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MUMBAI: The Bhandup police have arrested a couple for allegedly beating their maid's two-and-half-year-old son and burning him with matchsticks when he was crying. The maid, employed by them two weeks ago, used to bring her child with her to their house, as her husband is paralysed. The arrested accused, identified as Vaibhav Kokare, 32, and his wife Vaibhavi Kokare, 30, live in Bhandup. The couple were produced in court on Thursday and remanded to police custody. According to the police, the complainant, Gargi Kadam, 30, lives in the Bhandup area along with her husband and her son. As her husband is paralysed and cannot take care of their son, she always takes the toddler with her to her employer's house. "For some reason, her son cries a lot. The accused woman told her that she knew black magic and if she performed it on the toddler, he would not cry. Under the pretext of curing him, the Kokare couple used to burn the boy with matchsticks and beat him while his mother was busy working at their place," said an officer of Bhandup police station. When Gargi noticed the burn marks and injuries on her son's body, she was horrified and approached the Bhandup police on Wednesday. The police recorded her statement and registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the couple. "We saw injuries on the boy's body and arrested the Kokare couple based on the FIR. Both were produced in court," said inspector Mahajan of Bhandup police station.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 29 (ANI): Pimpri Chinchwad Police arrested a self-proclaimed godman for allegedly practising black magic, cheating people and secretly keeping a watch on them through a mobile phone, stated a senior police official. The accused, identified as Prasad Bhimrao Tamdar (29) was running an ashram in the Bavdhan area under the Pimpri-Chinchwad police area, where he claimed to provide solutions to various issues of people through astrology and black magic. According to police officials, Tamdar would ask his visitors to download an app on their mobiles, which would gi ...Read More >
Nashik, Apr 2 (PTI) A court in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Thursday remanded self-styled godman Ashok Kharat to seven-day police custody in a second rape case where he is accused of sexually exploiting a woman on multiple occasions since 2020 under the guise of religious rituals. Kharat, arrested by a Special Investigation Team on Wednesday in the second rape case, was produced via video conferencing from jail before Chief Judicial Magistrate B N Ichpurani, who sent him to SIT custody till April 8. The 'godman', a former merchant navy officer, was in 14-day judicial custody in the first ...Read More >
THANE: A family from Thane district, Maharashtra, was allegedly defrauded of over Rs 1.66 crore by a man who preyed on their fear of "black magic," promising divine remedies through elaborate rituals and pilgrimages, police said on Sunday.According to officials, the Kasarvadavali police registered a first information report (FIR) on April 2 against Manjunath Shetty, a resident of Andheri in Mumbai. The family alleged that over a span of two years, Shetty manipulated them into paying large sums of money to "neutralise black magic" supposedly cast by a relative.According to the complaint, the fa ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 7 (ANI): Two top Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) officials -- secretary A Shankar and treasurer ES Jairam -- resigned from their posts during an emergency managing committee meeting held on Saturday, accepting 'moral responsibility' for stampede near M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The incident occurred during celebrations following Royal Challengers Bengaluru's (RCB) maiden IPL title win and claimed 11 lives and left dozens injured. KSCA President Raghuram Bhat confirmed the development, saying that the resignations were discussed and accep ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Revenue minister Suresh Pujari on Saturday said Odisha would not be allowed to follow the lawless path in sand operations like it is in Bihar and West Bengal, while responding to the recent assault of an additional tehsildar in Kaptipada block, Mayurbhanj district, by the sand mafia. He promised stringent action against the sand mafia regardless of their connections, while speaking to mediapersons here on Saturday."The Kaptipada incident represents a serious escalation in conflict between law enforcement and the sand mafia. The attack on officers performing their enforcement dutie ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka Police have filed an FIR against a young woman from West Bengal for allegedly killing her pet dog as part of a black magic ritual, officials said on Saturday. The incident has been reported from the Mahadevapura police station limits in Bengaluru. The FIR has been registered against Triparna Paik and another individual. The complaint was filed by Rudresh Kumar K.L., an Assistant Health Director with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. According to the police, the decomposed body of the dog was recovered from the woman's flat. The dog's ...Read More >
MADURAI: Likening the custodial murder of Ajith Kumar in Tiruppuvanam to an 'organised crime by police where the state kills its own citizens,' Madras high court lambasted the Tamil Nadu police and said the action against the perpetrators should be more stringent than in normal murder cases.A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice A D Maria Clete pointed to 44 external injuries on the person of Ajith Kumar and said no part of the body was spared by the delinquent cops. "Even an ordinary murderer would not have inflicted such kind of injuries," the bench said on Tuesday.The natur ...Read More >
