The woman, who is in Jharkhand as she is working from home, was out with her boyfriend on a motorbike on Thursday evening when the incident took place.
A group of eight-ten men stopped the couple, beat the boyfriend up and allegedly gang-raped the woman after taking her to a secluded area, the police told Press Trust of India.
Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar said that a case was registered at the local police station and an investigation underway to identify those behind the incident.
The woman works at a well-known IT company, police said.
After raping her, the accused left her at the spot and fled. They also took away her wallet and mobile phone.
The woman somehow managed to reach home, and told her family about the incident after which they filed a police complaint.
Her medical check-up was conducted at the local hospital.
The woman filed a complaint with the police stating that the doctor, posted at a hospital in the Basti Sadar Kotwali area, befriended her on social media and asked her to visit him, they said.
"When she visited the hospital, the doctor took her to his hostel room where he and his two colleagues, who are also doctors, raped her," the police said quoting the complainant.
The woman, who is a teacher in a private educational institute, reached Lucknow from Basti and informed the police on September 27, they said, a case has been registered and investigation taken up, the police said, adding that the doctor was arrested from the hospital.
More details awaited.
She alleged she was neither asked by the makers nor any permission was sought from her to make a web series on her life. She threatened to move to court if the project is not scrapped immediately.
Speaking to reporters, Mishra said, “I came to know about the project from news papers. I was shocked to know because they never sought my permission to make my biopic. I seriously object to this.”
“I warn them to refrain from doing anything like this. And if they don’t, then I will be forced to move to the court of law,” she said.
However, the producer of Baranga 1999, Akshay Parija refuted the allegations, saying, “This is an original story where every viewer will get ample opportunity to discover themselves. We have not portrayed anybody’s life in it, neither there is any protagonist or antagonist. This story portrays the role of judiciary and police in imparting justice to the common man.”
It may be recalled here that Anjana was gangraped by Biban Biswal and two others on the night of January 9, 1999. Biban, the prime accused in the case, who was on the run for 22 years, was arrested by Commissionerate Police from Aamby Vally near Pune in Maharashtra in February 2021.
Anjana has been demanding capital punishment for Biban Biswal and had earlier accused the CBI of not cooperating with her in the case. She further alleged that due the lackadaisical attitude of the central probing agency, she is yet to get justice.
Anjana has also been alleging that due to strong patronage by politicians of the Congress party, which was ruling the State when the ghastly incident had occurred in 1999, Biswal managed to evade arrest at that time.
The accused sexually assaulted the 13-year-old victim for two days in a hotel after kidnapping and drugging her.
The girl was kidnapped by the youth on Tuesday when she had gone out to buy medicines in Chanchalguda. As she did not return home, her mother lodged a complaint with Dabeerpura Police Station the next day.
Police registered a missing case and took up investigation. The youth, who are said to be known to the girl, took her to a hotel in their car. They then drugged and sexually assaulted her.
The accused had called the victim's mother on Wednesday to inform her that she was with them. They later dropped her near Chaderghat.
The victim's mother shared the telephone number with the police. The police subsequently arrested the accused from the Rein Bazar area.
Police said both the accused have been arrested and a case under Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been registered at Dabeerpura police station.
The victim has been sent to Bharosa Centre. A police officer said after counselling and medical examination, her statement will be recorded.
The incident came less than four months after the gang rape of a minor in upscale Jubilee Hills.
Six accused, five of them minor, had trapped the 17-year-old victim after a daytime party at a bar on May 28. Five of them including a major had sexually assaulted her in a vehicle after promising to drop her home.
Five accused, including the son of a leader of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, were charged with gang rape while the sixth accused, whose father is an MIM legislator, is facing molestation charges.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways) Harendra Kumar Singh said the girl had gone to Chandigarh, along with her family, for some rituals and lived there from July 18-25 where she met one person named Deepak, a resident of Gonda (Uttar Pradesh).
"The girl, who was accompanied by her family then returned to Gujarat, and Deepak also travelled with them," DCP Singh told IANS.
On August 4, the girl then left home along with Deepak to go to the latter's village in Uttar Pradesh and subsequently boarded a train on August 5 and reached Lucknow, the next day on August 6.
"From there, they hired a taxi and reached Deepak's village and returned the same night and boarded a train for New Delhi, from where they were supposed to catch a train for Gujarat," the senior official said.
In Delhi, the duo missed the train -- Jamnagar Express, and subsequently, an argument took place between them, and Deepak left the girl alone at the railway station.
After some time, the girl started searching for Deepak in the station premises.
While she was on Central Foot Over Bridge, the two accused hawkers Hardeep Nagar and Rahul met her and the girl requested them for making a call at her home.
"They made her talk to her brother on mobile phone, who asked them to help her catch a train. They told her that the train will be available from some other station. They took her to some bushes along the track near Tilak Bridge, where both raped her," the DCP said.
After committing the crime, the accused duo brought the victim back to Ajmeri Gate side in the early hours of August 8 where Deepak met them and began quarrelling with him.
"A patrolling staff spotted this and enquired about the matter and subsequently brought all of them to the police station where the whole incident was unearthed," the senior official said.
Accordingly, the police registered a case under section 376D of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the POCSO Act and subsequently arrested both the accused."
"The complainant and both the accused have been medically examined. The forensics team has also visited the place of crime," the official added.
“The girl was on her way to school in the morning when the accused met her and lured her to an isolated area in Sector 32 and forced himself on her. The matter was reported to the local Sector 24 police station and the accused was soon held,” a police official said.
The accused is also said to have interacted with the girl a couple of times in the past, according to the official.
An FIR has been lodged against him under IPC section 376 (rape) and under provisions of the stringent Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said.
However, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Ranvijay Singh said the accused was taken for a medical examination, but while returning to the police station, he tried to escape the custody.
