Pune: A 22-year-old mentally challenged woman was raped allegedly by a ward boy at a nursing home whose doctors have been arrested on charge of trying to bribe the survivor's family to hush up the matter. The incident occurred at Walhekarwadi in Chinchwad town near Pune on April 16 in the nursing home run by Dr Vishal Sonawane (34) and his wife Dr Varsha (31) where the victim was undergoing treatment, police said on Sunday.
Police arrested the accused, identified as Subhash Modad (22), on the charge of rape and the doctor couple for trying to hush up the matter and bribe the victim's kin to not report the incident to police as it would bring bad name to their hospital.
"The incident came to light after four days as the doctor couple detained the suspect and offered bribe to the victim's father for not reporting the incident to police," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahaji Umap. The arrests were made on the complaint of the victim's father, he said.
Police said the medical examination of the woman, conducted by a government hospital, has confirmed rape. While Modad was booked under section 376 (d) (intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital), the Sonawane couple under sections 213 (taking gift, etc, to screen an offender from punishment) and 214 (offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender, of the Indian Penal Code. A local
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While the laws on crimes against women still need strengthening, activists say no attention is paid to how the upholders of the law, the police, even at senior levels, do their job on the ground. In a Haryana city, just a 100 kms from Delhi, a DSP displayed complete callousness in dealing with a gangrape case where the survivor is a mentally challenged and visually impaired minor girl. ...
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A mentally-challenged 15-year-old girl in New York was brutally gang-raped by two boys in her classroom with her teacher standing only a few feet away, a media report said on Sunday. ...
06:53 PM, Jan 13, 2013
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08:54 PM, Dec 30, 2012
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01:04 PM, Sep 24, 2012
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In Tamil Nadu, a woman has sought the right to die for her 14-year-old differently-abled daughter. ...
12:08 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Erode(Tamil Nadu): In a heart-rending plea to authorities, a middle-aged woman has sought euthanasia for her 14-year-old cerebral palsy-affected daughter. The unusual petition was submitted by the woman on Monday during the grievances redress meeting at the Erode District Collectorate. In her petition, she stated that she came to Erode seven years ago with her husband, a carpenter by profession. Besides her differently abled daughter, she was having another daughter....
12:23 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Forty-one mentally challenged inmates were found living in pathetic conditions in a dubious asylum in Thrissur in Kerala. The inmates were chained to their beds, without clothes, with not even a proper roof above their heads. The inmates, who are mostly men and two to three children were rescued after a raid by the district health department and revealed their appalling conditions. They were transferred to the Thrissur Mental...
02:08 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Mumbai: In a shocking reality, a recent Maharashtra state committee report has shown how mentally challenged children are neglected and raped at the homes meant to take care. A quiet home tucked away in Panvel in Navi Mumbai caused a furore earlier in 2011 when five mentally challenged girls were rescued after being allegedly raped by their caretakers. A Bombay High Court-appointed state committee for child protection, which in a...
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Australia are just 4 wickets away from winning the fourth Test against India at the Adelaide Oval and clinch the series 4-0. ...
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A new software has been developed to help those with learning disabilities. ...
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