Crime and crash

Lucknow, Mar 24: A 45-year-old woman was allegedly forced to drink acid on a train, but her misery did not end there as three women constables of the Uttar Pradesh police then took selfies with the victim, which went viral. The shocking case also caught the attention of state chief minister Aditya Nath Yogi, who visited her while the police claimed to have arrested the two accused persons

Mathura, Mar 24: "Spotters" on motorcycles are parked strategically every 500 metres or so on the road to an exam centre at Shyam Lal Inter College in Farah, Mathura district. Their job is to send out an alert to "embedded moles" if anyone suspicious approaches the test centres. A local contact has assured me that by the time I reach the school, a message would have been flashed and "everything

Bengaluru, Mar 23: A man who stole lingerie and roamed about a women’s hostel was arrested on Wednesday. Police suspect he is mentally unsound. Abu Talim (35), a native of Kishanganj in Bihar, was a cleaner at the Bangalore Turf Club for 10 years. He is married, and his wife and two children live in Bihar, police said. Talim would sneak into the Maharani’s College hostel by scaling the wall

Ulhasnagar, Mar 22: A 30-year-old woman was set ablaze allegedly by her lover at a garment store in Ulhasnagar on Tuesday where the two worked. While Parvati Mehetre died, her lover, Narasimha Talari (40), has been admitted to hospital in a critical condition after suffering 80% burn injuries. On Tuesday afternoon, Mehetre and Talari were the only two present at the shop located in Sona Market.

Hyderabad, Mar 22: The Hyderabad Police today arrested an IAS officer of Telangana and his son in connection with the murder of their driver here last week. Dharavath Venkateswara Rao, Joint Secretary at Agriculture Corporation, and his son Dharavath Venkata Sukruth were arrested in connection with the murder of B Nagaraju, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Zone) A Venkateshwara Rao

Mysuru, Mar 21: A 35-year-old pregnant woman who checked into the HD Kote government hospital complaining of stomachache, had an abortion, leading doctors to file a complaint that it could be a case of forceful abortion. Lakshmamma, a resident of Krishnapura village in HD Kote, 200km from state capital Bengaluru, was widowed five years ago. The couple had a child. Police said after her husband's

Chandigarh, Mar 20: A 40-year-old man was killed allegedly by his wife and her brother in Mohali near here, with the murder coming to light while they were trying to dispose of the body stuffed in a suitcase. The body of Ekam Singh Dhillon was found in a suitcase kept in a BMW car near his rented house in Mohali yesterday, police said. Dhillons wife was arrested and police claimed that she had

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 19: A man arrested on charges of sexually abusing a minor boy was remanded in judicial custody, police said on Saturday. Thampanoor police, who arrested Haneefa of Thalassery in Kannur district, said he befriended the 16-year-old boy who had run away from his home. The man took the boy to a lodge on the pretext of offering him a job and subjected him to unnatural sex. After

New Delhi, Mar 18: A couple from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra invited wrath of local community leaders after a video of them hugging in public went viral on the internet. The boy is seen proposing to the girl in the middle of a busy road in Thane as the locals looked in bewilderment, some cheering the young couple. The incident is reported to have taken place on March 11. However, leaders from the

Banahatti, Mar 18: A former member of the Town Municipal Council (TMC) tried to immolate himself demanding taluk status for Terdal here on Friday. Members of Terdal Taluk Action Committee had organised a protest in Terdal. While submitting a memorandum to the tahsildar, Subhash Rayannavar, a former TMC member, doused himself in kerosene and tried to set himself ablaze, shouting slogans. Police and