Crime and crash

Nagpur, May 5: It was a double blow for 14-year-old Sunita (name changed). First, she was violently raped by her stepfather that left her bleeding, in great pain, immobile and in deep trauma. Then, the doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital, showing shocking apathy and insensitivity to Sunita, refused to admit her saying, "Such health conditions are expected in cases of rapes on

New Delhi, Apr 30: The Kerala police have arrested a man who allowed his 9-year-old son to drive his Ferrari. Mohammed Nisham was arrested on charges of endangering the life of a child and allowing a minor to drive, said Inspector Biju Kumar. He was released after posting bail of Rs. 5,000, Kumar said. Nisham's wife filmed the boy driving the sports car on his 9th birthday two weeks ago with his 5

Bangalore, Apr 28: Unable to come to terms with his wife’s death, a 35-year-old man committed suicide after killing his daughter at a jungle lodge and resort in Bannerghatta National Park. The incident came to light on Saturday. Aravind Ramaswamy Reddy, employed with an MNC in Singapore and his daughter Lakshya (8) checked into the resort run by the tourism department on Friday and took a guided

Kolkata, Apr 15: A kirtan singer and writer was allegedly raped by her percussionist on Saturday. The accused, who had taken her to Gurudasnagar on the pretext of performing kirtan and raped her, was arrested from his house on Sunday. The victim has recently written a novel against rape. The singer, a 36-year-old resident of Hedua in North Kolkata, said her percussionist Bibhas Haldar asked her to

Bangalore, Apr 12: Three students died after the SUV they were travelling in lost control, hit a road median and a pole, and then crashed into a truck on the Hosur Road elevated expressway near Chandapura Cross in Anekal taluk of Bangalore Rural district early on Thursday. The Mahindra Scorpio was being driven by Daren (23), a second-year law student. Although he survived with multiple injuries

Hyderabad, Apr 10: Telugu actress Anjali (26) went missing from a hotel in Hyderabad's Jubilee Hills. She reportedly went missing on Monday morning but her family lodged a complaint with the police on Tuesday evening. From East Godavari district, Anjali is an established actor in the Tamil film industry and has done a couple of Telugu movies. In his complaint, Anjali's brother Ravi Shanker alleged

Bangalore, Apr 5: Protests in front of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)?office here on Thursday over party tickets for Assembly elections took an ugly turn when a protester died of suspected cardiac arrest. The deceased has been identified as Velu, 48, a resident of Halanayakanahalli, Sarjapur Road in Bangalore. The protesters had gathered in front of the KPCC office to submit a

Mumbai, Mar 26: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officials arrested a South African schoolteacher at Mumbai airport for attempting to smuggle out 7kg of drugs concealed in school bags on Monday morning. The consignment is worth Rs 7 crore. Around 5.30am, Blantinah Makoti (35) entered the Mumbai airport to board an Ethiopian Airline flight for Mozambique. The AIU officials had got a tip-off about

Mumbai, Mar 24: A deputy commissioner of police with the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, Sanjay Banerjee, shot himself at an eatery in Thane on Saturday afternoon in front of his wife and children. The motive for the suicide remains unclear. According to the Kapurbavdi police, it was Banerjee's idea to go out for lunch and the 47-year-old had taken his family to the Goa Portugesa restaurant. In

Agra, Mar 20: A British national was injured on Tuesday after she jumped from the window of a first-floor hotel room here fearing a molestation attempt. The tourist, a dentist from London, was staying at a hotel in Idgah area, about four kilometres from the Taj Mahal. According to police, the 25-year-old woman had asked for a wake-up call at 4 am. The incident came just days after the gang-rape of