The Union Cabinet has cleared a new law which aims to protect children from sexual abuse. ...
11:30 PM, May 02, 2012
Chandigarh: Just hours after the Cabinet on Thursday approved the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, a shocking story emerged from Chandigarh where a boy was sexually abused by a group of youngsters. An 8-year-old boy was sexually abused allegedly for several days by a group of youngsters. The accused also made an MMS of the incident and circulated it among their friends. All six of the accused, of...
09:27 AM, Apr 27, 2012
Kabul: For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free, Human Rights Watch said. Running away is considered a "moral crime" for women in Afghanistan while some rape victims are also imprisoned, because sex outside marriage - even when the woman is forced - is considered...
02:09 PM, Mar 28, 2012
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11:26 AM, Mar 27, 2012
Ohio: A 10-year-old boy shook when asked about being prostituted to two other men by an adoptive father who regularly had sex with him, according to police, who said the boy was fearful of talking because he didn't want to be taken from his home or separated from his new siblings. The adoptive father has been charged with raping three boys in his care and compelling prostitution by hiring the...
01:12 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Jaipur: In a shocking and bizarre incident in Jaipur, the police have arrested a 21-year-old paraplegic woman over charges of abuse. The police claim the woman is involved in the kidnapping and sexual abuse of another woman. What is shocking is that the 21-year old herself is allegedly a victim of sexual abuse by three Rajasthan policemen. Her parents alleged that she was being falsely implicated in another case so...
11:15 AM, Mar 02, 2012
New York: A US court has convicted three members of an Indian family here on charges of sexually abusing their daughter-in-law who came to America after an arranged marriage and was threatened to work as a slave. Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said Vishal Jagota, 34, his mother Parveen Jagota, 57 and sister Rajani Jagota, 31 were found guilty after a bench trial of labour trafficking and assault charges...
12:26 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New York: An Indian pediatrician in New York has been charged with sexually exploiting some of his young female patients and secretly videotaping and photographing them in his clinic. Rakesh Punn, 53, has pleaded not guilty to the charges in a 36-count indictment, which also include healthcare fraud, at his arraignment before US District Judge Joanna Seybert. If convicted, Punn faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment and...
04:45 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Hyderabad: A cruel and medieval tradition of poor Dalit girls, forcefully married off to the village deity and then sexually abused by the men in the village, still continues in Andhra Pradesh. But there is one woman standing up to it. Grace Nirmala helps rescue these girls and runs a home for joginis and their children. Anjali was just 10 years of age when her parents forced her to become...
08:48 AM, Aug 08, 2011
New York: An Indian-origin pediatrician has been charged with sexually abusing girls, some as young as 11, and compiling notes on his computer on how to molest them, a media report has said. 53-year-old Rakesh Punn drugged his victims with sedatives and covered their eyes with gauze or a blindfold during the assaults, according to a 60-count indictment filed in a US court, the New York Post reported. The New...
01:22 PM, Jul 16, 2011
London: A primary school teacher in Britain who admitted to sexually abusing girls in his classroom and then filming the act has been jailed "indefinitely", BBC reported. Nigel Leat, a 51-year-old resident of Bristol, filmed his abuse of five girls at the Hillside First School, over five years, the Bristol Crown Court was told. He will only be released when he is no longer considered a threat to the public,...
04:19 PM, Jun 15, 2011
Mumbai: Head constable Yuvraj Kamble who was suspended after being arrested on charges of raping a trainee constable for over two months at Kolhapur's police training center, has blamed his senior officers. Investigation has so far found incriminating phone call records which ascertain that Kamble called the complainant to his room on the night of the incident. Medical examination of the complainant who got pregnant also corroborate her claim. But ...
08:16 PM, Apr 28, 2011
Kolhapur: Police are investigating the alleged case of sexual abuse of three women trainee constables at a police training academy in Kolhapur by drill officer head constable Yuvraj Kamble. A senior woman Indian Police Service officer is inquiring into the allegations. Kolhapur Superintendent of Police SP Yadav has promised senior officers will also be investigated if their involvement comes to light. He also disputed the number of complaints, saying that...
03:17 PM, Apr 28, 2011
Boston: A 64-year-old Indian admitted he sexually abused a woman seated next to him on board a Hong Kong-Newark flight last year. Ramesh Advani of New Jersey pleaded guilty before US District Judge Dennis Cavanaugh to an information charging him with abusive sexual contact. Advani's sentencing is scheduled for August 1, 2011. He faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine. According to documents filed,...
10:54 AM, Apr 13, 2011
Duncan Grant and Allan Waters were convicted in for sexual abuse of minor boys at the Anchorage Shelter Home in Colaba in Mumbai. ...
03:09 PM, Mar 21, 2011
Mumbai: British paedophiles Duncan Grant and Allan Waters surrendered, on Monday, in the Mumbai sodomy case. Grant and Waters were convicted for sexual abuse of minor boys in Mumbai. They will be taken for medical examination and after that, the duo will be taken to the sessions court. The Supreme Court had on Friday restored the conviction of paedophiles Waters and Grant on charges of sexual abuse of minor boys...
02:57 PM, Mar 21, 2011
London: A global paedophile ring has been busted in Europe and 184 people have been arrested. Till now 230 children have been rescued from the UK, US and Australia among other countries. European Law Enforcement Organisation, Europol, has also identified 670 suspected offenders. "Six-hundred-and-seventy suspects have been identified, 184 arrests have already been made and 230 children, the victims of these terrible crimes, have been identified and rescued from further...
09:15 AM, Mar 17, 2011
Jaipur: A girl in Jaipur attempted suicide after alleging that she was molested by two policemen inside a police station. The girl was called to the police station for questioning in another case on January 23 where she was allegedly molested by some Rajasthan Police personnel. Her father said that the she had been called by the police as a witness in some case. "They called the girl in as...
01:20 PM, Feb 03, 2011
New Delhi:Three days after the shocking report of an eight-year-old boy who was sodomized by a doctor on duty at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences made headlines, the Health Ministry ordered for the doctor to be sacked. His medical license has also been canceled. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday ordered termination of the senior resident doctor. "It's most unfortunate and gives bad name to the entire...
06:35 PM, Feb 02, 2011
London: Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey candidly opened up about her teen pregnancy admitting she was relieved to have suffered a miscarriage as she had no connection with the baby. Winfrey confessed that she knew that she became pregnant because of "bad choices and not having boundaries and the abuse, sexual abuse, from the time I was nine", reports dailystar.co.uk. "I knew then that when I lost that baby, for...
10:13 PM, Jan 19, 2011
