Jul 01, 2011: Priest arrested for allegedly raping teenage girl

Press Trust of India, Updated: July 01, 2011 07:23 IST
Muzaffarnagar:  A teenage girl was allegedly abducted and raped by the priest of a local temple in Banat town here, police said today.

The 35-year-old priest has been arrested and sent to 14 days of judicial custody by a local court here, police said.

According to the prosecution, Balkishan had abducted the 17-year-old girl and raped her for eight months after which she became pregnant.

On a complaint filed by the girl's father, the police arrested the priest from Gurgaon where he was living with the abducted girl.

Police recovered the girl from his possession and send her for medical examination.

Link: Priest arrested for allegedly raping teenage girl

Man hacks wife to death over late dinner

Press Trust of India, Updated: May 17, 2011 07:58 IST

New Delhi:  A 28-year-old woman was hacked to death, allegedly by her husband in west Delhi following an argument over not serving dinner on time, the police said.

Santoshi was sleeping when she was attacked allegedly by her husband Pradeep (30) at their house in Ranhola on Sunday night, a senior police official said.

The couple, who hails from Jalau district in UP, used to quarrel regularly over one issue or another. They had come to her sister's residence in Ranhola recently.

On Sunday, Pradeep had an argument with his wife over not serving dinner on time.

He picked up a fight and their argument led from one issue to another, the official said, adding, she later went to sleep after her sister intervened.

While Santoshi was sleeping, Pradeep went to her room and allegedly hacked her to death with a spade. He fled soon after the incident.

She was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.

A case has been registered and further investigations are on.

Link: Man hacks wife to death over late dinner

July 01, 2011: Elderly woman raped by 25-year-old man

Press Trust of India, Updated: July 01, 2011 07:22 IST

Raigarh: A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping an elderly woman when she was alone at home, police said today.

Krishna Sidar had gone to see one Anil Yadav at his home in Atarmuda village in the district on Tuesday but he happened to be away. Finding Ydava's 65-year-old mother-in-law alone at home, Sidar raped her, they said.

The woman recounted the incident to his son-in-law when he returned. He reported the matter to the police and Sidar was arrested, they said.

Link: Elderly woman raped by 25-year-old man

Jun 30, 2011: Woman held for forcing daughter into prostitution

IANS | Jun 30, 2011, 01.41pm IST

CHANDIGARH: A woman has been arrested from Punjab's industrial town of Phagwara for allegedly forcing her minor daughter into prostitution, police said on Thursday.

Dimple had forced her 13-year-old daughter into the flesh trade in connivance with Rani, the owner of a beauty parlour on Gaushala Road in Phagwara, 120 km from here, a police official said.

The mother was arrested on Wednesday. A case of rape and conspiracy has been registered against her and the beauty parlour owner under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Station House Officer (SHO) AS Chahal said.

He said the police were trying to track down the men who had sexually exploited the minor. They too are likely to be booked.

Police said Dimple, who had divorced her husband over six years ago, pushed her daughter into prostitution nearly six months back. She had stopped her daughter from going to school and started sending her to the beauty parlour.

The matter came to light on Wednesday after the girl left her home in Hadiabad locality following a quarrel with her mother. Some people later saw a man pulling her into a car on Plahi Road and reported the matter to the police.

The police found that the man pulling at the girl was a driver sent by her mother to get her back. When the police questioned the girl, she spilled the details about her ordeal.

Link: Woman held for forcing daughter into prostitution - Deccan Herald

Jun 30, 2011: Haryana: Man sells daughter for Rs 50,000

Bhaskar Mukherjee, TNN | Jun 30, 2011, 04.04am IST

FATEHABAD: A man from Haryana's Fatehabad district allegedly sold his 16-year-old daughter for Rs 50,000 to a man to marry her though she was already engaged to another boy. The police rescued the girl and arrested her father following a complaint filed by her stepbrothers.

The girl belongs to Peerthala village. After she was sold by her father on Monday, the police rescued her the next day from Jind.

Her stepbrothers Jagroop and Ram Swaroop Singh alleged that their father Deshraj Singh had married twice after their mother died and was an alcoholic. Jagroop told the police that his sister was already engaged. After arresting him, police questioned Deshraj to learn about the girl's whereabouts and then rescued her.

The girl told TOI that her father took her to Jind to buy her a new dress. "When we reached Jind, he handed me over to a man. I was told he had bought me for Rs 50,000," she said.

