Crime Against Minor

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on Narendra Modi over crimes against women and said that the Prime Minister had launched 'Make in India' but nowadays it is 'Rape in India'. (Photo: File)

From 'Make in India' to 'Rape in India': Rahul attacks PM over crimes against women

Gandhi also targeted the media in the country and alleged that it was working for a few 'Indian industrialists'.

13 Dec 2019 11:38 AM

State Law Minister Brajesh Pathak told reporters that of total, 144 courts would hear cases of rape, while 74 courts would hear cases in which the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been slapped. (Photo: File)

UP Cabinet gives nod for setting 218 fast-track courts for rapes, crimes against minors

At present, the state has 81 fast-track courts to hear cases related to women, Pathak told PTI.

09 Dec 2019 5:07 PM

Three persons were arrested in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district for allegedly raping a minor girl repeatedly over a year, while the victim's mother, who abetted the crime, is absconding, said police on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

12-yr-old Gujarat girl gangraped over a year, father tells cops 'her mother had brought 3 men'

The incident took place in Bhutiya village in Palitana taluka and an FIR was lodged, an official said, adding that victim was 12 years old.

09 Dec 2019 3:07 PM

The incident happened on Thursday at the first floor of the building on Taratala Road and police said they have arrested a 19-year-old man who is a neighbour of the girl. (Representational Image)

6-year-old locked up in bathroom in Kolkata and raped; one arrested

The man was arrested after a complaint was filed by the rape survivor's mother, a senior officer said.

07 Dec 2019 10:55 AM

A 38-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh has been arrested for the murder of a couple and their child. However, the police claimed that the man is a sex maniac and near a necrophile, reported IANS. (Representational Image)

‘Sex maniac’ kills couple in sleep, rapes woman’s corpse, their 10-year-old daughter; arrested

Before leaving, he raped and injured the couple's minor daughter and also attacked her four-year-old brother.

03 Dec 2019 3:29 PM

Hardev Mashru had abducted the child on Friday night from the city's 80-feet ring road and raped her near Bharatnagar locality. (Photo: Representational)

Man held for abducting, raping 8-year-old girl in Rajkot

The victim was sleeping beside her mother, who works as a labourer, in public garden when Mashru kidnapped her and raped her near a bridge.

01 Dec 2019 7:51 PM

The two children, Roshani (12) and Avinash (10), suffered serious injuries in the incident and were rushed to the district hospital where doctors declared them dead. (Representational Image)

2 Dalit minors defecating in open, filmed, beaten to death in MP

One of the accused told the police that he killed the two as he was 'commanded by the god to kill demons'.

25 Sep 2019 2:42 PM

A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped at gunpoint in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, officials said on Wednesday, with her family alleging that police initially refused to file a case even after the accused was handed over. (Representational Image)

UP Dalit teen raped at gunpoint, police let accused off after family hands him over

They then approached superintendent of police after which a case was registered.

12 Sep 2019 12:52 PM

She narrated the incident to her parents, following which police were informed. (Photo: Representational)

On her way to temple, minor girl abducted, gangraped in Rajasthan's Bhilwara

The accused have been detained and are being interrogated, police said.

10 Sep 2019 3:39 PM

The FIR was lodged against the two teachers, including the vice-principal, and school's sickroom nurse, under different sections of the IPC. (Photo: Representational)

Class 4 student raped by vice-principal, class teacher

According to the FIR, a month ago the girl had fainted in her classroom.

09 Sep 2019 3:42 PM

A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 16-year-old boy in Vepagunta here on Friday, said police. (Representational Image)

17-year-old boy rapes 7-year-old in Visakhapatnam

The accused have been apprehended. However, further investigation is underway.

07 Sep 2019 11:36 AM

The incident had taken place on July 6 last year when the eight-year-old victim fell sick at a marriage programme and was vomiting outside the venue. (Photo: Representational)

Jharkhand youth gets 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping minor

The accused, a labourer hired to fix a tent, had whisked away the girl to a secluded place and raped her.

06 Sep 2019 1:21 PM

She was allegedly raped inside the toilet of a government primary school in a village in Ramala region of Baghpat. (Represenational Image)

UP: 8-yr-old girl gangraped by class 6 boy, 2 others in school; cops deny FIR

The local police refused to file an FIR for 15 days. Station House Officer Kumar also tried to force survivor's father to drop the charges.

04 Sep 2019 2:48 PM

Court sentences man to life imprisonment for raping minor girl

He raped the four-and-half-year-old girl while on bail, facing molestation charges, and was arrested.

31 Aug 2019 4:04 PM

On Monday, the girl was playing outside her home in a society when the boy, a resident of the same society, lured the girl away to an empty room and allegedly raped the minor. (Photo: Representational)

3-year-old girl raped by teen in Haryana's Rewari

A guard heard the girl's cry and rushed to the spot where she was found lying in a pool of blood.

28 Aug 2019 7:47 AM

Rajasthan Police on Sunday arrested a man from Ajmer district for allegedly raping and impregnating his daughter. (Representational Image)

Father arrested for raping, impregnating minor daughter in Rajasthan

The police revealed that the family often misled them during the investigation and at one point also fled the village.

26 Aug 2019 1:37 PM

In July 2014, she informed her school teacher about her condition following which the district child protection unit was alerted. (Photo: Representational)

Hyderabad: Father gets 5 year rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting daughter

Lingam Kumar, a resident of Alwal here, repeatedly sexually assaulted the girl for two years when she was just ten years.

23 Aug 2019 8:58 PM

He said her husband used to beat her up for sexual favours, following which she returned to her mother's residence in Mankhurd in east Mumbai. (Representational Image)

Mumbai teen married off, forced into flesh trade by mother; raped by brother

The girl claimed that when she sought help from her brother, he raped her and threatened to kill her with a sword, he said.

19 Aug 2019 8:11 AM

Enraged at her stubborn answer, Lingappa suddenly got up and slapped her using abusive language. He thrashed her several times and kicked her. He also beat her cousin with a stick. (Representational Image)

Andhra girl thrashed by village head for eloping on parents’ ‘request’

According to the police, the girl’s parents had approached Lingappa to resolve the issue, when the girl was adamant on marrying her cousin.

17 Aug 2019 9:32 AM

Most of them accuse priests of sexually abusing them as children and Church leaders of covering up the priests' crimes. (Representational Image)

As New York legal window opens, child sex abuse victims sue Church, others

Nearly 400 people had filed lawsuits against the Church in courts across New York by the afternoon, according to state court records.

15 Aug 2019 1:25 PM

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