Crime and crash

Bangalore, October 18: Following the murder of film and TV actor Hemashree (33) last week, the police have traced the pharmacist who sold the chloroform to the prime suspect, her husband Surendra Babu (52). The pharmacist, reportedly located in Balepet, has made a statement to the police. Overdose of chloroform is suspected to have caused her death though the forensic report is awaited. The couple

Jalpaiguri, October 17: A Class IX student was allegedly kidnapped by two bike-borne criminals, raped for two days and dumped in front of Cooch Behar Hospital on Monday. The girl's family members lodged a complaint with police on Tuesday. Police have started a probe but have got no leads in the case so far. A girl said the two youths were unknown to her and they forcibly picked her up on their

Hyderabad, October 17: The Telugu Desam Party, the main Opposition in Andhra Pradesh, has alleged that a minister from Anantapur district was behind the mysterious death of Kannada and Telugu film actress Hemashree. Telugu Desam Party senior leader Varla Ramaiah told the media at Vijayawada on Tuesday that Hemashree’s husband Surendra Babu and two former Congress corporators had tried to use

Bangalore, October 16: Initial medical examination report of the law student, who complained she was raped by a gang of eight men on the Jnanabharathi campus on Saturday night, has not been able to establish rape. Dr O S Siddappa, Dean and Director, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, said on Monday the doctor who conducted the medical examination of the victim informed him that

Panaji, October 15: A Chetak helicopter of the Navy, carrying two officers and a sailor, Monday crashed at Dabolim airport while landing and caught fire, officials said. Three Naval personnel, including two officers were killed in the crash at Dabolim airport in Goa, Navy spokesperson said. The rotor of the helicopter, which had flown from Mumbai to Dabloim, broke off while landing, Navy sources

Bangalore, October 15: A second year law student of the National Law School of India University was allegedly gang-raped on the campus on Saturday night. The 21-year-old lodged a complaint with the Jnanabharathi Police on Sunday, in which she alleged that she was raped by a group of eight men. According to the complaint, late on Saturday, the woman—who stays at the university hostel on the campus

Bangalore, October 14: A crucial witness in the murder of film and television actor Hemashree (33) has told the Hebbal police she was already dead before she was brought to his resort in Anantapur last Tuesday. Murali, the resort owner and friend of the prime suspect, Hemashree’s husband Surendra Babu (52), is learnt to have told the police he became acquainted with Mr. Babu as they belonged to

Bangalore, October 13: Slain Kannada TV actor Hemashri's traumatic marital life, her fears and disgust with her family have been revealed in conversations between her and an unidentified friend. "He (Babu) wants to either have sex with me or kill me," Hemashri tells her friend. The telephone conversations are running up to seven minutes between the 28-year-old actor and her friend. In most of the

Asansol, October 12: A first year polytechnic college student at Chittaranjan in Bardhaman was allegedly ragged, drugged and gang-raped within the college compound by students union member. According to the police complaint filed by her father, the accused captured an MMS of the victim while she lay at the college union room. The victim has been admitted to Chittaranjan hospital. The victim's

Bhopal, October 12: Just 350 kilmetres from Bhopal, dotted along the Mandsaur-Chittorgarh state highway are girls and women indulging in the sex trade. Nothing unusual, except these women belonging to the Bachda tribe conduct the sex trade in the name of tradition. For them, prostitution is a way of life, passed down generations. No questions asked. This happens in 35 villages alongside the