Crime and crash

Jammu, July 5: Pakistani-origin Bollywood starlet Laila Khan, who had been missing since the last 11 months, was murdered along with her family members in Maharashtra last year, the main accused in her kidnapping case has claimed. During interrogation, the main accused Parvez Iqbal Tak told police that Laila, her mother, sister and a friend were killed in Maharashtra in February last year, Deputy

Bangalore, July 4: A self-styled ‘baba’, who also claims to be a traditional medicine expert, was assaulted and paraded semi-naked by a mob in Shivajinagar on Monday night. Nisar Ahmed, a resident of KP Agrahara, was thrashed for allegedly forcing a married woman to separate from her husband. He has, however, filed a complaint with the Shivajinagar police refuting the allegations. The mob, led by

Mumbai, July 2: A 70-year-old woman was allegedly mowed down to death near Bandra on Sunday by a car that allegedly belonged to Bollywood actor Sohail Khan. The actor's driver was allegedly behind the wheels of the Lexus car. Eyewitnesses say that the actor too was present in the car at the time of accident. The incident occurred at 11 pm on Sunday. While the driver has been taken into custody

Ajmer, July 1: A forty-five-year old man who renounced the world to become a 'sanyasi' found that he was often by his desire for worldly pleasures so much so that he tried castrating himself but ended up in hospital fighting for his life. Kailash, a resident of Parbatsar block of Naguar district, was brought to JLN hospital here in a critical condition on Saturday after he tried to castrate

Ahmedabad, June 30: The city police found the 15-year-old girl reported missing by her parents from Kankaria lake with her recently-made online friend. According to Vastrapur police, parents of Sapna (name changed), resident of a posh society in Vastrapur and a student of class X, had reported that their daughter had been to tuition classes and did not return. "We asked for the mobile numbers of

Jaipur, June 30: Sixteen-year-old girl from Jaipur rural's Rainwal police station area survived a 20-day long nightmare where in she was repeatedly raped by five youths in the forest area near Jatoli village in Ajmer district. The teenager managed to escape and inform her family who then approached the police on Friday evening. An FIR has been lodged but no arrest has been made yet. During the

Ranchi, June 29: A pregnant woman in Jharkhand suffered a miscarriage after she was allegedly beaten by a legislator, police said on Friday. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) legislator Chandrika Mahta had been absconding after the incident in Khajatola village of Giridih district, around 240 km from here. According to police officials, he thrashed Tara Devi, who was three months

Al Ain, June 29: A young worker from Kerala, India, was found dead in Al Ain, and believed to have committed suicide, sources said. The 22-year-old Riyas Babu, who came to the UAE to work as a house driver about ten months ago and was staying with friends, was found hanging from a tree in Al Ain’s Al Sarooj area. “Riyas came to the UAE to work as a house driver. His driving licence file was opened

Bangalore, June 29: The highly decomposed body of a three-year-old girl, who went missing from her house on Monday, was found in Chikkajala on Thursday morning. Harshitha , was the daughter of Thammanna and Anita, residents of Cheekatageri, Gauribidanur. She had come to her grandmother’s house in Hunisemaranahalli with her mother, who was pregnant with her second child. Her grandfather Ashwath

Kolkata, June 29: A teacher of a co-ed government school in Gaighata in North 24-Parganas took off the leggings of a 13-year-old girl in the classroom on Wednesday because she was not in proper uniform. The girl wept and pleaded but the teacher allegedly did not return it even after school was over, forcing her to walk home in a semi-clad state. Headmaster Swapan Bala dismissed it as a "minor