Crime

A boy from the Dalit community, studying in 10th class, was shot by his friends in Agra, for not greeting them. The victim was shot in the leg, and is out of danger. Police said that one of the accused has been arrested, while the other is on the run. Meanwhile, FIR has been lodged under section 307 of the IPC and relevant sections of the SC/ST Act.

Comedian and film actor, Sreekanth Vettiyar has been booked under sexual assault case, by a woman from Kollam district. The victim accused Vettiyar of brutally raping her two times in a hotel and an apartment in Kochi. She added that Sreekanth's friends repeatedly pressurized her to withdraw the complaint. The woman, who is also a mother of an eight-year-old boy, also confessed that the YouTuber had promised to marry her.

In a shocking incident, a drunk man slaughtered the person holding a sacrificial goat, on January 16. According to the police, Chalapathi, the accused was inebriated at the time of the sacrifice. A profusely bleeding Suresh was rushed to a government hospital at Madanapalle where he succumbed to injuries. Chalapathi have been arrested and a probe is underway. The animal sacrifice was organized at the Yellamma temple for Sankranti celebrations… read-more

A female PhD student was allegedly molested in Jawaharlal Nehru University, police confirmed on January 18. They said that a call regarding the molestation incident inside the campus was received, following which Police officers rushed to the spot. "The accused on bike, tried to molest the student, but had fled from the spot, after she raised alarm". Meanwhile, a case has been registered, while accused is being nabbed. 

J&K arrested two narcotic smugglers and recovered 397 kg poppy straw, from them in Udhampur region, on January 16. The police said, the poppy straws, packed in 19 bags were found in a Haryana-bound truck, during an inspection on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. Reportedly, the truck driver Nand Kishore and his companion Niti Nain, both residents of Rohtak, were arrested, and booked under the NDPS act.