Caste massacre accused escapes police custody in BiharSeptember 27th, 2009 PATNA - An accused in the massacre of 34 upper caste people escaped from police custody in Bihar's Jehanabad district when he was being produced before the court Sunday, police said. Radheyshyam Ramani is an accused in the 1999 caste massacre where Maoists mostly belonging to backward castes attacked the Senari village in Jehanabad district and shot dead 34 upper-caste villagers while they slept, police said.
2 children being pulled in a wagon struck by hit-and-run driver in Long Beach, 1 deadSeptember 12th, 2009 1 child dead, 1 injured in Long Beach hit-and-runLONG BEACH, Calif. — Police say an infant girl is dead and little boy critically hurt in a hit-and-run crash in Southern California.
Businessman shot dead in Greater NoidaAugust 31st, 2009 GREATER NOIDA - A businessman was shot dead while another was critically injured when two motorcycle borne assailants fired at them here, police said Monday. The incident occurred late Sunday in the Dadri area of Greater Noida.
Police: 10-year-old NM boy will be charged with murdering father, says boy cited disciplineAugust 30th, 2009 10-year-old NM boy accused of murdering fatherBELEN, N.M. — Police in New Mexico say a 10-year-old-boy will be charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his father.
10-year-old New Mexico boy charged with murdering father, says dad disciplined too harshlyAugust 30th, 2009 10-year-old boy accused of murdering fatherBELEN, N.M. — New Mexico police have charged a 10-year-old-boy with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his father.
New Mexico police say 10-year-old boy is suspect in fatal shootingshot and killed fatherAugust 28th, 2009 New Mexico police suspect 10-year-old shot fatherALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico police are investigating a 10-year-old boy in the shooting death of his father but couldn't say Friday whether the incident was accidental or intentional.
Two cops suspended after man's death in custodyJuly 20th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two policemen were suspended Monday after a 22-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in lock-up, police said. The family of the victim, however, allege that he was tortured to death in custody.
Woman burnt to death by in-laws for dowry, alleges familyJuly 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 28-year-old woman, married for seven years, was allegedly burnt to death Sunday by her in-laws in Delhi, police and her family said. Deepika Bajaj, who has a six-year-old daughter, called police before dying and told them that she had been set on fire by her husband and in-laws, an official said.
Violence after girl alleges rape attempt in hospitalJuly 15th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A hospital here was attacked by family members of a young woman patient who alleged that a ward boy and a doctor tried to rape her and its owner ordered her to keep quiet about it. The young woman is an engineering student who was hospitalised Tuesday after she tried to commit suicide after failing in an examination.
Another suspected custodial death in DelhiJuly 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police Friday were accused of second custodial death in as many days when the family of a 50-year-old alleged that he was beaten to death by officials of anti-corruption bureau (ACB). The police, however, said they will wait for the autopsy report to know the exact cause of death.
Maid found dead in Delhi, family alleges rape, murderJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 38-year-old maid was Thursday found dead under mysterious circumstances at her employer's south Delhi house, police said while her family alleged she was raped and murdered. The angry family members and their neighbours pelted stones at her employer's house.
Row over rent leads tenant to kill house-owner's familyJune 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Four members of a Dalit family were found dead in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district Wednesday. Police said they have been killed.
Two businessmen shot dead in Bihar townJune 17th, 2009 PATNA - Two businessmen were shot dead Wednesday by unidentified men in a town in Bihar's West Champaran district, police said. Two brothers Jitendra and Sanjay Sahi, owners of Sahi Construction, were killed by unidentified men when they were on their way home in Bettiah town in West Champaran, some 200 km from here, police said.
Compensate kin of undertrial who died in custody: NHRCMay 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Punjab government to pay the family of an undertrial Rs.100,000 for his death while in police custody. An official of the commission said that undertrial Amarjit Singh was sent to the court February 22, 2004 for hearing of his case.
Court extends police custody of PeerbhoyMarch 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Computer engineer Mohammed Mansoor Asghar Peerbhoy, a suspected member of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terror outfit who had allegedly sent emails to media houses about the bombings across the country, was Monday remanded to seven days' police custody by a Delhi court. Peerbhoy was brought to the capital by the Delhi Police Special Cell Feb 28 for his alleged role in the Sep 13 serial blasts here last year and remanded in police custody.
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