Meerut, July 18 (IANS) In a gruesome incident reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, a woman and her purported lover have been arrested for the alleged murder of her husband, which they attempted to pass off as a snakebite, police said. The motive was to claim a Rs 20 lakh insurance payout and continue their extramarital relationship.The victim has been identified as Atul Panwar, who co‑ran a play school in Hastinapur with his wife Damini. He was reportedly found dead on his bed.According to …
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Washington, July 18 (IANS) The FBI arrested alleged Punjab gang member Nitish Kaushal less than a mile from the Canadian border after he allegedly spent days evading federal agents, abandoned a mobile phone being tracked by investigators and attempted to conceal his identity with a false New Jersey driver’s licence, according to newly filed US court documents.Kaushal, an Indian national also known by the alias “Lala”, was arrested on July 16 in Alburgh, Vermont, after becoming one of the FBI’s M…
Palakkad, July 11 (IANS) The disappearance of a 66-year-old woman from Kozhinjampara in Palakkad has culminated in the unravelling of a gruesome murder, with police alleging that she was killed, her body burnt and later buried by two local youths who targeted her for the two gold nose studs she was wearing. The victim, Sarasammal of Attayampathy, had been missing since June 10.After weeks of investigation, the Kozhinjampara Police cracked the case and took a local youth into custody.During inter…
Bidar (Karnataka), July 11 (IANS) A 32-year-old woman was brutally hacked to death with an axe while she was taking a bath inside her house in Halagota village of Bhalki taluk in Bidar district of Karnataka on Saturday. The accused allegedly barged into the house when the woman was alone and attacked her, killing her on the spot before fleeing the scene.The deceased has been identified as Anita (32), a resident of Halagota village. Police suspect that Kailash Vaijinath, who is also from the same…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of West Bengal Police probing the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl child at Baruipur in South 24 Paragans district, has identified an abandoned thatched hut close to the pond from where the body of the minor victim was recovered on Sunday, as the probable “scene of crime”.Insiders from the Baruipur district police, under whose jurisdiction, the pond and the probable scene of crime come, said preliminary investigation on the…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) A 17-year-old Class 10 student was allegedly hacked to death over an old dispute linked to a football match in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, with the police arresting three youths in connection with the murder, officials said on Tuesday.The deceased, identified as Prosenjit Biswas, was a resident of the Fultala area in Baruipur. According to his family members, he had a heated argument with a group of local youths a few days ago over a football game in a field …
Vijayawada, June 24 (IANS) A city court on Wednesday remanded suspended police officer S.S.V.V. Nagaraju to judicial custody for 14 days in the alleged custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna (25). The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which arrested Nagaraju on Tuesday, produced him before the court, which sent him to judicial remand till July 8.Nagaraju was Circle Inspector (Station House Officer) of Krishnalanka police station, where Sai Krishna allegedly died in custody.The SIT revealed some key…
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) A housewife, Bharati Hazra, was hacked to death in Howrah district’s Shibpur area for allegedly failing to repay a loan in full in one go, said the police on Monday.According to the police, the murder took place on Sunday evening. The deceased woman’s husband alleged that she was murdered because she could not repay the loan in one instalment.The police are trying to find the killer by examining the CCTV footage of the area.According to local sources, on Sunday evening, f…
Prayagraj/New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has expressed concern over inadequate forensic infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh, observing that shortcomings in DNA analysis facilities are affecting the investigation and prosecution of heinous crimes, including rape and murder cases.Granting bail to an accused in an alleged rape and murder case registered in Etah district, a single-judge Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal said the court was compelled to enlarge the applicant on …
Hyderabad, May 24 (IANS) The Hyderabad Police launched a hunt for four suspects who were allegedly in the speeding SUV used for the targeted killing of Telangana High Court advocate Khaja Moizuddin.Four special teams were on the lookout for the suspects who had been reportedly identified in the CCTV footage.Preliminary investigation by police indicates that they used the vehicle without a number plate to attack the advocate on Saturday.The CCTV footage also indicates that the suspects were lying…