New Delhi: The United Nations Wednesday expressed regret that the anti-rape law passed by the government after the December 16 gang-rape incident did not fully reflect the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma Committee. "Recommendations on marital rape, lesbians and age of consent (for sex) were not adopted in the legislation," UN special rapporteur on violence against women Rashida Manjoo told reporters here. She said: "I welcome the government of...
09:59 PM, May 01, 2013
Kolkata: A class 6 student was first attacked with acid and then raped by two boys in West Bengal's Bardhaman district on Monday night. The incident took place when the girl was returning from school. Two boys allegedly stopped her on the way and first threw acid on her and then raped her. When the girl reached home and told her family members, they took her to the police station....
01:17 PM, May 01, 2013
Allahabad: A BSc student was allegedly abducted and gangraped by four men in a moving car in Allahabad. The girl has been admitted to a hospital and is in a critical condition. After raping the girl the accused threw her out of the car and fled. The girl was admitted to a hospital where she regained consciousness after two days and narrated her ordeal. The police had reportedly tried to...
12:01 PM, May 01, 2013
Gurgaon: Two men allegedly gangraped a 23-year-old girl in a moving car in Sohna near Gurgaon. The police have arrested one of the accused named by the victim while the others are still absconding. According to the victim, she came with her friend Devendra in his SUV from Delhi to Gurgaon for shopping. A friend of Devendra was also in the car, she said. She added that they went to...
11:12 AM, May 01, 2013
Jaipur: A man was arrested in Rajasthan's Karauli district on Tuesday for raping a six-year-old girl during a wedding function, said police. The girl was admitted to a hospital with serious injuries, they added. According to police, the incident occurred late on Monday night in a village near Masalpura town in the district, some 200 km from Jaipur. "The girl had come with her parents to participate in the wedding....
02:06 AM, May 01, 2013
Meerut: Four youths allegedly gangraped a minor girl when she was going to relieve herself in a jungle near a village in Meerut, police said on Tuesday. A report has been lodged against the four youths, who are all absconding, police said. The girl has been sent for medical examination, they said. Locals have alleged that efforts are being made to hush up the matter. They have claimed that the...
12:45 AM, 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: The mobile phone said to have belonged to the Delhi braveheart was recovered from the house of one of the accused in the case, a prosecution witness on Monday told a fast track court here. The witness, a Delhi Police sub inspector who was part of the police team that had accompanied accused Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta to their residences, also said a pair of bloodstained trousers...
08:52 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: Rape cases will come down if people shun non-vegetarian food and alcohol, activist Swami Agnivesh said on Sunday. "We cannot stop a crime like rape by policing only.... I think rapes will come down significantly if people stop eating non-vegetarian. There has been lot of research on this.... Rapes will come down significantly if alcohol consumption is not there," he told reporters in New Delhi. He said a...
05:01 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Belgaum: Mutilated body of a 20-year-old college student was found in Belgaum district of Karnataka on Sunday. The woman was allegedly gangraped and murdered. Her body was found on a road in Belgaum district on Saturday. The woman's bag, footwear and college identity card were also recovered from the spot. The unidentified assailants allegedly inflicted injuries on her face with sharp objects. The woman's caste name was also etched on...
03:39 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Tripura: In yet another shocking incident of crime against children, a six-year old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Tripura, triggering violent protests by the locals. The incident happened on Thursday evening at Chelagang in Gomati district of Tripura. The accused has been arrested. The police said that the accused Sanjit Saha, confessed that he raped the girl before strangling her to death. He said he dumped the body...
07:34 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Jaipur: A 20-year-old girl was raped by a youth on the pretext of marrying her, police said in Jaipur on Saturday. The girl, hailing from Ajmer, was staying with her aunt in the city and was studying in a college. During her stay in Jaipur, she met the youth named Sanjay Moolchandani and fell in love with him. The youth, who is from her community, also promised to marry her,...
05:31 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: The doctors, who were part of the medical team attending to the Delhi braveheart, told a fast-track court in New Delhi on Friday that the girl was shifted to a Singapore hospital to provide her with best possible treatment and not because she had died as alleged by the accused. The doctors' response came on the allegation by defence counsel of two accused in the case that the...
11:31 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Mumbai: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped in a house in suburban Vakola by four youths, who were arrested on Friday, along with the survivor's female friend for her alleged role in the crime, police said. The accused Melwin D'Souza (22), Sachin Yadav (22), Bipin Singh (22), Venkatesh Naidu (20) and a 16-year-old girl, who is friend of the survivor, were booked for abduction and gangrape among other IPC sections,...
10:33 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Mumbai: Four men reportedly drugged and gangraped a 13-year-old girl in a house in suburban Vakola, Mumbai, police said on Friday. The survivor was asked by one of her female friends to accompany her, after the latter was invited by a male friend to his house in Vakola on Thursday evening, the police said. As the victim reached there, four boys were already present in the house. After the six...
05:09 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Baripada: A 15-year-old school girl was allegedly gangraped by two youths and her picture in compromising position taken on mobile phones by the accused at a village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said. The girl was allegedly gangraped while she had gone to a village pond for attending nature's call on Wednesday evening in Sanasimula village, about 55 kilometer from Baripada, police said. Police has arrested two youths - Bhabani...
04:46 AM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: Terming himself innocent, an accused in the December 16 gang rape Thursday moved an application before the fast track court seeking permission to undergo a lie detector test. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna asked the Delhi Police to file its reply on the plea of Vinay Sharma, one of the six accused in the case. Saying Sharma has been falsely implicated in the case, his counsel told the...
01:47 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Sounsar: Expressing concern over the growing incidents of rapes in the country, BJP Vice-President Uma Bharti on Thursday said the issue should be tackled urgently by keeping aside political and regional considerations. "I am concerned with the growing incidents of rapes especially with minor girls, in the country. I am of firm opinion that the issue should be looked into by all concern by keeping aside politics and state-specific element,"...
01:27 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Ranchi: A five-year-old girl was raped and murdered in the Jharkhand capital, police said on Thursday. "Post mortem report has confirmed that the girl was raped and strangulated to death," Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan told PTI in Ranchi. Her body was found in an under construction building near her house at Darjie Mohallah in Doranda police station in Ranchi on Thursday morning, the SP said, adding, whoever had committed...
12:26 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Vidya Reddy, founder and director, Tulir, Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse, joined IBNLive readers for interaction on the rising sexual violence against children. Q. Paedophiles? definitely an unnatural way to satisfy the lust. Is it due to social restrictions, like monogamy and illegalising prostitution, which leads to such devilish behaviour? Asked by: sundar1950in A. Sexual violence against children is not about unsatisfied lust ( though...
04:48 PM, Apr 25, 2013
