Crime Patrol: Serial killer Mallika's death sentence reduced to life (Episode 578 on 29th Oct, 2015)

The Inside Story Amazon.in WidgetsSerial killer Mallika's death sentence reduced to lifeNdtv.comAugust 2, 2012The Karnataka High Court today reduced the death sentence awarded to a woman serial killer by a fast track court to life imprisonment.A division bench headed by Justice DV Shylendra Kumar reduced the sentence on a criminal appeal filed by Mallika challenging the order awarded by the court at Tumkur on March 24, 2009.It is a normal practice...

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Crime Patrol: Family tortures, kills Indian woman for 'witchcraft' (Episode 577 on 28th Oct, 2015)

Part 1The Inside Story Amazon.in WidgetsRAIPUR: A woman has been tortured and beaten to death by her in-laws in central India on suspicion of being a witch and practising black magic, police said Monday.Police in the central state of Chhattisgarh said relatives attacked the 55-year-old widow on Sunday after claiming her witchcraft had caused her nephew’s ill health.“Chilli powder was put in her eyes, ears and private parts and they thrashed her...

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Crime Patrol: Corpse is left hanging for over a year (Episode 576 on 27th Oct, 2015)

The Inside Story Amazon.in WidgetsIn a lurch: at a Rajasthan school, a corpse is hanging for over a yearIn Nichli Anjani village of Mandva, along the Rajasthan-Gujarat border, a body has lain hanging in the compound of a deserted school for over a year.The body has decomposed into a skeleton but the family of the deceased still refuses to accept it.The reason: the age-old tradition of Mautana or death money.Ajmeri, a 36-year-old from Nichli Anjani,...

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Crime Patrol: Bengal’s poor girls remain vulnerable to trafficking (Episode 575 on 26th October, 2015)

Part 1The Inside Story Amazon.in WidgetsAt 14 it appeared that Priti’s world would no longer be just an alphabet — G. Indeed, that’s how a large number of habitations is denoted in one of the world’s harshest terrains, where poverty is abject. Barely 50 km south of a bustling Kolkata, the G Plot is one of the numerous tiny islands that constitute the 10,000 sq km of estuarine marsh and mangroves known to the world as the Sunderbans. Like other...

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Crime Patrol: Failed actor arrested for kidnap, murder of Utkarsh (Episode 573, 574 on 24th, 25th Oct, 2015)

Part 1Part 2The Inside Story Amazon.in WidgetsNEW DELHI: The 22-year-old son of a builder has been arrested for the kidnapping and murder of Utkarsh, 13, an east Delhi jeweller's son who was found dead near a drain last week, a day after being waylaid while returning from school. The accused, Pratap Singh Sisodia, is a failed actor and part-owner of a call centre in Noida. He wanted cash to buy out his business partner and spend on his model girlfriend,...

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Crime Patrol: Lucknow: Body of law student found chopped into pieces (Episode 572 on 23rd Oct, 2015)

The Inside Story Amazon.in WidgetsA 20-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted Sunday, was found murdered Monday morning with her body chopped into several parts and pieces thrown some distance apart in the PGI area here. Her family members identified the body Tuesday even as police detained four persons for questioning and suspect that the gruesome killing could be fallout of a one-sided love affair. The girl, a resident of Lucknow, was pursing...

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Crime Patrol: HC orders compensation to murder accused (567, 578 on 9th, 11th Oct, 2015)

Part 1Part 2The Inside Story Amazon.in WidgetsMADURAI: More than 13 years after her 'murder' -- for which two men were arrested -- Mekala alias Punitha returned in full flesh and blood, and appeared before a judge in the Madurai bench of the Madras high court. Justice S Nagamuthu rapped police for faulty investigation and asked them to conduct DNA analysis on the woman and her father to establish her 'identity' beyond doubt. The case dates back...

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Crime Patrol: Illicit relations of NRI wife leads to husband's murder: Police (Episode 566, 567 on 3rd, 4th Oct, 2015)

Part 1Part 2The Inside Story Amazon.in WidgetsHoshiarpur NRI murder case: Cops say second wife involvedVICTIM’S KIN BECAME SUSPICIOUS ON THE WAY HIS SECOND WIFE GOT PROPERTY TRANSFERRED IN HER NAME DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATHHOSHIARPUR: With the arrest of two persons, the police claimed to have solved the blind murder of NRI Rajpal Singh at Thinda village. His second wife has emerged the main culprit in the police investigation.Those accused have...

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Crime Patrol: Gang rape, murder turns out to be honour killing (Episode 564 on 2nd Oct, 2015)

Part 1The Inside Story Amazon.in WidgetsVADODARA: The January 14 gang rape and murder case in Santrampur village has turned on its head with the investigations revealing that it was a case of honour killing.The minor girl's parents allegedly murdered her after spotting her in a compromising position with a boy.Police said that her parents took the body to a jungle on the hill with the help of one Manga Nayak and hanged it to cover up the incident....

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