Crime and crash

Kolkata, February 16: A young woman was picked up in a car outside a night club and raped at gunpoint by five men as they drove around the Maidan after midnight on February 5. They shoved a pistol into her mouth and punched and kicked her, saying "Chillaogi to thok denge (We will shoot you if you scream)." She was dumped at Exide crossing about 90 minutes later, torn, bloodied and battered. If

Kasargod, February 15: A motorbike rider was crushed to death in a collision with a truck near Cherkala here on Monday night. After the accident, irate local people set the truck afire, partially damaging it, the police said. Abdul Rahim, 38, a resident of Eruthumkadavu and an activist of the Indian Union Muslim League, was killed in the accident which occurred around 9 p.m. The truck, bearing

New Delhi, February 15: Irked over his love proposal being rejected, a 21-year-old youth along with his brother and associate allegedly abducted a teenaged girl from near her house here and murdered her. Ravi Kumar, his brother Rahul and associate Vinod were arrested yesterday for their involvement in the abduction and murder of the 18-year-old girl, police said here today. The girl, a resident of

Hassan, February 15: A wild elephant trampled a worker to death at a plantation in Halasur of Alur taluk Tuesday morning. The victim, Subbaiah, 62, from Virajpet in Kodagu, was working as ‘writer’ (accountant) in the plantation belonging to Gopal for the past 18 years. At 8.30 am, he was on his way to take attendance of the workers when the elephant emerged out of a bush, tossed him in the air and

Gulbarga, February 15: A?young couple allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train near the railway gate on Savalgi Road on the outskirts of the city Tuesday morning. Yellalinga Honnappa Natikar, 31, an auto driver and resident of Siddhartha Nagar, and his ladylove Bharati Hosamani, 18, a student of the Government PU College and resident of Sharana Sirasagi Maddi, are the dead

Chennai, February 14: A 27-year old software engineerhailing from West Bengal committed suicide by hanging in her house in Pazhavanthangal in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Police suspect that she ended her life after a quarrel with her husband. Police said the victim, Maushmi Rai, was against her husband Nithin Sarkar, also a software engineer, going abroad. Sarkar was to leave for

Bangalore, February 14: In an alleged suicide pact, three of a five-strong family died after reportedly consuming poison while the others have been admitted to hospital, police said on Monday. The deceased were identified as Varalakshmi (28) and her two children, aged six and two-and-a-half years, police said. Varalakshmi's husband, Gopi, who has been admitted to hospital, is stated to be "out of

Kolkata, February 13: A man who was mercilessly beaten up for lodging a police complaint against some men for allegedly sending obscene MMSes to his daughter died at a private nursing home in Kolkata on Sunday. Gopal Adhikari, a resident of Salaidanga village in West Bengal's Malda district, had been critically injured after the men hit him and his wife Kalyani with rods and sticks at their house

New Delhi, February 13: Hackers, allegedly belonging to a Chinese group called Evil Shadow Team, struck at www.microsoftstore.co.in on Sunday night, stealing login ids and passwords of people who had used the website for shopping Microsoftproducts. While it is troublesome that hackers were able to breach security at a website owned by one of the biggest IT companies in the world, it is more

Kumta, February 13: A body was found on Dhareshwar beach in Kumta on Sunday. The victim was identified as Raju Achyut Naik (38). He was working as a driver of a passenger tempo. The reason for the death was not known. The Kumta police are investigating the case.