Calgary Police are searching for a fifth suspect, Gagandeep Singh, and have released his photo.

A man was kidnapped but he was not the target. The kidnappers took the man to the house of his friend who was the real target. The first man was just a bait to get the second man out of his house, which did not happen. The failed kidnap-extortion attempt ended in the release of the first person and the police were called and all the drama that unfolded in Calgary, Canada stunned the police as they had never seen such an elaborate plan before. The kidnappers and the targets are all from the city’s South Asian community, he said.Four people have been arrested and a fifth person has been charged. The incident is of 6th May.The suspects first attacked the man at gunpoint at an Edmonton residence between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. and threatened to kidnap him. They then drove to Calgary to the next victim’s home where additional suspects were waiting.The kidnappers asked the first man to call the second man who was their intended target. He refused and police said he was attacked again.The second man and his wife, fearing for their lives, attempted to leave their home but the suspects threatened them with firearms. They went back inside and called the police.The suspects drove the man back from near his home early the next morning. He also called the police.Calgary Police Superintendent Jeff Bell said the man suffered minor injuries, but it was “obviously a very traumatic situation for him and it will take him some time to recover mentally and physically.”Police arrested two people during a traffic stop on the night of the alleged kidnapping, and arrested two more people on May 12.

None of the suspects are Canadian

Although all of the suspects are from Calgary, none of them are Canadian. Daksh Gautam, 25, Taranvir Singh, 24, Pradeep Singh, 24, and Akashdeep Singh, 18, are all charged with kidnapping with a gun, unlawful imprisonment, assault and assault with a weapon.Police are searching for Gagandeep Singh, 29, of Calgary, who is wanted on warrants for kidnapping with a firearm, assault with a weapon, assault and unlawful imprisonment. Police say he has a tattoo of a woman on his right arm and a blue and red eagle on his left arm.Their immigration status varied and included expired work visas, or refugee claimant status. A privately manufactured firearm, sometimes referred to as a “ghost gun”, was seized as part of the investigation.Bell said this is the first time Calgary police have seen an alleged extortion-related kidnapping like this. “This is a significant increase in the violence in extortion incidents that we have seen so far in Calgary,” he said.

BJP leaders and workers outside the police station protesting demanding ban on liquor in Srinagar.

Srinagar: A day after the BJP protested outside the residence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah demanding complete prohibition in the Kashmir Valley, the ruling National Conference (NC) softened its stand on the issue and promised to ban the sale and consumption of liquor in Jammu and Kashmir.Omar and NC President Farooq Abdullah had earlier rejected calls for a liquor ban in the UT.However, on Saturday, NC chief spokesperson and MLA Tanveer Sadiq said, “Liquor will be banned in Jammu and Kashmir and the NC government will do it.” Responding to questions from media persons on BJP’s threat to launch a hunger strike to press for their demand, he said, “despite BJP’s drama on this issue”, the NC government will take a decision soon.The party now appears to be on the backfoot, even as spokespersons and senior functionaries said it was not the NC government that had come up with the current excise policy, which had allowed setting up of liquor shops across Jammu and Kashmir.NC spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said, “I think this issue will be debated, discussed and finalized in the next assembly session.” “Already several private members have brought bills demanding a liquor ban in the last session of the Assembly. These bills are likely to come up in the next session and a decision will be taken on them,” he said, hinting that the NC may support a private member’s bill on liquor ban.There was a change in stance after BJP’s protest on Friday. The party said it would launch protests from Qazigund town in south Kashmir to Karnah area along the Line of Control in the north if the NC government failed to act.The CM had earlier courted controversy as liquor shops were for people who were allowed to drink alcohol as per their religion and no one could be forced to drink alcohol against their will. Rejecting PDP’s criticism, he said that allowing the sale of liquor does not mean promoting its consumption.Farooq, also speaking, said his father Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah had also rejected then Prime Minister Morarji Desai’s call to ban liquor in 1977, as it would have generated substantial revenue. The NC president said that imposing prohibitory orders in Jammu and Kashmir will not stop smugglers from smuggling it from outside.The debate on liquor ban began after LG Manoj Sinha launched a 100-day campaign against drugs on April 11, following which the PDP and BJP demanded that it should be extended to the sale of liquor as well.

