Crime

Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) The idol wing of the Tamil Nadu police department arrested a 75-year-old temple priest for stealing two metal idols at Nenmeni village near Sirkazhi on Wednesday. The idols are of Shri Pradoshanayagar and of Shri Pradoshanayagi. Police said that the suspect, N. Satiyamoorthy hid the idols at the Sri Visalakshi Viswanathar […]

Chennai, March 17 (BPNS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against two persons,  S. Bava Bharuddeen(42) of Mananrgudi in Tiruvarur district and J. Ziyavuddin Baqavi (41) of Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district. Police said that Thideer Nagar police station in Madurai had registered a case against a person, Mohammed Iqbal, for sharing […]

Chennai, March 15 (BPNS) The Department of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) is conducting raids at the premises of the former AIADMK minister S.P. Velumani at around 58 locations in Tamil Nadu including his residence at  Coimbatore. The raids are underway and DVAC officials are tight-lipped on the progress of the raids which began at […]

Chennai, March 15 (BPNS) A judicial magistrate court in Tiruppur remanded ten Bangladeshi nationals for illegal stay in India. The Bangladeshi nationals who were working in a knitwear unit in Tiruppur were arrested on Monday during a routine vehicle check-up by the Veerapandi police sub-inspector Rajenthra Prasad. On questioning the Bangladeshi citizens gave contradictory statements […]

Chennai, March 14 (BPNS) The Tiruvannamalai police on Sunday arrested a person who is the warden of a Children’s home run with state government aid for sexually assaulting boys aged 14-16 who were inmates of the children’s home. The police acted after the boys called the childline seeking help and accusing the warden, Duraipandyan (36) […]

15 kg Ambergis worth crores seized from Tindivanam, TN, Five arrested Chennai, March 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu police arrested five people with 15 kg of ambergris worth crores in international market at Tindivanam. The arrested are Mohanarangan 62, Sathyamoorthy,34,  Chandrashekhar, 33, Murugan,32, and Lakshmipathi, 32. Ambergris or Whale vomit fetches crores in international market police […]

Chennai, March 10 (IANS) After the Supreme Court of India , granted bail to Perarivalan who is convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and had served jail term since 1999, his mother Arputhammal is planning his wedding. The Supreme court, amid stiff opposition from the Government of India, had granted bail to Perarivalan on […]

Chennai, March 10 (BPNS) Valsaravakkam police in Chennai has arrested two youths, Kannadasan and Selvakumar of Ramapuram for barging into the residence of an actor and forcing her to strip and decamping money of Rs 55000 from her as also her jewelry. The act of her stripping was also filmed on a mobile phone, the […]

Itanagar, Mar 8  A trafficked woman has reunited with her biological family in Arunachal Pradesh after 12 long years. Her return, which took place a day before International Women’s Day, was facilitated by Arunachal Women Helpline (WHL-181), which had received information about a survivor of child trafficking and domestic violence in an area under the […]