Puttur, June 6: Some unidentified miscreants gained entry into a house and decamped with cash, seven pawan gold and a mobile phone, at Kakkur in Puttur taluk in the wee hours of Monday.
According to police, the house belongs to one Venkatramana Bhat.
A group of seven miscreants with lethal weapons had entered the house and decamped with the booty. The miscreants had covered their face and were speaking in Tulu, Malayalam and Kannada.
Bengaluru, Jun 7: A 27-year-old man was allegedly killed using deadly weapons by unidentified people here, police said.
The incident took place at deceased, Arvind's rented house in LBS Nagar inside HAL police station limits.
According to police, Arvind is an accused in a criminal case and recently walked out of jail on bail.
New Delhi, Jan 2: A 20-year-old man set his motorcycle on fire after he was challaned by the traffic police in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area on Wednesday, police said.
Vikas, a resident of Sangam Vihar, was challaned by the traffic police for riding the motorcycle without helmet, a senior police official said.
The traffic police challaned him and impounded the motorcycle, following which Vikas set the bike on fire, the officer said.
A case has been registered and the accused arrested, the officer added.
Pratapgarh, Jun 2: In a shocking incident, a young man was tied to a tree and set afire by the family of a woman with whom he was allegedly having an affair in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh late on Monday night.
The man, 25, was a resident of Bhujauni village under Fatanpur police station, and he died on the spot.
Enraged over the incident, his family members and local people turned violent and set two police vehicles on fire.
Additional forces were rushed in to control the situation that remains tense.
The body has been sent for post-mortem.
According to Superintendent of Police (SP), Pratapgarh, Abhishek Singh, "Some people barged into the house of Ambika Patel and dragged him away. They then tied Patel to a tree some distance away and set him on fire after sprinkling petrol on him. They fled immediately after." Agitated family members and villagers assembled at the site and set a 112 police response vehicle (PRV) and another police jeep on fire. They were demanding immediate arrest and action against the accused.
The official said that Patel's relatives claimed that he was having an affair with a woman from his village and this had resulted in many face-offs between the families.
Patel had reportedly shared a video clip of the woman on social media a few months ago further increasing tension between the families.
The woman's family members had registered a police complaint against Patel in this connection at the Fatanpur police station that led to his arrest. He was released from jail recently, police added.
The woman had been recently selected as a police constable and was posted to Kanpur.
The SP said that an FIR had been registered on the complaint of the victim's family and efforts were on to arrest the accused.
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