‘Pressured to recite religious verses, eat beef’: Kanpur teen alleges abduction, confinement to force conversion; one arrested | India News

NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur has alleged that she was abducted, confined for nearly a week and subjected to physical torture in an attempt to force her to convert her religion, police said on Sunday.According to a complaint filed by the girl’s family in Rawatpur, she left home on June 21 … Read more

Arrested chain-snatchers to be publicly paraded, order police | Patna News

Patna: In a bid to tackle growing menace of chain-snatching and theft on streets in the state capital, Patna Police has rolled out a new strategy aimed at deterring repeat offenders. Acting on the directions of Patna central range inspector general (IG) Jitendra Rana, all city superintendents of police (SPs) have been instructed to publicly … Read more

16 men, including Indian-origin accused, arrested in Canada after South Asian extortion probe; all released on bail except one

Calgary police released photos of 15 men charged in extortion-related incidents in the city. Sixteen men, including individuals of Indian origin, have been charged in a Canadian investigation into an extortion racket targeting the South Asian community in Calgary, but only one of the accused remains behind bars while the rest have been granted bail.The … Read more