According to the police, the accused are Sainath Ganpati Sarpe, 42, a resident of Gokhivare, Vasai; James Watson, 58, currently residing at Hiranandani Estate in Thane and an American national; and Manoj Govind Kolha, 35, a resident of Bhuishet, Chimbipada in Bhiwandi. Police said Watson, who had come to India on a business visa, was allegedly organising a religious event in Bhuishet without administrative permission. In his complaint, Ravindra Bhurkut, 27, said that on Friday, at around 11:30 ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 30: Social media platforms are currently witnessing a surge in manipulated media related to the ongoing investigation into self-styled godman Ashok Kharat. These AI-generated "Ashok Kharat" video clips, which often lead users to malicious "full video" download links, are designed to steal personal data. Kharat, who is currently in jail, is accused of sexually exploiting women in the name of rituals. Following the arrest of Ashok Kharat on March 17, 2026, social media has been inundated with various short clips purportedly showing "objectionable" acts performed by the accused wit ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 5 (PTI) A family from Maharashtra's Thane district was allegedly swindled of more than Rs 1.66 crore by a man who exploited their fear of "black magic" and promised them divine remedies through elaborate rituals and pilgrimages, police said on Sunday. The Kasarvadavali police district on April 2 registered a first information report (FIR) against Manjunath Shetty, a resident of Andheri in neighbouring Mumbai, based on the family's allegations that they were manipulated into paying the accused over a period of two years to "neutralise black magic" performed by a relative, an officia ...Read More >
Shimla, July 2 (PTI) A day after he was booked for allegedly assaulting two NHAI officials, Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh on Wednesday denied the allegations and said that "the FIR does not mean that I am guilty." Singh also claimed widespread irregularities in road construction works by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and called its officials the "most corrupt in the country". The alleged incident occurred on Monday when the minister was inspecting a building collapse site in Shimla and called NHAI officers there. The owner of the building had claimed negligence by NHA ...Read More >
Pune: Hospitals in Pune have started reporting an increase in dengue cases among children following recent heavy rainfall and intermittent showers. Conditions are now ripe for mosquito breeding, experts said, as they warned citizens to ensure there's no waterlogging or stagnant pools near homes and offices. "Dengue is typically seen first in children as they often play outside," said Dr Sagar Lad, a senior neonatologist and pediatric intensivist at Jehangir Hospital and Sahyadri Hospital, Shastrinagar. Dr Lad said he's seen at least three children admitted for dengue this week, with all of the ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab chief ministerBhagwant Mann on Thursday said the government will table a bill in the assembly on Friday to introduce harsher punishment for religious sacrilege. However, the law will not be enacted immediately, as the government plans to hold consultations with stakeholders before finalising the legislation.Mann said the decision was taken in a meeting of the cabinet earlier in the day. After the legislation is tabled, Punjab govt will gather suggestions on the law from stakeholders, including religious organisations and people, he added.Sources said said the new legislation ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 17: Following the assault on a female doctor, junior doctors at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H), Jammu, continued their strike for the second consecutive day on Thursday, demanding the immediate arrest of those involved in the attack. They said the strike would continue until the culprits are brought to justice.On Wednesday, a junior doctor was physically assaulted by an attendant of Narinder Sharma, a resident of Rehari, who had died during treatment at the hospital.A short video of the CCTV footage showing a female attendant kicking the abdomen of the woman doc ...Read More >
The Kasarvadavali police district on April 2 registered a first information report against Manjunath Shetty, a resident of Andheri in neighbouring Mumbai, based on the family's allegations that they were manipulated into paying the accused over a period of two years to "neutralise black magic" performed by a relative, an official said. According to the complaint, the family's ordeal began in January 2024 when they met Shetty at an event, and on learning about their financial struggles, he convin ...Read More >
Kolkata: In a shocking and disturbing incident, a woman was raped by her father-in-law, and then she was murdered. Her dead body was buried in a pit dug outside her marital home in Haryana's Faridabad. Now, new details have been unearthed in the case of the rape and murder of a 24-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh. The incident allegedly took place in April and was not detected by anyone for almost two months, due to her in-laws claiming she had gone missing. The woman is a native of Firozabad district's Shikohabad and got married in July 2023. She was reportedly harassed by in-laws over dowr ...Read More >
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health department has urged district administrations to issue a public advisory on JE prevention measures and to i ...Read More >
Thane, July 5 (PTI) In a shocking incident, a 30-year-old man from Navi Mumbai allegedly forced his wife and mother-in-law to perform certain "black magic" rituals in the buff to help his brother-in-law get married and circulated these images, police said on Saturday. A case was registered at Vashi police station on July 3 and the investigation was launched. No arrest has been made so far. Also Read | Kolkata Fatafat Result Today: Kolkata FF Result for July 05, 2025 Declared, Check Winning Numbers and Result Chart of Satta Matka-Type Lottery Game. Police stated the alleged incidents occurre ...Read More >
Thane: The Kongaon police have booked two men for allegedly performing black magic using photographs of two women at a crematorium in Kongaon, Bhiwandi. The incident occurred at the crematorium in Pimplas Gaon, Bhiwandi. The accused have been identified as Kabir Dilip Chaudhary (29) and Nikhil Patil (23), both residents of Pimplas village. According to the police, the accused allegedly placed lemons and black cloth on photographs of two women with the intention of harming them through black magic rituals. The police said that the video of the black magic has rapidly gone viral on social medi ...Read More >
