AGRA: A court in Kasganj sentenced a man, his 3 sons and two relatives to life in prison for beating a man, 50, to death three years ago. The court of additional sessions judge Sudhakar Rai also imposed a fine of Rs 72,000 on the convicts.On Oct 17, 2021, Ghamandi Singh and his sons Dansahay,…
KOLKATA: Courts do not have a magic wand to provide instant justice, Calcutta HC observed Sunday while hearing a case related to murder and alleged rape of a nine-year-old in Bengal’s Joynagar two days ago that sparked violent protests.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh made the observations during an emergency Sunday hearing, pointing out that the bigger problem…
NEW DELHI: Protesting junior doctors in Kolkata began fast unto death on Saturday as they said that their demands were not fulfilled by the Mamata Bengree-led West Bengal government.The doctors had called off their “total cease work” on Friday with a 24-hour ultimatum to the state government to fulfill their demands.“Like we said yesterday, we…
BHUBANESWAR/BENGALURU: Mukti Ranjan Ray, prime suspect in Bengaluru’s Mahalakshmi murder case in which the victim’s body was chopped into “59 pieces”, had planned to dispose of the remains after two-three months, his younger brother Satya claimed after 30-year-old allegedly died by suicide Wednesday in Odisha, reports Debabrata Mohapatra.Mukti and Mahalakshmi (29), who was separated from…
NEW DELHI: The Kolkata doctor rape-murder case has snowballed into a political showdown between the ruling TMC and the Bengal unit of the BJP, which has accused CM Mamata Banerjee of “endorsing” revenge politics.Highlighting it before Union home minister Amit Shah, West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar, who also happens to be a Union minister,…
The man who recently filed a murder case against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a death threat over the phone, Dhaka Tribune reported. The case involves the police shooting that killed grocery store owner Abu Sayed in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on July 19.The threat was made shortly after the case was filed, with…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the investigation on Tuesday into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college in Kolkata, as per officials. The agency promptly completed all necessary formalities within hours of the Calcutta High Court‘s order instructing the state police to transfer…
Yashashri Shinde (Left), Dawood Shaikh in centre with crime branch cops (Right) NAVI MUMBAI: The Maharashtra crime branch on Tuesday arrested Dawood Shaikh, who allegedly stabbed 20-year-old Yashashri Shinde to death and dumped her body on the roadside in Navi Mumbai’s Uran area.He was arrested from his hometown Gulbarga in Karnataka. The police had formed…
Sridhar, the manager of Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, was found dead by suicide at the actor’s farmhouse in Bengaluru. Sridhar, who was responsible for overseeing the property, left behind a suicide note and a video message explaining his actions.In his note, Sridhar expressed deep feelings of loneliness, which he cited as the main reason for…
NEW DELHI: A day after the prosecution informed a CBI court about the untraceable bones and remains — allegedly of Sheena Bora, Indrani Mukerjea‘s lawyer on Saturday said he would “take whatever legal advantage or legal mileage” the development provides, and called the untracebility a “big blunder” committed by the central agency. “From the investigation…
