Raigarh: A 20-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by five youths in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, police said on Wednesday. The five accused were arrested on Tuesday in this connection. "The arrests were made under section 376 (2) (g) (gang rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC on Tuesday based on the complaint of the victim," said Raigarh Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Praphulla Thakur. "The incident took place when the girl...
03:44 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Panaji: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped in Mapusa town, police said on Wednesday. Five youths have been arrested in this connection on Tuesday night, after the victim lodged a complaint against them, police said. "The incident had taken place twenty days back, when the girl was invited by one of the accused at his house, claiming that his mother wants to speak to her," Vishram Borkar, Superintendent of Police...
12:57 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Panaji: Five people were arrested in Goa on Tuesday for drugging and raping a 15-year girl who is suspected to be known to some of the accused, police said. The incident took place in Mapusa town, a short distance from Panaji, police said, refusing to give any more details about when it took place or the identity and age of the arrested accused. Deputy Superintendent of Police Seraphin Dias said...
11:12 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: A lawyer representing one of the accused in the December 16 gangrape case was on Tuesday warned for his repeated failure to appear in the proceedings by a special court which said had it not been this case an "adverse order" would have been passed against him. "I am not passing an adverse order. Had it been other case then I would have done it," Additional Sessions Judge...
07:18 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: A fast-track court on Monday sought Delhi Police's reply on the plea of one of the accused in the December 16 gangrape case for 15 days interim bail on the ground he has see his ailing mother in a hospital. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna asked the police to file its reply by Tuesday on accused Akshay Singh's plea to visit his mother, who he says is in...
07:34 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: In a shocking incident of crime against children in the national capital, a 42-year-old driver allegedly molested an eight-year-old girl in a bus in Sultanpuri area. The incident took place on Saturday evening, when the girl was playing in the bus which was parked near the slum cluster of Sultanpuri. Rakesh the driver of that bus reportedly molested the minor girl inside the bus. He has been arrested...
09:59 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Islamabad: A witness on Saturday identified one of the seven Pakistani men charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks as the person who had bought inflatable boats used by the terrorists involved in the assault on India's financial hub. Prosecutors said the witness, whom they did not name for security reasons, had identified accused Shahid Jamil Riaz during proceedings conducted behind closed doors at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi by...
02:46 PM, Apr 13, 2013
Kochi: The Suryanelli gangrape survivor on Friday withdrew her request to appoint Special prosecutors to contest the appeals of the 35 accused in the case in the Kerala High Court. However, the court permitted the survivor to make an application to appoint a counsel of her choice to assist the prosecution. Earlier, the government had informed the court that her request to appoint two special prosecutors - Suresh Babu Thomas...
07:09 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Two defendants in the Delhi gangrape and murder trial on Thursday claimed that they were not in the bus in which the 23-year-old student was repeatedly raped on December 16, 2012. Accused Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta made the plea before a special fast-track court hearing the trial in the Capital. Vinay claimed that he had photos and videos on this mobile which could establish that he and Pawan were ...
02:10 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: A 20-year-old woman was gangraped in a moving car by her husband and his two relatives in New Delhi, the police said on Thursday. All attackers have been arrested. The incident came to light on late Wednesday evening when the woman was found in an unconscious condition in west Delhi's Najafgarh area by a passerby, who informed police. The victim told police that she was gangraped by her...
10:29 PM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: Two of the accused in the Delhi gangrape case on Thursday claimed before a Special court that they were not in the bus in which a 23-year-old girl was brutally assaulted and raped by six persons on December 16 night. Accused Vinay Sharma in his application before Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna claimed he, along with co-accused Pawan Gupta, were not present in the bus in which the...
08:06 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Islamabad: A 26-year-old school teacher was kidnapped and gangraped while on her way to work in Pakistan's central Punjab province. The woman was found lying in a field in Khanewal, near Multan city, on Wednesday. She was taken to a hospital in Jhang and a medico-legal examination at a nearby rural health centre confirmed she had been raped. Doctors at the centre said she might need surgery. Police registered a...
12:56 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Etah: After a local court's intervention, Police on Tuesday registered a case against three persons for allegedly raping a married woman eight days ago. The victim alleged that on April 1, she was kidnapped by one Khem Singh and two of his accomplices while she was on her way to the fields in Jairampur area of the district. The accused allegedly took her to a secluded spot where they took...
11:10 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: One of the accused in the December 16 gangrape case on Tuesday sought a direction to IGNOU from the trial court to provide him a copy of the examination schedule for the first year of BA course. Accused Vinay Sharma, who along with four others had allegedly gangraped a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here, filed the plea in a fast-track court trying the case. Vinay, in...
07:15 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Delhi: The Delhi government has ordered an inquiry into an IBN7 sting operation showing private bus drivers procuring licences based on fake addresses. Delhi Transport Minister Ramakant Goswami said, "We will take strict action against those who are found guilty, even if they are people of the transport department. I have already told the transport commissioner to order an inquiry into the matter." CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7 has conducted a...
07:47 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Four months after the Delhi gangrape triggered mass outrage and a series of promises by authorities, the dismal reality is that nothing has changed on the ground. Bus drivers still have to bribe touts to get a license. ...
03:55 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi government has ordered an inquiry into an IBN7 sting operation showing private bus drivers procuring licences based on fake addresses. The Delhi transport secretary said, "The story shows how touts are doing this, we need to check if and how many officials are involved." CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7 has conducted a special investigation showing that fake licences based on fake addresses are still being issued to...
03:48 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Nothing has changed on the ground four months after the Delhi gangrape triggered mass outrage and a series of promises by authorities. CNN-IBN's sister channel IBN7 has conducted a special investigation showing that fake licences based on fake addresses are still being issued to bus drivers. The Delhi gangrape of December 2012 was committed on board a private bus, which had a fake licence issued on a fake...
07:55 AM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Sunday said that the Delhi gangrape incident in December 2012 was not an isolated occurrence and episodes like that happened every day. He added that there can't be knee-jerk reactions to such cases and they need to be tackled in a proper way. Kabir was presiding over the conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of high courts in the capital....
06:45 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that there is a need to act more decisively to protect women. Manmohan while citing the Delhi gangrape incident at a conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of high courts called for strengthening of the justice delivery system. The Prime Minister said a great deal more needs to be done as far as offences against women are concerned and to...
11:00 AM, Apr 07, 2013
