Theguardian.com reported a growing number of Indians and tourists visiting the country are hiring bodyguards for protection after a series of violent attacks. Security agencies say business is booming as western visitors and local business people join celebrities and the super-rich in acquiring greater security.
“We get a lot of calls for personal security officers, often at 2 or 3am, from western business executives or people from west Asia,” said Anubhav Khiwani, co-owner of Denetim Services, a newly established company in Delhi. “Once or twice a month a single woman or a holidaying family will also ask for a bodyguard.” Read Article
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According to thehindu.com, three persons, including a 60-year-old woman, were killed on the spot and 23 injured when a tourist bus rammed into a stationary truck near Karnataka State Sales Tax checkpost on Pune-Bangalore NH4 near Nipani town of Chikkodi taluk in Belgaum district in the early hour of Monday. All the victims were from […]
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The Times of India reports that a German tourist was found dead today in his hotel room at Haridwar, police said. 53-year-old John Friedrich Holger was found dead in his bed by hotel authorities this morning, sub-inspector Mukesh Pal said. Holger’s room was close to the reception and when he did not come out till […]
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As reported ny Bbc.co.uk, a 23-year-old photojournalist has been gang-raped by five men in the Indian city of Mumbai, police say. The woman, who was on assignment on Thursday evening in the Lower Parel area when she was attacked, is in hospital with multiple injuries. She was accompanied by a male friend who was beaten […]
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The Times of India reports that an American woman was on Sunday assaulted inside a local train by an unidentified person, who escaped with her mobile phone, police said. The incident took place late this evening when the train was approaching Mumbai Central railway station, DCP (Western Railway) B Shirsat said. The accused attacked the […]
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Globaltimes.cn reports that police in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata arrested in the early hours of Friday a 60-year- old man for allegedly molesting a Japanese woman mid-air on board a flight from Thailand, a senior police official said. “The accused was arrested by the police at Kolkata’s international airport around 1 a.m. (local […]
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Dnaindia.com reports that the Chanakyapuri police under Delhi Police have arrested two men hailing from Jaipur in connection with looting Rs7 lakh from a Japanese national and holding her hostage. The accused had taken the woman to Delhi where the loot was conducted while duping her. Meanwhile, two more accused in the matter are yet […]
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According to deccanherald.com, a Czech teenage boy was today arrested for killing his girlfriend in a guest house at Baga beach village in Goa, police said. 19-year-old Paval Neuhasl, was arrested for murdering 24-year-old Narkela Horka, a Czech too, last night, Deputy Superintendent of Police N C Raikar told PTI. Read article
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According to Yahoo News India, a private luxury tourist bus fell into the Bhakra canal in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district Wednesday morning, police said. Police officials said casualties were feared, but no precise figures were available. It is not known how many passengers were in the bus at the time of the accident. The accident […]
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According to timesofindia.com, the Kalachowkie police have rescued a Nigerian national who was allegedly kidnapped by six men-one of the kidnappers claimed to be a police constable-from Chembur on Saturday. The accused reportedly threatened to implicate the victim, Kenaya Iquanja, in a fake narcotics case, and told him to call up a friend, ask him […]
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