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.

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.

Yash Asarasa has become the first Indian American to be elected to the Rusk City Council in East Texas.

Yash Asarsa arrived in the United States more than two decades ago with $950. On May 14, 2026, he was sworn in as a member of the Rusk City Council, becoming the first person from India to hold elected office in the small East Texas city. Assarsa, owner of the TruCarz gas station in Rusk, won the District 3 seat unopposed in the May 2, 2026 election. His victory is a milestone in the community of about 5,000 residents in Cherokee County, about 130 miles southeast of Dallas.Born in India, Asarasa said he was attracted to Texas western culture and cowboy imagery. What kept him at Rusk, he said, were the people there. After operating and growing his business for more than 15 years, he has become a familiar face behind the counter at TrueCare, interacting daily with residents from all walks of life.“This community embraced me,” Asarasa told CBS19. “This community made me who I am, so I think I’m very grateful to this community.”After seeing the division in the community he decided to contest the elections. Asarasa said, “I believe God has given us two ears and one mouth, so listen twice and speak once.” “I’m a good listener and that’s what makes me different. I can understand people’s problems.”He believes his experience in retail has prepared him well for public service. “You see people from all walks of life and you learn how to understand people better,” he said.As a new council member, Assarsa has outlined several priorities: fixing roads, hiring a police chief, addressing the city’s budget deficit, and revitalizing Downtown Rusk. Most of all, he wants residents to feel heard. He also sees his role from a broader perspective. “I feel like I am a representative of India – an ambassador of India,” Asarasa said.The election of an Indian-origin man to a city council in Texas comes at a time when the state is angry over Indian takeover. Dallas and Frisco have become centers of anti-India sentiments. But Asarasa doesn’t care. “If you work hard and have passion, all dreams are possible in this wonderful country,” Asarasa said.Assarsa ran unopposed for the seat and will work closely with other council members as the city tackles local challenges. His swearing-in took place at Rusk City Hall. In the city where he started out as an immigrant business owner, Asarsa’s choice reflects the community that embraced him more than 15 years ago. From the gas station counter to the council chamber, his story is rooted in service to the very people who embraced him.

Mohammed Mahudhi, who was searching for drowned divers in Maldives, also died.

The death toll in the Maldives scuba tragedy rose after officials reported that a Maldivian diver who was searching for the bodies of five Italian tourists who died in an underwater lake earlier this week has also died. According to The Sun, Sergeant Major Mohammed Mahudhi fell ill on the third day of the recovery operation in Vaavu Atoll, which translated to an ex-post by the Maldivian Army.“His courage, sacrifice and service to the nation will always be remembered. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and colleagues,” the Army reportedly said, according to the outlet.Mahudhi was one of eight divers deployed to find the bodies of Monica Montefalcon, a professor of marine biology at the University of Genoa, and her 20-year-old daughter Giorgia Somacal, who disappeared during a 160-foot dive into the Underworld Cave.Muriel Odenino of Turin, Gianluca Benedetti of Padua, and Federico Gualtieri of Borgomanero also failed to recover from the fatal dive.Authorities said only Benedetti’s body had been recovered.The causes of death of the divers are still under investigation, although some experts have theorized that oxygen toxicity and extreme panic are possible factors that led to the deaths of the five scuba divers.

‘Something must have happened…my wife is one of the best divers’

Montefalcon’s husband, Carlo Somacal, doubted that “something might have happened” in the cave, saying that his wife, a professor at the University of Genoa, was such an experienced diver that he did not take the risk. “The only certainty I have is that my wife is one of the best divers on Earth. And she has always been conscientious. She would never have endangered the lives of our daughter or the others with them,” he told La Repubblica on Friday.“Something must have happened there,” the retired scientist said. He said, “Maybe someone was in trouble, maybe there was a problem with the oxygen cylinder, I have no idea. But I am ready to swear on anything about Monica’s behavior.”

Oxygen poisoning behind death?

Although the cause of deaths is not yet known, experts suspect oxygen toxicity which occurs when too much oxygen becomes dangerous. Humans are made to breathe air containing approximately 21% oxygen. But according to UMass Memorial Health, when someone breathes oxygen in unusually high concentrations or under intense pressure for too long, it can be toxic to the body.This happens because excess oxygen creates an overload of unstable molecules called “free radicals.” Normally, the body can neutralize them with antioxidants. But when too many build up too quickly, they begin to damage cells and tissues.