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Anger, lack of communication key in such crimes: Experts on Mehrauli murder

As the police probe a multitude of factors that pushed Aaftab Poonawala to allegedly butcher his live-in partner into 35 pieces, experts agree on a few reasons, including lack of communication and low anger threshold, behind such violent crimes. The 28-year-old accused, a trained chef, evaded detection for six months, was arrested early Saturday after details of the killing and its grisly aftermath came to light during his interrogation. Poonawala allegedly strangled Shradaha Walkar in May and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in South Delhi's Mehrauli before dumping them across the city over several days. What could have made the love story, that started in 2019, end in such a grisly murder? Experts blame it on lack of communication, a low anger threshold and normalisation of violence through television and cinema. "There is no one factor that we can directly attribute for such behaviour," forensic psychologi

Law and order improved in Tripura in past 5 years; steep fall in crimes: CM

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday asserted that that the law and order situation has improved in the state in the past five years "with the crime graph showing a steep decline". Opposition CPI(M), however, rebuffed the assertion, claiming that the state has never experienced such lawlessness where rival camp leaders are attacked and stopped from carrying out political activities. Saha, who chaired a meeting of senior police officers during the day, said that cases of assault, rape and murder have decreased in Tripura since 2018, after the BJP formed government in the state. "Today, I held a high-level meeting with the director general of police and district superintendents of police (SPs) to review the prevailing law and order situation. The reports submitted to me showed a steep decline in all crimes, be it hurt, assault, rape or murder. "In case of hurt or assault, an overall 40 per cent decline was registered since 2018. Cases of murder and rapes are also dwindling

440% rise in reporting of major crimes in Delhi in 10 years, says report

Reporting of major crimes in the national capital has increased by 440 per cent in the last 10 years from 2012 to 2021, according to a report. The report launched by the Praja Foundation on 'State of Policing and Law & Order in Delhi' also highlights the pendency in the investigation of cases as well as trial proceedings in Delhi. No immediate reaction was available from the Delhi Police on the report. According to the report, registered crimes of theft and chain snatching have increased by 827 per cent and 552 per cent respectively from 2012 to 2021. While registered crimes of molestation, rape and kidnapping/abduction have increased by 251 per cent, 194 per cent and 39 per cent respectively. The report further stated that 41 per cent of total rape cases were registered under POCSO Act in 2021. In the same year, it has been seen that 91 per cent of total kidnapping and abduction victims were children while the conviction rate was 38 per cent for crimes against women and only 52 .

Muzaffarnagar riots: BJP MLA sentenced to 2 years in prison, gets bail

MP/MLA court in Muzaffarnagar awarded two years' imprisonment to 12 people, including BJP MLA Vikram Saini, after they were convicted in a case of causing hindrance to government work during 2013 riot

Swat attack: Protesters end sit-in after talks with Pakistan authorities

Family members of a van driver, who was killed in the recent attack on a school bus in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, ended their day-long sit-in on Tuesday after talks with the government

Lucknow Bench sentences Mukhtar Ansari five-year jail in Gangster Act case

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday sentenced former MLA Mukhtar Ansari to five-year imprisonment in a 23-year-old case related to the Gangster Act. Justice D K Singh passed the order overturning the acquittal by a special MP-MLA court in 2020. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Ansari. State counsel Rao Narendra Singh said the FIR was lodged with the Lucknow's Hazratganj police in 1999 and a special court had acquitted Ansari in 2020. The state had filed an appeal against acquittal in 2021. The High Court on Friday allowed the state government's appeal and sentenced Ansari to five years in jail, he said. On Wednesday, Mukhtar Ansari was awarded seven-year jail in another case for threatening a jailer and pointing a pistol at him. In 2003, the then Lucknow district prison jailer SK Awasthi had lodged an FIR with the Alambagh police alleging that he was threatened for ordering a search of people who came to meet Ansari. A trial court had acquitted A

Women trafficking rife in Bihar's Seemanchal; locals says problem endemic

According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Bihar reported 111 human trafficking cases in 2021, an increase from 75 cases in 2020

Assam reported highest number of sedition cases in 2021, Haryana second

Assam was followed by Haryana with 42 cases reported in the last eight years. Jharkhand and Karnataka followed Haryana with 40 and 38 cases respectively

Victim knows the offender in over 95 per cent rape cases in India: Report

A total of 65,025 such cases were reported in 2021, and 96.8 per cent of the victims in these cases knew the rapist beforehand, the NCRB report revealed

Uyghurs abuse: Why UN is accusing China for 'crimes against humanity'

The extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity, the UN said

Rajasthan registers highest number of rape cases in 2021: NCRB report

Soon after the figures of NCRB became public, the BJP attacked the Ashok Gehlot government in the state

Number of crimes in Assam rise by nearly 10% to over 133,000 in 2021: NCRB

Number of crimes in Assam increased by nearly 10 per cent to over 1.33 lakh cases in 2021, according to the latest report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Assam recorded 1,33,239 cases of crime last year, up from 1,21,609 cases in 2020, the report stated. Of these, 1,19,883 were Indian Penal Code (IPC) crimes 8,325 more than the year-ago period. Crimes related to Special & Local Laws (SLL) also rose to 13,356 from 10,051 in 2020, the NCRB said in its report. It further noted that Assam registered 379 crimes per one lakh population last year. During the year, 1,269 people were killed in 1,192 incidents of murder. The state also logged 2,075 cases of assault on women, 688 sexual harassment, 7,580 cases of kidnapping, 149 trafficking, 1,733 cases of rape and 561 attempt to commit rape. In 2021, Assam recorded 35 offences against the state, including three sedition cases. Besides, 1,292 unlawful assembly, 780 rioting, and 2,150 offences against public tranquility cases have

After a decline in Covid-hit 2020, economic offences increase 19% in 2021

Rajasthan records highest number of cases, followed by Telangana

SC lists remission order of Bilkis Bano rape case convicts for hearing

The remission order granted by the Gujarat government to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gangrape case was challenged before the Supreme Court

BJP to stage protest against rising crime in Rajasthan on Saturday

In the wake of rising incidents of crime, BJP will stage a major protest in Jaipur against issues like atrocities on women and saints, illegal mining, mob lynching, attacks on Hindus among others

Elizabeth Holmes's fraud victims asked to weigh in for sentencing

Prosecutors said they're distributing questionnaires, requesting statements about the impact of the frauds

Undertrial killed in firing outside Uttar Pradesh court premises

In a shocking incident, some unidentified people opened fire at an undertrial just outside the Hapur court premises in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday morning.

Over 5,000 robbed on Delhi streets in first 6 months of 2022, reveals data

According to the data compiled by Delhi Police, there has been a surge of 12.5% in the snatching incidents this year. In the first six months of 2022, the city has reported 5,024 snatching cases

In a fit of rage, 'mentally disturbed' leader bites off minor's nose in UP

A political leader from Lalitpur bit off the nose of a poor 16-year-old boy in a fit of rage, said sources

Gunmen kill five of family of Fusa community in central Nigeria: Police

Unidentified gunmen on Thursday attacked a community in central Nigeria's Plateau state, killing five people. The five victims belonged to a family in the Fusa community