Crime and crash

Imphal, Mar 31: A constable of the Manipur police, who was suspended and arrested in connection with the escape of an undertrial prisoner, died in custody here, a senior police officer said Sunday. A magisterial enquiry was ordered into the custodial death Manjur Ahmed and a police inspector was suspended, Director General of Police L M Khaute said. Ahmed was found dead in an interrogation cell on

Dehradun, Mar 28: A class seven student was allegedly beaten to death by his seniors and his body buried by school authorities inside the campus near Rishikesh to hush up the matter, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on March 10 but it came to light after the intervention of the Uttarakhand Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Dehradun SSP Nivedita Kukreti said. The 12-year

Palghar, Mar 24: A 38-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was beaten to death on suspicion of being a thief in Maharashtra's Palghar district, the police said Sunday. The incident took place near Chinchoti on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in the small hours of Saturday. Naseem Shaikh, the victim, was resident of Sopara in the district. Police spokesperson Hemant Katkar said that three men, residents of Asha

New Delhi, Mar 22: The Delhi Police on Thursday received more than 4,000 calls of quarrel-related cases on the occasion of Holi and issued over 13,000 challans for violation of traffic rules, including drunk driving. Around 2,440 calls were made related to hooliganism in Holi (like the use of colour against his/ her will or quarrel incidents), police said. As many as 13,219 challans were issued

Srinagar, Mar 19: A school teacher, who was arrested in connection with a terror case, has died in a police custody here, prompting the department to request for a magisterial inquiry, officials said on Tuesday. Rizwan Pandit, 28, a resident of Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, died during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, a police officer said. Pandit, who was a

Kozhikode Mar 16: A Dubai-bound passenger from Karipur airport arrested by the Customs officials on Saturday for allegedly trying to smuggle foreign currency notes. Concealed inside the clothes in his hand baggage, the currencies included UAE Dirham, Kuwait Dinar, Ponds and Bahrain Dinar. The airline authorities who intercepted the passenger from boarding the flight handed over the accused to the

Bengaluru, Mar 15: CCB Police have nabbed a drug peddler, native of Ivory Coast, and seized from him Rs 15 lakhs worth 32 kg Ganja. Police said on Friday that the arrested was identified as 44 year-old Toure Mustafa alias Mustafa. On getting information raid was conducted on his underground house and banned drug 32 kg ganja, 3 mobile phones and Rs 5,000 cash were seized. Preliminary investigation

Chitradurga, Mar 15: Karnataka Public Works Department Assistant Executive Engineer and a Junior Engineer were trapped by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials and caught them while accepting bribe amount for a Contractor at Hiriyur today. ACB sources said that Superintendent of Police G A Jagadish, on getting a complaint, laid a trap and arrested AEE Krishnappa and JE Puttaswamy attached to

Mumbai, Mar 15: In yet another bridge collapse near the city’s suburban railway stations, the nodal foot over-bridge at the northern end of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) came crashing down on Thursday evening. Six commuters were killed and at least 34 injured. The number of casualties is expected to rise. A safety audit of the structure by the civic authority last year had declared

Lucknow, Mar 14: Cash worth over Rs 1.64 crore, Mont Blanc pens of Rs 50 lakh, four luxury SUVs and documents indicating benami assets of Rs 300 crore have been recovered during the I-T Department raids on premises linked to a retired IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, who served in top positions during Mayawati’s chief ministership, officials said Wednesday. The taxman had swooped down on a