"They were near Sector 25, when he managed to jump out of the police van and ran towards an isolated area. The police personnel soon surrounded him, but he attacked them with stones or bricks or whatever he got on the ground,” Mr Singh said.
"This prompted the police to open fire in which the accused got hit by a bullet on his leg. He was taken into custody once again and rushed to a hospital for treatment,” the officer said.
He said further legal proceedings in the case are being carried out.
The Juvenile Justice Board on Tuesday granted them bail. They were released from the Juvenile Home in Saidabad.
The fifth minor, son of a legislator, remained at Juvenile Home. His bail petition is likely to come up for hearing in Telangana High Court later in the day.
Saduddin Malik, the only adult in the case, also remained in jail as his bail petition was already dismissed.
Four children in conflict with law (CCLs) have come out after remaining in custody for nearly 50 days. The Juvenile Justice Board granted them bail after their counsels contended that they were entitled to bail as investigation into the case has been completed by the police.
The Jubilee Hills police have completed identified parade, recording of statement of the survivor under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code before the magistrate, DNA test and forensic examination of the car in which the minor victim was gang-raped by five of the accused.
The prosecution opposed the bail plea on the ground that their release could hamper the investigation which was still underway.
The Juvenile Justice Board ordered release of the four CCLs on the condition that they will cooperate with the investigation officers, record their attendance before the district probation officer, Hyderabad, every month. They were also directed to furnish two sureties each of Rs 5,000.
The Board on June 22 had dismissed bail petitions while agreeing with the argument by the prosecution that in view of the serious nature of the offence they should not be granted bail.
Six accused, including a major, were arrested earlier last month for gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl in a car on May 28 in the upscale Jubilee Hills.
They had trapped the victim after a daytime party at a bar and after offering a lift sexually assaulted her.
Five accused including, son of a leader of ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), have been charged with gang rape while sixth accused, who is son of a legislator of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), is facing molestation charges.
Saduddin Malik and four minors have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 D (gang rape), 323 (causing hurt), Section 5 (G) (gang penetrative sexual assault on child) read with Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 366 (kidnapping a woman) and 366 A (procuration of a minor girl) and Section 67 of Information Technology Act .
According to police, the accused could face punishment for not less than 20 years or imprisonment for life till death or even death penalty.
The sixth minor was not involved in rape but he kissed the victim in the car. He has been booked under IPC Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 and Section 9 (G) read with 10 of POCSO Act. He could face five-seven years imprisonment.
The area of occurrence is Ultadanga Police station under eastern suburban division of Kolkata Police.
The purported incident took place on Tuesday (July 12). The victim, a state-aided Baul singer by profession, took shelter from rain at a shed that was located in a somewhat secluded place. The victim alleged that one person, carrying a sharp weapon, forcefully took her to the canal side and there raped her for hours.
She lost senses. After coming back to senses in the evening she somehow went back to her home. Next day she informed her family members, who took her to the women police station at Ultadanga. However, she alleged that some officials of the same police station asked her not to file the case and also offered her Rs 1,000.
On Friday, the family members approached the city police headquarters and also made the entire sequence of events public through social media. The Detective Department of Kolkata Police have started investigation in the matter.
"The problem is that the scene of crime is extremely secluded and is also not covered under CCTV. Hence, we have to depend on the victims' statements only," an official of the city police said.
The shocking incident came to light on Friday. Police have detained two suspects and are questioning them.
Class 11 and 12 students belonging to politically influential families are allegedly involved in the incident. Son of a legislator is also believed to be part of the group.
However, police said he may not have been involved in the crime as he reportedly got off the car and ran away before the gang-rape.
The minor girl had gone to a pub along with a friend. As her friend had left early, she befriended a boy during the party. He along with his friends promised to drop her home. They stopped at a pastry shop en route and later parked the Mercedes car in Jubilee Hills, where five boys sexually assaulted her while others stood guard outside the car.
The incident came to light when the girl's father noticed injuries on her neck and enquired about it. She told him that some boys attacked her after a party at a pub.
On the complaint by victim's father, police on Wednesday registered a case under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and took up investigation.
It was initially treated as a case of outraging modesty but after recording the statement of the victim, police altered the section to 376 of IPC.
A police officer said they were looking for the accused based on the statement of the victim.
The girl could name only one boy, who is also a minor.
The police were also scanning CCTV footage and gathering other technical evidence.
As per a complaint lodged in this connection by the family members of the girl, she was kidnapped from her village under Maidalpur Police limits in Nabarangpur district.
In the FIR, the rape survivor stated on October 10 that two youths-- Santosh Takri and Umesh Harijan, both residents of Semla village under Nandapur block of Koraput district, abducted her in a car while she had gone to attend nature’s call to a ground near her house. They took her to Sunabeda and kept her there at an undisclosed place where Santosh raped her for three days. Later, he took her to Semla.
In the meantime, the family of the minor girl got information regarding the whereabouts of their daughter and rescued her from Santosh’s village on October 15.
“They first took her to Sunabeda where they raped her for three days and later took her to Semla. We received the information about their location and rescued her. I request the police to take stringent action against the accused,” appealed a relative of the minor girl.
The incident came to limelight on a day when two cases of rapes reported from Mayurbhanj district sent shockwaves across the State.
In the first incident, a 50-year-old woman was brutally gang-raped by two men at Sukruli in Mayurbhanj district on the pretext of offering her a lift and inserted a stick into her private parts. The survivor has been admitted to Karanjia Sub-Divisional Hospital (SDH) for treatment.
In another case, a Plus 3 girl student was allegedly gang raped by three youths in front of his male friend near Kalama Chhak under Baisinga police limits of Baripada in Mayurbhanj district on Friday evening.
The accused were thrashed black and blue while they were bring brought to the court for appearance before the magistrate on a hearing in the case and a video footage of the attack has gone viral in social media.
