Two elderly tribals were declared guilty of practising witchcraft by a village panchayat, tortured for three hours, dragged 1km into the forest and burnt alive in remote Barsewada hamlet of Maoist-affected Gadchiroli. Police recovered the charred remains from a nullah in the forested hamlet of Etapalli taluka on Thursday.
Cash worth ₹60 lakh was seized in cloth-labelled parcels on Nagpur-Mumbai Duronto Express. The smuggling operation was intercepted by RPF during model code of conduct enforcement at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai. Three railway staff members were suspended in connection to the incident.
An explosive e-mail from a group claiming to represent Terrorizers 111 threatens airports and organizations, leading to heightened security measures. Top cyber security agencies are tracking the source of the email.