West Bengal Crime News

A man at Raidighi in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, was hacked to death by his nephew at a busy marketplace on Tuesday morning, police said.

A Kerala court on Friday convicted and sentenced a man from Madhya Pradesh to a cumulative 33 years of imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl who hailed from West Bengal, at Poopara in this hilly district of the state.

A woman from West Bengal's Darjeeling was allegedly raped in Delhi for a week by her friend who also thrashed and tortured her by "pouring hot dal", police said on Tuesday.

A purported video of three monks being attacked by a mob in West Bengal's Purulia over suspicion that they were "kidnappers in disguise" has triggered a political row, with opposition BJP alleging collapse of law and order in the state.

An accused in the murder of ex-model Divya Pahuja was arrested from West Bengal yesterday, the police said.

A Lieutenant Colonel in the Army posted at Uttarakhand's Dehradun has admitted to murdering a Nepali woman whom he had spotted at a dance bar in West Bengal's Siliguri and brought along to the hill state.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from West Bengal's Hooghly Locket Chatterjee broke down on Friday while recounting an alleged incident of sexual assault of a BJP candidate during Bengal panchayat polls.

Four police officers, all in the rank of Assistant Police Sub Inspectors (ASIs), were on Monday suspended for allegedly dragging the body of a minor girl on road at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal last week, a senior officer said.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) has seized 97 rare Indian flapshell turtles, locally known as 'Sundari turtles', in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia while they were being smuggled from Azamgarh to West Bengal, officials said on Monday.

A 20-year-old man was bludgeoned to death with a rock in northern West Bengal's Siliguri allegedly by his friend over Rs 10, police said on Thursday.

A murder convict who was on the run for the last 15 years after escaping from jail ran out of luck after Goa Crime Branch Police identified and arrested him at Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The dismembered body of a former Navy officer was recovered from a pond in Baruipur area of South 24 Parganas, near Kolkata.

In a case of immense brutality, three men in West Bengal's Murshidabad district allegedly tried to rape a woman and tortured her and her friend with a hot iron rod as they suspected the two were in a relationship.

Four people including two policemen and a civic volunteer were on Thursday arrested from Kolkata's Ekbalpore area for their alleged involvement in a case of looting two youths of over Rs 30 lakh.

A 33-year-old man was allegedly killed in West Bengal's Nadia district over playing music at a Durga Puja pandal, police said today.

A man at Raidighi in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, was hacked to death by his nephew at a busy marketplace on Tuesday morning, police said.

A Kerala court on Friday convicted and sentenced a man from Madhya Pradesh to a cumulative 33 years of imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl who hailed from West Bengal, at Poopara in this hilly district of the state.

A woman from West Bengal's Darjeeling was allegedly raped in Delhi for a week by her friend who also thrashed and tortured her by "pouring hot dal", police said on Tuesday.

A purported video of three monks being attacked by a mob in West Bengal's Purulia over suspicion that they were "kidnappers in disguise" has triggered a political row, with opposition BJP alleging collapse of law and order in the state.

An accused in the murder of ex-model Divya Pahuja was arrested from West Bengal yesterday, the police said.

A Lieutenant Colonel in the Army posted at Uttarakhand's Dehradun has admitted to murdering a Nepali woman whom he had spotted at a dance bar in West Bengal's Siliguri and brought along to the hill state.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from West Bengal's Hooghly Locket Chatterjee broke down on Friday while recounting an alleged incident of sexual assault of a BJP candidate during Bengal panchayat polls.

Four police officers, all in the rank of Assistant Police Sub Inspectors (ASIs), were on Monday suspended for allegedly dragging the body of a minor girl on road at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal last week, a senior officer said.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) has seized 97 rare Indian flapshell turtles, locally known as 'Sundari turtles', in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia while they were being smuggled from Azamgarh to West Bengal, officials said on Monday.

A 20-year-old man was bludgeoned to death with a rock in northern West Bengal's Siliguri allegedly by his friend over Rs 10, police said on Thursday.

A murder convict who was on the run for the last 15 years after escaping from jail ran out of luck after Goa Crime Branch Police identified and arrested him at Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The dismembered body of a former Navy officer was recovered from a pond in Baruipur area of South 24 Parganas, near Kolkata.

In a case of immense brutality, three men in West Bengal's Murshidabad district allegedly tried to rape a woman and tortured her and her friend with a hot iron rod as they suspected the two were in a relationship.

Four people including two policemen and a civic volunteer were on Thursday arrested from Kolkata's Ekbalpore area for their alleged involvement in a case of looting two youths of over Rs 30 lakh.

A 33-year-old man was allegedly killed in West Bengal's Nadia district over playing music at a Durga Puja pandal, police said today.