Crime and crash

Kolkata, July 9: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has demanded an explanation and sought a report over the Class 5 girl made to drink urine in West Bengal. The shocking incident of corporal punishment came from the university founded by Rabindranath Tagore, Visva-Bharati's Patha Bhavan. The class 5 student was allegedly forced to drink her own urine because she wet her bed

New Delhi, July 9: A 23-year-old Delhi Police constable was stabbed to death allegedly by his minor girlfriend after they had a spat at the victim's rented house in Kondli, east Delhi, on Sunday afternoon, police said. The girl, whose age would be medically determined by a team of doctors, had come to visit the constable, Anil, who lived alone at the first-floor residence. Police sources said that

Sutia (North 24-Parganas), July 8: It was a rainy, September night. The sun had just set and the people of Sutia had gone into their homes. Fourteen-year-old Suparna (name changed to protect her identity) sat chatting to her mother as she prepared dinner. Suddenly, a gang of armed men barged into their house. They leered at Suparna and went straight for her. "I cannot count how many of them forced

Chennai, July 8: Call them killjoys or spoilsport, police teams are at work in the city with the sole instruction to shame couples cozying up on beaches, parks and such public places. The teams, comprising about six policemen led by an inspector in each of the 12 police districts in Chennai, have so far 'netted' 500 couples. While most couples are students and young people, also found to be

Patna, July 8: A 14-year-old girl, Reena (name changed), was raped by a mason, Ajit Kumar (22), at Sheikhpura under Ramkrishna Nagar police station in Patna late on Friday night. Ramkrishna Nagar police station SHO Raghav Dayal said Ajit, a native of village Rauniya under Naubatpur police station in Patna district, was staying in a rented house at Sheikhpura with his brother-in-law for the last

Mumbai, July 7: Mumbai Police's social service branch, which is headed by hockey stick-wielding cop Vasant Dhoble, raided a bar in suburban Mumbai on Friday night. The raid was conducted on Sangam Bar in Malad and the police say 14 bar girls were rescued and 28 customers and three employees of the bar were arrested. They have been booked under various sections of the Prevention of Immoral

Bangalore, July 7: Three labourers who were on their way to work on a motorbike were crushed under the wheels of a college bus near Devanahalli Friday morning. The accident occurred when Kantharaju (22), Gangaraju (35) and Naveen (23), all residents of Kurubarakunte, were proceeding towards Doddaballapur. Kantharaju was riding the two-wheeler. According to police, the bike suddently entered the

Bangalore, July 6: A 28-year-old man jumped to death from the Visvesvaraya Towers, which houses several government offices, on Ambedkar Veedhi on Thursday noon. The dead has been identified as Narasimha, 28, a resident of Kalidasa Layout, Srinagar. The identity card found in the trouser pocket helped identify the body. His family members learnt about the suicide through electronic media in the

Bellary, July 6: A speeding lorry mowed down three girls, who were crossing the road on their way to school near Halakundi on Bellary-Bangalore Road in Bellary on Thursday morning. The accident occurred at around 8.45 am. Bellary Rural police said the sisters Saziya Anjum, 7 and Naziya Anjum, 6, daughters of Mehboobsaab and Shabana Begum, 7, daughter of late Iqbal, were all residents of Halakundi

Bhopal, July 5: Unable to meet dowry demands of in-laws, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly kept locked in a cowshed for three years and repeatedly raped by her husband, his relatives and neighbours in a village in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. The hapless woman faced sexual exploitation for 36 months till she was sold to a moneylender for Rs 50,000 this May as her parents were in no condition