sexual exploitation

Nashik (Maharashtra), March 24 A court in Nashik on Tuesday extended the police custody of self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, who was arrested in a rape case, until March 29.A man attempted to attack Kharat outside the court, but the police stopped him in time and took him into...

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 23 Senior Congress MLA in Maharashtra, Vijay Wadettiwar, demanded HIV tests for all individuals who came into contact with Ashok Kharat, a self-proclaimed religious leader from Nashik, who has been arrested on charges of rape.Speaking in the assembly, the leader of the Congress...

Mumbai, March 21 Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad said that Maharashtra State Women's Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar's resignation will not bring closure to the Ashok Kharat case, and she demanded an investigation against everyone associated with the self-proclaimed godman who was arrested...

Mumbai, March 21 – Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar forwarded the resignation submitted to her by the state party’s women wing chief, Rupali Chakankar, as Chairperson of the Maharashtra State Commission for Women, to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for further...

London, March 11 A British-Pakistani man nicknamed "Killer" and his two younger brothers have been convicted 18 years after they sexually abused four children and a woman in northern England, the UK's National Crime Agency has said.Amar Ilyas, 41, Kamran Ilyas, 38, and Kamar Ilyas, 39, from...

Prayagraj, March 9 An application was filed in a POCSO court here on Monday, seeking the seizure of the passport of Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, who is facing allegations of sexually exploiting his disciples, on the apprehension that he may flee abroad.The plea was filed by a...

Chandigarh, March 9 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that the prosecution was unable to prove its case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder of a journalist, and questioned the CBI probe.The court on Saturday acquitted Ram Rahim Singh of the...

Bhadohi (UP), March 1 A case has been registered against a woman and her husband following court orders after a young man died by suicide here, alleging sexual exploitation and blackmail, police said on Sunday.The orders were issued by the court of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division)...

Lucknow, February 28 A chargesheet has been filed against a former resident of King George's Medical University and three others for the alleged sexual exploitation and religious conversion of a female doctor, an official said on Saturday.The police submitted a chargesheet of around 250 pages...

Varanasi (UP), February 27 Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati welcomed the Allahabad High Court's decision to stay his arrest in a POCSO case on Friday, and termed the charges against him as "false," as his disciples and supporters celebrated the development at a Varanasi ashram.The spiritual...

Prayagraj (UP), February 27 The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its order on Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati's anticipatory bail plea in a case registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and stayed his arrest until the verdict is...

Prayagraj (UP), February 27 The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its order on the anticipatory bail plea of Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in a case registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, according to lawyers.The court also stayed...

Thane, February 27 The crime branch of the Navi Mumbai police has arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly impersonating an ISRO scientist and a PWD official to defraud and sexually exploit several women after promising to marry them.Adarsh Prashant Mhatre, a resident of Alibag, allegedly used...

Sultanpur (UP), February 26 A police constable working with the emergency police response service, Dial 112, in Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested and sent to judicial custody after a woman filed a complaint accusing him of sexual exploitation, police said on Thursday.The case was registered at...