Bihar: Auto driver arrested for allegedly kidnapping, raping five-year-old girl in Darbhanga

RJD leader Rabri Devi called the state government ‘shameless’ and the deputy chief minister a ‘coward’ for not responding to questions about the incident.

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· Dec 07, 2019 · 06:38 pm

Odisha: Four men, including former constable, allegedly abduct and gangrape minor girl in Puri

The former constable, identified as Jitendra Sethi, reportedly used his identity card to gain the girl’s trust and convince her to come along with him.

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· Dec 03, 2019 · 09:58 am

Rajasthan: Six-year-old allegedly raped, strangled with school belt; 40-year-old arrested

The police said the man knew the girl, and killed her as he was afraid she would tell her parents about the assault.

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· Dec 02, 2019 · 10:04 am

Nithyananda case: In touch with MEA, other agencies to catch him, says Gujarat Police

Children have told the police that they were tortured, made to work and were illegally confined by the religious leader.

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· Nov 22, 2019 · 04:30 pm

Nithyananda case: Police say religious leader fled abroad, MEA claims it has no ‘formal information’

Ahmedabad (rural) superintendent of police said they will seek Nithyananda’s custody through ‘proper channels’ if needed.

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· Nov 21, 2019 · 09:46 pm

Walayar sisters’ rape-murder: Kerala government announces judicial inquiry against acquittals

The judicial probe will be conducted by former District Judge PK Haneefa.

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· Nov 21, 2019 · 06:40 pm

Religious preacher Nithyananda accused of kidnapping children, Gujarat High Court issues notices

The police have booked the religious leader, and arrested two of his disciples.

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· Nov 20, 2019 · 09:44 pm

Walayar sisters’ rape-murder: Kerala government moves HC against acquittals

The state government called the POCSO court verdict ‘absolutely perverse and wholly unsustainable’.

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· Nov 20, 2019 · 05:58 pm

Mumbai: 14-year-old raped and murdered, body found in Palghar; one arrested

The police suspect the minor had refused the man’s advances, after which he killed her in his house in Mumbai.

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· Nov 19, 2019 · 01:49 pm

Kerala HC seeks explanation from government over acquittal of accused in 2017 rape-murder of sisters

The mother of the girls on Tuesday approached the court and sought maximum punishment for the accused.

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· Nov 13, 2019 · 05:06 pm

2010 Coimbatore murder case: SC reconfirms death penalty after dismissing convict’s review petition

Justice Sanjiv Khanna passed a dissenting judgement, saying Manoharan should spend the rest of his life in jail without parole.

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· Nov 07, 2019 · 02:09 pm

Kerala: Scheduled castes panel to summon DGP, chief secretary over 2017 rape-murder of minor sisters

The commission’s vice chairperson, after visiting the home of the deceased sisters in Walayar, alleged that the police were not showing interest in the case.

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· Oct 29, 2019 · 10:15 pm