theft

18Mar

India

Karnataka School Girl Dies By Suicide Due To Humiliation

Humiliation in school drove a 14-year-old student to commit suicide. The student was in class 8 of a government school in Karnataka’s Bagalkote taluk and belonged to Kadampura village. As per the Police reports, a teacher in school reporting a theft allegedly strip-searched the deceased along wit...

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13Mar

India

The Kattappana Double Murder Case: How A Petty Theft Unravelled Two Different Murders

What started as an investigation for a petty theft soon became a double murder case in the village of Kakkattukada in Kerala’s Idukki district. On Wednesday, the Kerala police arrested two residents of Kakkattukada, namely, Nitheesh and Vishnu Vijayan, as the prime accused in Kattappana’s double mur...

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11Feb

Offbeat

Rare Theft: 133 Tons Of Chicken Stolen From Cuban State Run Facility

Amid Cuba facing economic crisis and food scarcity, a rare heist occurred in the country’s capital city. The incident which led to the arrest of 30 people involved a chicken theft from the state facility stated for public distribution. The thieves committed the crime allegedly to buy items such as l...

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17Jan

World

London Couple Stole Bank Cards From Gym Lockers To Fund Luxurious Lifestyles Sentenced

A London couple who funded luxurious lifestyle by stealing bank cards from gym goers' lockers have been sentenced. Ashley Singh, 39, and girlfriend Sophie Bruyne, 20, were the scam artists who would search through the gym lockers while the victims were working out, and would steal bank and SIM cards...

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10Jan

India

1500 iPhones Stolen From Moving Truck; Kolkata High Court Orders Probe

In an unusual incident, a moving truck in West Bengal’s Medinipur district lost 1500 iPhones worth Rs 9.7 crore. The odd event happened in September 2023 at Debra as the iPhone went missing after the truck reached Debra in West Medinipur, which was travelling from Chennai to Kolkata, according to th...

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6Oct

India

Believe It Or Not – A Bus Shelter Worth Rs 10 Lakh Stolen In Bengaluru

A new bus stand and its fortified steel infrastructure was stolen at Cunningham Road in Bengaluru. It was within a week of establishment, the bus shelter worth Rs. 10 lakh went missing. The bus stop was managed by the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). N Ravi Reddy, an associate...

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27Sep

World

Philadelphia Hit With Plundering Spree; Over 100 Individuals Involved: Report

Philadelphia has undergone a plundering spree from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. Over 100 individuals including teenagers plundered stores in Philadelphia. As reported by Fox29, the interim commissioner John Stanford said the ransacking began at 8:00 pm on Tuesday. Police call this a "coord...

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