sexual assault

New Delhi, April 8 A 25-year-old vegetable vendor was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl outside her residence in the outer Delhi area of Nihal Vihar.According to an official, a PCR call was received at the Nihal Vihar police station on April 4, reporting that a...

Hyderabad, April 8 A female student at a private pilot training institute in Hyderabad has allegedly been sexually assaulted by a flying instructor, police said on Wednesday.The alleged assault took place before last December, the woman stated in her complaint filed on Tuesday evening.The...

Lucknow, April 7 The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday acquitted a man who had spent 11 years in prison after being convicted in a rape case involving a minor, citing serious shortcomings in the police investigation and a lack of reliable evidence.A bench of justices Rajan Roy and Brij Raj Singh...

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...

Mumbai, April 7 Self-proclaimed godman-cum-astrologer Ashok Kharat is alleged to have sexually exploited women by claiming that he possessed "divine power" and would use it to cause the death of their family members or defame them if they didn't comply, according to investigators.He used 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...

Gumla, April 6 Three people were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two women in a village in Gumla district, Jharkhand, police said.All three accused have been remanded in judicial custody, Gumla Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge, Mahendra Karmali, told

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...

Mumbai, April 6 Under pressure from the opposition, activist Anjali Damania claimed on Monday that she had used an AI-based large language model (LLM), Claude, to analyze call data records (CDR) of arrested self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat.Addressing a press conference here, Damania said...

Nashik, April 6 A local court on Monday extended the police custody of a self-proclaimed astrologer-cum-business consultant, accused of sexually exploiting several women, until April 10, to allow recovery of data from seized mobile phones after the police identified eight victims.The accused...

Mumbai, April 6 The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat in Maharashtra, and will soon question him, officials said on Monday.The federal agency's Mumbai zonal office has filed an Enforcement Case Information...

Mumbai, April 6 Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad on Monday termed the circulation of videos of women victims in the Ashok Kharat case as "extremely serious" and questioned how call detail records (CDR) related to the arrested self-proclaimed godman reached a private individual.Speaking...

Una (HP), April 6 A Class 6 student was allegedly sexually assaulted after five men forcibly took her to a room here and kept her locked up for several hours, police said on Monday.The Una Police have registered a case and launched a manhunt to apprehend the culprits, who are still at large...

Jaipur, April 6 A Japanese tourist was allegedly sexually assaulted by five men near Jaipur's Jaigarh Fort, police said on Monday, adding that efforts are underway to trace the accused.The police have registered a case based on the woman's complaint, and are reviewing local criminal and...

Rishikesh, April 5 The Rishikesh Police have arrested a man on charges of repeatedly raping a woman over several years, and are searching for a father-son duo who employed her husband and were also involved in the sexual assaults, an officer said on Sunday.Kailash Chand Bhatt, the...

Hyderabad, April 5 A 27-year-old woman here has accused her husband and his family members of rape, forced religious conversion, and financial exploitation, police said on Sunday.In her complaint, the woman alleged that the accused initially approached her under the guise of renting her shop...

Mumbai, April 5 Nationalist Congress Party leader Sunil Tatkare said on Sunday that individuals with "malicious tendencies" should be tried in fast-track courts, and if warranted, should be given the death penalty.He was responding to queries about self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who was...

Mumbai, April 5 Maharashtra minister Uday Samant responded to the CDR leak issue in the Ashok Kharat case on Sunday by stating that a feeling was gaining traction among people that political obstacles were being created for "a person from a common background," a reference to Deputy Chief...

Nashik/Mumbai, April 5 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday assured an investigation into the alleged leak of call data records in the case of the self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat and an investigation into his assets by the Enforcement Directorate.No one has the right to...