Two persons have been arrested for duping a woman on the pretext of offering an attractive travel package to Gujarat on the social media page, the Delhi Police informed on Sunday.
"A woman named Malti Devi and her three children were found dead on Saturday in the Magra police station area of Gaya," Himanshu, City Superintendent of Police (SP) said.
"He has been identified as Khursheed Ahmad Bhat. Incriminating materials and a hand grenade were recovered from his possession," the official statement said.
"Today one male person aged 40 years named Nannu Mia of Dinhata, Coochbihar has been arrested by West Bengal STF from Howrah in connection with an ongoing case," the official said.
A foreign national on the Dasu hydropower project in Kohistan district, who had been detained after a crowd accused him of committing blasphemy earlier this month, was ordered to be released by Judge Sajjad Ahmad Jan, reported The News.
In an intensified drive against international drug trafficking, Narcotics Control Bureau-Goa has busted a multi-drug cartel in Goa which spanned over two weeks and three persons including two Russians were arrested.
Women's bodies were said to have been unearthed and desecrated on several occasions. A necrophilia case was reported in Pakistan in 2011 when a grave keeper named Muhammad Rizwan from North Nazimabad, Karachi was arrested after he confessed to raping 48 female corpses.
In a major breakthrough, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police arrested three persons allegedly involved in procuring and providing passports on fake particulars to gangsters/criminals of Punjab and other states to facilitate their escape from the country.
The accused tourist guide has been identified as Mohamad Akhter Katari, a resident of Bandi Bala Chandoosa, and he was arrested by the Baramulla police.
Officials said that the incident came to light after the victim's parents police and lodged a complaint. Following this, a case was registered at Thane's Kolsewadi police station.