Crime and crash

Hisar, September 23: Protestors from the Dalit community on Sunday demanded the arrest of seven upper-caste men who allegedly abducted and raped a 16-year old girl and then circulated an MMS clip of it in Haryana's Dabra village near Hisar. The incident had occurred on September 9 but came to light 10 days later when the victim broke down and told her parents. The girl's distraught father

Thiruvananthapuram, September 23: Five people were killed when their car was hit by the Hapa-Tirunelveli Express at an unmanned level crossing at Aroor in Kerala today, railway sources said. Three people were killed on the spot, while two others, including a three-year-old child, were rushed to hospital, where they were declared brought dead, sources said. The accident occurred around 3:00 pm

Abu Dhabi, September 23: An Asian housemaid in Abu Dhabi waited for her Arab employer and his wife to go out, lay their one-year-old boy naked on the bed, took her clothes off and raped him, unaware of the hidden cameras planted in the house. The film showed the maid, who was arrested in the capital, and the baby were both naked as she sat on top of him rubbing the lower part of her body against

Bangalore, September 22: Close on the heels of the murder of a habitual offender, a 25-year-old rowdy-sheeter was hacked to death allegedly by his associates in front of a wine store in Ramachandrapura coming under Srirampuram police station limits on Friday evening. The deceased has been identified as Dileep alias Dileep Kumar, a resident of Srirampuram. Police said that the incident happened

Mumbai, September 21: A 15-year old girl from Indira Nagar, Sewri was brutally assaulted, stripped in public and paraded by four women, in a brutal backlash to a feud with her mother last Friday. Unable to bear the trauma, Sneha, the Std IX student, attempted suicide and passed away at JJ hospital in the wee hours yesterday. Cops have arrested one of the neighbours, while the other accused are on

Nagpur, September 20: A woman training for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) has complained to the city police that her husband, who is also an IRS trainee, filmed their sexual acts including some unnatural acts. The man was threatening to make the videos public if she did not pay him more dowry. The couple, both from affluent families, had got married just seven months ago after meeting at the IRS

Mumbai, September 18: The Mumbai Police have exhumed the body of 22-year-old Rameez Chougule, the younger of the two siblings who were found dead at their flat in Versova in July this year. Rameez and his elder sister Rehab allegedly died due to pesticide poisoning after pest control operations at their apartment. The police had then called it "accidental deaths", drawing much criticism from the

Kuwait, September 16: A woman in Kuwait is in the business of marriage – she weds wealthy men and then divorces them and walks off with huge alimony. According to Al Rai daily, the case came to light when she sought divorce from her third husband – a rich sheikh. She sought custody of her children as well as a massive maintenance support. Interestingly, he had previously filed a complaint against

Allahabad, September 15: In Allahabad, a girl who was being sexually harassed by one of her neighbours, decided to retaliate today. 22-year-old Aarti Yadav was shopping in a local market when the young man passed lewd comments about her. She slapped him in front of a large crowd. The man ran away, leaving his motorcycle behind. Ms Yadav, furious, set his bike on fire. The police have registered a

Lucknow, September 7: In a horrifying incident, a quack who operated on an infant at a clinic in Moradabad, 335 km from the Uttar Pradesh capital, allegedly scooped out his brains and later fled the city, police Thursday said. The incident came to light after a post-mortem report conducted on the two-month-old baby boy inferred that the quack had scooped out the baby's brains. The report was