Crime

Appeals court grants serial subject Adnan Syed new trial

A Maryland Special Appeals court has granted a new trial to convicted killer Adnan Syed. Syed was convicted in 2000 ofkilling his high school sweetheart,Hae Min Lee, when he was 17.

Mar 31, 2018

Army men arrested for stabbing colleague to death and burning his body

The police said that Muralikrishna and Dhanaraj had murdered Kumar as he was a witness in a case in which Muralikrishna was facing a disciplinary action.

Mar 31, 2018

How an Apple Watch helped solve a murder case in Australia

Prosecutors analyzed the heart rate data recovered from the Apple Watch worn by the dead Australian woman and it led them to her murderer.

Mar 30, 2018

'Kidnapped' DU student found dead after 6 days, friend arrested

The student's family had alerted Delhi Police after they received a ransom call March 22. The accused, a fashion designer, confessed to killing him on the same day.

Mar 30, 2018

Meghalaya woman's decomposed body found in flat

The police on entering the house found that the body of the woman from Meghalaya was not only highly decomposed bit also disfigured.

Mar 29, 2018

Husband ties man upside down, flogs him for sleeping with his wife

The unidentified man is first seen hanging from the branch of a tree and later appears to be on the ground where several villagers beat him up with sticks

Mar 29, 2018

Two men paraded naked and thrashed by mob for raping teen girl

The two accused men were paraded naked in the Yingkiong market area of Arunachal Pradesh before being handed over to the police.

Mar 29, 2018

Class 10 boy sets classmate on fire after learning about her engagement

The girl, who is now said to be in a critical condition with 72 percent burn injuries, and the boy were classmates and had just written their class 10 exams.

Mar 29, 2018

82-year-old man rapes child after luring her into his home

The 6-year-old girl was playing near her maternal uncle's house in Kolkata when the man lured her into his home and raped her.

Mar 28, 2018

Passenger arrested for molesting Air Vistara cabin crew member on Lucknow-Delhi flight

The incident took place when the Air Vistara flight landed at Terminal 3 of New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport and the passengers were being deplaned.

Mar 28, 2018

Toddler escapes death after staying at neighbor's house as family kills themselves

Vickey, 35, consumed poison along with his wife and daughter after a heated argument with his father over a property dispute.

Mar 27, 2018

Former Delhi top cop robbed, thieves flee with iPad and cash

BK Gupta, a former commissioner who headed the Delhi police force in 2010, was on his way to Chandigarh for a golf tournament when he was robbed.

Mar 27, 2018

40 girls strip-searched after sanitary napkin found in hostel corridor

The hostel warden in Madhya Pradesh strip searched the girls to check which student was on her periods.

Mar 26, 2018

Students celebrating birthday party on beach assaulted by religious vigilantes

The five students, who belong to different communities, were assaulted on Fathima beach in Tannirbhavi area of Mangaluru.

Mar 26, 2018

Parents pour hot oil on 16-year-old girl for refusing arranged marriage

The Texas couple had agreed to get their 16-year-old girl married in exchange for $20,000. They were arrested Friday and charged with "continuous abuse."

Mar 26, 2018