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Sunday, 8 June 2025 () A 29-year-old woman was discovered murdered in a Paharganj hotel room in Central Delhi. Police were alerted on Sunday morning. The woman checked in with a man the previous day. The man was missing. Hotel staff found the woman unresponsive in the bathroom. Police detained a suspect. The woman was strangled. A case of murder was registered.
Nagpur: Driven by a strong desire to have his own biological child, 35-year-old Akash Kanhekar mercilessly strangulated his nine-year-old stepson earlier this week so as to ensure his wife refrain from terminating her third pregnancy. The woman, who was a widow and had two children from the previous marriage, did not want another child. The incident has sent shockwaves across Akot city. The woman had reasoned with Kanhekar about having only her own children -- Darshan and her sister -- but the accused insisted on having his own biological child. Kanhekar was apprehensive about Darshan's future ...Read More >
In Gujarat's Banaskantha, an 18-year-old NEET qualifier, Chandrika Chaudhary, was allegedly murdered by her father and uncle due to fears she would choose her own partner. The family opposed her desire for medical education and independence, leading to her being drugged and strangled. Her partner's legal petition exposed the crime, revealing a premeditated act disguised as suicide. An 18-year-old NEET qualifier from Gujarat's Banaskantha was allegedly murdered by her father and uncle in what pol ...Read More >
Guwahati: Two high-ranking officers from the Assam Police, Special DGP and SIT chief MP Gupta, along with Titabor Co-District SP Tarun Goel, travelled to Singapore from Guwahati on Monday to investigate the death of Zubeen Garg, who died in the island country last month.The investigation is being conducted by the SIT formed under the CID of Assam Police, after more than 60 FIRs were filed across the state concerning the incident. Gupta is leading the nine-member SIT, with Goel as one of its members.According to sources, the team will visit the location where Zubeen reportedly took his last bre ...Read More >
The crime came to light after Tahira and the two girls went missing for six days. Farooq's father approached the police after receiving unclear and suspicious replies from his son about their whereabouts. A man allegedly killed his wife and two young daughters following a dispute related to his wife not wearing a burqa in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, police said on Wednesday. The bodies of the three victims were later found buried in a seven-foot-deep pit in the courtyard of their house. The accused ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 29-year-old woman was found murdered in a hotel room in central Delhi's Paharganj on Sunday.Police have arrested a man who has claimed to be in a relationship with the victim and checked into the hotel with her on Saturday.According to investigators, the accused suspected the woman was in a relationship with another person, which may have led to the crime.The deceased was identified as Sarika, while the accused, 31-year-old Sachin, was a resident of north Delhi. Both worked in a cloc ...Read More >
Gurugram: A 30-year-old software engineer allegedly strangled his wife to death and then committed suicide by hanging himself in a residential society in Gurugram, police said. The deceased has been identified as Ajay Kumar, then sent a video message to his friend on Sunday that he was going to commit suicide. Kumar, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, and Sweety Sharma, 28, a resident of West Bengal's Asansol, got married three years ago. Both worked at an IT company in Gurugram. As per police, they got a call from Kumar's friend, who told them that he had sent him a video on Sunday a ...Read More >
According to his brother Mohammad Shakib Alam, Hussain, who also lived partly with his in-laws in Barui village, was returning home when his bicycle broke down near Bhattapar village under Roh police station, forcing him to look for a puncture shop. A 50-year-old cloth vendor who was robbed and assaulted by a mob, had his ears cut off and was branded with an iron rod in Nalanda district last week, died during treatment on Friday night, officials said. Mohammad Athar Hussain, a resident of Gagan ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) A 29-year-old woman was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a hotel room in central Delhi on Sunday, while her male companion, who had checked in with her the previous evening, has been apprehended in connection with the case, police said. The deceased has been identified as Sarika (29), while the man has been identified as Sachin (31), according to the identity documents submitted at the hotel reception. Sachin was held after he was seen leaving the hotel in this morning. He was arrested from the address he provided at the hotel reception, police said. Accor ...Read More >
Ludhiana, Jul 10 (PTI) In a shocking incident, the body of a 30-year-old woman was found stuffed in a sack, allegedly dumped by two men near Aarti Chowk here, police said on Thursday. The woman, Reshma from Lucknow, was allegedly strangled to death by her in-laws, and her body was dumped on the roadside. Joint Commissioner of Police Rupinder Singh said three persons, Reshma's in-laws and a relative, have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder. The accused have been identified as Krishan (father-in-law), Dulari (mother-in-law) and a relative, Ajay. The incident came to light on ...Read More >
