Crime and crash

Bengaluru, May 30:Probing the recent murder of a woman in Byadarahalli, Ramanagara police arrested Dore, 45, hailing from Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu. He is suspected of being a serial rapist-killer. Dore, a resident of Andrahalli near Byadarahalli, was working as a construction worker in the area. He was absconding after the recent murder of a woman in the area, suspected to be a prostitute. In

Lucknow, May 29: A senior police official of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) today allegedly committed suicide in his office here, police said. A 1992-batch Provincial Police Services (PPS) officer, Rajesh Sahni used an official weapon to shoot himself on his temple at 12.45 PM in his office, ADG (Law and Order) Anand Kumar said. Sahni was an Additional Superintendent of Police rank

Mandya, May 28: A weekend trip ended in a tragedy for a young software engineer from Bengaluru when he drowned in Hosakere at Avverahalli near the historical Revanasiddeshwara Hills on the outskirts of Ramanagaram on Saturday evening. The body of Chethan (24) of Bhojana Hosahalli, near Whitefield, was retrieved on Sunday morning. According to the Ramanagaram Rural police, Chethan and seven others

Palakkad, May 25: Twelve persons including a non-tribal woman were arrested from Attappady near here late on Thursday night for alleged abduction and gang rape of a minor tribal girl hailing from Muttathukadu near Anaikatty. According to Attappady Assistant Superintendent of Police, Sujith Das, the 12-year-old girl was taken from her home on Saturday morning by the arrested woman after convincing

Varanasi, May 24: Five men in Varanasi allegedly preserved the body of their 70-year-old mother for months so that they could draw pension using her thumb impression. Their mother, Amravati Devi, died on January 13 this year and since then, the five men have been using various chemicals to preserve her body, police said. Police recovered the body from her residence in Kabirnagar colony of the

Varnasi, May 23: An influential leader of Bharatiya Janata Party has been arrested on charge of raping a woman at a lodge in Varanasi, which is represented by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha. The alleged incident took place when the 32-year-old woman went to meet Kanhaiya Lal Mishra, the former president of the BJP’s Bhadohi district unit, at the lodge in Englishia Line yesterday

New Delhi, May 23: A 26-year-old man allegedly killed his parents, after they denied him permission to marry a woman who he befriended on Facebook, in southeast Delhi's Jamia Nagar, the police said on Tuesday. Abdul Rehman, the only son of his parents, killed them to take possession of their property. He was in a relationship with a woman from Kanpur. They became friends on Facebook two years ago

Raichur, May 21: An diehard fan of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa died of a heart attack after learning that his icon had resigned from the CM's post showing courage to face trust vote. Rangappa (45), who belongs to Jalapur village, Sirawara taluk, Raichur district, who was ailing from a heart ailment was in hospital. When he learnt that Yeddyurappa had resigned from CM's post, he failed to

Raipur, May 20: Seven police personnel were killed after Naxals blew up their vehicle in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today, police said. The attack took place on a day when Union Home Minister Rajanth Singh is scheduled to arrive in the state. Naxals carried out a landmine blast around 12 noon when a joint team of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and the District Force (DF) was patrolling

Bengaluru, May 20: A fun outing turned disastrous for two teenagers after one of them slipped from ThottiKallu (TK) waterfalls in Kaggalipura, sustaining severe injuries. Nawaz Ahmed, 16, and his friend Ranganath had decided to go to TK Falls on Thursday. On reaching there, Ahmed, who wanted to wash his feet, did not notice the algae on the rocks. He slipped and fell from a height of 30 feet