Telangana ranks a dubious fifth in dowry deaths
1 year ago

Telangana ranks a dubious fifth in dowry deaths

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With 44 cases of murder for dowry reported in 2022, Telangana stood in the fifth place in the country in this category. Among other findings, the NCRB said the motive for murder in 116 cases was illicit relationship; love affairs 14; honour killing three; various types of disputes, including land, and family 516; murder for gain 55 and personal vendetta/enmity in 41 cases. Gujarat reported two human sacrifice cases, while Jharkhand, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh reported one each. Year - Murder cases 2022: 937 2021: 1026 2020: 802 District-wise murders in 2022 Cyberabad: 106 Hyderabad: 79 Rachakonda: 64 Nizamabad: 58 Ramagundam: 56

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Murder of 5-year-old Girl: Telangana HC Confirms Death Sentence on Rapist
5 months ago

Murder of 5-year-old Girl: Telangana HC Confirms Death Sentence on Rapist

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a landmark judgement, a division bench of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence on Dinesh Kumar Dharne, who raped and murdered a five-year-old girl at Narsingi seven years ago. The High Court division bench comprising Justice P. Sam Koshy and Justice Sambasiva Rao Naidu dismissed the criminal appeal filed by the convict challenging the …

Telangana man arrested for murdering wife, daughters over extra marital affair
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana man arrested for murdering wife, daughters over extra marital affair

India TV News  

A 32-year-old man from Khammam district in Telangana was arrested for allegedly killing his wife and two young daughters, then staging their deaths to appear as a road accident, police reported on Sunday. About the incident The Police stated, on May 28, the man took his 26-year-old wife and their two children on a drive in Raghunadhapalem mandal. "He, in …

Horrific! 20 stray dogs found shot dead in Telangana's Mahabubnagar district
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Horrific! 20 stray dogs found shot dead in Telangana's Mahabubnagar district

India TV News  

Telangana news: As many as 20 stray dogs were found shot dead by unidentified persons in Mahabubnagar district of Telangana, police said today. In the incident which took place in Ponnakal village late on Thursday night, five more dogs were found injured, they added. Unknown persons shot at stray dogs with weapons and police were informed about the incident on …

Dowry is still a dream-killer in Kerala
1 year ago

Dowry is still a dream-killer in Kerala

The Hindu  

Trigger warning: the following article contains references to suicide. The IMA would continue to fight such regressive tendencies which brings disrepute to “the field of modern medical science and the medical fraternity,” its State president Joseph Benaven and State secretary K. Sasidharan said. Data paint a grim picture Yet, the fact remains that legal deterrents such as the Dowry Prohibition …

Telangana Spotlight: ‘Murders’ most foul
1 year, 9 months ago

Telangana Spotlight: ‘Murders’ most foul

The Hindu  

The spree of student suicides and gruesome murders by students in Telangana in recent times have jolted people out of their slumber. Outcry The suicides of Preeti from Kakatiya Medical College and Rakshita, an engineering student from Warangal, both related to cyber bullying; the gruesome murder of Naveen Nenavath by his close friend due to ‘love jealously’ and the suicide …

Minor girl dies by suicide in Telangana, family alleges rape by uncle
2 years ago

Minor girl dies by suicide in Telangana, family alleges rape by uncle

India Today  

A teenager committed suicide after allegedly being raped by her uncle when she was alone at home in Tirumalagiri area of Telangana’s Suryapet district. The 15-year-old victim committed suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan after allegedly being raped by her uncle. Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA Laxma Reddy said the government will provide all kinds of help to the …

Telangana: Woman murders infant-daughter, stages chain-snatching drama to cover up crime
2 years, 5 months ago

Telangana: Woman murders infant-daughter, stages chain-snatching drama to cover up crime

India TV News  

Highlights The woman had initially claimed that the one-year-old baby died after falling into a sump Investigation ruled out the chain snatchin as a cause for the infants death. A case was registered and the woman was taken into custody Telangana: A woman allegedly killed her infant daughter, reportedly of unsound mind and unwell, by dumping her in a sump …

Hyderabad man stabbed to death over inter-caste marriage, 4 arrested
2 years, 7 months ago

Hyderabad man stabbed to death over inter-caste marriage, 4 arrested

India Today  

Four people have been arrested after a 21-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death in front of his father for marrying outside his caste in Hyderabad on Friday night. At least five assailants stabbed the man multiple times on the busy streets of Begum Bazar area, leading to his death. MAN KILLED OVER INTER-CASTE MARRIAGE The victim's father told India …

Vendetta, love affair, dowry: What triggered murders in India in 2020
3 years, 3 months ago

