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
In a shocking case, two teachers at a madrassa allegedly burnt the feet of a 11-year-old student by pressing hot iron on them after the child tried to run away from the seminary in Rajouri district. The two teachers, Anwar-ul-Haq and Ahmed Jameel, allegedly pressed hot iron on the feet of Mohmmad Musharaf as "punishment" for trying to run away from the madrassa a few days ago, SSP, Rajouri, Mubassir...
01:21 PM, Feb 12, 2013
A woman teacher was arrested for burning a nursery student using hot tongs for wetting his trousers while he was taking tuition at her residence in Kanpur, police said on Saturday. The parents of the seven-year old boy reported the matter to Nazirabad Police station in Kanpur on Friday, and a case under section 307 (Attempt to murder) of IPC has been registered against the tuition teacher and her mother,...
08:36 AM, Feb 10, 2013
No end to crimes against women as the 18-year-old Hathras girl who was set on fire by her jilted lover succumbed to her injuries in Aligarh on Saturday. The 42-year-old accused had barged into the girl's house and set her ablaze with kerosene earlier this week. ...
10:29 AM, Jan 06, 2013
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has promised action and assistance for the family of the young girl who was allegedly set ablaze by her jilted lover in Hathras district on January 1. The 42-year-old accused had allegedly barged into the 18-year-old's house and set her on fire with kerosene. ...
02:36 PM, Jan 05, 2013
In yet another shocking crime against women, an 18-year old girl was allegedly set on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district by her jilted lover. Her family says the 42-year old man barged into her house and set her ablaze with kerosene oil. ...
04:48 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Two women and a child were charred to death and four others injured in an explosion in a firecrackers manufacturing unit in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh Sunday afternoon. The explosion occurred at around 2 pm when 12 persons were working inside the premises of the Bhavani fire crackers manufacturing unit located at Komarrepalem village under Rayavaram mandal of the East Godavari district, police said. ...
05:12 PM, Dec 30, 2012
Two children and one woman were killed in a deadly inferno on Tuesday night in New Delhi when their car caught fire. Other three people, a couple and their daughter survived the fire, but sustained serious burn injuries. They were taken to the GTB Hospital for immediate treatment. ...
06:45 AM, Dec 26, 2012
In a shocking incident, a five-year-old girl was left with burn marks in Kanpur after a brawl turned nasty. The incident took place when the girl's father, a small-eatery owner, refused to give credit to two regulars and asked them to clear their earlier dues. ...
03:22 PM, Dec 09, 2012
New Delhi: Mystery shrouds the death of Delhi businessman Vijay Arora, whose burnt body was found in Khayala on Friday morrning. The police have registered a case of murder and are on the lookout for his alleged killers. According to the police Arora had a business of auto-parts. Police said that some pot vendors had encroached upon the open space outside his shop and there was dispute between Vijay and...
01:19 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Lahore: A 30-year-old man in Pakistan's Punjab province was allegedly burnt alive on the order of a panchayat over allegations of his involvement in a robbery, his relatives said. Mohammad Sikander, a labourer, was doused with kerosene and set alight on the order of a village council in Chiniot city, 100 km from Lahore, two days ago after he was accused of committing a robbery. He died on Saturday in...
02:20 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Moradabad: A woman was burnt to death after a fire broke out due to an LGP cylinder leak in her house on Monday. Officials said that she was alone at the time of the incident. Eyewitnesses said that they saw smoke emanating from the house and then heard cries for help. But by the time they could get to the woman, she had succumbed to her injuries. Police are further...
08:16 AM, Oct 23, 2012
Chennai: A habitual drinker was burned to death by his wife after years of bearing with his verbal abuse and constant accusations of infidelity. The 35-year-old set him on fire after tying his limbs when he was in an inebriated condition at Thiruverkadu on Sunday night. She initially pretended that her husband committed suicide, say police but later wept and confessed that her husband had abused both her and her...
08:32 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Mumbai: Over 9,000 pages from 110 files belonging to the Revenue and Forest Department, which were burnt in the Mantralaya fire, are being dried out in the seminar hall of Worli Dairy since last week. This is being done with an attempt to retrieve and collect maximum clues about the files that were either charred during the fire or drenched during the rescue operations. To enable recovery of the damaged...
10:33 AM, Jul 04, 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
Hyderabad: A six-year-old girl has been burnt to death allegedly by her mother's lover on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The girl was wrapped in a mattress and set on fire. The girl succumbed to her injuries at a government hospital. The suspect, identified as Vijay, is in police custody. The police are looking for the mother of the victim. A case of murder has been registered, but the motive for...
05:35 PM, Feb 28, 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...
10:09 AM, Jul 08, 2011
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
