Crime and crash

Bellary, July 6: A speeding lorry mowed down three girls, who were crossing the road on their way to school near Halakundi on Bellary-Bangalore Road in Bellary on Thursday morning. The accident occurred at around 8.45 am. Bellary Rural police said the sisters Saziya Anjum, 7 and Naziya Anjum, 6, daughters of Mehboobsaab and Shabana Begum, 7, daughter of late Iqbal, were all residents of Halakundi

Bhopal, July 5: Unable to meet dowry demands of in-laws, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly kept locked in a cowshed for three years and repeatedly raped by her husband, his relatives and neighbours in a village in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. The hapless woman faced sexual exploitation for 36 months till she was sold to a moneylender for Rs 50,000 this May as her parents were in no condition

Jammu, July 5: Pakistani-origin Bollywood starlet Laila Khan, who had been missing since the last 11 months, was murdered along with her family members in Maharashtra last year, the main accused in her kidnapping case has claimed. During interrogation, the main accused Parvez Iqbal Tak told police that Laila, her mother, sister and a friend were killed in Maharashtra in February last year, Deputy

Bangalore, July 4: A self-styled ‘baba’, who also claims to be a traditional medicine expert, was assaulted and paraded semi-naked by a mob in Shivajinagar on Monday night. Nisar Ahmed, a resident of KP Agrahara, was thrashed for allegedly forcing a married woman to separate from her husband. He has, however, filed a complaint with the Shivajinagar police refuting the allegations. The mob, led by

Mumbai, July 2: A 70-year-old woman was allegedly mowed down to death near Bandra on Sunday by a car that allegedly belonged to Bollywood actor Sohail Khan. The actor's driver was allegedly behind the wheels of the Lexus car. Eyewitnesses say that the actor too was present in the car at the time of accident. The incident occurred at 11 pm on Sunday. While the driver has been taken into custody

Ajmer, July 1: A forty-five-year old man who renounced the world to become a 'sanyasi' found that he was often by his desire for worldly pleasures so much so that he tried castrating himself but ended up in hospital fighting for his life. Kailash, a resident of Parbatsar block of Naguar district, was brought to JLN hospital here in a critical condition on Saturday after he tried to castrate

Ahmedabad, June 30: The city police found the 15-year-old girl reported missing by her parents from Kankaria lake with her recently-made online friend. According to Vastrapur police, parents of Sapna (name changed), resident of a posh society in Vastrapur and a student of class X, had reported that their daughter had been to tuition classes and did not return. "We asked for the mobile numbers of

Jaipur, June 30: Sixteen-year-old girl from Jaipur rural's Rainwal police station area survived a 20-day long nightmare where in she was repeatedly raped by five youths in the forest area near Jatoli village in Ajmer district. The teenager managed to escape and inform her family who then approached the police on Friday evening. An FIR has been lodged but no arrest has been made yet. During the

Ranchi, June 29: A pregnant woman in Jharkhand suffered a miscarriage after she was allegedly beaten by a legislator, police said on Friday. Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) legislator Chandrika Mahta had been absconding after the incident in Khajatola village of Giridih district, around 240 km from here. According to police officials, he thrashed Tara Devi, who was three months

Al Ain, June 29: A young worker from Kerala, India, was found dead in Al Ain, and believed to have committed suicide, sources said. The 22-year-old Riyas Babu, who came to the UAE to work as a house driver about ten months ago and was staying with friends, was found hanging from a tree in Al Ain’s Al Sarooj area. “Riyas came to the UAE to work as a house driver. His driving licence file was opened