Crime and crash

Bangalore, April 3: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said on Monday that its investigation into the series of II?Pre-university question paper leaks has revealed the involvement of several government lecturers and employees. The CID, which arrested 10 people in this connection so far, eight of them on Monday, has traced the leak to a sub-treasury in Kadur taluk in Chikmagalur district

Mangalore, April 3: A youth who was on job hunt committed suicide by hanging from the roof of his house in Barebail near Bejai in Mangalore East police station limits on Monday 23-year-old Vivian Martis (23) left the house in the morning in search of job. He returned in the evening when all his relatives in the house had gone out and took the tragic step. The police have registered a case.

Bankura, April 3: A police constable was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl at Rabindra Sarani area in Bankura town, the police said today. "Constable Chandan Mudi was arrested from his home at Rabindra Sarani area last night. The nine-year-old girl's father Tara Shankar Singha complained to me. They are neighbours of Mudi," Superintendent of Police Pranab Kumar said. The police said Mudi

Polba (Hooghly), April 3: Police have dug up a fact more bizarre than fiction in the gangrape of a 39-year-old woman in Hooghly's Polba, 60km from Kolkata. Investigators say she was raped by the killers she had hired with the help of her lover to murder her husband. The lover, Zico Pal alias Potla, is a rich, married farmer 14 years younger to the woman. He wept inconsolably in the police station

Geneva, April 3: The number of journalists killed while doing their job in the first three months of the year reached 31, up 50 percent from 21 deaths a year ago, media watchdog Press Emblem Campaign said Monday. In strife-torn Syria, nine journalists lost their lives during the period, including famed American war correspondent Marie Colvin. Brazil was also turning out to be dangerous for media

Karwar, April 2: The Haliyal police on Saturday arrested five persons regarding a murder case. Maruthi Torlekar of Kawalwada village in Haliyal was murdered on April 18, 2011. The police arrested Arun Hanumanth Torlekar (35), Basavaraj Devendra Chipti (35), Mudukappa Appayya Khandekar (33), Santappa Yallappa Bawkar (35), and Narayan Lakshman Uppar (45). According to a pres release issued by the

Chikkaballapur, April 2: Dr Ravindra, chairman of the Karnataka State Government Doctors’ Association, allegedly attempted to commit suicide by consuming poison in a hotel in the City on Sunday. Dr Ravindra, who works at the Government Hospital in Hassan, checked into a private hotel in the City on Sunday. In the afternoon, he was found to have consumed poison and was rushed to the government

Pune, April 1: A 16-year-old boy was abducted and murdered allegedly by three of his friends, including two minors, who had demanded a ransom of Rs 50,000 after being inspired by a crime-based TV serial. Shubham Shirke was kidnapped yesterday from Dighi area and was taken to a nearby hill where he was strangled to death. The accused then made a call to his father Mahadev Shirke demanding Rs 50,000

Mangalore, April 1: An elderly worker was killed after she was hit by a car near Panambur beach on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Shivamma (60) from Bijapur. The police said that she died on the way to hospital. A case has been registered

New Delhi, April 1: This is one 'body in bag' that didn't go past the cops and landed the killers in jail. For once, the policemen at the picket - this one in New Friends Colony - didn't just wave the vehicle through but insisted on checking the package that the passengers were so zealously guarding on the rear seat. It was around 4am on Saturday when two constables, Rajeev Mishra and Sheikh-ul