Tag: Sexual assault
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Woman ‘gangraped’ by 12 near Ludhiana, police conduct raids
The couple were set free on Sunday following which they complained to the police regarding the gangrape and the abduction.
February 11, 2019 -
SC raps Bihar govt, CBI, transfers Muzaffarpur shelter home rape cases to Delhi
The apex court also came down heavily on the CBI and the Centre for transferring a CBI officer probing the shelter home rape case despite the court’s embargo against the transfer of investigating officials.
February 7, 2019 -
Girl set on fire for resisting sexual assault in district Pauri
The incident occurred when the girl was returning on her scooter after examination from college in Pauri on Sunday evening.
December 17, 2018 -
Indian techie sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for ‘brazen sexual assault’ inside plane
During his trial, Ramamoorthy presented himself to the court as a confused man stranded in America without English language skills despite his sophisticated technological job, federal prosecutors alleged.
December 14, 2018 -
Name, identity of rape victims can’t be disclosed, even if dead, rules SC
A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur directed the print and electronic media not to reveal identity of victims of rape and sexual assault 'even in a remote manner'.
December 11, 2018 -
Bihar shelter home rapes | ‘Are children not citizens; file correct FIR in 24 hrs’: SC raps Bihar govt
The court warned of action against the government if it is found that there were offences under Section 377 of the IPC and POCSO Act that were not registered in the FIR.
November 27, 2018 -
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: 2 aides of main accused who ‘trained’ girls for sex work, arrested
The case came to light when the Bihar Social Welfare Department filed an FIR based on a social audit of the shelter home conducted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
November 21, 2018 -
Former Bihar minister Manju Verma, ‘missing’ for weeks, surrenders in court
Social welfare minister Manju Verma had to resign after it became known that her husband was in close touch with the main accused Brijesh Thakur.
November 20, 2018 -
Sexual assault case: Delhi High Court dismisses Daati Maharaj’s plea
The court had on October 3 transferred the probe to the CBI on the plea of a woman, who had alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the preacher.
November 14, 2018 -
‘Fantastic! Ex-minister Manju Verma on the run’: SC slams Bihar police
An FIR was registered against the former minister and her husband in August under Arms Act, 1959, following the recovery of 50 cartridges from her in-law’s house during a CBI raid.
November 12, 2018 -
Six years and counting…
This December, it will have been six years since Nirbhaya underwent the horrific gang rape in 2012 that resulted in her death. Six excruciatingly long years during which her parents have had to battle grief every moment; yet have pulled themselves together and bravely and steadfastly continued the quest to keep their promise to their …
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November 11, 2018 -
Bill Cosby: Just desserts!
The conviction of Bill Cosby shows that denouements are possible in cases of sexual misconduct by powerful persons, say Joyeeta Banerjee and Rajdeep Banerjee.
November 8, 2018 -
HP to enhance conviction by upgrading DNA testing facilities
According to a 3-year data shared by the state FSL, sexual assault cases makes up for 44 per cent of the total cases received for DNA profiling.
November 2, 2018 -
‘All is not well in Bihar’: SC on being told ex-minister Manju Verma can’t be traced
The Supreme Court had on Tuesday lashed out at the government and the police for failing to arrest former minister Manju Verma.
October 31, 2018 -
Muzaffarpur shelter home case | Ex-Bihar minister’s husband surrenders before court
Bihar’s social welfare minister Manju Verma, who found herself at the centre of controversy as her husband is believed to have links with Muzaffarpur shelter home, had resigned in August.
October 29, 2018 -
Pakistani Sikh girl ‘raped’ by emergency service employees inside ambulance, 2 arrested
The girl, said to be mentally unstable, had gone missing on Saturday from a Gurdwara in Nankana Sahib city, some 80 km from Lahore, police said.
October 29, 2018 -
Bihar: 4 students kidnapped, forced into unnatural sex, act filmed; 7 arrested
The accused then made a video of the incident and threatened to make it viral if the students filed a complaint.
October 29, 2018