Chennai High Court Advocate Association President Mohana Krishnan has also announced that no lawyer will take the case of the 17 accused.
On Monday, Chennai police had arrested the 17 accused including a 66-year-old lift operator, security guards, housekeepers working at a city apartment complex on charges of raping a 11-year-old girl living in the same apartment with her family over a period of seven months.
Sources said the girl was repeatedly assaulted by multiple men who used to blackmail her after shooting videos of the moments. The accused used to take the survivor to other vacant flats and deserted areas in the 300-flat huge complex where they raped her after sedating with drug substances, a complaint lodged by the family members of the survivor girl stated.
The matter came to light after the elder sister of the girl noticed abnormality in her and informed it to their parents.
After a complaint was lodged by her parents, the case was shifted to the city’s Mahila Police Station and the victim was taken for a medical examination.
A team of senior government doctors who examined her confirmed that she was subjected to sexual assault following which the police launched an investigation and arrested the accused.
As per reports, the tenure of Inquiry Commission, which was scheduled to end on June 25, 2018 has now been extended by three months beyond June 25.
Initially, the Commission of Inquiry was formed on December 26, 2017 to probe the case and was asked to submit its report within three months. But with the investigation incomplete when the tenure expired on March 25, 2018, the Home Department on March 26 subsequently extended its tenure by three months.
Meanwhile, a few social activists have questioned the repeated extension of the Inquiry Commission's tenure.
"This is simply an eye wash for the people that the commission is carrying out probe and inquiry is on. Till now there is no report of the inquiry. Even politically, everyone has kept silent and nobody is questioning. Politicians are only thinking how to gain politically. No one is concerned for the victim, neither for the citizens of Odisha," said Rituparna Mohanty, social activist.
The minor girl, on October 10, 2017, had alleged that four “persons in uniform” gang raped her. Following public outcry, the case was first investigated by the police and later handed over to the Crime Branch.
On November 6, 2017, Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) ADG, Mahendra Pratap revealed that the victim was not raped. Amid all hue and cry, the minor girl hanged herself to death inside her house on January 22, 2018.
Dr. Akankhya Tripathy, District Child Protection official, Rajashree Das, Live Foundation NGO worker Sujata Nayak, District Homeguard DSP Kishore Chandra Das testified before Mishra.
Family members of the victim and members of some NGOs are yet to depose before the Commission of Inquiry even as the last date of the hearing ends on June 25, informed sources.
They could be given notice later, informed Independent Councillor Prabhakar Patnaik.
On May 20, Crime Branch DSP Saubhagya Laxmi Patnaik and former Inspector-In-Charge (IIC) of Jeypore police station Tapan Narayan Rath deposed before the District and Sessions Judge in Jeypore of Koraput district in connection with the case.
The Commission of Inquiry set up to probe the case had started its hearing on May 13. IIC of Pottangi police station Deb Kumar Gamang and Inspector of Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) Mamata Panigrahi had deposed before the court on the day.
The minor girl, on October 10, 2017, had alleged that four “persons in uniform” gang raped her. Following public outcry, the case was first investigated by the police and later handed over to the Crime Branch.
On November 6, 2017, Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) ADG, Mahendra Pratap revealed that the victim was not raped. Amid all the hue and cry, the minor girl hanged herself to death at her house on January 22.
Later on February 7, the Chief Minister ordered a judicial probe into the incident. Initially the Commission was asked to submit its report within three months. However after its tenure expired on March 25, 2018, the Home Department on March 26, 2018, extended the Commission’s tenure by three months.
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“The patient continues to be in critical state though there has been a slight improvement in her condition in the past 24 hours,” said SCB Medical College and Hospital Superintendent Shyama Kanungo.
The girl, who suffered deep injuries in her head, face, neck, chest and private parts, was rescued from inside a school campus near her house in Jagannathpur village of Salepur. The family members alleged that the girl was raped and an attempt was also made to kill her as blood was oozing out of her mouth.
Kanungo said the girl is on life support system, and a team of doctors drawn from various departments are attending her round-the-clock.
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik visited the SCB yesterday and inquired the doctors about her health condition. After meeting the girl Patnaik said Congress will take to streets if stringent action is not taken against the accused.
"Why is the government silent when similar incidents are occurring in the State repeatedly? We are watching the steps being taken by government and police in this regard. Such injustice will not be tolerated," said Patnaik.
Meanwhile, the accused of the same village, arrested on Sunday, identified as Md Mustafa was produced before a local court on Monday and remanded in jail custody, police said.
In another incident on Sunday, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy in Mahakalpada area of Kendrapara district. The matter came to light after the family members lodged a complaint at the Marsaghai police station on Monday.
As per sources, the incident occurred on April 20 when the girl had gone to a nearby village with her family members to see the Hanuman Yajna and have food at the feast organised there.
Finding her alone, the 14-year-old accused took her to an isolated place and allegedly raped her.
The girl was later rescued and rushed to a private hospital for treatment. Sources said the family tried to solve the matter in the village itself, failing which they finally knocked the doors of the police on Monday and lodged a complaint against the accused.
The girl’s aunt said, “On April 20 at around 7.30 pm, my niece had gone to see the Hanuman Yajna. The boy took her to an isolated place and raped her. We took her to a private hospital. The matter could not be solved in the village and we were forced to come to the police station.”
Judge Srinivas Pratihari pronounced the verdict after convicting them under Sec 376 (d), informed additional public prosecutor Ajay Kumar Pradhan.
The court also directed the convicts to pay Rs 20,000 fine each.
On July 18, 2015, a girl from Railway Colony under Lathikata police limits was waylaid by the six youths near the railway gate when she was returning home after seeing off a friend. They took her to a nearby jungle and sexually assaulted her.
After the girl lodged a complaint with the police, six accused were nabbed.
The incident took place on November 7 when the Plus Two girl student was going to attend practical classes in her college.
