Crime and crash

Ahmedabad, Dec 10: Liquor worth over Rs 252 crore has been seized during the last two years from different parts of Gujarat, according to the state government. Gujarat is a 'dry' state where manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor is banned. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who holds a charge of the Home Department, informed the state Assembly on Monday that liquor worth over Rs 252 crore was

Korba, Dec 9: A 35-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh has succumbed to her injuries she had sustained after a stalker, who was arrested earlier for shooting her obscene video, attacked her with a sickle on December 6, police said on Sunday. The accused Indrapal Tonde (40) was on bail when he slashed the woman’s neck near Budhwari Bajrang chowk in Korba when she was on her way to work. “The woman was

Kolkata, Dec 7: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Kolkata's Garden Reach area after she was locked up in the bathroom of a building, police said on Friday. The incident happened on Thursday at the first floor of the building on Taratala Road and police said they have arrested a 19-year-old man who is a neighbour of the girl. The man was arrested after a complaint was filed by the rape

Malda, Dec 5: In a rerun of the Hyderabad veterinary doctor's murder, a young woman's charred body was found in a mango orchard in West Bengal's Malda district on Thursday, raising suspicion that she was raped and killed, a senior police officer said. The body has suffered severe burns, making it difficult to ascertain the woman's identity, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Prasanta Debnath

Nagpur, Dec 2: A 35-year-old man was paraded naked on Sunday evening by people for trying to rape a four-year-old girl at her house in Pardi area of Nagpur in Maharashtra, police said. Local people thrashed the accused Jawahar Vaidya, tied his hands with a rope and paraded him naked on streets before handing him over to the police, an official said. Vaidya works as a daily cash collection agent

Coimbatore, Dec 1: A Class XI student who was celebrating her 17th birthday along with her boyfriend at a park at Ishwarya Nagar was gang-raped by six people on November 26. The gang members also videographed the act. The city police arrested four of the accused on Friday within hours of her mother lodging a complaint. A special team has been formed to nab the other two accused. According to

Kottayam, Nov 30: A court in Kerala's Kottayam district on Saturday extended the bail of former Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal in a nun rape case and also adjourned the matter till January 6 next year. Mulakkal had earlier today moved an application seeking an extension of his bail ahead of the commencement of his trial in the rape case. Mulakkal was arrested last year after a nun levelled

Sonbhadra, Nov 29: The adage 'as mild as milk' seems to have been stretched for a government primary school here, which has been accused of serving its students diluted milk under the mid-day meal scheme. Authorities at the government primary school, Salai Banwa in Chopan of the tribal Sonbhadra district here on Wednesday allegedly added one litre of milk to a bucket full of water and served it to

Kollam, Nov 28: A two-wheeler rider was hospitalised and suffered serious injuries after a police officer threw a lathi at him during a vehicle inspection at Kaddakal here on Thursday. The rider apparently lost control of the bike and hit another vehicle, police said adding that an inquiry has been ordered into the incident. The man identified as Siddique has been admitted to Thiruvananthapuram

Muzzafarnagar, Nov 24: A 24-year-old college student was allegedly abducted and raped in a moving car by a 26-year-old man with the act also being filmed by his friends in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district, police said on Sunday. New Mandi station house officer Sanjiv Kumar said the victim, who is a BSc student, was heading to college from her house on Saturday morning when she was waylaid on