In Tamil Nadu, beheading of a 14-year-old is suspected to be a caste crime

Police are also looking into the victim’s family’s charge that the accused sexually harassed her.

S Senthalir

· Oct 27, 2018 · 09:43 pm

Uttar Pradesh: Poet attacked after he confronted men who allegedly harassed a girl

Hashim Firozabadi claimed the accused threw a liquid, which appeared to be acid, at him.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 21, 2018 · 10:03 am

Delhi: Three arrested for allegedly stabbing to death auto-rickshaw driver after dispute over fare

Police said another accused is on the run and they are verifying the age of all four of them.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 08, 2018 · 01:10 pm

Ola driver’s murder: UP police cremated body before identifying victim or contacting his family

Mohammad Yousuf was cremated the day after his body was found even though the rules require the police to keep unindentified bodies for 72 hours.

Abhishek Dey

· Aug 18, 2018 · 10:35 am

Delhi: Woman stabs Flipkart employee 20 times for delaying delivery of a mobile phone

The police arrested Kamal Deep and her brother Jitender Singh for the crime.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 29, 2018 · 03:48 pm

At least 95 cases of custodial rape reported from UP jails in 2015, finds parliamentary panel

The Committee on Empowerment of Women tabled its report, titled ‘Women in Detention & Access to Justice’, in the Parliament on Friday.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 25, 2017 · 01:09 pm

India’s annual crime report was supposed to be released four months ago. Why is it still not out?

National Crime Records Bureau officials blame ‘administrative and procedural reasons’ for the ‘unprecedented delay’, not the expected addition of lynching data.

Abhishek Dey

· Nov 29, 2017 · 09:00 pm

As Rajasthan singer is murdered for unsatisfactory performance, police search for two more accused

Other members of Manganyar community flee village after Amad Khan was accused of failing to perform a song well enough to lead a faith healer into a trance.

Abhishek Dey

· Oct 11, 2017 · 10:30 am

After official is conned by suspected Pakistani spy, UP Police drafts advisory for government staff

A stenographer in Jhansi was recently arrested for sharing sensitive information on the phone with a suspected ISI agent who pretended to be an Army major.

Abhishek Dey

· Aug 16, 2017 · 09:00 am

Three years on, Delhi police is still clueless about the cause of Sunanda Pushkar’s death

Its status report to the Delhi High Court is a litany of contradictions that have beset the investigation.

Abhishek Dey

· Jul 26, 2017 · 06:30 am

Missing JNU student case: CBI offers Rs 10 lakh reward for information on his whereabouts

The next Delhi High Court hearing in the matter is on July 17.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 29, 2017 · 08:00 pm

Noida: 23-year-old engineer shot dead in her building complex, murder caught on CCTV camera

Anjali Rathour’s family filed an FIR against a person who, they said, knew her for around two years.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 01, 2017 · 09:17 am