Crime and crash

Pune, Dec 25: A young software engineer from Kolkata was stabbed to death by a youth on Friday night barely 500 metres from her office in Pune. The assailant chased her with a knife after a heated argument and hit her on the head and neck, a motorcyclist who witnessed the attack told police. Antara Das, 23, was a resident of Sarsuna in Behala and worked for Capgemini.Her father, Debananda Das

Sitapur, Dec 24: A seven-year-old boy was pushed into a well by his elder brother to stake full claim over the family property in Bhawanipur village here, police said today. "The accused, Ankit (22) killed his brother Aditya by pushing him into a well," Station House Officer DK Singh said. Aditya's family searched for him yesterday when he did not return home, but by the time they found the well

New Delhi, Dec 24: The man who was on the run since Wednesday after killing a teenager in his car was arrested by Delhi Police on Friday. On the other hand, Surendra Kumar said, "He confessed his crime during interrogation." The accused, Shubham, shot Simran, 17, in front of her house in a Mercedes car in Najafgarh area in south-west Delhi over a minor scuffle. He was on the run since then. Kumar

Jamshedpur, Dec 24: The rape and murder of a missing four-year-old girl, whose eyes were gouged out and hands chopped off, brought back horrors of witchcraft in Jharkhand where killings linked to superstitious beliefs are rampant. The mutilated body of the girl, missing since December 15, was found near her village in East Singhbum district on Thursday. Villagers suspect a sorcerer was behind the

Jaipur, Dec 23: A Rajasthan police officer recently posted in the Anti-Terror Squad was found dead in his official car last night. Ashish Prabhakar, 42, an additional Superintendent of Police, allegedly shot himself with his revolver. The body of a woman in her early thirties was also found next to him on the front seat of the car, which was parked on a road on the outskirts of Jaipur. The police

Sharjah, Dec 22: The siblings and uncles of a man who killed his mother after suspecting her of practicing sorcery have pardoned him. They submitted a waiver in writing to this effect at the Sharjah Shariah Court and said they did not want blood money. The 29-year-old had killed his mother and stayed with the corpse for some days before being discovered by the police. The police discovered the

Panaji, Dec 21: An FIR was filed today against two senior Goa Cricket Association (GCA) officials, including its president, and two former office-bearers, in connection with alleged misappropriation of Rs 1 crore, police said. The Economic Offences Cell of Goa police registered the First Information Report against GCA president Chetan Desai, secretary Vinod Phadke, the association's former chief

Palanpur (Guj), Dec 21: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and sold off for Rs 80,000 to a man, who repeatedly raped her for five months at a village in Banaskantha district, police said. The minor was rescued from Manpura village in the district last night and six persons, including the alleged rapist to whom she had been sold, have been arrested in this connection, police said. "The girl

Chennai, Dec 20: The Income Tax department has seized Rs. 10 crore cash and 6 kg gold jewellery as part of its anti-black money crackdown operations in the city. Officials said the seizure, all in demonetised notes of Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500, was made after searches were conducted against a trader dealing in imitation jewellery located in Periamet area of the city. They said that the department

Mumbai, Dec 20: A woman in Mumbai allegedly threw the five-year-old daughter of her neighbour from the 15th floor of a building after a heated argument. The child died on the spot, police said. The incident took place at Vighnaharta building, Byculla in central Mumbai at around 12.30 pm on Monday. The five-year-old's mother had a fight with the accused following which she allegedly threw the child