Category: Crime News

Decomposed body of elderly woman found in Kolkata house

Kolkata, Dec 24: Police on Monday recovered a decomposed body of an elderly woman from a house in Salt Lake area of the city. The 75-year-old woman’s son, who appears to be mentally-challenged, held on to Krishna Bhattacharya’s body for at least seven-eight days in the two-storey house at […]

Ex-serviceman held with 9 kg charas in Nagrota

Jammu, Dec 23:The police arrested an ex-army man on Sunday with 9 kg of high quality charas from Nagrota area here along Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, officials said. Mohammad Ayoub Malik, who hails from south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, was signalled to stop his car at a check point but […]

Woman with three children found hanging at home

Agra, Dec 23: A 30-year-old woman and her three children were found hanging from the ceiling of their home Sunday under the Fatehabad police station area, around 30 km from here, police said.  The deceased were identified as Mamta, Junu (5), Ranjit (3) and Ajit (six months), they said.  […]

Thieves who stole 90 car batteries in one night arrested

New Delhi, Dec 21: Three men, who had allegedly taken only 30 seconds to steal a battery from a car and have stolen over 5,000 batteries from south Delhi, have been arrested, police said Friday. The accused were identified as Sahzad (28), Gul Mohmad (31), residents of IP Extension, […]

British woman raped in Goa

Panaji, Dec 20:A 48-year-old British woman tourist was allegedly raped by an unidentified man while she was walking towards a beach in Goa in the wee hours of Thursday, a police official said. She was also robbed of her belongings by the man who fled after committing the […]

Man arrested for stalking woman TV actor

Mumbai, Dec 19: A 35-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stalking a TV actor, a senior police official said Wednesday. Abdul Sheikh, the accused, allegedly followed the woman actor in his car in suburban Khar area. He also allegedly abused her using filthy language, the actor said in […]

Three of family held for rape and torture of 14-year-old

Indore (MP), Dec 6: Indore police in Madhya Pradesh arrested three members of a family Thursday for allegedly torturing and raping a girl after telling her family that she could lead them to hidden treasure. Ajay Sonane (23) was accused of raping and torturing the 14-year-old girl while his […]

Man booked for raping minor girl in Goa

Panaji, Dec 5: A 50-year-old man has been booked for allegedly raping a minor girl in Goa, police said. The accused, a Goa resident who has been working abroad, left India soon after committing the offence in October, Margao Police Inspector Kapil Nayak said on Tuesday. The 14-year-old girl […]

Four held for Bulandshahr violence, main accused from Bajrang Dal on the run

Bulandshahr (UP), Dec 4: Police arrested four people on Tuesday and were hunting for a Bajrang Dal activist in connection with mob violence in Bulandshahr that left an inspector and a passerby dead, as angry families demanded action amid criticism of the UP chief minister and suggestions of conspiracies […]

Punjab IAS officer’s father-in-law shot dead

Chandigarh, Nov 18:  IAS officer Varun Roojam’s father-in-law was reportedly shot dead by unidentified persons near Rajpura in Punjab’s Patiala district Sunday, police said. The bullet-ridden body of Swarn Singh (65) was found in his car, they said. The incident took place at around 11:30 am near Uksi village. […]

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