Tag: Sexual assault
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Muzaffarpur shelter home case | SC orders reunion of 8 girls with families, aid for rape victims
A total of 44 girls were victims in the shelter home abuse case, which is currently being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
September 12, 2019 -
SC grants two weeks more to CBI to conclude probe in Unnao rape survivor accident case
On July 28, the car in which the rape survivor, her lawyer and two of her aunts were travelling was hit by a speeding truck in Rae Bareli.
August 19, 2019 -
Girl forced into prostitution by mother, raped by brother in Mumbai: Police
Five people, including the mother, brother and husband of the teenage girl have been arrested on charges of rape and forcing her into prostitution.
August 19, 2019 -
Audacity to run ‘fear-free’ UP? Rahul, Priyanka slam Yogi govt over Unnao rape survivor
The accident is taking a political overtone with the Samajwadi Party, Congress and the BSP seeking a CBI probe into the same.
July 29, 2019 -
Unnao rape survivor critical, 2 relatives dead in car crash; kin allege ‘conspiracy’ by BJP MLA
The Unnao rape case hit the headlines in 2017 after the then 16-year-old girl alleged that she was raped by BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
July 29, 2019 -
Journalist accuses Donald Trump of sexual assault; President terms it ‘fiction’
E Jean Carroll, the 16th woman to accuse Trump of sexual assault, said the incident happened in a Bergdorf Goodman changing room, in New York, in the mid-1990s.
June 22, 2019 -
SC grants CBI 3 months to complete probe into Muzaffarpur shelter home case
Earlier in May, the top court had directed the agency to complete investigation into the case -- in which 11 girls were allegedly murdered -- within two weeks.
June 3, 2019 -
Muzaffarpur shelter home case | SC directs CBI to complete probe in 2 weeks
The apex court posted the matter for hearing on June 3 and also asked the probe agency to file a status report before that.
May 6, 2019 -
Muzaffarpur case | 11 girls killed by Brajesh Thakur, aides, ‘bundle of bones’ recovered: CBI to SC
The Supreme had in November last year transferred the investigation to the CBI after the Bihar government failed to handle the case with efficiency.
May 4, 2019 -
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