According to a complaint filed with the Maithili police, three non-students including an Odia teacher intercepted the girl and allegedly took her to a room and sexually assaulted her.
The accused allegedly stripped her naked and video-recorded the whole incident on their mobile phones.
The complainant further said that the trio threatened to make the video viral on social media and eliminate her family members if she revealed anything to anyone. Moreover, the accused even threatened and assaulted a teacher who came to the survivor’s rescue.
After the complaint was lodged, Maithili police has initiated an investigation into the incident, sources said.
“They threatened me and my teacher that if we leak any information about the incident, then the matter will become worse and they would kill my family members. I want Kuan Acharya, Mahendra Panigrahi and Odia teacher Ajay Kumar Sutar to be punished severely. These things should not be encouraged. I don’t want this thing to happen to any other girl,” said the survivor.
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According reports, the incident occurred when the survivor was returning from her parent’s house to her in-laws house alone on the evening of September 16.
As per allegations, some bike-borne miscreants followed the woman near Malha Chhak and intercepted her. The miscreants beat the woman following which she lost her consciousness. While the woman was unconscious, the culprits raped her and fled the spot.
The woman lodged a complaint at the Bamebari police station, following which police have arrested Manmath Barik of Malda village and Shriram Munda of Dhatika village of the district, said Barbil SDPO Sriharsha Mishra.
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After examining statements of 19 witnesses, the court ordered to free Pradip Bhatar, Malik Koshala and Bharat Khosala from criminal charges.
S. Baburao, Defence counsel, said, “The court acquitted the 3 accused after an argument on the dying declaration of the victim and Section 164 of the IPC.”
Rayagada ADJ Court special public prosecutor S.H. Srinivas Rao said after a consultation with higher-ups, a decision on whether or not to move an application in the higher court will be taken.
Out of the four accused in the gangrape case, one was a juvenile when the crime was committed and trial on his involvement is on in the Orissa High Court.
On January 2, 2013, while returning home, the minor girl was abducted and gang raped. The next day the victim poured kerosene and set herself afire.
She was admitted to the Rayagada hospital with 80% burn injuries and later shifted to Care hospital in Vishakhapatnam where she succumbed to the burns on January 15, 2013.
The incident came to light after the girl escaped and lodged a police complaint on Sunday.
As per reports, one Purna was in relationship with the survivor for past one year. He lured the girl to Udala on Wednesday on the pretext of marriage and locked her in an abandoned house in the area.
On May 3, Purna took the girl to Udala where he and his two other friends, Chandan and Tuna, allegedly gangraped her. Later, three more friends of the accused joined them in the crime, said Srinibas Martha, sub-inspector of Udala police station.
The police have registered an FIR in this connection and sent the victim for medical tests. “Investigation into the incident is on and further investigation into the incident would be carried out on the basis of the report,” added Martha.
According to reports, the survivor was thrown into a well after being strangulated and left to die. However, she was rescued in an unconscious state by the locals while the accused is reportedly absconding after the incident.
Sources said, the accused identified as Jagabandhu Pradhan threw the 24-year-old victim into the well after his attempt to strangulate her to death failed.
Locals informed that both Jagabandhu and the victim were into a relationship for the past one year.
“Both the victim and the accused were in a relationship and had decided to elope yesterday. After travelling some distance, the accused thrashed the victim and tried to strangulate her. Then he pushed her into a well and fortunately she survived. A report was filed after a meeting was held in the village following which a case was registered (no-45) under section 493, 417, 417, 307, 323 of IPC,” said IIC of Biramaharajpur police station, Hemant Rout.
After the Odisha Assembly witnessed repeated adjournment with opposition demanding Crime Branch probe into the incident, the Speaker directed the State government to furnish a reply on the matter.
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While furnishing his reply, Naveen informed that house that the State government has ordered a Crime Branch probe into the incident adding that the main accused Kamal Pradhan has been arrested by police.
The key accused Kamal Pradhan was arrested by police and was forwarded to court.
The victim on 28 March accompanied by her father and brother lodged a complaint before the Ganjam SP citing that it was a case of political hostility as her father had extended his support to a particular political party during panchayat elections at Patrapur block. Following her complaint, the SP had ordered the SDPO to probe the matter. Later on, yesterday the victim changed her statement.
On the other hand, after arrest, Kamal refuted rape allegations brought against him by the victim saying that both of them were in love and got married recently in a temple.
“While giving her statement before the magistrate, the victim said that not 5 persons but 1 person abducted her and kept her at Ankuli village. In the following days the accused married her and developed a physical relationship. Based on the victim’s statement we arrested the accused Kamal Pradhan yesterday and after conducting his medical examination today we have forwarded him to the court,” said Additional SP of Berhampur, Trinath Patel.
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a 27-year-old woman has registered a case against her husband and two of his friends at Saheed Nagar police station, which referred the case to Mahila police, alleging gangrape by the trio after being kidnapped and kept in confinement.
In her FIR, the victim, a resident of Bramhagiri area in Puri district, has also alleged that her husband and his friends tonsured her and were planning to sold her to someone in Jhansi, but she managed to get herself free and fled the house.
“My husband and his two friends kidnapped me from my father’s house on January 27 and raped me at Bramhagiri. Later, they brought me here and kept me in a confined room. They drugged and gangraped me repeatedly in the room,” she said.
After escaping from the house, the victim first approached Saheed Nagar police, who took her to Mahila police station to lodge the FIR.
As the incident took place at Bramhagiri area, the case will be handed over to the police there, the Bhubaneswar DCP said, adding that the accused are still absconding and police have launched a manhunt to nab them.
The offenders face charges of rape, gangrape and eve-teasing.
The database, which was rolled out by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) along with Women and Child Development Ministry (WCD) here, will be maintained by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The NDSO which is accessible only to law enforcement agencies will assist in effectively tracking and investigating cases of sexual offences and employee verification.