Link: Haryana: Man sells daughter for Rs 50,000 - The Times of India

Jun 30, 2011: Qazi suspended over minor's marriage

TNN | Jun 30, 2011, 03.37am IST

HYDERABAD: Taking a serious note of the spurt in contract marriages, the government on Wednesday suspended Ali Abdullah Rafai alias Abid, the qazi, who had reportedly forced a minor girl to marry an Arab on Sunday night.

Rafai is notorious for arranging and facilitating marriages between aged Arab nationals and impoverished Hyderabadi girls. In numerous cases he is said to have prepared the divorce documents along with 'nikah nama' so as to allow the Arabs to dump their Indian wives and flee whenever they wished. Preparation of divorce papers at the time of nikah is impermissible under Shariat (Islamic law).

In the latest incident, Rafai had offered to pay to one Naseema Begum of Talabkatta Rs 4 lakh for giving her 17-year-old niece Asiya Begum in marriage to an unidentified Arab. When he learnt that Naseema Begum has developed cold feet after agreeing to his offer he sent his son Mohammed to forcibly bring Asiya Begum to his house. Asiya Begum resisted Mohammed's attempts to take her with him. Later, Naseema Begum lodged a complaint with Bhavani Nagar police station acting over which the police raided his house and arrested him. His son is still absconding.

Rafai is said to enjoy the patronage of some politicians and police officials. When he came under cloud a few years ago, he managed to wriggle out of the cases that had been slapped against him. After getting his name cleared, he reportedly persuaded the minority welfare department to make him Sadr (chief) qazi for performing the marriages of all Arabs of Indian origin, Shafayee (a school of belief among Sunni Muslims) and general Muslims in the city. When the news of the government agreeing to Rafai's proposal spread, many senior qazis protested against the proposed move. The government was forced to abandon its plan.

According to sources, state wakf board chairman Afazal Biyabani has called for a meeting with the qazis on Saturday with a view to find out ways to curb the contract marriage menace. He also held a meeting with the city police commissioner A K Khan on Wednesday. The two have reportedly discussed about the possibility of making the marriage performance laws more stringent.

Link: Qazi suspended over minor's marriage - The Times of India

Jun 30, 2011: Rajasthan professor demanded sexual favours

NDTV Correspondent, Updated: June 30, 2011 12:56 IST

Jaipur: In a huge embarrassment for teachers across the country, a professor at the Rajasthan University has been arrested for allegedly demanding sexual favours from his student.

The victim has alleged that her research guide Dr R K Singhal of the Physics department was harassing her for months.

The professor asked the girl to have sexual relations with him if she wanted to complete her PhD. Besides molesting her in February, Singhal and his colleague S N Dolia allegedly even blackmailed the student by morphing her face onto some obscene pictures.

"While submitting her PhD thesis, the victim was asked for sexual favours by the teacher. Our preliminary investigation has found that the allegations are true and so we have arrested the Professor," said BL Soni, Commissioner of Police, Jaipur.

Students at the Rajasthan University are enraged. "The way a teacher has asked for sexual favours is shameful for our university. We won't tolerate this," said one of them.

Outraged students organised a 'bandh' on the campus, demanding the sacking of the accused teachers. Shockingly, despite the victim complaining about the teacher's misconduct, the university authorities took no action initially. It was only after the girl lodged a police complaint that the accused teacher was arrested. Both Singhal and his colleague Dolia were later suspended from the university.

Besides suspending the two teachers, the university has also asked two retired Judges of the High Court to probe this shocking issue.

The sordid case has shaken everyone at Rajasthan's oldest and most prestigious university. In a country where teachers have been revered as 'gurus' and the relation between a teacher and a student has been considered as a 'sacred' one for centuries, this incident represents a terrible breach of trust.

Link: http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/this-rajasthan-professor-demanded-sexual-favours-115765?cp

Jun 30, 2011: Raped by uncle, minor attempts suicide

Sandhya Nair, TNN | Jun 30, 2011, 04.24am IST

MUMBAI: A 13-year-old tribal girl from Virar was allegedly raped by her uncle with whom she had been staying for the last eight years after the death of her parents. The crime came to light after the girl attempted suicide last week.

The victim lost her parents when she was five. She and her younger brother moved in with their uncle, Sanjay Vaye (30), who was their mother's first cousin.

On June 22, the girl, a class VIII student, attempted to hang herself at her home in Agashi in Virar (W). A neighbour saw her and persuaded her to open the door. The girl finally opened the door but refused to say why she had attempted suicide.

It was only after her mother's sister took her into confidence did the girl reveal that she had been raped by her uncle on several occasions over the last year. Vaye had moved to Boisar last year with his wife and daughter after he got a job in a private firm there. He left the victim and her brother with his mother at Agashi. The victim said that Vaye used to rape her when he came to visit them. She tried to confide in Vaye's wife, but Vaye threatened her and warned her against telling anyone about the rape.

