rural crime

Pilibhit (UP), April 3 A 16-year-old girl is alleged to have been abducted by two men on a motorcycle in broad daylight from a village here, police said on Friday.The incident occurred around 2 pm on March 31, and the girl has been missing for over three days.In his complaint, the girl's...

New Delhi, April 2 – BJP Rajya Sabha member from Jharkhand, Aditya Prasad, on Thursday termed the "ritualistic" murder of a 13-year-old girl in the Hazaribagh district as a deeply "unfortunate" and shocking incident that exposes the dangerous persistence of superstition and black magic in the...

Jaipur, March 31 A man and a woman, both in their 20s and suspected to be lovers, were found dead in a water reservoir (diggi) on a farm in the Hanumangarh district on Tuesday, police said.The incident was reported from the village of 20 LLW, under the Sadar Police Station.According to...

Etah (UP), March 30 Tension gripped the district of Awagarh on Monday after the mutilated remains of five bovine animals were discovered near a railway line in Gadesra Bamba, according to police.Awagarh Police Station SHO Akhilesh Dixit said villagers found the carcasses in the bushes near the...

Bengaluru, March 30 Two women were found dead with their throats slit, while two others from the family escaped with injuries on the outskirts of the city, allegedly in an attempt to end their lives due to mounting debt, police said on Monday.The incident occurred in Mallenahalli village under...

Hazaribag (Jharkhand), March 29 Jharkhand DGP Tadasha Mishra said on Sunday that a three-member SIT has been constituted for a swift investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Bishnugarh, Hazaribag.The special investigation team (SIT) is headed by IPS probationer...

Pilibhit (UP), March 29 Two people were arrested after a video showing a 22-year-old man allegedly tied to an electricity pole and brutally beaten in the Pilibhit district surfaced on social media, officials said on Sunday.Following the video's appearance on social media, police registered a...

Etah (UP), March 26 A 65-year-old farmer died after allegedly being trampled by a herd of stray cattle here on Thursday, police said.According to the deceased's family members, the incident took place in Nagla Sant village when Veerpal had gone to check his maize crop in a nearby field.While...

Chatra, March 24 A 60-year-old woman was allegedly murdered in a forest in the Chatra district of Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.The woman, who resided in the Kishunpur Colony area under the Sadar police station, had gone to a forest near her house on Monday to collect Mahua flowers, they...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 21 A 36-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his relative over a minor dispute related to access to a pathway, police said on Saturday.The deceased has been identified as Mahesh Basayya Uppinmath, a resident of Kopp Agasi area in Dodawad, while the...

Hathras (UP), March 20 – A 60-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death with sticks by his two brothers and a nephew over a land dispute in a village under the Sasni police station limits on Friday, police said.The victim, identified as Bhimsen, had gone to his field with his daughter...

Chaibasa, March 20 A couple was allegedly killed in their sleep by unidentified individuals in the Goilkera area of Jharkhand, according to a police officer.The couple's children found them lying in a pool of blood on Thursday morning and alerted the authorities, said Sub-Divisional Police...

Gorakhpur (UP), March 19 The body of a naked man was found in a tin shed of a toilet here on Thursday morning, causing panic among locals, police said.The body was found in the Rawatpar village under the Gagaha Police station area behind a shop owned by Rajendra Yadav, about 20 metres from the...

Sultanpur (UP), March 19 The body of an 18-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in a village under the Baldirai police station area here on Wednesday night, police said.The deceased has been identified as Rahul Yadav, the son of Rajendra Yadav, a resident of Bisawan village. His body was...

Berhampur, March 18 The Odisha Police on Wednesday arrested four people, including two brothers, for allegedly assaulting a 45-year-old woman and three young men by tying them to an electric pole, suspecting them of theft in the Ganjam district.The accused are residents of Bhetanai village...

Kanpur (UP), March 18 An 11-year-old girl who had been missing since Monday was found buried in a wheat field near Bidhnu, with signs of sexual assault, triggering outrage and panic in the area, police said on Wednesday.The family members have accused a neighbor of the crime, and the police...

Indore, March 17 A group of people threw stones at a police team confiscating illegal liquor in the district, injuring a sub-inspector and another personnel, an official said on Tuesday.Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house in Simrod village late Monday night, said Deputy Superintendent...

Beed, March 17 A group of armed robbers targeted two houses in the Kavadgaon village in the Beed district of Maharashtra, making off with valuables and cash worth over Rs 2.16 lakh, and brutally attacking a resident, police said on Tuesday.The group of four to five armed men stormed the...

Barabanki (UP), March 16 Thieves broke into a primary school here and allegedly stole an LPG cylinder intended for preparing midday meals for students, police said on Monday.One person has been arrested in connection with the incident, and police are trying to locate his accomplice, an...

Pratapgarh (UP), March 16 The bloodied bodies of a woman and her minor son were found at their home in a village here on Monday, triggering panic among locals, police said.Superintendent of Police Deepak Bhukar said the bodies, lying in a pool of blood, were discovered by villagers around 10...