The registry which was approved by the Cabinet in April 2018 makes India the ninth country in the world to set up and maintain a national database of sexual offenders.
According to MHA, the state police have been requested to regularly update the database from 2005 onwards. The database includes name, address, photograph and fingerprint details for each entry. However, the database will not compromise any individual's privacy.
MHA has already released a grant of Rs. 94.5 crore to states/UTs for establishing cyber forensic-cum-training laboratories to strengthen cybercrime investigation and conduct training programmes to enhance capabilities of police officers, public prosecutors and judicial officers.
According to the WCD ministry, the sex offenders listed in the database will be classified on the basis of criminal history to ascertain if they pose a serious danger to the community.
"It is a matter of great pride and joy as two initiatives that my Ministry (WCD) and I had been pursuing for three years have been executed. The launch of National Registry of Sexual Offenders and Cybercrime Reporting Portal is one more step taken by our government for the safety of our women and children," Union WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi said.
Another web portal, "Cyber Crime Prevention Against Women and Children (CCPWC)", an initiative under the Nirbhaya Fund was also launched which will enable complainants in reporting cases without disclosing their identity.
"Government has taken several measures to check crime against Women and Children, including provision of stringent punishment and creation of modern forensics facilities to improve investigation, creation of the Women's Safety Division in the MHA and launching of Safe City projects for Women's Safety," Union MHA minister Rajnath Singh said.
The complaints registered through this portal will be handled by police authorities of respective State/UTs and complainants can also upload the objectionable content and URL to assist in the investigation by the state police.
The NCRB will proactively identify such objectionable content and take up with intermediaries for its removal. For this NCRB has already been notified as the Government of India agency to issue notices under the IT Act.
"A positive aspect of this portal is the provision for anonymous reporting, which will encourage more people to come forward with such complaints. This portal comes as a relief by providing time-bound solutions to a huge number of women and children who are being exploited in cyber space," Gandhi added.
According to the police, a girl was walking with her boyfriend in Dhruva locality of Ranchi on Sunday night at 10.30 p.m. She was intercepted by a group of youths who thrashed her boyfriend after which he escaped.
The girl was taken into the nearby bushes and eight youths gangraped her. She was later seen by some women, who took her to the police station, where she narrated the incident. Acting on the information, the police made the arrests.
The girl, a graduate student, is staying with a relative.
The criminals intercepted the family which was on a bike on a deserted stretch of road and dragged them to a sugarcane field. They tied her husband to a tree and threatened to harm their child if they raised an alarm, the victim told the police.
They then took turns to rape the woman.
The attack took place when the victim and her family was on their way back from a doctor's clinic after a medical check up of their child.
Farmers from a nearby field heard their cries for help and came to their rescue but the four men had escaped by then.
A vacation bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Deepak Gupta said there was "no urgency" as this case was one of the several 2002 Gujarat riot cases.
Bhagora's counsel urged the bench that his client has already undergone the sentence and if conviction was not stayed then he would lose his job.
The Bombay High Court while convicting Bhagora along with some other accused had awarded the jail sentence that he has already undergone and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000.
The Champua Additional District and Sessions Court Judge awarded 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 to Biswanath Gop and Deven Munda.
"Hearing the gang-rape case, the judge pronounced 20 years' rigorous imprisonment to both under Section 376(b), three years' jail term for trespassing under Section 457, one year for intimidation and threatening to kill under Section 506 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) concurrent with the 20-year jail term," Public Prosecutor Madhusudan Pati said.
Notably, the victim, who was orphan as well as estranged from her husband, had lodged a case in February, 2016 against the duo alleging that she was repeatedly raped by both of them.
The heinous act was meted out when the victim had taken shelter at accused Biswanath Gop's house, said Pati.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on the plea of two condemned convicts--Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta -- seeking a review of the 2017 verdict by which they, along with two others, were awarded death penalty in the sensational December 16, 2012 gangrape cum murder case here.
The apex court had on May 5, 2017, upheld the verdict of the Delhi High Court and the trial court awarding the capital punishment to four convicts--Mukesh (29), Pawan (22), Vinay Sharma (23) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) for gangraping a 23-year-old student inside a moving bus in South Delhi.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the arguments on behalf of condemned convicts Vinay and Pawan.
It asked senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, representing Delhi Police, and lawyer A P Singh, counsel for the two convicts, to file their written submissions by next Tuesday.
The bench had earlier reserved its verdict on the review petition filed by convict Mukesh. The review petition on behalf of Akshay is yet to be filed.
The paramedic student was gangraped on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012 inside a moving bus in South Delhi by a gang of six persons and severely assaulted before being thrown out on the road naked. She succumbed to her injuries on December 29, 2012 at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore.
Another accused in the case, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail, while a convicted juvenile has come out of the reformation home after serving a three-year term.
According to a complaint filed by the victim's family, the 17-year-old girl was picked up by four persons yesterday and taken to a secluded place where they raped her.
The victim was then left by the accused near her village, police said.
An FIR has been registered against Saleem, Aslam, Akram and Ayub in the case, Circle Officer Mohammed Rizwan said.
Efforts are on to trace the absconding accused, he said.
New Delhi: The fate of four death row convicts of the sensational December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder case would be decided tomorrow as the Supreme Court would deliver its verdict on their appeals challenging the Delhi High Court judgement.
A bench comprising Justices Diapk Misra, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan would deliver the judgement tomorrow in the case that had shaken the entire nation's conscience.
The apex court had on March 27 reserved its verdict on the appeals of four convicts -- Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Kumar Singh -- against the conviction and death penalty awarded to them by the high court on March 13, 2014.
The 23-year-old paramedic was brutally assaulted and raped by six persons in a moving bus in south Delhi and thrown out of the vehicle with her male friend on the night of December 16, 2012. She had died in a Singapore hospital on December 29 that year.
