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TopicDelhi murder

Topic: Delhi murder

Abused, throat slit but not ‘rarest of rare’ case — Why killers of Ankit Saxena got life term

A photographer by profession, Ankit was near his house in Raghubir Nagar when he was attacked fatally by parents & uncle of his Muslim girlfriend on the night of 1 February, 2018.

‘Ritual for mental peace, row over Rs 8 lakh’ — Delhi Police charge sheet in Swiss woman murder case

Nina Berger's decomposed body with limbs tied was found in a plastic bag near a Delhi school last October. Charge sheet says accused gemstone dealer Gurpeet Singh planned the murder.

Police arrests three in Punjab model murder case, CCTV footage shows ‘body being dragged into car’

The victim has been identified as Divya Pahuja a former model from Punjab, who was allegedly killed by Abhijeet Singh, the 'owner of a hotel where the murder took place'.

Minor ‘stabs teen 60 times’ in Delhi’s Welcome area. Chilling CCTV shows him ‘dancing over body’

Police have apprehended the 16-yr-old and say robbery was motive but he found only Rs 350 in 17-yr-old victim's pocket. According to DCP Joy Tirkey, the two did not know each other.

‘Bound with chains & smothered in bag’ — how Swiss woman Nina Berger was ‘killed by gemstone dealer’

Police officers say accused Gurpreet Singh 'planned murder as he suspected the victim of having an affair with someone else'. Her preliminary autopsy report states ‘asphyxia’ as cause of death.

Week after Swiss woman’s body found, police still looking for motive — ‘accused changing statements’

Accused Gurpreet Singh was arrested by Delhi Police a day after body was found in West Delhi. Autopsy will be conducted after no-objection note from Swiss authorities.

Found chained & strangled near Delhi school, Swiss woman was ‘murdered for rejecting marriage proposal’

Nina Berger, who arrived in India on 11 October, knew accused Gurpreet Singh since 2021. Singh, who's 'confessed' to murder, had invited her to India with promise of a 'big surprise'.

How a priest’s suspicions during last rites led to Delhi man’s arrest for father’s ‘murder’

Man allegedly killed his father in a fit of rage & took him to be cremated Thursday, but priest noticed cuts on the body & alerted police.

‘Call girls, old recordings’: How ‘jilted’ Delhi Police constable hid sub-inspector’s murder for 2 yrs

UP sub-inspector was last seen on 8 September 2021. Police say Surendra Singh has confessed to killing her that same day and dumping her body in a drain.

Delhi court sentences 3 to death for gang rape & murder of woman, her two minor kids

They have been awarded life imprisonment for the offences of gang rape and robbery. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 35000 on each convict.

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Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.