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Body of woman found in farm in Jharkhand’s Simdega week before marriage
By Sanjoy Dey | Hindustan Times, Ranchi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 06, 2021 12:03 AM IST
The woman’s fiance is the main suspect in the murder after she went shopping with him on Sunday and did not return home.
Odisha POCSO court says accused in rape and murder of 5-year-old girl is minor
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
PUBLISHED ON JAN 05, 2021 10:43 PM IST
The POCSO court pronounced the decision while hearing a petition filed by the parents of the accused claiming that he was a minor on the day of the incident last year.
Newly-married Jammu woman found dead, parents accuse in-laws of murder
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Jammu
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 12:34 AM IST
The victim aged around 22 and hailed from Kathua.
Assam professor dies of burn injuries; one acquaintance arrested
By Utpal Parashar | Guwahati, Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON JAN 02, 2021 12:14 PM IST
The victim, who was in her 30s, had sustained severe burn injuries on the night of December 30 at her residence and was rushed to Guwahati for treatment
Couple on way to court for marriage shot dead in Haryana’s Rohtak
By Sunil Rahar | Hindutan Times, Rohtak
UPDATED ON DEC 30, 2020 10:57 PM IST
The woman’s uncle who had raised her, his son and three other aides were allegedly involved in the shooting.
TN man gets double death penalty for rape, murder of 7-year-old girl
By Divya Chandrababu | Hindustan Times, Chennai
PUBLISHED ON DEC 29, 2020 11:28 PM IST
The convict was also awarded life imprisonment for kidnap and murder under the scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
Retired IAF officer’s body found in semi-burnt state, police suspect murder
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhopal/Chhindwara
UPDATED ON DEC 29, 2020 12:12 AM IST
The police said that although the body of the retired officer was found in a burnt condition, there was no sign of fire in the car.
Uttarakhand youth didn’t return from party, found dead in forest
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Haldwani
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 07:09 PM IST
Joshi didn’t return home on Thursday night and was found dead by his friends on Friday morning in the forest near the resort.
Udaipur man kills himself after murdering four kids, wife
By Sohail Khan | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 06:21 PM IST
The man was said to be under financial stress.
‘Had no option’: Man murders woman in Kolkata hotel, leaves note
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Sparshita Saxena | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 23, 2020 05:39 PM IST
The note, written in Bengali, read, “I did not want to kill you but had no option.”
After failing to rape 5-year-old girl, Odisha teen strangulates her to death
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON DEC 22, 2020 08:12 PM IST
The SIT head said there are no eyewitnesses in this incident, but the accused reportedly confessed his crime before two people.
Man gets death penalty for rape-murder of 5-year-old girl in Assam
By Utpal Parashar | Hindustan Times, Guwahati
UPDATED ON DEC 22, 2020 08:03 AM IST
The body of the girl, which was buried near a pond, was later recovered following the arrest of the accused.
Uttarakhand youth kills 60-year-old mother for scolding him
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Haldwani
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 10:15 PM IST
The incident took place in Haldwani area of Nainital district on Sunday morning, said police.
Wife taunts husband for joblessness, man stabs her to death
By Jaykishan Sharma | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON DEC 07, 2020 06:36 PM IST
The accused confessed that he was not working for the last few months and was dependent on the money he received from his rented house to meet the family expenses.
Uttarakhand man murders elder brother for not offering him tea
By Mohan Rajput | Hindustan Times, Rudrapur
PUBLISHED ON DEC 07, 2020 03:57 PM IST
A tiff over making tea in a remote village in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district ended in a murder.
Year after 26-year-old’s death, 6 engineering students booked for murder in Ludhiana
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times/Ludhiana, Ludhiana
PUBLISHED ON DEC 05, 2020 12:25 AM IST
Daya’s family filed a case against the six men after they got ahold of CCTV footage from the area where Daya was found dead and spotted the accused roaming in the vicinity
Villager in Bihar’s Siwan hacks 4 children to death
By Mukesh Kumar Mishra | HIndustan Times, Patna
PUBLISHED ON DEC 02, 2020 01:11 AM IST
The man’s wife and younger daughter who survived the attack are being treated at the Patna Medical College Hospital.
22-yr-old cousin held for minor’s rape, murder
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Jaipur
PUBLISHED ON DEC 01, 2020 02:25 AM IST
A post-mortem of the minor revealed that her neck was broken and grievous injuries were inflicted on her, the official said.
Madhya Pradesh teen objects to uploading sister’s pic online, gets killed
By Shruti Tomar | Edited by Sparshita Saxena | Hindustan Times, Bhopal/Jabalpur
UPDATED ON NOV 29, 2020 11:52 PM IST
The accused confessed their crime and told police that one of them had uploaded Krishna’s sister’s photo.
Man, his brother and minor nephew killed over land dispute: Police
By Shruti Tomar and Jitendra Verma | Hindustan Times, Bhopal/Hoshangabad
PUBLISHED ON NOV 29, 2020 04:47 PM IST
A heavy police force has been deployed at the Madhya Pradesh village to avert any further untoward incident
8-year-old raped, killed: Police
By Jaykishan Sharma | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 29, 2020 04:27 PM IST
After registering a missing complaint on Saturday, the police reached the victim’s village and started searching for the girl with help from the villagers. After searching for about more than two hours, her body was found in a dry well in the village.
Father, son arrested for attempted murder
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Pune
PUBLISHED ON NOV 28, 2020 04:48 PM IST
The accused were identified as Harshad Ganesh Jategaonkar, (21), who works in a local restaurant
Couple sentenced to life for killing woman’s lover 2 years ago
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Niyati Singh | Mathura
UPDATED ON NOV 27, 2020 12:18 AM IST
A district court on Thursday sentenced a couple to life imprisonment for killing the woman’s lover two years ago.
Bengal: Couple held for murder of 20-year-old woman
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON NOV 22, 2020 03:21 PM IST
The woman’s body was found inside a white polythene sack that local residents spotted at night and informed the police.
Murder and rape accused out on bail rapes 75-year-old woman in Tripura
By Priyanka Deb Barman | Hindustan Times, Agartala
PUBLISHED ON NOV 21, 2020 03:10 PM IST
The accused was released on bail in May three years after he was arrested for raping and murdering a 56-year-old woman in 2017
Old rivalry leads to double murder in Odisha’s Sambalpur district
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON NOV 11, 2020 03:54 PM IST
Police said the main accused and the victims were at loggerheads for almost five years.
Farmer found hanging, family hacked to death in Bengal village
By Pramod Giri
PUBLISHED ON NOV 08, 2020 01:10 PM IST
Police suspect after preliminary investigation that the farmer, who was suffering from cancer, killed all members of his family before hanging himself.
Missing auto rickshaw driver’s body found in water plant, family says murder
By Karn Pratap Singh
UPDATED ON NOV 07, 2020 01:03 PM IST
The probe so far has revealed that the man died of drowning, there were no external injury marks on his body, an investigating officer said.
JD(U) minister booked for murder, blames political rivals
UPDATED ON NOV 07, 2020 11:04 AM IST
The case was registered on the basis of a complaint by victim Jai Bahadur Singh’s grandson, Dhirendra Singh, under the Indian Penal Code’s Section 120 B (conspiracy), 302 (murder) against the minister.
Accountant murdered, robbed of Rs 2.15 lakh, family says he was stabbed 28 times
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 05, 2020 02:36 AM IST
A 32-year-old accountant working with two transport companies in Azadpur died after he was stabbed multiple times and robbed of his bag containing around Rs 2.16 lakh by unknown assailants near the Zakhira flyover in west Delhi’s Moti Nagar on Tuesday night, the police said