Besides dealing with the challenge to the conviction, the apex court was also deliberating on the issue of quantum of sentence to the convicts as it has been alleged that the trial court did not separately consider "mitigating" circumstances of each convict while sending them to the gallows.
While Delhi Police had sought capital punishment for the convicts, the defence counsel had said they deserved leniency considering their poor family background and young age.
The police had told the bench that the horrific crime committed by these men warranted death penalty and the test of being a "rarest of rare" case was satisfied in this matter and the court should also consider the effect of crime committed by them on the victim and the society at large.
Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, who has assisted the court as an amicus curiae, had told the bench that there was no doubt that the crime committed was of "immense proportion" but as the evidence was not concrete, it does not warrant death penalty.
Senior counsel Raju Ramachandran, also an amicus curiae, had said that option of awarding jail term for the whole life to these convicts may also be considered.
The convicts have approached the Supreme Court against the high court's order which had confirmed the death penalty awarded to them by the trial court.
During the hearing, advocates A P Singh and M L Sharma, representing the four convicts, had said they should be given a chance to reform and considering the mitigating factors, the court should not award them death penalty. They also raised questions about the evidence collected by the police in the matter.
On February 3, the apex court bench had prima facie agreed with the contention of Ramachandran that the provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), relating to sentencing of convicts, has not been followed in letter and spirit by the trial court.
It was submitted that section 235 of the CrPC provides that an accused, in the event of conviction, would be heard by on the question of sentencing individually before the trial judge passes the order awarding punishment.
The bench had then mulled ways to rectify the apparent error and said there are two modes -- either the case be remanded back to the trial court to pass a fresh order on the sentence or the apex court itself hears this aspect of the matter afresh.
The trial court had awarded death penalty to the four convicts. Prime accused Ram Singh allegedly committed suicide in his cell in Tihar jail in March 2013 and proceedings against him were abated.
The high court, in its verdict, had observed that their offence fell in the rarest of the rare category and had upheld the death sentence awarded to them by the trial court.
Berhampur: Congress today demanded resignation of Odisha Women & Child Development Minister Usha Devi in the wake of gangrape of a 16-year-old girl in her Assembly constituency.
"As women and children are not safe in her own constituency, Chikiti, Usha Devi has no moral right to continue as minister. She should resign immediately," said state Congress spokesperson Sulochana Das.
The girl on March 28 complained before Ganjam district SP that she was kidnapped by five persons on March 9 and was raped for 10 days before being left in a forest near Ankuli located in Chikiti.
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A delegation of state Congress women's wing headed by its president Sasmita Behera met Inspector General of police, Berhampur, Amitabh Thakur, and in-charge SP (Berhampur) Asish Singh and urged them to arrest the five accused immediately.
The delegation, however, could not meet the victim, who was lodged in an observation home for girls as they did not take prior permission from collector.
"We demand a high-level investigation into the incident and arrest of the accused on the basis of the FIR lodged with police," said Das.
No one has been arrested so far in the case, said Chikiti sub-divisional police officer P C Jena.
The police produced the rape survivor before the district Child Welfare Committee after conducting medical test and recording her statement before magistrate.
Suresh Dungdung (40), Kalia Oram (21), Biranchi Majhi (24), Prakash Lakra alias Matu (20) and Susant Sethi (25) were nabbed yesterday after a probe conducted on the basis of tip-off provided by locals about the November 16 incident, S N Muduli, Inspector in-charge of Brahmanitaranga Police Station, said.
The incident took place when the couple had gone to Pitamahal Dam for an outing on a bike. The five accused, who were following them, also reached the site in a while and started misbehaving with the woman, he said.
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When the husband protested, he was brutally assaulted and the woman was taken to a dark bushy area and gangraped, while the severely injured man was being guarded by two members of the group, the officer said.
The couple lodged a complaint with police the next day, Muduli said.
The girl was on her way to school yesterday when four SUV-borne youths abducted and raped her inside the vehicle and later left her with a warning of dire consequences if she revealed of the incident to anyone, police said.
After reaching home, the girl narrated the incident to her family following which an FIR was registered against the four accused, they said.
The victim was sent for medical examination which confirmed rape, police said.
Two of the four accused have been arrested and a case under the POCSO act has also been registered against them, SP Rural Brijesh Srivastava said.
Meanwhile, the incident has triggered protest among the locals who have alleged that the police delayed in lodging the complaint and taking action in the case.
Additional police has been deputed in the area as a precautionary measure in this wake and senior police officials are monitoring the situation, the superintendent of police said.
District and Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Mohanty sentenced the two convicts while acquitting two others for lack of evidence. The driver and conductor were convicted under Section 376 (D) of the IPC.
The court also imposed a fine Rs 50,000 on each of the two convicts.
"The money to be realised from the convicted persons will be given to the victim girl," the judge said in the order.
In case of non-payment of the penalty, the duo would undergo imprisonment for another one year each, the court said.
The incident took place on September 5, 2013 when the girl was travelling from Rarua town to Mutapat and was brutalised by the driver and conductor inside the vehicle once other passangers got down.
The police had arrested four persons after the incident.
The two acquitted persons included a third staff of the bus.
According to reports, the girl was abducted from her house by three persons including one of her relatives.
Though the girl was kidnapped on Saturday last, the matter came to light after the survivor’s tormentors dumped her near Singhpur market yesterday. As per the survivor, the accused took her to some unknown location and raped her for three days.
Based on the complaint filed by the survivor, a case has been registered and further investigation is on.
If harsher laws were enough deterrence for potential rapists, rape cases would have stopped after the changes of law ushered in on the basis of the Justice JS Verma Committee appointed after the horrific Delhi gang rape case of December, 2012. But as everyone who follows news from around the country knows only too well, they haven’t. If anything, the number of rape cases, especially of minor girls, appears to have actually gone up since then. What the stringent measures introduced in the laws relating to rape in 2013 appear to have ‘achieved’ is to ensure an increase in the number of cases where the victim is killed after the rape.
