abduction

Islamabad, March 18 – A leading organization advocating for minority rights has highlighted a disturbing trend of abductions and forced religious conversions of girls from minority communities across Pakistan between 2021 and 2025, during which 515 cases were recorded.Citing data from various...

Rajkot, March 17 Police have arrested three individuals for allegedly abducting and killing a 32-year-old Dalit man in Rajkot district, Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday.The three accused, Ravi Jograna, Sagar Jograna, and Gopal Jograna, are alleged to have been involved in the abduction and...

Beed, March 14 A minor girl was abducted from her home, sexually assaulted, and left unconscious at a village community center in Beed district, Maharashtra, a police official said on Saturday.The incident took place on March 10 when the victim, who is married, was at her house with her...

Ballia (UP), March 14 A case has been registered against a man for allegedly abducting a newly-wed woman from her in-laws' home here, police said on Saturday.According to police, the woman had only been married for 18 days when the accused allegedly took her away.Based on a complaint filed...

Palghar, March 13 A 25-year-old tribal man was allegedly abducted, hung upside down from a tree, and tortured by the owner of a brick kiln in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Friday.The police have registered a case against the accused, Nandu Deolikar, and his associate, both...

Sultanpur (UP), March 12 A man has been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of a 14-year-old girl here, police said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Suraj Saroj, a resident of Amethi district, has been sent to jail, they said.The girl was allegedly abducted from a village...

Imphal, March 12 Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam said on Thursday that the Union home ministry intervened to help rescue 21 Tangkhul Naga civilians who had been detained by armed men in the Ukhrul district.Speaking in the Assembly, Konthoujam said the hostages were freed early...

Bhadohi (UP), March 11 A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted by a truck driver in November last year. Fearing social stigma, her father, the village head, did not inform the police about the alleged crime until Tuesday.He filed a complaint against Jitendra Kumar Saroj (35), a truck driver...

Kochi, March 10 – The Kerala High Court on Tuesday sought the response of Malayalam actor Dileep in an appeal filed by the state government challenging his acquittal in the 2017 actress assault case and seeking enhanced punishment for those convicted.A division bench of Justices A. K...

Bengaluru, March 9 A man was allegedly kidnapped by a group of criminals after they blocked his car and sprayed a substance on him, police said on Monday.The victim has been identified as Gopal, also known as Gopi, a resident of Honnakalasapura village in the Anekal taluk on the outskirts of...

Etawah (UP), March 8 A 29-year-old man walked into a police station here early Sunday and confessed that he had killed his sister-in-law with a brick.Vijay Kushwaha created a commotion at the Sadar Police Station when he arrived at 3:40 am claiming to have killed his girlfriend, a minor girl...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 7 A man who had been on the run for nearly nine years in connection with a 2017 murder case was arrested by the Mangaluru crime branch police in Bengaluru, officials said on Saturday.The accused, Sufiyan alias Kotreshi (31), was apprehended near the Shyampur...

Islamabad, March 7 – Pakistan will continue to see disappearances buried in administrative records rather than being investigated as crimes, unless trafficking is recognized not only as a humanitarian crisis but also as an institutional vulnerability. Such neglect enables organized criminal...

Ballia (UP), March 6 Police arrested two men on Friday for allegedly abducting and assaulting a married woman with mental health issues, an officer said.According to police, the case was registered on Thursday at Bansdih Police Station on a complaint lodged by the victim's husband.Based on...

New Delhi, March 5 Two men have been arrested and a minor apprehended for allegedly stabbing a 35-year-old man to death and seriously injuring another following a drunken brawl in Delhi's Burari area, police said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Salman and Chandan, both around 21 years...

Peshawar/Islamabad, February 26 At least 20 security personnel were killed in various terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during the first week of the holy month of Ramadan. In addition, security forces killed 18 rebels in two days in Balochistan, the army said on Thursday...

Shimla, February 26 A day after the Himachal Pradesh Police detained a Delhi Police team near Shimla and booked them for "kidnapping", the BJP in the hill state on Thursday demanded a thorough investigation into the incident by the Centre and an independent investigation into the role of the...

Shimla, February 26 – Himachal Pradesh BJP President Rajeev Bindal criticised the Congress-led state government on Thursday, describing the developments related to the standoff between the Delhi and Himachal Pradesh police over the custody of three Youth Congress activists as "unprecedented and...

New Delhi, February 25 The Delhi Police has rescued a three-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped from the Ashok Vihar area of Delhi and has arrested a factory worker for the abduction, an official said on Wednesday.The incident was reported on February 22 after a PCR call was received...

New Delhi, February 25 Two brothers are alleged to have abducted a man from whom they had borrowed Rs 4 lakh, killed him with a butcher's knife, and dumped his body in the Najafgarh drain, a police official said on Wednesday.The victim, Ajay Kumar, who was known for lending money to people...