Crime and crash

Bangalore, October 10: Raising concerns over the safety of home-alone women in the City, a 37-year-old woman was found murdered in her house at Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) Colony, Kamakshipalya, on Tuesday afternoon. The victim was identified as Sujatha, a resident of first main road, first cross, KHB?Colony near Sri Krishna Kalyan Mantap.?The house is located just a stone’s throw away from the

New Delhi, October 9: A 29-year-old woman from Dabri in southwest Delhi was allegedly gang-raped at her friend's residence on September 30. Three people have been arrested in connection with the crime while another accused — a call centre employee — is at large. The woman's husband, Santram, and her friend, Jyoti, who allegedly abetted the crime, are among the three. On September 30, the woman was

New Delhi, October 8: Varsha Bhosle, daughter of playback singer Asha Bhosle, has committed suicide by shooting herself, reports said. Varsha was a political columnist and journalist based in Mumbai. Varsha has herself sung playback for some Hindi and Marathi movies. Asha Bhosle is currently in Singapore to attend MIFTA awards (Marathi Culture awards). Varsha was in her mid-50s and had allegedly

Dubai, October 7: The Dubai Police have said that the Indian woman who was found with her throat slit in her flat in the Bur Dubai area was murdered during a theft. According to a police source, the Dubai Police have recovered the jewellery stolen from the 36-year-old woman’s house from the suspect’s possession. The suspect has been referred to the Public Prosecution. A police source said that the

Bangalore, October 6: A 16-year-old boy's desire to imitate Salman Khan's train stunt in the movie 'Ek Tha Tiger' has cost him his life. On Oct 3, Mohammed Faizan, a resident of New Bamboo Bazaar, bunked his first term examination and headed to the Cantonment railway station with two friends around 10.30am. Once there, the class X student climbed the Golden Chariot. He was thrown off the

Chittor, October 5: A couple who came from Karnataka to a picnic spot in Chittoor district were attacked by four unidentified youths on Thursday. The assailants stabbed the youth with knives and allegedly gang raped his girlfriend. When the girl raised an alarm, locals came to her rescue but the accused fled from the spot. Muniraju, an auto driver, along with his girlfriend, 22, came to the Kaigal

Noida, October 3: The man running an IT company named Orik Solutions Private Limited in Noida on the outskirts of Delhi has been arrested for allegedly raping his employee. He allegedly took her on business trips to Lucknow and Chandigarh. His attempt to rape her in Lucknow failed. She has told the police that he allegedly drugged her and then later blackmailed her, claiming that he had an MMS of

Hodal/Palwal, October 3: Five members of a Delhi-based family were burned alive in their car on Tuesday after the Santro collided with a tractor-trailer on the Delhi-Agra national highway causing its LPG kit to explode. The victims were identified as Ashok Aggarwal, wife Manju Aggarwal, sons Amit and Shobhit and daughter-in-law Seema, of Rohtas Nagar in northeast Delhi. Palwal SP J S Hooda said

Beed (Maharashtra), October 2: A 27-year-old woman from Maharashtra’s Beed district, infamous for its high incidence of female foeticide, was allegedly strangulated to death by her in-laws for giving birth to a girl for the third time, the police said on Monday. The incident took place on Sunday night around 11 p.m. in Malikpura area of Parli tehsil following a quarrel among them, they said

Chennai, October 2: A gang of around 20 men killed a businessman-film producer by hurling country-made bombs and Molotov cocktails at his car and hacking him with knives and cleavers in full public view near Sriperumbudur, on Monday morning. Police said the assailants attacked 35-year-old P P G Kumaran in front of the Sriperumbudur town panchayat office. Kumaran, producer of the recent Tamil film