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Topic: Murder

‘Tormented’ by son’s alcohol addiction, Amroha family makes ‘Rs 5 lakh deal with hitman’ to kill him

32-year-old's father, mother & younger brother were involved in the plan, with the mother pawning off jewellery to pay 'screwdriver killer', police say.

3-yr-old raped, murdered in Pune: Accused charged with sexual assault twice before & acquitted, police say

Bhimrao Kamble, a 65-year-old labourer, was arrested after he allegedly raped the girl and smashed her head with a stone.

IRS officer’s daughter murdered: Arrested house help was booked in Alwar rape case a day earlier

Prime suspect in the early morning crime is a 22-year-old domestic worker who was fired recently and has since disappeared, police say.

How Ramavatar Jaggi was killed—a reconstruction of one of Chhattisgarh’s most chilling political murders

How the first elections in Chhattisgarh escalated into cold-blooded elimination of a political rival of Ajit Jogi—police to CBI, probes revealed murder most foul & institutional cover-up.

4 dead children, Haryana’s ‘killer mom’, a confession, and many questions

Only one autopsy, shifting statements, and delayed forensics complicate an investigation now unfolding alongside rumours, stigma, and deeply gendered assumptions about women’s violence.

Charged in US for killing 6-yr-old son, FBI most wanted Cindy Rodriguez Singh arrested in India

The 40-year-old flew to India in 2023 after lying to police about her son, last seen in October 2022. She allegedly starved him, believing he was 'possessed' and a danger to her twins.

Crime stories dominated Indian TV news headlines—murder, suicide to execution

The fate of Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse in Yemen accused of killing her business partner, was comprehensively covered by television and newspapers — it was a page-1 story.

Purnea murders rock Bihar: Teen saw mob beat family to death over ‘witchcraft’, lived to tell the tale

5 members of a family of 6 were allegedly murdered by a mob of ‘around 200’ in a village in Purnea Sunday. Police have arrested 3 of 23 named in the minor’s complaint.

3 Agra brothers embroiled in property dispute, 1 killed. Burnt remains recovered from dump site

According to police, Ranveer was attacked with sticks and sharp weapons, leading to his death on the spot, and family members burnt his body outside the village to destroy evidence.

Karnataka ex-DGP’s son points finger at mother, sister for murder in Bengaluru home

In his complaint, son says that mother & sister frequently fought with Karnataka ex-DGP Om Prakash & that 'due to these threats, he had gone to live with his sister'.

On Camera

Fish for votes, eggs for ideology in BJP’s Bengal. Children pay the price

ISKCON has done exactly what one would expect of it. It has never hidden its commitment to vegetarian food. But a government has no business following the dietary beliefs of the institution it hires.

A human firmly in the loop: RBI proposes ‘kill switch’ for AI used by banks & NBFCs

Draft framework released by RBI puts responsibility for AI-driven decisions squarely with the board, holds lenders accountable for the outcomes of every model they use.

IAF seeks minimum 40% indigenous content for 96 Rafale, final batch with 60%

The French government is expected to send in their response to India’s Letter of Request in September, the time by which they are obligated to respond.

Publisher ban on Sacco’s brilliant Muzaffarnagar riot comic is a cynical joke on India’s freedoms

Sacco’s ‘reporting’ is incredibly granular but there are areas where he can be faulted. Don’t let this undermine where his true focus is, in showing how local disputes led to riots.