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Four arrested for abducting, killing 19-year-old in Devanahalli

Four men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing 19-year-old Pritam N in Devanahalli due to a relationship with a 21-year-old woman.

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Published on May 05, 2025 07:16 AM IST

ByCoovercolly Indresh, Bengaluru

Ghatkopar resident gets life term for kidnapping, raping 7-year-old girl

MUMBAI: A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) court recently sentenced a 43-year-old man from Ghatkopar to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 7-year-old girl while she was walking back home from a local shop in April 2022

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Published on May 04, 2025 05:44 AM IST

ByRevu Suresh

Punjab: Phagwara lawyer, friend missing: Cops suspect ‘murder’, prime accused arrested from Gujarat

History-sheeter Harvinder Singh, who jumped parole on April 23, was caught in Kutch. He is serving a life term for the 2012 murder of then Moga DSP and his woman friend

Deputy inspector general of police, Jalandhar Range, Naveen Singla said that Harvinder, who had jumped parole on April 23, was being brought back on transit remand after he was caught in a joint operation with Gujarat Police. (HT File)

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Published on Apr 30, 2025 05:58 AM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh, Jalandhar

Prime suspect of Phagwara lawyer, friend’s kidnap in Punjab Police net

History-sheeter Harvinder Singh, who jumped parole on April 23, was caught working in dhaba in Gujarat’s Kutch. He was serving life term for murder of then Moga DSP Balraj Singh Gill and his woman friend Monika Kapila in Ludhiana farmhouse in 2012.

History-sheeter Harvinder Singh, 35, wanted for the recent kidnapping of a lawyer and his woman companion in Phagwara, was arrested from a dhaba at Lakadia village, 52km from Bhuj, the district headquarters of Kutch, on Monday.

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Published on Apr 29, 2025 04:41 PM IST

ByNavrajdeep Singh

Indian-American engineer accused of kidnapping; CCTV may prove his innocence

Surveillance footage may prove the innocence of an Indian-American engineer who was accused of trying to kidnap a 2-year-old and thrown into jail

An Indian-American engineer was accused of a kidnapping attempt in the US (Representational image)

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Updated on Apr 27, 2025 10:45 AM IST

BySanya Jain

Bengal: Merchant navy officer held for murdering woman he met on social media

The Bidhannagar Police had recovered a trolley bag with a body inside from a drain in Baguihati on April 22

Postmortem report revealed that the woman’s death was caused due to asphyxiation. She was probably strangulated. (HT File photo/ Representational image)

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Published on Apr 25, 2025 06:37 PM IST

ByJoydeep Thakur

Punjab: Man arrested for sexually assaulting three minor girls

Dhanpreet Kaur said an FIR was registered under Section 127(6) of the BNS after a kidnapping complaint was lodged on April 20

Neighbours in Kapurthala noticed suspicious activities and informed police. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Apr 24, 2025 08:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jalandhar

Dera Baba Nanak: Pastor among 13 booked on rape charges

A pastor and 12 other persons have been booked on kidnapping and rape charges based on the complaint of a 22-year-old woman in Dera Baba Nanak falling under the jurisdiction of Batala police in Gurdaspur district, police officials said on Monday

As per the complaint of the woman, she was thrashed and forced to convert by the accused. The victim is a resident of the village located on the outskirts of Dera Baba Nanak town.

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Published on Apr 22, 2025 09:36 AM IST

BySurjit Singh, Amritsar

Mohali: Mastermind in Chandigarh University kidnapping case hatched the plot after learning of victim’s wealthy family

As per officials, accused Abhay, who hatched the conspiracy, did not himself join the kidnappers and witnessed the crime from a distance; when he got to know that victim’s friends have approached the police, he alerted the kidnappers who abandoned the victim near a canal in Ropar and fled in different directions

As per police, together with his four friends, including Raghav, a B-Pharmacy student, and Poorav, a second-year BBA student, Abhay hatched a conspiracy to kidnap Atharv to extort <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1.5 lakh from his family. (CCTV)

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Published on Apr 21, 2025 05:32 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Army man, 4 others held for bizman’s kidnapping in Jhansi

The accused picked him up in a tractor trolley and took him to a forest near Moth before relocating him to Chirgaon, he had told police after claiming to have somehow escaped his kidnappers two days later

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Published on Apr 21, 2025 05:30 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Jhansi

30-year-old Rajasthan woman gets 20 years for sexually assaulting boy

The victim's mother had alleged that the Mogiya lured her son, who was 16-year-old at that time, and took him to Jaipur where they stayed in a hotel room.

POCSO court found Mogiya guilty and sentenced her to 20 years imprisonment with a fine of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>45,000.(HT File)

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Published on Apr 20, 2025 10:49 PM IST

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2 private varsity students arrested for kidnapping fellow student in Mohali

The victim, Atharv Dhiman, 19, a first-year B.Tech student of the varsity, who hails from Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, was allegedly kidnapped from the campus on Thursday; he was allegedly beaten up and bundled into a car before being driven away

The kidnapper’s car spotted on CCTV outside the varsity in Gharuan, Mohali, on Thursday. (CCTV footage)

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Published on Apr 20, 2025 09:22 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Missing Bihar boy kidnapped, taken to Nepal, declared dead; returns alive

The teen was presumed dead when officials found a mutilated body along the railway tracks near the Allapatti area on February 26.