Just about the only deterrent that would work for the potential rapist is something that would invite howls of protest from the liberals of the country. Castration would do what all the changes in the rape laws have failed to do; deter the potential rapist, if not end rape altogether. But at a time when calls for abolition of the death penalty are getting shriller by the day, it would need a foolhardy government to even contemplate such a measure.
As long as the death penalty is there in the statute books, however, it does make sense to use it for the rapists of children below 12. But unfortunately, it won’t end rape of children. Like the post-Nirbhaya amendment in the law, the ordinance on the amendment to the Criminal Law approved by the Union cabinet on Saturday may actually end up encouraging child rapists to kill their victims after the act. The corresponding increase in punishment envisaged for all rape cases may well have the same effect. All that the ordinance would do is to pander to the growing outrage in the country in the wake of a series of rape of minors in the last few weeks, at least two of which have involved killing the victim.
More than the provision of death penalty in the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, what might work is the two-month time limit prescribed for both the investigation of the cases and the trial and the six month time frame for the appeals process to be completed. But given the speed at which our judicial wheels move, this is easier said than done. The measures proposed in the ordinance to achieve speedier investigation and trial are more of a statement of intent than a realistic blueprint for time-bound action to achieve the desired objective. Perhaps that is the reason the cabinet hasn’t proposed a time limit for any of the measures outlined in the ordinance to ensure faster justice: setting up more fast track courts and appointment of more public prosecutors (which would necessarily involve consultations with the states and union territories/UTs), equipping ALL police stations and hospitals in the country with special forensic kits and setting up forensic science laboratories in every state/UT exclusively for rape cases. Curiously, while the ordinance does talk about providing dedicated manpower for investigation of rape cases in a ‘time-bound manner’, it conveniently stops short of proposing a time limit for this goal to be achieved. In a country that has failed to provide things as crucial as primary education, basic healthcare and clean drinking water to its citizens more than 70 years after independence, it is anybody’s guess how soon the objectives stated in the ordinance can be achieved.
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What the Modi government actually hopes to achieve through this ordinance is to convince a skeptical nation that it is concerned about the growing cases of rape in the country. With just about a year to go for the next general elections, it has done exactly what its predecessor UPA government had done in similar circumstances following the countrywide outrage over the gang rape of Nirbhaya six years ago: go for harsher laws. But if the BJP really wants to change the public perception about its indifference to rape cases, what it really needs to do is to allow – and to be seen to allow – the law to take its own course in rape cases taking place in states ruled by it. The misgivings in the public were born mainly because it is seen to be doing the exact opposite, whether in the Kathua, Unnao or elsewhere.
(DISCLAIMER: This is an opinion piece. The views expressed are author’s own and have nothing to do with OTV's charter or views. OTV does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.)
District Police Officer (DPO) Dera Ismail Khan, Najmul Hasnain has confirmed that the incident took place during the holy month of Ramadan.
"This crime took place in Kari Shamozai area, in which the five accused raped a 16-year-old boy. And in order to make him as an example, they also uploaded the video of the shameful act on social media.
"When it started making rounds on the internet, the police was informed about it by the father of the victim and an FIR was registered against the five accused," Hasnain added.
Even though the five accused have been identified, the police are yet to make an arrest.
Upon inquiry with the locals of the area, it was revealed that all the five accused have fled from Dera Ismail Khan to Karachi.
The incident has also come to the attention of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, who has directed the police to arrest the culprits involved and produce them before the court with all the proof.
Khan also directed the police authorities to make this case and the culprits an example for other criminals.
He assured the family that the perpetrators will be brought to justice.
Human rights activists have raised serious reservations on the consistently increasing cases of assault and sexual abuse of women and children, who remain as the most vulnerable segments of the Pakistani society.
"Children and women are the most vulnerable segments of our society and the crimes against them are increasing with each passing day without inviting any attention," said rights activist Imran Takkar.
"Parents don't understand the importance of educating their children about sex crimes and child predators and due to this such incidents are happening on a very large scale."
Another unfortunate thing about the incident is that it happened during Ramadan, when Muslims across the word observe a month-long fast.
"It is unfortunate that the crime took place in Ramadan but it was reported to police a month later, which is yet another evidence that victims try to hide such crimes to save their honour," Takkar added.
Soon after the incident came to fore, locals from the girl's village gheraoed the Sukinda Police Station yesterday night demanding immediate arrest of the accused youths. A complaint in this regard has also been lodged by the father of the survivor.
As per the complaint, the minor girl was at a shop at around 4 pm yesterday while her family members were away. One of the accused youths came to the shop and forcibly abducted her in his four-wheeler vehicle and raped her on the way.
Subsequently, he took the minor girl to his aide, the son-in-law of a local leader, where the duo gang raped and thrashed her, the complaint mentioned.
After committing the crime, one of the accused came in a vehicle and dumped the girl outside her house following which the survivor's family members lodged an FIR at the police station, reports added.
“A youth forcibly took her to a place in Jajpur Road and gang raped her along with his friend. The complaint mentions the name of politician Prafulla Ghadai’s son-in-law, but it has to be verified,” informed Investigating Officer (IO), Bijay Kumar Mallick.
Prafulla Ghadai in his response said, “Let the law take its own course. This is an effort to malign my name and it won’t affect me.”
A case has been registered after receiving the complaint and the girl has been sent for medical examination, informed sources.
As per latest reports, the main accused identified as Sabyasachi Behura has been arrested by Jajpur police, though the other accused is yet to be apprehended.
According to reports, Behura was arrested near Kapilash and is being interrogated in disclosed location.
