Crime and crash

Aonla, Sept 6: A 32-year-old, Basid Khan was tied to a tree and allegedly lynched by a mob on suspicion of theft in Uttar Pradesh's Aonla town. According to reports, some of the attackers joined the crowd for the sheer 'fun' of it and posed for mobile cameras while the victim, Basid Khan, was being thrashed in the background on Friday. Basid, it later turned out, was an alcoholic but not a thief

Lucknow, Sept 6: A Biology class WhatsApp group for class 10 students of a private school in Baghpat has been found filled with pornographic material. The police said that the person who created the chat group used an international number to evade detection. "But it appears to be the work of some insider as he had the photograph of the school's Biology teacher, which he used in its DP, as well as

Singrauli, Sept 3: In a suspected case of human sacrifice, a 50-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife to please a deity and buried the body in his house in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday in Basauda village, located about 25 km from the district headquarters. The accused was arrested on Thursday after his two sons alerted the

Mumbai, Sep 2: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday arrested an alleged contraband dealer who has "links" with the drugs trafficking case pertaining to the death case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, officials said. The man identified as Zaid is understood to be involved in the supply of narcotics like bud or curated marijuana to the high-end party circles of Mumbai. The best quality of

Ahmedabad, Sept 1: Twelve police personnel, including two assistant sub-inspectors, in Gujarat's Amreli district have been asked to vacate their official quarters after they were found to be allegedly involved in power theft, officials said. In an order issued on Monday night, Amreli District Superintendent of Police Nirlipt Rai said despite being part of a disciplined force, these police

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 31: After a long null, political killings shook Kerala on the occasion of Onam, with two CPI(M) workers allegedly hacked to death on Sunday, in the rural area of the state capital. According to police, two persons -- Mithil Raj (32) and Haq Muhammad (24) -- were attacked around 11:30 pm on Sunday at Venjaramoodu. While Raj died on the spot, Muhammad succumbed to injury at

Agartala, Aug 29: A lady in Tripura allegedly killed her husband, buried his physique of their bed room and went to a police station to give up, police stated in the present day. The physique of 30-year-old Sanjit Reang was recovered from his home on Thursday night time. It was lined with mud, police sources added. The accused, Bharati Reang, 25, allegedly killed him Thursday afternoon, buried him

Mumbai, Aug 25: Rescuers sifting through the rubble of a five-storeyed building in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Tuesday found a four-year-old boy alive and his mother dead beneath the debris, police said. Death toll in the collapse reached eight with the recovery of seven more bodies from the rubble on Tuesday, police said. A man died of cardiac arrest on Monday night after he was hit by a

New Delhi, Aug 24: A 21-year-old man was arrested from west Delhi's Jharoda Kalan area for allegedly killing his employer, who had slapped him during an argument over salary reduction as his business was severely hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic, police said on Monday. Tasleem, who worked as servant at a dairy owned by 45-year-old Om Prakash, hit his employer on the head with a wooden stick, slit

Shahjahanpur, Aug 24: A station house officer (SHO) in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district was suspended following a complaint of sexual assault against him by a 28-year-old woman. According to reports, Banda SHO Sunil Sharma, who was earlier posted at the Kalaan police station, has been prime facie found guilty in the matter, leading to his suspension. Shahjahanpur Superintendent of Police (SP)