According to the police, 28-year-old Aathira was set on fire allegedly by her live-in partner Shanavas in Anchal, Kollam district. Both were living together for a long time and have a three-month-old baby, stated the police.
The recently-hired caretaker, Monu (22), hatched a conspiracy along with his associates Vishal (22) and Naveen (31) to rob the the woman and her husband as they were an "easy target," they said.
A woman Naxal, carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada districton Monday.
The officer said the couple had been living in the area for the past six to seven years and police are investigating the matter from all angles.
A Goa resident battered his 20-year-old daughter to death with a cricket stump over her relationship with a youth he did not approve, police said on Friday. Accused Sunilkumar Rajan, 46, a resident of Sanquelim in North Goa, has been arrested.
District SP of Police, K.G. Simon visited the crime scene in Kumbazha, where the senior resident was found with her throat slit. Her helpers were from Tamil Nadu.
A 63-year-old woman was killed by a tiger at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district on Tuesday, an official said.
The accused persons killed the woman and initially tried to burn the body. They later hanged her body to pass it off as a case of suicide, the official said.
A 55-year-old woman was found strangulated on a road near her house in Nagpur district, the police said on Wednesday. It appeared to be a case of robbery as the woman's jewellery was missing, a police officer said.
A 35-year-old woman was allegedly killed by a man said to be in a relationship with her, police said here on Thursday. The crime came to light on Wednesday when a neighbour of the victim found her dead with her throat slit and informed her husband.
Over 100 cuts were inflicted on a woman by her exorcist sister-in-law and two others in a belief that it will ensure the recovery of her father-in-law. Renu, married to Sanjeev of Ghangaura village in Bhojipura area eight years ago, required 300 stitches for the 101 cuts inflicted on her during treatment at the district hospital here, said police.
The body of a 60-year-old woman was found beheaded and stabbed multiple times on Thursday morning at her rented apartment in Gariahat area in south Kolkata. The deceased identified as Urmila Kumari, originally from Punjab, used to live with her two sons who were out of town to attend a marriage
The body of a woman was found beneath a bridge in Khadki area of Pune on Tuesday morning, police said. She had taken a lift from a man riding a two-wheeler near Pune railway station on Sunday, an official said.
A 65-year-old woman was allegedly killed and her body burnt with paddy straw by a man in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, police said on Tuesday. The accused, Rajesh Sontakke (22), apparently wanted to take revenge for the humiliation he was subjected to by the woman's son, Weltur police station's assistant inspector Anand Kaviraj said.
A man allegedly stabbed his daughter in West Bengal's 24 North Parganas district multiple times with a sharp weapon at her in-law's place for marrying without his permission, the police and family members said on Monday.
Poonam Kashyap was working when a youth, Shubham, accidently opened fire at her from a country-made pistol, Circle Officer (CO) Girja Shankar Tripathi told PTI.
According to police, the victim, Nancy (20), used to work in the event management field. On Tuesday, Nancy's father approached police and said that his daughter's phone was switched off since November 11 and he feared that something had happened to her, they said.
In a shocking case of honour killing, a father brutally kills his 22-year-old daughter Ferozabad district in what is believed to be the 23rd case of honour killing in the last 18 months in western Uttar Pradesh. The man killed his daughter, identified as Pooja, for having an affair with neighbour's son.
The incident took place in Kawal village under Jansath police station limits on Sunday night, Superintendent of Police (rural) Nepal Singh said.
A 63-year-old man has filed a case against the in-laws of his daughter for allegedly killing her for dowry in Rohini's Kanjhawala area, the police said on Monday. Lakhi Ram, a resident of Kaithal in Haryana, mentioned in the complaint that his daughter Meena got married to one Ajay on January 21, 2015, in Qutubgarh village, here.
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