New Delhi: The main accused in the gangrape of a five-year-old girl in east Delhi, Manoj Sah, has been sent to judicial custody till May 9 by a city court after being grilled by the police for five days. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg remanded Manoj, 22, in judicial custody after the Delhi Police said he was not required for further interrogation.
Co-accused Pradeep, 19, is also in judicial custody till May 9. The police had earlier obtained five days custody of Manoj for confronting him with Pradeep to know the chain of events and for taking him to his native place in Muzaffarpur, Bihar to recover "blood-stained clothes" which he was wearing at the time of commission of crime.
Earlier, the police had told the court that they have recovered the mobile phones of both the accused. The police had also taken Manoj's handwriting sample to match it with the writing on a piece of paper recovered from Pradeep.
The piece of paper was given to Pradeep by Manoj with instruction to call him in two days when they left Delhi and parted ways at Chhapra. Both, Manoj and Pradeep, are accused of raping the minor girl on April 15 in the same building in east Delhi where the girl and the accused lived....
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05:34 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday hauled up the government over the flailing security situation in the capital asking what was the need for providing Z-category security to Reliance Industries Limited chairman and CEO Mukesh Ambani when the common man had none. "Individuals are given security, but what about the security of the common man," the apex court asked. "The 5-year-old child would not have been raped if there...
05:22 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday refuted suggestions that the transfer of its two Deputy Commissioners were connected with the recent rape incidents in the national capital, saying such reports cast "unwarranted aspersions" on their reputation. DCP (South) Chhaya Sharma was on Monday transferred to Mizoram and DCP (East) Prabhakar to Prime Minister's Security Wing. Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said Sharma's transfer has been linked with the gangrape of...
09:30 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Nearly two weeks after the horrific Delhi rape, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, East, has been shunted out. DCP Prabhakar has now been transferred to PM Security. The move comes a day after the vigilance department admitted that the SHO at Gandhi Nagar police station had tried to pay off the survivor's family. Prabhakar, a 2003-batch IPS officer, has been replaced by Ajay Kumar, an IPS officer of...
06:36 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar to submit an affidavit on the Delhi rape case with details of the date on which an FIR was lodged. The court also asked for details of the probe being carried out. The matter was highlighted by an NGO during a hearing on its petition on missing children. The Delhi Police had come under criticism after details...
06:29 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court will hear a plea on Monday seeking registration of an FIR against policemen accused of dereliction of duty in the rape case of a five-year-old girl. Assistant Commissioner of Police BS Alhawat was suspended after he was caught on camera slapping a young woman during a protest against the rape of the minor girl at Delhi's Dayanand Hospital. In an another development in the case,...
10:07 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: A vigilance inquiry by Delhi Police has found fault with the SHO of Gandhinagar police station in Delhi for alleged lapses in investigation into the rape of a five-year-old girl. Sources said the SHO has been found prima facie guilty of dereliction of duty. The report has been submitted to Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. The family had alleged that police did not pursue the complaint vigorously after the girl's...
01:45 AM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: The father of the Delhi minor rape survivor was offered a bribe of Rs 2000 by the Station House Officer (SHO) of Gandhinagar Police Station, source said on Sunday. The Joint Commissioner of Police (Vigilance) submitted report on the allegations of bribe by the police in the case. Sources added the victim's family has identified the SHO of the police station. The family had alleged they were offered...
12:31 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: Class XII student Beenu Rawat, who was slapped by a Delhi Police officer while protesting the rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, will meet Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde Friday to demand the dismissal of errant police officers. The 17-year-old Rawat will meet Shinde in his office at North Block 3 pm on Friday, a press statement said. She will also deliver a support letter carrying...
11:07 PM, Apr 25, 2013
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
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
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: 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
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
New Delhi: The 5-year-old Delhi rape survivor's condition is stable, doctors said, and she is still on a semi-solid diet. Meanwhile, the second accused, Pradeep, was brought to Delhi from Bihar on Monday and is likely to be produced in court on Tuesday. The other accused is in custody till May 4. Protests are also likely to continue on the streets and in Parliament after Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...
07:54 AM, Apr 23, 2013
As protests continued in Delhi over the rape case of a five-year-old girl, at the centre of the storm was Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. A man who both the Opposition and activists held responsible and answerable for the increase in crimes against women in Delhi. They are demanding his resignation. ...
12:02 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Admitting that the response of his force in the rape case of the five-year-old girl was "not as swift as desired", Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said "there was always a room for improvement". He, however, insisted that the Delhi Police has fulfilled all the promises it made after the December 16 gangrape case. ...
11:49 PM, Apr 22, 2013
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11:49 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Protests over the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi intensified on the third consecutive day even as Aam Aadmi Party demanded resignations of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. ...
11:46 PM, Apr 22, 2013
The shock over gruesome rape and brutality of a five-year-old girl on Monday resonated in the Rajya Sabha with members cutting across party lines pressing for stern action, including death penalty, to deal with such crimes even if it needs a relook at the new anti-rape law. ...
11:31 PM, Apr 22, 2013