The victim's aunt lodged a complaint with the police after which Vaye was arrested. The victim has undergone medical tests at a Thane hospital and the police are awaiting the reports, said senior inspector Yusuf Bhagwan. According to investigating officer Rajendra Panhale, Vaye has been booked under Section 375 of the IPC (rape).

Link: Raped by uncle, minor attempts suicide - The Times of India

Jun 29, 2011: 15-year-old gangraped in car in Panchkula

PANCHKULA: A 15-year-old student of Class X of a private school in Panchkula, was allegedly kidnapped and gangraped by two youths. The accused are known to victim's elder brother.

On the complaint of victim's family, Panchkula police on Tuesday morning arrested the accused identified as Sahil Puri, a resident of Sector 2 and mechanical engineering student at a Baddi-based private university, and Marshal Arora of NAC Manimajra and BA student of a private college in Chandigarh.

An FIR has been lodged under sections 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage) and 376G (gangrape) against both the accused in Sector-5 police station.

The father of the victim said the accused were known to his son and often used to visit their house. He said on Sunday evening they had gone for some work and when they returned his daughter was missing. He said after looking for her for some time, they informed the police and soon the two accused threw her near the gate and fled in a car. As the girl was in semi-conscious state they could not get any information from her. He said her daughter narrated the whole incident to them on Monday after which they lodged a complaint with the Sector-5 police station.

In his complaint to the police, victim's father said the two accused had taken advantage of their absence from the house and forcibly took the girl with them and made her consume liquor. Later, the accused raped her inside the car. SP Maneesh Chaudhary said medical examination of the victim has been conducted at the Panchkula General Hospital, Sector 6, which confirmed rape. He added that the samples of the two accused and the girl have been sent to Forensic Sciences Laboratory, Madhuban in Karnal.

Meanwhile, accused were produced before the local court on Tuesday that sent them to two-day police remand. The car used in the crime has also been impounded by the police.

Link: 15-year-old gangraped in car

Jun 29, 2011: Gym trainer raped in Dwarka, New Delhi

Mid-Day.com, Updated: June 28, 2011 11:33 IST

Delhi:  A 24-year-old gym trainer was allegedly raped by the manager of the health club and his friend inside a changing room. The duo brutally beat up the victim's boyfriend when he tried to intervene. The incident has been reported from Dwarka area of southwest Delhi. Police said that the gym where the incident took place is situated inside DDA Sports Complex in sector 11. 

A police official said that on Sunday the girl approached the police after which they filed a case on the basis of her allegation and arrested the accused. "The accused have been identified as Ajay Pratap, the gym manger, and his friend Kamlesh, a resident of Kakrola. Both were produced before a court and have been remanded to 14 days judicial custody," said a senior police official. 

The official said that the victim lives in Rohini area of northwest Delhi. She approached for the post of gym trainer a month ago."She was undergoing training for the post of gym trainer. She has alleged that gym manager Ajay Pratap raped her twice on 19th and 24th of June. She was frightened and did not tell anyone. She narrated the whole story to her boyfriend when Ajay's friend Kamlesh also allegedly tried to rape her," said the official.

The police official said that her boyfriend had an argument when he spoke to the accused. The duo thrashed him. He was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for treatment after which an FIR was registered.

"After getting the medical report of the victim the police filed an FIR of rape against the duo and they were arrested," said the police official.

Link: http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/gym-trainer-raped-in-dwarka-115284?cp

Jun 29, 2011: Man held for raping girl in Kalkaji flat, New Delhi

NEW DELHI: A man has been arrested for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl in a DDA flat in Kalkaji on June 4. "The girl from Patna was brought to Delhi about two months ago by an acquaintance, identified as Tamijuddin, on the pretext of getting her a job as a domestic help at Shipra Mall in Anand Vihar.

"On June 4, his relative Aalam (40) brought her to his rented house in Kalkaji.

A drunk Aalam then sent his family out to purchase vegetables and raped the girl. He also beat her up and threatened her not to disclose the matter.

"Out of fear, she did not initially go to the police," said Ajay Chaudhry, additional commissioner of police (southeast).

She later got employed as a maid and disclosed about the incident. Consequently, the matter was reported to Kalkaji Police on June 27 under Indian Penal Code 376/506 and Aalam was arrested.

Both the victim and the accused have been medically examined, police said.

Aalam, who has four children, works as a labourer in an export unit.
The victim has been sent to a shelter home, police officials said. Further investigations are on in the case, police added.


Link: Man held for raping girl in Kalkaji flat

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