A 37-year-old man accused of raping a woman inside a bus at Swargate bus station in Pune was arrested after a days-long manhunt. The accused, Dattaray Ramdas Gade, was hiding in a paddy field in his native Shirur tehsil. Police used drones and sniffer dogs to track him down.
A 28-year-old man in Delhi surrendered to police after allegedly strangling his wife. An investigation is underway.
The film director, his assistant and another aide were arrested in connection with the death of their colleague Nadia Khan.
A report released by Human Rights Watch states that police regularly disregard arrest procedures and torture suspects in custody to death. The police often blame the deaths on suicide or illness.
A 22-year-old college student has been arrested for allegedly supplying drugs at a concert in Mumbai where two MBA students died of suspected drug overdose, leading police to suspect a large-scale drug racket.
Two policemen were arrested on Saturday evening for their alleged involvement in the custodial death of 27-year-old youth Nazim Rashid Shalla in north Kashmir's Sopore town.
Police in Thane have arrested three individuals, including a history-sheeter, in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a 23-year-old man in 2014, stemming from a land development dispute.
Delhi Police halted a cremation in Hari Nagar following a PCR call alleging the woman was murdered by her family. The body has been taken for a post-mortem examination, and the family is being questioned.
Telangana Police are pursuing the extradition of a UK-based pharmacist, Ajith Kumar Mupparapu, wanted for trial in India on charges of murder related to alleged arsenic poisoning of his ex-wife's family. The case is currently being heard in a London court.
Thane police have solved the murder of a Mumbai-based tailor within 48 hours, arresting two men after discovering the victim was killed over an unpaid loan of Rs 3 lakh. The method of tying the victim provided a crucial clue to investigators.
Four TCS employees have been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing and attempting to forcibly convert a colleague, including forcing him to wear a Muslim cap and perform Namaz.
Rakhi Agarwal, mother of murdered Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal, has written an emotional letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking swift justice for her son. She emphasised that she is not asking for special favours but for the strictest punishment for those responsible for his premeditated murder, which police have linked to his fiance and her alleged lover.
An Indian man, Avinash Narne, has been charged with first-degree murder in the US state of Washington, almost nine months after his wife, Raajitha Sabbineni, was found dead. Prosecutors allege Narne premeditated the strangulation, staged the crime scene, and had a secret romantic relationship with another woman in India, to whom he allegedly sent photos of his wife's body.
The Supreme Court overturned a Delhi High Court order that had suspended the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case, instructing the High Court to reconsider the plea.
Two MBA students died and several others were hospitalised after a music concert in Mumbai due to suspected drug overdose. Police have arrested six people, including the event organiser and a suspected drug supplier.
The Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to Olympian Sushil Kumar in the alleged murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar. The court cited concerns over influencing witnesses, the gravity of the offence, and Kumar's conduct, echoing reasons previously given by the Supreme Court when it cancelled his earlier bail.
A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan said there seems to be nothing amiss about the death.
The Delhi Police have appealed to the Delhi High Court to cancel the bail granted to a teacher in a case involving the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl at a private school in Janakpuri, west Delhi. The court has also granted time for the main accused to respond to the police's plea against his bail.
A 17-year-old girl, Jyoti Kumari, was allegedly beaten to death by her sister-in-law, Manu, during a family dispute in Nagla Chaube village, Kasganj district, Uttar Pradesh. Police have taken the accused into custody and are investigating the incident.
The judge observed that although Sengar had suffered a long incarceration, relief could not be given on grounds of delay, as it was partly because he filed multiple applications in his appeal against his conviction.
Five persons were injured in clashes with the police while protesting over the incident in the town on Wednesday.
A court in Ahmedabad on Sunday remanded social activist Teesta Setalvad and former state director general of police R B Sreekumar in police custody till July 2 in a case of fabricating evidence to frame innocent persons in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary meticulously planned the murder of Goyal's fiance, Ketan Agarwal, after initially considering injuring him to delay their wedding. The couple allegedly watched suspense films, browsed the internet, and scouted multiple locations before deciding to push him off Lohagad Fort, driven by the urgency of an upcoming Bali trip.
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the Twisha Sharma 'dowry' death case, citing alleged institutional bias and procedural discrepancies. The case involves the death of actor-model Twisha Sharma, who was found dead at her marital home, leading to an FIR against her husband and mother-in-law for alleged dowry harassment.
A 13-year-old boy in Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, was found dead at his home on Sunday, in what police suspect is a case of suicide. An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the tragic event.
An Assam native was beaten to death by six colleagues in Kerala after being suspected of stealing a phone. Police have taken the accused into custody and are investigating the incident.
A few weeks ago Palthurai was admitted to the jail hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier on July 28, head constable Murugan and constable Muthuraj, two accused in the case had also tested positive for COVID-19.
The special investigating team probing the custodial death of a 26-year-old youth in north Kashmir Sopore town, on Wednesday evening arrested another policeman for his alleged involvement in the death.
Four individuals, including a nurse, have been arrested in Telangana for allegedly selling a newborn baby after falsely informing the mother that the child died after birth.
Pune police have revealed that Ketan Agarwal's fiancee, Siya Goyal, and her lover, Chetan Chaudhary, exchanged 2,004 calls and spent 238 hours on the phone in the six months leading up to Agarwal's alleged murder at Lohagad Fort, suggesting extensive planning for the crime.
Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, a key accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, was on Saturday remanded by a Delhi court to 7-day police custody.
A silent march was held in Pune, demanding capital punishment for the accused in the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in Nasrapur village. Members of the girl's family also joined the march, which was taken out from Balgandharv Chowk to the Swatantryaveer Savarkar Statue in the city.
A 33-year-old man died and five others were injured after a speeding car collided with an e-rickshaw in Delhi's Model Town area. The car driver, a radiologist, has been taken into custody.
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of two people due to suspected drug overdose at a concert in Mumbai. The accused allegedly supplied drugs at the venue.
A builder arrested in connection with the death of a software engineer in Greater Noida has been sent to judicial custody. An SIT is investigating the incident, questioning Noida Authority officials regarding alleged negligence.
A 47-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 25 lakh from the house of Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon's brother after gaining the family's trust as a caretaker.
A real-estate businessman in Hyderabad has been apprehended for allegedly shooting his second wife to death. The incident, which occurred on June 10, followed a history of marital discord, harassment, and a previous arrest for firearm possession related to threats against his wife. Police seized the weapon and other evidence.
Samarth Singh, accused in the dowry death case of his wife Twisha Sharma, surrendered in Jabalpur district court after withdrawing his pre-arrest bail application.
A brick supplier in Gurugram allegedly murdered his wife with a hammer following a domestic dispute and then called the police to confess. The accused, Nayab, was taken into custody, and an investigation is underway.
A 76-year-old man in Meerut, India, has been detained after police discovered the skeletal remains of his daughter in his home, allegedly kept there for over four months after her death.
