Crime and crash

New Delhi/London, April 19: This bizarre deathwatch occurred across continents 11,000km apart over four months back, but few knew about it until now. A British automobile consultant slashed his throat and wrists in his rented Green Park flat in South Delhi while his girlfriend watched in horror on Skype from Reading in the UK. The consultant, Adrian Rowland, 53, was video-chatting with his partner

Yavatmal, April 19: The Wadgaon Road police on Tuesday evening booked Atique Mohammad Khan (52), a judge of the district labour court, for allegedly raping his domestic help. The cops have also booked Khan under the Prevention of Atrocity (SC/ST) Act. Till the filing of the report, the accused was not arrested. According to police officer Sarjerao Gaikwad, the victim (40) who hails from Pune

Lucknow, April 19: The decapitated body of Bollywood junior artist Meenakshi Thapa was recovered from the house of model Preeti Surin, one of the accused in the murder case. A police team from Mumbai’s crime branch arrived in Allahabad on Tuesday with Preeti and her boyfriend Amit Jaiswal. The body of the actress was dumped in the septic tank of the house. The duo had lured the actress to

Udupi, April 18: With two more heads of cattle dying at Henberu hamlet coming under the Paduvari Gram Panchayat limits near Byndoor in Udupi district on Tuesday, the number of dead cattle in the last six days has hit 78. Nagaraj Marvanthe, Veterinary Officer, Byndoor, informed that the samples of the dead and ailing cattle had been collected by the scientists from the Institute of Animal Health

Gulbarga, April 18: In a ghastly accident, five persons, including a gram panchayat member, were killed when they were engaged in emptying and cleaning an open well in the drinking water-starved Ferozabad village of Gulbarga taluk, about 25 km from here on Tuesday. Chidanand Natikar (23), Basavaraj Keratanalli (23), Sharanayya Mathapathi (18), Ayatolla Mulla (25) and gram panchayat member Hameed

Karwar, April 18: Haliyal police have arrested two persons in connection with the murder of a 42-year-old wrestler on Sunday in Garadolli village. Juje Khaitan Kamrekar was allegedly killed by his father Khaitan and his son Vinod from his first wife. According to police, Juje had deserted his first wife about six years ago and had sent her to her maternal house in Kiravatti village. He had an

Baruipur, April 18: A 30-year-old woman lay bleeding in front of her home for two hours after allegedly being molested and beaten up by rowdies on Sunday while police looked the other way. She says she was stripped and assaulted in front of her father, a retired scientist, by their landlord and members of a local club. Police took their time responding to her SOS. The two policemen who finally

Amritsar, April 17: India's shameful and sordid story of unwanted daughters continues. In the latest incident, a woman in Amritsar was allegedly strangled to death by her husband after she gave birth to a baby girl for the third time. 35-year-old Paramjit Kaur's husband had been very upset over having two daughters. Desperate to have a boy, the birth of a girl again angered him so much that he

Bangalore, April 17: The City witnessed three murders in a span of 12 hours in separate incidents. A four-member gang hacked a businessman to death in broad daylight on Monday allegedly over a property issue, while a man bludgeoned his wife to death on Sunday night. Three unknown persons hacked a youth to death with lethal weapons late Sunday night. Businessman hacked A 32-year-old businessman was

Hassan, April 17: A Class 8 student hanged himself at his house at Shantinagar in the city on Monday, apparently fearing his parents would reprimand him for not attending the final exam. Naveen, a student of Government Boys’ High School, hanged himself in the bathroom, the police said. Though it is said that failing in two subjects led Naveen to take the extreme step,? Shashikala, headmistress of