Tag: Unnao rape case
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Unnao rape case: CBI files charge sheet against BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar
A CBI official also said that the victim was first raped by the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA on June 4, 2017 evening, while she was gang-raped by another set of accused between June 11 to 20.
July 11, 2018 -
Unnao rape case: Two arrested for bid to extract Rs 1 crore from accused BJP MLA’s wife
Two men indentified as Alok and Vijay have been arrested for trying to extract money from the wife of Unnao rape accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on the pretext of getting the case against him dropped. The police arrested both the accused on Thursday. One of them was posing as a Bharatiya Janata Party …
May 11, 2018 -
Unnao rape accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar shifted to Sitapur jail
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Uttar Pradesh Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who is accused of raping an 18-year-old girl in Unnao, is learnt to have been shifted to Sitapur jail. His brother Atul Singh, who is also an accused in the case, is still lodged in the Unnao jail. The rape victim had petitioned the Allahabad …
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May 8, 2018 -
Pooja Bhatt calls out Amitabh Bachchan on Kathua rape comment, gets trolled
When many Bollywood celebrities took to social media to ask for justice for victims of rape cases in Kathua and Unnao, megastar Amitabh Bachchan decided to keep shut and not make any comment. At the song launch of his upcoming film 102 Not Out, Big B, who is the brand ambassador of ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign, was asked …
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April 23, 2018 -
Unnao rape case: UP govt withdraws ‘Y’ category security of Kuldeep Sengar
The MLA is accused of raping a teenage girl in Unnao last year and was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the case.
April 20, 2018 -
Over 500 people take part in candle light march, seek justice for rape victims
‘Make me a channel of your peace,’ singing the song of peace, and praying for the unity and harmony among all, the people of different communities along with the religious clerics, gathered on Tuesday to protest against the crimes and women and children, with emphasis on the Kathua and Unnao rape cases. Later, the members …
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April 18, 2018 -
Kathua, Unnao rape cases: DCW chief’s hunger strike enters third day
The indefinite hunger strike of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal entered the third day on Sunday. Seeking death penalty for rapists, Maliwal had launched the protest at Rajghat in wake of the rape incidents in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao and Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua districts. The DCW chief had begun her strike …
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April 15, 2018 -
Surat: 9-year-old unidentifed girl raped, killed; body with 86 injuries found
In yet another case of horrific brutality to a minor girl, Gujarat police has found the body of a 9-year-old girl with more than 80 injuries, including some on her private parts. According to the media reports, the post-mortem report of the minor has revealed that she was raped and tortured before being strangled to …
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April 15, 2018 -
Unnao rape case: CBI arrests BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar
The CBI on Friday night arrested BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the alleged rape of a minor girl in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
April 13, 2018 -
Our daughters will get justice: PM Modi on Kathua, Unnao rape cases
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday broke his silence over the rape and murder of a minor in Jammu and Kashmir and the rape of a teenager in Uttar Pradesh, saying justice will be done to the victims and no culprit will be allowed to escape.
April 13, 2018 -
Unnao rape case: Allahabad HC orders MLA’s arrest, seeks report by May 2
The Allahabad High Court on Friday ordered the arrest of the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the alleged rape of an 18-year-old girl in Unnao.
April 13, 2018 -
Unnao rape case: Stern action to be taken against those guilty, says Smriti Irani
Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday said stern action will be taken against those found guilty in the Unnao rape case. “I appeal to the people to have faith in the legal process…stern action will be taken as per the provisions of the Constitution against those responsible (for the incident),” she told reporters here. “The …
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April 13, 2018 -
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath speaks on Unnao rape case
Adityanath's comments came five days after the victim tried to immolate herself in front of the CM’s residence demanding justice. Her father was arrested and later died in custody.
April 13, 2018 -
Rahul Gandhi leads midnight candlelight march over Kathua, Unnao rape cases
Congress President Rahul Gandhi led a midnight march to the India Gate in Delhi on Thursday to protest the Kathua and Unnao minor rape cases and said it’s time for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to walk the talk on ‘beti bachao’ (save the girl child). Amid slogans against the BJP and the Prime Minister during …
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April 13, 2018 -
Maneka Gandhi to ask for death penalty in child rape cases
In the wake of public outrage over the gang-rape of an 8-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday declared that her ministry intends to amend the POCSO Act to make provision for the death penalty in child rape cases. “I have been deep, deeply disturbed by the rape …
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April 13, 2018 -
Kathua rape-murder case: It’s a crime against humanity, says Rahul Gandhi
Even as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is being cornered over the Unnao rape case, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday referred to rape-murder case of a Kathua girl, saying “criminals of such horrific acts can’t go unpunished”. The Gandhi scion took to Twitter, referring to the rape and murder of an 8-year-old Kathua girl, …
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April 12, 2018 -
Nation demands justice in Kathua, Unnao rape cases; BJP leaders silent
On 11 April, the nation woke up to the horrific details of the Kathua gang-rape case in which an 8-year-old was drugged, gangraped and brutally murdered in January 2018, as police filed chargesheet in the case. The ghastly manner in which the girl was allegedly treated by the accused is being seen as a …
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April 12, 2018