A 28-year-old newlywed woman, Akriti, died hours after a wedding celebration at her workplace in South Delhi. Police registered a dowry death case and arrested her husband, while her family alleges dowry harassment and murder. Preliminary findings suggest suicide, but the family disputes this, citing alleged physical assault and torture.
UK faces rising threats from foreign states targeting critics and dissidents with violence, intimidation, and coercion. Diaspora communities report inadequate responses from authorities, leading to fear and insecurity.
A security guard was injured and hospitalized after shots were fired outside Khan Sir's coaching institute in Patna, India. Authorities suspect a rivalry between coaching institute operators is the motive.
A PhD scholar at IIT-Ropar has alleged physical assault and sexual harassment by her supervisor, claiming the faculty member punched her in the eye after she refused inappropriate demands, pressured her to accompany him on a research trip to Japan, and threatened expulsion. She alleges he installed unauthorized surveillance cameras to fabricate evidence and barred her from retrieving her phone containing proof. The institute director confirmed the complaint was filed April 29, with the accused sent on two months' forced leave and the matter referred to police.
The father-in-law of MP Yusuf Pathan was arrested alongside his son and a relative for allegedly assaulting a man and his family in Byculla following a road dispute involving a water splash.
