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Police arrested a software engineer in Satara for abetment of suicide. A doctor named him and a police sub-inspector in her suicide note. The doctor was found hanging in a hotel room. Relatives allege harassment and pressure to alter medical reports. Political figures are also implicated. Investigations are ongoing into the death and the alleged involvement of others. Police on Saturday arrested a software engineer in connection with the alleged suicide of a 28-year-old woman doctor in Maharash ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The family members of Sheik Riyaz, who recently died in a police encounter, on Monday complained to the Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) about alleged harassment and torture by certain police officials. Appearing in person before the commission, Riyaz's mother, wife, and minor children alleged that they were not being allowed to enter their house and were subjected to third-degree methods by the officials concerned. They alleged that the deceased police constable Pramod Kuma ...Read More >
The Telangana Human Rights Commission has requested a detailed report on the death of Shaik Riyaz, shot by police amid accusations of a 'fake encounter' following the alleged murder of a constable. Riyaz's family seeks an independent investigation while alleging harassment and bribery by police officials. The Telangana Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) has intervened in the controversial case of Shaik Riyaz's death, directing the state DGP to provide a detailed report by November 3 of the events ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The family of Shaik Riyaz, who was allegedly killed in a police encounter on Oct 20, appeared before Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TGHRC) on Monday, alleging harassment and denial of access to their home in Nizamabad by police. TGHRC ordered that "no coercive measures or acts of harassment be taken against any member of Riyaz's family".In their complaint, Riyaz's mother, wife and two minor children claimed they were being "physically tortured and subjected to third-degree m ...Read More >
Bhopal: A farmer in a village in Guna district in Madhya Pradesh was fatally crushed by a jeep over land dispute, police said on Monday. His two minor daughters were brutally assaulted and stripped when they tried to save their father from his attackers, police said. Eighteen persons including a local BJP leader have been booked in connection with the incident. The ghastly incident took place in the village of Ganeshpura under Fatehgarh police station on Sunday afternoon, according to the pol ...Read More >
A 19-year-old college student in Faridabad has died by suicide after being allegedly blackmailed with artificially generated obscene images and videos of his three sisters, in a case police are calling a serious example of AI-facilitated cybercrime. According to an NDTV report, Rahul Bharti, a second-year student at DAV College, succumbed in hospital on Saturday after consuming poison. His father, Manoj Bharti, stated that his son had been deeply distressed for the preceding two weeks after an ...Read More >
Maharashtra Doctor Suicide Case: The shocking case of the alleged suicide of a female doctor from Maharashtra has sparked a reaction from Congress MP and the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. Meanwhile, in a significant development, police arrested Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane after he surrendered at the Phaltan Police Station. The woman was reportedly found hanging in a hotel room late Thursday night under mysterious circumstances. Badane has been absconding since his suspen ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday termed as "institutionalised murder" the alleged suicide of a woman government doctor in Maharashtra's Satara district, and said her death exposes the "inhuman and insensitive " nature of the BJP-led government. The doctor, hailing from Beed district in the Marathwada region of central Maharashtra and posted at a government hospital in Satara district, was found hanging in a hotel room in Phaltan town on Thursday night. In the suic ...Read More >
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Oct, 2025) All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has termed October 27 as the darkest day and one of the gravest tragedies in Kashmir's painful history, urging Kashmiris worldwide to observe it as a day of protest to demonstrate their steadfast resistance against Indian occupation. According to Kashmir Media Service, in a special message from Srinagar, APHC Vice Chairman Gulam Ahmed Gulzar said that the shadow of October 27 has endured for 78 ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 25 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Aam Aadmi Party National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday participated in a kirtan Darbar organised by the Punjab government as a part of a series of events to commemorate the 350th martyrdom day of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur. Addressing the gathering during the Kirtan Darbar organised here at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, Kejriwal said that the Punjab government is fortunate to have got the opportunity to ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Satara police on Friday arrested Prashant Bankar, one of the accused in the rape and harassment case linked to the suspected suicide of a lady doctor in Maharashtra, while the main accused, suspended PSI Gopal Badane, continues to remain absconding. A 26-year-old woman doctor in Phaltan, Satara district, Maharashtra, died by suicide after leaving a seven-line note on her palm. In it, she accused police sub-inspector Gopal Banade of repeatedly raping and sexually exploiting her, and alle ...Read More >
Satara: In a chilling new revelation in the Satara suicide case, the four-page letter left behind by the 26-year-old woman doctor who died by suicide has exposed the depth of sexual violence and systemic exploitation she allegedly faced. The letter accuses a police sub-inspector of repeatedly raping her and details how she was pressured, by police officers and even a sitting Member of Parliament, to issue fake fitness certificates to accused persons in criminal cases. Raped By Cop Several Times ...Read More >
Mumbai: A doctor serving at a Government hospital in Maharashtra's Satara district allegedly committed suicide even as her complaint of against a Sub Inspector, lodged four months ago, waited for action. The doctor, who was working as a Medical Officer at Phaltan Sub-District Hospital in Satara, was found dead Thursday with, what is believed is, a suicide note written on her palm. In the hand written suicide note, the female doctor alleged that Sub Inspector Gopal Badne raped her multiple time ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: In a new development in the suicide case of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Sandeep Kumar, his wife, Santosh, has made serious allegations, claiming that her husband had been under intense mental stress for nearly a week before he took his own life on 14 October. According to her complaint, on which an FIR has been registered for abetment to suicide, the pressure allegedly exerted by the family of deceased IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar -- including his wife, IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, h ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court has directed the Superintendent of Police, Nagarkurnool, to conduct a detailed inquiry into the alleged custodial assault of a complainant by Kollapur police personnel and to produce CCTV footage from the police station recorded between 11 am and 3 pm on September 17, 2025. Expressing his strong displeasure, Justice NV Shravan Kumar