The teen was reportedly kidnapped from his locality when he was playing cricket. (Representative Image/Unsplash)

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Updated on Apr 20, 2025 04:55 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Zirakpur man, wife held for trafficking, raping minor domestic help

After hiring her in March, the man started drugging her and taking her to different men at other locations, the 16-year-old alleged in her complaint to police

The minor girl alleged that the couple threatened to post her objectionable videos online if she complained or ran away. (HT)

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Published on Apr 17, 2025 10:00 AM IST

ByNikhil Sharma, Mohali

Jihadists likely behind kidnap of Swiss woman in Niger: analysts

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Published on Apr 16, 2025 10:03 PM IST

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Ludhiana: 6-yr-old girl kidnapped from Daba, rescued in less than 24 hours

The child went missing suddenly, and her family later discovered that a neighbour known to them had taken her with him; following a complaint lodged by the girl’s mother, the Daba police registered an FIR against the accused

Ther accused has been identified as Santosh, a resident of Sukhdev Nagar, originally from Ara Bhojpur, Bihar. (HT File)

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Published on Apr 16, 2025 06:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Did US Pastor Josh Sullivan's kidnappers demand huge ransom for safe return?

Josh Sullivan, a US missionary, was kidnapped in South Africa on Thursday night while he was preaching at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell.

Tennessee pastor Josh Sullivan was kidnapped in South Africa.(Facebook/ Fellowship Baptist Church)

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Published on Apr 13, 2025 06:39 PM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

Who is Josh Sullivan? Tennessee missionary kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa

Josh Sullivan, a Tennessee pastor, was kidnapped at gunpoint as he was preaching a sermon in South Africa

Josh Sullivan was kidnapped in South Africa(sullivansinsouthafrica)

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Published on Apr 12, 2025 12:13 AM IST

ByYash Nitish Bajaj

22-year-old, 2 friends arrested for staging kidnapping

The accused confessed to staging the kidnapping, saying his family would have refused to invest seed money in their business

Tiwari’s friends had applied make-up on him while shooting the video to make the kidnapping look real, said police

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Published on Apr 11, 2025 07:12 AM IST

ByMegha Sood

2-year-old rescued as kidnappers’ gang busted; nine held in Punjab’s Barnala

The boy, a resident of Barnala, was kidnapped on April 4 and was safely recovered after a series of coordinated operations involving multiple police teams, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Sarfaraz Alam said.

DIG (Patiala range) Mandeep Singh Sidhu said an FIR had already been registered at the Barnala police station under sections 140(3) and 111(2)(II) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)

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Published on Apr 08, 2025 07:24 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Barnala

Man booked for kidnapping engineering student in Karnataka; father alleges ‘love Jihad’

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Published on Mar 29, 2025 02:01 PM IST

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UP man, out on bail for 15-year-old's rape, abducts the girl again

According to a complaint filed by the girl's mother, the accused, identified as 23-year-old Ashish Saroj, kidnapped the girl on March 22

The police have launched a fresh investigation into the case after the kidnapping.(HT File)

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Published on Mar 27, 2025 09:03 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Delhi: 3 teens murder 15-yr-old, fake kidnapping for ₹10L ransom

Investigators revealed that they were looking to make money, though the exact reason remains unclear. Investigators said they are also probing other possible motives, including personal enmity or a past dispute.

The three were detained a day after committing the murder on Sunday night near Bhalswa Lake. (FILE)

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Published on Mar 27, 2025 06:16 AM IST

ByKarn Pratap Singh

Indore: Man fakes own kidnapping to demand ₹1 lakh ransom from father, held

Despite expensive hobbies, Satish was prima facie involved in betting on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches

Shreeram Gupta, a resident of Indore, received a call on Tuesday informing him that his son Satish Gupta had been kidnapped.

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Published on Mar 26, 2025 09:30 PM IST

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Haryana man finds wife's affair with tenant, burns lover alive, buries body

Haryana murder: The victim, Jagdeep, was allegedly having an affair with the wife of the house owner. Jagdeep was a yoga instructor at a university in Rohtak.

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Updated on Mar 26, 2025 08:37 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Greed for easy money lands Bengaluru man in cyber fraud trap

Lucknow police rescues bizman and his friends from captivity, nabs three kidnappers, mastermind at large.

The accused in police custody (HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 25, 2025 07:53 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Greater Noida: Couple held for abducting toddler

The child’s mother, a domestic help, had reported to police that her was missing after she returned from work

On Saturday, they had come to collect some belongings. On a tip-off, police nabbed Renu and Dinesh and rescued the little girl, said police. (Representational image)

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Published on Mar 23, 2025 06:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Greater Noida

9 given three years each for assaulting doctor

The court of additional chief judicial magistrate Rajiv convicted a local politician Rajendra Chaudhary Kaka, ex-councillor Subhash Papiya, Baljeet Bitta, Krishan Kumar, Anil Kumar, Prem Sagar, Gurmeet Mita, Subhash Royal, Virender and Raman Kumar. One of the convict Gurmeet Mita had passed away earlier and other convicts are currently out on bail.

