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A Swedish national, 63, was arrested in Mumbai on Thursday for allegedly molesting a 24-year-old cabin crew member on board a four-hour IndiGo flight from Bangkok. Klas Erik Harald Jonas Westberg, who was drunk at the time of the incident, also assaulted another flyer. Police filed a chargesheet using the accounts of three witnesses (all cabin crew). Westberg was subsequently released on payment of Rs...

THANE: A 43-year-old woman from Maharashtra's Thane district has been arrested for allegedly coaxing a minor girl to run away from her home in Bihar and keeping the girl in her home, an official said on Friday. Accused Naaz Golandaz, a resident of Mumbra, had befriended the girl from Bihar's Bhojpur district on social media, the official said.On March 17, the girl went out saying she wanted to meet a...

GURGAON: A 27-year-old ragpicker was allegedly beaten to death and his associate was brutally thrashed by two men who suspected that the pair was trying to steal metal scrap in Ghata village in the early hours of Wednesday.Police said the two accused - Ankit and Munnu - have been arrested and the investigation is on.In his complaint, Issrudin Sheikh (30) said he and his friend Rafiqgul belong to...

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa was arrested by Lokayutka police Monday evening at Kyatsandra near Tumakuru in an alleged bribery case. Virupakshappa has been arraigned as accused No. 1 in a bribery case, following his son Prashanth Kumar's arrest when he was caught accepting a kickback of Rs 40 lakh from a contractor on behalf of his father for a tender issued by the state-owned...