Crime and crash

Mangalore, February 1: Four small shops went up in flames at around 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday, near Thokkottu junction near hear. It is suspected that the shops were deliberately set on fire although it is not yet known how exactly it was done. The shops belonged to Haneef, Ibrahim, Kamalaksha, and Podiyaka, who sold vegetables and fruits there. The fire was put off by 2 fire engines. The Ullal

Mangalore, February 1: Fire tenders put out a fire that broke out at a timber yard at Panambur near here late on Tuesday. Five tenders, including two from New Mangalore Port and two from Kadri fire station and one from Pandeshwar fire station were rushed to the spot on receipt of information and the fire was brought under control. Exact reason how the fire started is not yet known, but dry grass

Mangalore, February 1: Unknown thieves gained entry into a private school in Surathkal near here and made away with valuables on Tuesday. Sources from Surathkal Police Station said that culprits gained entry into Vidyadayini English Medium School by breaking the front door lock. The have decamped with two personal computers and trophy. The loss has been put at Rs 45,000. A case of burglary has

Koppal, February 1: A man bludgeoned his father to death and then chased his mother, who was fleeing after witnessing the horrific incident, and killed her too in Talakeri village in Yalaburga taluk on Tuesday. Shamidsaba Challari, 52, a Zilla Panchayat member, and Rajabi, 48, are the deceased.Bevuru police have arrested Ameenuddin and Imam Hussain in this connection. A family dispute between the

Uppala, January 31: The police seized 216 litres of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and 175 litres of spirit from a car in Uppala, a town near the Karnataka border. Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Manjeshwaram Additional Sub-Inspector Chandrasekharan recovered the spirit, filled in five plastic cans of 35-litre capacity each and 1,200 bottles of 180 ml capacity packed in 25 cases, the

Bangalore, January 31: Twenty-four hours after she allegedly slapped a police inspector on duty at the KSCA celebrity cricket match on Sunday night, Anuja, wife of IAS officer Pankaj Kumar Pandey, was arrested by the Cubbon Park police here. Around 9:15 pm on Monday, Anuja was produced in front of the 8th ACCM Magistrate Kiran Kini’s residence at Koramangala Games Village here. She has secured an

Mumbai, January 30: A Mumbai court has today acquitted four men accused of kidnapping and murdering Mumbai teenager Adnan Patrawala in 2007, who they had allegedly met via social networking site Orkut. The verdict is being read by the city as a moment of shame for the Mumbai Police, whose lethargic inquiry has belied what experts say was an open-and-shut case. The court said there was not enough

Bankura, January 30: A tantrik sadhu has been arrested in West Bengal's Bankura district for allegedly offering a human sacrifice to idol of Kali maatha. Lakkhikanto Karmakar was arrested after villagers yesterday found him performing rituals at a temple with the head of a human infant. The sadhu later hung the infant's head as a garland around the idol's neck. Villagers caught hold of the sadhu

Dubai, January 30: Easy cash and a quick getaway. It was that simple. But an Asian who drove off with $2 million entrusted to him by his employer was arrested in another emirate with the cash, thanks to some smart police work. The driver was not sponsored by his employer and authorities had very little information about him. It was hard tracking him down, police officials said. Their persistence

Mumbai, January 30: The Bangur Nagar police arrested a BPO employee on Tuesday after his former girlfriend accused him of rape and cheating. Officials said the accused, M Contractor (30), also allegedly took Rs 5 lakh from the victim on the pretext of starting a business, but did not repay the amount. Contractor is a resident of Mira Road; the victim is nine years elder to him. The duo worked in