Father arrested for 'beating' man to death over molestation of his daughter in Ranchi
Ranchi (PTI): A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly bludgeoning a person to death for molesting his teenage daughter in Jharkhand's Ranchi district, police said.
The incident had occurred on March 21 in Haratu village under the Sikidiri police station limits. An FIR was registered in this regard on March 22 by the deceased's son, they said.
"The accused was arrested on Sunday after confessing to the crime. He told the police that the victim had molested his 14-year-old daughter. When his daughter narrated the incident of molestation, he beat the victim to death with a stick in a fit of rage," said Barun Kumar, Sub-Inspector at Sikidiri Police Station.
The police have recovered the stick used to kill the victim, and the accused has been forwarded to judicial custody, he said.
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Two people killed as poultry vehicle rams into parked truck in Belagavi
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Two people were killed, and another was severely injured after a goods vehicle transporting poultry birds allegedly rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Belagavi in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Wasim (28) and Mubarak (22), both natives of Shivamogga district, they said.
The driver of the vehicle, Basavaraj Eerappa Hanchinamani (37), suffered critical injuries and has been admitted to a hospital, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, allegedly due to drowsiness, and crashed into a truck parked along the highway.
The goods vehicle was en route from Kolhapur to Sorab in Shivamogga district, carrying poultry. Several chickens were also killed in the impact, a senior police officer said.
Police personnel from the Hirebagewadi Police Station visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
Injured people and the bodies of the deceased were shifted to a hospital, police added.
