Crime and crash

Bengaluru, Jan 10: A junior artiste was found dead under suspicious circumstances at a construction site where shooting was underway for a Kannada film in north Bengaluru on Monday evening. In November, two actors had died while shooting a stunt scene in Bengaluru. Padma alias Padmavathi, 44, was among the 120 artistes taking part in the shooting of the film, VIP, directed by Nandakishore and

New Delhi, Jan 9: At an apartment in east Delhi, horror unraveled on Sunday afternoon as a former merchant navy sailor allegedly stabbed his father over 30 times, attacked his mother and blew up the flat, leaving several, including policemen, injured. Around 2.30 pm on Sunday, Rahul Mata allegedly stabbed his father RP Mata, a retired financial sector employee, repeatedly with a knife at their

Lucknow, Jan 8: Four labourers were killed and six others were severely injured after a car crashed into a night shelter in Lucknow early this morning. The car - a Hyundai i20 - crashed into the night shelter in central Lucknow's Dalibagh area. The car was allegedly being driven at a high speed when it crashed into the night shelter at around 2 am. 35 labourers were sleeping inside when the

Mumbai, Jan 7: Shiv Sena MLA Harshvardhan Jadhav, son-in-law of state BJP chief Raosaheb Danve, was on Friday handed a year-long rigorous imprisonment by a district court in Aurangabad for assaulting police officials at Ellora in January 2011. District and sessions judge R R Kakani fined Jadhav Rs 5,000 each for the two offences slapped in the case under sections 353 (assault or criminal force to

Bengaluru, Jan 7: A Facebook post by a man’s unofficial wife has exposed his suspected philandering ways. Police are now hot on his trail following complaints by the unofficial spouse as well as his legally wedded wife of six months. Minal (name changed), 28, filed a cheating complaint against Vazir Ahmed Shariff, whom she had met eight years ago through a common friend who introduced him as

Mumbai, Jan 6: A 29-year-old woman was stabbed by an unidentified person near Mahalakshmi Race Course in Central Mumbai, police said today. The incident occurred at around 7.30 PM yesterday near the race course. Police got information about it after Nair Hospital authorities informed the police control room. Senior police officials late last night went to the hospital to see the victim, who is

Mysuru, Jan 5: A police constable who was deputed for special duty at the 17th National Jamboree of Scouts and Guides at Adakanahalli in Nanjangud taluk committed suicide. Constable Parameshwar, 31, who was attached to Hunsur town police station consumed poison near Gavi Mutt at Gourishankara Nagar at the foothill of Chamundi Hills on Tuesday evening. Police said that Parameshwar had taken loans

New Delhi, Jan 4: Unable to persuade a 19-year-old married woman to elope with him, a 17-year-old boy stabbed her husband to death — right after shouting “she will only be mine”. According to police, such was the infatuation that the accused went to the woman’s wedding, visited her in-laws’ home thrice and even tried to blackmail her into eloping with him. The incident took place barely 50 metres

New Delhi, Jan 2: A Delhi Police head constable posted at the Supreme Court today allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver in court premises. The deceased, identified as head constable Chandpal, shot himself around 8.15 AM, said a senior police officer. His duty hours were from 7 AM to 1 PM. He had been posted at the Supreme Court since April 2014. The cause of the

New Delhi, Jan 2: In a case of an attempted police cover-up, a 25-year-old man first fell to death under mysterious circumstances from the terrace of the Adarsh Nagar police station following which some policemen allegedly dumped his body elsewhere to pass it off as an unidentified corpse. Six policemen, including the Station House Officer of the police station, an Assistant Sub Inspector and four