Tag: Kerala Police

Three women killed in bridge collapse in Kerala

An old foot-over bridge across a lake collapsed on Monday, killing three women while 30 others were injured, at the Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) compound here. The bodies of two women were fished out from the lake in the evening, while one was found in the morning. The bridge connected two units of …

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October 30, 2017

Kerala Police confirms detained men had IS-links

Five Muslim men arrested here have links to the Islamic State (IS) terror group, the Kerala Police confirmed on Friday. The five men revealed about their links with the IS during interrogation, a police official Said. “These men were in Turkey. Their arrest did not happen overnight, instead, we have been questioning them on and …

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October 27, 2017

Kerala Police arrest two more ‘IS recruiters’

The Kerala Police here on Thursday arrested two Muslim youths who are alleged to be the local recruiters for the Islamic State (IS) terror group. With this, the total number of arrests has reached five, with three being arrested on Wednesday by the police in Valapatanam. All five arrested had returned from Turkey not long …

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October 26, 2017

Three arrested in Kerala for suspected IS links

Three persons suspected of having links with the terror group Islamic State (IS) were arrested in Kannur in Kerala on Wednesday, police said. According to a police officer, the suspects allegedly had links with the IS as they were in Turkey recently. A police officer on the condition of anonymity said the three men are …

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October 25, 2017

RSS worker hacked, critically injured: Police

An RSS worker was today hacked, allegedly by CPI(M) workers, at Muzhuppilangad near Thalassery in the politically volatile Kannur district of Kerala. According to the police, the condition of Nidesh (28), the RSS worker, was critical and he had been shifted to the Kozhikode Medical College hospital. He had suffered injuries on his hands and …

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October 15, 2017

NIA arrests absconder in Kerala terror module case

The National Investigation Agency has arrested a man wanted in the 2013 Kannur terror module case, an official statement said on Tuesday. Azharudheen alias Azhar, a resident of Kannur district in Kerala, was arrested yesterday. The Kerala Police had booked 24 youths allegedly belonging to the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front …

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October 10, 2017

CPI-M workers, policemen injured in stone-pelting

Five CPI(M) workers and an equal number of police personnel were injured when a procession of the Left party workers was attacked at Kaivellikal, allegedly by RSS workers, who threw country bombs and stones at them, the police said. Though bombs were also hurled, the injuries were a result of stone-pelting, they said, adding that …

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October 8, 2017

BJP workers attacked in Kerala

Three BJP workers were attacked by suspected CPI(M) workers in Neeleswaram town in Kasargod district, the police said. The attack last night came ahead of the launch of ‘Jan Raksha Yatra’ today by the saffron party. The attack took place around 9:30 pm when BJP workers were decorating a part of the National Highway-66 for …

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October 3, 2017

Seven-year-old girl found dead in Kerala

A seven-year-old girl who was reported missing was found dead in a shed near here on Thursday, police said. A senior police official said the the victim’s mother came to the Yeroor station complaining that her child did not return home from her tuition classes. “Her mother had handed the girl to a known person …

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September 28, 2017

Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami assures Vijayan of all help in probing chit fund scam

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday assured his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan of help in probing Nirmal chit fund scam case where more than 20,000 investors were duped to the extent of Rs 2,000 crore. Vijayan had called on Palaniswami at his office in Chennai on Thursday. A statement issued from Vijayan’s office …

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September 21, 2017