A 19-year-old woman died after consuming poison after her lover allegedly molested her sister in a village here, police said on Friday.
The incident took place on Thursday in Pachdevra village under Nigohi police station area, they said.
Rekha was in a love affair with Shivam and both wanted to get married but her family did not approve of it, Superintendent of Police, City Sanjay Kumar said.
On Tuesday, Rekha s father lodged a complaint against Shivam saying he had molested his elder daughter a few days ago, the SP said.
While the police suspect that Rekha committed suicide because her family did not allow her to marry Shivam, the villagers have told the police that she was badly hurt after the accused molested her sister.
The Gurugram police have busted an illegal casino running in a house at Sushant Lok Phase-1 and arrested five people, including a German Embassy official. We have received a tip-off on Friday evening regarding the illegal gambling which was running in the basement of a house for the past one month.
A raid was conducted during which five people were found gambling using colourful chips and cards. These chips were used as a transaction currency and the actual cash payment was made the next day, Karan Goyal, Assistant Commissioner of Police (DLF), told IANS.
The accused were identified as Pravesh Pal Kapoor (the owner of the house), Kavaljeet Singh Sethi, Naresh Kumar, Mohal Lal and Harender Singh, all residents of Gurugram.
Three people, including a Nigerian national, have been arrested in connection with the seizure of the contraband and further probe to unravel the network was underway, he added.
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138 litres of liquor seized from train in Mangaluru.
Officials of the Excise department and the railway police on Friday confiscated 138.75 litres of liquor being illegally transported in a train in Mangaluru on Friday, sources said.
The liquor bottles were seized from the Dadar-Tirunelveli express train at the Mangaluru railway station, the Excise Department sources said.
The accused, suspected to be the carrier, was missing when the seizure was made during a joint operation by the Excise and the police departments, they said.
A case under the Excise Act has been registered, they said.