Crime and crash

Udupi, April 21: Scientists from the Southern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (SRDDL), Bangalore, on Friday visited Henberu hamlet coming under Paduvari Gram Panchayat near Byndoor, where 83 heads of cattle died over the last one week. Nagaraj Marvanthe, Veterinary Officer, Byndoor, told The Hindu that the scientists from the SRDDL had investigated the ailing cattle at the Henberu hamlet

Chennai, April 20: Retired army officer K. Ramaraj was sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track court here Friday for last year's killing of a 13-year-old boy who had entered his residential premises to pick almonds. The court also levied a fine of Rs.60,000 on Lt. Col. (retd) Ramaraj, 50, of which Rs.50,000 has to be given to the family of the victim, K. Dilshan, said a prosecution lawyer

Jaipur, April 20: Upset over repeated eve-teasing by four youths, a 21-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling fan at her residence in Mahaua area in Dausa district. The police have arrested all the accused. The girl, Deeksha Sharma, who was pursuing BA first year at Mahatma Gandhi College in Dausa, locked herself in the room of her house on Thursday morning. When she did not

Bangalore, April 20: Mahadevapura police on Thursday arrested a 31-year-old trainee pastor for allegedly trying to convert 23 children, including 14 girls, during a summer camp here. Victor Babu alias Victor, a native of Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, was held following a complaint filed by a few parents. Police recovered prayer books, pamphlets and other material from him and registered a case

Manipali, April 20: A clerk working at a high school at Kasargod, who had attempted suicide by consuming poison in January, died at his home in Shirali on Wednesday. 52-year-old Manjunath Mandu Naik has taken poison on January 23 after returning home from work. He was being treated in a hospital in Manipal. Bhatkal police are investigating the case.

New Delhi, April 19: Another horror story of a baby girl being left to die. This time from Gurgaon in suburban Delhi. A four-day-old girl wrapped inside a polythene bag was found abandoned in a garbage dump in the Udyog Vihar area. Early Wednesday morning, the police received a call from locals who spotted her lying in the dump. When the police reached there she had mosquito bites all over her

Mumbai, April 19: Yet another gory murder shocked Mumbaikars when at least 13 teenagers clubbed to death a 17-year-old boy who had allegedly used expletives against the mother and girlfriend of one of the attackers, police said Thursday. While police have nabbed three of the attackers, including the prime conspirator, a manhunt has been launched across the city for the others, around 10 college

New Delhi/London, April 19: This bizarre deathwatch occurred across continents 11,000km apart over four months back, but few knew about it until now. A British automobile consultant slashed his throat and wrists in his rented Green Park flat in South Delhi while his girlfriend watched in horror on Skype from Reading in the UK. The consultant, Adrian Rowland, 53, was video-chatting with his partner

Yavatmal, April 19: The Wadgaon Road police on Tuesday evening booked Atique Mohammad Khan (52), a judge of the district labour court, for allegedly raping his domestic help. The cops have also booked Khan under the Prevention of Atrocity (SC/ST) Act. Till the filing of the report, the accused was not arrested. According to police officer Sarjerao Gaikwad, the victim (40) who hails from Pune

Lucknow, April 19: The decapitated body of Bollywood junior artist Meenakshi Thapa was recovered from the house of model Preeti Surin, one of the accused in the murder case. A police team from Mumbai’s crime branch arrived in Allahabad on Tuesday with Preeti and her boyfriend Amit Jaiswal. The body of the actress was dumped in the septic tank of the house. The duo had lured the actress to