According to Bengaluru police, the man confessed to strangling his wife to death as he suspected her of infidelity. The Bengaluru police on Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man who attempted to pass off the alleged murder of his wife at their residence in the city as a death due to electrocution during a bathing accident on October 15. The accused has been identified as Prashanth Kammar, a daily wage earner from Ballari, who was living with his wife Reshma H, 32, in the Hebbagodi region of south ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Two days after the murder of rowdy Shiva Prakash alias Bikkalu Shiva, his mother Vijayalaxmi did a U-turn by stating that she did not take the names of suspects, including KR Pura MLA BA Basavaraj in her complaint. "Police wrote the complaint while I was on a call. They were mentioning a few names, and I may have just nodded my head. I'm not sure what I told police in panic. I remember these names as they were mentioned by my son before his death," she told the media.Shiva was hacked to death by a six-member gang Tuesday night when he was standing at a hotel near his house near Ulso ...Read More >
Mumbai: Police has arrested a 34-year-old man in Mathura in connection with a murder case in Mumbai. As per the information incident took place on September 25 in Malad area, accused identified as Chandrapal Ramkhiladi alias Neta. Police received a call about a woman lying unconscious at Sawant Compound in Church Road. Following the call police team rushed to the spot and took the victim to a nearby hospital, but unfortunately she was declared dead According to PTI reported, Her autopsy showed she was strangled to death, prompting the police to file a case of murder. After that search for acc ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 9 (ANI): Following the violent protest at Kerala University, a case has been registered against 27 activists of the ruling CPM's Students Federation of India (SFI), including its state secretary P S Sanjeev, who has been named the prime accused, police said. The case also names 1,000 identifiable protesters who have been accused of damaging public property, forcibly entering the university campus, and assaulting police and university staff, police said on Tuesday. Also Read | Nobel Peace Prize 2025: From Mahatma Gandhi to Jawaharlal Nehru, Check Full ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A couple killed their two school-going children before attempting to end their own lives Saturday evening in Gonakanahalli village, Hosakote. The husband, Shiva Kumar (32), died, while his wife Manjula, survived after neighbours helped her.The children have been identified as Chandrakala (11) and Udaya Surya (7). Manjula has been arrested by Hosakote police under charges of murder. Police said the incident took place between 5.30pm and 7.30pm and was linked to financial difficulties and marital disputes.Shiva Kumar had been unemployed for six months after a tractor accident that req ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): A 29-year-old woman was found dead in a hotel room's bathroom in Delhi's Paharganj area on Sunday morning. The accused, a man who had checked in with the victim, was arrested by Nabi Karim police. According to police, a PCR call was received at 9:47 AM on Sunday at Nabi Karim police station. A hotel staff member informed that the couple had stayed in one of the rooms overnight. In the morning, the man was missing, and the woman was found lying dead in the bathroom. Police reached the spot and found, during their initial inquiry, that the couple had checked in ...Read More >
Hoskote (Karnataka), Sep 15 (PTI): A couple allegedly strangled their two children to death before attempting to take their own lives due to mounting financial troubles, police said on Monday. The incident occured in Gonakanahalli in the outskirts of the city on Saturday evening, they said. After killing his daughter and son aged 11 and 7, Shivakumar (32) also hanged himself, police said, adding that his wife, Manjula (30), survived as she was rescued timely. However, Manjula has been arrested on charges of murder. According to police, Shivakumar sustained serious injuries to his legs in a ...Read More >
Pantnagar (Udham Singh Nagar), Apr 2 (PTI) A 40-year-old Delhi woman has died under suspicious circumstances at a five-star hotel here, police said on Thursday. The deceased, Jyoti Sharma, a resident of Lodhi Road in Delhi, was staying at the Radisson Blu hotel with her business associate, Amit Chaudhary, when she allegedly fell ill late Tuesday night, they added. Chaudhary approached the hotel reception to request medical assistance, following which Sharma was taken to a hospital where she was declared dead, police said. Chaudhary has been taken into police custody for questioning, they sa ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Bachupally police on Thursday cracked a murder case within 24 hours of discovering the body of a woman stuffed inside a trolley bag, with the arrest of 30-year-old Vijay Thofa from Nepal. The victim was identified as 33-year-old Tara Behra, a pregnant woman, also from Nepal. On Wednesday, police received a Dial 100 call reporting a foul smell near the Vijaya Durga Owners' Association Colony in Bachupally. Upon inspection, officers discovered a trolley bag containing the decomposed body of a woman. Forensic teams were deployed, and multiple special teams were formed under the super ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has responded strongly to recent remarks made by Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos about the streaming platform's initial programming choices in India. Kashyap, who co-created Netflix India's debut original series 'Sacred Games', did not mince words in his criticism. The controversy began during Sarandos' appearance on a podcast, where the executive reflected on Netflix's early foray into the Indian market. He expressed reservations about whether launching with 'Sacred Games' in 2018 was the right strategic move, suggesting the platform mi ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Channammanakere Achukattu police have arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly murdering his live-in partner and dumping her body in a BBMP garbage truck in the early hours of Sunday. The accused, Mohammed Shamshuddin, a native of Assam, was in a live-in relationship with the victim, Pushpa, also known as Asha, a housekeeping staffer with a private firm. The couple had been living together in Hulimavu for the past four months and had introduced themselves to neighbours as husband and wife. Both worked in the same housekeeping company. The crime came to light around 1.45 am on ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bengaluru Police on Monday arrested a man from Assam on charges of murdering his lover, a mother of two children, and dumping her body into a garbage truck. The case was reported under the jurisdiction of the Channammanakere Achukattu police station. The accused has been identified as Shamshuddin, a native of Assam, and the victim as Asha. DCP South Lokesh Jagalasar stated on Monday that a case was registered following the discovery of an unidentified female body within the limits of C.K. Achukattu police station. The investigation so far has revealed ...Read More >
