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
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11:24 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
New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by eight men, four of whom were known to her, police said on Saturday. The incident comes even as the capital is witnessing outrage over the horrific rape of a five-year-old girl. Three of the eight men have been arrested. The survivor and her 12-year-old brother were abducted by two men known to her on March 15 from outside her house at...
10:22 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Protesters took to the street in the national capital on Saturday, demanding justice for the 5-year-old, who was brutally raped, assaulted, nearly killed and kept captive by a man in east Delhi, bringing back memories of the events that unfolded after the rape of a 23-year-old woman. Angry crowds demonstrated outside police headquarters, despite the arrest of the arrest of the main accused, Manoj Kumar, much like the...
09:06 PM, Apr 20, 2013
As anger continued to rise in the national capital over the rape of the minor girl in New Delhi, citizens from Kolkata also demanded justice for the survivor. ...
08:03 PM, Apr 20, 2013
AIIMS Medical Superintendent DK Sharma gave a health update of the Delhi minor rape survivor. He said the condition of the girl is stable; she is also alert, speaking to her parents and responding to the treatment well. ...
07:22 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: 7:02 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi visits AIIMS to meet the rape survivor. 7:02 pm: AIIMS Medical Superintendent DK Sharma gives a health update of the rape survivor. He says the condition of the girl is stable; she is also alert, speaking to her parents and responding to the treatment well. Sharma adds she has been put under close observation. 5:16 pm: Accused in the Delhi minor rape...
07:19 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and leaders from across the political spectrum on Saturday expressed shock over the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi and pressed for strong action to check such barbaric incidents. While Congress President Sonia Gandhi sent out a stern message to the authorities that action, not words were required, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj demanded death for those found guilty...
06:58 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Mukesh, an accused in the December 16, 2012 gangrape, on Saturday changed his counsel ML Sharma who failed to appear in a fast track court in New Delhi for the fourth successive hearing. Advocate Sharma has been replaced by advocate Rajeev Jain, appointed as an amicus curiae to assist the court April 18, after the accused moved an application. Mukesh asked Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna he wanted...
06:48 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Strong reactions kept pouring in on Saturday against the horrific rape of a 5-year-old in Delhi. Neelam Katara, mother of murdered Nitish Katara, said there is a need to bring in a comprehensive change in police laws. ...
06:42 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: The five-year-old Delhi girl, brutalised by a neighbour earlier this week, is the fifth minor to have fallen prey to rapists in the national capital in April. In many of the 393 rapes since January 1, the accused were known to the victims, police records show. The five-year girl was abducted April 15 and kept hostage by her neighbour for two days without food and water and repeatedly...
06:27 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old in Delhi intensified on Saturday even as Section 144 was imposed at India Gate. Police also requested the protesters to clear the road in front of the police headquarters even as several parts of the city witnessed protests. ...
04:54 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: 5:16 pm: Accused in the Delhi minor rape case, Manoj Kumar, is brought back to the national capital from Bihar on transit remand. 4:15 pm: India Gate is vacated as Section 144, which prohibits the gathering of groups of people, is imposed in the area even as small protest is held outside Congress President Sonia Gandhi's residence at 10 Janpath. 3:56 pm: Police request protesters to clear the...
04:42 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: The five-year-old girl undergoing treatment after she was brutally raped for two days is responding to treatment, the doctors said on Saturday, adding that her condition had stabilised. The rape survivor, who was shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday for better treatment, was examined by a team of eight doctors. A medical superintendent at AIIMS said, "The baby had perenial injuries but...
12:59 PM, Apr 20, 2013
A 22-year-old youth allegedly involved in the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi was arrested in Muzzaffarpur in Bihar by the police on early Saturday morning. Manoj Kumar was apprehended from Chiknouta, his in-law's village, at around 2:00 am from Muzaffarpur in Bihar, about 50 kms from Patna. Manoj is now being brought to Delhi on a transit remand. ...
10:41 AM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: 3:56 pm: Police request protesters to clear the road in front of the police headquarters. 3:27 pm: Congress General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi says, "The society has to be alert and vigilant." 3:18 pm: Around 50 to 60 protesters, predominately from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) try to march to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's house. The police stop them 200 metres away from the house. 2:56 pm: Delhi BJP...
10:04 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Former IPS officer and activist Kiran Bedi also said that the police alone cannot be blamed in this case. ...
07:25 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Aligarh: The post-mortem of the 6-year-child who was found dead on Thursday in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh has confirmed sexual assault and death due to injuries. The child's body was found dumped in a garbage bin on Thursday. Three UP policemen including a circle officer were suspended after the police cracked down on the family of the minor who held a protest. The local circle officer was seen beating up...
12:23 PM, Apr 19, 2013
