The Ernakulam rural police had to adopt one of the most unique interrogations of recent times to get into the head of a woman to make her reveal the details of the alleged smothering of her six-year-old stepdaughter. During the nearly five-hour-long interrogation, the team led by District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena could not resort to intimidatory tactics as it …
Aneesha, a 23-year-old pregnant woman, arrested on charge of murdering her six-year-old stepdaughter, had a troubled childhood in absolute penury at Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh, she reportedly revealed during her interrogation. That her grandmother had inadvertently played a part in her belief that she was possessed by evil spirits in her husband’s house at Nellikkuzhy near Kothamangalam remains an …
Environmentalist organisations are demanding the government to reclaim 59,000 acres of land allegedly possessed by 49 private estate owners in Wayanad. The land was previously owned by the British government and was subsequently transferred to the state. The government has been aware of illegal activities such as tree felling and tourism on the properties, but no action has been taken …
On September 19, members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Jamshedpur freed a girl who was kept shackled with chains in the Imambada located on the banks of Kharkai River behind Bodhanwala garage in Bistupur Police Station. Girl’s father claimed her younger sister was treated at Imambada Bistupur police station in-charge Vishnu Kumar Raut said in a statement that the girl was …
