Final chargesheet in Pipili rape case filed Cuttack: The crime branch police of Odisha on Saturday filed the fourth and final charge sheet in the Pipili rape and murder case. Investigating police officer Ramesh Chandra Sethy filed the final report before the Pipili court in which the attempt to murder charge earlier against key accused Prashant Pradhan was modified to murder charge.

"We converted the section 307 levelled against the key accused to section 302 of IPC after the victim died during treatment in SCB medical college and hospital of Cuttack on June 21 this year," Sethy said.

The post mortem report of the victim was also attached with the final report.

He was also charged under section 341 (wrongful restraint), 354 (assault to outrage the modesty of a woman), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention). ...more    
08:58 PM, Aug 04, 2012

Pipili gang rape: Police arrests main accused New Delhi: A day after the photo of the suspect was released, the Odisha Police on Sunday arrested Prashant Pradhan, the main accused of the Pipili gang rape case. In November, a 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped and strangulated at Pipili in Puri district, Odisha. She has since remained in a coma. Only after a state human rights commission and High Court directive did the police finally register a...  
06:49 PM, Jan 15, 2012