Coimbatore Crime

An alleged attempt to sexually assault a woman house surgeon at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital sparked a spontaneous protest by around 150 house surgeons practising under the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship.

Two men were arrested near here on Thursday for alleged sexual assault of a girl for the last two years, police said.

A lawyer was arrested on Tuesday on charges of attempting to murder a law student and her mother, a special public prosecutor in Mahila Court in Tirupur, police said.

A 20-year old engineering student was stabbed to death by a three-member gang for resisting their attempt to rob his mobile phone near Sulur on the outskirts of Coimbatore, the police said today.

Two men on a bike robbed Rs 10 lakh from an elderly person after diverting his attention by throwing some currency notes on the road at Pollachi, some 35 km from Coimbatore on Thursday.

A 34-year-old woman fatally attacked her husband, who was allegedly drunk, when he attempted to hit her with a liquor bottle. She then tried to kill herself by consuming poison early on Sunday, police said.

The mother of a 16-year-old girl with special needs who was allegedly raped by a 60-year-old man in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district has said that she was turned away by the police when she went to file a complaint.

This is one punishment Muruganandam , a private bus driver, is not going to forget in a hurry: regulating traffic on a busy road here for the 'crime' of speaking over the mobile phone while driving.

A three-year-old boy has suffered burn injuries after the landlady of the house placed a heated spoon on his cheek and foot for playing near their house and not listening to her.

A 25-year old man, arrested for allegedly possessing 12 kgs of ganja or cannabis a month ago, was today detained under the stringent Goondas Act.

The body of a middle aged man was found with multiple injuries in an abandoned car near Periyanaickenpalayam, on the outskirts of Coimbatore today.

A six-year-old girl was allegedly tortured and harassed for some months by her aged guardian couple at Udayampalayam area in the city, police said.

Two constables rescued a mother and her three children, who were attempting to set themselves ablaze, by breaking open the door of their house in Coimbatore on Sunday night.

The Coimbatore driver who had allegedly kidnapped and killed two young siblings, Miskin and Rithik, was shot dead by the police near the city today.The police say Mohanraj snatched a revolver and opened fire, while trying to escape. He was being taken to the scene of the crime, early in the morning for a reconstruction. Two police sub-inspectors su...

An alleged attempt to sexually assault a woman house surgeon at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital sparked a spontaneous protest by around 150 house surgeons practising under the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship.

Two men were arrested near here on Thursday for alleged sexual assault of a girl for the last two years, police said.

A lawyer was arrested on Tuesday on charges of attempting to murder a law student and her mother, a special public prosecutor in Mahila Court in Tirupur, police said.

A 20-year old engineering student was stabbed to death by a three-member gang for resisting their attempt to rob his mobile phone near Sulur on the outskirts of Coimbatore, the police said today.

Two men on a bike robbed Rs 10 lakh from an elderly person after diverting his attention by throwing some currency notes on the road at Pollachi, some 35 km from Coimbatore on Thursday.

A 34-year-old woman fatally attacked her husband, who was allegedly drunk, when he attempted to hit her with a liquor bottle. She then tried to kill herself by consuming poison early on Sunday, police said.

The mother of a 16-year-old girl with special needs who was allegedly raped by a 60-year-old man in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district has said that she was turned away by the police when she went to file a complaint.

This is one punishment Muruganandam , a private bus driver, is not going to forget in a hurry: regulating traffic on a busy road here for the 'crime' of speaking over the mobile phone while driving.

A three-year-old boy has suffered burn injuries after the landlady of the house placed a heated spoon on his cheek and foot for playing near their house and not listening to her.

A 25-year old man, arrested for allegedly possessing 12 kgs of ganja or cannabis a month ago, was today detained under the stringent Goondas Act.

The body of a middle aged man was found with multiple injuries in an abandoned car near Periyanaickenpalayam, on the outskirts of Coimbatore today.

A six-year-old girl was allegedly tortured and harassed for some months by her aged guardian couple at Udayampalayam area in the city, police said.

Two constables rescued a mother and her three children, who were attempting to set themselves ablaze, by breaking open the door of their house in Coimbatore on Sunday night.

The Coimbatore driver who had allegedly kidnapped and killed two young siblings, Miskin and Rithik, was shot dead by the police near the city today.The police say Mohanraj snatched a revolver and opened fire, while trying to escape. He was being taken to the scene of the crime, early in the morning for a reconstruction. Two police sub-inspectors su...