Kochi: A former French surgeon, Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, was sentenced to a maximum term of 20 years in jail for sexually abusing hundreds of patients, mostly children, between 1989 and 2014, BBC reported.The victims include two of his nieces.The court had taken into account the fact that the former surgeon targeted unwell, vulnerable and …
Kochi: A CRPF official was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday on charges of espionage, media reports said.Moti Ram Jat, who was accused of sharing sensitive information with Pakistan Intelligence officers, was dismissed from the service, the reports said.Jat was actively involved in espionage activity with Pakistan Intelligence Officers (PIOs) since 2023, …
Kochi: The ED has filed chargesheet against CPM leaders including K Radhakrishnan, MP, and other party leaders in connection with Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank money laundering case, media reports said.Other CPM leaders named in the chargesheet filed before Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court in Kochi are A C Moideen, MLA, M M Varghese, …
Kochi: The saga of over three years old girl Kalyani is so terrorising that the child constantly endured sexual torture from her paternal uncle for over an year before she was done to death by her own mother Sandhya on May 19, media reports said.Kalyani went missing while being brought back home by Sandhya who …
Kochi: An Israel national and his fiancee, working at the Israeli Embassy, were killed outside a Jewish museum in downtown Washington DC, BBC reported.The deceased were shot down while leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, the reports said.According to Israel’s ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, the two were going to get engaged …
Kochi: A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Saifullah Khalid, alias “Vinode Kumar,” was killed by unidentified assailants in Pakistan’s Sindh province, media reports said.Khalid was a key conspirator in the 2005 Indian Science Congress (ISC) attack in Bangalore, the 2006 attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur and the 2008 CRPF camp assault …
Kochi: A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Saifullah Khalid, alias “Vinode Kumar,” was killed by unidentified assailants in Pakistan’s Sindh province, media reports said.Khalid was a key conspirator in the 2005 Indian Science Congress (ISC) attack in Bangalore, the 2006 attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur and the 2008 CRPF camp assault …
Kochi: A vicar of a church in Pathiyaram, Erumapetty, in Thrissur was found dead in his bedroom on Wednesday, media reports said.The deceased Fr Leo Puthur (32), a native of Perinchery, was vicar of St Joseph’s church.Fr Leo had become vicar at the church on October 22.The sacristan went to the vicar’s residence in connection …
Kochi: A vicar of a church in Pathiyaram, Erumapetty, in Thrissur was found dead in his bedroom on Wednesday, media reports said.The deceased Fr Leo Puthur (32), a native of Perinchery, was vicar of St Joseph’s church.Fr Leo had become vicar at the church on October 22.The sacristan went to the vicar’s residence in connection …
Kochi: A 19-year-old girl student of an engineering college in Pune was arrested and remanded to police custody for allegedly making a pro Pakistan slogan, the Indian Express reported. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the National Investigation Agency (NIA), intelligence agencies backed by the Pune city police, are probing the case pertaining to her Instagram …
Cops nab girl for pro Pak postKochi: A 19-year-old girl student of an engineering college in Pune was arrested and remanded to police custody for allegedly making a pro Pakistan slogan, the Indian Express reported. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), the National Investigation Agency (NIA), intelligence agencies backed by the Pune city police, are probing …
Kochi: Rejaz M Sheeba Sydeek of Kerala has been sent to police custody until May 13 for criticising Operation Sindoor.Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad, which had nabbed him with his girlfriend from a hotel in Nagpur the other day, are raiding his house in Kochi.Rijas, a freelance journalist, and his associate from Bihar Isha were arrested …
Kochi: The 1999 Kandahar hijack mastermind, Abdul Rauf Azhar, 57, who was also responsible for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, was reportedly killed in the airstrikes carried out by India on Wednesday, media reports said.A central figure iinternational jihadist networks, Azhar plotted the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane IC 814 to …
Kandahar hijack mastermind killedKochi: The 1999 Kandahar hijack mastermind, Abdul Rauf Azhar, 57, who was also responsible for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, was reportedly killed in the airstrikes carried out by India on Wednesday, media reports said.A central figure in international jihadist networks, Azhar plotted the hijacking of an Indian Airlines …
Kochi: A 28-year-old domestic help was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a minor boy in Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad, media reports said.The accused, who is unmarried, had allegedly abused the 17 year boy whose mother is a domestic help in the same house.The accused lived in the servant quarters of her employer, adjacent to where …
Kochi: A Sub Inspector of Kerala police was found hanging in his house in Kollam.Omanakuttan, 52, of Kalluvila house in Peroor, was found hanging in a room adjacent to the kitchen of his house in the wee hours of Sunday.He was grade SI in the special branch, Kilikollur.He is survived by wife and two children.
Kochi: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan Munir Ahmed was dismissed for allegedly keeping his marriage to a Pakistani national a secret, media reports said.On May 24, 2023, Ahmed used a video call to marry Menal Khan who overstayed in India even after the expiry of her visa validity which Ahmed kept a secret. …
Kochi: Suhas Shetty, 30, who was accused in a murder case in Surathkal in 2022, was hacked to death in Bajpe in Mangaluru on Thursday night, media reports said.Suhas, a Bajrang Dal activist, was the main accused in the murder of Mohammed Fazil, 23, in Surathakal on July 28,2022. Fazil was murdered two days after …
Kochi: With IB officials’ parents detained the rape accused IB official Sukant Suresh going innuendo after the alleged suicide of a fellow IB officer, Suresh’s parents have been taken into custody, media reports said.They were detained as police exhausted all attempts to trace Sukant. The police seized computer hard disks and bank passbooks. Police carried …
Kochi: WithIB officials’ parents detained the rape accused IB official Sukant Suresh going innuendo after the alleged suicide of a fellow IB officer, Suresh’s parents have been taken into custody, media reports said.They were detained as police exhausted all attempts to trace Sukant. The police seized computer hard disks and bank passbooks. Police carried out …
