New Delhi: The 22-year-old man who allegedly raped a five-year-old girl here was on Sunday sent to judicial custody till May four to facilitate test identification parade after he was produced in a city court by the Delhi Police a day before expiry of his transit remand. Earlier in the day police said that Manoj Kumar, who was arrested on Saturday from Bihar's Muzaffarpur, will not be produced in court...
08:01 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: 7:57 pm: Aam Aadmi Party workers gather at 7, Race Course Road, which is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence. They deflate tyres of Delhi Police buses even as police presence is increased at 7 RCR. 6:16 pm: The accused in the Delhi minor rape case Manoj Kumar is produced in court and is sent to judicial custody till May 4. 6:21 pm: Rapid Action Force deployed at...
07:32 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi MP Sandeep Dikshit on Sunday renewed his demand for the removal of Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar, echoing the views of people protesting the rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi. Dikshit, son of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, said when incidents like the rape of a girl takes place, there is a need to send a message and fixing accountability is important. "My stand on the...
06:59 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Women and student activists on Sunday converged near India Gate, which had witnessed large scale anti-rape protests in December 2012, demanding justice for the five-year-old rape survivor in the national capital. Student protesters from JNU tried to march towards India Gate but were prevented from moving closer. They staged protests near Patiala House court complex. Some students were stopped near Taj Mansingh hotel. Women activists also reached near...
06:44 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's demand for death penalty to child rapists on Sunday got the backing of CPI(M) which said it was open to the idea. "We are willing to discuss and consider this because what happened in this Delhi rape case is gruesome. There is something seriously wrong in the society and there is no fear of the law," CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters outside Parliament...
03:31 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi "has again exposed the failure of police training and reform in India", Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. "Enacting strong laws are simply a first step but it needs the government to focus urgently on implementation if it is serious about protecting children and other victims of sexual abuse," it said. "The inadequate response of the police has become...
03:18 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Over 30 BJP women activists were detained on Sunday when they staged a protest outside Congress president Sonia Gandhi's residence against the rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi. The activists of BJP's Mahila Morcha marched from party headquarters on Ashoka Road to Sonia's 10, Janpath residence. They broke the barricades near Sonia's residence, but prevented from moving forward. However, the protesters, numbering around 75, were detained...
02:38 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The 22-year-old man, arrested for allegedly raping a five-year old girl, will not be produced before court on Sunday as police have time till Monday to do so. "The accused Manoj Kumar of Gandhi Nagar rape case will not be produced in the court today," Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said. Kumar, a labourer in a garment factory in north-east Delhi, was arrested on Saturday by a team...
12:52 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Police is investigating whether a second person was involved in the rape of a five-year-old girl, who is undergoing treatment in AIIMS. However, Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat issued a statement denying "rumours" of arresting a second accused or looking for him. A senior police official said they will investigate whether any other person is involved in the incident either in raping the girl or helping...
11:59 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Condemning the rape of a 5-year-old girl in Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said safety, security and status of women in the country is a matter of concern. While addressing the Civil Services Day function in the national capital, Manmohan said the gruesome assault on a little child reminds us of the need to work collectively to root out this sort of depravity from our society. All of...
10:56 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, Kiran Bedi, country's first woman IPS officer and social activist, on Sunday demanded a change in the leadership in Delhi government and police saying they have lost trust of the people in the city. She said the Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Chief Secretary DP Spolia and Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...
10:27 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: 6:21 pm: Rapid Action Force deployed at India Gate, Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh's official residence 7, Race Course Road and at police headquarters. Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) members block ITO crossing near police headquarters even as around 100 protesters gather at India Gate and hold peaceful protests. 5:45 pm: Police drag away demonstrators from outside PM's residence at 7, Race Course Road. 5:30 pm: AAP workers...
09:49 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Saturday issued a notice to police asking it to explain why the parents of the five-year-old rape victim were "harassed" in the police station when they had gone there to registrar a case. The DCPCR also asked the police to explain the "delay" in registering the case. "We issued a notice to the police asking them for an explanation...
08:48 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Bhopal: A four-year-old was allegedly raped in Ghansour town in Madhya Pradesh by a 35-year-old man after being lured with a chocolate. The toddler's condition is critical and she was airlifted to a hospital in Nagpur on Saturday night. The girl was allegedly raped by the 35-year-old man on Wednesday who then dumped her at a cremation ground where her family found her unconscious. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh...
07:50 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The five-year-old Delhi rape survivor is still in hospital but stable and alert as the capital took to the streets once again to protest against rising rape cases with a wave of revulsion anger across the nation as well. Manoj Kumar, 22, who is accused of brutalising the minor was arrested from Muzzaffarpur in Bihar and brought to Delhi on Saturday. He is likely to be produced in...
07:31 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday strongly condemned the brutal rape of the five-year-old girl in Delhi but opined against death sentence for the perpetrator of such heinous crime. "The act is barbaric. Such incidents raise serious question on humanity," Kumar told reporters while expressing his anguish over the minor's rape which has sparked outrage across the country. Asked a debate has again begun in the country for...
01:02 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Muzaffarpur: The Bharthua panchayat on Saturday decided to boycott the family of rape accused Manoj Kumar after villagers came to know about his involvement in the horrific crime in east Delhi. This decision was taken by members at an emergency meeting of the panchayat. 25-year-old Kumar is a native of Bharthua panchayat under Auraiya police station area of Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, about 50 km from Patna. He was arrested by...
12:27 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl attempted suicide Saturday after being allegedly gangraped by eight men, four of whom are known to her. She is in ICU in serious condition, the family said. Three of the accused have been arrested, police said Saturday. The girl, who was abducted March 15 by the men and released after nine days, consumed an overdose of sleeping pills in the morning at her house in...
11:33 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Seoni (MP): A five-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by a 35-year-old man in Ghansour town, is being shifted to Nagpur in neighbouring Maharashtra in an air ambulance as her condition remains serious. "After taking the consent of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, we are shifting the survivor from Jabalpur to Nagpur tonight by air ambulance as she continues to be in serious condition," Minister of State for School Education...
11:29 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Jaipur: Taking revenge for his sister's rape, a man in Rajasthan kidnapped and beat to death the man accused of the crime Saturday, police said. According to police, the incident occurred in Subhash Nagar in Bhilwara, some 250 km from Jaipur. "A 22-year old girl had been kidnapped by Shankar Lal a week ago. As per a first information report registered by her with the police, Shankar Lal kept her...
10:30 PM, Apr 20, 2013
