Ahmedabad: City police on Thursday registered an attempt to murder case against three men including two brothers for allegedly trying to burn a man alive. Harshwardhan Shah, the complainant, alleged that brothers Parag and Devang Dave, along with another unidentified man, accosted him near his house in Isanpur area late Wednesday night, and had a quarrel with him over the will of Daves' aunt.
Following this, they allegedly set him on fire after pouring petrol on him, Assistant Commissioner of Police RC Pathak said. Shah, who suffered 40-45 per cent burn injuries, was admitted to LG Hospital and his condition was stable. According to police, sometime ago, Devang had taken Shah, his friend, to Mumbai where Shah stood witness to a will of Devang's aunt. The will bequeathed property worth crores of rupees on Devang.
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01:15 AM, May 17, 2013
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08:32 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Patna: A teenager, who was the main witness in his mother's rape case, was burnt alive in Nawada district Sunday, police said. Chintu Kumar, 17, was set on fire by the rape accused in Garabigha village under Narhat police station, 150 km from here, a police officer, who did not want to be named, said. Chintu's mother was gangraped in 2006 by five men of her village, and he was...
08:31 AM, May 14, 2012
Ahmedabad: Six persons accused in a 2002 riot case where a youth and his mother were allegedly burnt to death in Gomtipur area in Ahmedabad, were acquitted by a trial court for lack of evidence. Additional sessions Judge MP Sheth on Tuesday acquitted all six accused in the case on the grounds that the prosecution could not prove its case beyond reasonable doubt against those arrested and charge-sheeted by police....
07:41 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: In a shocking incident in Beed, Maharashtra, a 16-year-old was burnt alive for resisting rape. The victim's father claims the neighbour Jeevan Kale poured kerosene on her and set her on fire when she tried to fight him off. The minor died in the hospital. "He barged into our house and tried to force himself on my daughter. When she tried to defend herself, he beat her up...
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Jaipur: A police officer was burnt alive by a mob on Thursday evening in Rajasthan Sawai Madhopur district. The shocking incident took place after a man jumped from an overhead water tank and died to protest against alleged police inaction in a murder case. According to Rajasthan Additional Director General (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh, Station House Officer Phool Mohammad was burnt alive by the agitated mob which also torched...
08:39 AM, Mar 18, 2011
Bolangir (Orissa): A senior officer of a private steel company was burnt alive by suspended factory workers at Titlagarh on Thursday. Titlagarh, where the is incident took place is tense - One person has been arrested. R S Roy, deputy general manager (Operations) of Graphite India Ltd-Powmex steel division was coming out of the plant in a jeep along with two others during lunch break when the incident took place,...
07:43 PM, Mar 03, 2011
Mumbai: Some of the accused in Yashwant Sonawane murder case have alleged in statements to police that the slain officer had demanded a 'bribe' to settle the matter when he spotted oil adulteration near Manmad on January 25. The police, however, said such counter-accusations are common. The investigating officers have recorded statements of the ten accused who are in police lock-up, while the main accused Popat Shinde's statement is yet...
03:47 PM, Jan 30, 2011
Mumbai: Brother-in-law of Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane, killed by oil mafia in Nashik district, on Wednesday demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident. "Sonawane's Personal Assistant as well as the driver were there when the incident occurred. It is surprising that only he was targeted," Anand Dani, brother-in-law of the slain Maharashtra civil service officer, said. Mobile phone records of Sonawane should be checked and the probe should be handed...
03:23 PM, Jan 26, 2011
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11:56 AM, Jan 26, 2011
Talking to CNN-IBN, Prithviraj Chavan said such an incident of burning an officer live will not be tolerated. ...
10:02 PM, Jan 25, 2011
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03:20 PM, Jan 25, 2011
The victim succumbed to her injuries early on Thursday morning. ...
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12:56 AM, Apr 22, 2008
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Hong Kong: Talismanic Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi said on Thursday the new chairman of the nation's cricket Board gave hope to the embattled cricket side and took a swipe at the old man he replaced. Afridi came out of international retirement last week after banker Zaka Ashraf was appointed chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), replacing Ijaz Butt - a long-time rival of the former one-day captain. The new...
01:01 PM, Mar 13, 2008
The Salem court verdict has sparked off an intense debate over the ethics of capital punishment. ...
01:18 PM, Feb 17, 2007
Three AIADMK men and 20 other people held guilty for the sensational Dharmapuri bus burning incident of 2000. ...
12:48 PM, Feb 15, 2007
