Muzaffarnagar News

A 45-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train after she and her sons were harassed by loan sharks. One of the accused have been arrested, police said on Sunday.

A fast-track court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for killing his wife over dowry in 2013.

A 38-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train, police said Friday.

A court in Muzaffarpur directed the seizure of land belonging to the wife of Brajesh Thakur, key accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case.

One person has been arrested and search is on for other six after a minor Dalit girl was allegedly sexually harassed in Muzaffarnagar.

A case has been filed against four unidentified persons on Sunday for the alleged murder of a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots accused, the police said. The body of Ram Das alias Kala (30), bearing a bullet injury, was found from his home in Kutba village in Muzaffarnagar. Circle Officer (CO) Hariram Yadav said the police registered a case after a complaint was filed by the victim's brother, Sanjiv who alleged that the four assailants had come on motorcycles and shot his brother.

After Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath renamed famous cities of Uttar Pradesh and indicated that similar changes for other places are in the offing, his party leaders have not only lauded the move, but have also pressed for rechristening of cities such as Muzaffarnagar saying it was named by someone called "Nawab Muzaffar Ali". However, the UP government records say otherwise.

A man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar in connection with the death of his girlfriend in Kutubpur village, police said today.

A Class 8 student who was injured in celebratory gunfire during a wedding at Belda village in Muzaffarnagar has died, the police said today.

A man has been arrested after 24,000 litres of smuggled liquor was seized in Shamli district, the police said today.

The wife of an Imam of a Delhi-based mosque was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law at an Uttar Pradesh village, the police said on Monday, adding the woman later got a divorce notice from her husband.

A 17-year-old student was injured in celebratory firing during a wedding at Belda village in Muzaffarnagar, the police said today.

An early morning walk turned tragic for a 60-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar after she was killed instantly by a speeding car that lost control, jumped a divider and overturned several times before hitting her.

A cattle trader was shot dead and robbed of Rs 1,50,000 near Sikheda village here Saturday, police said.

Nearly 25 armed men stormed a dairy in a village in Muzaffarnagar district and took away 18 buffaloes worth Rs 20 lakh after taking the owner hostage, a police official said Friday.