A 42-year-old Miramichi, N.B., man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Natalie Leblanc, a 43-year-old woman who was reported missing last week. Leblanc’s body was discovered on Thursday, and her death is now being treated as suspicious. The accused, Billy Joe Stewart, appeared in court the same afternoon and has been remanded into custody.
A 22-year-old student, Harsh Raj, was brutally beaten to death on the campus of Sultanganj Law College in Patna, where he had gone to appear for exams. The main accused, identified as Saurabh, a final-year student at Patna College, has been arrested. The incident has sparked political outrage, with opposition leaders criticizing the state government for the deteriorating law and order situation.
In a significant development, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the chief of Dera Sacha Sauda, and four others in the murder case of the dera manager, Ranjit Singh. The court’s decision comes as a surprise, as the Dera chief was previously convicted of the crime and is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for raping two of his disciples. This is the latest in a series of legal cases involving Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who has faced charges ranging from sexual assault to murder.
An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Saurabh Meena, has been arrested in Noida in connection with the alleged suicide of a woman, Shilpa Gautam, at his flat. The incident occurred on Saturday evening when Gautam’s body was found hanging from the ceiling of a flat in Lotus Boulevard Society. Meena, a 2016-batch IRS officer posted in Delhi, initially claimed that Gautam had committed suicide. However, Gautam’s family has alleged that Meena killed her and staged it as a suicide. The police have registered a case and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death, including reviewing CCTV footage and analyzing the data from both Meena’s and Gautam’s mobile phones.
The West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) detained one individual on Thursday evening for suspected involvement in the alleged murder of Bangladeshi Member of Parliament Anwarul Azim Anar. Investigators believe the MP may have been lured to a New Town flat by a woman and subsequently killed by paid assassins.
Anwarul Azim Anar, a member of Parliament from Bangladesh, has been found murdered in Kolkata, India. Anar, who was receiving medical treatment in India, had been missing since May 13. The motive for the murder is still unknown, but authorities believe it was a planned attack by Bangladeshi nationals.
Anar, a member of Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League, was last seen on May 13 when he went to a home in Bidhannagar near Kolkata for a medical check-up. His family said he had intended to travel to Delhi, but there has been no physical presence or direct contact with him since May 13.
A missing complaint was filed on May 18, and on Wednesday, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan announced that Anar had been found murdered in Kolkata. Khan said that Indian police are cooperating with the investigation and that an SIT has been formed to start an investigation.
Four Indian nationals charged in the murder of British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar are scheduled to appear in court today. Amandeep Singh, Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh, and Karanpreet Singh face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Nijjar, an advocate for an independent Sikh state in India, was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Surrey temple in June 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suggested Indian government involvement, but India denies any involvement.
A POCSO court in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district sentenced two brothers to death on Monday for the gruesome gang-rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl. The incident occurred in August last year, when the victim went missing while grazing cattle. Her remains were later found in a brick kiln, sparking outrage and leading to a swift investigation.
A 22-year-old man named Girish, also known as Vishwa, has been arrested by the Karnataka Police for the murder of a 20-year-old woman, Anjali Ambiger, in Hubballi on Wednesday. The victim’s family alleges that they had informed the police about the accused’s threats against the victim, who was stabbed to death at her home in Veerapur Oni. Police Commissioner Renuka Sukumar stated that the accused will be taken into custody after receiving medical treatment for severe facial and head injuries. A police inspector and a woman head constable have been suspended for dereliction of duty in connection with the incident. The murder comes after the recent stabbing death of another young woman, Neha Hiremath, by her former classmate in Hubballi in April. The incidents have raised concerns about the safety of women in the area.
A 28-year-old IT manager, Jasuja, was killed when his neighbor, Manoj Bharadwaj, ran over him with his Hyundai Creta car. The incident occurred due to a dispute over parking. Jasuja’s mother and brother were also injured in the accident. An FIR has been registered against Bharadwaj and other unidentified individuals under sections 302, 307, and 34 of the IPC.
