The killing of renowned Manipuri musician and music teacher Chongtham Vikram Singh in southeast Delhi has triggered widespread outrage and renewed concerns over the safety of people from the Northeast living in the national capital. The 54-year-old musician was allegedly beaten by a group of men near his residence in Kilokari on the night of...
A woman was found dead inside a hotel room in Delhi’s Lahori Gate area, while a man staying with her was found critically injured following an apparent suicide attempt, police said. The incident has triggered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death and the man’s injuries. According to preliminary information, the incident came...
A 16-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving sleeper bus after the driver and conductor allegedly misled her about the vehicle’s destination in Greater Noida, police said. The teenager, who was travelling to Noida to meet relatives, had become stranded at Pari Chowk during heavy rain and darkness when she sought...
A 64-year-old man and his alleged accomplice have been arrested in connection with the murder of his 38-year-old son in southeast Delhi. According to police, the victim was allegedly taken to an abandoned shipping container on the pretext of being taken to a doctor before he was attacked and killed. The deceased, identified as Gul...
A dispute over a fare of around ₹1,000 allegedly escalated into a fatal assault in west Delhi, leading to the arrest of a 59-year-old van driver, his wife and their son. Police said the passenger was allegedly beaten to death during an argument inside a vehicle before his body was abandoned in the Naraina area....
A retired teacher was found dead inside her residence in Delhi’s Jangpura area, with investigators examining CCTV footage that appears to show a young man in the vicinity around the time of the incident. Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the killing and are working to identify the person seen in the surveillance footage. The...
The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction of a man for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old homeless boy, stressing that a child living on the streets cannot be expected to recall every detail of a traumatic incident with the precision that may ordinarily be expected from a person living in stable circumstances. The judgment reinforces...
A 70-year-old woman was killed and three members of a family, including an eight-year-old girl, were injured after a Mercedes allegedly travelling at high speed collided with a Maruti WagonR in northwest Delhi’s Narela on Saturday morning. The Mercedes was allegedly being driven by 27-year-old Shubham Sharma, the son of a Haryana Police sub-inspector. Police...
The Delhi High Court has rejected the bail application of Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar in connection with the murder case involving former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar at Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium. The court observed that the allegations against the wrestler were serious in nature and that the circumstances of the case did not...
The Delhi Police have registered four criminal cases following the violence and clashes that broke out during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) march towards Parliament, with investigators preparing to file two additional cases, officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The cases have been filed in connection with several alleged offences reported during Monday’s...