Former TN minister’s son , gang held for hijacking truck with 1.2 crore worth cashew nuts
Chennai, Nov 28( BPNS) Tuticorin rural police on the wee hours of Saturday arrested Gnanaraj Jebasingh( 38) and six of his accomplices after they hijacked a truck carrying 16.5 tonnes of cashew nuts meant for export to Tokyo from Tuticorin port. Gnanaraj Jebasingh is the son of former minister for Labour in the Jayalalithaa cabinet […]
TN forest department registers against Loco pilots over knocking down elephants to death
Chennai, Nov 28 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department on Saturday registered a case under Section 9 of the Wildlife Protection Act against two loco pilots over knocking three elephants to death while they were crossing the rail track on Friday 9 pm. The main loco pilot M.T. Subair of Kozhikode and assistant Loco pilot, […]
Political assistant of former CM, Edappadi K. Palaniswami arrested for duping youth
Chennai, Nov 28 (BPNS) Crime Branch police on Sunday morning arrested G. Mani, who is the political assistant of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami for duping a youth by promising him government job. Police said that Mani along with another functionary of the AIADMK, K. Selvakumar took 17 lakh rupees from a […]
TN Police arrest 28-year-old man for sexually assaulting woman in moving car
Chennai, Nov 25 ( BPNS) The Nungambakkam All Woman Police arrested a 28-year-old person, Gautham for sexually assaulting a woman in a moving car. Police said that search is on for two of his colleagues who also had assaulted the woman in the car. The incident occurred in the wee hours of Wednesday in Chennai […]
Teacher at Karur, TN hangs self within a week of his girl student suicide citing rape
Chennai, Nov 25 (BPNS) A 44-year-old Mathematics teacher of a private school in Karur district of Tamil Nadu hanged to his death at his father-in-law’s residence on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred at Sengatupatti Village in Thuraiyur, Tiruchi. The death of the teacher, Saravanan, followed after a Class XII girl student of his class had […]
TN police crackdown on pharmacies, medical stores that sell sedatives to Children, Youth
Chennai, Nov 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police have commenced a crackdown on Pharmacies and medical stores that sell sedatives to children and youth. The Chennai police held a meeting of pharmacy and medical store owners and directed them not to sell sedatives to youngsters as part of its move in cracking down on drug use […]
Calls to TN government school helpline increase manifold after suicide of Coimbatore girl student
Chennai, Nov 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government school education ‘14417’ has recorded a manifold increase in calls after the suicide of a plus two student of Coimbatore allegedly following sexually assaulted by her teacher. According to the councilors in the school helpline, they are receiving around 600 calls per day while it was only […]
Coimbatore blast case convict killed for goat theft, four arrested
Chennai, Nov 23 ( BPNS) A convict in the Coimbatore bomb blast case who had served eleven years in prison was killed by four youths for stealing a goat. The incident occurred on Tuesday at Coimbatore. The deceased M. Sait alias Sait Bakarudin was one of the convicts in the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blasts and […]
TN DGP asks police personal to carry firearms while patrolling in remote and desolate areas
Chennai, Nov 23 (BPNS) The Director-General of Police (DGP), Tamil Nadu, C. Sylendra Babu has directed the police personal to carry firearms for their self-protection while patrolling in remote and desolate areas. Tamil Nadu DGP said this after paying floral tributes to the slain Police Sub Inspector, S. Boominathan at Tiruchi who was killed by […]