
Madurai: A DMK leader and two others have been arrested in Madurai in connection with an alleged case of human sacrifice of a five-year-old Dalit girl in January, 2011. A Ayubkhan, a member of DMK General Council, and brokers A Murugesan and T Ponnuchamy were arrested recently by the Madurai unit of the Crime-Branch CID police in connection with the incident that occurred in Vadipatti near Madurai, police said. Initial...

11:11 PM, Apr 28, 2012

New Delhi: Two men have been arrested for allegedly killing a seven-year-old girl and cutting out her liver in a ritual sacrifice to ensure a better harvest. Lalita Tati disappeared in October and her dismembered remains were found a week later, Rajendra Narayan Das, a senior police officer in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh said. Police arrested two men, both farmers, last week and they told police they killed the girl...

04:18 PM, Jan 03, 2012

BANGALORE: Nelamangla police of Bangalore Rural district have arrested four treasure hunters who allegedly sacrificed a person for getting treasure. The accused have been identified as Ningappa Basavannappa Hullambi alias Mahesh, Krishnamurthy, Naveen Kumar and Timmaraju. Four other accused are still absconding and police are trying to trace them, the police said. On October 22, one Venkataranasappa, a resident of Araledibba village in Begur found a body in a decomposed...

01:15 PM, Oct 28, 2011

Mumbai: The long pending 'Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic' bill is unlikely to be re-introduced in the ongoing monsoon session of the state legislature. Social justice department officials said that the bill is currently being amended after it was approved by the state Cabinet. "We are currently in discussions with various sections of the society to finalise the provisions before...

11:37 AM, Aug 07, 2011

Tens of thousands of buffaloes, goats and birds would be slaughtered. ...

01:03 PM, Nov 25, 2009

Senior officers of defence research group charged with criminal offences. ...

12:19 PM, Oct 12, 2009

Scientist allegedly sprinkled water, took out a sharp edged weapon during ritual. ...

12:37 AM, Oct 12, 2009

The accused killed his neighbour's daughter to end deaths in his family. ...

11:33 AM, Jul 29, 2009

Activists were up in arms when they read that dogs were to be sacrificed at a religious function in Bangalore. ...

08:29 PM, Jun 21, 2007

Parents of young brothers among arrested; they allegedly murdered the kids for good luck. ...

05:59 PM, Jan 04, 2007

A 45-year-old Muslim man slit his throat with a knife and sacrificed himself at the shrine of Ghazi Baba in UP. ...

12:49 AM, Jan 02, 2007

New Delhi: You can't complain if Jama Masjid is jam-packed these days! After all, Eid is round the corner. But it's not just the human herd that is thronging the mosque. There are goats and more goats, who will all be facing the butcher's knife on Bakri Eid. But as these goats wait for the impending doom, they are bound to be envious of the blessed of them all. Sheru,...

07:55 AM, Dec 31, 2006

A 12-year-old boy in Bihar was beheaded and allegedly sacrificed by his own relatives. ...

08:57 AM, Oct 31, 2006

Renault praised Fisichella after the Italian sacrificed his Turkish GP hopes to keep Fernando Alonso in the race. ...

02:02 PM, Aug 28, 2006

A man "sacrificed" himself by slitting his throat in front of a Hindu deity at a temple in Uttar Pradesh. ...

09:05 AM, Aug 24, 2006