Ghaziabad: A deputy manager of a private bank in Ghaziabad was arrested on Thursday on charges of raping his colleague for past five years on the pretext of marrying her, police said. The victim (in her 30's), working as a customer care officer in the bank has accused deputy manager Balwant Singh Negi of sexually exploiting her for past five years, SP (City) Shiv Shanker Yadav said. The victim, a...
08:13 PM, Apr 25, 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
Burdwan: An undertrial, who was accused in a rape and murder case, allegedly tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire at a court lock up in Burdwan district on Thursday. Sukanta Sarkar alias Ravan (37) was in the lock up of the SDJM's court in Asansol before being produced when he set himself on fire and sustained 80 per cent burn injuries, police said. He was taken to...
01:00 PM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has slammed the police crackdown on women. It pulled up the Delhi Police and sought an explanation from the Commissioner, Neeraj Kumar, on the use of force on young girls who were demonstrating at an East Delhi hospital against the alleged rape of a five-year-old. Taking cognisance of the matter, the apex court has asked Kumar to file an affidavit to explain why a young...
12:55 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Jaipur: BJP Mahila Morcha on Wednesday demanded that President Pranab Mukherjee should sack Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in the wake of rape cases and crime against women. A delegation of Mahila Morcha handed over a representation addressed to the President to the district collector in which they raised the demands and sought proper implementation of laws related with women's safety. A five-year-old was brutally raped in Gandhi Nagar area...
09:07 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Patna: Three people have been arrested in Bihar for abducting and raping the mother and sister of a youth as a revenge for his eloping with the sister of one of the accused, police said on Wednesday. The attack took place in Sariswa village under Majhaulia police station of West Champaran district on April 19, but came to light after a case was lodged with the police. "Three people were...
03:00 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Bhopal: A Congress leader in Madhya Pradesh has landed himself in a controversy by making sexist remarks that women invite trouble by looking at men in a suggestive manner, drawing flak from BJP. "Jab tak mahila tirchi najar se nahi dekhegi, tab tak purush use nahi chedega" (No man will harass a woman till she looks at him in a suggestive manner)," Satyadev Katare, a former minister, said at a...
01:05 PM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: At a time when stories of child abuse are hitting headlines every day, CNN-IBN meets a 17-year-old girl who dared to do the unthinkable. She blew the lid off a horrific sex scandal at a child care shelter in Haryana. The young girl showed tremendous courage to expose rampant sexual abuse at children shelters in India. CNN-IBN is calling her Vijeyta to protect her identity. Vijeyta's story started...
08:59 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Gurgaon: A man raped his five-year-old cousin in Gurgaon when she was alone in her house, police said on Tuesday. Ajay Kumar, 19, a resident of Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, was arrested in Gurgaon district's Sohna area for raping his cousin on Monday evening. He was taken into custody within hours of the incident. Sohna Station House Officer Anil Kumar said the accused was on Tuesday presented before Judicial Magistrate Sukhpreet...
05:07 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Deploring the rape of a five-year-old child in Delhi, UN Women on Tuesday stressed the "urgent need" to promote and protect the rights of girls in India besides speedy implementation of the recently passed Criminal Law (Amendment) Act. "UN Women joins the government, civil society and UN agencies in calling for focused and time bound public action against the perpetrators and also urges for the speedy application of...
10:16 PM, Apr 23, 2013
In Parliament Home Minister Sushil Shinde shocked everyone with his defence, saying 'rapes take place not just in Delhi, but across the country'. What does the increasing number of rapes reveal about our society? Former chairperson of National Commission for Women Dr Mohini Giri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Why is it that a Justice Verma committee was required to suggest changes when a certain...
06:15 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The NHRC said on Tuesday that it has sought reports from the Uttar Pradesh government over its role in the alleged beating and detention of two rape victims in the state. "Notices have been issued to the state chief secretary and DGP (director general of police) calling for reports in both the incidents," an official of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said. In Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district,...
05:49 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The condition of the 5-year-old rape survivor in Delhi is stable and she is still on a semi-solid diet, said doctors treating her at AIIMS. Her fever has subsided and she is more alert and active. S team of psychiatrists are counselling the 5-year old. "She has had a good breakfast. Her fever has come down. And she is afebrile (not feverish) now. Her colostomy is functioning normally,"...
03:40 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Silchar: The nine-year-old alleged rape victim does not have any sign of sexual assault on her person as per the preliminary reports of the hospital where the girl is under treatment, police said on Tuesday. "Preliminary medical tests conducted by the attending doctors at the Silchar Medical College Hospital have found no sign of rape or sexual assault on the girl, Cachar Superintendent of Police Digonta Bora said. The final...
02:45 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Sitapur: A five-year-old was among two minor girls raped in different parts of Uttar Pradesh, police said here on Tuesday. A 14-year-old Dalit girl was abducted and raped allegedly by one Meraj (22) in Leharpur area in Sitapur district on Sunday night, they said. Police said that an FIR was lodged after which Meraj was arrested on Monday. In Deoria district, a five-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 15-year-old...
11:31 AM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: In yet another shocking incident of crime against children, a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her teenaged maternal uncle at Rahatekarwadi in Nagpur. The minor's mother lodged a complaint against her 16-year-old cousin for allegedly raping her daughter. She claims that her daughter was repeatedly raped between March 30 and April 17. The police have arrested the accused. This is the fifth case of rape which has...
10:17 AM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: The 5-year-old Delhi rape survivor's condition is stable, doctors said, and she is still on a semi-solid diet. Meanwhile, the second accused, Pradeep, was brought to Delhi from Bihar on Monday and is likely to be produced in court on Tuesday. The other accused is in custody till May 4. Protests are also likely to continue on the streets and in Parliament after Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar...
07:54 AM, 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
Hoshangabad: A tribal widow was allegedly forced to drink urine and mercilessly beaten up by members of her own community as they suspected her of practising black magic, police said on Monday. Four persons were arrested following a complaint by the victim, they said. The shocking incident took place in Kudkheda village under Piparia tehsil of Hoshangabad district on April 19, 2013, police said. The tribals suspected the widow indulged...
01:20 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Lakhisarai (Bihar): "I have committed a big mistake." This was how Pradeep Kumar, the second person arrested in connection with the rape of a five-year-old girl, responded when asked how he felt about the crime. Pradeep, a 19-year-old "illiterate" who works as a mason in Delhi, was arrested from his maternal uncle's house in Bihar in the wee hours on Monday. According to his friend Manoj, who was arrested two...
10:46 PM, Apr 22, 2013
