Two separate incidents of crime against policemen were reported in state on Tuesday. In the first incident one constable of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary was set on fire while in another two others were badly beaten up by an accused of a dacoity case, the police said. According to police sources, four youth were having a scuffle with some local shopkeepers at the Chomu bus stand, at around 9 pm on, Monday night. The victim Dana Ram, a constable with the RAC who was posted in the area, intervened and disperse the youth.

Even before the Gujarat state board examinations begin from March 17 this year, the stress of examination has claimed the life of a student. Ajay Mahendra Patel, 17, a student of class XII of Vishwa Bharti Vidhyalaya, committed suicide by hanging himself at his house on Monday.

Sources said that Patel, a resident of Saibaba Society, committed suicide when there was no one in the house. He was to appear in Class XII (science) examination and was in a state of depression over whether he would  get good marks in the examination or not.

Hong Kong  - Hong Kong pop stars Kelvin Kwan and Jill Vidal have been arrested for possessing cannabis on a visit to Tokyo, a news report said Wednesday.

Kwan, 25, and Vidal, 26, were arrested in the Dogenzaka shopping centre in Shibuya, Tokyo, on February 24 when shopkeepers reported a foreign man trying to steal goods, the South China Morning Post said.

A police search found cannabis in a packet of cigarettes Kwan was carrying, according to the newspaper. Vidal reportedly denied any criminal behaviour.

Wellington  - A thief who stole a wallet

Kuala Lumpur  - Malaysian police have detained an Indonesian maid for allegedly attacking her 65-year-old employer in the second suspected case of violent attacks by maids in one week, a news report said Wednesday.

The alleged victim's son, Lim Cheng San, noticed that his mother had swollen eyes and bruises on her arms early Monday, a day after she was left alone in the home with the 35-year-old maid, the Star daily said.

Lim said he questioned the maid, who claimed that the swollen eyes were due to medical ointments rubbed on the face.

A constable who shot dead a political worker during the 1993 panchayat elections in Punjab has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court.