
When a father is accused of allegedly raping his two-month-old daughter, a mother turns Citizen Journalist to expose the brutality. ...

06:11 PM, Apr 13, 2013

Refusing to take sides in a case in which an employee of French consulate in Bangalore was charged with raping his daughter, French President Francois Hollande on Thursday said he has full faith in Indian judicial system. ...

10:40 PM, Feb 14, 2013

Bangalore: French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, who is accused of raping his daughter in Bangalore, has said that he's been framed. Pascal has filed a police complaint seeking investigation. He claims that there is no DNA evidence against him in his daughter's rape case. Pascal also said that he wanted the safety of his children first. He said he hadn't got any access to his children since he came out on...

02:42 PM, Nov 08, 2012

Bangalore: French embassy official Pascal Mazurier, who was accused of raping his four-year-old daughter, has been granted bail by the Karnataka High Court. Mazurier, who was the Chief of Joint Chancellerie in the Consulate of France, was arrested and sent to judicial custody after his Indian wife Suja Jones accused him of sexually harassing their daughter in June 2012. Pascal has to surrender his passport and cannot leave without the...

11:17 AM, Oct 17, 2012

Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court will on Monday hear the bail plea of Pascal Mazurier, the French diplomat accused of raping his three-year-old daughter. Mazurier, who was the Chief of Joint Chancellerie in the Consulate of France, was arrested and sent to judicial custody after his Indian wife Suja Jones accused him of sexually harassing their daughter in June this year. After having his bail plea rejected by a Fast...

09:32 AM, Sep 24, 2012

Bangalore: French diplomat Pascal Mazurier was on Monday chargesheeted for allegedly raping his three-year-old daughter. "City Police today chargesheeted Mauzurier under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code for raping his minor daughter," DCP (Central) Ravikante Gowda said. Mazurier, deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France, was arrested on June 19 on a complaint by Suja, a native of Kerala, that he had raped their minor daughter. Earlier on...

05:20 PM, Sep 17, 2012

Bangalore: A Bangalore court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of French diplomat Pascal Mazurier's bail plea in connection with a molestation case till August 30. Mazurier was accused by his wife of molesting their three-year-old daughter, following which a case was filed against him. Mazurier is currently lodged in the Parapana Agrahara jail. ...

01:19 PM, Aug 21, 2012

Bangalore: A court in Bangalore on Monday is likely to decide on the bail application filed by French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, arrested on charges of raping his four-year old daughter. The court held an in-camera hearing on the bail plea on July 16. During the 40-minute-long in-camera proceedings held by Fast Track Court Judge GR Patil, counsel for Pascal Mazurier, Deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France in...

11:13 AM, Jul 23, 2012

Bangalore: A court in Bangalore on Monday held in-camera hearing on the bail application of a French diplomat, arrested on charges of raping his four-year old daughter, and posted it to July 23 for orders. During the 40-minute-long in-camera proceedings held by Fast Track Court Judge G R Patil, counsel for Pascal Mazurier, Deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France here, claimed diplomatic immunity for the accused, sources...

07:24 PM, Jul 16, 2012

Bangalore: The DNA report of the French diplomat, Pascal Mazurier, accused of raping his daughter was inconclusive. The Bangalore police said that it will need more clarifications. The police have cited several contradictions in the DNA report and said the report was confusing. On the basis of the report, the Bangalore police said it was not 100 per cent clear whether Pascal's DNA matches the semen traces on his daughter's...

01:01 PM, Jul 07, 2012

Bangalore: The DNA test report of a French diplomat, arrested on the charge of raping his four-year-old daughter, was received by the police in Bangalore on Friday. "We have received the DNA test report of Mazurier this evening. Some contents (findings) in the report are negative and some others positive, Hence we are seeking certain clarifications (from the lab)," said ACP (Law and Order) T Suneel Kumar. Pascal Mazurier, Deputy...

11:40 PM, Jul 06, 2012

Bangalore: A court in Bangalore on Tuesday extended by 14 days the judicial custody of French diplomat Pascal Mazurier, arrested on the charge of raping his four-year-old daughter. "A magisterial court has extended Pascal's judicial custody for next 14 days," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Ravikante Gowda said. Deputy Head of Chancery in the Consulate of France in Bangalore, Mazurier was arrested on June 19 on the basis of a...

07:35 PM, Jul 03, 2012

Bangalore: The Bangalore Police on Tuesday seized the passport of the French diplomat, who has been accused by his Indian wife of raping their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter. The abuse began in 2010, claimed the diplomat's wife, when their daughter was a mere toddler aged one. Pascal Mazurier was arrested on Tuesday morning after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) gave a clearance, saying the diplomat did not enjoy any immunity. The...

12:40 PM, Jun 19, 2012

French Embassy official Pascal Mazurier's Indian wife accused him of raping their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter in Bangalore last week. ...

09:06 AM, Jun 19, 2012

Bangalore: The French diplomat accused of raping his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter was arrested on Tuesday morning. The arrest came after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that Pascal Mazurier did not enjoy any diplomatic immunity, and that the Bangalore police could arrest him. The accused has now been taken for a medical check up and will be produced in court later in the day. The French Consulate on Monday issued...

08:57 AM, Jun 19, 2012

Bangalore: The French diplomat accused of raping his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter now faces arrest. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has confirmed that the diplomat does not enjoy any immunity, thus clearing the way for his arrest. The French Consulate too came out with a statement on Monday saying, "A complaint has been lodged regarding the rape of a minor girl who is a French National. The complaint names the father...

08:33 AM, Jun 19, 2012

Bangalore: France on Monday refused to interfere in a rape case involving an official of its consulate in Bangalore, saying Indian law will take its own course as the accused does not enjoy diplomatic immunity. French government sources said in Delhi that Indian law will take its course as the accused does not hold a diplomatic passport and enjoys no immunity. Police have registered a case of rape against Pascal...

02:51 PM, Jun 18, 2012

Bangalore: The French diplomat in Bangalore who was accused of raping his three-and-a-half-year-old daughter does not enjoy any immunity, sources said on Monday. Pascal Mazurier was detained on Thursday night for questioning, after his wife, who is an Indian, accused him of raping their minor daughter. However, the police had said that they could not arrest him since he enjoyed diplomatic immunity. However, sources now say that Mazurier holds a...

01:50 PM, Jun 18, 2012

Bangalore: In a shocking story of alleged sexual abuse from Bangalore, a French diplomat's wife has accused him of raping their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter over the last one year. Even though a complaint has been filed against Pascal Mazurier, and he was detained for questioning on Thursday night, he has not been arrested, as he enjoys diplomatic immunity. Ravikanthe Gowda, DCP, Bangalore Central, said, "A case of child molestation and abuse...

08:45 AM, Jun 16, 2012

Bangalore: A French diplomat has been detained by the city police for allegedly raping his minor daughter, Karnataka Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KCPCR) Chairperson Nina Nayak said on Friday. Police registered a case of rape against the diplomat, working in the French consulate in Bangalore, under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code, Nayak said. The diplomat was detained late on Thursday night. The child's mother, an Indian, reported...

08:22 AM, Jun 16, 2012