Five persons were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 10-year-old boy from an affluent family in Vile Parle east on Friday afternoon and demanding a ransom of Rs one crore from his parents, police said. Vile Parle police said the kidnapping took place at around 2:30 PM outside the victim's residence at M Padma building, Paranjape scheme no 3 in Vile Parle East. ...
01:40 AM, Mar 16, 2013
The deterioration in the law and order in Bihar in the last few months have led to questions being raised on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar government's claims of providing good administration in the state. ...
11:06 AM, Mar 14, 2013
Violence against children continues as the bodies of two siblings were found near Pragati Maidan in Central Delhi on Saturday. The bodies of the two, a boy and a girl, were found in a highly decomposed state. ...
02:30 PM, Mar 02, 2013
A businessman has been allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint by suspected militants from Kangla gate in the heart of the city here, official sources said on Thursday. Shankar Lal Sahi, proprietor of Mangalam Plywood factory at Kangpokpi in Senapati district of Manipur, was abducted while he was taking a stroll at Kangla gate area near the biggest Khwairamband market complex here Wednesday morning, they said. ...
11:40 AM, Jan 03, 2013
Kota: A five-year-old boy was allegedly abducted and murdered by his cousin in Kota, police said. On Sunday, Makebra Police arrested Ishiteyak Ahmed alias Manjur and his aide Giraj Sharma, who have reportedly admitted to the crime. Ashif was abducted on November 6, from his residence in Chandraghata area of the city by his cousin Manjur, in order to arrange money to pay his debt, police said However, after sensing...
05:30 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Bridgeport: The body of the grandmother of baby Saanvi Venna, who was murdered earlier last week in the US, has been brought back to India. The US police has nabbed the suspect - a family friend Raghunandan Yandamuri who has been booked with double murder in the case. The police found the 10-month-old's body in the apartment complex in Philadelphia from where she was kidnapped after a five-day search. Yandamuri...
08:11 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Meerut: Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday rescued Sudhir Mahajan, the director of cricket bat manufacturing firm BDM, who was abducted on Tuesday night while he was returning home in his car. Police said that two kidnappers have also been arrested in the operation. They also revealed that Mahajan's driver had masterminded the kidnapping. The driver is absconding. 55-year-old Mahajan was kidnapped on Tuesday night when he was returning to his...
08:40 PM, Oct 10, 2012
55-year-old Sudhir Mahajan, the director of BDM company, was kidnapped when he was returning to his residence in his car. ...
08:06 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Meerut: The Director of popular cricket bat manufacturing firm BDM, Sudhir Mahajan, has been abducted from Meerut. Mahajan was targetted by unknown assailants while he was returning home from work late on Tuesday night. The incident took place at around 1 am. His abductors demanded Rs 2 crore as ransom through SMSes and phone calls. The Meerut Police has set up Special Operation Group teams to rescue Mahajan. More details...
09:35 AM, Oct 10, 2012
Mumbai: She had played a bit part in the 2011 horror film '404' that spooked audiences. But, the uncut tale of small-time actress Meenakshi Thapas murder is considerably more unnerving. According to cops, the two advocates-cum-struggling actors, who were arrested by unit IX of Mumbai crime branch on Saturday night, were carrying the severed head of the 26-year-old for two days before throwing it out of a moving bus. According...
02:58 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: Nineteen-year-old Ashish Kumar Garg left his home for a birthday party on Wednesday morning but never returned. He was drugged and strangulated by the very same friends who had invited him. Ashish's father Ashok Kumar Garg said, "I always used to ask him not meet these people. I guess that's why he has landed up where he did." Police say the murder was pre-mediated. The accused had even...
07:37 PM, Mar 23, 2012
CHENNAI: In a bizarre abduction episode, a class X student, who was allegedly kidnapped by his friends for Rs 1-crore ransom on February 26, was rescued by police on Wednesday night. Four youth, including a juvenile and two brothers from UP, were picked up in connection with the case. Four country guns and ammunition were seized from the UP youth.Police said the victim, K Yuvaraj (17), studying in a school...
08:30 AM, Mar 02, 2012
Karachi: Pakistan's minority Hindus protested outside Balochistan provincial assembly in Quetta against increasing incidents of abduction of community members for ransom in the province, close on the heels of a young trader's murder after his family failed to pay money to his kidnappers. The Hindus staged the protest on Friday after marching through different parts of the city, a month after organising similar rallies in Sindh following the killing of...
02:03 PM, Dec 24, 2011
New Delhi: A wealthy Delhi businessman decided to copy the plot of the Hollywood thriller 'Ransom' for kidnapping a 5-year-old to repay his debts. The Hollywood flick inspired 26-year-old Milind Godi to come up with a sinister kidnapping plot. What is even more shocking is that Godi is not a petty criminal but an affluent businessman, a hotel management graduate, who has had a stint working in the UK. After...
09:42 PM, Jul 06, 2011
Mumbai: The son of the Chief Engineer of the captive ship under Somali pirates Kapil Grewal, has lashed out at the government and demanded immediate intervention from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Captive sailor Bahadur Singh's son, Kapil Grewal, said "Mr Manmohan Singh is the leader of one of the most powerful nations today, and it is time he acts like one. It is not a question of my father, it...
10:20 AM, May 01, 2011
Somali pirates are not just brute buccaneers, but part of a thriving business model with international connections. ...
07:47 PM, Apr 17, 2011
Mumbai: Though Indian navy has caught at least 100 pirates, at least 53 Indians are still in Somali pirates' captivity. These pirates are mere foot soldiers of a thriving multi-million dollar piracy industry in Somalia. And this industry has well-entrenched international connections too. Somali pirates are not just brute buccaneers, but part of a thriving business model with international connections. CNN-IBN reveals how the business of piracy is conducted in...
06:58 PM, Apr 17, 2011
Pirates refused to release 7 Indian crew members till the Indian government release the 100 captured pirates. ...
09:58 PM, Apr 16, 2011
Mogadishu: In a move that could change the pirate-hostage equation, Somali pirates on Friday took in a multimillion dollar ransom, then released the ship and some of the crew but kept all the Indian crew members as hostages. A pirate told The Associated Press that the Indian crew members' hostage ordeal is being prolonged in retaliation for the arrests of more than 100 Somali pirates by the Indian Navy. "We...
07:37 AM, Apr 16, 2011
A British vessel with six Indians on board was hijacked by Somali pirates in December last year. ...
06:57 PM, May 14, 2010
