rural crime

Jamshedpur, April 11 A man was killed by a herd of wild elephants in the Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.The incident occurred in the Chandil forest area of Saparoom village, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Tiruldih police station."The deceased...

Gurugram, April 7 Police arrested a caretaker in Delhi on Tuesday for allegedly strangling a 35-year-old farmhouse owner here with a sickle.The official said police identified the accused as Khemchand (65), a resident of Hirapur Khurd district in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.The Sohna Police...

Ranchi, April 6 A man, angered by his 13-year-old sister for maintaining contact with his brother-in-law via social media, allegedly strangled her to death in Jharkhand, a senior police officer said on Monday.Police arrested the 29-year-old accused and his father in connection with the case...

Una (HP), April 6 A Class 6 student was allegedly sexually assaulted after five men forcibly took her to a room here and kept her locked up for several hours, police said on Monday.The Una Police have registered a case and launched a manhunt to apprehend the culprits, who are still at large...

Bhubaneswar, April 5 A clash erupted between two groups in Malkangiri district of Odisha, a senior police officer said on Sunday.The incident took place at a tribal-inhabited village, Palkonda, on Saturday evening over the holding of prayers by a particular group in the village, the police...

Balrampur (UP), April 5 An elderly man was fatally beaten and two others, including a woman, were injured following a minor dispute here, police said on Sunday.The incident occurred on Friday in Pipra Yakub village under the Shridattganj police station area, when a young man, Zuber, went to...

Chatra (Jharkhand), April 4 A 58-year-old veterinarian was found dead in a forest in the Chatra district of Jharkhand on Saturday morning, police said.Police suspect that the veterinarian was murdered, as there were injury marks on his face.The deceased, identified as Yogendra Yadav, was a...

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...