New Delhi: Manoj Sah, the main accused in the rape case of a five-year-old in east Delhi, was on Thursday remanded by a city court to five-day police custody. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg remanded Manoj, 22, to police custody till April 30 after the probe agency said, "He has to be taken to his native place in Muzzafarpur, Bihar to recover the 'blood-stained clothes' which he was wearing at...
03:31 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Burdwan: An undertrial, who was accused in a rape and murder case, allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire at a court lock up in Burdwan district on Thursday. Sukanta Sarkar alias Ravan (37) was in the lock up of the SDJM's court in Asansol before being produced when he set himself on fire and sustained 80 per cent burn injuries, police said. He was taken to...
01:00 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has slammed the police crackdown on women. It pulled up the Delhi Police and sought an explanation from the Commissioner, Neeraj Kumar, on the use of force on young girls who were demonstrating at an East Delhi hospital against the alleged rape of a five-year-old. Taking cognisance of the matter, the apex court has asked Kumar to file an affidavit to explain why a young...
12:55 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Mumbai: Observing that there was enough evidence to nail the guilty, the Bombay High Court has upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a Pune resident for raping and killing his minor niece eight years ago. A Pune sessions court had awarded life imprisonment to Bhiva Chapte on two separate counts of rape and murder of the girl. He was also handed down 7-year jail term for causing disappearance of evidence....
11:31 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Allegations of the involvement of Trinamool Congress leaders in the Saradha group chit fund scam have hit the West Bengal government hard. ...
10:35 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Jaipur: BJP Mahila Morcha on Wednesday demanded that President Pranab Mukherjee should sack Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in the wake of rape cases and crime against women. A delegation of Mahila Morcha handed over a representation addressed to the President to the district collector in which they raised the demands and sought proper implementation of laws related with women's safety. A five-year-old was brutally raped in Gandhi Nagar area...
09:07 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: A six-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 14-year-old labourer in north-east Delhi, police said on Wednesday. The incident was reported from Seemapuri in north-east Delhi on Tuesday night and the boy was detained in connection with the incident on Wednesday. She was seen crying by a family member near her home and the girl narrated the incident. She was rushed to a nearby government hospital where a...
07:58 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Indore: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan should step down first in wake of growing child rape cases in the state. The Congress leader was reacting to a query over demands of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's resignation over the Delhi rape case involving a five-year-old. "If that is the case, then Shivraj Singh Chouhan should step down first. There is...
05:48 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The police officials who reportedly offered a bribe to the Delhi rape survivor's family to hush up the matter have been identified, sources said on Wednesday. According to sources, the vigilance officials had identified the policemen at the Gandhi Nagar police station. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has said that it is in the process of completing its probe into the matter and will submit a report by Thursday....
04:26 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Patna: Three people have been arrested in Bihar for abducting and raping the mother and sister of a youth as a revenge for his eloping with the sister of one of the accused, police said on Wednesday. The attack took place in Sariswa village under Majhaulia police station of West Champaran district on April 19, but came to light after a case was lodged with the police. "Three people were...
03:00 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The health of the 4-year-old girl who was raped in Ghansore area of Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh is deteriorating, according to doctors. Doctors at the Nagpur hospital, where the rape survivor is being treated, said her BP is falling. The rape survivor has suffered severe brain injuries. "Patient condition is critical. BP is continuously falling. Patient is sinking, and her condition is deteriorating. Urine output has decreased....
01:58 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: The man accused of raping a 4-year-old girl in Ghansore area of Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh was arrested on Tuesday from Bhagalpur in Bihar. The accused identified as Mohd Feroz, was apprehended by the public and beaten up. The accused is now under police custody. The MP Police had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh rupees on him. "The aunt of the person arrested who lives...
07:49 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Gurgaon: A man raped his five-year-old cousin in Gurgaon when she was alone in her house, police said on Tuesday. Ajay Kumar, 19, a resident of Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, was arrested in Gurgaon district's Sohna area for raping his cousin on Monday evening. He was taken into custody within hours of the incident. Sohna Station House Officer Anil Kumar said the accused was on Tuesday presented before Judicial Magistrate Sukhpreet...
05:07 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Panic gripped the two accused when the five-year-old girl started bleeding after they raped her, and one of them inserted a small glass bottle and bits of candle into her vagina to stem the flow of blood, police said on Tuesday. One of the accused, Manoj Kumar, 22, allegedly tried to slit her throat with a blade, a police officer told IANS. Pradeep Ram, 19, who was nabbed...
04:10 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Amid nationwide outcry over the rape of a 5-year-old girl in the national capital, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights has formulated guidelines for prevention of child abuse in the country. "Child abuse is a crime against one of the most vulnerable sections of our society our children. It is a crime that leaves permanent damage on psyche of children and robs them of their innocence....
01:33 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Nagpur: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday demanded that child rapists be hanged within a month after fast-tracking trials in such cases. "The government should set up fast track courts to try rape cases within 15 days and the rapist should be hanged within a month. Government should decide upon the mercy petition, if any, of the convicts in such cases within 30 days to ensure that...
01:15 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Investigators will make the two accused in the rape of a five-year-old girl confront each other after the test identification parade of one of them, police said on Tuesday. Manoj, who was arrested on Saturday, was sent to judicial custody for test identification parade (TIP) and police is planning to conduct it soon. After the TIP, sources said, they will seek custody of Manoj and confront him with...
11:22 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Delhi has witnessed a surge in crime against women this year with rape cases recording 158 per cent rise while molestation and eve-teasing incidents went up by 600 and over 700 per cent, respectively. According to statistics released by Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Monday, the national capital reported 463 rape cases in 2013 till April 15 as against 179 during the same period in 2012. ...
11:21 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Deploring the rape of a five-year-old child in Delhi, UN Women on Tuesday stressed the "urgent need" to promote and protect the rights of girls in India besides speedy implementation of the recently passed Criminal Law (Amendment) Act. "UN Women joins the government, civil society and UN agencies in calling for focused and time bound public action against the perpetrators and also urges for the speedy application of...
10:16 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Three people were arrested on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the West Bengal chit fund scam. ...
09:57 PM, Apr 23, 2013
