New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the city government and police for the probe agency's failure to register an FIR on the charge of gangrape after a teenage girl from West Bengal was rescued from a brothel earlier in May.
A division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath sought police reply by July 10 while taking suo motu cognizance of a report sent by the magistrate before whom the girl was produced on May 11.
The court had sought the magistrate's report after reading a news report in a national daily which said police had even allowed alleged culprits, abductors and brothel owners, to intimidate the victim during her court's appearance.
"Girls who are rescued from the brothel could not reveal the truth to the court as they (brothel owners, abductors) were present in the court.... In this case, they even threatened the girl sitting in the court room to bring her back into the business," the bench said and appointed advocate Zubeda Begum as amicus curiae to assist the court in the case. ...
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03:48 AM, May 30, 2013
There seems to be no let-up in cases of atrocities against women. A woman was allegedly abducted at Ahmednagar and kept confined at a brothel in Dhule for 48 hours. What's worse is that she also had to face brutality when she tried to lodge a complaint after escaping from the brothel. ...
10:21 AM, Jan 12, 2013
Bangalore: A chance raid by the police saved 15-year-old Bangladeshi girls. They had been doped and transported from their homes to Bangalore in mid-August to be sold to brothels. One of the victims said, "They got me cake and a bottle of water and I was sleeping all the way to Bangalore." Another victim of trafficking said, "They used to beat me a lot to get me to do bad...
08:06 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Mumbai: Almost everyone in the after-dark party circuit is familiar with Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhobles reputation and rigidness, but another name has been long ignored, though the individuals track record deserves accolades. Dhobles colleague, Feroz Patel, has been raiding brothels, rescuing children forced into work and reuniting street kids with their families, but has chosen to stay out of the limelight and not gloat about his achievements. Patel,...
05:00 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Ahmednagar: Girish Kulkarni has changed the face of the brothels of Ahmednagar. Through his tireless efforts he has ensured that no minors girls are bought and sold in Ahmednagar. He has also set up schools for the children of sex workers. Richa's eyes don't betray the life she led earlier that was a life confined to a brothel. She had been sold to a brothel as a child. "I'm the...
08:55 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Mumbai: A two-month-old baby was stolen from Girgaum and later sold for Rs 12,000 to a brothel keeper in Kamathipura. Police managed to recover the baby and arrest the culprits on Sunday. Officials believe the gang used to steal infants regularly and traffic them in the red-light area. They are now investigating the matter to find more details into the present case and similar ones from the past. Salma Shaikh's...
12:15 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Mumbai: Forced into prostitution at the age of 10, Ayesha is fighting back. Not just that she is also helping others like her find life away from the brothels of the city. Ayesha was rescued by a man from a dance bar who later became her husband. Today, she is reaching out to other sex workers, helping them become a part of mainstream society. "Ayesha Didi has been a great...
08:31 AM, Dec 06, 2011
Mumbai: In one of the biggest raids, police on Wednesday rescued as many as 119 women hailing from different parts of the country and arrested 30 persons, including pimps, from a building housing a number of brothels in South Mumbai. "We had information that illicit activities were going on in Krishna Building located on Pavwala Street on Grant Road. A team comprising 150 officers from the SS Branch and the...
10:43 PM, Nov 02, 2011
![NRI convict ran brothel on days out of jail]( "NRI convict ran brothel on days out of jail")
Rashpal Singh had served less than two years when he was granted day release as part of a reintegration programme. ...
08:32 PM, Aug 14, 2010
'There would have been no nuisance to the public if brothels were ever legalised', says a British Judge. ...
11:41 AM, May 14, 2010
Raipur: Police have busted a call girl racket operating in a school building in the city with the arrest of eight people, including a teenage bar dancer from Mumbai. Shockingly enough, one of the women arrested in the sex scandal claims ot be a former national athlete was among the four girls found in the brothel. Police sources say Nisha Shetty, who was caught on the scene, claims to have...
11:40 AM, Aug 03, 2009
Logan Campbell had represented New Zeland in Beijing Olympic Games. ...
08:59 PM, Jul 14, 2009
Anson Thomas gave his prize money of Rs 5 lakh to a former sex worker. ...
06:26 PM, Mar 13, 2009
'Brothel', 'adult services', 'porn' - are some of the used common words. ...
05:42 PM, Oct 04, 2008
Men have many fetishes, which they cannot ask from their partners. ...
04:35 PM, Sep 03, 2008
There is now a renewed call to legalise prostitution. Find out what experts say. ...
03:04 AM, Aug 07, 2008
Lahore: The former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has said he can assemble a quality World XI to come and play in the country if the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is willing to bear the expenses. Latif's comments came after the chairman of the PCB, Zaka Ashraf, said if Bangladesh do not send their team to Pakistan next month the board would look at other options, including inviting a World XI...
11:02 AM, May 07, 2008
A brothel in Germany is offering pensioners a 50 per cent discount for sex in the afternoon. ...
10:23 PM, Mar 17, 2007
Japan will not apologize for its World War II military brothels, even if the US Congress passes a resolution demanding it. ...
03:49 PM, Mar 05, 2007
A Cambodian man has been stabbed by a sex worker in a brawl, after he refused her request to wear a condom. ...
08:14 AM, Dec 09, 2006
