murder investigation

Islamabad, March 7 – A Christian minority worker in the Punjab province of Pakistan was allegedly tortured to death by his Muslim employers, who then staged the murder to appear as a suicide by hanging, according to a report released on Saturday, citing allegations made by the victim's younger...

New Delhi: On March 7, Delhi Social Welfare Minister Ravindra Indraj Singh and Health and Family Welfare Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh met with the family of a young man who was brutally murdered following a minor dispute during Holi in Uttam Nagar.During a meeting with the family members of...

Bijnor (UP), March 7 Police in the Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh arrested three individuals, including a doctor, on Saturday for the murder of another medic on March 5, officials said.SP Abhishek Jha told reporters that three men, including a doctor, have been arrested in connection with...

New Delhi, March 7 A man accused of killing his 10-year-old daughter in Jammu, based on the suspicion that she was not his biological child, was apprehended in southeast Delhi, police said on Saturday.The accused, Ramesh Kumar, originally from Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh, was wanted...

Chandigarh, March 7 – The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday acquitted self-proclaimed godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002.Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for raping...

Chandigarh, March 6 A village headman was shot dead by four to five assailants in broad daylight in Punjab's Moga district on Friday, police said.Harpinder Singh, the headman of Patto Hira Singh village, was attacked on the Baghapurana-Kotkapura road, allegedly due to a personal dispute...

New Delhi, March 6 The body of a six-year-old boy, with a throat slit, was found inside a building under construction in the Ranhola area of outer Delhi, with his family alleging that the mother was involved in the killing, police said on Friday.According to the family, the boy's mother –...

New Delhi, March 6 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Paras Ram, also known as Raju Sharma, a proclaimed offender who had been evading arrest for more than 16 years in a high-profile double murder case in Rajasthan.The case was registered on April 6, 2011, against six accused...

Jaipur, March 6 A woman was found murdered near a railway underpass in the Sikar district of Rajasthan on Friday, with initial investigations suggesting she was killed by her husband.The deceased has been identified as Mamta, a resident of the Jhunjhunu district, according to police.Her body...

New Delhi, March 5 A woman was found unconscious and her two daughters dead in their residence in the Malviya Nagar area of south Delhi on Thursday evening, police said.Preliminary investigation suggests that the woman may have killed her daughters, aged 33 and 28, before attempting suicide...

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...

Kolkata, March 5 – The two main accused in the murder of a promoter in West Bengal's Howrah district were arrested in Delhi on Thursday by a state police team, an official said.Harun Khan and Rohit Hossain were arrested in the national capital's Jama Masjid area and are being brought back to...

Ranchi, March 5 A man, accused of killing a 12-year-old boy, allegedly hanged himself in police custody in Ranchi district, Jharkhand, on Thursday, officials said.Following the incident, the Ranchi SSP suspended five police officers, while departmental proceedings have been recommended against...

Surat, March 5 A 32-year-old man who was receiving treatment at a de-addiction facility in Surat, Gujarat, was allegedly beaten to death by four staff members after he refused to take medication, a police official said.According to a police statement, the incident occurred at the Reeva Vyasan...

Agra (UP), March 5 An auto-rickshaw driver died from severe burns after he was allegedly doused in petrol and set on fire by a woman – presumed to be a former partner – and her accomplices, police here said on Thursday.The victim, identified as Chand (35), was hospitalised with severe burn...

New Delhi, March 5 The Delhi Police have arrested a 28-year-old man and apprehended seven minors for the murder of a teenager in the Model Town area, officials said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Mohit Pal, a resident of Jahangirpuri, is alleged to have been the main mastermind behind...

Jamshedpur, March 4 The partially-burnt body of a woman and the remains of an elderly woman with her throat slit were recovered from two locations in the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Wednesday, police said.The charred body of the woman, estimated to be around 22 years old, was...

Meerut, March 4 Police here on Wednesday said that a woman who was found dead in the Mawana area last month is a citizen of Turkmenistan.The police had earlier identified the woman as 'Archita Arora' of Delhi based on an Aadhaar card recovered during the investigation.However, they were...

Mumbai, March 4 – A 22-year-old man was allegedly killed after a minor dispute occurred following Holi celebrations in the Wadala area of Mumbai. Four young men have been arrested in connection with the incident, and a murder case has been registered against them, the Mumbai Police said on...

Seoni (Madhya Pradesh), March 3 A court in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh has sentenced four men, including two siblings, to life imprisonment for setting fire to three people inside a sports utility vehicle (SUV) more than 11 years ago, a gruesome crime stemming from a love affair, the...