False Murder Call

A man was arrested Wednesday after he called up the police control room and falsely claimed that his wife had been raped and killed, officials said.

Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor has sent a legal notice to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad seeking an "unconditional apology" for calling him a "murder accused".Posting his legal notice on Twitter, Mr Tharoor called the law minister's statement "false, malicious and defamatory".

Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...

A man was arrested Wednesday after he called up the police control room and falsely claimed that his wife had been raped and killed, officials said.

Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor has sent a legal notice to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad seeking an "unconditional apology" for calling him a "murder accused".Posting his legal notice on Twitter, Mr Tharoor called the law minister's statement "false, malicious and defamatory".

Shriram Hiteshi, an 85-year-old Dalit social activist running a school, is one of the many from his community accused of rioting and attempt to murder, in two First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by the Ghaziabad police. These FIRs were filed after the violence that took place on April 2, the day Dalit groups had called a Bharat Bandh to protest ...