Vendetta, love affair, dowry: What triggered murders in India in 2020

India Today  

Across 28 states, eight Union Territories - home to 1.3 billion people, more than 42,54,300 incidents were recorded as crimes under various sections of the Indian Penal Code last year, revealed the data released by the National Crime Records Bureau. Graphic: Meghnad Bose/Indiatoday.in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, reported the maximum number of murder cases at 3,779. Graphic: Meghnad …

Rise in crime in Hyderabad, says NCRB report
3 years, 3 months ago

Rise in crime in Hyderabad, says NCRB report

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: As per the latest NCRB data, as many as 1,35,885 cases were registered under the IPC provisions in Telangana – as against 1,18,338 cases in 2019 and 1,13,951 in 2018. Telangana registered 158 dowry death cases last year while 625 cases were of abetment to suicide. The rate of cybercrime -- incidents per lakh population -- increased from 3.3 …

Death of 9 people in Telangana doesn't appear to be suicide, says forensic expert
4 years, 7 months ago

Death of 9 people in Telangana doesn't appear to be suicide, says forensic expert

India Today  

Indicating foul play in the death of nine people, including six of a family, whose bodies were fished out from a well near Warangal, a forensic expert on Sunday virtually ruled out suicide theory, saying it appeared seven of them had been dragged and thrown into the water body. Mystery shrouded the death of nine people, including six of a …

3 sentenced to death for Telangana woman's rape, murder
4 years, 11 months ago

3 sentenced to death for Telangana woman's rape, murder

India TV News  

Two months after gang-rape and murder of a woman in Telangana, a fast-track court on Thursday sentenced all the three accused to death. Sheikh Babu, Sheikh Shahabuddin and Sheikh Makhdoom broke down in the court hall as soon as the judge pronounced the judgment, awarding them the capital punishment. A 30-year-old woman, who used to sell balloons and utensils, was …

Telangana Government forms SIT to investigate Hyderabad rape-accused encounter
5 years ago

Telangana Government forms SIT to investigate Hyderabad rape-accused encounter

India TV News  

The Government of Telangana on Sunday constituted a Special Investigation Team to investigate the police encounter against the 4 accused who were involved in a woman veterinarian's rape and murder. All the four accused in the Hyderabad veterinary doctor gangrape and murder case have been killed in a police encounter in the wee hours on Friday. According to reports, all …

Hyderabad police shoot dead 4 gangrape-murder accused in encounter: What we know so far
5 years ago

Hyderabad police shoot dead 4 gangrape-murder accused in encounter: What we know so far

India TV News  

All the four accused in the Hyderabad veterinary doctor gangrape and murder case were killed during a police encounter early on Friday. Nirbhaya ka naam bhi nirbhaya nahi tha, logon ne naam diya tha,mujhe lagta hai use naam dene ke bajaye inhe aisa anjaam dena zaruri hai: Independent MP Navneet Rana 12:02 pm: Cyberabad police to shortly address a press …

Telangana doctor rape-murder accused shot dead in police chase: Some hail cops, others cry foul
5 years ago

Telangana doctor rape-murder accused shot dead in police chase: Some hail cops, others cry foul

India Today  

The four men who were accused in the Telangana veterinary surgeon's rape and murder case were shot dead by police on Friday morning. ALL FOUR ACCUSED IN TELANGANA RAPE-MURDER CASE SHOT DEAD In a pre-dawn event on Friday, all four accused in the rape and murder of the veterinarian were shot dead by police. Police at the site where the …

All 4 accused in Hyderabad veterinarian's rape and murder case shot dead in police chase
5 years ago

All 4 accused in Hyderabad veterinarian's rape and murder case shot dead in police chase

India Today  

All four accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian's rape and murder case have been killed in an exchange of fire with police on Friday morning, police have said. All four accused in the rape and murder of woman veterinarian in Telangana were killed in an encounter with the police when the accused tried to escape while being taken to the crime …

Hyderabad vet rape-murder: Security heightened at jail housing accused
5 years ago

Hyderabad vet rape-murder: Security heightened at jail housing accused

India Today  

The Hyderabad police on Tuesday heightened security at the Cherlapally central prison here, where all the four accused involved in the gruesome rape and murder of a woman veterinarian have been lodged. With the police filing a petition in a Shadnagar court, seeking the custody of the accused for further interrogation, additional security measures were put in place to prevent …

Protests over rape, murder of woman veterinarian in Telangana
5 years, 1 month ago

Protests over rape, murder of woman veterinarian in Telangana

India TV News  

A large group of people including activists on Saturday staged a protest outside a police station near here, where the accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian were lodged, demanding 'severe' punishment to them. The protesters gathered outside Shadnagar police station and raised slogans against the accused. Police assured the agitators that they would ensure 100 per …

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