Sanji Ram, the caretaker of the temple where the crime took place, Special Police Officer Deepak Khajuria and Parvesh Kumar, a civilian, have been convicted under Ranbir Penal Code sections pertaining to criminal conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, gangrape, destruction of evidence, drugging the victim and common intention. the lawyers said.
They have been sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 1 lakh each for murder along with 25 years in jail for gangrape, they said.
Three accomplices -- Sub Inspector Anand Dutta, Head Constable Tilak Raj and special police officer Surender Verma -- who were convicted for destruction of evidence have been handed over five years imprisonment, they said.
The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry had proposed to set up 1,023 fast-track courts at a total budget of Rs 767.25 crore. The central support of Rs 474 crore for one year will be funded under the Nirbhaya Fund.
The fund was announced by the Centre in 2013 after the December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder of a student in Delhi, to support the initiatives of governments and NGOs working towards safety of women.
In a letter to the Cabinet Secretariat on August 8, the Department of Justice has said after recommendation of expenditure finance committee on July 11 and approval of the law minister, the case has been forwarded to the finance minister for approval.
"Simultaneously, other connected actions are being taken as setting up of FTSCs is planned to start from 02nd October, 2019," the department wrote.
A statement from the Women and Child Development Ministry had earlier said that in the first phase, 777 such courts may be set up in nine states, and in the second phase, 246 courts will be set up.
Parliament had recently approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The law deals with sexual abuse of children.
The changes to the law include enhancement of punishment to include death penalty for child sex abuse.
The car in which the girl was taken had a police logo on it.
Inspector of Halia police station, Deviver Shukla, said that a case against the accused has been registered for kidnapping and gangrape under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Tuesday.
The girl, 15, was allegedly assaulted on Monday at an isolated place in Halia. The police officer said one of the arrested persons, Jai Prakash Maurya, is the son of retired jailor, Brijlal Maurya.
Jai Prakash's sister had settled in a village in Halia after marriage and he had been visiting her house several times in the last few months during which he befriended the teenager.
The survivor's father alleged that Jai Prakash made a call to the girl on her mobile and asked her to step out and meet him at a spot on the outskirts of the village where he was present along with his three friends in a car.
Jai Prakash then forcibly took her to an isolated location, where all four allegedly raped her.
The car, in which the girl and all four persons were travelling, was intercepted by policemen on duty for checking while it was on its way to the girl's village in Halia.
The car belongs to Jai Prakash Mauya and a probe is on to ascertain how he got the police logo printed on it.
As the car stopped, the girl started crying and raised an alarm.
The policemen on duty took the four men and the girl to the police station where the girl narrated her ordeal to her father.
The father then registered a case against all four persons - Jai Prakash, Luv Kumar Pal, Ganesh Prasad and CRPF constable Mahendra Kumar Yadav, who is posted in Sultanpur.
Superintendent of Police, Mirzapur, Dharm Veer, said that the victim and all four accused have been sent for medical examination.
The girl, hailing from neighbouring Agra, was on her way to a coaching centre situated under the Hari Parvat police station area.
The accused told the victim that her brother had met with an accident and asked her to accompany them in their car. They then took her to Atamadpur where she was gangraped, SP, City Prabal Pratap Singh said.
They later threw her at a secluded spot near Galib village under the Pachokhara police station area and fled, police said, adding that on regaining consciousness the victim approached the police.
Recounting her ordeal, she said three out of the four accused were known to her. The SP said the victim's parents have been informed and she has been sent for medical examination.
An FIR is being registered and further investigations are on, the SP added.
According to reports, the incident took place on Friday night in the city's Sirouli area but the woman lodged the complaint on Sunday.
In her complaint, the victim said that the four accused, who are her neighbours, came to her house when she was alone and took turns at raping her at gun point.
They then tried to slit her throat but she managed to escape and raised an alarm after which the four fled.
Before leaving, they threatened her with dire consequences if she complained about the incident.
On Sunday, the victim met SP (Crime) R.K. Bhartiya and made an official complaint. Bhartiya ordered the SHO of Sirouli police station, Sanjay Garg, to investigate the incident and file the FIR.
The victim's husband is currently lodged in the Moradabad District Jail after he was caught with 1 kg of hashish.
In her complaint, the woman has alleged that one of the accused had plotted against her husband and got him arrested in a drugs smuggling case.
Garg said: "We have filed an FIR under IPC section 376 D (gang rape), 452 (house trespass with intent to hurt) and 307 (attempt to murder) against the four accused. We have sent the woman for a medical examination and reports are awaited. All the accused were known to her husband and are now absconding. We have set up teams to arrest them."
(IANS)
Prima facie, the committee found that the allegations lacked truth and smacked of and intention to blackmail OTV authorities for pecuniary gains.
A special team of the Commissionerate police in Bhubaneswar is thoroughly looking into the gang rape complaint at present. The police had earlier examined a few employees of the company and others in connection with the investigation.
As per reports, the complainant who is the mother of the minor girl was working in OTV as a contractual worker. She brought the allegation when the tenure of her contract period was about to be over.
OTV took the allegation seriously and constituted an internal inquiry committee as per the Vishakha guidelines. However, the complainant failed to cooperate with the inquiry process.
Despite several requests, she didn’t appear before the committee. The head of the internal committee suggested her to lodge a complaint before the police. However, she was unresponsive.
The committee found in its inquiry that the allegations were brought in with the malafide intention of blackmailing the channel authorities for monetary gains. OTV has handed over all the facts and evidence collected by the internal committee to the police.
It was also revealed that the HR department of OTV had earlier lodged a complaint against her in the local police station, a couple of months ago.
The complainant along with her daughter had lodged an FIR in connection with the incident on August 30. In the FIR, she had named a few OTV employees, a police personnel and his two associates as accused.
Meanwhile, Uma Shankar Das, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Bhubaneswar, said, "A four-member team is investigating the case and the police have so far examined 10 persons in connection with the case. Our efforts are on to collect all evidence."
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