Crime

Couple jumps to death from third floor of building in Visakhapatnam

Couple jumps to death from third floor of building in Visakhapatnam

A couple died by suicide by jumping from the third floor of an apartment building in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in Akkireddy Palem in the Gajuwaka area early morning. The deceased were identified as Pilli Durga Rao (32) and Sai Sushmita (27), an employee in a pharma company in Hyderabad.

A police officer said they received the call about 5.50 a.m. about a couple jumping from an apartment building in Sheela Nagar in Venkateshwara Colony

Police rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies for autopsy.

Quoting the neighbours, the police officer said the couple had been living together in a flat in the same building for the last three months and had an argument before the incident.

Two killed in shooting in Australia

Two killed in shooting in Australia

A police manhunt is underway on Monday after two people were killed in a shooting in Australia, police said.

Police in the state of Victoria said in a statement that a man and woman were found with gunshot wounds at a home in Rye, a beachside town 65 km south of Melbourne, shortly after 4 a.m. local time on Monday, news agency reported.

Emergency services were unable to revive the pair, and they were declared dead at the scene.

Victoria Police said that detectives believe a second man fled the scene.

"At this early stage in the investigation, it's believed the parties were known to each other," a spokesperson said.

Sub-Inspector of police shoots himself dead in Telangana

Sub-Inspector of police shoots himself dead in Telangana

A Sub-Inspector of Police shot himself dead with his service revolver in Telangana’s Mulugu district on Monday.

Rudrarapu Harish, who was serving as the SI at Wajdeu Police Station, killed himself at a resort near Mullakatta village in Eturanagaram mandal on Monday morning.

The SI had checked into Harita Resort on Sunday and was said to be with a woman when he resorted to the extreme step. Police found the body of the cop in a pool of blood.

The reasons for the SI’s suicide are yet to be ascertained. Police suspect that personal problems might have driven him to end his life.

BiH border police foil smuggling attempt

BiH border police foil smuggling attempt

Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Border Police thwarted an attempt to smuggle six foreign nationals from Serbia into BiH, according to an official statement released.

The incident occurred on Wednesday in the Zvornik area, where officers intercepted five Indian nationals and one Nepalese national during a border surveillance operation. The individual operating the boat, suspected of facilitating the smuggling, fled toward Serbia upon noticing the police, news agency reported.

The Border Police Station in Mali Zvornik, under Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs, has been informed to locate the suspect. Meanwhile, the Prosecutor's Office of BiH has directed the confiscation of the boat and related evidence, the statement released on Friday read.

Karnataka: 40-year-old lynched for marrying 20-year-old woman; 6 held, FIR against 20

Karnataka: 40-year-old lynched for marrying 20-year-old woman; 6 held, FIR against 20

Karnataka Police arrested six people and filed FIRs against 20 for murdering a 40-year-old man who eloped and married a 20-year-old woman in Chitradurga district on Thursday.

The arrested persons are family members of the woman.

The deceased has been identified as Manjunath, a resident of Konanuru village near Chitradurga city.

Bharamasagar police who are investigating the case have lodged a FIR against 20 people and launched a hunt for the rest.

Fake currency notes of Rs 3 lakh face value recovered in Kolkata, one arrested

Fake currency notes of Rs 3 lakh face value recovered in Kolkata, one arrested

Fake currency notes having a face value of Rs three lakh were recovered from a bus depot in Kolkata on Thursday and one person was arrested in this connection.

The accused was identified as Manwar Sheikh, a resident of Kaliachak in Malda district.

According to the Special Task Force of Kolkata Police, the seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) were in Rs 500 denomination.

The investigating officials suspect that the seized consignment came to Malda from Bangladesh and Sheikh brought it to Kolkata either for distribution in the city or to hand it over to another person.

The cops of STF are interrogating him to get details of others involved in the racket.

Lock-up death: K’taka court awards 7-year jail term to four cops

Lock-up death: K’taka court awards 7-year jail term to four cops

The 51st Additional District and Sessions Court also known as the Special Court for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Karnataka on Wednesday awarded four policemen seven years’ imprisonment in connection with a lock-up death case.

The death was reported from JB Nagar Police Station in Bengaluru in 2016.

The convicted police officers are Head Constable Ejaj Khan and Constables Keshava Murthy, Mohan Ram and Siddappa Bommanahalli.

According to an official statement by the CID, the victim Mahendra Rathod was brought to the police station on suspicion of involvement in a theft case on March 19, 2016.

Man held for rape & murder of woman in Gujarat's Valsad

Man held for rape & murder of woman in Gujarat's Valsad

A man has been arrested by the police in connection with the rape and murder of a woman in Gujarat's Valsad district, a police official said.

The accused was identified through CCTV footage accessed by the police.

The accused has been identified as Rahul Singh Jat alias Bholu, who hails from Haryana and is currently in police custody, said Valsad Superintendent of Police (SP), Karanraj Vaghela.

According to the police, the accused is a serial killer as he first raped the 12th-class student in the Motiwada area in Valsad, and then killed her.

During questioning of the accused, it was revealed that he had committed five murders in the last 25 days at different places across the country, the SP added.

Rajasthan: Robbers posing as cops loot Rs 36 lakh of finance company employee

Rajasthan: Robbers posing as cops loot Rs 36 lakh of finance company employee

In a broad daylight looting incident, robbers posing as cops managed to deceive the finance company employee in Kota and stole ₹36 lakh from him and ran away after taking the employee hostage and left him a few km away.

Officials said that robbers did recce three days prior to the incident which took place in the Gumanpura area of Kota, where the victim was residing.

Police said that the finance company employee was residing in a rented house in Gumanpura Teachers Colony.

Devotee steals money from Tirumala Hundi, arrested

Devotee steals money from Tirumala Hundi, arrested

A devotee of the world-famous Hindu temple at Tirumala near Tirupati town in Andhra Pradesh has been caught stealing money from 'Hundi' or the donation box.

The incident occurred on November 23 but came to light on Tuesday after the temple authorities lodged a complaint with the police.

The accused, identified as Venu Lingam, a resident of Tamil Nadu, has been arrested. The police recovered Rs15,000 from him.

The theft, which took place around 2 p.m. on November 23, was captured on CCTV camera and the security staff lodged a complaint after detecting theft while scanning the CCTV footage.

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