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Meerut , A man accused of killing minor boys here allegedly tried to flee from police custody when he was taken to the crime scene to recover evidence but was hit with bullets by police and caught again, officials said on Sunday. The man is also accused of having attempted to sexually assault the two boys from his locality before killing them. Both alleged murders happened in the last three months in Meerut district, they said. Asad, who is in his 20s, was taken to the Nagla Order forest area b
New Delhi, June 8: A nine-year-old girl was found stuffed in a suitcase at a neighbour's house in northeast Delhi's Dayalpur area, triggering protests by family members and locals who alleged sexual assault and murder of the minor. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order. Police sources said the perpetrator seems to have fled after stuffing her in a suitcase. Senior officials of the Delhi Police said all angles are being probed, including sexual assault. "We are awaiting the autopsy report to confirm the cause of death. Teams have been for ...Read More >
Chandigarh, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Friday that the Punjab Police have busted a Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence-backed Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module, being operated by the UK-based Nishan Singh on the directions of terrorist Harwinder Singh Rinda, with the arrest of its three associates, including a juvenile. Those arrested have been identified as Sehajpal Singh and Vikramjit Singh, both residents of Ramdas in Amritsar, and a 17-year-old juvenile. The Intelligence-led operation was carried out by State Speci ...Read More >
New Delhi: A week after Deepak Kumar, nephew of jailed gangster Manjeet Mahal, was shot dead in front of his 10-year-old daughter during a morning walk in northwest Delhi's Bawana, Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested two suspects linked to the rival Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang following an early morning encounter.The arrests took place near Sector-34 in Rohini, close to the Munak Canal, on Friday. Acting on a tip-off about the movement of two suspects -- Sombir alias Chinu, from Hisar, Haryana, and Vijay, 31, from Chandigarh -- the Crime Branch laid a trap. As officers closed in, the sus ...Read More >
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 >
Mysuru (Karnataka), Jul 12 (PTI) A 38-year-old man who is booked under sections of the POCSO Act has been attacked along with his family members, allegedly by the victim's family in Mysuru while they were riding an auto rickshaw, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Thursday night on Ramanuja Road when the accused, along with his wife, sister and mother, were returning home after visiting a police station in connection with the case, they said. The attack was purportedly captured on CCTV cameras and mobile phones, and the visuals soon went viral. The videos show that people who ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the BJP government over the death of a nine-year-old girl in the national capital, alleging that it is ruining the law and order situation in the national capital. 'This incident of rape and murder of a 9-year-old innocent girl in Delhi has shocked everyone. BJP has ruined the law and order situation in Delhi, our daughters are not safe even in the four-engine government of BJP. Home Minister Amit Shah and his four-engine government will have to answer. The daughters of Delhi want answers as well as justic ...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 >
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday extended the term of the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ravi Agrawal by one year, an official notification said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Agrawal, an IRS officer of the 1988 batch, as CBDT chairman for one year from July 1 this year to June 30, 2026, on contract basis.Agrawal took over as the CBDT chairman from Nitin Gupta in June 2024 after Gupta's extended tenure ended. Agrawal has been a member of CBDT. He was member administration and had served as DG investigation in Delhi. The gover ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The mother of Vikas alias Raja, who was killed in a police encounter near Damaiya Ghat in Patna, on Tuesday claimed she was unaware of any wrongdoing by her son and said he used to work in Chennai. Vikas was one of the accused in the murder case of businessman Gopal Khemka and had been identified by police as the arms supplier to the main suspect. "What did my son do? He used to work in Chennai..." said the mother of the deceased. According to police, Vikas was killed around 2:45 am in an encounter near Damaiya Ghat, within the jurisdiction of Malsalami police station. A pistol and ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 15 (PTI) Five operatives linked to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang out to kill a rival gangster were arrested with two pistols near Amritsar, the Punjab Police said on Tuesday. The gangsters were being operated by US-based ganglord Husandeep Singh. Also Read | 'Urdu at the House Of Lords': Javed Akhtar Gives Session on Urdu at British Parliament, Shabana Azmi Shares Picture. According to Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav, the arrests were made in a joint operation by Counter-Intelligence Punjab and Amritsar Rural and Batala police. The five were identified as Lovepreet Si ...Read More >
