Delhi man gets lifer for sexually assaulting, murdering 11-year-old boy

Delhi boy rape murder: A Delhi court on Monday sentenced a man to imprisonment till death for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a boy aged 11 in 2019, ruling that he needed to be dealt with an ‘iron hand’ due to the grotesque and cruel mentality. Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat, who pronounced the verdict, refused to award a death penalty to the accused, noting that the offences…

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2 on board high-speed car killed in Gujarat’s Rajkot while filming reel for Instagram

Gujarat news: The pursuit of amassing social media fame took a tragic turn for Gujarat’s two youths on Saturday late night, after their car rushing at a high speed ploughed into a farmhouse wall in Rajkot, the police said. As per police, the incident transpired at the Dhoraji Road, when the youths on board the car were filming a reel to post it on Instagram. Police officials aware…

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Singer-Rapper Badshah receives death threat from alleged aides of Lawrence Bishnoi gang amid ‘Tateeree’ row

Tateeree row: Indian singer and rapper Badshah, after stirring controversy over his recently-released Haryanvi song ‘Tateeree’, received a death threat from alleged associates of the jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi on Sunday. The development follows mounting criticism from several quarters of the society, who criticised the track’s visuals and lyrics, flagging them ‘inappropriate.’ Tateeree row: Threat message goes viral online A screenshot of the threat message posted on Facebook…

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2 of an ISI-linked terror module fall into police dragnet in Amritsar; cops recover AK-47, Glock pistols

Terror module bust: Punjab police on Saturday claimed to have dismantled a suspected terror module in Amritsar, which was allegedly funded by Pakistan’s Intelligence agency, the Inter-services Intelligence (ISI). The police arrested two suspects, and also recovered a cache of sophisticated weapons, including an AK-47 rifle, Glock pistols and ammunition, they said.  Punjab DGP informs about development The Director General of Police (DGP) of Punjab said that the…

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Undergraduate student found hanging in campus apartment at IIT Delhi; police register FIR, suspect suicide

IIT suicide: A first-year male undergraduate student enrolled at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi was found hanging from a ceiling fan inside an apartment on the campus on Thursday, the police reported on Friday. According to the police, the youth may have died by suicide, though no suicide note was recovered from the scene.  The police said they received a call on Thursday morning regarding the…

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DRI dismantles illegal Alprazolam Factory in Andhra Pradesh; drugs worth Rs 47 cr seized, masterminds held

Drug bust India: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday busted a clandestine Alprazolam manufacturing facility laid in the Kondapalli Industrial Development area of Andhra Pradesh’s NTR district and seized drugs worth Rs 47 crore, officials said. According to officials, they also laid hands on two masterminds who had been running the unit, including a chemist with 20+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical and chemical sector. …

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Emails threatening to blow up passport offices sweep Rajasthan, turn out to be hoax

Bomb threat: A wave of panic swept across Rajasthan on Tuesday, as passport offices in multiple cities of the state received emails threatening they would be blown up, the police said. According to the police, the emails prompted evacuation and extensive search operations at all the Passport Seva Kendras that had received the threat, but no suspicious items were found, and the threats were later deemed a hoax. …

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Malayalam film director Chidambaram granted anticipatory bail in alleged sexual assault case

Chidambaram updates: Director Chidambaram S Poduval, who gained critical acclaim for directing the blockbuster Malayalam film, ‘Manjummel Boys,’ has been granted anticipatory bail by the Ernakulam Session Court on Monday, in connection with the alleged sexual assault of an actress. Sessions judge KK Balakrishnan issued the bail orders after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and the defence. As per reports, an actress had filed a police complaint…

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Man arrested for drowning 3 minor daughters in Telangana’s Kamareddy Lake over financial woes

Telangana crime: A man who used to drive an auto rickshaw to make a living in Telangana’s Kamareddy district allegedly drowned three of his minor daughters in a lake in the town days ago, the police reported on Sunday. According to the police, the accused revealed during the interrogation that he was struggling with financial woes, which prompted him to take the extreme step.  Accused, his wife approached…

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2 college-going girls found dead inside temple’s bathroom in Surat; police suspect suicide, probe on

Gujarat girls’ suicide: Two college-going girls were found dead inside a restroom at Surat’s Swaninarayan Temple on Friday, the police reported on Saturday. As per police, preliminary probe reveals that the girls may have died by suicide, as a syringe and three bottles containing suspected poisonous drugs were recovered from the scene.  Girls left home on Friday, failed to return  The police claimed that the girls had left…

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