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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
TopicCrime

Topic: Crime

He jumped bail & evaded arrest for 42 years. Got caught by the one thing he refused to give up—moustache

With no photograph or ID records and a HC order to produce him dead or alive, Firozabad police went door-to-door to find the man absconding since 1984 in a culpable homicide case.

Pakistani governor’s ajrak cap gets stolen in Sindh—right off his head

The incident took place at the Rohri railway station in Sindh where Governor Nehal Hashmi had come for an official engagement.

Ex-Armyman killed wife, evaded arrest for years, started a new life. Then an LPG booking gave him away

Sandeep Tomar, a former captain in 12 Bihar Regiment, was apprehended after SIT tracked a Rs 500 gas refill transaction to his remote hideout in MP.

Being a northeastern in Delhi—casual racism, everyday profiling and violence

A recent attack on a woman lawyer from Manipur in a south Delhi park has once again pushed the question of racism against people from the Northeast into the public view.

Don’t ask what to do with boys who rape. Ask what turned them into assaulters in the first place

Young boys who should be sweating about schoolwork are learning how to corner women. Are we now supposed to add children to the list of people we need to protect ourselves from?

Beauty & the ‘beef’: How Lucknow woman & lover she met on Instagram laid trap for husband

Lucknow’s Ameena met Bhopal’s Amaan through Instagram in 2022. He is now behind bars and she is on the run. Lucknow police confirm the two hatched plan to frame Ameena’s husband.

Curtain raiser for Crime Literature Festival goes looking for stories—injustice against men

The discussion at the third edition of the Crime Literature Festival revolved around how men are struggling for justice and the way laws are biased in favour of women.

Ahmedabad cops crack murder of man killed in his sleep, buried in kitchen. It began with a tip-off

A mason from Bihar went missing about a year ago but no complaint was raised. Police have now found a body buried in kitchen floor of the house he lived in with his wife & kids.

Jharkhand is the honour killing capital of India now. Haryana is second

The latest NCRB report also shows that Jharkhand constantly features in the list of top ten states when it comes to murders, with over 1,400 such cases recorded between 2021 and 2023.

‘Death threats’, a cop’s car & a body in the river: The mysterious death of an Uttarakhand journalist

Rajeev Pratap Singh's pregnant wife says that in the days before his death, he appeared disturbed & frustrated after getting threat calls to pull down videos from his YouTube channel.

On Camera

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

What theaterisation could look like: Rotational CDS, three-star theatre commanders in initial years

The proposed structure envisions the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) rotating between the Army, Navy and Air Force, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.