Crime and crash

Polba (hooghly), March 29: Less than 24 hours of a woman being raped by robbers in South 24-Parganas' Canning, a gang of four murdered a wealthy farmer in Hooghly's Polba around midnight on Tuesday, raped his wife before fleeing with valuables. Patna village, where the incident took place, is around 60 km from Kolkata. The woman was sent for a medical examination after she broke down and narrated

Chennai, March 28: A 21-year-old engineering student committed suicide by hanging in a hostel room on the Anna University campus on Tuesday. Police suspect the boy had a failed love affair. S Manivannan, a native of Poppy Reddy Patti in Dharmapuri district was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room, using a dhoti. Fellow students informed hostel warden Sheik Mansur, who in turn called

Mangalore, March 28: Balakrishnan (45) and his wife Sharada (38), natives of Chantady in Kasargod district, were found hanging in a lodge in Dhamastala on Tuesday. According to the police, the couple had come on a pilgrimage to Dharmastala along with their three children. The local police have recovered a suicide note from their hotel room written in Malayalam.

Midnapore, March 28: A young girl fought off her alleged molester - her 44-year-old cousin - with a spade but ended up killing him in her house in Keshpur's Damodar Chowk. She walked some 8-9 km to Keshpur police station and surrendered even as the dead man's neighbours staged protests in the locality to have her arrested. The alleged molester, Sk Salauddin, was a married man with a child. Police

Bangalore, March 28: The mutilated body of a 13-year-old boy was recovered from the foothills of Hanumagiri hill at Ittamadu here on Tuesday morning. The Subramanyapura police have zeroed in on four boys from a nearby slum as suspects in the alleged murder of Abhishek, a class VIII student of Ittamadu Government High School. A case has been registered and the suspects are being questioned

Melbourne, March 27: A Perth-based Indian student will spend 14 months in jail for his involvement in a scam to falsify English test scores to get Australian visas. Rajesh Kumar, 31, faced ten charges for his part in fraudulently altering the International English Testing System (IELTS) scores at Perth's Curtin University between November 2009 and June 2010. A Perth District Court sentenced Rajesh

New Delhi, March 27: A 25-year-old software engineer was killed after he fell from the terrace of a female friend's house in east Delhi under mysterious circumstances, police said on Monday. The incident took place in Pandav Nagar late on Sunday night and the deceased has been identified as Saurabh, who was also preparing for civil services, they said. The police are questioning his female friend

Indore, March 27: The social networking site has helped the police crack a theft case wherein two students were arrested after they allegedly picked a motor-bike from a mall a few days ago. The police have arrested Ayush Rai, a resident of Anuppur and Abhishek Tiwari, a resident of Shahdol, after tracking them with the help of the Facebook. Tukoganj police station inspector Ashok Tiwari said a

Patna/Jamui, March 27: In an incident that sent shivers down the spine, road robbers gang-raped and shot dead a woman in her 30s after relieving her family members of cash and belongings while they were on way to Jamui after a picnic trip on Sunday evening. Worse, policemen took 12 hours to lodge an FIR as they allegedly fought over the jurisdiction of the place of occurrence. The incident

Bangalore, March 26: Ramamurthy Nagar police arrested Savitha, 37, a homemaker, for allegedly giving supari to 13 assailants who killed her husband's lover, Nirmala, 42, a beautician. Nirmala was murdered in her house in Yerraianapalya on February 27, 2012. The accused had escaped with her 40gm gold chain. During investigation, police found that the deceased had an illicit relationship with Ramesh