AGRA: A 55-year-old serial sex offender, most recently accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in Mainpuri, was shot dead by police in an encounter in UP's Farrukhabad district on Friday morning.Manu Subhash, a resident of Pakhna village under Mohammadabad kotwali police station, carried a reward of ₹1 lakh on his head. "Acting on a tip-off, police teams surrounded him near his village. When cornered, Manu opened fire. Police retaliated and shot him in the chest. He was rushed to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead," said SP Arti Singh. Police recovered a coun ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 24 (PTI) The decomposed body of a youth, suspected to have been murdered, was found in a room of a hotel in central Kolkata on Friday, police said. The body of the youth, identified as Rahul Lal, was stacked in the locked wardrobe of a loft bed in the hotel on Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road near Park Street. As new guests checked into the hotel and were allotted the same room, they complained of a foul smell and hotel authorities, after searching the room, found the body, a senior officer ...Read More >
Lucknow: A woman in Bahraich district allegedly killed her husband with the help of her lover after he objected to their extramarital affair. The incident took place in Alinagar Kala village under Khairighat police station limits, where 35-year-old Zakir Ali was found dead with his throat slit under a tin shed outside his house on Saturday morning. The arrests took place on Sunday.According to police, Zakir's wife Haseena (32) initially tried to mislead investigators, claiming that her husband was killed over a family dispute over property. Her version, however, failed to convince police, who ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A woman was strangled in a hotel room in central Delhi's Paharganj by her lover who suspected her of having an affair with another man, a Delhi Police official said on Sunday. The killer has been arrested. The body of Sarika, 29, was discovered in her room's bathroom by the hotel staff around 9.30 a.m. in Nabi Karim area, the police said. After the hotel staff grew suspicious after they saw Sarika's companion, Sachin, 31, leave the hotel alone in the morning. They checked the room and found the woman's body in the bathroom, the police said. Investigators t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) The body of an unidentified man aged around 20 years with multiple stab wounds and strangulation marks was recovered from near the Haiderpur water treatment plant in outernorth Delhi, an official said on Wednesday. The naked body was found lying at the Munak Canal adjacent to the Delhi Jal Board's Haiderpur plant on Tuesday afternoon, the official said. The information was received through a PCR call around 3 pm at Samaypur Badli police station, following which a police team reached the spot. "On inspection, the body was found to be of a male aged around 20 to 22 year ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Sunday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, which heads to elections later this year. In his writ petition, Jha contended that the process is "not only hasty and ill-timed, but has the effect of disenfranchising crores of voters, thereby robbing them of their constitutional right to vote." Jha's petition claimed that the decision, taken without consultation with political parties, "is being used to justify aggres ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The death of autorickshaw driver Vijay Kumar has turned out to be a murder committed by his wife over frequent quarrels and her alleged extramarital relationship. The Meerpet police cracked the case after receiving the post-mortem report, which confirmed death by strangulation, and arrested the victim's wife. According to police, the case came to light on October 20, when the deceased's mother, Alampally Sathyamma, a resident of Pragathinagar Colony in Jillelguda, lodged a complaint stating that Vijay Kumar, her elder son, was found dead under suspicious circumstances. Based on her ...Read More >
A 35-year-old woman was arrested along with two others for allegedly killing her 13-year-old daughter in a 'sacrificial' ritual in Kushumbha village under Bishungarh police station of Hazaribagh district, officials said on Thursday. Those arrested include victims' mother Reshmi Devi, 55-year-old Shanti Devi, an occultist, and 40-year-old Bhim Ram, all of them from the same village. The matter concerns the recovery of the girl's mutilated body from a village field on March 25. Reshmi had subsequ ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a shocking case reported from Delhi, a 35-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her boyfriend in Mangolpuri area in outer Delhi. The crime took place at a Paying Guest (PG) accommodation in the area, said the police. The murder took place on Tuesday afternoon, said officials. Prime accused and 2 others arrested: Police According to the police, they have arrested the prime accused in the case, the woman's 22-year-old boyfriend and 2 others in the case. Those arrested include, the accused uncle, who is 50-year-old and a friend of the uncle of the youth, who is 52, they added. T ...Read More >