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Budaun (UP), April 11 A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a six-year-old girl in the Bilsi police station area here, police said on Saturday.The incident took place on Thursday night when the girl went to visit her maternal aunt at a private hospital, they...

Khargone (MP), April 10 The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes confirmed on Friday that a young woman from Madhya Pradesh, who gained fame due to her viral videos during the 2025 Maha Kumbh, has been found to be a minor after an inquiry.Citing the findings of an inquiry panel set up by...

Bhubaneswar, April 10 A POCSO court in Odisha's Angul district on Friday sentenced a man to death for raping and killing a 4-year-old girl.The death sentence was pronounced by Additional District Judge-cum-Special Court under the POCSO Act, Angul, Judge Soumya Priyadarshini.The convict...

Bhubaneswar, April 10 – In a significant development, a court in the Angul district of Odisha has sentenced a 40-year-old man to death for the brutal murder of a 4-year-old girl, following an incident of sexual assault near the Nisha Industrial Police Station in the district in 2025.The...

Chatra, Apr 10 The principal of a school in Jharkhand's Chatra district was arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old student, police said on Friday.The 50-year-old accused was apprehended on Thursday after the girl's family lodged a complaint at the Hunterganj police station, they said...

Mumbai, April 9 A special court here on Thursday denied bail to a local cricket coach, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl trainee on multiple occasions, citing the seriousness of the offense.Special Judge Surekha Sinha, while hearing cases under the Protection of Children from...

Bareilly, April 8 A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by seven people in a cafe in the Bhojipura area here, police said on Wednesday.On April 2, the girl was on her way to school when she was forced by one of the accused to ride on his motorcycle to the cafe, where other people were already...

Thane, April 7 A construction worker has been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl at a construction site in Thane city, Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday, adding that the victim is receiving treatment at the civil hospital.The incident has sparked outrage, with political...

New Delhi, April 7 The Delhi Police has arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly sexually harassing an eight-year-old girl in the Rohini area of Delhi, police said on Tuesday, after a video showing him being beaten by locals circulated on social media.According to the Delhi Police, the...

New Delhi, April 7 – The Delhi Police rescued a 17-year-old minor girl and arrested an accused in a swift operation carried out by the women patrolling team of Mahila Chowki, Central District, preventing a serious crime. The victim was lured to Delhi under the pretense of getting her a job...

Thane, April 7 A construction worker has been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl at a construction site in Thane city, Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred in the Naupada area of the city on Monday evening, and the 45-year-old accused was apprehended...

Ballia (UP), April 6 A local court on Monday sentenced a man to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with a six-month-old case of kidnapping and rape of a 16-year-old girl.The court of Additional District Judge (POCSO) Pratham Kant also imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 on the accused...

Thane, April 6 A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly assaulting and sexually harassing a minor girl in the Rabale area of Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.The accused, Vivek Gajanan Kadam, who resides in Ghansoli, works as an office assistant at the Rabale police station...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), April 3 A man accused of sexually assaulting his two minor daughters was arrested following an exchange of fire with police in Muzaffarnagar, officials said on Friday.The accused, in his 40s, was intercepted by a police team while checking on Datiyana Road late Thursday...

Palghar, April 3 A 45-year-old employee from the Palghar Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a minor girl under the pretext of providing information about a scholarship program, police said on Friday.The 17-year-old girl had visited the education...

Bengaluru, April 3 – The Karnataka government issued guidelines on Friday, making it mandatory for private hospitals operating in the state to report cases of pregnant minors under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).Issued by the Health and Family Welfare Services, the...

New Delhi, April 2 The wife of suspended Delhi government official Premoday Khakha, who is accused of repeatedly raping and impregnating a minor girl, appealed to the Delhi High Court on Thursday for bail.Counsel for Seema Rani Khakha told Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma that she has been in...

Hyderabad, March 31 A 19-year-old student was arrested here for allegedly sexually abusing a five-year-old girl, filming the act and uploading it online, officials said on Tuesday.The incident involving the minor girl came to light after the Child Protection Unit of the Telangana Cyber...

Berhampur/Bhubaneswar (Odisha), March 31 A 17-year-old girl who had fled sexual abuse by her stepfather in Andhra Pradesh was allegedly drugged and raped by two individuals in Odisha, police said on Tuesday.The Odisha Police arrested two individuals and took a boy into custody in connection...

Hyderabad, March 31 – The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) rescued a five-year-old girl and arrested her cousin, who was sexually abusing her.TGCSB Director Shikha Goel said on Tuesday that they arrested a 19-year-old accused in a Child Sexual Exploitative and Abusive Material (CSEAM)...