Crime and crash

Melbourne, March 27: A Perth-based Indian student will spend 14 months in jail for his involvement in a scam to falsify English test scores to get Australian visas. Rajesh Kumar, 31, faced ten charges for his part in fraudulently altering the International English Testing System (IELTS) scores at Perth's Curtin University between November 2009 and June 2010. A Perth District Court sentenced Rajesh

New Delhi, March 27: A 25-year-old software engineer was killed after he fell from the terrace of a female friend's house in east Delhi under mysterious circumstances, police said on Monday. The incident took place in Pandav Nagar late on Sunday night and the deceased has been identified as Saurabh, who was also preparing for civil services, they said. The police are questioning his female friend

Indore, March 27: The social networking site has helped the police crack a theft case wherein two students were arrested after they allegedly picked a motor-bike from a mall a few days ago. The police have arrested Ayush Rai, a resident of Anuppur and Abhishek Tiwari, a resident of Shahdol, after tracking them with the help of the Facebook. Tukoganj police station inspector Ashok Tiwari said a

Patna/Jamui, March 27: In an incident that sent shivers down the spine, road robbers gang-raped and shot dead a woman in her 30s after relieving her family members of cash and belongings while they were on way to Jamui after a picnic trip on Sunday evening. Worse, policemen took 12 hours to lodge an FIR as they allegedly fought over the jurisdiction of the place of occurrence. The incident

Bangalore, March 26: Ramamurthy Nagar police arrested Savitha, 37, a homemaker, for allegedly giving supari to 13 assailants who killed her husband's lover, Nirmala, 42, a beautician. Nirmala was murdered in her house in Yerraianapalya on February 27, 2012. The accused had escaped with her 40gm gold chain. During investigation, police found that the deceased had an illicit relationship with Ramesh

Nagpur, March 26: A 30-year-old man ended his life due to his childless marriage. Kartik Dongre, employed with a private company, hanged himself from the ceiling of his residence at Dawlamethi on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. Police said Dongre had been disturbed since couple of years since his wife was not able to conceive. He had tried to get her treated too but failed. Dongre used a

Mangalore, March 25: A tiny tot was killed when he accidentally fell into a compost pit at Alangar near Moodbidri on Saturday. According to police, the deceased is Sooraj (2), son of Vishwanath Shetty, a hotelier. It is learnt that the pit did not have any protection wall. Though the baby was rushed to the hospital, the doctors declared him brought dead. A case has been registered.

Karwar, March 25: The Uttara Kannada Zilla Christ Horata Vedike on Saturday submitted a memorandum to the Superintendent of Police requesting him to form a special squad to arrest those had strangled and molested a woman. In the memorandum, the vedike alleged that Joylet, who works in Goa as a nurse, was injured seriously when two persons attacked her when she was returning home at Chendia village

Shimoga, March 25: Five police personnel were suspended over the custodial death of Irfan, here on Saturday. The suspended officers are Sub-inspector Sandeep, head constable Basavaraj, constables Praveen Patil, Imran and Krishnappa of Kote police station. Irfan, 27, a resident of Azad Nagar, was taken into police custody over a theft case on March 23. It is said he died on his way to the hospital

Karwar, March 25: A dispute over membership of the fishermen's association left a man injured after he was attacked by a group on Friday evening near Sunkeri Masjid in Karwar. According to the complaint filed by the victim, Umesh Narayan Bhute, 49, a fisherman, a gang of eight persons attacked him near Sunkeri masjid after an argument. The members of the gang wanted him to resign from the