Crime and crash

Bengaluru, May 12: Three men, who allegedly duped a city-based jeweller by paying him Rs 32 lakh in photocopied banknotes, were arrested by police on Wednesday. The suspects had given photocopies of 2,000-rupee notes to buy one kg of gold on the busy KG Road in the heart of Bengaluru on April 24. Police gave their names as Vinod Tilakchand (45), Hemanth Gowda (33) and Harish Kumar (31) — all from

Cuddalore, May 11; A 17-year-old youth was today hacked to death here by members of an unidentified gang who severed his head and threw it inside the Reddichavavadi police station in neighbouring Tamil Nadu. The body of the deceased, identified as Swethan, was dumped in a lake bed in Bahoor village of Puducherry. After going through the CCTV footage of cameras near the police station, three

Pune, May 10: The Shivaji Nagar court in Pune, on Tuesday, delivered death sentence to all three convicts in the October 2009 Nayana Pujari gangrape and murder case. On Monday, the court convicted the three prime accused who have been found guilty of kidnapping, robbing, gang-raping and killing. Special Judge LL Yenkar delivered the quantum of sentence against the convicted trio. The accused

Chennai, May 8: At least 4 people lost their lives and 5 others were injured when a fire broke out reportedly due to short-circuit in a residential complex in Vadapalani area of Chennai on Monday morning. According to sources, the fire broke out early in the morning at around 5 at the residential complex in south Perumal temple street. It engulfed the vehicles in the parking lot and several two

Jhansi, May 7: Eight men allegedly gang-raped a woman before her husband in a vehicle on Thursday night in Jalaun district. The couple was then robbed and dumped on Auraiya-Jalaun highway. Police said the Jalaun based couple was travelling home from Jaipur, where they work as artisans. They reached Auraiya by train around Thursday midnight and were looking for a public transport, when the driver

New Delhi, May 6: A 5-storey building collapsed in West Delhi's Inderpuri area today morning injuring at least five people. Photos of the site show the tilted building resting dangerously on an another building inside a narrow lane. Relief and rescue teams are on the spot. The area has been cordoned off to prevent more damage. It appears that the building collapsed due to low grade construction

Etah (UP), May 5: Fourteen persons were today killed and 28 others injured when a truck carrying a marriage party lost control and fell into a canal here. The incident took place at about 3 AM when the truck was returning from Agra, police said. The injured have been rushed to a hospital. District Magistrate Amit Kishore said compensation will be provided to the families of those killed

Mumbai, May 3: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested six persons including the income tax commissioner of Mumbai on charges that he accepted bribes of over Rs 19 lakh to favour a major corporate group. CBI sources said that commissioner BB Rajendra Prasad and one other person has been arrested from Vishakhapatnam while four others have been taken into custody from Mumbai. The

Chikkamagaluru, May 3: The District Crime and Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) sleuths have arrested four persons who were involved in illegal exchange of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency, for commission. Police have seized banned notes worth Rs 12 lakh. The arrested are Arif, Afzal, Abdul Karim from Gaurikaluve and Yogesh from Undedasarahalli. They were construction and tiles contractors. They

Bengaluru, May 1: The Ola cab service on Monday issued a statement that the driver, who was accused of molestation by a woman, was terminated from the Ola platform as soon as the complaint from the customer was received. "We have terminated the driver partner from the Ola platform as soon as we received a complaint from the customer. Safety of users is of utmost importance to us and we have zero