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Maharashtra: Man who stabbed girl to death in front of her mother now booked for suicide attempt

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Aditya Kamble repeatedly stabbed the 12-year-old girl in the presence of her mother for rejecting his proposal for a romantic relationship, and then drank phenyl, a disinfectant.                                            Image used for representational purpose only. THANE: A 20-year-old man who fatally stabbed a girl in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Wednesday has also been booked for attempting to take his own life, the police said on Thursday. Accused Aditya Kamble repeatedly stabbed the 12-year-old girl in the presence of her mother for rejecting his proposal for a romantic relationship, at Teesgaon locality in Kalyan, said the police. The girl succumbed to the stab wounds during treatment. After attacking the girl, Kamble drank phenyl, a disinfectant, to end his own life, said an official. He is being treated at a hospital. The station house officer at Kolsewadi po...

Ex MP Behind IAS Officer's Murder To Be Freed As Bihar Tweaks Prison Rules

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Among those who will be released is former MP Anand Mohan Singh who was convicted in the 1994 murder of then Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah.                   Ex MP Behind IAS Officer's Murder To Be Freed As Bihar Tweaks Prison Rules  New Delhi/Patna: The Bihar government today notified the release of 27 prisoners, days after amending the Bihar Prison Manual that triggered a massive opposition backlash. Among those who will be released is former MP Anand Mohan Singh who was convicted in the 1994 murder of bureaucrat G Krishnaiah. G Krishnaiah, then Gopalganj District Magistrate, was killed by a mob allegedly provoked by Anand Mohan Singh. The gangster-turned-politician was sentenced to death in 2007 by a lower court in Bihar. The Patna High Court, however, commuted it to life imprisonment; that order was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012. Earlier this month, the Bihar government had removed the clause which had forbi...

Newly-Weds Murdered In Tamil Nadu, Woman's Brother Among 2 Arrested

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  Chennai:  A newly-married inter-caste couple was murdered near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu on Monday evening. Two men, the woman's brother and a relative, have been arrested for double homicide. According to the police, the woman was in a relationship with the relative but ended up marrying another man. The woman's brother reportedly invited the couple over where he and the other relative murdered them. The woman belonged to Scheduled Caste while her husband belonged to Most Backward Caste. Investigators, however, say that this is not a case of disohonour killing.