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Pregnant woman killed for dowry

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A pregnant woman was murdered allegedly by her husband and in-laws over dowry in a Delhi suburb on Monday.

Sarita, who was three months pregnant was killed by her husband and in-laws and later hanged from a ceiling to make it look like a case of suicide, the officials told the Indian media.

Parents of the victim have lodged a complaint against the family members. 
 

Couple assaulted for touching a car

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Man allegedly became furious when a couple accidentally touched his car.

A Korean couple was manhandled in posh area of New Delhi by a local resident. According to sources, the male victim, identified as Shuin Hi Kin was going towards a mall when he accidentally touched a car. At this, the accused, Bharat Singh, came out and allegedly started thrashing him mercilessly. Even though the victim's wife intervened and tried to stop Singh, he kept on beating him and manhandled the wife too.

"There was a traffic jam in that area at night and cars were moving at a snail's pace. It was then that the Korean couple was trying to cross the road and one of them touched the car inadvertently," a senior police officer stated.

Sources said that the accused has been placed in preventive detention by the police.

"The Korean couple was not at fault at all and should have been booked for his indecency but as they asked us not to take stringent legal action we couldn't book Singh," senior police officers said. 

Singh, however, was warned by cops not to repeat his act and the matter is being probed.

US traveler hid cocaine in Easter eggs

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US authorities said Monday they arrested a Miami man who tried to smuggle into the United States cocaine disguised as candy Easter eggs.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said 23-year-old Esteban Galtes was arrested late Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport after federal agents searching his luggage discovered over 14 pounds (six kilograms) of cocaine, some of it concealed in egg-shaped pastel candy.

Galtes, who was returning from a weeklong trip to Colombia, told agents that the candy was for his two children.

The rest of the drugs were hidden in another compartment of his luggage. ICE said the cocaine had an estimate value of more than 100,000 dollars.

Galtes appeared in Los Angeles federal court on Monday. If convicted on drug trafficking charges, he faces up to life in prison.

"Drug traffickers are always trying novel ways to conceal their contraband," said Claude Arnold, special agent in charge of ICE investigations in Los Angeles.

"But cocaine camouflaged as Easter candy is one of the more unusual tactics we've come across. Obviously two days before Christmas, this defendant didn't expect his trip would end with federal officers conducting an Easter egg hunt."
 

Not ready for marriage, man strangles lover

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A post-graduate technology student killed his lover after she allegedly nagged him to marry her, reports Mid-Day.

The woman threatened to commit suicide unless the man committed and married her. She tied a towel to her neck. The man, already angry at the turn of events and under tremendous pressure, said that he would help her die and strangled her.
 

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