A Sessions Court in Mumbai on Tuesday acquitted two accused in connection with the 2002 Best Bakery case in Gujarat wherein 14 people were killed when the bakery was set ablaze during the Gujarat carnage.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has visited Kerala's Kozhikode where three persons were killed and several others sustained burn injuries after an unidentified person splashed an inflammable substance inside the compartment of a moving train and set it ablaze, sources said.
A dozen vehicles engaged in road construction work in the Kanker district were set ablaze by a group of Naxals on the intervening night of March 19-20, informed police.
According to police, the incident took place on Monday, when the accused, former student, Ashutosh Srivastava, poured petrol on the 49-year-old principal and then set her ablaze.
A woman who was admitted to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after her live-in partner set her on fire by pouring tarpin oil on her, died on Monday, the police said.
A vehicle, mixer truck and a JCB, which were being used for construction of a road, were set ablaze allegedly by Naxals in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, the police informed on Sunday.
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.