Hyderabad, July 13 (IANS) The man who was on the run for two days after killing six persons, including his wife, two young sons and three members of the family that had filed a POCSO case against him, was found dead on Monday. The body of B. Rajkumar, 29, was found at Penjerla in Kothur mandal of Rangareddy district near Hyderabad.Locals found the body in a real estate venture and alerted the police. Police rushed there and identified the deceased as Rajkumar.He is suspected to have died by suic…
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Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) Actor Rohit Chandel, who predominantly works in television has been arrested by the Ghatkopar police for allegedly stalking, repeatedly calling, harassing and assaulting a 16-year-old girl in an eastern suburb of Mumbai. Police have booked the actor under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. As per the complaint, the accused, who is a resident of an eastern suburb, had allegedly repeatedly called the minor on her mobile phone from his number as well…
Hyderabad, July 11 (IANS) A shocking multiple murder case has rocked Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district, where a 35-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and two young sons before targeting a teenage girl who had earlier filed a sexual harassment case against him, along with two of her family members. Police have launched a massive search operation to trace the accused, who remains absconding.According to investigators, the accused, identified as Rajkumar, allegedly began the killing spree on Fri…
Kochi, July 10 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Friday vacated its interim order granting police protection to Monalisa Bhosle, the young woman who shot to national fame as the Viral Kumbh Mela Star, after the State informed the court that police were unable to trace her using the address and contact details furnished in her petition.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas withdrew the interim protection after the Government Pleader submitted that repeated attempts by the police to contact Monalisa had faile…
Hyderabad, July 9 (IANS) The Telangana High Court on Thursday granted bail to Bandi Sai Bageerath, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, in a POCSO case. Pronouncing its orders on the bail petition, the High Court granted conditional bail.The court directed him to cooperate with the police in the investigation. He was also directed to furnish a bond of Rs 1 lakh along with two sureties.After hearing arguments from both sides, the High Court reserved orders on Monday…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (IANS) The Kerala government on Tuesday ordered the constitution of a high-level task force headed by AIG of Police Poonkuzhali to investigate the comparatively high incidence of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in certain police station limits of Palakkad district over the past few years.The decision was taken by Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, who directed the Home Department to constitute the task force within thre…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) A team of Delhi’s Gokalpuri Police Station arrested an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and rescued a kidnapped minor girl, officials said on Sunday.According to police, on June 23, a complaint was received at the police station wherein a woman reported that her 17-year-old daughter had gone missing since June 20 and despite extensive efforts by the family, her whereabouts could not be traced.Suspecting that an unknown person had …
Kalaburagi, July 3 (IANS) In a major security lapse, a 24-year-old accused arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act escaped from the Afzalpur police station in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district in the early hours of Friday, allegedly taking advantage of police personnel being asleep.The incident, which occurred at the Afzalpur police station, has caused considerable embarrassment to the police as it took place in Kalaburagi, the home district of Karnataka Home Min…
Ahmedabad, July 2 (IANS) Two undertrial prisoners who failed to return to jail after being granted interim bail in 2023 and allegedly spent nearly three years evading arrest by disguising themselves and begging outside temples across Gujarat have been apprehended by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch under its “Operation Karavas” campaign, officials said on Thursday. The accused, identified as Ashok alias Maharaj Patel, 48, and his wife Renuka Patel, 51, were arrested from beneath the CTM Bridge opposit…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to grant interim bail to an accused facing trial in a rape and POCSO case but directed the jail authorities to escort him in custody to his examination centre to enable him to appear in an Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) examination. In its order, a single-judge Bench of Justice Girish Kathpalia balanced the accused’s right to pursue his education with the concerns raised by the prosecution, directing that he be t…