Indian Woman Kidnapped

The Patna High Court has annulled the marriage of an Indian Army personnel who was kidnapped and made to enter into wedlock with a woman, at gunpoint, 10 years ago in Bihar.

Mehul Choksi, the fugitive jeweller wanted by Indian investigators, has alleged that he was kidnapped and beaten by men who claimed to be Antiguan police, in a police complaint filed by his lawyers in Dominica, where he is jailed.

A 24-year-old Indian man has been charged with kidnapping, assault and theft after he drove off in an elderly woman's car from outside a medical centre in the US with her grandchildren inside the vehicle.

An Indian-origin man working as a driver for ride-sharing company Uber in the US has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a sleeping passenger and driving her more than 60 miles from her destination to boost his fare.

South African special police unit Hawks have arrested an Indian-origin woman and her partner, both allegedly linked to ISIS, on charges of abducting a British couple.

The execution date of the first death-row Indian-American prisoner convicted of killing a baby and her Indian grandmother has been set for next month. Raghunandan Yandamuri, 32, in 2014 was given death penalty for kidnapping and killing a 61-year-old elderly woman and her 10-month-old granddaughter. It was seen as part of a botched kidnapping-for-r...

According to the Evening Standard daily, Celine Dookhran, 19, was kidnapped with another woman last week. They were said to have been bound, gagged and kidnapped by masked men.

Judith D'Souza, an Indian woman kidnapped last month from Kabul in Afghanistan, arrived in India on Saturday after being rescued.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and requested him to expedite efforts to secure the release of an Indian woman kidnapped by suspected terrorists from Kabul two weeks back.

Government today said it is working round the clock to secure the release of Judith D'Souza who has been abducted in Afghanistan as her family wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to do his "utmost" in ensuring that she is reunited with them at the earliest.

Family members of Judith D'Souza, who was kidnapped from in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Thursday, today said they are hopeful regarding the efforts by the Indian government in bringing her back from Afghanistan.

"Judie come back," is all Judith D'Souza's father can say as he breaks down. An ailing Benzel D'Souza, 78, has not been able to sleep since a phone call at around 1:30 am from India's ambassador in Afghanistan.

An Indian woman identified as Judith D'Souza has been abducted in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ms D'Souza works with the Agha Khan network, an international NGO, sources said.

Family of a Pakistani woman journalist, who was allegedly kidnapped while pursuing the case of an Indian engineer recently jailed over espionage charges, today sought Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's help to trace her after her distraught brother committed suicide.

An Indian woman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was kidnapped and molested last year by an man posing as a police officer, a court was told, media reported on Monday.

The Patna High Court has annulled the marriage of an Indian Army personnel who was kidnapped and made to enter into wedlock with a woman, at gunpoint, 10 years ago in Bihar.

Mehul Choksi, the fugitive jeweller wanted by Indian investigators, has alleged that he was kidnapped and beaten by men who claimed to be Antiguan police, in a police complaint filed by his lawyers in Dominica, where he is jailed.

A 24-year-old Indian man has been charged with kidnapping, assault and theft after he drove off in an elderly woman's car from outside a medical centre in the US with her grandchildren inside the vehicle.

An Indian-origin man working as a driver for ride-sharing company Uber in the US has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a sleeping passenger and driving her more than 60 miles from her destination to boost his fare.

South African special police unit Hawks have arrested an Indian-origin woman and her partner, both allegedly linked to ISIS, on charges of abducting a British couple.

The execution date of the first death-row Indian-American prisoner convicted of killing a baby and her Indian grandmother has been set for next month. Raghunandan Yandamuri, 32, in 2014 was given death penalty for kidnapping and killing a 61-year-old elderly woman and her 10-month-old granddaughter. It was seen as part of a botched kidnapping-for-r...

According to the Evening Standard daily, Celine Dookhran, 19, was kidnapped with another woman last week. They were said to have been bound, gagged and kidnapped by masked men.

Judith D'Souza, an Indian woman kidnapped last month from Kabul in Afghanistan, arrived in India on Saturday after being rescued.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and requested him to expedite efforts to secure the release of an Indian woman kidnapped by suspected terrorists from Kabul two weeks back.

Government today said it is working round the clock to secure the release of Judith D'Souza who has been abducted in Afghanistan as her family wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to do his "utmost" in ensuring that she is reunited with them at the earliest.

Family members of Judith D'Souza, who was kidnapped from in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Thursday, today said they are hopeful regarding the efforts by the Indian government in bringing her back from Afghanistan.

"Judie come back," is all Judith D'Souza's father can say as he breaks down. An ailing Benzel D'Souza, 78, has not been able to sleep since a phone call at around 1:30 am from India's ambassador in Afghanistan.

An Indian woman identified as Judith D'Souza has been abducted in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ms D'Souza works with the Agha Khan network, an international NGO, sources said.

Family of a Pakistani woman journalist, who was allegedly kidnapped while pursuing the case of an Indian engineer recently jailed over espionage charges, today sought Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's help to trace her after her distraught brother committed suicide.

An Indian woman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was kidnapped and molested last year by an man posing as a police officer, a court was told, media reported on Monday.