Crime

One held for illegal transport of liquor

Thai police identify decapitated foreigner as Italian

Thai police identify decapitated foreigner as Italian Bangkok  - Thai police on Wednesday identified a foreigner whose head was found at the weekend hanging by a rope off a Bangkok bridge as an Italian tourist who committed suicide after being evicted from his guesthouse for not paying the rent.

General Jongrak Chuthanont, deputy police commissioner, identified the decapitated man as Maurizio Tosadori, 54, an architect from Verona, Italy.

Cops gaze into space as crimes head north

Mico Layout police ask neither for vehicles nor guns; they just need more personnel

The crime rate in Mico Layout, a mostly up-market area in south-east Bangalore, has been in a state of constant fluctuation over the last five years. But the graph has only been on an upward climb in recent times. There has been a 50% rise in crime at Mico Layout in the last one year.

Meanwhile, the police are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain law and order in the area. The reason for this could be attributed to the shortage of personnel at the Mico Layout police station. According to sources, the police force there is short of 17 constables, who are desperately required for guarding the crime-prone area.

Burglars strike at four places

looted valuables and cash estimated around Rs1,05,000

Burglars struck at four different places – three houses and one shop – across the city between Saturday evening and Monday morning, and decamped with valuables and cash. 

In the first incident, the offenders looted the house of a shop owner in Pillan Garden near KG Halli on Monday.

According to police, the complainant, Aslam Pasha, left home around 3:30pm. When he returned at 7pm, he found the front door lock broken and valuables and cash worth Rs25,000 were missing. The offenders were suspected to have entered the house between 5:15pm and 6:15pm. 

Chitralekha murder trail adjourned

The first fast track sessions court judge justice Savithri Vinayaka adjourned the Chitralekha Urs murder case to Wednesday, as three important witnesses failed to appear before the court.

Chitralekha Urs (37), an advocate, was allegedly murdered by her cousin Bharati Urs, daughter of former chief minister Devaraj Urs and two associates in January 2004. 

The court, on Tuesday, was supposed to hear witnesses Nanjundegowda (the Central Crime Branch inspector who had arrested Bharati Urs and her associates), assistant commissioner of police (Cubbon Park) K Jitendranath (police inspector, High Grounds) and MLC Abdul Azeem (then the Investigating Officer), was posted. 

Robber caught after leaving his phone number with victim in Taiwan

Robber caught after leaving his phone number with victim in Taiwan Taipei  - A Taiwanese man was arrested in the robbery of 5,000 Taiwan dollars (143 US dollars) from a computer engineer after leaving his phone number with his victim to demand more money later, local television reports said Wednesday.

The engineer was collecting money at a cash machine in the central county of Taichung Tuesday night when the man threatened him with a knife and robbed him, the cable news network ETTV said.

Pages