Crime and crash

Bangalore, December 28: Depressed over his prolonged illness, M Lakshmaiah, 47, a government high school teacher from Nelamangala, allegedly jumped to death from the fourth floor of a hospital at 6am Tuesday. The incident took place at Chord Road Hospital on West of Chord Road in Basaveshwaranagar. Lakshmaiah, a resident of Basaveshwarnagar, was undergoing treatment for dengue in a third floor

Karwar, December 28: Tension prevailed at Avarsa village in Ankola taluk on Tuesday as the villagers and students protested against a teacher who allegedly tried to rape a girl. The village observed a bandh voluntarily in protest against the alleged incident. According to the complaint filed with school authorities by the student, Physical Education teacher T.H. Hanumanthappa allegedly tried to

Bhatkal, December 28: A house was burgled in Heble Panchayat area in Bhatkal taluk on Monday night. Articles estimated at Rs. 7 lakh were stolen, according to a complaint with the police by Ismail Raza, owner of the house. According to Mr. Raza's complaint, his family had gone to a wedding when the thieves broke into the house. They broke open two cupboards and stole gold ornaments including a

Hubli, December 28: Tension prevailed for some time in Hubli on Tuesday after passers-by found black paint smeared on a statue of Mother Teresa and abusive writing on the compound wall of a school. This led to a road block and a demonstration for some time, before the police intervened and brought the situation under control. Crowd assembles Passers-by saw that black paint had been smeared on the

Dubai, December 27: A manager faces four years in jail for raping and assaulting a girl whom he had met in a social networking chatroom. He has also been charged with stealing her belongings. The Dubai Court of First Instance sentenced the 34-year-old Jordanian manager, A.A., to three years in jail for having sex with the 26-year-old Kazakh girl, E.A., and assaulting her. He was also jailed for

Abu Dhabi, December 27: Security agencies on Sunday announced that they had busted one of the world’s largest money laundering networks which was involved in the smuggling of around 95,000kg of gold and SR10 million (over Dh9 million) in cash. The operation was led by State Security with help from law enforcement and investigating agencies against the international gang of criminals who planned to

Mangalore, December 27: A college student ended her life by hanging herself at herself at her residence in city on Monday evening. The deceased has been identified as Vaishali (17) from Ballalbagh. She was a student of Canara Pre University College, Mangalore. According to the case registered at Barke police station by her father Vishwanath, she was found hanging in her room at around 4.30pm. The

Mangalore, December 27: City police have arrested three persons in connection with kidnap and rape of a teenage girl. The arrested were identified as Asif of Sakleshpur and his two friends Abdul Khader and Ashfak. Sources from Bajpe police station said police conducted search operation for a class-X student of Holy Family High school in Bajpe, followed by a missing complaint lodged by her mother

Bangalore, December 27: A young couple faced a harrowing time for over two hours on Sunday night as an 11-member gang ‘tortured and abused’ them inside a cemetery on Berlie Street in the Ashok Nagar police station limits. The police managed to arrest some members of the gang and register a case of ‘dacoity’, but the investigation into the incident is still on. The victim, a BCom student and a

Mumbai, December 26: Sawapnil Baliram Patole, a 25-year-old student from US who returned to India for Christmas vacations, was arrested on Saturday by Mumbai police as his name figured in the Mumbai police lookout notice. The immigration cell at the airport informed the Mumbai Cyber Investigating Cell, which arrested Patole in a two-year-old case where he was wanted for outraging the modesty of a