Gunshots fired at Panjab University, Chandigarh March 17, 2026: Firing was fired by unidentified persons at Panjab University, causing panic across the campus, police teams have launched a full-scale investigation to trace the culprits. Photo by Nitin Sharma

Chandigarh: The Operation Cell of Chandigarh Police has claimed to solve the Panjab University shootout case with the arrest of four people including the shooters. Police said the accused were also involved in two murders and a firing incident in different parts of Punjab. Police claimed to have seized three sophisticated pistols and 16 bullets from the accused – Gaurav alias Gola, Aryan, Rajat alias Gudda of Amritsar and Ravi Nijjar alias Kali, resident of Sirsa, Haryana.An operation cell team led by Inspector Harinder Singh Sekhon Gangster Shaganpreet and Donny Bal’s associate Aryan were arrested near a night club in Sector 26. An automatic pistol and four bullets were recovered from him. Later the police arrested Ravi Nijjar, Gaurav and Rajat and recovered two more pistols and 12 bullets.According to the police, the accused had planned to shoot at three night club owners and a real estate businessman in the city to extort money.Police said the accused were carrying out murders and shootouts on the instructions of foreign handler Donny Bal and his associate Shaganpreet for just Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively. The accused were allegedly drug addicts who took to crime to obtain drugs.The accused revealed that Shaganpreet was in direct contact with them through encrypted social media applications.Police said the accused were involved in the firing incident at Panjab University, where unidentified assailants opened fire on SOPU student leader Jashanpreet Singh Jawanda in the parking lot of the Botany department. The attackers fled away after snatching the motorcycle at gunpoint from a passerby near the PU.The Bambiha gang had claimed responsibility for the attack in March.Police said that on March 17, on the instructions of Doni Bal and Shaganpreet, Aryan, Gaurav and Rajat had gone to PU to kill Jashanpreet Singh Jawanda.Box: Other cases in which he was involvedDuring interrogation of Gaurav, it was revealed that he along with Aryan and Sonu alias Shanga had done recce of a commission agent shop in Khanna on the instructions of gangster Shaganpreet.On March 25, Gaurav and Sonu opened fire at the shop.Police said Gaurav and others shot dead Gurpreet Singh ‘Gopi’ Nijjar, a key witness in the 2015 murder of gangster Sukha Kahlwan, on May 1, 2026.The accused also revealed that on March 25, 2025, Rajat, Aryan and Bobby had shot dead Amarjot Singh, a class 12 student, in Amritsar.Accused Bobby had provided automatic pistols and cartridges to the shooters.

An Indian man working as a massage therapist in Australia has been jailed for sexually exploiting 61 victims.

Sumit Satish Rastogi, 39, an Indian man in Adelaide, Australia, has been sentenced to 13 years and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to 97 offences, including multiple charges of aggravated indecent assault and indecent filming, involving 61 victims.Rastogi was working in a massage parlor, although he was not qualified for this work. And he committed the crimes between October 2021 and July 2022 when he was arrested.According to ABC News, Judge Carmen Mateo detailed each of the 97 crimes Rastogi committed over nine months during his sentencing. “One way or another, you violated 61 women who were trusted, without suspicion, and entitled to safety, respect and dignity,” he said.“You abused her trust and treated her with a complete lack of dignity and respect when you touched her sexually and or took photographs, which knowingly captured parts of her body that she had a right to keep private and unpublished.“Your abusive conduct was routine and, at times, prolific.”

Crime made worse by confidence

The judge said that as Rastogi became more confident in filming women, his crimes became worse. “All of your conduct in sodomizing your victims was serious, but it became particularly serious when you developed the confidence to intervene inappropriately to get direct access to their underwear,” he said.“Each of the offensive images you took involved a gross breach of trust and were completely unacceptably exploitative and when you combine that conduct with physical sexual interference, your conduct takes on another level of humiliation and disgrace to your victims.“By June and July 2022, I will characterize your crimes against client victims as being out of control and showing no signs of restraint until caught.”The judge said he took into account Rastogi’s psychiatrist’s diagnosis that he had voyeuristic disorder. He said, “His opinion is that you meet the diagnostic criteria for voyeuristic disorder because over a six-month period you experienced concurrent and intense sexual arousal by randomly viewing semi-nude women.”“[He] Says that your voyeuristic disorder is a medically plausible explanation for your abusive behavior, but that it does not absolve you of responsibility for your conduct. “There is no suggestion that you were unable to control your conduct or that you were unaware of its wrongness,” the judge said.Rastogi will be deported from Australia after serving his entire sentence.

