Crime and crash

Uppala, January 31: The police seized 216 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and 175 litres of spirit from a car in Uppala, a town near the Karnataka border. Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Manjeshwaram Additional Sub-Inspector Chandrasekharan recovered the spirit, filled in five plastic cans of 35-litre capacity each and 1,200 bottles of 180 ml capacity packed in 25 cases, the

Bangalore, January 31: Twenty-four hours after she allegedly slapped a police inspector on duty at the KSCA celebrity cricket match on Sunday night, Anuja, wife of IAS officer Pankaj Kumar Pandey, was arrested by the Cubbon Park police here. Around 9:15 pm on Monday, Anuja was produced in front of the 8th ACCM Magistrate Kiran Kini’s residence at Koramangala Games Village here. She has secured an

Mumbai, January 30: A Mumbai court has today acquitted four men accused of kidnapping and murdering Mumbai teenager Adnan Patrawala in 2007, who they had allegedly met via social networking site Orkut. The verdict is being read by the city as a moment of shame for the Mumbai Police, whose lethargic inquiry has belied what experts say was an open-and-shut case. The court said there was not enough

Bankura, January 30: A tantrik sadhu has been arrested in West Bengal's Bankura district for allegedly offering a human sacrifice to idol of Kali maatha. Lakkhikanto Karmakar was arrested after villagers yesterday found him performing rituals at a temple with the head of a human infant. The sadhu later hung the infant's head as a garland around the idol's neck. Villagers caught hold of the sadhu

Dubai, January 30: Easy cash and a quick getaway. It was that simple. But an Asian who drove off with $2 million entrusted to him by his employer was arrested in another emirate with the cash, thanks to some smart police work. The driver was not sponsored by his employer and authorities had very little information about him. It was hard tracking him down, police officials said. Their persistence

Mumbai, January 30: The Bangur Nagar police arrested a BPO employee on Tuesday after his former girlfriend accused him of rape and cheating. Officials said the accused, M Contractor (30), also allegedly took Rs 5 lakh from the victim on the pretext of starting a business, but did not repay the amount. Contractor is a resident of Mira Road; the victim is nine years elder to him. The duo worked in

Bhopal, January 30: A school teacher in the tribal Betul district of Madhya Pradesh asked students to fetch liquor for him and then caned the girls, forcing them to dance in a closed classroom on Republic Day. The teacher, Mahesh Malviya, has been suspended and an inquiry ordered against him. This shocking incident came to light when 30 school children from Deochowki village in Betul and their

Mangalore, January 29: A motorcyclist was killed on spot when a speeding tipper belonging to MSEZ project knocked him down at Jokatte near here on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Salam (30), a resident of Jokatte. The incident occurred when the Salam was on his way home. A case has been registered against the trailer driver at Panambur police station. Following the accident

Bangalore, January 29: Central Crime Branch police arrested a couple and two Kannada TV serial actresses for alleged involvement in human trafficking. They were arrested in their HSR Layout house on Saturday. R Krishnamurthy, 63, his wife K Saroja alias Sushma, 50, both residents of 7th Sector, HSR Layout as well as actors B Anita, 35, of Bilekalli in Bannerghatta Road and Deekshita Shivanna, 24

Karwar, January 29: The police on Saturday arrested Verina Fernandis whose dogs bit four-year-old Dhanush at Maaladevi Nagar in Karwar on Friday. She was arrested after two complaints were filed against her, one by Dhanush's father, accusing her of creating nuisance by keeping 18 dogs in her house, and the other for allegedly trying to convert a woman into Christianity. When the police brought her