issued the direction while hearing a writ petition filed by Chirumani Balaraju of Mulachintalapalli village, who alleged that he ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Taking a serious view of the alleged custodial torture of a farmer at the Kollapur police station, Telangana high court has ordered the Nagarkurnool superintendent of police (SP) to conduct a detailed inquiry into the incident. Apart from the inquiry report, the court also directed police to submit CCTV footage of the police station for the day.Justice NV Shravan Kumar, while issuing directions, also issued notices to the principal secretary, home department, the director general of p ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) There is no risk that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi will not get a fair trial in India after his extradition, a Belgian court has ruled, underlining that he has failed to demonstrate any "serious risk" of being subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment. A four-member indictment chamber at the Court of Appeals in Antwerp has found no infirmity in the orders issued by the pre-trial chamber of the Antwerp district court on November 29, 2024, allowing Choksi's ...Read More >
Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal prosecution team on Tuesday warned the army that 15 of their serving officers will be declared "fugitives" unless they were produced in court on Wednesday. "If they fail to appear or are not produced tomorrow, the tribunal will set a new date, and notices with their summons will be published in two newspapers. Non-appearance on that date would lead to them being declared absconding," ICT-BD Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told reporters. He ...Read More >
Dhaka/New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal prosecution team on Tuesday warned the army that 15 of their serving officers will be declared "fugitives" unless they were produced in court on Wednesday. "If they fail to appear or are not produced tomorrow, the tribunal will set a new date, and notices with their summons will be published in two newspapers. Non-appearance on that date would lead to them being declared absconding," ICT-BD Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told re ...Read More >
Arvind left a 28-page note alleging workplace harassment. His brother claimed the company paid ₹17 lakh posthumously, raising concerns of a cover-up. The Bengaluru police has booked Ola Electric's head for vehicle homologations & regulations, Subrat Kumar Dash, and founder Bhavish Aggarwal in connection with the suicide of their colleague K Aravind. A homologation engineer at the company's Koramangala office, 38-year-old Aravind ended his life on September 28 by consuming poison. His friends ...Read More >
Lucknow, October 20: In a horrifying case of revenge, a woman allegedly attacked her brother-in-law and severed his private parts after he backed out of a relationship with her younger sister in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. The accused woman fled after the attack. According to the Bhaskar report, the victim, 20-year-old Umesh Kumar, son of Ram Asare from Malkhanpur village, was found bleeding profusely in his room on the night of October 16. His family rushed to his aid after hearing his screams ...Read More >
Youth Congress and Democratic Youth Federation of India activists on Thursday held separate protests here demanding strong action in connection with the death of a 26-year-old RSS worker, Anandu Aji. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: Kind courtesy OpenClipart-Vectors and Holger Langmaier/Pixabay.com Aji, a software engineer from Thampalakkad in Kottayam district, was found dead in a lodge at Thampanoor in Thiruvananthapuram on Oc ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a major breakthrough for Indian authorities, a court in Antwerp on Friday cleared the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, ruling that his arrest by Belgian authorities on India's request was valid. Officials said the order marks a significant step forward in India's efforts to bring Choksi back to face trial in the ₹13,000-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam. Choksi, however, has the option to appeal the decision in a higher court in Belgium. "The order has come i ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: An Antwerp court has ordered fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's extradition to India and termed his arrest by the Belgian authorities based on India's request as valid, a development which brings New Delhi a step closer to bringing him back, people familiar with the development said. To be sure, Choksi still has an option to appeal against the decision in a higher court, according to an officer familiar with the matter, who added "this means he may not come immediately but the first ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) A court in Antwerp on Friday cleared the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, noting that his arrest by the Belgian authorities on India's request was valid, officials in the know of the development said. The order has come as a strong validation for India's case seeking his extradition, with Choksi having the option of appealing against the decision in a superior court in Belgium, they said. "The order has come in our favour. The court has termed his arres ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 16 (ANI): A video recorded by IT professional and Kottayam native Anandu Aji, who died by suicide in a Thampanoor hotel recently, has surfaced on social media, revealing allegations of childhood sexual abuse and making serious accusations against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The video, reportedly recorded on September 14 and scheduled to be posted on Instagram, shows Anandu alleging that a man named Nitheesh Muraleedharan had sexually abuse ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to enforce and expand the constitutional right of individuals to access legal counsel during all stages of an enquiry or investigation. Issuing notice, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and K Vinod Chandran sought responses of the Centre and all states and union territories in the matter. The plea challenges the current practice of discretionary and parti ...Read More >
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that eight patients died and three others were critically injured in a fire at the trauma centre ICU of the government-run Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Rajasthan's Jaipur. According to the press report, carried on October 6, 18 patients were admitted to the ICU and semi-ICU wards of the hospital when the fire broke out. The blaze and toxic smoke reportedly hampered rescue operations. The ...Read More >
Mysuru/Bengaluru: Hours after IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge Wednesday shared a video of a phone call in which an unidentified man, claiming affiliation with RSS, allegedly abused him in Hindi, home minister G Parameshwara said the govt has ordered an investigation. "We will find out who threatened the minister. We will identify the source," Parameshwara said. "A minister has the right to share his opinions. Threatening him for this is unacceptable. Action will be taken. Though tracking callers i ...Read More >
Rajkot: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) over the alleged custodial torture of a 17-year-old boy whose hair was forcibly yanked out, with a video of the act circulating on social media last monthThe NHRC took suo motu cognizance of media reports about the incident that allegedly took place in Rajkot city.In a statement issued on Wednesday, the human rights watchdog said it has sought a detailed report from the DGP wit ...Read More >
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