Kalaburagi, July 15 (IANS) One of the three convicts who escaped from the Kalaburagi Central Prison in Karnataka by scaling the 20-foot-high compound wall was apprehended after a police encounter in the early hours of Wednesday, while an intensive search operation is underway to trace the remaining two fugitives.The escaped convict, identified as Santhosh Basappa Metre (28) of Bidar district, sustained a gunshot injury to his right leg after allegedly attempting to attack police personnel during…
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Ranchi, July 13 (IANS) A horrifying case has come to light from Jharkhand’s Gumla district, where officials on Monday said a three-year-old girl was raped, following which a village panchayat attempted to stifle the case by imposing a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the accused instead of reporting the crime to police. The incident took place in Palma village of the Gumla district. According to the officials, the accused, identified as Sunil Lohra, was directed by the panchayat to pay Rs 20,000 — which wa…
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his daughter’s friend in the Tiljala area of east Kolkata, police said on Thursday.The arrest was made on Wednesday night following a complaint lodged by the victim’s family. The victim’s medical examination and statement are currently being recorded.According to the police, the victim has been friends with the accused’s daughter for a long time and was familiar with the family.She had reportedly been staying at her friend’s res…
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…
Dhaka, June 5 (IANS) Bangladesh has witnessed a troubling deterioration in social safety indicators, with cases of child abuse, rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment in educational institutions regularly making headlines across the country, a report has highlighted. Citing social analysts and psychologists, ‘Pressenza International Press Agency’ reported that the “terrifying” surge in crime is being fuelled by four key factors: widespread drug abuse, declining moral values, weak social …
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 …
Patna, April 10 (IANS) In a heart-wrenching incident, a minor girl committed suicide by hanging herself inside her home after allegedly being raped at gunpoint in Bihar’s Nalanda district. The Class XII student took the extreme step, almost twelve hours after the incident, as she purportedly failed to overcome the distress and trauma of violation.The victim, among the youngest of five sisters, recently passed her Intermediate Examinations, while her tormentor is said to be a person from…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) The Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the Bill presented by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to amend the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), effectively integrating the stringent provisions of the Shakti Act into the new national criminal code and incorporating two provisions in it. The two provisions that are being introduced via amendment include non-disclosure of names of victims of acid attack and penalising harassment via phone, social media, lewd digi…
Jaipur, Feb 23 (IANS) Congress MLAs staged a walkout from the Rajasthan Assembly during Zero Hour on Monday over the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Bikaner, triggering uproar in the House and sharp remarks from Speaker Vasudev Devnani.The walkout followed heated exchanges between Congress and BJP MLAs over the minor girl’s rape and murder.Congress MLA Dungaram Gedar raised the issue during Zero Hour, demanding action.Minister of State for Home Affairs Jawahar Singh Bedham said the po…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Delhi Police has released its latest crime data, indicating a clear decline in several serious offences across the national capital in 2025. The statistics show that cases of murder, robbery, rape and molestation have come down when compared to previous years, a development that the police attribute to improved law and order conditions and the impact of sustained policing initiatives.According to the figures, Delhi had recorded 506 murder cases in 2023. The number ma…