Chennai, Jan 12 (BPNS) The Idol theft wing of the CB- CID of the Tamil Nadu police is on the lookout for a global idol stealing racket with roots in the state. Police special team on Tuesday arrested a Kashmiri businessman, Javed Shah from Mamallapuram after idols worth 35-40 crore were seized from his shop. […]
Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police on Monday arrested nine persons including a 77-year-old at Gingee in Villupuram district for sexually abusing a 16-year-old minor girl. The arrested included a cousin of the 16-year-old girl as well as her aunt for abetting in the crime. The cousin is a 36-year-old man and the aunt […]
Chennai, Jan 11 (BPNS) Two activists of the Hindu Munnani were arrested by the Podanur police in Coimbatore on Tuesday over the desecration of the statue of Periyar or E.V. Ramasamy Periyar. The statue in front of the Thanthai Periyar Study Centre was found desecrated on Sunday morning with saffron powder and garlanded with slippers. […]
Burdwan (WB), Jan 10 Sleuths of the West Bengal Special Task Force on Monday busted a drug manufacturing unit in Burdwan district and seized a large quantity of narcotics and other materials worth around Rs 65 crore, an official said. The STF arrested six members of an interstate gang and seized 13 kg of heroin […]
Chennai, Jan 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police on Sunday arrested five accomplices of history-sheeter Guna who is absconding after jumping bail for the past six months. Guna is a habitual offender and is an accused in 24 criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder, extortion, kidnapping, and landgrab in various police stations in the districts […]
Chennai, Jan 7 (BPNS) Two notorious criminals were killed on Friday morning by the Chengalpattu police after they tried to escape from custody. The deceased are identified as Dhinesh (34) and Moideen (28). According to the police, the two were involved in two back-to-back murders that happened on Thursday late night at Chengalpattu in which […]
Chennai, Jan 6 (BPNS) The Coimbatore district Mahila court has sanctioned two youths for 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping the younger sister of a friend in Pollachin during 2016. The district court pronounced the verdict on Thursday. R. Vimal (38) and B. Karthi (38), both autorickshaw drivers were sentenced to 20 years of […]
New Delhi, Jan 4 The Enforcement Directorate (RD) on Tuesday said it has attached assets worth Rs 27.87 lakh of a Bihar-based Naxal operative in connection with a money-laundering probe against him. The action has been undertaken against the family members and associates of Maoist Dilip Sahni alias Nitesh, the agency said in a statement. […]
Chennai, Jan 4 (BPNS) Congress leader from Kerala and former Chairman of Pattambi municipality, K.S.B. Thangal was apprehended by the CISF personal at the Coimbatore International Airport on Tuesday morning after revolver and 7 rounds of live cartridges were recovered from his baggage. He was handed over to the Peelamedu police for further investigation. The […]
Chennai, Jan 4 (BPNS) Railway Police personnel arrested a booking clerk of the Southern Railway working at the Tiruvanmiyur MRTS railway station, Chennai on Tuesday for having stolen the collection money and staging a false robbery drama. On Monday morning at 4 am when a passenger arrived to buy a ticket at the booking counter […]