Jharkhand Crime News

A woman passenger onboard a Delhi-bound train was detained at Tatanagar railway station after the Railway Protection Force seized exotic breeds of poisonous snakes, lizards and insects from her possession.

The main accused in the murder of notorious gangster Ranjit Singh outside a Durga Puja pandal in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand was arrested today, police said.

Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead a 42-year-old man, stated to be a gangster, near a popular Durga puja marquee in Jharkhand's industrial city of Jamshedpur on Monday, a police officer said.

A sketch artist was arrested for allegedly uploading nude pictures of his former girlfriend on social media, police said on Thursday. The accused was identified as Mohd Tanzeem Ahmad (22), a resident of Doranda in Jharkhand's Ranchi.

A girl in a Madhya Pradesh village was critically injured after being stabbed by a man for allegedly refusing his marriage proposal, officials said today.

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.

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.

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.

Two men were murdered and their girlfriends abducted in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said today.

A woman passenger onboard a Delhi-bound train was detained at Tatanagar railway station after the Railway Protection Force seized exotic breeds of poisonous snakes, lizards and insects from her possession.

The main accused in the murder of notorious gangster Ranjit Singh outside a Durga Puja pandal in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand was arrested today, police said.

Gunmen on motorcycles shot dead a 42-year-old man, stated to be a gangster, near a popular Durga puja marquee in Jharkhand's industrial city of Jamshedpur on Monday, a police officer said.

A sketch artist was arrested for allegedly uploading nude pictures of his former girlfriend on social media, police said on Thursday. The accused was identified as Mohd Tanzeem Ahmad (22), a resident of Doranda in Jharkhand's Ranchi.

A girl in a Madhya Pradesh village was critically injured after being stabbed by a man for allegedly refusing his marriage proposal, officials said today.

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.

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.

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.

Two men were murdered and their girlfriends abducted in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said today.