Dacoits thrash Pakistani cops, snatch guns

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 14:38

A gang of dacoits struck at a police post in Pakistan`s Punjab province, thrashed the policemen and snatched away their guns.

Dacoits loot Maurya Express, 4 passengers injured

Last Updated: Saturday, September 4, 2010, 00:03

Five dacoits arrested for looting passengers of Hatia-Gorakhapur Maurya Express and injuring four people.

Dacoits loot 11 houses in West Bengal

Last Updated: Saturday, July 3, 2010, 00:46

Dacoits looted 11 houses at Bauri village in Nadia district in the wee hours of on Friday and allegedly raised Maoist slogans after committing the dacoity, police sources said.

Two dacoits killed by STF in Chitrakoot

Last Updated: Monday, May 17, 2010, 18:07

Two dreaded dacoits were on Monday killed in an encounter with Uttar Pradesh police in Chitrakoot district.

Dacoits loot train, shoot passenger in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 12:25

A passenger was critically injured and properties worth about Rs 50 lakh were looted by dacoits from the Giridih-Madhupur Passenger train in Giridih district last night.

`Chambal dacoits have new job descriptions`

Last Updated: Saturday, April 24, 2010, 12:01

Chambal dacoits now rely on kidnappings and Mumbai-style protection money for subsistence, says journalist and author Annie Zaidi.

Three dacoits held, two pistols, cartridges seized

Last Updated: Monday, April 19, 2010, 20:48

City police has arrested a three-member dacoit gang in the city`s Cidco locality and recovered from them two country made pistols, nine live cartridges.

Forest guard killed by dacoits

Last Updated: Monday, February 15, 2010, 23:08

A 52-year-old forest guard was killed after being hit by a country-made bomb hurled at him by Chottu Mallah dacoit gang in village Dagari near here, police said today.

Dacoits assault goldsmith in broad daylight, loot 1.5 kg gold

Last Updated: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 22:31

Three armed dacoits on Sunday afternoon looted a goldsmith`s shop, assaulted the owner, tied up the servant and decamped with 1.5 kilograms of gold and cash Rs 20,000.

Bangladeshi dacoits kidnap postmaster in WB

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 20:17

A gang of dacoits operating from across the border raided the house of a postmaster in a village in Nadia district on the Indo-Bangla border and whisked him away to Kushtia in Bangladesh.