Crime and crash

Pune, Sep 8: If you think something is too good to be true, chances are that it probably is. A 64-year-old widow from the city learnt this lesson the hard way recently. The Chatushrungi police have booked a person named Harley Benson, who claimed to be from London, for allegedly duping the elderly woman of Rs 94.5 lakh after promising to marry her. The woman lodged a police complaint on Tuesday

Bengaluru, Sep 8: An accident involving a truck and eight other vehicles claimed the life of one, and left six other injured on Magadi Road, near Kamakshipalya on Wednesday night. The driver of the truck, which was carrying a generator, lost control of the vehicle and rammed into two cars, an SUV, an autorickshaw and four motorcycles before it ground to a halt. The incident occurred at 9pm near

Mumbai, Sep 6: A special women’s court on Tuesday convicted Ankur Lal Panwar for murder in connection with the Preeti Rathi acid attack case. Special Judge A S Shende convicted Panwar under Sections 302(murder) and 326B (Voluntarily throwing acid) of the IPC and is likely to hear arguments on the quantum of sentence tomorrow. Rathi, who hailed from Delhi, had died of multiple organ failure after

Chennai, Sep 5: More than nine kg of jewellery was stolen from a showroom in Ayanavaram in the city on Saturday. Goparam, proprietor of Balaji Gold House, opened the showroom on Saturday morning to find the gold and Rs. 2 lakh missing. Based on a complaint, the Ayanavaram police filed a case and visited the showroom on Somasundaram Street. A senior official of the Chennai City Police said that as

Bengaluru, Sep 5: Central Crime Branch (CCB) police on Sunday busted a prostitution racket at a massage parlour on 10th Cross, HAL 3rd Stage, east Bengaluru. Seven persons were arrested and six women were rescued. Police also seized Rs 94,000. The women from West Bengal had been promised jobs here and brought to Bengaluru. The arrested are Jayanth Shetty, 27, from Bommanahalli, Dheeraj Sharma, 24

Mumbai, Sep 4: A 19-year-old engineering student from Virarwas hacked to death by her boyfriend's friend on Friday after she resisted his attempt to rape her. The victim was reportedly hit over 17 times and the axe was found stuck to her abdomen when police arrived at the house of the accused where the crime took place. Aishwarya Agarwal, a second -year student of Viva College, used to meet her

New Delhi, Sep 3: Spelling fresh trouble for Sandeep Kumar, who was sacked by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday night, the lady in the `sex CD` on Saturday filed a case against the ex-legislator at a Delhi police station. She claimed that Kumar had given her a 'cold drink spiked with drugs' and after drinking it, she lost her consciousness. The CD was made after Kumar was appointed as the

Bengaluru, Sep 2: He first asked for gold, valuables and cash. On finding nothing, he raped the woman he intended to rob. South east Bengaluru police have formed three special teams to nab a man who allegedly raped a 25-year-old technical analyst after barging into her paying guest accommodation at Parappana Agrahara limits last Friday. The woman, who hails from Tamil Nadu, has been living in the

Dubai, Sep 1: Bogus companies are into the art of persuasion to cheat social media users who are keen to invest money in trading projects. Gullible people fall into the net of those swindlers who lure them into trading projects that could generate plentiful returns. In a startling case of online cheating, a woman lost over Dh500,000 she invested after receiving a message from a man through social

Sangareddy, Sep 1: Tourists visiting a colonial-era jail here in Medak district of Telangana can now get a first-hand experience of prison life by paying a fee of Rs 500 for a day's stay. The 220-year-old district central jail at Sangareddy, which has now been converted into a museum, offers a 24-hour confinement under an innovative initiative called "Feel the Jail" launched by the prisons