Crime and crash

Patna, Aug 3: The son of Janata Dal United (JDU) MLA Bima Bharti was found dead on a railway track here on Friday. The body of the boy, Deepak, was found on the railway track in front of Nalanda Medical College Hospital near Patna's Rajendra Nagar terminal. According to police sources, the deceased went to a friend's place to attend a party when the incident took place. Bima Bharti, the MLA from

Kalaburagi, Aug 3: As many as six labours died on Thursday after a crane collapsed at an under-construction cement factory in Kalaburagi, Karnataka. One more person was injured in the accident. Police have reached the spot and rescue operation is underway. More details are currently awaited. This comes after at least 17 people were injured on July 29 when a tin shed collapsed during a tractor race

Gurugram, Aug 3: Two saffron extremists beat up a Muslim dhaba owner and forcibly shaved off his beard after tying him to a chair at Hari Nagar in Gurugram near the national capital. They also called him a “Pakistani”. Three persons, including the hairdresser, have been arrested in this connection. Jafruddin and his cook Ibrahim had gone to a salon for a haircut on July 31 around 6 p.m. when two

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), Aug 2 (PTI) A 21-year-old woman was strangled to death by her father, who was against her decision to marry a man from another caste, in a village here, police said today. The incident took place in Daulatpur village in the Bhira area on the night of July 31. Dataram's daughter Puja was in a relationship with a man from another caste. The two wanted to get married, but

Belagavi, Aug 2: A pregnant woman was set on fire allegedly by her husband and in-laws for not getting farm land as dowry in Tapasi village in Gokak taluk on Wednesday. Belagavi Police have registered a dowry case against Siddappa Magdum, a farmer and four of his relatives. Acting on a complaint by the victim’s father, the police booked Siddappa Magdum for setting his wife, Anasuya (27), on fire

Gurugram, Aug 1: In another case of horror on social media, a man in Gurugram live streamed his suicide on Facebook. The man ended his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house, streaming the final moments through Facebook live. News agency reported that the 28-year-old man, identified as Amit, was a resident of Haily Mandi near Pataudi. "Amit had a fight with his wife on Monday

Mewat, Jul 29: A complaint has been registered against eight men in Haryana's Mewat district for allegedly gang-raping a pregnant goat, who later died. The incident took place on the night of July 25 while the complaint was filed the next day in Mewat's Nagina police station. "One person, Aslu registered a complaint on July 26 that his goat was gang-raped on the night of July 25 by Savakar, Haroon

Kochi, Jul 28: The Kerala Police on Saturday took into custody a person alleged to have been the key person who trolled a 19-year-old student on social media for selling fish after college hours. Noorudeen Sheikh is being questioned and a complaint has been registered against him, a police officer said. He has been charged under various sections of the IT Act, besides provisions attracting non

Mangaluru, Jul 28: The Sullia police arrested Jagadish, 23, of Sullia for his alleged involvement in the theft of Rs. 26,500 and 48 grams of gold ornaments from the house of Satyanarayana in Kodiyala village near Bellare on July 25. The Bantwal Town Police on Thursday arrested Umanath Prabhu, 51, of Kateel for his alleged involvement in theft of ornaments and cash from a house in Shirali village

Pune, Jul 28: The city police yesterday arrested a cleric for the alleged sexual abuse of two minor boys at an orphanage in Pune’s Katraj area. The accused, Maulana Rahim, was in charge of the orphanage which housed up to 35 minor children, police sources said. While the incident is believed to have occurred a fortnight ago, it came to light after the boys (both aged 10) fled the orphanage and