
Jalna: Two persons have been arrested for sexually exploiting a 32-year-old woman, while two others, including a village sarpanch, are absconding. According to police, the woman, resident of Sattephal village in Jafrabad tehsil of the district, filed the complaint on Saturday.
She has alleged that her late husband's uncle Bhausaheb Sonone, sarpanch Shivaji Uttam Bankar, Prabhakar Rangnath Bankar and Ramdas Punjaram Bankar had been sexually exploiting her for the last nine months. Her husband died three years ago, and she was living with her four daughters, she stated.
While Prabhakar Bankar and Ramdas Bankar were arrested, Sonone and Shivaji Bankar are on the run.
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11:13 PM, May 18, 2013

Singapore: A Singaporean Indian was on Friday sentenced to 24 months jail for molesting a 13-year-old boy at his home. S Subramaniam, 45, was found guilty last week after a six-day trial of fondling the boy's private parts in a bedroom at his flat on December 23, 2011 in the suburb Yishun housing estate. Subramaniam would appeal the sentence, reported The Straits Times. The court was told that the student...

06:56 PM, May 17, 2013

New Delhi: The driver and helper of a South Delhi school were arrested on Thursday for allegedly molesting children on board and making them watch pornographic clips, the police said. Mohammad Shamim and Asgar Ali were arrested in Hauz Khas after a complaint was received that they made school children who travelled in the bus watch pornographic clips on mobile phones, the police said. The mobile phones of the duo...

08:11 AM, May 10, 2013

New Delhi: The driver and helper of a school bus were arrested on Thursday allegedly for molesting school children and making them watch pornographic clips, police said. Mohammad Shamim and Asgar Ali were arrested in south Delhi's Hauz Khas after a complaint was received that they made school children who travelled in the bus watch pornographic clips on mobile phones, police said. A case has been filed with Hauz Khas...

02:07 AM, May 10, 2013

New Delhi: A 22-year-old woman accused five people, including two of her brothers-in-law, of raping her in south Delhi, police said Wednesday. In her complaint to police, the young woman alleged that she was gangraped by the five men near gate No 4 of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Tuesday night. The three others involved in the crime were friends of her brothers-in-law, police said. The accused...

11:38 PM, May 01, 2013

Nagpur: The mother of the five-year-old girl, who died after being brutally raped at Ghansaur town in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday said the accused should be given a "harsh punishment" so that no one in future dares to carry out such a heinous act. "The rape accused deserves harsh punishment and should be burnt to death publicly," said the emotionally choked mother of the deceased girl to...

02:10 PM, Apr 30, 2013

A five-year-old girl, who was raped by a 35-year-old man in Ghansore town of Seoni, died in a hospital in Nagpur on Monday evening. Her doctor said her condition was deteriorating and she died of a cardiac arrest. ...

08:42 AM, Apr 30, 2013

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12:40 PM, Apr 29, 2013

As the country reels under the sheer number of cases of child sexual abuse and brutal sexual attacks on little children, it bears repeating that ...

11:35 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: Another brutalisation of a minor was reported in New Delhi on Friday evening when a six-year-old girl was found unconscious near a public toilet, police said. Injury marks were found on her and rape is suspected. A passer-by in south Delhi's Badarpur area spotted the girl lying unconscious and informed the police, who took her to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Doctors said her condition...

10:59 PM, Apr 26, 2013

Nagpur: Even as a young rape survivor is battling for her life in a Nagpur hospital, another little girl's mysterious death still continues to haunt her family. Seven-year-old Yogita Thakre was found dead in former BJP president Nitin Gadkari's compound four years ago. "We haven't got justice even after so much has taken place. Whoever has committed this heinous crime should be punished," said Yogita's sister. Her family says they...

09:27 AM, Apr 26, 2013

New Delhi: In yet another shocking crime, two minor sisters were allegedly raped by their mother's paramour who was living in their house in New Delhi, the police said on Thursday. The accused, identified as Rakesh Mishra, 35, a motor mechanic, has been arrested. "The man had been staying in the victims' house in Shahbad Dairy area in north Delhi for the past one year and raped the sisters aged...

07:54 PM, Apr 25, 2013

Bhubaneswar: A teacher was arrested on Tuesday in Odisha's Sambalpur district for molesting an eight-year-old-girl in the school classroom, police said. The 28-year-old offender, an art and crafts teacher in a private school at the district headquarters town of Sambalpur, about 320 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, allegedly gave the students some drawing assignments and started watching an obscene video on his laptop. After finishing her drawing, the girl went...

04:40 AM, Apr 24, 2013

Delhi has witnessed a surge in crime against women this year with rape cases recording 158 per cent rise while molestation and eve-teasing incidents went up by 600 and over 700 per cent, respectively. According to statistics released by Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Monday, the national capital reported 463 rape cases in 2013 till April 15 as against 179 during the same period in 2012. ...

11:21 PM, Apr 23, 2013

New Delhi: Delhi has witnessed a surge in crime against women this year with rape cases recording 158 per cent rise while molestation and eve-teasing incidents went up by 600 and over 700 per cent, respectively. According to statistics released by Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Monday, the national capital reported 463 rape cases in 2013 till April 15 as against 179 during the same period in 2012. While...

04:00 AM, Apr 23, 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

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10:10 PM, Apr 22, 2013