sexual assault

Nanded, April 1 Police have arrested a man in the Nanded district of Maharashtra for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl on several occasions by threatening to circulate her private photos on social media, an official said.The accused, identified as Avinash Rajesh Manpure (25), leaked...

Nashik, April 1 A court in Nashik, Maharashtra, remanded self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, into 14-day judicial custody on Wednesday.Kharat was arrested on March 18 after a 35-year-old woman accused him of repeated rape over a period of three years. Following his...

Bhubaneswar, April 1 A court in the Jharsuguda district of Odisha has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a four-year-old girl in 2025.The additional district judge of Jharsuguda delivered the verdict on Tuesday."Pankaj Podh, the main accused in the case, has been sentenced to...

Kochi, Apr 1 A court here on Wednesday sent prominent Malayalam film director Ranjith into judicial custody after he was arrested late last night in connection with an attempted sexual assault case.Ranjith, who was produced before a magistrate at his residence here, was remanded in judicial...

Kochi, March 31 Renowned Malayalam film director Ranjith was taken into custody on Tuesday evening in connection with an attempted sexual assault case, police said.He was taken into custody following a complaint filed by a female actor, who alleged that he attempted to sexually assault her on...

Kochi, March 31 Renowned Malayalam film director Ranjith was taken into custody on Tuesday evening in connection with an attempted sexual assault case, police said here.He was taken into custody based on a complaint filed by a female actor, who alleged that he attempted to sexually assault her...

Nashik, March 31 The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, detained his son from Nashik city on Tuesday for questioning, police said.At least 10 FIRs have been registered against Kharat at the Sarkarwada police...

Kanpur, March 31 A 21-year-old Bachelor of Medical Lab Technology (BMLT) student has accused three of her college classmates of attempting to rape her a fortnight ago on campus, police said on Tuesday.According to a complaint lodged on Monday, the incident took place on March 16 in a classroom...

Patna, March 31 – A married woman was publicly molested, and an attempt was made to gang-rape her by three individuals in Nalanda. The district police have arrested two of them.The shocking incident occurred in Noorsarai, in Bihar's Nalanda district. The accused also recorded a video of the...

New Delhi, March 31 The Delhi High Court has awarded a 10-year prison sentence to a woman for aiding her minor brother in committing the crime of rape in 2013.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha said that the convict played an "active and deliberate" role in luring the victim and was not only...

Prayagraj, March 31 A court here has sentenced a man to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in 2024, officials said on Tuesday.In the verdict pronounced on Monday, Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO Court) Vinod Kumar Chaurasia also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict...

Pakur (Jharkhand), March 30 A lawyer was arrested in Jharkhand's Pakur district on Monday on the charge of sexually assaulting a law student for several months.The police arrested the lawyer after the victim, who was pursuing an LLB degree, filed a complaint with the Pakur town police station...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 – In a shocking development, the Bhubaneswar police arrested two individuals on Monday on charges of gang-raping a woman in the Tamando area of the city during the night of March 27 and 28.The accused, identified as Narayana Swain (31) and Bichitra Sahoo (34), are from...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A special court for crimes against women and children (POCSO) here on Monday convicted a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a 13-year-old girl in August 2020.Saroj Kumar Sahoo, additional sessions judge, POCSO court, Bhubaneswar, pronounced the...

Hyderabad, March 30 A 35-year-old man was arrested here on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman with speech impairment and physical disabilities, police said.The incident took place in Attapur on March 28 when the victim was alone at home. The accused entered the woman's house and...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 A 21-year-old married woman from West Bengal was allegedly raped by two men in Bhubaneswar, police said.The incident occurred on March 27, and the two accused, both residents of Odisha's Nayagarh district, were arrested on Monday, they said.The woman had come to...

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...

Pakur (Jharkhand), March 30 – Police in the Pakur district of Jharkhand have arrested an advocate on charges of sexually exploiting a law student and blackmailing her after allegedly filming the assault, police officials said on Monday.The accused has been identified as Joel Murmu. Police said...

Thane, March 30 A man was arrested in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, for allegedly murdering a woman in the Mira Road area of Thane district, a police official said on Monday.Ashish Madan Meshram (37), originally from West Bengal, was apprehended by the Crime Branch Unit 1 of the Mira...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, March 30 Unidentified occupants of a van allegedly attacked a goods vehicle driver and severed his genitals after a quarrel over stopping at a sharp turn in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, Maharashtra, police said on Monday.The incident occurred on Saturday night...