Purnea (Bihar) [India], July 8 (ANI): Bhartiya Janta Party MLA Vijay Kemaka expressed shock over the killing of five people from the same family in Purnea's Tetgama tribal village over suspicion of witchcraft. He called the incident 'tragic' and 'shocking'. Kemaka while talking to ANI said, "The killing of five family members in Purnea's Tetgama tribal village is a tragic and shocking incident... Yesterday, I was at the scene with active police, including the DIG SP, DM, and other officers. With active police efforts, the bodies of the five deceased were recovered, and after their recovery, t ...Read More >
Mumbai/Pune, Sept 17 (PTI) In a new twist to the Navi Mumbai road rage case, police on Monday claimed that former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar's father and his bodyguard had abducted a truck driver in their SUV. The driver was rescued from the house of Puja Khedkar in Pune on Sunday within hours of the incident, which occurred on Saturday evening. The incident occurred on the Mulund-Airoli Road in Navi Mumbai after the concrete mixer truck driven by Prahlad Kumar (22) brushed against a Land Cruiser car, leading to an argument between him and two occupants of the four-wheeler, a Rabale police ...Read More >
Nashik, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the CDR leak in the Ashok Kharat case will be probed, while the arrested self-styled godman's assets will be investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. No one has the right to obtain such call data records, Fadnavis said amid a furore after social activist Anjali Damania on Friday made revelations about calls between Kharat and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. She also claimed she received Kharat's CDR on WhatsApp from a ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, N. Chandrababu Naidu, not to obstruct Telangana's irrigation projects He appealed to the neighbouring state not to obstruct Telangana's crucial irrigation initiatives, including the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, as well as the Dindi, Kalwakurthy, Bheema, Nettempadu, and Koilsagar projects. "We demand Andhra Pradesh not to block our projects. We seek cooperation. If our appeals are ignored, we will fight and achieve our goal. I am ready to lead this battl ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a scathing attack on the Gandhi family on Saturday, accusing them of shielding each other in corruption cases and questioning the constitutional propriety of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's recent tweet defending his brother-in-law Robert Vadra. Speaking to the media in New Delhi, Trivedi took a sharp dig at LoP Gandhi, saying, "He stood in support of his 'hardworking farmer' brother-in-law Robert Vadra (in a sarcastic tone), after the Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet aga ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government that is non-communal. Only the Congress can do that. I have joined the Congress to be part of its fi ...Read More >
A truck driver was allegedly abducted after a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai. Police rescued him from Puja Khedkar's Pune house. Khedkar faces accusations of cheating in the civil services exam. The abduction occurred after a minor collision. The SUV occupants forcibly took the driver. Police tracked the SUV to Pune and rescued the driver. A truck driver, allegedly abducted after a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai, has been rescued from the house of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in Pun ...Read More >
Thane, Jun 29 (PTI) Police have arrested a 30-year-old fruit seller for illegally possessing two country-made pistols in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police's anti-extortion cell raided the man's premises at Bandarpada locality in Kalyan area on June 25, assistant police inspector Sunil Tarmale said. The police seized two country-made pistols and a live cartridge, valued at Rs 1.05 lakh, from the fruit seller, who had two previous criminal cases against him, including one under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, re ...Read More >
Chennai: Trumpeting his agricultural roots and claiming familiarity with the woes of the pastoral community. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami kicked started his State-wide election tour on Monday by offering prayers at the Vanabadrakaliamman temple in Mettupalayam and raising the slogan 'Save People, Redeem Tamil Nadu' (Makkalai Kaapom, Tamilagan Meetpom). After invoking divine blessings, Palaniswami's maiden rendezvous was a group of farmers, weavers and brick makers, who were waiting at the nearby Amman Appan marriage hall, where he promised to implement the second phase of t ...Read More >
Bulandshahr: A court in Bulandshahr delivered its verdict in the Syana violence case that dates back to December 2018. The court convicted all 38 accused individuals, including prominent local activists and community members. Mob Violence Erupted Over Cow Carcass Discovery The violence followed the discovery of cow carcasses near Mahav village, prompting protesters to storm Chingrawathi police outpost. They set vehicles ablaze, leading to escalating chaos. During the riot, Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and 19‑year‑old Sumit Kumar were fatally shot while attempting to control the mob. Five Fo ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has announced a city-wide rollout of underground electric wiring as part of a Rs 100-crore initiative. The move aims to ensure a safer, cleaner and uninterrupted power supply for residents across the capital, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday while launching the city's first pilot project of underground wiring in Shalimar Bagh.Gupta said the work at her constituency Shalimar Bagh would be completed in approximately three months. At least 5,500 families residing in BH block Janta flats of Shalimar Bagh will benefit from the scheme, which will also improve the aes ...Read More >