Crime and crash

Madurai, Nov 18: A divorced man and a woman killed themselves by jumping in front of a speeding train near Tirumangalam in Madurai district on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Rajendran, 36, of Subbaiahpuram near Vilathikulam in Virudhunagar district and Shanmugathai, 32, of the same area. Shanmugathai was a married woman. Police sources said Rajendran had married a woman from

New Delhi, Nov 16: Suspecting infidelity, a 40-year-old taxi driver allegedly killed his wife and his neighbour in northeast Delhi's Gokulpuri area on Saturday. The accused, Arun Chauhan, is absconding. The deceased have been identified as Kavita (35) and Aakash (23), nephew of Arun's landlord. Aakash had cleared Delhi Police's recruitment exams for head constable's post and was awaiting results

Bengaluru, Nov 15: In shocking revelations emerging from inside the Bangalore Central jail, two letters have surfaced which allege that women inmates at the jail were forced by their jail wardens to have sex with male inmates. In turn the male inmates paid the jailors for this service. The letters that have come to light, though don't have a date but are suspected to have been written nearly ten

Jeddah, Nov 9: A family of seven — including a couple and their five children — and two police officers died in a road accident in the holy city of Makkah on Saturday afternoon, a local online news site said. Three other people were injured. In a report, Sabq.org quoted officials as saying all nine victims were killed when the vehicles they were on collided head on along the south Makkah coastal

Bengaluru, Nov 8: Girl who rejected his marriage offer was the daughter of his former teacher A teacher got the shock of her life when she learnt her former student had raped her daughter. The incident took place last December when the 24-year-old man allegedly raped the girl, who is a post-graduate in business administration and currently employed with an MNC bank, after luring her to his home

Bengaluru, Nov 6: A software engineer, 33, was suspected to have been pulled out of his car and stabbed to death on Hoodi main road, off KR Puram, on Wednesday night. Prajeeth Anand, from Kerala, was staying with his parents in Ayyappa Nagar, near KR Puram. He used to work for an IT major. Around 9.15pm, locals saw the body of Prajeeth in a pool of blood on the road and alerted police. Cops found

Bengalore, Nov 4: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by knife wielding robbers in the presence of her husband and mother-in-law at her residence here, police said today. The woman was raped by two of a four-member robbers' gang in the presence of the family, as the accused allegedly tied their hands and threatened them with knife, Inspector HSR layout, Raghvinder said. The four accused

Vijayawada, Nov 2: Police on Saturday arrested a man for allegedly raping his daughter for over a year as the girl was in love with a local boy. The accused, auto driver B Subba Rao (name changed), used to administer sleeping pills to his wife and daughter before resorting to the ghastly act. The girl and her mother approached the police on Saturday. Enraged over his daughter for developing

Chandigarh, Oct 28: In a Bollywood-style heist, thieves dug up a 125-feet-long tunnel to a nationalised a bank in Sonepat district and broke into 77 lockers decamping with cash, jewellery and other valuables. Though police and bank officials were yet to give an estimate of valuables stolen from the Gohana branch of Punjab National Bank, 200 kms from here, it is expected that the stolen cash and

Ludhiana, Oct 27: Two people were killed while another was critically injured when their BMW car veered off the road and hit a road side tree on Sunday. The impact of the collision was such that the car broke into three pieces on Sarabha Nagar road, police said. Gagan Sharma and Rajjat Dua were killed in the accident, said Parmjit Singh Pannu, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP). The