Crime and crash

New Delhi, Dec 13: The 2013 railway bribe scam looked inspired by the Bollywood thrillers of late '70s and '80s in which the villains could be seen carrying one half of a rupee note to match it with the other half as the modus operandi to receive and deliver money. A similar tactic of matching the code numbers of Rs 10 currency notes could be seen in the bribery scam, the Enforcement Directorate

Hassan, Dec 11: A police sub inspector ended life unable to cope up with the pressure due to with the murder incidents and rising crime in Channarayapatna, Hassan district, said Arsikere DySP Nagesh. Nagesh, who led the probe into the suicide case of Kiran Kumar, submitted a report to SP R Srinivas Gowda on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, he said, the sub-inspector died by hanging on July 31, at

New Delhi, Dec 10: Expressing serious concern over the alleged rape of a woman by 17 men in Jharkhand's Dumka district, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Thursday asked the state police to complete the probe in the case within two months. According to reports, the woman was raped and her husband held hostage by 17 men when the couple was returning from the market on Tuesday night. The

Thane, Dec 9: Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a Thane resident has been booked for allegedly cheating a Kerala trader of Rs 74.50 lakh over supply of a face mask-making machine, police said on Tuesday. No arrest has been made so far and further probe was underway, a Kasarwadavli police station official said. "The Kochi-based complainant has claimed the accused, a machinery supplier here, took the

Kanpur, Nov 20: The Uttar Pradesh police have registered an FIR against nine people, including slain gangster Vikas Dubey's brother and wife, for obtaining an arms license by using fake documents. The police have also filed a case for obtaining SIM cards on someone else's ID. The FIR was filed at the Chaubeypur police station. The FIR lodged against the above people also includes names of

Haveri, Nov 16: A 21-year old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping and murdering his mother in Shiggavi of Haveri district in Karnataka. The accused, identified as Shivappa of Vanahalli, has confessed to the crime, police said. According to the police, the victim got into sexual relationships with her son Shivappa and a few other men after her husband’s death a year ago. Shivappa was

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 12: Kerala police arrested four Irani nationals from a private hotel in Thiruvananathapuram for their alleged involvement in a robbery at Cherthala area in Alappuzha on Wednesday. The arrested persons have been identified as Dawood, Mohsin, Majeed and Eynola. The Irani gang had allegedly stolen money from a financial company in Cherthala. The Cantonment Police reached the

New Delhi, Nov 10: A 17-year-old boy was beaten to death on Tuesday allegedly by a group of people after a quarrel broke out between them in outer Delhi's Alipur, police said. According to police, the victim, a class 12 student, earlier had a fight with the accused group over his father's bus service. The victim was punched and beaten by the group of five people on Tuesday following which he was

Kasaragod, Nov 9: In a joint operation conducted by the district Anti-Narcotic wing and the Palakkad police, 296 kgs of Ganja worth around Rs 3 crore, was seized at Manjakulam near the state border of Tamil Nadu. Police sources said the ganja was hidden under bags of plastic bottles. Sources said the contraband from Andhra Pradesh was meant for distribution in Kerala. The police has registered a

Hassan, Nov 6: Police have arrested three members of a family, including a house wife and son, from Bengaluru on charges of circulating fake notes and seized counterfeit notes with a face value of Rs 5.72 lakh. Superintendent of Police R Srinivas Gowda, on Friday, said that the arrested were identified as Ajay, his wife G Shanthakumari and son Thomas. Fake notes in denominations of Rs 2,000, Rs