mental disability

Amaravati, March 30 – A doctor and his wife died by suicide after injecting a toxic substance to kill their three-year-old daughter, who had mental and physical disabilities.K. Gopi, an anesthetist, was working at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, and his wife...

Thrissur, March 12 – A tragic incident involving a stray dog resulted in the death of an 84-year-old woman at Erumapetty, near here, on Thursday evening. Her 60-year-old son, who has a mental disability, also sustained serious injuries in the attack.According to local authorities, the attack...

Thane, March 10 Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl with a mental disability in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The incident took place in the Bhiwandi area on December 12 last year, but the victim's mother approached...

Ranchi, March 2 Two individuals were allegedly assaulted in the districts of Deoghar and Koderma in Jharkhand on Monday, after rumors spread among locals suspecting them to be child kidnappers, police said.In the Deoghar district, an unidentified 35-year-old man was reportedly apprehended by a...

Ranchi (Jharkhand), March 2 Two people were allegedly attacked in the districts of Deoghar and Koderma in Jharkhand on Monday after rumors spread among locals suspecting them of being child kidnappers, police said.In the Deoghar district, an unidentified 35-year-old man was reportedly...

Mumbai, February 24 A special court under the POCSO Act here has acquitted four men accused of gang-raping a mentally disabled girl, citing a lack of reliable evidence.Additional Sessions Judge Ashwini D Lokhande, in the verdict delivered on February 5, ordered the immediate release of the...

Baripada (Odisha), February 23 A mentally challenged man was allegedly beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of child abduction in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Monday, police said.The incident occurred in Lodhasahi village, within the Morada Police Station area, according to a senior...

Chatra, February 18 Four people have been arrested for allegedly beating a 40-year-old man with mental disabilities to death in Chatra district, Jharkhand, suspecting him to be a "child kidnapper," police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred on Sunday night in the Piparwar police station...

In Chatra and Bokaro districts of Jharkhand, a mentally challenged man was beaten to death, and six women from Uttar Pradesh were assaulted by mobs due to suspicions of child abduction.The 45-year-old man, allegedly severely beaten in Chatra district due to suspicions of child abduction, died...

Chatra/Bokaro (Jharkhand), February 17 A mentally-challenged man was beaten to death, while six women from Uttar Pradesh were attacked by groups of people in two separate incidents in Chatra and Bokaro districts of Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.The 45-year-old man, who was allegedly...

Chandigarh, February 16 The Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes has taken suo motu cognizance of the alleged assault on a mentally challenged Dalit youth and forcing him into bestiality in Phillaur, officials said on Monday.The matter came to light after a video of the incident went...

Nainital, February 16 The Uttarakhand High Court has overturned the conviction of two men in a gang-rape case, citing a lack of conclusive medical and forensic evidence.In a judgment delivered on February 12, a division bench comprising Justices Ravindra Maithani and Ashish Naithani upheld the...