Crime and crash

Mumbai, June 2: A 24-year-old married woman was arrested on Friday after her 20-year-old boyfriend committed suicide allegedly because she forced him to continue with their illicit relationship. Prasant Gangude consumed poison at her house on Wednesday. The woman stays with her husband and daughter in a slum at Khar (E). Gangude, who used to stay in the same neighbour, had been in a relationship

KochI/Melbourne, June 2: A woman from Thevara, Ernakulam, and her two sons were charred to death in a house fire at their Clayton South home in Melbourne early on Friday. The bodies of Anitha (37), wife of George Philip, and her sons Philip George (Unni) (10) and Mathew George (6), were found in a back room of the house in Clayton South suburb. Australian media reported that the incident could be

Dubai, June 1: Dubai Police has arrested an Indian citizen who allegedly killed DM, a 30 year-old compatriot, in Dubai, while trying to leave UAE from Dubai Airport’s Terminal 3. Dubai Police’ operations room had received information that an accountant working in an apartment building in Jafiliya had been killed. A stranger had come to meet him and taken him outside the building in front of the

Dubai, June 1: A 20-year-old domestic helper, OSD, Indian, with the help of other fugitives allegedly promised a compatriot a maid job but forced her into prostitution when she came to the country, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. OSD is also accused of confining the victim, MFA, in a brothel. The 31-year-old victim testified that she is a widow since 2005 and is looking after two children and is

London, June 1: A 20-year-old Briton has admitted to killing Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in December last year. Kiaran Stapleton pleaded guilty in a Manchester court today and admitted to shooting 23-year-old Bidve in an unprovoked attack on Boxing Day. Stapleton, admitted to manslaughter at the Manchester Crown Court. He is expected to go on trial for murder. Lancaster University student

Ara (Bihar), June 1: A day-long curfew was clamped here on Friday as tension escalated following the gunning down of Brahmeshwar Singh, chief of now-defunct private militia Ranvir Sena. "We have imposed a day-long curfew on Ara town," Sub-divisional officer Dharmesh Kumar said, adding, that the situation was tense, but under control. Prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC were also enforced in

Melbourne, Jun 1: At least two members of an Indian family were found dead today after a fire tore through their Melbourne house, an incident suspected by police as a case of murder-suicide. The bodies of the victims were found together in a back room of the home. Police are not yet able to give exact number of the deceased but said the house was home to four people. Detectives said three people

Kasargod, June 1: The bodies of a 29-year-old man and a 19-year-old girl were retrieved from the Karyankode river, near Neeleshwaram, early Thursday. The police suspect the case to be a suicide pact. Their hands and limbs were found bound giving rise to suspicion that it was a suicide pact.

Bangalore, June 1: This BMTC conductor used his bagful of tickets to sexually assault women. He befriended women passengers by issuing tickets without collecting the fare, took them to desolate places and sexually assaulted them before robbing them of their valuables. Following a complaint from a woman victim, Yeshwantpur police arrested Siddartha Veeraiah, a resident of Chikkasandra and native of

Karwar, June 1: A youth lost his life after he accidentally drowned in the sea at Gokarna on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Amanullah Abdul Khadar (21) from Kittur in Belgaum district. He was swept away when he was bathing in the sea. A case has been registered as Investigation is on.