Delhi Murder

Aarushi case: Was asleep when the killings took place, says Rajesh Talwar

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013

Dentist Rajesh Talwar on Monday claimed in the court that he was asleep on the fateful night when his daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj were murdered and internet activity recorded from his room might not be correct.

Aarushi murder case: Talwars get time till Friday to approach Allahabad High Court

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday May 14, 2013

A trial court in Ghaziabad today gave the dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar time till Friday to approach the Allahabad High Court to seek a stay on the recording of their statement in connection with the murder case of their daughter Aarushi and...

He first proposed marriage, then shot her: Delhi Police on Class 12 student's murder

Edited by Mala Das (with inputs from IANS) | Saturday May 11, 2013

A day after a Class 12 student was shot dead in broad daylight at her house in south Delhi's Munirka area, chilling details are emerging of the cold-blooded murder. The accused, a distant relative of the victim, killed the girl after she spurned his ...

Class 12 student murdered at her house in Delhi; accused arrested

Edited by Mala Das | Saturday May 11, 2013

A teenage girl, studying in Class 12, was shot dead at point blank range inside her house on Friday in Munirka in south Delhi. The girl's family has alleged that the accused is a relative who had been harassing her for the last few days.

Ponty Chadha case: Two missing accused surrender in court

Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2013

The two men, wanted for their alleged roles in the killings of liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother Hardeep at a farm house in Delhi, on Friday surrendered before a Delhi court which sent them to police custody for two days.

1984 riots case: After Sajjan Kumar's acquittal, court gives life term to three for murder

Edited by Shamik Ghosh (with inputs from PTI) | Thursday May 9, 2013

Three men convicted of murder in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case have been given life sentence by a Delhi court. Last week, former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar was acquitted in one of the riot cases, leading to huge protests in Delhi and other parts of the...

Aarushi Talwar's parents move Supreme Court for recording witnesses' statements

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 7, 2013

Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar accused of killing their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court pleading that 14 witnesses be called to record statements in the trial court in the twin murder...

Pregnant woman allegedly killed by husband in Delhi

Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2013

A nine-month-old pregnant woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her unemployed husband after a heated argument over family issues in east Delhi, police said today.

Aarushi case: Court rejects defence request to summon 13 witnesses

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 4, 2013

A court trying the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case on Saturday rejected the defence counsel's request to summon the then CBI joint director Arun Kumar and 12 other witnesses included in the original list but not brought to depose, the lawyer said.

Sarabjit Singh death: Fearing backlash, government asks for more security for Pakistan prisoners

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2013

Sarabjit Singh death: The Union Home Ministry has asked all the states to step up security of nearly 220 Pakistani prisoners lodged in their respective jails in the wake of the murderous attack on Sarabjit Singh in a Lahore prison.

Supreme Court commutes death sentence citing delay in deciding mercy petition

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Wednesday May 1, 2013

The Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of a murderer to life imprisonment on the grounds that the President's office took too long to reject his petition seeking mercy.

Sajjan Kumar acquitted in one of three 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Wednesday May 1, 2013

Sajjan Kumar, a former Congress MP, has been acquitted by a special CBI court of all charges in one of three 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases against him. He was accused of murder and of instigating a riotous mob that killed five Sikhs in Delhi's cantonmen...

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar arrives in court for verdict

Sidharth Pandey | Tuesday April 30, 2013

It's a crucial day for Congress leader Sajjan Kumar as a special CBI court will today decide whether Mr Kumar and five others are guilty of murder and rioting during the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. Mr Kumar is in court. The case pertains to violence in ...

17-year-old boy found dead in Delhi school, parents allege murder

Reported by Sonal Mehrotra; edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Sunday April 28, 2013

A 17-year-old boy was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Saturday inside his school premises in Nangloi area of west Delhi.

Delhi cop murders parents in front of his wife, arrested

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 22, 2013

A middle-aged couple was stabbed to death in Delhi by their police constable son, while his wife looked on, following an argument over the victims' interference in his marital affairs, police said on Sunday. The accused was arrested.