rape

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), March 2 A 57-year-old "ojha" (traditional healer) is alleged to have raped a minor girl at her house after performing rituals to cure the victim's brother in a village in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, police said on Monday.The "ojha," who had previously served a...

Balrampur (UP), March 1 A young man has been arrested for allegedly raping a teenager with intellectual disabilities, police said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Monu (25), also known as Maqsood, was arrested, police said.The incident occurred on February 27 when the 13-year-old girl...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 1 Two men allegedly gang-raped a minor deaf and mute girl who had come to attend her cousin's wedding in a village under the Singahi police station area here, officials said on Sunday.One of the accused has been arrested, they added.The incident came to light when...

Kota, February 28 An eighth-grade student was allegedly gang-raped by three young men while returning from school in a village in the Bundi district, an official said on Saturday.After the bleeding minor reached home, she was taken to a hospital, and doctors referred her to another healthcare...

Guna (MP), February 28 A court here on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of repeatedly raping his minor daughter.The victim remained steadfast even after her mother turned hostile during the trial, said a prosecution officer.Sonali Sharma, the judge of...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 28 A special court on Saturday sentenced a former temple priest to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, claiming that he was performing rituals to ward off evil spirits.The Additional Sessions Court (POCSO Act cases) in Thiruvananthapuram...

Bhubaneswar, February 27 – Angul Police arrested a young man on Friday for allegedly murdering a 12-year-old girl from his village after sexually assaulting her in the NTPC police station area of the district in Odisha.The 20-year-old accused, identified as Ashish Naik, was arrested within 24...

Sonbhadra (UP), February 27 A court here on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a Dalit girl seven years ago, the prosecution said.Government Advocate Dinesh Prasad Agrahari said on October 25, 2018, a woman submitted a written...

Paradip (Odisha), February 27 A 23-year-old woman was raped twice in a day by her boyfriend and a stranger offering help, and then thrown off a four-story building, leading to her death, in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, police said on Friday.Police arrested both the accused and charged them...

Dhaka, February 27 – The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) held a protest march on Friday, demanding justice for victims of rape and violence across Bangladesh, including the Narsingdi district, warning that widespread resistance would follow if justice is not delivered.The...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), February 27 A 41-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a man who worked at her husband's shop in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.In her complaint, the woman stated that she suffers from depression and takes medication for it, which makes her drowsy...

Lahore, February 27 A man has been arrested in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly raping three minor girls, police said on Friday.The suspect, identified as Tariq, is accused of raping three girls, aged between four and seven, in the Kasur district of Punjab, about 50 kilometers from...

Vijayawada, February 28 – Authorities handed over the remains of Ayesha Meera, a 17-year-old student who was raped and murdered in 2007, to her parents on Friday.The remains, which were exhumed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2019 for a re-postmortem, were received by Shamshad...

Singapore, February 27 A Malaysian man of Indian origin was sentenced in Singapore to 12 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a domestic worker outside a train station after deceiving her into believing that he was a police officer.Sharveen Chetty, 48, pleaded guilty on...

Washington, February 27 – A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives to authorize the death penalty for individuals convicted of raping children under federal law, declaring that there would be “zero mercy for child rapists” and that those who prey on...

Gurugram, February 26 A Nepali woman who was returning home by auto-rickshaw in Gurugram was allegedly gang-raped by three people, including the driver of the three-wheeler, officials said on Thursday.Police have arrested the auto driver after registering an FIR at the Sadar police station...

Ranchi, February 26 The Jharkhand government will provide financial assistance to victims of crime or their dependents under the Jharkhand Victim Compensation Scheme, 2016, an official said on Thursday.The minimum compensation amounts for various crimes have been fixed, and applications can be...

Agartala, February 25 – Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Wednesday that his Haryana counterpart, Nayab Singh Saini, has assured him that justice will be ensured in connection with the alleged brutal assault of a student from Tripura in Gurugram.The victim, a 19-year-old student pursuing...

New Delhi, February 25 A woman and her three minor daughters were found dead with their throats slit at their residence in the outer Delhi area of Samaypur Badli on Wednesday, with police suspecting the involvement of the woman's husband, an official said.Information regarding the killing of...

Los Angeles, February 24 – Actor and comedian Russell Brand, who faces two new charges of rape and sexual assault, has pleaded not guilty to the new charges.Brand entered his plea at Southwark Crown Court in London, according to ‘Variety’ reports.The offenses, which involve two women...