Crime and crash

New Delhi, May 27: A 30-year-old pregnant woman was mowed down by a car on the Baba Ganganath Marg at Vasant Vihar, close to the Jawaharlal Nehru University-Priya complex crossing, on Saturday. The incident took place around 9am when the deceased was waiting with her husband, an auto driver, to go for her checkup. The deceased, Chandni (30), was a resident of Munirka. This is the third instance

Bangalore, May 23: A software engineer was allegedly found dead in his car, with his face covered in a polythene bag and body wrapped in adhesive tape in the early hours of Tuesday, near his residence at AECS Layout in Mahadevapura police station limits. Police said the deceased has been identified as Sreerag (25), from Kozhikode in Kerala. Employed with the Hewlett Packard in the City for the

Hassan, May 23: A leopard attacked a man at Machagowdanahalli in Holenarasipur taluk on Tuesday morning. The incident came to light when village residents found the body of Panduranga (26) in the shrubs on the outskirts of the village in the afternoon. Panduranga, a construction labourer, stayed at a darga near his village on Monday night. According to the village residents, he had been staying at

Srirangapatna, May 23: A KSRTC bus was set on fire by a mob when a State bus hit a two-wheeler killing two on the spot and injuring another on the Bangalore-Mysore Highway here on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Mahadevu (38), a bill collector at Sabbanakuppe Gram Panchayat and Shreya (3), daughter of Revanna. One of Revanna’s legs has been severed and he has been rushed to a

Mumbai, May 23: A couple crossing the tracks at Thakurli railway station was killed by an oncoming train on Tuesday morning. The man, Vijay Patil (27), and his seven-month-pregnant wife Priti (23) were to celebrate their first wedding anniversary with a party that evening. Vijay had gone to fetch Priti, his father Balgonda (55) and mother Chaya (52), who were coming from Kolhapur for the

New Delhi: In what could the second biggest corporate scandal after Satyam, Reebok India has alleged a Rs 8,700 crore fraud by its former Managing Director Subhinder Singh Prem and former Chief Operating Officer Vishnu Bhagat. Reebok lodged an FIR with the Gurgaon police alleging that Prem and Bhagat had 'stolen' products by setting up 'secret warehouses', fudged accounts and indulged in

Bhopal, May 22: A series of violent clashes started between two families in a village in Morena district after a 35-year-old married woman reportedly eloped with a 19-year-old youth on Saturday morning. Armed villagers of Khadoli, 26 km from Morena town, allegedly abducted another woman from the youth's family at a gun point and kept her captive even as some top police officials were on the spot

New DelhI, May 22: A man who was hit by a businessman's shot at a golf course in Saket on May 15 died at AIIMS on Monday. The businessman was booked on May 17 for allegedly injuring the caddie with his shot but is yet to be arrested. Hare Ram (47), a resident of Lado Sarai, was carrying the clubs for another player when a wrong shot by the businessman, who was playing in the same area, hit him in

Bangalore, May 22: Shock and agony hung over Chowdeshwari Layout of Yelahanka, where Dharmalingam (45) allegedly hanged his two sons and a daughter to death, before committing suicide on Monday morning. The Yelahanka police said Dharmalingam killed his sons Sundar Vignesh (10), Sakthivelu (6) and daughter Vidya Indu (8). The bodies were found hanging from the ceiling. The door and the windows were

New Delhi, May 21: A woman in her late 20s was allegedly gang-raped through Friday night and dumped at Nehru Place on early Saturday. The woman has been admitted to AIIMS, police said. Four accused were arrested till Sunday evening. This incident comes weeks after a woman was gang-raped by two persons, murdered and dumped in Nehru Place and another woman was raped by four persons, killed and