Crime

22 Mar

Hindu girl shot dead in Pakistan’s Sindh province

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An 18-year-old Hindu girl was shot dead in Pakistan's Sindh Province during a failed abduction attempt, on Tuesday. Her name was Pooja Oad and was shot in the middle of the street in Rohi, Sukkur after she put up resistance to the attackers. This is not a stand-alone incident in Pakistan. Human rights activists say hundreds of Christian and Hindu girls are forced to convert their own religion to Islam every year. Women belonging to minority communities are regularly converted against their will. Rights group says Pakistan’s minority communities have long faced the issue of forced marriages and conversions. Multiple…

18 Mar

JDU leader Narayan Singh assaulted for molesting woman in Bihar’s Rohtas outside women police station

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A leader of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) was assaulted by a crowd, including women, outside the women police station of Rohtas district on Thursday. He was identified as Mod Narayan Singh, President of the JD-U's labour wing in Rohtas. He molested a woman inside his home and also threatened her with serious consequences outside the women police station. Superintendent of Police, Rohtas, Ashish Bharti said, "We have received a complaint from the victim. The matter is currently under investigation. FIR will be registered after the investigation.” The police said that the woman was called by Narayan Singh for some…

06 Mar

Grenade hurled at market in Srinagar; one civilian dead, several injured

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A 70-year-old man person died and 24 humans had been injured in a grenade attack by means of suspected terrorists in a busy market place of Srinagar on Sunday. A policeman is amongst the injured. A girl, who sustained injuries in the attack, is critical, human beings acquainted with the count number said. Senior superintendent of police, Srinagar, Rakesh Balawal, said the grenade was thrown in the crowded avenue market close to Amira Kadal on Sunday. “In this terror act, one historical man from Nowhatta (in the ancient city) has succumbed to accidents while one girl is critical. In this…

21 Feb

Eshwarappa says Muslim thugs killed Bajrang Dal lobbyist; govt denies Hijab point

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Section 144 was forced in the Shivamogga region of Karnataka following a 23-year-old Bajrang Dal extremist was killed on Sunday night. He was taken to the Mc Gann locale clinic where he died. Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said that the matter was not connected with the continuous hijab line in the state. "However, we really want to sit tight for additional examinations prior to coming to an end result," he said. Araga Jnanendra addressed the group of the perished, who was a designer, in Shivamogga. "The homicide happened at 9:30 pm on Sunday. The police have revealed a few…

15 Feb

Money laundering: ED searches premises in Mumbai ‘linked to Dawood Ibrahim, aides’; one held

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday detained a person from Mumbai in connection with its investigation in a money laundering probe linked to the operations of the underworld, illegal property deals and hawala transactions. Early morning, ED conducted multiple searches in Mumbai. The raids are currently underway at about ten locations in Mumbai. Officials told that action is being conducted under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The ED action is based on a recent FIR filed recently by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind and fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and some independent intelligence inputs received…

31 Jan

Jodhpur: 19-Year-Old Model Jumps Off Sixth Floor of Hotel, Dials Father Before Taking Extreme Step

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In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old model allegedly tried to end her life by allegedly jumping off the terrace of a hotel in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. The incident took place on Saturday night, said reports. The woman, Gungun Upadhyay had returned to Jodhpur from Udaipur on Saturday. If reports are to be believed, she was residing in Hotel Lord's Inn in Jodhpur. Before taking the extreme step, she reportedly dialed her father and told him to look at her face. Following this, her father immediately contacted the police. The officials tracked her to the Jodhpur hotel, however, the woman…

31 Jan

CBI to probe Tamil Nadu student’s death case

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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday transferred the Lavanya suicide case to the Central Bureau of Investigation after the victim’s parents had filed a petition seeking a CBI probe into the matter. The case was transferred to the CBI on the day when the NCPCR team is visiting Thanjavur to conduct a probe into the case and enquire with officials involved. The NCPCR had earlier alleged that the Tamil Nadu government was not cooperating with the enquiry presided over by their state team and therefore they had to get a team from the Centre to conduct…

29 Jan

1 held in Kolkata for raping differently abled woman

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A man was arrested here for allegedly raping a hearing-and-speech-impaired woman in a moving car, a police officer said on Friday.Kamre Alam alias Raja, a resident of Panchannagram, was arrested for allegedly being involved in the incident. She was kidnapped from the city’s Pragati Maidan area late on Tuesday by the accused, who then raped her, according to the police complaint. Commenting further on the case, a police source said that the woman knew the accused from work. It was on January 27 when the accused stopped the woman outside the station when she was returning home. He later managed…

22 Jan

Patiala HC Session Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail Petition of Bulli App Accused Vishal Sudhirkumar Jha

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The Patiala House Court's Session Court on Saturday rejected the anticipatory bail petition of accused Vishal Sudhirkumar Jha in connection with the 'Bulli Bai' app matter. The court while passing the order said that the allegations against the applicant are grave in nature as it is a direct onslaught upon the dignity and modesty of the women of a particular community. The Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested another person from Odisha's Jharsuguda in connection with the 'Bulli Bai' case. The cyber police of the Mumbai crime branch today intercepted Niraj Singh a 28-year-old MBA graduate from the Lamtibahal area under…

14 Jan

BSF rescues 140 parrots from clutches of smugglers on India-Bangladesh border

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The Border Security Force (BSF) has rescued 140 green parrots from clutches of smugglers and foiled wildlife smuggling along the Indo-Bangladesh border.On the basis of specific information, the BSF troops in the South Bengal frontier nabbed a smuggler on Thursday along with these parrots in the North 24 Parganas district. “All these birds were being smuggled from India to Bangladesh through the area of Border Out Post Tarali, North 24 Parganas district in Bangladesh,” the BSF said. In a detailed note, the BSF said its 122 Battalion troops of Border Out Post Tarali in the Kolkata Sector laid an ambush…