kidnapping

New Delhi, March 20 A Delhi court has acquitted six persons accused of kidnapping and forcing a minor girl into marriage, holding that the prosecution failed to prove that the girl was taken away from lawful guardianship or was compelled to marry against her will.Additional Sessions Judge...

Thane, March 18 A court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted five men in a 2018 case of kidnapping and murder, in which the victim's body was allegedly thrown from a local train, observing that the prosecution failed to prove the chain of circumstantial evidence.Principal District and Sessions...

Varanasi (UP), March 20 A Varanasi court has sent 14 people, who are alleged to have hosted an Iftar party and eaten chicken biryani on a boat in the Ganga river, to judicial custody, an advocate in the case said on Friday.Additional Civil Judge (Sr.Div.)/ACJM Amit Kumar Yadav sent all the...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 19 – Karnataka police have launched a search for activists in a case of moral policing, in which a 17-year-old boy from a minority community was allegedly assaulted and abducted by a group during a temple fair in Ujire, in the Mangaluru district, police said on...

Gangtok, March 18 A 14-year-old girl from Sikkim has been rescued from Siliguri in neighboring West Bengal after she allegedly staged her own kidnapping and demanded Rs 3 lakh from her parents as ransom, police said on Wednesday.According to an FIR filed by her parents, the girl had left home...

New Delhi, March 14 – In a major breakthrough, the Southern Range of the Delhi Crime Branch has arrested a proclaimed offender, allegedly involved in at least a dozen criminal cases, including kidnapping, rape, and attempted murder, who had been evading arrest for a long time, officials said on...

Peshawar, March 13 A Pakistani police officer who was abducted by unknown militants was found shot dead on Friday in the country's restive northwest, officials said.The victim, Shah Munir, was serving as a Havaldar in the police force.On Thursday, armed men in the Bajaur district of the...

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...

Beed, March 12 A 14-year-old girl has gone missing in the Beed district of Maharashtra, prompting the police to register a kidnapping case and launch an investigation, an official said on Thursday.The incident was reported from the Kaij tehsil, he said.The father of the teenager, an...

Bengaluru, March 12 Eight people, including two minors, have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a real estate businessman on the outskirts of the city, police said on Thursday.The deceased, identified as Gopal alias Gopi, a resident of Honnakalasapura village in...

New Delhi, March 12 The 12-year-old daughter of a Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was allegedly kidnapped from outside her residential society in Delhi's Rohini on Thursday, an official said.The girl had left for school in the morning and was returning home when she allegedly went...

Meerut (UP), March 11 A man here is alleged to have staged the kidnapping of his minor son and demanded a ransom of Rs 6 lakh in an attempt to clear debts incurred through online gaming, police said on Wednesday.The accused has been arrested and the boy has been safely recovered, they said...

New Delhi, March 11 The Delhi Police has rescued an eight-month-old boy and arrested a couple for the child's kidnapping in northeast Delhi's Khajuri Khas, officials said on Wednesday.The incident came to light on March 9 when a 45-year-old woman living under the Khajuri Khas flyover reported...

Imphal, March 11 – Security forces in Manipur arrested ten hardcore militants belonging to different insurgent groups from six districts of the state over the past 24 hours, police said on Wednesday.A police official said that the militants were apprehended in Imphal West, Imphal East...

Pune, March 10 Police in the Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune have arrested five people for allegedly kidnapping a businessman and demanding a ransom of Rs 50 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.The accused, all from Uttar Pradesh, allegedly abducted the businessman from the Rahatani area on Monday...

Puri, March 10 A woman from Puri, Odisha, appealed to the state and central governments on Tuesday to rescue her daughter, alleging that she was kidnapped five years ago and has been held captive in Bangladesh since then.The woman claimed that her daughter had fled to the neighbouring country...

Bengaluru, March 10 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Tuesday that he had directed the CID to investigate the alleged kidnapping and murder of a real estate businessman from Anekal, whose body was found in neighboring Tamil Nadu on March 9.The minister was responding to a question...

Bengaluru, March 9 The body of a real estate businessman was found with severe injuries in neighboring Tamil Nadu on Monday, a day after he was allegedly kidnapped by a gang near here, police said.The victim, identified as Gopal alias Gopi, a resident of Honnakalasapura village in Anekal taluk...

Bengaluru, March 9 The body of a real estate businessman was found with severe injuries in neighboring Tamil Nadu on Monday, a day after he was allegedly kidnapped by a gang near here, police said.The victim, identified as Gopal alias Gopi, a resident of Honnakalasapura village in Anekal taluk...

Jhansi (UP), March 9 A 20-year-old man, who had been kidnapped, was rescued on Monday, with the arrest of four accused, including two juveniles, after a brief encounter, officials said.The accused later demanded a ransom of Rs 2 lakh from the victim's family for his release, they said.Police...