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 …
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Cops nab girl for pro Pak post
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 …
Kerala youth held for flaying military,
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 …
Hijack mastermind killed
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 …
Woman booked under POCSO
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 …
Cop found dead
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. …
Bajrang Dal activist killed
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 …
Parents of accussed IB official held
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 …
Shine to move to deaddiction centre
Kochi: Actor Shine Tom Chacko will be moved to a de-addiction centre after he admitted to taking drugs and he expressed desire The drugs were found in the possession of a woman, who allegedly told the excise authorities that she had consumed drugs alongside both Chacko and Bhasi.Based on her statement, the excise department issued …
Ganja in rapper’s house
Kochi: Ganja was unearthed from the residence of popular Malayalam rapper Hirandas Murali, (Vedan), at Kaniyampuzha near Vyttila on Monday, Manorama reported.It was seized in a raid by Hill Palace police in the apartment of the Vedan following a tip off.Vedan and eight others were present in the apartment during the raid conducted by police …
9 militants’ houses razed
Kochi: A total of nine houses of terror suspects were blown off by the authorities for their alleged involvement in Pahalgam attack killing 27 people in Kashmir, India Today reported.The houses demolished includedthat of three active terrorists in different districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. The houses were located in Bandipora, Pulwama, and Shopian …
Officials blow off 9 militants’ houses in KashmirKochi: A total of nine houses of terror suspects were blown off by the authorities for their alleged involvement in Pahalgam attack killing 27 people in Kashmir, India Today reported.The houses demolished includedthat of three active terrorists in different districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. The houses …
Film directors held with ganja
Kochi: A Malayalam film director, Khalid Rehman, and Ashraf Hamsa were among those arrested for using hybrid ganja here, media reports said.Another person, Shalif Mohammad, was with them.They were apprehended during a Special raid by the Excise department. A quantity of 1.6 grams was recovered from them in a flat near Goshri bridge following atip …
Terror suspects houses flattened
Kochi: Two houses of terrorists,Adil Thokar and Asif Shaikh, allegedly involved in the Pahalgam terror attack, were demolished on Thursday night, media reports said.Adil Thokar’s house was in Anantnag and Asif’s at Awantipora.Thokar, who legally travelled to Pakistan in 2018 through the Attari-Wagah border, allegedly received terrorist training before returning to Jammu and Kashmir in …
Gallows to serial killer
Kochi: A court on Thursday sentenced Rajendran, 40, of Kanyakumari to death for brutally killing Vineetha in February 2022 in Thiruvananthapuram, to rob her golden necklace, media reports said.The Thiruvananthapuram Additional District and Sessions Court VII had already pronounced Rajendran guilty of murder, robbery, trespass and destruction of evidence.Special Public Prosecutor M Salahudeen said Rajendran …
Threat to Gambhir
Kochi: Head coach of national cricket team, Gautam Gambhir has reportedly received death threats from “ISIS Kashmir,” media reports said on Thursday.Gambhir, who is an ex-party MP, lodged a complaint with Delhi Police on Wednesday.He formally requested the registration of a First Information Report (FIR), media reports quoting Rajinder Nagar Police Station and the DCP …