crime

Forces in Jammu & Kashmir bring down three militants

Forces in Jammu & Kashmir bring down three militants

Three militants were killed, while one surrendered before security forces during an encounter in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Kanigam area of the South Kashmir district during the night following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said as the presence of four newly recruited local militants of Al-Badr outfit got ascertained, the security forces exercised maximum restraint and tried their best to persuade them to surrender. The militants turned down the offer to surrender and opened firing and lobbed…
Read More
Three prisoners escape from Patiala Central Jail when there was night curfew in place.

Three prisoners escape from Patiala Central Jail when there was night curfew in place.

Three prisoners, including one, sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2010 in connection with the murder of a woman in 2009 in West London and who was shifted to India in November 2018 from United Kingdom, escaped from Patiala Central Jail late Tuesday night. The prisoners escaped when there was night curfew in place, and on a day when Punjab government increased the curfew timings from 6 pm to 5 am which earlier was 8 pm to 5 am. Sher Singh (about 30 years of age), who was in 2010 sentenced to 22 years in prison for the murder…
Read More
Man facing charges of murder and dacoity, killed in an encounter with police in Uttar Pradesh.

Man facing charges of murder and dacoity, killed in an encounter with police in Uttar Pradesh.

A man facing charges of murder and dacoity was killed in an encounter with police in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said. Lalu Yadav alias Vinod Yadav, who carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh, was injured in the exchange of fire between him and police personnel. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said. The encounter took place near Bhanvarepur in the district’s Sarai Lakhansi area around 3.30 am, he said. Yadav opened fire when he found himself…
Read More
India accounts for the highest number of child marriages in South Asia.

India accounts for the highest number of child marriages in South Asia.

Child brides being beaten by their husbands will no longer be included in India’s biggest survey of domestic violence – potentially hiding the problem and making it even harder for married girls to get help. India’s national health survey is a mine of statistics on key social indicators – from fertility rates to immunisation, marriage age to gender-based violence, and is used to craft government policies and pinpoint charity spending. But (girls) brides married before the legal age of 18 have been omitted from the latest survey due to new child protection laws – even after the previous report found…
Read More
হোলির রাতে এক গাড়িচালকের রক্তাক্ত দেহ উদ্ধার

হোলির রাতে এক গাড়িচালকের রক্তাক্ত দেহ উদ্ধার

মালদা,  ৩০ মার্চ ।  হোলির রাতে এক গাড়িচালকের রক্তাক্ত দেহ উদ্ধার করলো পুলিশ। মৃতের পরিবারের দাবি,  তারা তৃণমূল করে। আর পুরনো শত্রুতার কারণে এলাকার দুষ্কৃতীরা তাদের পরিবারের ছেলেকে খুন করেছে। যদিও পুলিশের প্রাথমিক তদন্তে অনুমান, পরকীয়া সম্পর্কের জেরে এই খুনের ঘটনাটি ঘটেছে । সোমবার রাতে ঘটনাটি ঘটেছে ইংরেজবাজার থানার বাহান্ন বিঘা এলাকায়। মৃত ওই ব্যক্তির বাড়ি ইংরেজবাজারের বাগবাড়ি এলাকায়। বাড়ি থেকে কয়েক কিলোমিটার দূরে ওই ব্যক্তির রক্তাক্ত দেহ উদ্ধার করে পুলিশ। এরপর অচৈতন্য অবস্থায় ওই ব্যক্তিকে গভীর রাতে মালদা মেডিক্যাল কলেজ ও হাসপাতালে ভর্তি করানো হলে চিকিৎসকরা তার মৃত্যুর কথা জানিয়ে দেয়। পুরো বিষয়টি নিয়ে মৃতের পরিবার ইংরেজবাজার থানায় লিখিত…
Read More