Crime
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Mumbai: Man held for possession of firearms in Bandra
Mumbai: A 22-year-old man was arrested for alleged possession of a carbine, three pistols, magazines and live rounds from suburban Bandra here, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about a sale…
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Hyderabad man gets life imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor daughters
Hyderabad: A special POCSO Act court on Friday convicted and sentenced a 45-year-old man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his minor daughters repeatedly for two years. The ADJ Court at LB Nagar…
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Honor killing in AP: Newlywed Dalit man killed in broad daylight
Kurnool: In yet another caste-based hate crime, a 30-year-old Dalit man was killed by his in-laws in broad daylight in Adoni town of Kurnool district on Thursday, the police said. The incident…
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Goldsmith shot dead by militants in Srinagar
Srinagar: Militants shot a goldsmith dead at a busy market here on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred at Sarai Bala in the evening, a police official said. Satpal Singh, believed to be…
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UP: Man drowns in canal, another goes missing
Amroha: A man drowned while another went missing after the car they were travelling in plunged into a canal here, police said on Thursday. The rescue operations are still going on since the…
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Human trafficking racket busted, 4 arrested by SOT
Hyderabad: The Special Operations Team (SOT) Malkajgiri raided on a brothel house, near Nandanavanam park, Chengicherla under the limits of Medipally Police station limits. During this operation 4 human traffickers Atukori Jyothi,…
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Man gets 10 years RI for raping step-daughter
Palghar: A 43-year-old man from Talasari in Maharashtra’s Palghar district was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by a local court for repeatedly raping his step-daughter. In the order passed recently, Palghar…
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Woman sexually molested by two friends in a moving car
Kolkata: A young woman was allegedly sexually molested by two of her friends in a moving vehicle in the city while returning home after attending a birthday party, a senior police officer said…
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Maha: Couple held for extorting Rs 8 cr from developers
Thane: A couple was on Tuesday arrested from Dombivli city of Maharashtra’s Thane district for allegedly extorting Rs 8 crore from developers by threatening to file false complaints of illegal construction, police said.…
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38-year-old woman murdered in Nizamabad; killers slit her throat
Nizamabad: In a horrific incident, a 38-year-old woman was killed by some unidentified assailants who reportedly slit her throat and cut her hand. The brutal murder took place on Sunday night near the mortuary…
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Gold worth Rs 94 lakh seized at Hyderabad airport, woman held
Hyderabad: Customs department arrested a woman and seized over two kilograms of gold worth over Rs 94 lakh from her possession at Hyderabad airport on Saturday. As per an official release, the…
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Hyderabad: Police arrest eight transgenders for ‘extorting’ money
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police have begun a drive against transgenders who are allegedly extorting money from people in public places. As many as eight transgenders were arrested by police on Saturday for allegedly harassing…
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Man held for kidnapping, killing minor boy
New Delhi: A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing a minor boy in order to marry his mother, police said on Friday. The accused has been identified as Bittu,…
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Hyderabad: Cyberabad police seize ganja from three youth
Hyderabad: Acting on a credible tip-off, the Special Operation Team (SOT) of Cyberabad police on Thursday arrested two undergraduate students and one jobless youth while they were allegedly transporting 8 kg of…
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Maha: Cop commits suicide at police station in Palghar
Palghar: A 41-year-old policeman allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver inside a police station in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Thursday, an official said. According to the MBVV police, head…
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Hyderabad: Engineering student arrested for hacking social media accounts, blackmailing people
A 21-year-old was arrested by Rachakonda police for hacking people’s social media accounts and blackmailing them. The accused, Aresani Bharath Kumar from Ghatkesar, a town in Medchal-Malkajgiri district was arrested on Wednesday. He…
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Two brothers booked for molesting woman
Mumbai: Two brothers were booked for allegedly molesting and attacking a woman over a monetary dispute in suburban Bandra, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday when the woman demanded her…
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UP: 18-year-old dies while working in paper mill
Muzaffarnagar: An 18-year-old man died on Tuesday after his hand got stuck in a machine in a private paper mill in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said. The victim identified as Akshit, a…
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Sister Abhaya case: Priest, Nun found guilty of murder
Thiruvananthapuram: Twenty-eight years after the mysterious death of Sister Abhaya, an inmate of St.Pious convent at Kottayam in Kerala, a CBI special court here on Tuesday held it was a case of murder…
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Cybercrimes rise by 75% in Hyderabad during 2020
Hyderabad: Hyderabad saw a 10 per cent reduction in the overall crime rate but cybercrime saw an increase of 75 per cent during 2020, police said on Monday. While there was a dip…
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Assam man sentenced to death for rape, murder of minor girl
Guwahati: A man was sentenced to death by a district court in northern Assam on Monday for raping and killing a five-year-old girl two years ago. The accused, Mangal Paik, was sentenced to…
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Delhi police cyber cell busts fake call centre, five arrested
New Delhi: The cyber cell of the northwest district of Delhi Police on Sunday busted a fake call centre and arrested five persons who allegedly duped people impersonating as executives of e-commerce…
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Couple attempts suicide, woman dies
Muzaffarnagar: A woman died while her husband is undergoing treatment at a hospital after they consumed poison on Sunday at Suheli village here, police said. It is suspected to be a case of…
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Two held for gang-raping woman in UP
Pratapgarh: Two men were arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 40-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district, police said on Sunday. The arrests were made on Saturday, they said. Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya…
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Kidnappers who demanded ransom in bitcoins held, 8-year-old boy rescued
Dakshina: In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old boy was kidnapped from Ujire area of Dakshina Kannada and the abductors allegedly demanded ransom in Bitcoin. The minor was later rescued from Kolar on…
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Two drown as boat capsizes in Bengal
Kalyani: A 42-year-old woman and her minor nephew drowned after their country boat capsized in a canal in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Saturday, police said. The incident happened in Haringhata area when…
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Gold worth Rs 87.62 lakh seized at Chennai airport
Chennai: Gold, weighing 1.7kg of 24K purity and worth Rs 87.62 lakh, was seized from six people on their arrival from Dubai, the Customs department said on Saturday. While some had concealed the…
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Delhi: Four dead, 2 injured in factory roof collapse
New Delhi: Four labourers died and two others were injured after the roof of a factory collapsed in west Delhi’s Khayala on Saturday, officials said. The structure, which was being used as a…
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Music teacher held for harassing, molesting student
New Delhi: A music teacher has been arrested for allegedly harassing and molesting his 23-year-old student, police said on Friday. The arrest was made after the victim, who was doing her Diploma Honour…
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Hyderabad: Travel agent booked for duping women on pretext of giving jobs in UAE
Hyderabad: Police in Hyderabad has booked a city-based travel agent for duping women on the pretext of providing jobs to them in UAE. A case of cheating has been registered against the accused…
