Mumbai: Charges were framed against the accused in the Keenan-Reuben murder case on Tuesday. According to reports, the trial will start from November 6. 28-year-old Reuben Fernandez and 25-year-old Keenan Santos were killed by a group of four in October last year after they objected to misbehaviour with their women companions.
Four people were arrested for murder and sexual harassment and several others were booked for rioting in the case. The suspects have been accused of murder, molestation and sexual assault. Keenan and Reuben were killed in October, 2011 when they tried to save their female friends from being sexually assaulted.
The victims along with five others, including three girls, had gone to a bar to have dinner. After a while, they came out of the restaurant and were standing near a pan-shop, when the incident had occurred, police had said.
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02:22 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Mumbai: Charges likely be framed on Monday against the accused in the Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez murder case. The suspects have been accused of murder, molestation and eve teasing. Santos and Fernandes were killed in October, 2011 when they tried to save their female friends from being eve teased. On October 20, 2011, 28-year-old Reuben Fernandez and 25-year-old Keenan Santos were attacked with choppers by a group of four,...
08:00 AM, Oct 22, 2012
Mumbai: The families of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes - the two bravehearts who died fighting eve teasers in Mumbai in October 2011, are still awaiting justice. After the massive public outrage over their killing, the Chief Minister himself had promised a fast track court for the case. However, exactly a year later, the case has progressed very slowly. Keenan's father Valerian Santos says that since February, the date for...
07:12 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Mumbai: Amidst the national outrage over the Guwahati mob molestation incident, BJP Mahila Morcha National President Smriti Irani had said India was a nation of headline chasers. "The outrage lasts only till the headlines last," she had said. Her outburst finds resonance with Valerian Santos, the father of Keenan who was murdered in October 2011 along with his friend Reuben as they tried to protect a female friend of theirs...
09:40 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Mumbai: Charges will be framed in the Keenan-Reuben murder case in the Bombay High Court on Friday. The two youngsters were stabbed to death by a mob in October in 2011 for fighting against sexual harassment. Four people were arrested for murder and sexual harassment and several others were booked for rioting in the case. On October 20, 2011, 28-year-old Reuben Fernandez and 25-year-old Keenan Santos were attacked with choppers...
08:21 AM, Jun 21, 2012
New Delhi: A Mumbai fast-track court is all set to frame charges on Friday in the horrific Keenan-Reuben case of October 2011. The two youngsters, Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez, were stabbed to death by a mob for taking on a man who harassed their female friends. The duo was attacked with choppers by a group of four. While Keenan died on the spot, Reuben died in a hospital later....
07:35 AM, May 18, 2012
Mumbai: Charges will be framed in the Keenan-Reuben murder case on Friday. The two youngsters were stabbed to death by a mob in October in 2011 for taking on eve-teasers. Four people were arrested for murder and eve teasing and several others were booked for rioting in the case. On October 20, 2011, 28-year-old Reuben Fernandez and 25-year-old Keenan Santos were attacked with choppers by a group of four, after...
08:54 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: The identification parade of accused in the Keenan-Reuben murder case is over and witnesses have identified the alleged killers, sources said. On October 20, Reuben Fernandez (28) and Keenan Santos (25) were attacked with choppers by a group of four, after the duo objected to their alleged acts of indecent behaviour against their women companions. Keenan died on the spot, while Rueben died in a hospital on last...
05:58 PM, Nov 16, 2011
Mumbai: The murders of Mumbai bravehearts Keenan and Reuben, who died defending their friends against sexual harassment, have served as a wake-up call for the police. They have now formed a special squad to tackle sexual harassment in the city. The squad will consist of five young police personnel. Three of these police personnel including one female constable will be in plain clothes. The squad will mingle with crowds and...
08:30 AM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: Additional charges have been slapped to the killers of bravehearts Keenan Santos and Ruben Fernandes. Jitendra Rana and his accomplices have been charged with outraging a woman's modesty and criminal intimidation apart from murder. This has been done after the remaining two witnesses including Priyanka Fernandes' statements were recorded. The Mumbai police has also set up special squads with women personnel in the western suburbs of Mumbai to...
09:06 AM, Nov 08, 2011
Friends and family of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes took out a protest march from Andheri station. ...
07:37 PM, Nov 06, 2011
Two young men, Reuben Fernandez and Keenan Santos, lost their lives fighting off men sexual harassing their friends. ...
10:02 PM, Nov 05, 2011
Mumbai: Two young Mumbaikars Reuben Fernandez and Keenan Santos lost their lives fighting off men sexual harassing their friends. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has now said the state will demand death penalty for the accused. "The incident is absolutely reprehensible. I have sympathies with the families. We have taken strict action against the four accused involved in the incident. They have been arrested and we we will demand death...
07:45 AM, Nov 05, 2011
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Friday took special note of the killing of Mumbai bravehearts Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes and promised a fast track trial. Prompted by the outrage sparked by the brutal killing of Keenan and Reuben, state Home Minister R R Patil assured that the case would be tried in a fast track court. "The trial will be conducted in a fast track court. The family will...
09:14 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Mumbai: A Mumbai court sent the four youth held for the murder of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez to judicial custody till November 18. The four had been in police custody till now. Meanwhile, the families and friends of bravehearts Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez are keeping up their fight for justice. At 11 pm on the night of October 20, Keenan Santos, Reuben Fernandes and five of their friends...
02:03 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Mumbai: While recounting the horrors of the day, the brothers of the victims who died in the Mumbai sexual harassment incident, said nobody came to the rescue when drunkards were beating Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandez. "It was a very busy street and there was a restaurant opposite so a crowd came out really quickly hearing all the noise and everybody just stood there, just watching the 'tamasha'," Benjamin, Reuben's...
09:23 AM, Nov 04, 2011
Mumbai: The accused in the killing of two Mumbai young bravehearts, Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes, who died fighting some people who misbehaved with their friends, were produced in the court on Thursday. The police custody of four accused were extended on Thursday for a day. At 11 pm on the night of October 20, Keenan, Reuben and five of their friends came out for a paan after having dinner...
07:16 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Mumai: Father of Keenan Santos, who died after stabbed for taking on some people who misbehaved with their friends in Mumbai, on Thursday praised his son's bravado, saying he wants his other sons to also fight crime against women. "I lost my son and I wish, I say, I have another two sons and I wish them also to be brave and to never bow down in front of this,"...
08:19 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Valerian Santos, father of Mumbai braveheart Keenan Santos, feels the government must wake up and protect people. ...
10:32 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Mumbai: Angry friends of Mumbai boys - 24-year-old Keenan Santos and 28-year-old Reuben Fernandes - have asked why so many Mumbaikars stood as mute spectators when the two were knifed to death. Ruben lost his battle in hospital on Monday, while Keenan died 11 days ago. Keenan's girlfriend and an eyewitness to the stabbing said her sense of security has shattered. "People stood there watching...did nothing," said Priyanka Fernandes, Keenan...
07:56 PM, Nov 02, 2011
