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A POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) court in Manjeri has sentenced a woman and her boyfriend to 180 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing the woman's daughter (12 year old). The convicts have also fine of 11.75 lakh rupees. Judge A.M. Ashraf ordered that the convicts will have to undergo an additional 20 months in jail if they fail to pay the fine. However, the sentences will run concurrently. The abuse continued for approximately one year from December 2019 to November 2020 at a rented house in Anamangadu, followed by another year at a house in Vallikkapatta. The court found that the convicts abused the girl after giving her liquor and showing her obscene videos. The conviction was made under various sections of the POCSO Act.

Reckless driving shocker from Kerala! A 16-year-old boy in Kochi took his father’s car for a joyride and crashed into multiple vehicles along the Cherai–Njarakkal road. CCTV footage shows the speeding Innova making a risky U-turn, narrowly missing bikers before colliding. Police have booked the boy’s father under the Motor Vehicles Act and the minor under the Juvenile Justice Act.

A dramatic police raid in Varanasi’s Hotel Town House has created a buzz after Russian young women allegedly fled through a window to evade arrest. The incident unfolded when a police team, acting on a tip-off, raided the hotel and found several women inside under suspicious circumstances. According to eyewitnesses, the Russian women locked themselves in their rooms upon seeing the police. When officers broke open the door, the women had already escaped through the window. A search operation has been launched to trace them. Meanwhile, police reportedly caught four women in objectionable situations in separate rooms during the raid. The detained women are being interrogated by the police about their identities, travel plans, and local connections. The incident has sparked discussions about illegal activities and foreign involvement in city hotels, raising questions about hotel monitoring and law enforcement oversight in the temple city of Varanasi.

A major incident was reported from Shahpur area of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, where a two-storey house suddenly collapsed near the Guddaya (Godhiya) drain on Friday, sparking panic among locals. A LIVE video of the collapse is now going viral across social media platforms. According to sources, no casualties have been reported so far. Police and local administration teams immediately reached the spot and began rescue and debris removal operations. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the collapse. Locals recalled that about 10 days ago, cracks had appeared in three nearby houses during excavation work. Residents had vacated their homes as a precaution, which likely prevented a major tragedy. The incident has now raised serious questions about administrative negligence, with fingers being pointed at the revenue officer allegedly responsible for the excavation work. For many residents, watching their home crumble was heartbreaking. “How many dreams and years of hard work...

A gruesome murder in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, has shocked the region after a man allegedly killed his 19-year-old sister and stuffed her body into a sack over a dispute about family money. According to police, 32-year-old Ram Ashish Nishad murdered his sister Neelam in a fit of rage after learning that their father planned to use ₹6 lakh compensation money—received for land acquired for a road project—for her marriage expenses. In a horrific act, Ram allegedly strangled Neelam with a cloth, broke her body, and packed it into a sack, which he tied to his motorcycle. While on his way to Kushinagar, around 70 km away, to dispose of the body, police stopped him for questioning. Ram reportedly told them the sack contained wheat and was allowed to leave. He later dumped the body in a field in Kushinagar. When Neelam was reported missing, her father filed a complaint with the police. CCTV footage later revealed Ram travelling with a suspicious sack. Upon interrogation, he confessed to the mu...

 In a major embarrassment for the Uttar Pradesh Police, Sub-Inspector Dhananjay Singh was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Lucknow after being caught red-handed accepting a bribe of ₹2 lakh. The incident, which took place on October 29, 2025, at the Paper Mill Colony police outpost, was captured in a viral video that has since sparked outrage. According to reports, Singh had demanded money from Prateek Gupta, a local coaching centre owner, in exchange for removing his name from a gang-rape case FIR filed on September 9, 2025, at the Mahanagar police station. Initially, Singh had allegedly asked for ₹50 lakh, but later settled for ₹2 lakh after negotiations. Gupta reported the matter to the Anti-Corruption Organisation (ACO), which laid a trap. During the sting operation, Singh was seen in the viral clip calmly accepting bundles of ₹500 notes, which he then hid inside a file. Moments later, ACB officials entered the outpost and arrested him on the spot. The marked cur...

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh – In a shocking case of greed and betrayal, a 47-year-old woman has been arrested for murdering her 22-year-old son to claim his ₹40 lakh insurance money. The accused, Mamta Devi, a widow from Angadpur village, allegedly plotted the murder with her lover, Mayank Katiyar (33), and his brother, Rishi Katiyar (28). Pradeep Sharma, who had been working in Andhra Pradesh for the past five years, had returned home for Diwali. On the night of October 26, Mayank and Rishi took him out for dinner, stopped the car at a deserted location, and attacked him with a hammer, killing him on the spot. They later dumped his body on the highway to make it look like a road accident. When relatives found Mamta Devi’s house locked, they filed a missing complaint. During investigation, police recovered Pradeep’s body and arrested the three accused. During interrogation, all confessed to the crime.

Vaishali, Bihar – A tragic case of dowry-related murder has emerged from Eraji Kanchanpur village under the Bidupur police station area, where a married woman was allegedly beaten to death by her in-laws after her family failed to meet their financial demands. The deceased has been identified as Divya Kumari, wife of Abhishek Kumar alias Raja, a resident of Eraji Kanchanpur. According to the complaint filed by Divya’s father, Manoj Singh, his daughter was killed by her husband and in-laws for not fulfilling a demand of ₹5 lakh in dowry. Singh stated that Divya was married to Abhishek in 2016 with great pomp and ceremony. The marriage was peaceful for the first two years, but soon her in-laws began harassing her for money — demanding sums ranging from ₹20,000 to ₹50,000. Though the family managed to meet some of these demands earlier, they were unable to fulfil the recent demand of ₹5 lakh. On Thursday morning, a relative informed Divya’s family that she had been beaten to death by her ...

Raipur, Chhattisgarh – A shocking scandal from the capital city has taken social media by storm after a video surfaced showing renowned storyteller Bhaskaracharya being thrashed by locals for allegedly being caught in a compromising position with a married woman inside a car. According to reports, Bhaskaracharya, a well-known kathavachak from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, had travelled to Raipur to meet his alleged lover — the wife of a local resident, Anil Gupta. The woman, reportedly a mother of an 18-year-old son, was found with the storyteller inside a parked car when her husband, who had been suspicious for some time, caught them red-handed. Eyewitnesses say that an enraged Gupta and several bystanders dragged Bhaskaracharya out of the car and beat him brutally. The viral footage shows the storyteller being assaulted, with unconfirmed reports claiming that he sustained severe injuries during the attack. Following the incident, the woman’s husband lodged a complaint at the local police sta...