A woman was taken into custody for allegedly setting ablaze her two daughters over a family dispute atop Anjanadri hill in the Mulabagilu town of Karnataka's Kolar, the police informed.
The Birbhum massacre took place on March 21, 2022, when several houses were set ablaze following the alleged murder of Bogtui village Upa Pradhan Bhadu Sheikh. The main accused arrested is related to Sheikh.
According to the Kanker Superintendent of Police, Shalabh Sinha, the Naxals created havoc in the Koyalibeda region as they set ablaze the mobile network towers in two areas, and a bus in a region, and also blocked a highway.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 17 (ANI): Naxals set ablaze vehicles involved in mining, and vandalised two private vehicles in Chargaon, Antagarh area in Kanker district on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, an official said.
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], October 9 (ANI): Police on Saturday arrested the accused and sent him to judicial custody for allegedly setting a woman ablaze after she refused his marriage proposal.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 7 (ANI): Condoling the death of the woman who was set on fire allegedly by a man for rejecting the marriage proposal, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the bereaved family.
Bokaro (Jharkhand) [India], October 7 (ANI): The Jharkhand Police have booked 11 people for allegedly setting a man on fire over the matter of an inter-community love affair in the Mahuatand Police Station limits of the Dhawaia village of the state, it informed on Friday.