A 22-year-old woman was shot dead in Bhagalpur on Monday night by three family members for marrying a man of another caste, said police.

Katni (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 2 (ANI): A video has gone viral on social media wherein a Sarpanch, after winning local elections, allegedly raised anti-national slogans, along with his followers, in the Katni area of Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.

Ghaziabad Mar 21 PTI A known criminal accused of robbing a clothing store was nabbed after exchange of gunfire along with two of his accomplices on Monday police here said Deepak the main accused is a resident of Rajiv Border colony in Loni and had looted the store on March 7 they said According to police they had received a tip-off on Monday 130 pm that the accused was waiting for his associates at Banthla canal embankment they said Police reached the spot and when they tried to apprehend the accused he opened fire against them Police returned fire and shot him in his left leg and he was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment City Superintendent of Police second Gyanendra Singh said A country-made pistol of 315 bore one live and one used cartridge of the same bore and one bike used in commission of crime were recovered from the possession of the three men During interrogation Deepak confessed robbing the clothes showroom he said He was booked in 21 other criminal cases at various police stations of Delhi and Ghaziabad the SP added PTI COR VN VN

Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], March 20 (ANI): Most wanted Maoist Zonal Commander Bhikhan Ganjhu and his close aide Rahul Munda were arrested from Ranchi on Sunday, informed the police.

Ghaziabad Jan 26 PTI Two men were arrested for operating an allegedly illegal hookah bar in Raj District Centre RDC police here said on Wednesday The arrests were made during a raid at Sky Caf Thursday night they said The accused have been identified as Ram Singh and Gufran both in their early twenties They were booked under section 269 of the Indian Penal Act and sections 21 and 22 of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act a senior police officer said Four hookahs with chilams small pouches of flavoured tobacco and other equipment were seized in the raid said City Superintendent of Police second Nipun Agarwal Another hookah bar Baba Caf was raided in Ajanta Park area of Khoda Police Station jurisdiction and its manager Sahil was arrested the officer said Hookah equipment and flavoured tobacco were recovered in the raid at the joint located mere yards away from a police outpost the SSP added PTI COR VN VN

Ghaziabad 31 Dec PTI A 23-year-old LLB student was found dead inside a well in Madhuban Bapu Dham colony of Kavi Nagar Police Station area police here said on Friday The man identified as Kushagra Chowdhary was a second year student at an institute in Sector 23 Sanjay Nagar police said According to a complaint lodged by his father Chowdhary had gone missing Wednesday night after leaving his home to get his bike repaired Virendra Singh his father an owner of a construction company had lodged a missing complaint when his son did not return home the night City Superintendent of Police first Nipun Agarwal said According to police Chowdhary was last seen at a roadside eatery located at Hapur Road toll with a man named Yogendra alias Baloo his wife Pooja and another man named Pawan Acting on the input police apprehended Baloo and his wife During interrogation Baloo confessed that he battered Chowdhary to death with an iron rod at his residence where he had called him with an offer of alcohol During the party the two had a row in which Baloo killed Chowdhary in front of his wife and her sister police said They kept the dead body with them the whole night and dumped it the next day in a well situated in a field in Kamla Nehru Nagar area they said After the confession police recovered the body from the well and also blood-stained clothes of the deceased near it One stole and a pair of women footwear was also recovered from near the well police said Police arrested Baloo for killing Chowdhary and his wife Pooja for being an accomplice in the dumping of the body Agarwal said Role of Baloos sister-in-law is also being probed while Pawan is still at large he said The body was sent for post mortem on Friday and a probe is underway the officer added PTI COR VN VN

Ghaziabad Oct 28 PTI A chain snatcher was arrested by police here following a brief exchange of fire on Thursday police said The accused identified as Sushil Kumar a native of Muradnagar was shot in the leg during the encounter they said Acting on an input of a snatching in the area on Thursday evening a team of Vijay Nagar Police traced the criminal who in a bid to escape fired upon them in which a constable sustained bullet injury City Superintendent of Police First Nipun Agarwal said The police team retaliated and the snatcher was shot in the leg and arrested he added Kumar is involved in eight criminal cases registered at various police station of Ghaziabad and Meerut districts police said PTI COR RHL

Bhopal Sep 28 PTI A 50-year-old man riding a motorcycle was killed when a heavy iron bolt used in the ongoing construction of the Bhopal Metro Rail fell on him police said on Tuesday The incident took place in Bhopals Shubhash Nagar area on Monday evening when the man identified as Rajesh Pal a government employee posted in the Madhya Pradesh secretariat was returning home after duty City Superintendent of Police Nagendra Singh Bais said Pal was passing near a pillar of the under-construction Bhopal Metro Rail project when a heavy iron bolt fell on his head He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead the official said PTI ADU GK GK

Dhar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 14 (ANI): A Hanuman temple saint was killed and another person was injured in an attack by miscreants with bricks, sticks and stones in Dhar's Gyanpura, said Madhya Pradesh Police.