kidnapping

Mumbai, March 25 A court in Maharashtra has ordered the immediate release of two local NCP leaders, who were arrested on allegations of kidnapping a Satara Zilla Parishad member during the governing body's presidential polls last week, citing their custodial ill-treatment and failure to follow...

Shimla, March 24 A property dealer and contractor has been identified as the main conspirator behind an attempted kidnapping and robbery targeting the son of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's media advisor, police said on Tuesday.The accused, Manish Verma alias Manu...

New Delhi, March 24 The Delhi High Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction and 24-year prison sentence of Geeta Arora, also known as Sonu Punjaban, in a case involving the alleged trafficking of a 12-year-old girl, and acquitted her of all charges.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha also granted...

Relevance: RushSubject: POCSO CaseCategory: CrimeHandwara Police secures conviction in POCSO caseThe Jammu & Kashmir Police in Handwara has successfully secured a conviction in a POCSO case registered under FIR No. 69/2021 at Police Station Kralgund.Srinagar, March 24: In a significant...

Ballia (UP), March 24 A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and raping her for about eight months after taking her to Nagpur, Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.According to police, the accused, identified as Mukesh Rajbhar, a resident of Urdaini...

New Delhi, March 23 A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused in a 2014 kidnapping case after the prosecution failed to establish the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, primarily due to the victim remaining untraceable.Additional Sessions Judge Puneet Pahwa was hearing a case against Sunil...

New Delhi, March 23 Two men suspected of being involved in the illegal supply of liquor have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and threatening an excise department constable and his driver at gunpoint last month, police said on Monday.A police official said the "mastermind" was...

Peshawar, March 22 Security forces killed two terrorists belonging to the banned TTP after they attempted to attack a police station under construction in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, police said.The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are referred to as...

Kolkata, March 22 – The Uttar Pradesh Police, along with the Kolkata Police, recently arrested a man from Kolkata, 11 years after he allegedly kidnapped a minor girl from Uttar Pradesh and settled down here with her. The police said on Sunday that the arrest was made recently, and the Uttar...

Lucknow, March 21 A man was arrested here on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old girl under the guise of a marriage proposal, police said.On March 15, the girl's parents filed a complaint at the local police station under sections 87 (kidnapping, abduction, or forcing a woman into...

New Delhi, March 21 A 48-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly staging a fake police arrest of two brothers in west Delhi, who were kidnapped and robbed of Rs 40 lakh in cash and other valuables, police said on Saturday.The arrested man, identified as Harish Sharma alias Rinku, was...

Shimla, March 21 Some unidentified individuals have been booked in connection with the suspected attempt to kidnap the son of the media advisor to the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, near Mashobra, about 11 kilometers from Shimla.According to reports, the incident occurred late Friday...

Saharanpur (UP), March 21 A 26-year-old man and a "minor" girl, who had "gone missing" in the Muzaffarnagar district two days ago, allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in a hotel room in the Nanauta area here, police said on Saturday.The deceased man has been identified as Ajmal...

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...