Crime News

Gunmen opened fire near a tavern in Bekkersdal township, southwest of Johannesburg, killing 10 people and injuring 10 others. Some victims were shot randomly in the streets. The attackers escaped before police arrived. No suspects identified yet.

A 16-year-old differently-abled boy was brutally assaulted at a special needs school in Karnataka. A viral video shows him being beaten with a pipe and chilli powder thrown into his eyes. The accused couple running the school have been arrested.

A video from Ahmedabad shows a police officer slapping a woman during a driving licence check after an ID card slipped from her hand. He later tried to hit her with a baton but was stopped. No FIR was filed on her complaint, while a probe is on.

An Army jawan was arrested for raping a 22-year-old woman at Railway Station in Ranchi while on duty. The incident occurred inside an empty train coach. Passengers raised alarm after hearing woman's cries. The accused tried to flee but was caught.

A 32-year-old married woman was gang-raped by three men in a hotel in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar after she mistakenly knocked on the wrong room door. The accused dragged her inside, forced her to drink beer and assaulted her through the night.

A 31-year-old migrant worker from Chhattisgarh was beaten to death by mob in Kerala's Palakkad after being wrongly suspected of theft. The victim Ramnarayan Bhayar suffered over 80 injuries and died due to severe assault. 5 people have been arrested.

Gurugram Police arrested Shaurya Mishra, a BJYM leader from Uttar Pradesh, for sharing a fake and communal post about a rape and murder that never happened. Despite a police warning, he did not delete the post. 

A Class 8 student at Utkarsh Vidyalaya in Mehsana was injured after allegedly being beaten by a teacher for joking after a test. The child was hospitalised, and a parent filed a police complaint. The teacher claimed it was for discipline.

Gorakhpur Food Department seized 750 sacks of roasted chickpeas coloured with hazardous synthetic dye during a warehouse raid in UP. The dye, used for clothes and paper, is unsafe for consumption and can cause serious health issues, including cancer.

A man posing as a police officer has been arrested for carrying out a fake raid at a jewellery workshop in Delhi’s Karol Bagh and stealing over 1 kg of gold. The accused, Sheikh Akram, helped plan the crime with a government servant.