Crime and crash

Baghpat (UP), Jul 9: Dreaded gangster Prem Prakash Singh alias Munna Bajrangi was shot dead inside the district jail here today, the police said. He was brought here from Jhansi jail yesterday and was to be produced in a local court today in a case for demanding extortion money from BJP MLA Lokesh Dixit. Bajrangi was also named in the killing of former BJP legislator Krishnanad Rai. According to

Bihar Sharif, Jul 7: A mob on Friday threw a man out of the first-floor balcony of a house injuring him seriously after he allegedly shot dead another person, and they resorted to violence in which 11 policemen were injured here in Nalanda district. One policeman who tried to rescue the accused was pushed off the balcony too and he was also injured, Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Porika

Bengaluru, Jul 7: A woman was hacked to death by her husband, at their house in Soladevanahalli, here after she gave him Rs 10 less to purchase alcohol Thursday night. The accused, Raja Singh, from Madhya Pradesh, was arrested by the police after he tried to escape. He and his wife, Kasturi, 35, had arrived in the city a fortnight ago, and worked as labourers at a construction site in

Udaipur, July 7: The Udaipur Police has arrested two people for allegedly assaulting a couple and parading them naked in a village near Rajasthan, as the locals were against their relationship. A video of the same was filmed and circulated on the social media yesterday. "A case has been registered and two people have been arrested. Further investigation underway," Udaipur, Assistant Superintendent

Haflong, Jul 6: Army and police personnel have rescued three 'sadhus' from getting lynched by a mob, which suspected them to be child-lifters, at Mahur Railway Station in Dima Hasao district of Assam, officials said today. District officials said Army men posted at an adjacent camp and police officers came to the rescue of three persons yesterday after hundreds of people had gathered to attack

Unnao, Jul 6: In a shocking incident, a video has gone viral in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, in which three men can be seen molesting a woman. The accused forcibly picked the woman from her home and took her to a secluded forest area in order to molest her. The Gangaghat police had launched a manhunt to nab the accused. They arrested two men Rahul and Akash on Friday and search for the other accused is

Muzaffarnagar, Jul 6: Two persons, including a cop, have been booked for allegedly posting an objectionable message on a social networking platform in the district, police said today. A case was registered against police inspector Narendra Kumar, posted in Saharanpur district and Arshad Rana, admin of the WhatsApp group, SP (city) Ombir Singh said. The case was registered on a complaint lodged by

Kolkata, Jul 6: A two-year-old boy was allegedly sexually assaulted at a playschool in south Kolkata’s Behala area earlier this week. The alleged incident came to light on Thursday, a day after the child’s parents lodged a complaint at Thakurpukur police station. The FIR registered under Sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 mentions that the child went to

New Delhi, Jul 5: More morbid details came out in the mysterious deaths of 11 members of a family in Burari here as CCTV footage showed some members bringing stools and wires that were used for their hanging, even as police recovered 11 diaries that were maintained over a period of 11 years. The content of the diaries matched the way the alleged suicides happened, the police said. The diaries had

Kochi, Jul 4: The Kerala High Court today declined to grant two church priests any interim protection from arrest over sexual assault charges and adjourned the hearing on their anticipatory bail pleas till Monday. Sony Varghese, 42, and Job Mathew, 40, of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, moved the anticipatory bail pleas in the high court apprehending arrest in the case. Adjourning the case