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Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls taken in mass abduction
February 26, 2021 7:02 pm
The Government Secondary Jangebe School in Zamfara state was the scene of the latest mass abduction of school children in northern Nigeria.
Arizona man accused of faking own kidnapping to evade work
February 25, 2021 10:38 am
In the statement, police said that Soules, 19, admitted during an interview with detectives that he had made up the kidnapping story, which led to his arrest.
Three, including auto driver, arrested for broad daylight robbery and kidnapping
January 30, 2021 5:41 am
The victim had said that two robbers along with the auto driver had managed to escape from the spot leaving behind the overturned auto and injured victim woman. The incident took around 9 am. The woman’s condition is said to be stable.
Crime branch arrests eight for ‘kidnapping’ businessman in Surat
January 30, 2021 1:20 am
The businessman, Komil Dudhwala, was released on Thursday night after his father gave Rs 1 crore to the alleged abductors. Police recovered Rs 99.14 lakh from the accused, along with two cars, one pistol and three live cartridges.
Shahjahanpur sub-inspector suspended after woman says raped twice by him
January 19, 2021 9:56 pm
This is the second time that the woman has accused sub-inspector Sharma of raping her. Earlier, the woman had filed a rape case against him in September last year.
Five arrested for abducting, assaulting two in Malad
January 07, 2021 11:16 pm
The group that carried out the abduction and assault tonsured the duo and made them parade at Kajupada in Malad. The group also made a video of the parade and uploaded it on social media.
Kolkata: Woman and son arrested for killing elder son, burning body
December 13, 2020 10:47 am
Victim had multiple ailments, police suspect ‘tantric ritual.’
Five suspects in Michigan governor kidnap plot held without bail, await jury trial
October 17, 2020 11:34 am
Eight other suspects in the plot, all of them described by prosecutors as members or associates of an anti-government militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen, face state charges in Michigan for their alleged participation in the scheme.
Australia Says Chinese Students Are Targets in ‘Virtual Kidnapping’ Scams
July 29, 2020 1:34 pm
Since at least the 1990s, criminal gangs from Taiwan and China to Mexico and Cuba have been persuading families to pay ransom for simulated kidnappings.
Boy found at Ambala railway station day after he was ‘kidnapped’
April 08, 2019 7:08 am
The police had obtained CCTV footage of the alleged kidnapper, who was seen paying a bill at a confectionery shop and taking away the boy thereafter.
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