Crime and crash

Banda, Jan 4: A Dalit family has left their home in a village here after they were allegedly beaten up and threatened with dire consequences by local strongmen for using a government hand pump, a family member claimed on Monday. The police have booked three people in connection with the incident. However, they did not comment on the family's claim of leaving their house. A member of the Dalit

New Delhi, Jan 4: A 36-year-old woman murdered her husband and then tried to kill herself in Delhi's Chhatarpur area on Sunday. The woman had also allegedly posted the murder information on Facebook after which the police were informed. The landlord of the apartment also informed the police that the couple was not opening the door at JVTS Garden Chhatapur Extention. The door was locked from inside

Fatehpur, Dec 31: A Dalit man allegedly hanged himself in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district after he was thrashed by some people for plucking leaves from a mango tree. Twenty-six-year-old Dharampal Diwakar was reportedly upset over the incident and allegedly ended his life on Wednesday at his house in Aasta village, his family said. Diwakar had gone to pluck leaves for his goats from

Noida, Dec 30: The Delhi Police has arrested a 26-year-old Noida resident on charges of blackmailing and extorting money from over 100 women by morphing their pictures and threatening to post the same on the social media, police said on Wednesday. Accused Sumit Jha used to download and morph the profile pictures of women from their social media accounts, create fake profiles on the same platform

Patna, Dec 29: young man was found hanging from the ceiling of his home in Bihar hours after being forced to lick his own spittle by a kangaroo court that accused him of harassing a girl he was supposedly in love with, a senior police official said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Chainpur police station area of this west Bihar district where the body of Shivshankar Gupta (22) was found

Lucknow, Dec 29: A man allegedly staged his own 10-year-old daughter's kidnapping in order to frame his rivals in a criminal case, police said. According to the police, the man, a resident of Pilibhit city, lodged a complaint on Saturday that his daughter had been kidnapped allegedly by his neighbours. A search was immediately launched. During investigation, the police also questioned the girl's

Jamui, Dec 28: Three more persons were arrested by Jamui police in connection with the human sacrifice case taking the total arrests to five including two women, an official said on Sunday. The deceased, Saurabh Kumar (7) was killed by his uncle Toofani Yadav (35) on December 22. He was influenced by his younger brother Karu Yadav and a tantrik Janardhan Giri (50). Jamui SP Pramod Kumar Mandal

Lucknow, Dec 28: A man, posing as president of a right-wing outfit, has been booked for forgery and under the Information Technology (IT) Act for allegedly collecting donations for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya through social media and door-to-door campaigns. An FIR was registered at the Majhola police station in Moradabad district on Saturday, on a complaint lodged by BJP's Moradabad

New Delhi, Dec 26: A 45-year-old man died in a fire at a mask manufacturing factory in west Delhi's Mayapuri area early Saturday morning, a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said. A call about the fire was received around 3.50 am, and six fire tenders were rushed to the spot, he said. DFS Director Atul Garg said fire officials broke down the door of the factory and rescued three people, one of

Lucknow, Dec 24: A man allegedly set on fire a woman's house after she reportedly turned down his proposal. The incident took place on Wednesday night in Bazaarkhala police station area. A constable of UP-112 unit doused the fire before it could spread out. The police have detained the accused, identified as Chetram, for investigation. Station House Officer (SHO) Bazarkhala, Vijendra Singh, said