Crime and crash

Bangalore, December 25: A measly Rs. 20 and a girl seem to be the reasons for the brutal bludgeoning of a mechanic recently by his friend in a godown at Adapete in Nelamangala. Nelamangala Town police arrested Kaiser (20), a daily wage labourer, for the murder of Afroz Pasha (22), whose mutilated body was found wrapped in cloth on December 21. According to officials at the scene, Afroz Pasha was

Udupi, December 24: Sadashiva Gowda, a resident of Gundi near Eedu village, who had recently shifted to Kabinale village in Karkala taluk, has gone missing since December 19, even as rumours spread that he may have been abducted by suspected naxalites. However, the police say that Sadashiva Gowda is missing. Superintendent of Police Y.S. Ravi Kumar told The Hindu that the police continued to

Bangalore, December 24: Kiran used fake papers to gain money in order to clear heavy debts Basavanagudi police have arrested K V Kiran Kumar (29), an MNC bank employee, and his father K Vijay Kumar (54), for cheating bank customers to the tune of Rs 1.33 crore. According to police, Kiran misused his position as a relations manager to clear his father’s heavy debts. Police have recovered Rs 45 lakh

Dubai, December 23: Dubai authorities have foiled an attempt to smuggle nearly two million fake dollar notes which were stuffed inside a large tea bag consignment that was sent by air from Kenya, newspapers reported on Thursday. The shipment was seized last month after customs authorities phoned the police and told them they had uncovered dollar notes inside tea bag boxes sent from the African

Karwar, December 23: A couple from Kumble in Udupi district committed suicide by laying in front of the running train at Madanageri railway station on Wednesday. Manohar Lokanath Alva (40) and his wife Chandrika Alva, who have a video game business in Mumbai, had suffered heavy losses. They have been married for three years, but do not have children. According to police, these could be the reasons

Bangalore, December 23: An engineering student was found murdered at his house at Hunasamaranahalli in Yelahanka police limits on Thursday evening. The body of Piyush Sinha (24), who hailed from Jharkhand, was found packed in a suitcase. According to the police, he was pursuing seventh semester engineering at Sir M?Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology on International Airport Road. He was staying

Sharjah, December 22: An Indian worker who stripped naked and turned violent had to be tied up and shackled by his colleagues in Sharjah. The 34-year-old Bhushan T, who is from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, has been working with Systems Engineering since last four years. The owner of the company fled earlier this month, leaving almost 500 employees with unpaid dues for six months. “He was so

Melbourne, December 22: An Australian court on Thursday sentenced a Melbourne teenager to 13 years in jail for murdering Indian student Nitin Garg, a crime which outraged public opinion in India and put the bilateral relations under stress. Nitin Garg The teenager, whose identity has not been revealed as he is a minor, had pleaded guilty in April to one count of murder and one count of attempted

Bangalore, December 22: Apparently wilting under pressure to perform, a fifth semester engineering student committed suicide by drinking a soft drink laced with unidentified poison, in his hostel room in Anekal on Tuesday night. Akash, a native of Shimoga and student of electronic and computer sciences stream in Sirsi Sai Engineering College in Anekal, was found unconscious in his hostel room by

Mangalore, December 22: In yet another serial theft, thieves broke into two houses and made away with gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 5.75 lakh at Dwarkanagar in Urwa police station in the city. According to Ram Aithal, owner of the one of the burgled houses, gold and silver articles estimated at Rs. 3.75 lakh were taken away from his house in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. It