New Delhi: As self-styled godman Asaram was on Wednesday sentenced for life for raping a minor girl, the Congress party posted a video on Twitter, showing him with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “‘A man is known by the company he keeps’ – Aesop’s fables #AsaramVerdict,” tweeted the party attaching the video. The video shows Modi […]
New Delhi: A day after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his nod to an ordinance on death penalty for rapists who attack children, a citizen survey shows that 76 per cent of the people agree with it. According to the survey conducted by LocalCircles, 18 per cent voted for life imprisonment without parole for convicted […]
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday approved an ordinance to provide death penalty to those convicted of raping a child below the age of 12. The Union Cabinet had on Saturday cleared an ordinance that seeks to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act by including stringent provisions in cases […]
Gandhinagar: Three persons, including the main perpetrator, involved in the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Surat have been arrested, the Gujarat government said on Friday. Minister of State for Home Pradipsinh Jadeja told the media here that Gujarat Police arrested the key perpetrator from a village in Ganganagar district of Rajasthan, who […]
Police have arrested 3 persons for allegedly raping and filming a differently-abled minor girl in the national capital, an officer informed on Tuesday. According to the police, accused Bunty and two of his friends were arrested on Monday night. “Bunty has been booked for rape and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences […]
The school-going minor girl was staying with her aunt near a stone quarry. One miscreant violated her after making her nude video and blackmailing the victim. Later, the victim's aunt turned villain and allowed her exploitation for four months from September to January 2020.
Nayagarh: Police on Saturday detained an Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) on allegations of raping and impregnating his niece, a minor girl, in Fatehgarh area in Nayagarh district. The accused Brajabandhu Mallik was posted at Dasapalla police station here. As per reports, the minor girl had been staying alone with her mentally challenged father. Taking advantage of […]
Kandhamal: In another shameful incident which has raised questions on the security of girls in Odisha, a Class VII student was allegedly raped by a college going youth of her locality under Belghar police limits in Kandhamal district. The matter came to light after the family members of the girl lodged an FIR at police […]
Dehradun: The CBSE has cancelled the affiliation of a leading private boarding school here after it allegedly kept under wraps the gang-rape of a minor student for over a month. The Central Board of Secondary Education issued an order on Tuesday cancelling the affiliation of GRD World School, Bhauwala, for not giving a satisfactory reply […]
Ganjam: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two persons at Buguda in Ganjam district, the police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Thursday night and police rescued the girl in a critical condition the following day from a deserted place near a high school in the town. The two accused were arrested […]
Baripada: The condition of the physically challenged 11-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped in the Jagannath Temple premises here last week, is improving and the state has provided financial assistance to her family. The alleged rape took place on last Friday night at the temple in Mayurbhanj district headquarter town and not in Puri as […]
Jharsuguda: Jharsuguda police today arrested two persons from Brajarajnagar here in connection with the alleged torture of a minor girl from Odisha in Bhiwani area of Haryana. The arrested two have been identified as uncle of the minor girl, Tankadhar and her neighbour, Ajay Ganjari. On the other hand, two teams comprising police and district administrative […]
Ganjam: Three miscreants allegedly kidnapped a minor girl and subsequently raped her after looting valuables from her house in Balichhai under Polasara block in Ganjam district late Wednesday night. The rape survivor was initially admitted to the Polasara hospital and later shifted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur. According to reports, the three […]
Kendrapara: An eleven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth at Firikdandi village in Rajnagar area under Pattamundai block of Kendrapara district on Friday. Based on the complaint lodged by the family members, police today detained the accused youth, Somnath Nayak who happens to be the neighbour of the survivor. According to reports, when the […]
Kandhamal: Locals of Kotagarh, who had staged a road blockade demanding capital punishment for the accused allegedly involved in raping and murdering a minor girl at Kotagarh, finally called off their agitation after 30 hours following Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s assurance and ex-gratia for the victim’s kin. Patnaik announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh […]
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