A mob had blackened the face of the doctor in October 2017 and paraded him in the city and assaulted him. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Mar 20, 2025 08:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Accused in Manchar doctor abduction case arrested

According to the complaint, the victim was travelling to Manchar on January 4, when the two accused, Ovhal and Pawan Thorat deliberately hit his vehicle causing a collision

The crime branch sleuths have also seized a pistol and two cartridges from the accused, identified as Praveen alias Dollar Sitaram Ovhal. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

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Published on Mar 19, 2025 05:50 AM IST

ByNadeem Inamdar

3 boys apprehended for abducting teen for ₹50K ransom in S Delhi

Three boys were arrested for kidnapping a 17-year-old in Mehrauli for ₹50,000 ransom, using a fake girl profile on social media to lure him.

During interrogation, police said that one of the accused planned the kidnapping to pay scooter installments for a delivery job. (Representational image)

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Published on Mar 16, 2025 05:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

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Four men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing 19-year-old Pritam N in Devanahalli due to a relationship with a 21-year-old woman.

MUMBAI: A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) court recently sentenced a 43-year-old man from Ghatkopar to life imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 7-year-old girl while she was walking back home from a local shop in April 2022

History-sheeter Harvinder Singh, who jumped parole on April 23, was caught in Kutch. He is serving a life term for the 2012 murder of then Moga DSP and his woman friend

History-sheeter Harvinder Singh, who jumped parole on April 23, was caught working in dhaba in Gujarat’s Kutch. He was serving life term for murder of then Moga DSP Balraj Singh Gill and his woman friend Monika Kapila in Ludhiana farmhouse in 2012.

Surveillance footage may prove the innocence of an Indian-American engineer who was accused of trying to kidnap a 2-year-old and thrown into jail

The Bidhannagar Police had recovered a trolley bag with a body inside from a drain in Baguihati on April 22

Dhanpreet Kaur said an FIR was registered under Section 127(6) of the BNS after a kidnapping complaint was lodged on April 20

A pastor and 12 other persons have been booked on kidnapping and rape charges based on the complaint of a 22-year-old woman in Dera Baba Nanak falling under the jurisdiction of Batala police in Gurdaspur district, police officials said on Monday

The accused picked him up in a tractor trolley and took him to a forest near Moth before relocating him to Chirgaon, he had told police after claiming to have somehow escaped his kidnappers two days later

The victim's mother had alleged that the Mogiya lured her son, who was 16-year-old at that time, and took him to Jaipur where they stayed in a hotel room.

The victim, Atharv Dhiman, 19, a first-year B.Tech student of the varsity, who hails from Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, was allegedly kidnapped from the campus on Thursday; he was allegedly beaten up and bundled into a car before being driven away

The teen was presumed dead when officials found a mutilated body along the railway tracks near the Allapatti area on February 26.

After hiring her in March, the man started drugging her and taking her to different men at other locations, the 16-year-old alleged in her complaint to police

Jihadists likely behind kidnap of Swiss woman in Niger: analysts

The child went missing suddenly, and her family later discovered that a neighbour known to them had taken her with him; following a complaint lodged by the girl’s mother, the Daba police registered an FIR against the accused

Josh Sullivan, a US missionary, was kidnapped in South Africa on Thursday night while he was preaching at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell.

Josh Sullivan, a Tennessee pastor, was kidnapped at gunpoint as he was preaching a sermon in South Africa

The accused confessed to staging the kidnapping, saying his family would have refused to invest seed money in their business

The boy, a resident of Barnala, was kidnapped on April 4 and was safely recovered after a series of coordinated operations involving multiple police teams, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Sarfaraz Alam said.

Man booked for kidnapping engineering student in Karnataka; father alleges ‘love Jihad’

According to a complaint filed by the girl's mother, the accused, identified as 23-year-old Ashish Saroj, kidnapped the girl on March 22

Investigators revealed that they were looking to make money, though the exact reason remains unclear. Investigators said they are also probing other possible motives, including personal enmity or a past dispute.

Despite expensive hobbies, Satish was prima facie involved in betting on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches

Haryana murder: The victim, Jagdeep, was allegedly having an affair with the wife of the house owner. Jagdeep was a yoga instructor at a university in Rohtak.

Lucknow police rescues bizman and his friends from captivity, nabs three kidnappers, mastermind at large.

The child’s mother, a domestic help, had reported to police that her was missing after she returned from work

According to the complaint, the victim was travelling to Manchar on January 4, when the two accused, Ovhal and Pawan Thorat deliberately hit his vehicle causing a collision

Three boys were arrested for kidnapping a 17-year-old in Mehrauli for ₹50,000 ransom, using a fake girl profile on social media to lure him.

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