Crime and crash

Behrampore, February 17: A mother of two hanged herself on Wednesday night after some local youthsmorphed some obscene photos of her and circulated them through MMS. Jesmina Bibi, 28, a resident of Bakdanga in Domkal, could not bear the humiliation and jeering by neighbours and killed herself. Her husband Bablu Sheikh alleged that the youths, helped by a woman neighbour, superimposed Jesmina's

Kasargod, February 16: 43-year-old M Abubakar was arrested by local police when he allegedly tried to pass on seven fake currency notes of Rs.500 denomination at Kumbla, near here. The police took action after an official identified the notes when he went to the Kerala State Electricity Board's Kumbla section office to clear three bills worth Rs.5,682 on Tuesday. The notes were found to be thicker

Hyderabad, February 16: A 27-year-old DCM van driver was bludgeoned to death allegedly by his two sisters following his 'inappropriate' behaviour with them at Meerpet on Monday night. The victim was identified as P Srinivas of Tirumala Hills at Meerpet. He was the only son of his parents, Arjun and Savitramma. Arjun runs a small dairy farm at his home and lives with his wife, son, and two

Kolkata, February 16: A young woman was picked up in a car outside a night club and raped at gunpoint by five men as they drove around the Maidan after midnight on February 5. They shoved a pistol into her mouth and punched and kicked her, saying "Chillaogi to thok denge (We will shoot you if you scream)." She was dumped at Exide crossing about 90 minutes later, torn, bloodied and battered. If

Kasargod, February 15: A motorbike rider was crushed to death in a collision with a truck near Cherkala here on Monday night. After the accident, irate local people set the truck afire, partially damaging it, the police said. Abdul Rahim, 38, a resident of Eruthumkadavu and an activist of the Indian Union Muslim League, was killed in the accident which occurred around 9 p.m. The truck, bearing

New Delhi, February 15: Irked over his love proposal being rejected, a 21-year-old youth along with his brother and associate allegedly abducted a teenaged girl from near her house here and murdered her. Ravi Kumar, his brother Rahul and associate Vinod were arrested yesterday for their involvement in the abduction and murder of the 18-year-old girl, police said here today. The girl, a resident of

Hassan, February 15: A wild elephant trampled a worker to death at a plantation in Halasur of Alur taluk Tuesday morning. The victim, Subbaiah, 62, from Virajpet in Kodagu, was working as ‘writer’ (accountant) in the plantation belonging to Gopal for the past 18 years. At 8.30 am, he was on his way to take attendance of the workers when the elephant emerged out of a bush, tossed him in the air and

Gulbarga, February 15: A?young couple allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train near the railway gate on Savalgi Road on the outskirts of the city Tuesday morning. Yellalinga Honnappa Natikar, 31, an auto driver and resident of Siddhartha Nagar, and his ladylove Bharati Hosamani, 18, a student of the Government PU College and resident of Sharana Sirasagi Maddi, are the dead

Chennai, February 14: A 27-year old software engineerhailing from West Bengal committed suicide by hanging in her house in Pazhavanthangal in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Police suspect that she ended her life after a quarrel with her husband. Police said the victim, Maushmi Rai, was against her husband Nithin Sarkar, also a software engineer, going abroad. Sarkar was to leave for

Bangalore, February 14: In an alleged suicide pact, three of a five-strong family died after reportedly consuming poison while the others have been admitted to hospital, police said on Monday. The deceased were identified as Varalakshmi (28) and her two children, aged six and two-and-a-half years, police said. Varalakshmi's husband, Gopi, who has been admitted to hospital, is stated to be "out of