Sai Sudarshan of Gujarat Titans (ANI photo)

Sai Sudarshan continued his sensational rise in world cricket by becoming the fastest batsman to reach 3000 T20 runs during Gujarat Titans’ clash against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday.Fewest innings to score 3000 runs in T2078 – Sai Sudarshan*85 – Shaun Marsh86 – D’Arcy Short86 – Devon Conway87 – Chris Gayle The stylish left-handed batsman achieved the feat in just 78 innings and broke the previous record of Shaun Marsh, who had achieved the feat in 85 innings. SAI also overtakes names like D’Arcy Short, Devon Conway and Chris Gayle in the elite list. Despite losing to Gujarat Titans by 29 runs, SAI once again looked in great form during the chase. The opening batsman retired for some time after suffering an injury, but later returned to the crease and remained unbeaten on 53 runs in just 28 balls.Consecutive scores of over 50 for GT4* – Sai Sudarshan (2026)3 – Hardik Pandya (2022)3 – Sai Sudarshan (2024-25)3 – Shubman Gill (2025)3-Shubhman Gill (2026) The half-century continued his extraordinary consistency this season as well. Sai has now recorded four consecutive 50-plus scores for GT, becoming the first player in franchise history to achieve the feat. The previous best for Gujarat Titans was three consecutive scores of 50-plus, achieved by Hardik Pandya in 2022 and later equaled by Sai himself and Shubman Gill. The Gujarat opening batsman is now the leading run-scorer of IPL 2026 and currently holds the Orange Cap with 554 runs in 13 matches. He has scored these runs at an excellent average of 46.17 and strike rate of 157.83. SAI’s latest milestone came in a high-scoring encounter at the Eden Gardens, where Gujarat Titans’ five-match winning streak finally came to an end. Chasing a tough target of 248, GT fought hard through half-centuries from Sai, Gill and. jos buttlerBut eventually finished at 218/4. Earlier in the match, KKR completely dominated the batting after explosive innings. finn allen And Angkrish Raghuvanshi took them to 247/2. Allen scored 93 runs in just 35 balls with the help of 10 sixes, while Raghuvanshi remained unbeaten on 82 runs. GT’s poor fielding proved costly as he dropped four catches during the innings, including crucial chances given by Allen, Raghuvanshi and. cameron green. Those missed chances ultimately hurt Gujarat badly as KKR kept their playoff hopes alive with a crucial win.

A private bus bound for Bengaluru caught fire near Shantigram in Hassan district in the early hours of Saturday.

Mangaluru: What started as a routine overnight journey from Surathkal to Bengaluru turned into a fight for survival Vaishnavi And then her 10 year old daughter The private bus in which they were traveling caught fire near Shantigram in Hassan district Early on Saturday.Vaishnavi said that the falling AC vent probably saved her life. She had boarded the bus at lower berths 8 and 9 with her daughter at 9.30 pm on Friday night. After working on her laptop until the bus entered the ghat section, where network connectivity stopped, she went to sleep.She told TOI, “Around 1.30 am, I closed my laptop and went to sleep. An hour later, the bus stopped somewhere in Hassan and I saw the driver and cleaner moving around as if something had gone wrong. We thought the crew might have sensed some problem, but we still decided to continue as Bengaluru was less than 200 km away.”The bus resumed its journey but stopped again near Shantigram. A stampede broke out within some time. “Smoke started entering the bus. But the crew did not shout or ask the passengers to leave,” he said. “The moment that probably saved my life was when the AC vent suddenly fell on my face and I woke up completely. Then I smelled a strong smell of smoke.”As the passengers urged the driver to stop, Vaishnavi woke up her daughter and got out. “We had no slippers, no bag, nothing. I only had my phone as I usually keep it in my pocket while traveling through the ghat section. Everything else – my laptop, purse with important cards, jewellery, clothes – were inside,” she said.As the bus burst into flames, Vaishnavi shouted for the passengers to get out before pulling her daughter to safety. She said, “I ran as far as I could, I thought the bus might explode. At that moment, I only wanted to save my child.”Later he noticed that passengers were still getting out and passing motorists, bus drivers and locals rushed to help with water and fire extinguishers. Fire and emergency services personnel arrived at around 3.15pm.She said, “My clothes smelled of smoke. I could still hear voices and it felt like there was smoke everywhere around me.” As most of the Bengaluru-bound buses were full due to the busy travel season, some buses offered standing space to stranded passengers. Eventually, Vaishnavi and her daughter boarded the KSRTC Sarige bus.“I had no money. I held my daughter tightly all the way to Bengaluru and tried to control my tears. She was still in shock. It was only after we reached home that I broke down completely,” she said.He said, “I lost my documents, jewellery, clothes and laptop. My daughter also took her dance costume and jewelery to perform in front of the family after completing her junior dance exams recently. We are grateful to have escaped alive, but strongly feel that the crew should have warned the passengers earlier.”