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Badlapur rape case: Lawyers won’t defend the accused but law has to
By Mahesh Vijapurkar The mood in Badlapur is so grim that the area’s lawyers’ association has announced that the suspect, Akshay Shinde, would not be defended by any of them. Lawyers from…
- India
33-yr-old nurse raped-murdered by migrant worker in Uttarakhand
Drawing parallels to the gruesome killing of the Kolkata trainee doctor earlier this week, a 33-year-old nurse was allegedly raped and killed in Uttarakhand. The incident came to light when the nurse,…
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Indian-origin Singaporean jailed for raping runaway girl
Singapore: An Indian-origin Singaporean bar owner was sentenced to jail for 13 years and four weeks on Monday and will receive nine strokes of the cane for raping a runaway 17-year-old girl…
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MP HC junks rape case filed by woman after 10-year-long relationship
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a rape case registered on the complaint of a woman against a man, observing that the two were in a relationship for over 10…
- Bangalore
NFIW condemns Karnataka govt’s ‘proposal’ on gender neutral rape laws
Bengaluru: The Karnataka unit of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) has strongly condemned the new criminal laws by an expert committee headed by state Law Minister H.K. Patil, particularly with…
- India
Sexual abuse case: Devaraje Gowda remanded to 14 days judicial custody
Hassan: BJP leader and advocate G Devaraje Gowda, arrested for alleged molestation and rape, was on Saturday remanded to 14 days judicial custody. The BJP leader was arrested at the Gulihal toll…
- India
Matter under investigation, several people arrested: MEA on Spanish tourist case
New Delhi: Days after a woman from Spain was allegedly gang raped in Jharkhand, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said the matter is “under investigation” and several people have been…
- India
80-year-old Kerala man gets 45-year jail for raping minor girl
Idukki: A Kerala court has sentenced a 80-year man to a cumulative 45 years imprisonment for repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl who lived near his shop in this high-range district of the…
- India
Minor girl gang raped in Bihar’s Bhojpur, in critical condition
Patna: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by 5 youths in Bihar’s Bhojpur district, police said on Friday, February 2. The victim was dragged from home on Thursday, taken to an…
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Woke up to him raping me: Mumbai woman narrates scarring ordeal on Instagram
Mumbai: A Mumbai woman on Friday has alleged rape as she slept by an Instagram friend and narrated her ordeal that took place at the home of the accused’s friend almost a…
- India
UP sub-inspector accused of raping Dalit woman faces departmental inquiry
Muzaffarnagar: A sub-inspector, who was earlier posted in this district, has been accused of allegedly raping and threatening a Dalit woman, said a senior official on Tuesday, adding a departmental inquiry has…
- India
UP girl kidnapped, drugged & raped, accused arrested
Lucknow: A 17-year-old girl was abducted from Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh, drugged and brought to Lucknow where she was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man and his aide on January 3. Police…
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Woman raped by two men in Hyderabad; accused in custody
Hyderabad: Two men kidnapped and raped a woman at Ghousenagar Bandlaguda on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Saturday night, police said. The victim, a native of Suryapet district, had come to the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Woman arrested for threatening men with fake rape cases
Hyderabad: The Jubilee Hills police arrested a woman who allegedly threatened some men of foisting false cases of rape on them and extorted money. The accused woman Sumaiya Sultana, 30, a resident…
- Crime
Karnataka: Cleric arrested for raping woman for two years
Karnataka police apprehended a cleric in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa on Friday, December 29, for allegedly raping a young woman after promising marriage and a job. The victim had lodged an FIR against…
