Crime and crash

Vadodara, April 23: A nine-year-old girl died on Sunday afternoon when she accidentally shot herself while playing with her Army officer father's service pistol at home in the Tarsali area of Vadodara. Sonia Sundersinh was declared dead minutes after being admitted to SSG Hospital. Police officers said the bullet from the .32 bore pistol pierced Sonia's head and hit the roof of the house. Her

Indore, April 23: A man allegedly raped his 13-year-old daughter at Jagganath Nagar area here a few days ago. The issue was reported to the Banganga police only on Saturday. The victim's mother complained to the police that she had gone to a factory for work on April 16 when her husband raped their minor daughter. The victim, Neelu (name changed), along with her physically challenged younger

Jaipur, April 22: A unconscious seven-year old girl was found bleeding at the Chandni Chowk in Manak Chowk police station area on Saturday morning after she was allegedly raped by a ragpicker. The girl's parents spotted her lying under a tree and informed the police. The accused is yet to be arrested. According to the police, the girl's parents are also ragpickers. "She used to sleep on pavements

New Delhi, April 21: In a grim incident in the US, an Indian student of the Boston University was dragged out of his hostel room and shot dead by his fellow students. The student, K Sheshadri Rao, hailed from Odisha. He was pursuing MBA at the university. The victim's father, K Sudhakar Rao said Sheshadri was dragged out of his room allegedly by fellow students on Thursday night and shot

Mumbai, April 21: A woman died while trying to flee from the third floor balcony of a Parel building using a makeshift rope of bedsheets and a sari tied together. Police identified the woman as Julie, a prostitute. The incident occurred inside the Central Railway Staff Colony in the early hours on Friday. Railway engineer Surendra Chavan (54), who was later arrested and charged with causing death

Udupi, April 21: Scientists from the Southern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (SRDDL), Bangalore, on Friday visited Henberu hamlet coming under Paduvari Gram Panchayat near Byndoor, where 83 heads of cattle died over the last one week. Nagaraj Marvanthe, Veterinary Officer, Byndoor, told The Hindu that the scientists from the SRDDL had investigated the ailing cattle at the Henberu hamlet

Chennai, April 20: Retired army officer K. Ramaraj was sentenced to life imprisonment by a fast track court here Friday for last year's killing of a 13-year-old boy who had entered his residential premises to pick almonds. The court also levied a fine of Rs.60,000 on Lt. Col. (retd) Ramaraj, 50, of which Rs.50,000 has to be given to the family of the victim, K. Dilshan, said a prosecution lawyer

Jaipur, April 20: Upset over repeated eve-teasing by four youths, a 21-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling fan at her residence in Mahaua area in Dausa district. The police have arrested all the accused. The girl, Deeksha Sharma, who was pursuing BA first year at Mahatma Gandhi College in Dausa, locked herself in the room of her house on Thursday morning. When she did not

Bangalore, April 20: Mahadevapura police on Thursday arrested a 31-year-old trainee pastor for allegedly trying to convert 23 children, including 14 girls, during a summer camp here. Victor Babu alias Victor, a native of Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh, was held following a complaint filed by a few parents. Police recovered prayer books, pamphlets and other material from him and registered a case

Manipali, April 20: A clerk working at a high school at Kasargod, who had attempted suicide by consuming poison in January, died at his home in Shirali on Wednesday. 52-year-old Manjunath Mandu Naik has taken poison on January 23 after returning home from work. He was being treated in a hospital in Manipal. Bhatkal police are investigating the case.