New Delhi: Nearly three weeks after businessman Arun Lohia was fatally shot inside his SUV near Chhatarpur Metro Station in South Delhi, two of the alleged shooters were injured and arrested during a police encounter on the Chirag Delhi-Khanpur stretch on Thursday. Investigations revealed that the killing stemmed from a land dispute. A third suspect was also taken into custody.According to police, the murder took place on May 15. The victim, Arun, a resident of Aya Nagar and owner of several local warehouses, was attacked around 1 pm while returning from Saket Court with his father, Rambir Loh ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi slammed the ruling BJP over the brutal sexual assault of a nine-year-old in Delhi's Dayalpur, saying that the incident has put Delhi and the whole nation to shame. 'This incident has put Delhi and the whole nation to shame. Today, the BJP will have to answer, if they have a four-engine government in Delhi, then why are our daughters not safe? It is their responsibility... CM Rekha Gupta is seen at a media event almost every day. Now that this incident has happened, she is nowhere to be found.. ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get some very high-placed people to say not only that they respected and supported India's right of self- ...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 >
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) said on Monday that a sharpshooter, associated with the gang of Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva and gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was killed in an encounter in Muzaffarnagar. Shahrukh Pathan had opened fire on the police, before being gunned down in retaliatory fire, the STF of UP police said. Also Read | Nimisha Priya Faces Death in Yemen: 'Nothing Much India Can Do, Only Option Is Blood Money Settlement' Centre Tells Supreme Court. The STF recovered a 9 mm country-made pistol, more than 60 r ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: A defiant Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday scaled the gates of the Naqshband Sahib graveyard to pay tributes to the 22 people killed by the Dogra army on July 13, 1931. The dramatic scene unfolded a day after Abdullah and several leaders of the National Conference and opposition parties were put under house arrest to prevent them from going to the graveyard to mark Martyrs' Day. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah took an autorickshaw from the Khanyar crossing to the martyrs memorial while Minister for Education Sakina Ittoo surprised everyone by r ...Read More >
Thane, Dec 26 (VOICE) A couple has been arrested in connection with the abduction, rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Thane district. Coming barely after the Badlapur sexual assault on two nursery class girls in August, this is the second case that has sparked outrage with people demanding the noose for the alleged perpetrators - Vishal Gawli, 35 and his wife Sakshi Gawli, 25. Vishal Gawli is accused of kidnapping the girl from near her home, where she was playing on Monday, taking her to his house, assaulting, raping, killing and then dumping her body near a cemetery in ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) Authorities on Saturday barred Eid prayers from taking place at the Eidgah ground and the Jama Masjid in the old city here, while Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed that he was put under house arrest. "Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar deeply regrets to inform that the authorities have once again disallowed Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the Eidgah as well as at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar by closing the gates of the mosque and deploying police personnel outside," the management of the historic mosque said in a statement. ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 29 (PTI) An unidentified woman's body, allegedly stuffed into a sack and dumped in a garbage truck, was found, police said on Sunday. The body was discovered under the Chennammanakere Achukattu Police Station limits. The deceased is believed to be between 30 and 35 years old. Police said the body was tied up and stuffed into a sack, likely dumped in the garbage truck sometime between Saturday night and early Sunday. Based on nearby CCTV footage, police suspect the body may have been transported to the spot in an auto-rickshaw. A resident, who came to dispose of garbage, gre ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has achieved a significant breakthrough in its efforts to combat crime in the city. A dangerous day burglar gang has been smashed, and two individuals, including a major burglar, have been apprehended. The Crime Branch of Delhi Police apprehended two accused, including a Child in Conflict with Law (CCL) and a 22-year-old identified as Aftab alias Sukha, from the Sector 10/11 area near Japanese Park in Rohini. 53 high-end phones were recovered from the possession of the accused, along with house-breaking tools were seized from ...Read More >
Patna: In a major breakthrough, police on Tuesday arrested trader Ashok Kumar Sao, the alleged mastermind behind the sensational murder of prominent businessman Gopal Khemka. The arrest followed the confession of the alleged shooter, Umesh Yadav, who claimed Sao contracted him to kill Khemka for Rs 4 lakh.Sao was arersted from his flat under the Gandhi Maidan police station limits during a raid late on Monday night, shortly after police nabbed Umesh. Investigators suspect that an old enmity between the two businessmen over land disputes led to the fatal conspiracy, though the exact cause of th ...Read More >
