late Iqbal, were all residents of Halakundi

Bhopal, July 5: Unable to meet dowry demands of in-laws, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly kept locked in a cowshed for three years and repeatedly raped by her husband, his relatives and neighbours in a village in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. The hapless woman faced sexual exploitation for 36 months till she was sold to a moneylender for Rs 50,000 this May as her parents were in no condition

Jammu, July 5: Pakistani-origin Bollywood starlet Laila Khan, who had been missing since the last 11 months, was murdered along with her family members in Maharashtra last year, the main accused in her kidnapping case has claimed. During interrogation, the main accused Parvez Iqbal Tak told police that Laila, her mother, sister and a friend were killed in Maharashtra in February last year, Deputy

Bangalore, July 4: A self-styled ‘baba’, who also claims to be a traditional medicine expert, was assaulted and paraded semi-naked by a mob in Shivajinagar on Monday night. Nisar Ahmed, a resident of KP Agrahara, was thrashed for allegedly forcing a married woman to separate from her husband. He has, however, filed a complaint with the Shivajinagar police refuting the allegations. The mob, led by

Mumbai, July 2: A 70-year-old woman was allegedly mowed down to death near Bandra on Sunday by a car that allegedly belonged to Bollywood actor Sohail Khan. The actor's driver was allegedly behind the wheels of the Lexus car. Eyewitnesses say that the actor too was present in the car at the time of accident. The incident occurred at 11 pm on Sunday. While the driver has been taken into custody