Jharkhand Crime

A one-year-old baby was killed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district while playing with his uncle who allegedly dropped him from his lap, police said on Friday.

Ranchi Police on Saturday arrested four youths and one juvenile for allegedly raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Lapung area of rural Ranchi.

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren today directed police to investigate and take appropriate action after a video of a school girl being beaten by a boy went viral on social media.

A local BJP leader was shot dead in his sleep in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district early on Monday, police said.

A 40-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her lover in Jharkhand's Godda district on Tuesday, police said.

A court in Jharkhand's Medininagar on Wednesday sentenced three people, including a former MLA's brother, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each for gang-raping a woman.

The Jharkhand Police on Sunday said it has detained three persons who were a part of a group that allegedly forced Kashmiri traders to chant ''Jai Shri Ram'' and ''Pakistan Murdabad'' in Ranchi.

In a joint operation by the Hazaribag and Koderma police, an inter-state vehicle lifting gang has been busted and 12 people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the crime, police said on Monday.

A Jharkhand court on Tuesday handed down death sentence to three men for raping a six-year-old girl, killing her, and burying her body, a judgement that came in less than a month after the crime was committed.

Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, while addressing an election rally in Jharkhand, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not condemning crimes against women committed by leaders of the BJP, and said whenever PM speaks, he makes excuses like children do when they fail in school.

A man killed five members of his family in Koderma in Ranchi alleging that his wife had illicit relationships, police said on Wednesday.

A woman was stripped and her hair was chopped off by villagers after she complained of sex harassment by her 22-year-old nephew in Jharkhand's Koderma district, the police said on Sunday.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has asserted that there will be no discrimination on the basis of caste or religion while dealing with those involved in mob killing or other crimes and anarchy won't be tolerated.

Hyderabad politician Asaduddin Owaisi has blamed right wing groups under Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, for the hate crimes in the country. The Prime Minister, he said, is speaking against such attacks, but he has not been able to stop it.

The death of a man in Jharkhand following mob violence is not the first of its kind to occur this year. According to data from the website Factchecker.in this is the 11th instance of hate crime this year. So far, 4 people have been killed and 22 people injured in mob violence.

A one-year-old baby was killed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district while playing with his uncle who allegedly dropped him from his lap, police said on Friday.

Ranchi Police on Saturday arrested four youths and one juvenile for allegedly raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Lapung area of rural Ranchi.

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren today directed police to investigate and take appropriate action after a video of a school girl being beaten by a boy went viral on social media.

A local BJP leader was shot dead in his sleep in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district early on Monday, police said.

A 40-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her lover in Jharkhand's Godda district on Tuesday, police said.

A court in Jharkhand's Medininagar on Wednesday sentenced three people, including a former MLA's brother, to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each for gang-raping a woman.

The Jharkhand Police on Sunday said it has detained three persons who were a part of a group that allegedly forced Kashmiri traders to chant ''Jai Shri Ram'' and ''Pakistan Murdabad'' in Ranchi.

In a joint operation by the Hazaribag and Koderma police, an inter-state vehicle lifting gang has been busted and 12 people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the crime, police said on Monday.

A Jharkhand court on Tuesday handed down death sentence to three men for raping a six-year-old girl, killing her, and burying her body, a judgement that came in less than a month after the crime was committed.

Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, while addressing an election rally in Jharkhand, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not condemning crimes against women committed by leaders of the BJP, and said whenever PM speaks, he makes excuses like children do when they fail in school.

A man killed five members of his family in Koderma in Ranchi alleging that his wife had illicit relationships, police said on Wednesday.

A woman was stripped and her hair was chopped off by villagers after she complained of sex harassment by her 22-year-old nephew in Jharkhand's Koderma district, the police said on Sunday.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has asserted that there will be no discrimination on the basis of caste or religion while dealing with those involved in mob killing or other crimes and anarchy won't be tolerated.

Hyderabad politician Asaduddin Owaisi has blamed right wing groups under Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, for the hate crimes in the country. The Prime Minister, he said, is speaking against such attacks, but he has not been able to stop it.

The death of a man in Jharkhand following mob violence is not the first of its kind to occur this year. According to data from the website Factchecker.in this is the 11th instance of hate crime this year. So far, 4 people have been killed and 22 people injured in mob violence.