Hyderabad: BRS senior leader T Harish Rao on Wednesday strongly condemned Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's "baseless and misleading" statements regarding irrigation and water rights in Telangana. Harish Rao accused Revanth Reddy and his Congress government of "mortgaging Telangana's rightful share of water resources and attempting to mislead people with fabricated data and staged presentations." Expressing outrage over the Chief Minister's closed-door meeting with Congress legislators at Praja Bhavan, Harish Rao asserted, "Revanth Reddy, your government deserves to be lashed for betraying Telan ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has achieved a significant breakthrough in its efforts to combat crime in the city. A dangerous day burglar gang has been smashed, and two individuals, including a major burglar, have been apprehended. The Crime Branch of Delhi Police apprehended two accused, including a Child in Conflict with Law (CCL) and a 22-year-old identified as Aftab alias Sukha, from the Sector 10/11 area near Japanese Park in Rohini. Also Read | Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Approves To Install CCTV Cameras in All 74,000 Coaches To Enhance Passen ...Read More >
Bhopal, Dec 10 (VOICE) In a shocking incident, a retired Army jawan allegedly shot his wife dead before ending his own life in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred during early hours in Vikram Nagar town in Morena. The police team reached the spot and initiated an investigation into the murder and suicide case, which created panic in the locality. The deceased have been identified as Devendra Singh Gurjar (45) and his wife Madhuri Gurjar (43). Devendra's body was found lying in a pool of blood at his home, while his wife succumbed to her bullet wou ...Read More >
Kolkata: Probing the murder and rape of the class VIII student in New Town, cops have found that accused Soumitra Roy (22) is an undertrial accused in a four-year-old dowry death case at his hometown in Nadia's Dhantala. He was accused of torturing and killing his former wife for dowry. Cops said in a case dated Aug 2, 2021, Roy was arrested by officers of Dhantala PS. "He got bail in 2022 and then left Nadia with his family and remarried 13 months ago. He still has to appear in a Nadia court in connection with the case on a regular basis," an officer said. TOI on Monday quoted his wife Mous ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday debunked all allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about rigging and match-fixing in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. In his articles titled 'Those Rejected by the People Deny the Mandate', published in the same three newspapers where Gandhi's write-ups appeared, CM Fadnavis advised the Congress MP to "accept defeat, introspect on where you went wrong, why your connect with the people is lacking, and what needs to be done." He taunted Gandhi, saying that the latter was preparing excuses for "defeats ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): BJP MP Gulam Ali Khatana, who was part of the all-party parliamentary delegation to Europe, said that during their recently conclued visit they successfully communicated India's development story and its resolute stand against terrorism, particularly emanating from Pakistan. Highlighting the delegation's key discussions during the tour, Khatana told ANI, 'We discussed how we dismantled the terrorism factory in Pakistan by responding... We also talked about tourism infrastructure, G20 Summit, and projects like the six-lane roads, bridges, solar initiatives, our ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was a belligerent, brilliant, and breathtaking performance from the Chennai Bulls, who were crowned the first ever champions of the Rugby Premier League, here in Mumbai, at the Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports Complex. The Chennai Bulls thrashed the Delhi Redz by a scoreline of 41-0 in the final, to clinch the title. In fact, the margin of victory is the biggest across Season 1 of the GMR RPL. Meanwhile, the Hyderabad Heroes, who had finished top of the table in the league stage, came away with a third-place finish, after they won 17-12 against the Bengaluru Bra ...Read More >
West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar, along with other party leaders, were detained by police during a rally protesting the alleged gang rape of a student at South Calcutta Law College. The BJP's march towards the college was halted at Gariahat crossing.The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student was ...Read More >
Patna, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Following the broad daylight murder of prisoner Chandan Mishra inside Paras Hospital in Patna on Thursday, police have identified all five assailants using CCTV footage from the hospital lobby and have launched intensive raids to arrest them. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by City SP (East) has been constituted to probe the case, with the Bihar STF assisting the SIT. The SIT has identified the escape routes used by the five accused after the attack. Patna Police, along with STF teams, are conducting raids in various areas, including Patna, Phulwari ...Read More >