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Panaji, March 30 The Goa BJP posted on social media photographs of a councilor, whose son has been arrested for alleged involvement in a sex scandal, along with Congress leaders, and asked if this was the reason the opposition party was "hyperactive in trying to present a different narrative"...

Dharwad (Karnataka), March 30 – In a concerning incident in Dharwad, Karnataka, an individual accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is alleged to have made threatening calls to a minor victim while inside prison.The case, which came to light on Monday, has...

Bengaluru, March 28 – In a shocking incident, a minor girl originally from Assam was found dead under suspicious circumstances within the jurisdiction of the Electronics City police station in Bengaluru on Saturday.Her body was discovered in a secluded area of the Bolugudda region.The victim...

Panaji, March 27 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday sought to distance itself from a Goa councillor whose son has been arrested in connection with a sex scandal involving minor girls, stating that he was not a member of the ruling saffron party.Soham (20), son of Sushant Naik, a member...

New Delhi, March 27 Days after the Allahabad High Court granted anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, an appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court against the order.The plea by Ashutosh Brahmachari, the...

Thane, March 27 A 28-year-old man from the Thane district of Maharashtra has been arrested on allegations of molesting girls, police said on Friday.The accused, a resident of the Titwala area, allegedly inappropriately touched a 13-year-old girl on Thursday.The girl informed her parents...

Prayagraj, March 25 The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple, Mukundanand Brahmachari, in a case registered against them under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.The order was passed by Justice...

Navsari (Gujarat), March 25 A 38-year-old man who lived with a woman was arrested for allegedly raping her two minor daughters from a previous marriage and impregnating one of them in Navsari district of Gujarat, police said on Wednesday.The accused, who had been in a live-in relationship with...

Prayagraj, March 25 The Allahabad High Court granted anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple, Mukundanand Brahmachari, in a case registered against them under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.The order was passed by Justice Jitendra Kumar...

Panaji, March 25 Two minor girls have come forward to file complaints in connection with a case of alleged sexual exploitation, in which the son of a Goa BJP councillor has been arrested, police said on Wednesday.The Curchorem police in Goa's Kushavati district arrested Soham Naik (20), son of...

Panaji, March 24 The investigation into the alleged sexual exploitation of girls, in which the son of a BJP councilor has been arrested, has been handed over to the Crime Branch, a senior official of the Goa Police said.None of the victims have come forward to file a complaint against the...

Mumbai, March 24 The Bombay High Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a girl in 2017, and ordered a fresh trial as he had not been represented by a lawyer during the earlier proceedings.A division bench of Justices...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), March 23 A teacher at a madrasa was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old student in the town of Shahpur in the district, police said.According to police, the incident came to light after a video of the alleged act surfaced on social media...

Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), March 19 A 38-year-old man with a criminal record was arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl near Vilathikulam here, police said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Dharma Muneeswaran, was apprehended after CCTV footage from a windmill...

Mumbai, March 19 – The National Commission for Women has issued summons to actors Nora Fatehi and Sanjay Dutt, along with others, in connection with the controversy surrounding the song "Sarke Chunar Teri Sarke".Acting under the powers granted by the National Commission for Women Act, 1990...

New Delhi, March 17 A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl from his neighborhood in southwest Delhi's Chhawla area, police said on Tuesday.The incident came to light after the minor narrated the alleged events to her mother, who subsequently approached the...

New Delhi, March 15 Three boys, aged between 12 and 13 years, have been apprehended for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in the Okhla Industrial Area of southeast Delhi, an officer said on Monday.The incident came to light after a PCR call was received on March 14 regarding the alleged...

Pilibhit (UP), March 15 A 17-year-old boy has been booked for allegedly sodomizing an 11-year-old in a village here, police said on Sunday.The police have registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO)...

Beed, March 14 Two men are on the run after a case was registered against them for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Beed district, Maharashtra, police said on Saturday.The incident took place in the Parli Vaijnath tehsil about three months ago, an official said.According...

Thane, March 12 A fast-track court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a 34-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy nearly seven years ago.In his order of March 7, Judge V A Patravale also imposed a fine of ₹31,000 on Vicky, also...